that even though it s the thinnest of margins, it s a fairly good one. i think the republicans may be thinking let s let biden take his victory lap quickly rather than fight it over a few months and lose and then we can go back to bashing him. i don t anticipate the kind of blood bath we ve had for the last few trump nominees. so, aaron, what do you think? this is a president who needs a win. how does he get one? you know, i think of all the campaign promises president biden made as a candidate in 2020, this one is among the most important. that s why you saw black lawmakers and black activists and black voters reminding him of that campaign promise
party was garbage too. they caused a lot of folks who look like the folks on the screen a lot of challenges in america. i m not eager to be gracious to liz cheney, both voted with trump a lot. i don t know if they re heroes but certainly they have a responsibility to uphold this democracy. i take your word on that. aaron, i wanted to say east atlanta aaron for last because i m curious your thoughts on, you know, networks carrying pence live, you know, because i think that kind of contributes to the normalization of this as well. and i know it s challenging for those of us who are journalists because on one hand, you feel obligation to show america what s happening. on the other hand, i m not so sure it s a good idea to carry, you know, mike pence, his speeches live, and i m sure as these things go on this year, journalists will be faced with that decision repeatedly. what are your thoughts here? well, tiffany, you re calling me out. i m happy to be spending your birthday weekend with
republicans are doing their best to delegitimatize those connected to the january 6th, and censuring adam kinzinger, and liz cheney, claiming their sabotaging the party, and the attack on the capitol was legitimate political discourse. get the blank out of here, that s my legitimate discourse to that political discourse. joining me is aaron haynes, ross, attorney and my long time friend, eduardo rodriguez back with us, principle and cofounder of the raven group and also the executive director of the friends of latino museum. so let s get to it. yassi, i want to start off with you. the republican party declared the january 6th attack on the capitol legitimate political discourse as we just talked about, and the media continues to normalize them by offering them platforms everywhere from
one sign of how deeply the former president s anti-democratic big lie has become republican dogma. georgia republicans have also wasted no time taking advantage of a provision in their restrictive voting law passed this year allowing state election boards to take control of county election boards. reuters reports they re now racing to purge black democrats from those boards, reorganizing six county boards in recent months through county specific legislation. in one rural county, local judges appointed a white republican to replace a black democrat, giving republicans a one-vote majority. in another, the republican county commission ousted two black democrats from the board. boards in two of the six counties have already moved to restrict access to the ballot. i m joined now by aaron haynes, editor at large of the 19th, and olivia troye, director of the republican accountability project and former very to vice