he says i m a threat to democracy. he s a threat to them all [laughter] couldn t read the word. he s a threat to democracy. you know what they do? they take me saying that, you like that? and they say, trump couldn t say the word democracy. trump s assault on democracy isn t just a part of his past. it s what he is promising in the future. he is willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. it turns out they can both pronounce democracy. no, the president will not say that donald trump cannot pronounce democracy, or what the press should say is that donald trump lied about joe biden not being able to pronounce democracy correctly, and lied about joe biden s stuttering during his speech. little joe biden did stutter as a child, and big 77 year old donald trump thinks that s funny because if someone donald
playbook, lauren egan. lauren, good morning. thank you for starting us off this morning. let s begin with president biden s speech on the anniversary of the insurrection, moved up due to the storm. i was impressed by the fire of president biden. this is a man who used to refuse to call donald trump by name. he wouldn t even say the word. on friday he went after him, eviscerated him not only for what he s done in the past but the danger he poses for the future. give us your read of the very strong tone of the president. yeah, that s right. he said trump s name some 44 times during that speech, which is a big shift from the president than we ve seen throughout his presidency, but, look, this is part of the biden campaign s strategy about being more forward looking about president trump. they want american voters to seriously consider what another trump presidency would look
all right. all of these busy events, including crucial support that could be pending from the teamsters boss, sean o brien, we ll speak to him in a moment. and first to bill melugin, which could be a raucous affair in iowa. look, the candidates are on a full-on blitz in the state of iowa holding different events, live events, town halls, that sort of thing. trying to shore up some of the support for anybody who may be undecided there. and today is also the three-year anniversary of the january 6th capitol riots and that s something that president biden highlighted in his first campaign speech of the new year yesterday when he called donald trump a threat to democracy. take a listen. trump s assault on democracy isn t just part of his past,
like to talk about ashley bab bet. she died because a police officer thought he was protecting members of congress from a mob. but she wasn t the only person who died that day there were people trampled by the crowds. there were people who had medical emergencies. so i just i think it s been white whashed in a way that s very problematic. that s why i think a lot of members of congress, a lot of elected officials will come back to this anniversary year after year because a thing happened that was very, very serious. ween shouldn t allow people who have an agenda to undermine that. one of nyou mentioned the notion that democracy isn t necessarily high on the list when pollsters ask people about it. we ll just show one example. gallop poll last month, election/democracy was only at 5%. one interesting note i heard from a biden source this
[ laughter ] my god i think it s despicable, seriously, not just a president but any person to say that. to say it to the whole world listening. when i was overseas. anyway, trump s assault on democracy isn t just part of his past, it s what he s promising for the future. he s being straightforward. he s not hiding the ball. his first rally for the 2024 campaign opened with a choir of january 6th insurrectionists singing from prison on a cell phone. while images of the january 6th riot played on a big screen behind him at his rally. can you believe that. this is like something out of a fairy tale. bad fairy tale. trump began his 2024 campaign by