helpless though. at least for now though. they re not doing enough. on this, gelman writes quote, democrats, big and small d, are not behaving as if the threat is real. some of them, including president biden, have taken passing rhetorical notice, but their attention wanders. they are making a gree vous mistake. that mistake in that report is where we start today. former rnc chairman, michael steele is here. michael has launch add exploratory committee as he considers a run for governor of maryland. also joining us, msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill and bart gelman, staff writer at the atlantic. bart, yesterday, i didn t want to embarrass you today, but i ll go ahead and do it. i said the sort of genre of journalism has a new standard bearer in you and this reporting. i wonder if we can put this
mark goldman was right about what trump was going to do in 2020, as far fetched as it seemed at the time. now today barr endowment has written his follow up in the atlantic. it s the new cover story today. it s called the january six was practice. here s how it starts. technically, the next attempt to overthrow a national election may not qualify as a coup. it will rely on subversion more than violence. although each will have its place. if the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by american voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. thousands of votes will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the acquired effect. the winner will be declared the loser. the loser will be certified president elect. the prospect of this democratic collapses not remote. people with a motive to make it happen army new factoring the means. given the opportunity, they will act. they are acting already. who or what will safeguard our constitutional order is not apparent today. it s not even a parent who wil