Its great to be with you. Thank you for having me. When i first heard the president use the term witchhunt and that tweet, much like he used fake news, the fact that the election could be rigged, all of these things, for people like me who has spent most of my professional life in washington, d. C. , kind of recoil. They are bold praises. Now you have borrowed this phrase for your book. Why . Because he is very telling. People tend to forget that there are no real which is. This overwhelming irrational desire is what propels a witch hunt. That is what happened here. An astonishing array of smart people. Convincing themselves and millions of others. The president had committed one of the most obnoxious crimes there is in the criminal codes treason. Conspiracy with Vladimir Putin hatched in the bowels of the kremlin. Stealing the 2016 election. It was based on, not a shred of of credible evidence. The book explains how now we know true testimony of those involved, they never had any plau
You have borrowed this phrase for your buck, why connect. Because its telling what people tend to forget about with witchhunts there are no real witches but this overwhelming irrational desire to believe that witches exist is what propels the witchhunt and that is what happened here in an astonishing array of theoretically smart people convince themselves and millions of others that the president had committed the most noxious crime there is in the criminal code treason. Treason is conspiracy with flat amir putin hatched in the bowels of the kremlin to steal the 2016 election and it was based on not a shred of credible evidence and the book explains how now we know through testimony of those involved they never had any possible evidence to launch the original fbi investigation in 2016 and nine months later when the special counsel was appointed they still had no evidence and implement itself violated the regulations authorizing the opponent and i explained how, in the book, one of the
Today, what is going on with Donald Trumps criminal cases. From delays in new york to rulings in South Florida and a major shakeup in georgia, the timelines keep changing. President biden taking his reelection message on the road. Swing state representatives are here is the president sells himself to the American People. And it is a week of chaos at the Republican National committee previewing of what is to come in a potential second trump term. The chairman has many thoughts on the matter. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. As we come on the air this morning, The White House has a message for congressional republicans. It is time to move on. The white House Counsel is telling Speaker Mike Johnson come in an unprecedented letter, to drop the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. The top critics are already looking for off ramps. Joining us in d. C. , staff contributor and msnbc political analyst. Welcome to you both. So mckay, how do we assess this very kind of
That is what led me to predict in advance that donald trump would be president when so many others couldnt see that. Think you get a different picture than this sort of stereo type thats bandied about commonly. Tall the smear into election 2016. Were there campaigns going on sub rosa. Totally. I think 2016 was the epitomy of all the culmination of factors, whether its social media, these smear groups, the smear industry in washington, dc that has grown to huge levels. All the tactics, everything came into play in 2016 and more money was spent, i mean, just gazillions, more actually by Hillary Clinton and her supporters than on donald trump, far more, and yet i guess the lesson is, even though in my view, as i say in the book, the liberal side and the Hillary Clinton side tended to permeate the press and the narrative against trump was ubiquitous and yet he won so i guess commentary of that is that despite all the money spent, despite many republicans, democrats and the media against do
As we continue from miami i a am joined by journalist and author Sheryl Attkisson his most recent book the smear i thank you had a chance to listen to those final l few calls and the last caller thinks people were duped voting for donald trump. There are a few out there that i talk about in the smear if you watch the rallies of Hillary Clinton and donald trump and talk to people outside the big cities, that is what led me to think he would be president you get a different picture to stereotype. Host tie in the smear to the election 2016 were there campaigns . I think it was the academy of factors whether social media, smear groups all the tactics that they used everything came to play in 2016 and more money was spent by Hillary Clinton and her supporters than donald trump. Far more but the lesson is even though the liberal side and Hillary Clinton side tended to permeate the press and the narrative was ubiquitous but he wanted so the commentary is many republicans and democrats hee def