The executive branch. Tweets. About your intellect, about your so you can call it whatever you want, this is me doing my job. Passion, about your knowledge this is america. And i got all of that today. But i got something else. How do you convinced people okay. I got a lot of tweets about that the job youre doing subpoenaing various members of your your blouse. The administration, potentially oh people like the blouse. Donald trump and his people are fast the natured organization and his orbit, that by doing that, you are helping by. Dont like it they are the American Public . At some point we have to make fascinated. They want it they want to know what its all about. A moral argument and we have to i cant see whats on it but a make that argument for what lot of words. A lot of words. I like words. I know you like words. Makes, to help people understand i like words. Its a nerdy blouse. That they have a invested a pretty nerdy blouse. Interest in making sure that we have a president and a whenever you are on the tweets you get are me life tweeting legislature that is accountable. Your show. Appreciate that always tune in this sunday night at pleasure to see you twice in day 9 00 p. M. Eastern, for the have a great weekend and see you second episode of american tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. Swamp, only on msnbc. Im ali velshi in for lawrence that is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Odonnell. A majority of House Democrats back the impeachment inquiry tonight, in the course of just minutes today, the against president trump. Well talk with the latest president calls the media fake congressman to join the movement news, then thanks the media for later in the show. Doing what the white house did and are we already seeing russian influence in the u. S. Not, vetting his nominee for president ial primaries . Director of national how one moment from this weeks intelligence, and tonight, that debates might h nomination has been pulled. Plus, it is now over half the disinformation campaign. Is Vladimir Putin most afraid of democrats in the house favoring impeachment, but the speaker makes clear half is a long way president Kamala Harris . From her impeachment threshold. But first red flags for republicans. And as the president makes a growing number of republican clear, that shortrange missiles from north korea just arent a trigger for him, a look tonight congressional retire mts stoking concerns particularly the at how the Democratic Partys latest. A surprise announcement from rising star congressman will circular firing squad debate hurd who said that he would not night has affected the race. As the 11th hour gets under seek reelection in his highly way on this summer friday competitive texas district. Congressman hurd who had long been considered part of the future of the Republican Party is the lone black republican in the house. The congressman represents a new swing district in texas. Hillary clinton won the district in 2016. Hurd was burrly reelected in 2018. His seat might be hard for republicans to hang onto. Hurd is just one of six House Republicans who announced imminent departure from capitol hill in two woks. Two more republicans announced earlier in the cycle including susan brooks Party Official had chosen to lead recruitment efforts in their attempt to claw back the majority in the house. Brooks is one of two republican women leefrpg the house, meaning just 11 republican women are now seeking reelection. Political reports a fun stat thats making its way around gop circles. There are more men named jim in the house than republican women running for reelection. Its clear that there are at least two reasons for many of the retire mts. The first is changing demographics. Both congressman hurd and pete olson of texas narrowly won reelection in 2018 and many analysts predict their races will be tough to win another time. But its also obvious the president has been a big factor in the exits hurd was one of only four republicans along with the also retiring susan brooks who voted condemn trumps racist tweets against four democratic minority congresswoman. Tweets hurd condemned in a new interview to the Washington Post. When you imply that because someone doesnt look like you and telling them to go back to africa or wherever, you are implying that they are not an american. And youre implying that they have less worth than you. The transformation of the Republican Party to the party of trump has not been pretty for many republicans and of the retirements none highlights that more than will hurds. Here is the former republican congressman mark sanford on msnbc. To state the obvious, some of the president peace rhetoric is destructive, harmful not only in selling a message but frankly in building a party. And if we increasingly dwindle to being a party of white men we got a real problem given the the trend lines within our country in terms of demographic diversity. Now, if past is precedent, expect in trend to continue for republicans. If you are not fully onboard the trump train it might be your time to get off. And there is one very big problem with that. According to former bush speechwriter michael gearsen. He writes in the Washington Post trufrs adviciveness is getting worse not port. Makes racist comments appeals to racist sentiments a iminflames racist passions the raelsization he is not a racist is meaningless. It means a large portion of his Political Base is energized by racist tropes and the language of white grievance. And it means whatever their intent that those who play down or excuse or try to walk past these offenses are enablers. Leading off the discussion tonight bob ingli. S is republican congressman from South Carolina and daniela gibbs lejay former special assist to president obama and works for center for American Progress opinion. And dave korn and msnbc political analyst. Welcome to all three. Thank you for helping me kickoff the show on friday night. Daniela let me begin with you. The departure of will hurd is a big deal for a lot of republicans. Who felt that there were still people in the party who could sort of help carry it forward in an era after donald trump. Yeah, this is a very big loss for them. Honestly its a little unfair to congressman hurd to expect him to carry the weight of all the republicans who dont abide by Donald Trumps racism. And honestly i feel like its almost too late for the party now. If you are going to remain a republican like you said it is Donald TrumpsRepublican Party. If you remain a part of the party then, yeah you are signing on, cosigning whether you like it or not to hess racism. I guess william hurd was like im not going to do this anymore. Bob there was a tweet from the Texas Tribune abbey livingston about reaction to will purd hurds retirement. It reads my phone is absolutely exploding with texts from republican operatives reacting to the retirement all have a word i dont normally use on the forum. And my mother hialeah disapproves of but it rhymes with duck. Okay i think i got it. I think that its a real problem of course for the gop to have to have will hurd retiring bus that district is hard to hold. Thats what the tweets are about of course is the difficulty of holding that district in republican hands. But, you know, i think that my party, the Republican Party has to reexamine where we are. And its time for republicans to stand against what the president is doing here with the racist tweets and the and the disputation of climate science. He sounds a little bit like bolsinaro of brazil not where we wekt expect the United States to be. Some members of congress run on their record. Some run on policies and some run on momentum. And. The problem here is the momentum, david korn, seems to be with the president tlieft among the voters casting the ballot for republican. The Associated Press had another interview with a republican retiree paul mitchell. He says there is a lack of mood of frustration with the lack of accomplishment he said in the interview days after stunning colleagues when he said he was leaving after two house terms why run around like a crazy man when the best you can hope is that maybe youll see some change at the margins. How does this stop from becoming a Mass Movement of people who are just frustrated with donald trump having taken over the Republican Party . I dont think that there will be a Mass Movement of people frustrated with trump because the base of the Republican Party is with him. Were two and a half years into the trump experiment, the trump disaster depending on your perspective. And its taken this long for some republicans to start bailing. Only a handful of numbers. I mean, the party in the house, the Republican Party in the house was 99. 95 white before will hurd announced he was leaving. And weve had the racist tweets. We have seen no one in the really in the leadership position of the house or the senate, Kevin Mccarthy or Mitch Mcconnell come out and distance themselves from this. I mean, trump has taken the party out of the closet. In terms of the racism. I think the republicans have always had a problem going bab to the southern strategy with richard nixon, Ronald Reagan decrying welfare queens talking about states rights. You had the willy horton ad for the george h. W. Bush campaign. And theres always been the flirtation if not more so with racist tropes as i like to say. Trump has taken the party fully out of the closet. Taken off the hood if you want to say it that way. Most of the who party at least the people in control say not a big ingliss he know that is. I think the time to stand up is almost too late. You guys got to startew party or burn this one down because youre not getting it back. Bob what do you say to that . Well, there is another narrative, you know, the jack kemp republicans like me people that believe that conservativism works if it works for everyone, if it does and its good philosophy. If it doesnt then its not very good. There are those of us who are jack kemp republicans knick hayley took down the Confederate Flag in South Carolina. There are different folks out there ready to lead a grand Opportunity Party if we could get away and break away from the Grumpy Old Party which i grow it has become. So that is Grumpy Old Party will not survive. But i hope that out of the ashes can come a Free Enterprise party that believes in the sangtty of life, that believes in a Smaller Government and an efficient government, that believes the government can do things. Believes america should lead the world. And the believes that Free Enterprise can solve things like Climate Change if we get the right policies in place. That party can exist. But i agree we have to jettison this Grumpy Old Party, which really is headed to the ash heap of history. The problem daniela is that its seeming in the last few weeks something more than grumpy starting with the president s attacks on the the republican congressman Democratic Congress women and then compensates about Elijah Cummings and baltimore and then last night he was carrying on about inner cities. And its more seems more than a flirtation with racism. It seems like all out dating. Yes, it is, its marriage basically. And i just have to push back a little bit. In did not start with donald trump, okay. Lets not forget that sarah palin was out there whipping up those crowds and talking about president obama and highlighting his quote unquote otherness. And all the ugliness that we saw that came with president obamas election and the rice of the tea party and the racist stuff we saw then. To davids point, i think trump bought brought out the racism thats been dormant and behind the scenes. We heard the recent reagan nixon tapes anwar president reagan everyones favorite lauded republican president was calling black people monkeys and everybody laughed. Its been part of the for decades. And donald trump embraced it. And now people feel emboldened in the country to talk about it freely. There are people in the Republican Party fighting back against the idea that losing will hurd in congress is an actual loss for the party, david. Texas precinct chair says good ridens to will hurd. Lets listen to what she says. I am he can static and happy that will hurd will no longer be seeking reelection for his congressional district. He is not a republican values. He is a rino. Texas needs to start standing with true conservatives. Rino republican in name only. Thats the accusation if you are a republican these days who doesnt agree with president trump. He was the one black republican and he is not even a republican. I dont know what that means. But i oem expand this out one bit to will hurd not only was the one africanamerican in the house on the republican side also one of the maybe the only republican member of congress who seemed to give a damn about russias attack on the 2016 election instead of the guys on the Intelligence Committee who ran around trying tos distract and say it didnt happen or that a fisa warrant is more important than the attack on an american president ial election and Donald Trumps involvement with that. He was out there saying this is bad. We need to investigate this. We need to be honest and was a counterpoint to devin nunes and now the Republican Party is fr on the side of hey nothing happened. And that again is bad for the republican another reason to quote congressman ingliss, the party could hend up up on the ash heap of history. Bob ingless a intelligence guy. Will hurd came from the Intelligence Community. He had a good understanding of this. Justin amash tweeted to this today to a point you make a while ago. There was a time the gop hated donald trump then they realized they could use in man like in unprincipled transactional shameless to push the agenda. Mcconnell and mccarthy are giddy about trumps conservatives in congress are the ones privately horrifies. Tell me about this why are conservatives in congress operatively horrified if you listen to what justin amash says but the leadership is not . I dont know. That dont make a lot of sense to me. I think everybody is pretty much horrified. But and terrified of activist in the party. Thats true by the way of the Democratic Party too its why the democrats are doing such a good job right now in the debates of seeing that donald trump gets a second term. Because theyre terrified of the activists in the party. And thats our challenge in america its is not just the Republican Party but the fact gnat Democratic Party has people with some really wild ideas that draw the party too far and out of the maritime. I would hear that. The wild idea base getting Everybody Health care are different from wild ideas about being racist wouldnt you argue. Thats true except this one, the big one that the democrats really doesnt understand is if you if you treat abortion as a sacrament of some sort and you run a high priest or High Priestess of abortion in in america you cannot win the south. You cannot win texas and you cannot win the presidency. And so as long as that Cultural Divide remains with the democrats choosing basically telling joe biden that he has to abandon 20 years, 30 years of a policy position on no public funding of abortion you must accept it, joe. He acquiesces, he hands the white house back to donald trump because you cant win the south or texas with that position. Interesting though because ted cruz of texas daniela has warned that there is trouble for republicans in texas. He told the Washington Post, the president s Reelection Campaign needs to take texas seriously adding while he remains apartment minsk about the gop chances its by no means a given that trump will carry texas. If its no means a given that trump carries texas its by no means a given that trump carries the popular vote or the election aurl college. Thats absolutely right. You know, he will probably again have a lot of help from his friends in russia. But ted cruz is onto something. He saw what happened in the senate race and how close congressman orourke came to beating him. The voter rental strags drives happening on the progressive side. Absolutely texas could well be in play. And you know, i think you look at somebody like will hurd and i dont know that woman who seems to be so happy. Cathiy pons, the precinct chair. You keep thinking that if you that helps you slep at night. But he is the canary in the coal mine. Absolutely forcing republicans to spend more money in texas is only good for democrats. Can i just push back on one thing . No exact is running to be the high priest or High Priestess of the abortion i dont know what that means. Really they are daniela. They are. You know they are. No, theyre not. No, look at look at the bill clinton called it safe legal and rare but Hillary Clinton said basically we got to have it. Bill said safe legal and rare. You may be able to win. It was quite different because she needed to ramp up the base. She needed to get them all excited. Thats our problem in america today. Is too much acquiescence to the which is base on the democratic side with jerry nadler of all people having a primary opponent in manhattan and then you have on the republican side the same fear. There are a lot of reasonably people in washington but theyre scared of the activists in their own party. Youre talking about the difference between but congressman youre talking the difference between a policy fight within the democratic side and on the as ali mentioned whether trump is a racist, a bigot misogynistic, ignorant, incompetent. I mean knows are the things that the base activists of the Republican Party are cheering on. Rather than having a legitimate fight over policy. Well, david, i think theyre not theyre not exactly cheering him on i think what it is is there are many people the people at the rallies but i think there are many republicans who cringe at what he says and does and wish he would just go away. But they dont know how to get rid of him. I tell you. Let me tell you i judge just got back from a vacation have a little jet lag i would take listening to three of you discuss very important matters we need to to discuss. Thank you for helping us kick it off tonight. Thank you to the three of you. Thank you. Coming up president trumps jaw dropping explanations for the withdrawal of his nominee for director of National Intelligence, probably surprised a lot of republicans in the senate today. And democrats crossed a major threshold on impeachment. A majority of House Democrats now support bringing impeachment proceedings against donald trump. The member who became number 118 will join me. E nuermb 118 will join me my experience with usaa has been excellent. They really appreciate the military family and it really shows. With all that usaa offers why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. It was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. It was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say oh we cant beat usaa were the webber family. 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Now, as far as the president was concerned, congressman ratcliffe who Many Americans never heard of nailed that interview by showing that he would privilege loyalty to trump over the officials. And trump then offered him the job of director of National Intelligence. But like most jobs, the interview isnt everything. You got to pass a background check. And this week multiple news outlets combed through ratcliffes record something everybody wasnt familiar with because a lot of people didnt know this guy. And found numerous times he embellished or misled the public about his career in federal law enforcement. Now this is important. Because under the law anyone nominated to the dni job shall have Extensive National security experience. This is actually one of the jobs that you cant just appoint anybody to. Today, the president announced he would be withdrawing ratcliffes nomination in a tweet blaming unfair treatment by the lame stream media, one word both lambie and stream capitalized within it. But on comments on the south lawn a few hours later trump credited the media saying they were doing his vetting for him. The vetting process for the white house is very good. But youre part of the vetting process, you know. I give out a name to the press and they vet for me. We save a lot of money that way. Yeah, he actually said that joining me malcome nantz. Intelligence analyst. Malcom thb, this whole thing started and ended while i was away. Didnt know John Ratcliffe two weeks ago, didnt know he was chosen as dni and didnt understand when the name was pulled. But there was Something Interesting here. The Washington Post says that ratcliffe exaggerated his role it says representative John Ratcliffe claims as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of texas he was the leader of the immigration crack down describing it as one of the largest cases of its kind but a closer look at the case shows that ratcliffe claeys claims conflict with the court record and recollection of others participating. He play add supporting role in the 2008 tweep only 45 workers were charged by his Office Documents show. Six cases dismissed two because the suspects turned out to be the american citizens. Thats just the tip of the iceberg of the stuff this guy said that he has done. I find it absolutely fascinating that donald trump somehow thought that him lying about his resume and inflating his actions during that prosecution, which actually had nothing to do with the actual counterterrorism case. It had to do with the jury itself, that donald trump found that offensive and actually couldnt accept that he had lied. I mean, that is fascinating. But more importantly, this man is not qualified. And was not qualified. And his type should not be allowed to bid for this job. This requires a true intelligence professional. All right. And thats the key difference here. Ratcliffe again ran into problems in which he claimed he had done other work. The Texas Monthly reports that ratcliffe claims to have been appointed chief of antiterrorism and National Security in the Eastern District of conclusion o texas came under suspicion because no such role exists. Ratcliffe had taken on administrative duties as the corda thenator of the antiterrorism advisory counsel. This is one of the jobs that dni and other jobs related to the military in the United States government are actually jobs you have to be qualified for. Thats right. Absolutely. And professionals like the Deputy Director of National Intelligence right now, sue gordon, 30 years of experience. Former direct of science and technology at cia. Worked her way through Senior Management of cryothen Deputy Director of National Intelligence. This is a job crafted for her or people like her. And donald trump specifically said or made clear to someone in the white house that she was not welcome. Because he doesnt want a professional giving him unvarn i should information which would offend him. He is triegs to craft the u. S. Intelligence community into a tool, a political weapon with which he can attack his enemies. And that is exactly like his friend. Vladimir putin. Yeah, go ahead vladimir putten. Vladimir putin did the same thing and purged people who didnt agree with him in the intelligence infrastructure. Sure. And then he put his top four exkgb, fsb adviser there. And every oligarch who wasnt associated would have an exkgb officers on there. He controls the country arthrothrough apparatus. Donald trump through the russia hoax material has decided he needs to control all the lefs that could possibly investigate him his family his associates. He is literally trying to create an Intelligence Police state. And its the professionals who are pushing back with the truth you know as we know, in the walls of cia john wsh jan 5 31, the truth shall set you free is their version of the scriptures not for donald trump. For him truth is something to be crafted, modelled and hidden at all costs. The one distinction between Vladimir Putin appear donald trump is that Vladimir Putin was an intelligence officer. Thats true. Good to see you as always malcome nantz. Democrats cross the line today more than half the Democratic Caucus in the house backs impeachment now and the member becoming number 118 joins me next. Becoming number 118 joins me next is just a button. That a speaker is just a speaker. 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For months Speaker Pelosi has warned against advancing impeachment and that democrat should focus their attention on the ongoing congressional investigations and legal battles. But today freshman thompson Tom Malinowski said this about the congressional investigations. As far as im concerned, an impeachment inquiry has already begun. The Judiciary Committee made clear that they are seeking documents and witnesses for the purpose of conducting an impeachment inquiry. Thats highway called for and many others called for a while ago. And its happening. Joining sus the man who put the democrat over the halfway mark joining sus Democratic Congressman saluk. Carbajal from california. He is the 118th democrat in favor of the impeachment inquiry. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for you knew this would be influential by becoming half of the Democratic Caucus. What brought you to this point. For me it was the consideration of many factors. First, clearly the Mueller Report, then to hear the testimony, but to see time and time again, the fact that this president and this administration has ignored have ignored all the subpoenas put forth by congress, i think is ultimately what did it, along with many conversations ive had constituents in the district. Nancy pelosi has been reluctant obviously to go down this road. Have you spoken to her . Has she had any particular reaction to your decision . Certainly i spoke to her about a week ago. Actually a couple weeks ago let her any i was mulling this decision over. And certainly Speaker Pelosi has a number of considerations in making her decision whether at some point we move forward with an impeachment inquiry. For myself i think i reached that threshold based on all the considerations that i mentioned earlier. We saw too many instances where in president either directed or attempted to obstruct justice. I think its important we get all the facts around the incidences so that the American People could see what really went on. You know, your constituents elect you to make decisions on their behalf. And you are obviously moving ahead with your conscience. What kind of consideration that is the cactus or nancy pelosi has do you think in puts pressure on nancy pelosi or advantages her to have a number of democrats saying they are prepared to move forward with impeachment inquiry. Her words last friday was that it gives her some leverage. I think all of the above, ali. But i think for myself what drives my decision, its all about my constituents. First and foremost. Secondly, its other considerations. But i i look at whats in the best interests of my district and my constituents. And for me this is a decision that i have reached. One of the concerns that nancy pelosi has and others have is that this harkens back to the impeachment of bill clinton, which didnt bode well for republicans in the next cycle. In fact Julian Castro talked about it during the debate. Lets listen. I think that too many folks in the senate and in the congress have been spoofed by 1998. I believe that the times are different and in fact i think that folks are making a mistake not pursuing impeachment. The Mueller Report clearly details he deserves it whats happening in the fall of 2020 if you dont impeachment eggs he is saying going to see you see the democrats didnt go after me because i didnt do anything wrong. Theyre always going after me when it came down down it any didnt go after me because i didnt do anything wrong. What do you think about the fact that some people fear doing many because many people including constituents may not think thats the priority. So Many Americans are struggling to prospers in this economy. And there are some people who say, i dont want my members of Congress Wasting time on this. I want them dealing with things that get me jobs and increase my income. How do you balance that . First its apples and oranges, the impeachment pursued for clinton from the impeachment inquiry that would ensue for for mr. Trump. Clearly we have real clear cases of obstruction, of communication with the russians to try to impact our elections. This is applesen a oranges. But let me tell you i think as democrats we could pursue an impeachment inquiry and still focus on the bread and butter issues that the American People and the residents of my district want us to focus on. Infrastructure, lowering health and prescription costs, addressing the minimum wage, raising minimum wage and Job Opportunities for everyone. And addressing Climate Change. We can chew gum and walk at the same time. And i think the American People will come to appreciate even more the fact that we are pursuing whats in the best interests of our democracy and putting our nation first before party and politics. There are several congressional investigations going on into donald trump that are meaning to pick up where the Mueller Investigation left off or do other things. How do you in your mind distinguishing between those going on that Speaker Pelosi talks about all the time and encourage support of versus impeachment inquiry if swore constituents ask you whats the difference, what would you say. I think we have seen that those investigations have been thwarted by subpoenas not adhered to, not responded to, and clearly once we would embark on impeachment inquiry it adds a totally different complex to the investigation and bring all the investigations into one focus. And i think thats what the American People want. And need to be able to understand what really transpired here. 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Contradicting his own Intelligence Community and former special Counsel Robert Mueller and refusing to discuss the topic of election interference in a phone call that trump had with Vladimir Putin this week. Robert mueller said last week that russia is interfering in u. S. Elections right now. Did you discuss that. You dont believe this do you believe this. Did you talk about that with president putin yesterday. He didnt talk about. Today he withdraw from a landmark arms control treat with russia that included ground launched intermediate mitchells many signed by reagan and gorbachev in 1987 but in our there are escalating concerns about a new Nuclear Arms Race as the pentagon plans to test new missiles in the coming weeks. The New York Times reports that quote the new missiles are unlikely to be deployed to counterrussia which the United States has said for years was in violation of the accord. Instead, the first deployments are likely to be intended to counterchina. Also this week donald trump was forced to impose new sanctions against the kareem lip for the poisoning of a russian spy in britain after lawmakers threaten threaten threatened to take action. The president delayed the legally mandated sanctions into effect for months but as the wall street journal notes quote the administration has flexibility in the sanctions it levies so could temper the punitive measures adopted. Russia was also paying attention to which democrat will challenge Donald Trumps reelection. A top story on Vladimir Putins news outlet in the United States rt presented congressman Tulsi Gabbards attack ton Kamala Harris as dismantling harris he is record as a prosecutor during the debate. The twitter hashtag Kamala Harris destroyed also gained traction and retweeted by hundreds of social media accounts that appeared to be bots according to the wall street journal. 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And even saying hey, if youre listening, attack and hack into Hillary Clinton. That was in december 2016. And no matter what has happened, and what information has come forward, he has refused to fully acknowledge that russia attacked an American Election to help election donald trump, and that his campaign was even told that russia had a secret plot to help trump. And he kept denying it, as a candidate, and he has denied it since, he has not said anything about election security. Mitch mcconnell is blocking key bills. I mean at some point, i just dont know when heads begin to explode. The United States faces a National Security threat from russia in this regard, and hes out there today saying you really think russia attacked us, you really think it hacked into the dnc and influenced the election, or tried to intervene . And everybody says yes. And yet, Republican Party enables him, and supports him, in they dont nile of reality. So michael, lets work through this, because this may be unimportant, or it may be something in two years were talking about. Ian, the press secretary for the harris campaign, tweeted a quote from an nbc news article in february in response to this hashtag were talking about, Kamala Harris destroyed hash tag, and reporters writing their stories with eyes on the modern day assignment desk of twitter, read this. The russia Propaganda Machine that tried to influence the 2016 election is now promoting the president ial aspirations of a controversial hawaii democrat. Whats the deeper meaning here . Whats going on . Why, if this is true, would russian bots or russians be interested in promoting Tulsi Gabbard, and why have they decided that Kamala Harris is the person to target if true . If it not so much they want Tulsi Gabbard to be president. This is a congresswoman who went on the National Stage and accused the president of the United States of supporting al qaeda. Think about it logically. The kremlin has a pretty favorable view of donald trump, and if they are loyal to him, we take offense at this, this is our guy, why is he 134 , in sup of terrorism. It is music to their airs. The trope coming out of moscow, damascus, tehran, since 2011 since the syria crisis, the United States is fomenting a terrorist onslaught on elected legitimate president assad. She is playing directly into the propaganda tropes that have come out of enemies of the United States. For whatever reason, right . I mean weve been in this network and other networks grilling her about her support for bash ra al assad, her apologetics, her denialism which she couches as skepticism that assad committed these atross tis and famously went to das d. A. Mass cuss with the underwriting of a lebanese fascist party 11 years ago. Whatever the reason is, her motivation, her socalled antiwar sort of shtick, russia is looking to her and says we dont need her to wit, what she is doing is injecting this poise noon the american electorate in a much more efficacious fashion. If the russians had come out and say this, it would be far less successful. Because it is russian saying it. Exactly. David korn, the wall street journal yesterday, talked about the suspicious media account saying hundreds of social media accounts with botlike traits promoted misinformation and content, ended inflaming racial divisions during both nights of the democratic president ial debates. The botlike activity on tuesday and wednesday nights was consistent with online discussions around senator Kamala Harriss ethnicity during the first democratic debate, including both ms. Harris, and racial issues, as key targets for botlike accounts during the 2020 election campaign. Separate and apart from what i was just discussing with michael about why, why Tulsi Gabbard and Kamala Harris, what youre seeing here is a model that looks very much like a model that we saw in 2016. Slight disagreement. I think what were seeing perhaps is a model that goes beyond 2016. 2016 might have been the warmup game. Might have been the preseason. There was the Internet Research agency. And they, they had an impact, but i think a lot of it was clumsy, and i think they were sort of just feeling the ground here in america, and figuring out what they can do. They have now had two, three years to perfect their strategies, to become even more sophisticated, and weve had robert mueller, we had dan coats, weve had fbi director chris wray all say that this is not just going to happen, it is happening now. And yet, from the white house, and from the republicans in congress, crickets. Guys, thanks very much. Michael weiss and david korn, thanks for joining us on a friday night. 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