graham particularly, this is a former prosecutor. i have watched him in hearings do a very competent and good and strong cross-examination. he knows, he knows that this was a fair trial. he knows that. but he is so captured by the math, that donald trump while he doesn t have the majority of the country, he still has a majority of the republican party totally following him lockstep. and they are going to believe his lie about this trial, just like they believed his lie about the election. the cowardice of the republicans that are refusing to lead at this moment is stunning, and they deserve what they re going to get electorally. let s bring into the conversation, democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut here to talk about a range of issues. but i want to ask you for your reaction to the judgment yesterday in new york against the former president of the united states. the likely nominee to be the republican candidate for president to run against joe
liable for sexual abuse and defamation and has to pay $5 million and the attorneys say the appeal looks pretty sound, if they try. but here s donald trump, not helping himself at all, talking about celebrities, like himself, being able to do anything they want to women. and you say, and again, this has become very famous in this video, i just start kissing them, it s like a magnet, just kiss, i don t even wait, and when our star, they let you do it, you can do anything, grab em by the [ bleep ], you can do anything, that s what you said, correct? historically, that s true with stars. that s true with stars, they can grab women by the [ bleep ]? if you look over the last million years, that s been largely true. not always, but largely true. unfortunately or fortunately. you consider yourself to be a star? i think you can say that,
things. when donald trump was indicted by the manhattan da a month or two back that helped him in the polls. and the bifurcation between the house members largely in lock step with him who want to do his bidding and are supporting him versus the senate who hit on the issue of electability. mitt romney is often a trump critic so setting him aside but someone like a thune or a kennedy, cassidy, they do cornyn, who s a member of leadership, do occasionally criticize trump but often are in lock step but they say here we don t think a candidate with this baggage, more or less, can win. the video is a response yesterday to the decision is reprehensible and something a decade ago republicans would have rejected outright. whether now that the anti-trump forces can take a moment to try to coalesce around another
also about their defense of clarence thomas. this idea that we can t agree that it s out of bounds to accept millions of dollars worth of gifting from a party before the court, as a supreme court justice. over and over and over and over again as long as it justifies donald trump being elected or republicans winning cases on the supreme court. you re seeing this republican party demonstrate over and over again that the rules don t matter if the end of power is served by the means. as we ve pointed out, senator marco rubio, who himself is a lawyer, went to lawyer and said, quote, the jury is a joke, talking about the jury system. let s move on to other matters. guns are a question you ve tackled now for well over a decade. after the shooting in uvalde almost a year ago, you were able to come together with republicans to get some bipartisan legislation done on gun safety.
times juries come back with verdicts we don t agree with but it s the law. we don t run around saying they re jokes. it shows how debased people like marco rubio, lindsey graham, who s a lawyer who knows better not that he shouldn t know better but he knows better. them attacking a injury for donald trump admitting it. what does senator rubio mean the jury was a joke? it was a jury of civilians who answered a notice and listened to the evidence. we heard from republican congressman who said jury of my peers and laughed it off as if the entire concept of jury of our peers, which is foundational to our country and justice system is somehow a joke. this is a big deal. donald trump has been accused by