and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. it was june of 2022, and the venue for the conservative political action conference, cpac. the venue was packed. hundreds of far-right politicians and activists gathered to claim election fraud, to launch attacks against the press, donald trump was one of the main speakers, and he was slated to give a talk on chinese election interference. jason miller was there, trump s senior campaign advisor, and now the ceo of the conservative twitter clown getter. also in attendance, republican mark, green a far-right congressman who voted against the certification of joe biden as president. in a lot of ways, this was just another cpac conference. the main difference was that this one was happening in brazil. months before that country s presidential election. all of the false claims about election fraud, they were dubbed in portuguese. this is the extent to which the maga movement embedded itself
favorite story of the day. abc s josh elliott shows us quite an extraordinary friendship. reporter: they are the unlikeliest of pairs. 22-year-old collin smith and 72-year-old ernest green known to all here at highpoint university as a package deal. we always have fun. reporter: prior to his collin, a budding three-sport athlete was involved in a horrific car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. green a recently retired engineer. heard through his church about the accident and felt what he says was a calling to help collin whom he never met. so he called collin s family, offering his services to the boy s overwhelmed parents. green put in 12-hour days, leaving his home before dawn to get to collin s house by 6:00 a.m. he would get collin out of bed and ready for school. and make the 45-minute drive to highpoint university. attending classes with and taking notes for collin all while pushing him three miles a day or more. did you ever feel sorry for him?
sprung a leak. are they a governing party or a permanent protest party? that s our question tonight. finally, let me finish with a word about a friend of this show and a colleague of mine for years. pat buchanan. we begin with the fight over birth control and how republican men may be reaching for trouble. especially woman trouble. michael steele was chairman of the republican party and joan walsh is editor of salon. both are msnbc political analysts. i see the smile on my colleague s face. although she s wearing green a month ahead of time, which is appropriate for my friend joan, here s your chance. speak loudly and clearly about what the republicans are doing to the potential of getting even a little bit of women s support in the next election. they are decimating their chances. this has been one of the best things they could do for president obama. you know, the democrats lost certain groups of women in 2010,
and the tea party troubles are out there. the big winners of 2010 have sprung a leak. are they a governing party or a permanent protest party? finally, let me finish with a word of a friend of this show and a colleague of mine for years. pat buchanan. we begin with the fight over birth control and how republican men may be reaching for trouble. es herbpecially woman trouble. michael steel was chairman of the republican party and joan walsh, both are msnbc political analysts. i see the smile on my colleague s face. although she s wearing green a month ahead of time, here s your chance. speak loudly and clearly about what the republicans are doing to the potential of getting even a little bit of women s sport in the next election. they are decimating their