welcome to the beat. i m katie fang, in for ari melber. we begin with the disturbing, violent rhetoric that s surging on the far right about a quote civil war. the new york times reporting, talk of civil war ignited by the mar-a-lago search, is flaring online. that search happened on august 8th. just hours after trump made the search public, mentions of civil war on twitter spiked a whopping 3,000%. the times says similar spikes happened on facebook, reddit, parlor, gab, and truth social. of course, some trump allies are fanning the flames. at a campaign event in arizona, michael flynn talked about governors declaring war. states rights, did you know that a governor can declare war? a governor can declare war, okay? and we re going to probably see that. that comes after margorie taylor greene said this at a trump rally in michigan. i m not going to mince words with you all. democrats won t republicans dead, and they ve already started the killing. when joe biden g
information to somebody who should not have had it but the republican party chairman and the former chairman who secretly seems to be running things with karl rove, they re just going with this. you know, christine o donnell today down 17 points in one poll and down 24 in the other. but the republican party s leaders are with her. on what might be the craziest thing she has ever been found to have said. so far. who knows what bill maher will unveil on friday? meanwhile, if there is a secret chinese plot to take over the united states, maybe they re starting with our government. democrats have apparently decided to use that prospect as a cudyul to beat them over the head this election. you know of the operation of this elections, more on crossroads, american crossroads coming up in a moment. but do you want to know who s spending more on conservative causes and candidates this year? the chamber of commerces,
the former chairman who secretly seems to be running things with karl rove, they re just going with this. you know, christine o donnell today down 17 points in one poll and down 24 in the other. but the republican party s leaders are with her. on what might be the craziest thing she has ever been found to have said. so far. who knows what bill maher will unveil on friday? meanwhile, if there is a secret chinese plot to take over the united states, maybe they re starting with our government. democrats have apparently decided to use that prospect as a cudyul to beat them over the head this election. you know of the operation of this elections, more on crossroads, american crossroads coming up in a moment. but do you want to know who s spending more on conservative causes and candidates this year? the chamber of commerces, chambers pledge to spend $75 million this campaign season.