during the russia investigation that he saw the beginnings of what would become a full-fledged crisis of democracy in the aftermath of the 2020 election. we often talk about the republican party being captured by donald trump, becoming this anti-democracy spaert that we are grappling with as a country now. schiff watched that in very human and very personal terms not just in terms of what he observed from trump, but what he observed from his republican colleagues turning into people he literally did not recognize. schiff says, quote, that story, the story of how good people were persuaded to abandon their beliefs and ideology, their dedication to something larger than themselves and their ambition, came to embrace an ugly naytism that their party had long held at bay t that s the one i wish to tell. by the time the russian investigation was over the republican party and its leadership in congress would be broken. the ukraine misconduct was the
big argument about what is right and wrong. i know i ll be criticized. so this is not a normal job where you can just stay at home. ole miss opens its season against louisville. and in baseball after investigating a potential racial slur, the rockies now say a fan was actually just yelling at the team s mascot dinger trying to get a photo. and the player was thankful for the support. i want everybody to know that it does happen to black players. quite often. bay t way too often. and i want to say to that fan that is getting probably a bunch of backlash from it, i am sorry
midterm election season is upon us. yes, it s true. it began in texas with the primaries last night. we saw republican senator ted cruz easily advance. he got over 80% of the vote. the democratic congressman who will challenge him will be bay t beto o rourke. turnout on both sides was way up. joining us to talk about the implications is rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel. good to have you. thanks for having me. big numbers, the senator agreed with the metaphor that, yes, you saw a big blue wave but it crashed into a red wall. exactly. you had record republican turnout. we kept hearing about this unprecedented democrat turnout in texas and republicans showed up in droves yesterday. senator cruz s votes doubled those of o rourke. you saw governor abbott, his
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