discourse day today. not all of this was nowadays, you better watch what you say. there s always someone in person or online who can tell you that you can t say that, it s problematic. there are so many words and phrases off-limits. it s hard to keep off track. some say peanut gallery is classist and racist. first world problems is also classist. tone-deaf is in ablest. mom and dad assumes traditional gender roles. there s always something that seems to be a new word. syndicated talk show host is with us now to explain good to be with you. good to talk to you. all of my career, never called for a host to be fired. i believe in something called freedom. we can t make people watch our shows or listen to my radio s show. i believe in freedom. but that s not the prevailing view. sadly, it s not. always thought we went to the universities to hear other people s ideas. not necessarily agree with them, but learned something about what i had to say. now, we see surv
democracy by refusing to say whether they will accept election results they don t like. also tonight, what s next after a very bad week for trump with the special master telling his lawyers to put up or shut up and new york s attorney general exposing years of alleged fraud. and as kevin mccarthy makes his pitch for speaker, president biden reminds americans exactly what republicans want to take from you if they win. things like reproductive rights and social security. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the cancer that continues to rot what s left of the desiccated corpse of the republican party. moments from now, the former president will stand shoulder to shoulder with ted budd, north carolina s republican senate candidate. he refused to accept the results if he loses but voting to certify the 2020 election as a member of congress just hours after the attack on the capitol. and he s not the only one. from the carolinas to
donald trump s role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election. including the violent and deadly attack on the capitol by a mob of insurrectionists, and ongoing threat to democracy. they will be the first opportunity for the public to see clips from the star witness, pat cipollone, s recorded testimony last week. the former white house counsel was reportedly cooperative. the panel has requested that an added version of alex holder s newly released documentary, unprecedented. so we could see some behind the scenes footage. not included in the final cut. although, it s not clear just how much we will learn from it. what we did learn is that the trump kids had nothing to say about january 6th. you said before you didn t want to talk about january 6th, the capital hearing let s skip the sixth. let s go to nbc s, julia, at the capitol where anticipation is building. she is getting new information about the committee s witness list. julia, we ve heard another big player, steve
Less than 48 hours ago we found out how far democrats in the highest Law Enforcement agencies, allegedly nonpartisan offices would go to couch for the Obama Administration. You remember that meeting on the tarmac between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and bill clinton, outed only because a local reporter happened to be there. The f. B. I. Wouldnt allow photos, pictures or cell phones. There were no reports made. But the highest ranging Law Enforcement official in this country was approached by the spouse who was being actively investigated in the most of important investigation in the history president ial politics. It was followed by an investigation of Hillary Clinton and we know her subject subsequent exoneration. The fbi and the Department Of Justice to both colluding to
allow hillary a free pass. But we didnt know how deep and dirty the collusion really was until 48 hours ago. In response to a dream of Information Application to both the fbi and the d. O. J. By jay sekulow and the
Thats absurd. Did anyone involved in the Trump Campaign have contact with russians trying to meddle with the election . Absolutely not. We dont know of any contacts with russian agents. Those conversations never happened. Lie after lie. Why would there be any contacts between the campaign . Why is a question that remains to be answered. What we know now is there were contacts between Jared Kushner by his own admission, not fake news, real facts. Jared kushner said he met with russians, he just didnt collude with them. What else did he say . Reporter he said he had four meetings with russians during the Campaign Season and during the transition. He did say he met with the Russian Ambassador at the Mayflower Hotel during one of then candidate trumps Foreign Policy speeches. Of course, he acknowledged being at that now infamous meeting at trump tower which donald trump, jr. Was promised dirt on the
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