voting fraud is so extremely definitely we need martial law. really? well if you make essential threaten you just buy anything response a threat. this is not something we invented. this is not something the trump era invented. i mean russia-ukraine in february tongue the russian people it was because ukraine was a military threat gearing up to attack russia. really, russia is 3000% larger than ukraine. that s like saying the town of panorama was going to invade mexico. or that aruba was going to invade china. but still, make the claim. find a threat, invent a threat or find one somewhere. and hype it beyond comprehension. neutralized the bizarreness of that supposed overhype, supposed and overhyped threat. neutralize the bizarreness of it through propagandistic mass repetition.
definitely need martial law. really? well, if you make voting fraud into an existential threat, you can justify anything in spon, response to that threat. this is not something we invented. this is not something the trump era invented. russian invaded ukraine saying ukraine was a military threat gearing up to attack russia. russia is 3,000% larger than ukraine and that is like saying vermont will invade mexico or aruba would invade china. but make the claim. find a threat. make a threat. or find one somewhere. and hype it beyond comprehension. neutralize the bizarreness of that supposed overhyped threat, and neutralize the bizarreness of it, through propaganda, with mass repetition, and bingo, lock
embrace and enable lies. they want to rule or they will ruin. trump supporters have decried biden s remarks. folks today shaping up to be an unfortunate reminder that january 6, 2021 was only the beginning of this fight over u.s. democracy and many thought maybe it was the last sort of thrashing of the trump era. sadly, it was not. the biggest threats facing our political system are coming from within and they are still here. joining me now our senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, kara lee, also anna palmer and jonah goldberg the editor and chief of the dispatch. kara, let me start with you. simply, this feels like this shouldn t be an only one political party remembering this day, but i have to tell you the bizarreness of today right now is that fact. that it is only one party that
curt, you first on this. what do you make on this, besides kind of the bizarreness of the video. why is donald trump doing this, and who is this helping in this race? well, alex, it s another remarkable act of self-sabotage by the republicans in virginia. anytime donald trump makes it solely about himself, democrats win, republicans lose. we saw it in 2018, we saw it in 2020, we saw it in the georgia special elections earlier this year in january. the last thing that republicans in virginia need is for this race to become a referendum on donald trump, on people like steve bannon, on the white nationalist elements that have overrun the republican party. glenn youngkin is on the air with adds trying to make himself look like the every man. it s a nice neat veneer for trumpism, when you align yourself with donald trump and steve bannon, you re not fooling anyone. the reality is you are being supported and you are rallying with people who are pledging
an autocrat, stood up after the bizarreness of the last four years with trump but tried to lay a foundation for progress. as you indicated in the toss, all of the results of that are ahead of us. we do not know whether it will yield fruit, whether it will result in different russian behavior. nevertheless, it was a positive start. but to show that democracy works at home, which it s the test that he has laid for himself, he s got to get his agenda through and that won t be easy. there are some notes of positivity on infrastructure. potential bipartisan deal that would be in tandem with a democrats only deal. a larger deal on infrastructure. but very difficult to get ten republicans to vote for it. we ll see if they can do that. big challenges on voting rights. there are ways in which democrats want to protect voting rights against what s happening in the states. they need republican votes unless they squash the filibuster.