he heads towards trouble literally personally himself sitting in a jail cell as we speak. it s a traumatic take down of a man who changed long standing motions about lobbying and political consultantcy, becoming one of the most influential figures inside the beltway. paul manafort is an incredibly important figure in the history of washington. he s changed the definition of what is acceptable behavior in washington, and donald trump is the guy who likes to talk about the swamp. well, paul manafort is the guy who invented the swamp. long before he worked on the trump campaign, manafort consulted and organized delegates for a generation of republican presidential candidates. among them, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. paul s had great success with reagan and with bush and with ford and, you know, just great
tmz found a draft of the invite of a private reception with the president-elect trump and hunting trip with his sons with $500,000 or $1 million donation. since, they have put out a fund-raiser without any reference. and former trump campaign manag manag manag manag manager lewandowski is considerings to start a political consultantcy. he managed donald trump s campaign until he was fired after the primary. the final tally on the presidential race. the winner of the popular vote remains hillary clinton. the latest numbers gives the
tone and behavior and attitude of callus indifference that was displayed in the e-mails by my former campaign manager bill. reading that, it made me lose my confidence in bill s judgment. you cannot have someone at the top of your political operation who you do not have confidence in. as a result, i ve instructed bill to not place his name in nomination for state party chairman, and he will not be considered for state party chairman. and i ve instructed him to withdraw his consultantcy with the republican governor
in the house for the foreseeable future. and the other candidate that looked at the 2012 election and said we re on the wrong side of the demographic and political shifts that are happening here. what can we do to change the course of this. but the problem is that there are a ton of republicans who are just fine with controlling the house, controlling a lot of governor s mansions, controlling the kind of consultantcy corporations. a lot of people are doing very well by this status quo. especially when the extremists have become unpopular. you know, in my rigid diet, i drink only tea now. one thing i can tell you about tea, it is delicious. but when the bag breaks, it s very, very nasty. joy reid and ryan grim, thanks for your time this evening. still ahead, republicans invoking dr. king to defend