republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. there s something dangerous happening in america now. there s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. the maga movement. president biden is set to deliver a dire new warning about donald trump as trump, late today, asked the u.s. supreme court to keep him on the ballot in colorado. also tonight, the outrage following the resignation of dr. claudine gay at harvard. result of dei, women, people of color, academia, all of it. plus, yet another biden administration official just announced his resignation over the administration s, quote, blind eye to the atrocities in gaza. that official joins me tonight in his first tv interview. but we begin tonight with the three-year anniversary of the greatest assault on american democracy in modern times. the january 6th insurrection. we re just about three days away, again, from that that anniversary. and th
you talk about the fact, first of all, she is now the shortest tenured president in harvard, only served for six months. christopher rufo say she built a dei monstrosity and conspiracy, she did that in six months. she must be pretty amazing. he also described pushing her out as getting a scalp. what do you make of this campaign which definitely felt like it was bigger than her but also about her and her identity? well, i mean there is nothing else to make of it, joy, except what dr. gay herself said. black women are the ideal canvas for exactly these kinds of attacks, which i wrote in my column and thank you so much for mentioning it, as an affirmative reaction to the dei efforts led largely by black women and that are being opposed by white, mostly white, mostly male gate keepers who, you know, want to hold on to control of power over ideas in this untry. and khalil, let s look at
made. as a logical matter, it makes no sense at all. right. the drafters of the 14th amendment were concerned to keep confederate actors, soldiers and politicians out of power in the new regime. and it would have been very odd for them to exclude jefferson davis. right. from that or to say that, say robert e. lee or some confederate private could run for president of the united states. that would be a very odd thing for them to do. yeah. now, ironically because of this quirk about the presidency in relation to this office, scott perry actually it s more clear that somebody, like if scott perry par depending on how broadly you construe the insurrection, it s more clear