Should we be holding American politicians to a higher standard?

July 9, 2026

Steamboat Institute Fellow Carine Hajjar discusses how the Founding Fathers believed voters would hold political candidates to a higher moral standard – and how we’ve seen that expectation diminish in recent years.

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