keeps our democracy in place. and thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. in february of 2021 joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense and let s understand a high crime is a felony and a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much over time. after he s out of office you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in
sir? those famous lines ordered by the lawyer, joseph wells, on june 9th, 1954, effectively marked the end of mccarthy-ism, and the investigations that wisconsin senator joseph mccarthy was conducting as chair of the senate permit cup subcommittee on investigations, created initially to investigate government fraud and waste, but he quickly turned into a political pet project to investigate what mccarthy claimed was communist infiltration at all levels of the government. the origins of the mccarthy investigation could be traced back to the post world war i overmine committee, a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee, and to the house special committee to investigate communist activities in the united states, aka, the fish committee, formed and chaired by new york representative hamilton fish. the fish committee walked into the famous house on american activities committee, formed in 1938, and chaired by texas representative merchandise. much like mccarthy, 12 years
Time and now its my time with you as we mark 63 days until americans head to the polls. And today let us begin The Faulkner Focus countdown clock to november 8th. President Biden Lashing out at his political opponents saying he hopes to hold onto his partys slim majority on capitol hill. Critics labeling him as dividing biden after his speeches in key Battleground States like wisconsin. It is only an hour show so we just drilled out some highlights. President biden i want to be very clear up front. Not every republican is a maga republicans but the extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate, division. Extreme maga republicans dont just threaten our personal rights and economic security, they embrace political violence. Im not talking about the extreme maga republicans. Think about it. Think about it. Harris republicans know how to fight back. You have to call your Opposition Names when you got nothing else to point to. We went from sa
we need to say clearly and forcefully, white supremacy, all forms of hate, fueled by violence have no place in america. let s call it out in its complicity. there when we bring it up, we divide the. country if we bring it, up we silent. it instead of remaining silent. i left this week s white house summit on hate crimes as international action network, thinking about the spike in the driven violence from the far-right over the last six years. i appreciated that president biden was candid about that threat. but i couldn t help but think, this week especially, about how comfortable even mainstream republicans have become with cruelty as a political tactic. in addition to the two prominent gop candidates who thought a decent to leave migrants and asylum seekers stranded to score political points. there was a maga republican, senator lindsey graham, announcing his bill for a national abortion ban. just three months after the reversal of roe, and its effects on millions of wom
time and now it s my time with you as we mark 63 days until americans head to the polls. and today let us begin the faulkner focus countdown clock to november 8th. president biden lashing out at his political opponents saying he hopes to hold onto his party s slim majority on capitol hill. critics labeling him as dividing biden after his speeches in key battleground states like wisconsin. it is only an hour show so we just drilled out some highlights. president biden: i want to be very clear up front. not every republican is a maga republicans but the extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate, division. extreme maga republicans don t just threaten our personal rights and economic security, they embrace political violence. i m not talking about the extreme maga republicans. think about it. think about it. harris: republicans know how to fight back. you have to call your opposition names when you got nothing else to p