michael steele on what it will tell us about the gop. and as the doj sued texas over its extreme immigration law, weighs in on the republican leadership of his home state. this is american voices. it has been four years since a pro trump mob stormed the u.s. capitol, an insurrection that instantly reshaped american politics. and the plot to overturn the 2020 election continues to underscore the stakes heading into our next presidential election. on friday, president biden laid out donald trump s assault on democracy in his first campaign speech of the new year. biden called trump s actions on january 6th, quote, i m not the worst derelictions of duty by a president in american history. today, we are here to answer the most important question. is democracy still americas sacred cause? it s not rhetorical, academic, or hypothetical. whether democracy is still america s secret calls is the most urgent question of our time and it s blocked the 2024 election is all about
but in the same way and in order to hold your face, they know they need to do the right now. so there is no telling what they would do, as well, if they were actually president to hold on to power. that means that those stakes that biden laid out are there no matter who the republican nominee is. and i hope he continues to do it. because he needs to keep reminding people what the stakes are, all the way up to election day. secretary castro, you re sticking with me. michael, thank you. we re going to be sync but lot of utility. it s our morning show. it starts next weekend. you can see me, michael, and summit center s towns in on that weekend, every saturday and sunday, eight 8 am eastern. set those alarms now, starting generating. next, the justice department sues the state of texas over its new policy to police to indiscriminately arrest immigrants in the state. at the top of the hour, growing concerns facing ivy league schools and their leaders, professor sean hopper, who
first caucus of the 2024 primary, donald trump is defending his actions on january 6th, colin the effort to hold him accountable a witch hunt. at an event last night, trump urged several thousand supporters to try for him on caucus night. claimiwille, quote, the most important vote of their internalize. the former president most appears to be strengthening his ties with far-right figures, laura bloomer, apartment champion of january 6th conspiracy theories road with trump aboard his private plane and iowa yesterday. joining us now to unpack all of this, former hug secure julián castro and msnbc political analyst michael steele is back with. us, michael proposed of the audience who don t know laura loomer is she a spread conspiracy theories about school shootings and of course the january 6th attacks. what do you make of the fact you have a former president, current gop front runner,
be a candidate at all. these are all efforts that are required to preserve democracy. michael, there is what happened on january 6th, there is what s happened on the days since january 6th, and thinking specifically about the misinformation and disinformation campaigns we have seen whitewash what happened on january 6th. you yourself have become a sort of play or character in that misinformation, to information into what people have mischaracterized who you are, what you worthier, what you did, as someone who, i would argue, has been a victim of that, at least head their life impacted by it, how do you think we get out from under the fact there are still a lot of americans who believe lies about what it was that happened on january 6th? who at a minimum are able to hold the truth of what you saw and experienced with your own eyes? i ve gotten beyond i m not really interested
your opponents would point out help bunkers you are. but it seems, like in this primary, everybody else has been running for vice president, trying to become trump s vice president. and up until very recently, not pointing out how foregone he is. with the exception of chris christie, you know, and a couple of others have dropped out who were never gonna. when desantis and haley has made opponents have not done. it so that has the effect of normalizing it even further and i think iowa is going to tell us whether the gop has an effect completely cut off the rails. i think, unfortunately, the answer is that. has michael, on friday you head nikki haley telling nbc news she would maybe consider ron desantis as her running mate, while saying she s not running to be vp herself. desantis responded saying he s not interested in being anyone s vp either. again, none of this is going to happen.