i m alycia menendez in for nicolle wallace. from the president, a reminder of the stakes in the next election and an existential question, the president asking all americans, who are we? cited valley forge and on the each of the third anniversary of the january 6th attack, the president describing democracy as a sacred cause and the central issue of the 2024 election. this is not rhetorical, ak dem academic, or hypothetical, but the democracy s question is the most urgent question of our time. the choice is clear. donald trump s campaign is about him, not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. he s willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. our campaign is different. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america. it s about you. it s about every age and background that occupy this country. the speech today another episode in what has become one of the biggest themes in the biden presidency. president biden ha
incredible work holding down this hour before this launch and for that i am incredibly forever grateful. thank you. and on a final note, please don t forget to set your dvr s for alex wagner tonight. that is the time for the last word with, my friend lawrence o donnell. good evening. lawrence hey alex this is very exciting. it s wagner week. that s the way it s gonna be remembered in television history. you know, i saw the little gremlins attack at the beginning of the show. here s the thing to know. on my first show, first one of these which i did which is 12 million episodes ago. the very first one. in the first segment, the teleprompter went down. now you have to be bryant williams to handle a teleprompter going down. you have to be a professional which i wasn t and still am not. so there s this gremlin thing. you re still on the air 12 million episodes later that s the important part of this. that is the lesson. i believe that is the blessing from the gremlins saying
her race because that is what years actually supposed to do when you lose an election. concede. our republic relies on the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections and tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over but now the real work begins. [applause] congresswoman cheney also made a point of calling out election dire nine republicans across the country any hinted that this is not the last you will hear from liz cheney. today as we meet here there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections. no american should support election deniers for any position of general responsibility where their refusal t
out of the state of wyoming, where earlier tonight liz cheney was defeated by a trump backed primary challenger. congresswoman cheney concede her race because that is what you are actually supposed to do when you lose an election. concede. our republic relies on the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections and tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over but now the real work begins. [applause] congresswoman cheney also made a point of calling out election dire nine republicans across the country any hinted that this is not the last you will hear from liz cheney. today as we meet here there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of th
[ cheers and applause ]. congresswoman cheney made a point of calling out election denying republicans across the country and hinted this is not the last we will hear from liz cheney. today, as we meet here, there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections. no american should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility where their refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future. i have said since january 6th that i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. and i mean it. [ cheers and applause ]. tonight we are also keeping a close eye on the special election for alaska s at-large house district where former ak ank governor and 2008 vice presidential