This is one of those things that's true but not necessarily applicable. One could also say that you can't have a functioning democracy when elections aren't se

This is one of those things that's true but not necessarily applicable. One could also say that you can't have a functioning democracy when elections aren't secure. And yes, that's technically true, but the implication hidden in that statement is that elections aren't safe. RFKJr is trying to imply he is not safe without directly saying so.