face. just last, week we learned of another phone call from donald trump urging election officials to reject the will of the american people. that detroit news reports the call made just days after the election. of the call, the news outlet reports trump pressured two republican canvassers in michigan not to certify the 2020 presidential election. nbc news has not heard or verified the audit reports. president biden won michigan by nearly 155,000 votes in a fair and free election. but for donald trump, accepting defeat, not an option. instead, he discouraged his supporters to show up at he encouraged his supporters to show up to the capitol on january 6th, and you know what happened next. a deadly insurrection. and donald trump s all hands on thick effort to derail american democracy failed but we cannot let down our guard. a new column from the deli piece rates the fact that didn t work should not give us a false sense of security regarding the potential danger that someth
of the 14th amendment in the constitution, which bans insurrectionists and people of aided insurrectionists from holding office. and there has been a whole lot of interest in whether this section of the amendment might bar donald trump from running from office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. the minnesota state court dismissed the idea. over michigan, a judge ruled a trump could not be taken off that states ballot. in total, 14th amendment suits to disqualify trump have been dismissed in four states. they are pending appeal in two states and they are panicked being heard in for the first time in 13 states. and just until two hours ago, it looked like colorado would go in a similar direction to what we have seen in these other states. last month in colorado the issue got a weeklong public hearing in district court and you may not have been paying attention but there were high prideful witnesses, like congressman ken buck, and trump aide kash patel who spok
president trump s pressure campaign on to local election officials and michigan to not certify the 2020 presidential election results. is here to talk about this bombshell and about the colorado supreme court s ruling to boot trump from the ballot there. unfinished business, congress left town without a deal on immigration and aid for ukraine and israel, not to mention a overall budget to avoid a government shutdown. we dissect washington s long and incomplete to do list with max cohen of punchbowl news. and reverse migration, charles stops by to discuss his new documentary calling for black americans to change the nation s political calculus by moving to the south. i m jonathan capehart, and this is the saturday show. it s just one page, one sentence. quote, the petition for writ before judgment is denied. that should have been my bad, i m not a lawyer, but with that one sentence, the supreme court rejected special counsel jack smith s proposal to accelerate a decisi
never indicted or incited an insurrection. he loves his children. he doesn t hide classified documents. vote dernald turmp, and he ll make the united states goodest, as it once one. i approve this message. i didn t know. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 21st. great to have you with us. also with us, we have white house editor for politico, sam stein, who intimidates people who work for him to say that he is their favorite. we heard that, sam. also, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. washington bureau chief for the usa today, susan page. and staff writer at the atlantic, mark leibovich. president biden made his first remarks yesterday about the colorado supreme court ruling that donald trump is disqualified from that state s 204 primary ballot because of his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. in milwaukee, biden initially refused to comment but then said this when asked if trump supported an insurrection. well, i think it
disagreements it s a reminder of how much it would mean to reach out. that does it for me tonight, the rachel maddow show starts right now. i love that closing story. that was excellent, and you do not know this, but it is very much in keeping with the theme that i m going to be talking about this whole hour, so i know we didn t coordinate this, but this was we have a mind meld today. i will be looking forward to that. just a reminder of humanity even with disagreement which is sometimes hard to remember in this time. yeah, and it is the thing that most frustrates the people who want us to forget that for their own political purposes but it s the only way out, thanks, my friend. much appreciate it. well done. thanks at home for joining us. the capital of the great state of mississippi is jackson, of course. the airport in jackson, mississippi, is called jackson medgar wiley evers international airport. it is named for medgar evers, the civil rights leader. after he