he s an orphan now. stories like this are horrific to all of us. as a father, as a human being, my heart is broken for aiden, for the mccarthy family. what s worse is to see the reactions of republican politicians when stuff like this happens. we are overwhelmed by gop extremism. every day brings a new crop of ghastly statements, bold face lies and bonkers, offensive conspiracies. from republican officials, and candidates. it s difficult not to become numb to them. it s tempting to just ignore them. this is the political party that could be in control of congress in a matter of months. so, though i would much murdered voided, and i hate talking about her, we have to start today with gop congresswoman, marjorie taylor greene. she spoke in a clip from her podcast about that mass murder in highland park. a clip that went viral on twitter this week. but here s what i have to say. i mean, two shootings on july 4th. one in a rich, white neighborhood and the other a fireworks disp
conversation in november, 2020, in which he claims that you told him that the election was rigged and that he had won arizona. to quote the former president, during the conversation he told me the conversation he told me the election was rigged and i won arizona, quote. did you have such a conversation with the president? i did have a conversation with the president, that certainly isn t it. there are parts of it that are true, but parts that are not, sir. the part that i read you. is that false? anywhere, anyone, any time has said that i said the election is rigged that would not be true. and when the former president in a statement today claimed that you told him that he won arizona, is that also false? that is also false. mr. bowers, i understand that after the election. i don t know if this is a conversation the former president is referring to, but after the election you received a phone call from president trump and rudy giuliani, in which they discussed the
the lies. if you ask how many republican congressmen believe trump was re-elected i d say maybe a couple but 60% of our base does. conspiracy theories. that could have been mickey mouse. i m watching this is the craziest thing i ve ever seen, and then people just bought it. lawsuits. they tried to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. potentially illegal pressure campaigns. i just want to find 11,780 votes. what he was asking for wasn t supported by the facts, wasn t supported by the constitution. extraordinary scheming. let s talk about the memo. just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. and all too many in the republican party do you believe this was a free and fair election? and maga media who followed along. unverifiable dumps of votes. stop the steal! and it all might have worked if not for a few people in key places. notably among t
disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden says an american drone strike has killed the al-qaeda leader, ayman al zawahiri. he said the operation, which he authorised, took place in the afghan capital kabul on saturday. mr biden described ayman al zawahiri as having been deeply involved in the september the eleventh attacks as well as earlier attacks on us embassies in africa and the uss cole in the late nineties. zawahiri, who succeeded osama bin laden as al-qaeda chief, was on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. this is what president biden announced a short time ago on saturday at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the emir of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri. ayman al zawahiri was bin laden s leader, he was with him all the whole time, he was his number two man and deputy at the time of the terrorist attack on 9/11. he was deeply involved in t