we can go with the more accurate polish version, or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation? the polish version probably closer to my roots. of course, i m not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. florida governor ron desantis kicked off his presidential run last week, perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to watch the campaign launch on twitter spaces was hearing the candidate s last name. i m ron desantis and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. come again. the same day that governor desantis released that video, he appeared on fox news and he said this. anybody that s so inclined to help us, i would love to have your support at rondesantis.com. this was low-hanging fruit for the trump campaign. i m ron desantis. this is governor ron desantis. hello, this is governor ron desantis, wishing everyone a merry christmas. who knew the long versus short version of a vowel could cause all this
joe biden to read charlotte s web as a freshman in college. so welcome back into the spotlight, iowa. the birth place of vending machines sliced bread and hetero section wales. on tuesday florida governor ron desantis held his first campaign event in a tour that will also take him to new hampshire and south carolina. but i wonder if it was great to be back. it is great to be back and it s great for me to report that our great american comeback starts by sending joe biden back to his basement in delaware! [cheers and applause] greg: well, the rest of the speech hit the usual stuff but the melt s meltdown is already in mid season form when it comes to ron. because there s a model for what this little dictator in the making wants to do. there is a model for what this little dictator in the making wants to do. just look at china, cuba, north korea, afghanistan or iran where the government censors the media or force feeds a strict conservative religious ideology to children
in the united states and around the world. i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. it is friday, december 22, yes, i m wearing a candy cane tie. stunning new revelations into just how far donald trump went to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. a new report from the detroit news alleging that then president trump pressured two election officials in wayne county, michigan to not certify the results of the vote, that is according to audio recordings they have reviewed for a phone call trump made in 2020 following the election. the newspaper reports that he told them we can t let these people take our country away from us and everybody knows detroit is crooked as hell. joining me now, joey jackson. thanks for getting up early for us. this recording seems to go to the core of the case jack smith is building against trump, namely that he actively conspired to overturn the 2020 election. and you remember of course that phone call pressuring georgia election officials to find him vote
what you had earlier in the show about why donald trump and others in history have said these provocative things that they do. i would ask the usual post that because that should be watched over and over again. to those who don t listen to the demagoguery we have a job to do to get democracy from it because as you pointed out it has worked over and over again. and so, we may be victims of whether or not we fall prey to that sort of language. yes you don t have to believe in it for your country to fall for and to change itself fundamentally because of it. we have to understand it s not just bad the people are doing these things and how they are work and how to counteract them. i have thought that for a long time and my brain can t articulate the way you can say them so the fact that you said it, i am just going to please you show, i had to send it to everybody. this is why you have to care about the stuff that he says and others like him say because it s your democracy. th
for me tonight, i m sorry that i ve run over. now it is past time for the last word, with good evening ali, i m sorry it took so much time. not only am i not story, i want to have what you said earlier in the show about why donald trump and others in the history, have said these provocative things that they do i would, as that your show post that because, that should be watched over and over and over again what it does is draw tension to the fact that don t listen to the democratic the autocratic top in the racism we have a job to do to protect democracy from it because as you pointed out it has worked over and over again we may be victims of it whether or not we fall prey to that sort of language you don t have to believe in, for your country to fall for. it in to change itself fundamentally because of it, not just that it s bad that people are doing this, but how they work and how they counteract them. i thought that for a long time, my brain cannot articulate the