many justifications he comes up with, he affected the election. everybody knows about the 60 day rule. he will go down as i can say this as a political scientist, every poll, every analysis we showed, everything switched after he made that statement. right. and that s on him. and everything that happens in th government heading forward is between him, possibly the russians and steve bannon. let s play that the carelessness. i remember i was here, i think i was sitting in for chris matthews that day. we were waiting to see what was that announcement was. july 5th, 2016. although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information. so james comey has tweeted. i rez spekt the d.o.j. which is why i urged them to do the deal. i disagree with them of them,
2016. although i m not sure i really believe that, but, you know [laughter] i don t know who the hell wrote that line. i m not sure. [laughter] but it s still important, remember. that s why we will be campaigning for every last vote in every part of our great country. we will be campaigning for the votes of all americans, whether they re registered as democrats, and we got of democrats voting for us, as you know, in 16. they couldn t believe it. they could not believe it. we got a lot of barack obama voters voting for us. we got a lot of bernie sanders voting for us. can you believe it? mostly people that didn t like
2016. although i m not sure i really believe that, but you know. i don t know who the hell wrote that line. i m notm sure. but it still important. remember. that s why we will bow campaigning for every last vote in every part of our great country. we will be campaigning for the votes of all americans, whether they are registered as democrats, and we got a lot of democrats voting for us, as you know, an 16, a lot, they couldn t believe it. they could not believe it. we got a lot of barack obama voters voting for us. we got a lot of bernie sanders voting for us. can you believe it? mostly people that didn t like
midterms. your vote in 2008 is every bit as important as your vote in 2016. although i m not sure i really believe that, but, you know. i don t know who the hell wrote that line. i m not sure. but it s still important, remember. i m very excited for this conversation to welcome former maryland congressman, donna edwar edwards. and back with us, former dnc chair, donna brazile. welcome to you both. with your blessing, congresswoman, can i call you donna e.? yes, absolutely. and then that will help it will help the whole conversation. donna e. and donna b. starting with you then, donna e., what does it say, i think that many people might be surprised to learn something that you both know, that we ve kept track of, that until last night, neither party had ever nominated a black woman as a
handling of michael flynn, of how each and every revelation that comes out is just something that is not real news, not accurate. but the totality of the picture, each and every detail as it comes out is an indication of a serious concern on the part of the president that in its totality it becomes clear that there was an attempt to obstruct an investigation to get to the heart of the potential compromise of the election of 2016. although, of course, the investigation is still ongoing. we don t know what it found, it is not finished yet and so it rolls along. i want to get your take on some other things and let s stay with russia if we could for a moment because obviously russia is a focus as we re seeing in a lot of these memos but also based upon what we learned happened