of the election. we re doing that. it s just not meritorious. the committee has made such deliberate choices wrchlt do you think the coup plot within the coup plot fits into the bigger story they re telling? the doj is central to the legitimization of trump being able to overthrow the election. i think part of what they have to do, which really rides education of the public that doesn t follow these issues that closely, is convey just how unprecedented and extraordinary it is for any president to assert this degree of political control of the justice department. you were at the white house, nicolle. so was i. you didn t even comment on what doj was doing. in 2016 during the investigation of hillary clinton, we had no idea, when jim comey gave that press conference in the spring, we didn t know he was giving the
rathensberger is being primaried by jody heiss who embraces trump s big lie, do you expect this guy, if he wins election will run the election fairly? and if he does, will democrats believe that he is going to run it fairly? so, this kind of delegitimization will work both a ways. what can change that? i think you need change in law and politics. there s a lot of things you need to do legally that makes this harder to happen. we can fix the arcane rules. even if they are changed, the law is only as powerful as those people to follow it. we need a political movement of democrats, republicans and independents, everyone embracing the rule of law and fair
remember which companies sponsored the olympics. you are the u.s. government and china is your greatest threat. you need action greater than through the back door judging companies and saying you ll watch out for bad behavior. there are some interesting things going on in china now poorly understood in the united states. two things are happening in 2022. not just the ol pim ickx. it is xi s breaking the success of who controls the regime. he is breaking that succession in late 2022. china is vulnerable ahead of that. there are rumblings against resistance against xi. he is tanking their economy to break up any threats to his power. this is a moment for the u.s. to make a long run move. a bold move by not only boycotting the olympics and avoiding legitimization of china and take more extreme measures. trace: we saw it with the nba. they refused to go after china. seeing it with corporations.
asian-american and native-american communities, they re working for american democracy. and everybody has to get involved. this comes at a time as you know better than anyone when you re about to leave your position. after nearly a decade of leading this historic organization as you see the rise and legitimization of white supremacy not only around the country but in the halls of congress, literally january 6th with the confederate flag unfurled which had never been unfurled in the capitol not even during the civil war and the secession, did you ever feel the mission will never be accomplished? no, i don t. i started out as a civil rights lawyer more than 30 years ago and i don t believe it has been in vain. i actually think this is what it makes to make the substantive change towards equality and
the 16th street baptist church bombing was carried out by members of the untied klan of america, the same organization who killed michael donald. again and again, we ve seen white racists take the lives of black people and do so with impunity, with the legitimization, and the seeming permission, of law enforcement. bob eddy, he said, chris, this is a klan killing. you not only had the noose, but the typical klan diversionary tactic, burning a cross on the lawn of the county courthouse. bob eddy, in the course of interviewing witnesses, learned that there had been a meeting on wednesday night, preceding the