federal government. i think that was mr. parnas. if that happens not good news for mr. giuliani. who knows. who knows. again i ve said if you started a company called fraud guarantee, i don t know as mr. parnas did, i don t know if you re ever going to be credible. if the company you started was fraud guarantee. ambassador mcfaul, as always, sir, thank you very much. joining me now to unpack all of this today, betsy woodruff swan, michael steele, former rnc chairman, and ruth marcus, also an msnbc contributor. well, betsy, the weirdest thing about the gordon sondland today, is it was the most predictable thing to happen. he was setting this up. when he went back to review the transcript. and everything you read about this guy, he clearly, oh, my god, what have i gotten myself into.
why do you need donald trump to come in the night before your election day. he asked if i had been under a rock, he said president trump is the postpopular figure here in the state of kentucky and why would he not talk about president trump and he went on to talk about impeachment. i tried to ask the question again what does impeachment have to do with the governor of kentucky. and it is similar to what you have seen down in mississippi and the governor s race down there. the governor running, and tate reeves down there, his focus on this campaign has been largely on president trump. and you have seen trump and mike pence go into these three states to repeatedly try to back up these candidates. thank you, michael steele, former rnc chairman, chris lu,
anti s anti-semit anti-semitic troebs. this isn t the first time the president has spoke to jewish voters this way. trump referred to benjamin netanyahu has your prime minister, even though he was talking to republicans, actually talking to republican americans. let s watch. i stood with your prime minister at the white house to recognize israeli sovereignty over the goland heights. american republicans, of course. when he was a candidate in 2015, trump also told a jewish audience that he didn t want their money. i know why you re not going to support me, and you re not going to support me because i don t want your money. for more, i m joined by susan wall of pennsylvania, michael steel, former rnc chairman, and eli, white house reporter for the washington times.
sea change? can he expand his base beyond the diehard supporters in maga hats? will he be a one-term president elected by a minority of american voters or the standard bearer of american conservatism for the next generation. as peter baker puts it in the new york times, what kind of country do americans really want at this point? the big question today is, can maga 2.0 win over a majority of american voters? joining me now, nbc news political reporter monica alba, former rnc chairman and political analyst michael steele and former spokesman for hillary clinton and co-host of the podcast unredacted, philippe rinas. what are we expecting to hear from the president at this rally tonight? what s their overall strategy? both in terms of how the presentation is going to go, but also in terms of the themes and whether he s going to continue to try to focus on the minority of americans who elected him or
presenting ideas, but they have not been on the cover of these glossy magazine covers, unlike o rourke who has been vague on some of these issues. garrett haake there in state college, p.a., following o rourke. joining me on set, michael steele, former rnc chairman, and msnbc contributor, adrian elrod, former strategic communications director for hillary clinton s 2016 campaign. and let me actually start on the proposal piece of it, right? the broccoli, which i love, if you will. this idea of eliminating the electoral college altogether. that s a big idea. you ve got other big ideas like expanding the supreme court that some democrats have been talking about. reparations, his term, front and center. do you see this becoming a more mainstream discussion as this democratic primary goes on? i think so. look, candidates are trying to stand out right now on offering big, bold policy ideas. that s what s separating them from the pack. i think you will definitely see more of this. and i don