trump than square, i ve no doubt about that. i m the only one who has a chance to beat trump and win a general election. three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes, the violent mob stormed the united s capital. everything is on the line right here. the question is, what kind of centuries is going to be? a democracy is still america s secret cause, the most urgent question of our time. weaponized government, saying i m a threat to democracy. we all know donald trump is. question we have answers, who are way? we will good evening, once, again i m stephanie ruhle. a week ended with the president naming donald trump that s a threat to our democracy. the supreme court announcing they will hear the case on whether trump should be on the ballot and colorado in a major shake up. top of the nra. you are in luck. our nightcap is here to talk about all of it. it is a great one. joining me, eddie glock, princeton professor and msnbc contributor. u.s. managing edito
a week ended with the president naming donald trump that s a threat to our democracy. the supreme court announcing they will hear the case on whether trump should be on the ballot and colorado in a major shake up. top of the nra. you are in luck. our nightcap is here to talk about all of it. it is a great one. joining me, eddie glock, princeton professor and msnbc contributor. u.s. managing editor for the times study stage, credit officer of the media. comedian pete dominic, host of stand up for pete dominic podcast all right. , let s start with the supreme court. peter, i turn to you. what is at stake here with donald trump getting on this ballot? i was at stake is everything. i will say, i was watching earlier with msnbc, a lot of legal debate on this on how strong the cases. i must say, i ve become so cynical that this court in particular. this is a political court. this is a political case. i don t think is it three of
mitt romney and he s much, much richer. so cornell, let s start with you. what does mr. trump want? well, as a political professional i ve got to tell you i love trump s message. his message seems to be barack obama s a birther and i m really, really rich. that s got to be a winning message. and i think it speaks to sort of and i feel sorry for my republican colleagues because it speaks to sort of how weak their bench is if this talk show hustler can now move his hustle to politics and move to the front of the party. will. you know what donald trump wants, carol? he wants attention. there s this wonderful myth that at the end of the revolutionary war george washington turned down a chance to be king. it s probably not true, but we know he declined a chance for a third term. now, let me ask you this. do you think an insecure narcissist would turn down a chance to be king for power, for all that attention? answer that, and you ll know everything you know about trump. pete, i ca
don t have a problem with going back to the gold standard, i think is one of paul s things is. and the other part of this is, you know, freedom of expression and action. as long as that action or expression doesn t have to do way woman s health and a woman making choices about her own body. quite frankly, i don t even know what libertarian means anymore because it doesn t seem to mean what it means in the book. pete. well, will cain in his household doesn t have any rules apparently. and i know this because i ve been to will s house. there are no rules. that s what rand and ron paul like. expected but not required. i d like to see that be adhered to by the oil companies and by wall street. live in a country where there s really no regulations or rules. we ll just do the right thing. trust us. everything will be fine. i can t wait to see rand and ron d oh! thanks to all of you. will, cornell, pete, it was extra fun today. and we ll see you again on friday. see you guys. che
cornell belcher leans left. and as always, comedian pete dominic will lend his own unique political perspective. so first question. gas prices have risen for 27 days in a row. why aren t lawmakers looking at ways to lower our fuel prices? will. well, they re not looking at lowering gas prices right now because as of now, carol, we don t live in a third world banana republic where the government interferes in markets and manipulates the prices of products. but you know, that could always change. cornell. i do love will so much. by the way, why is the republican always on top? we re not lowering gas prices because it s working out exactly the way it should. remember you just had a president and vice president who were both big oil men. you had a ranking member of the gop on the on the committee apologize to bp. how dare we call bp in front of, you know, the government and ask any questions of them. and their answer to our oil problem, oh, let s drill more. let s drill more. pete.