helpless though. at least for now though. they re not doing enough. on this, gelman writes quote, democrats, big and small d, are not behaving as if the threat is real. some of them, including president biden, have taken passing rhetorical notice, but their attention wanders. they are making a gree vous mistake. that mistake in that report is where we start today. former rnc chairman, michael steele is here. michael has launch add exploratory committee as he considers a run for governor of maryland. also joining us, msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill and bart gelman, staff writer at the atlantic. bart, yesterday, i didn t want to embarrass you today, but i ll go ahead and do it. i said the sort of genre of journalism has a new standard bearer in you and this reporting. i wonder if we can put this
democracy, the very soul of america, is at stake. to vote freely, fairly and to have your vote counted the fundamental. it should be simple and straightforward. let there be a debate and a vote. filibuster, right to vote. we start with some favorite reporters and friends. ari is here. senior reporter for mother jones. also joining us former rnc chairman, michael steele and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill back with us. i want to start with you, ari. i feel like you wrote this many months ago. you saw all the structural pieces in place. bringing us to this moment and here we are. my question for you is do you think it s dead? i don t think it s dead, but the bill and democracy itself is dying and nicole, you re right. i feel like i m watching the same movie over and over.
leader kevin mccarthy or house followers who made a pigrimage to trump s club in new jersey just yesterday. joining me is spike mike l bender, senior white house reporter and author of we did win this election. the inside story of how trump lost and my friend, former rnc chairman, michael steele. thank you so much for being here. michael, i want to start with you. your book was full of revolutions. i have to say this stuff was not necessarily surprising we saw crazy play out every day. it was interesting the see it all play out here. i m curious, what surprised you most given the crazy that we saw? what surprised you most? it s a really good question. the story of crazy and cay yus is one well known. you don t have to be a white house reporter to know that.
other foot, mcconnell would not think twice. one of the two political parties in this country has broken bad, predicated on a lie. of course, there was not any systematic election fraud in 2020. just historic turnout. but here we are, and today state legislators are begging washington democrats for help. more than 480 of them signed onto a letter urging for the bill s passing, writing this, quote, we are out of options. we need your help. the world is watching. american democracy is in the balance. when future generations judge whether we rose to this pivotal moment in history, we hope you will be counted alongside us in the fight to preserve this experiment in self-governance. that s where we start today with some of our most favorite reporters and friends. white house correspondent for pbs newshour and moderator of washington week, joining us former rnc chairman, michael steele and former democratic
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