Elections in november are the most important senate elections in our history. our next guest who has written three books about the senate, shapiro writes make no mistakes the senate s performance during the trump presidency is the story of the most catastrophic failure of government in american history. that failure undermined the rule of law and threatened our constitutional rights. it deepened our divisions, putting red states against blue states, whites against blacks. endangered our national security, weakening our alliances and strengthening our adversaries. it caused many of americans to die needlessly before their time. it led directly to the insurrection at the capitol. america had no defends against the novel threat presented by the unholy alliance between trump and the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell. speaker of the house nancy pelosi in a moment of anger, correctly observed that the founders had not contemplated the combination of a rogue president and a rogue majo
Now three books about the senate. his latest book is about the damage to the senate that mitch mcconnell has done. it is much more expensive than we get to cover in our hours of this kind of coverage. ira shapiro is going to begin to tell that story tonight, his book is really an amazing account of what is happening in the senate, and how mitch mcconnell has brought us to hear. and, the huge danger of returning him to the majority leader possession if the republicans win the senate. yeah, and who are the people who will be with mitch mcconnell on that senate majority? the likes of herschel walker, and who knows who comes out of pennsylvania if they win that race, it will truly be mitch mcconnell in bold, and the most consequential figure of her time, lawrence, as you point out. with a bunch of extremist behind him this time. it s very important book, we re gonna get to it at the end of the hour, thanks many. looking forward to watching it. there is now exactly one person, one p
Who is sitting in mar-a-lago, it s easy to try and say we re gonna run on infrastructure, but you have to run against the extreme candidates like mastriano and a threat that they pose. tim miller and tim o brien, thank you both very much for joining us tonight. thank you. coming up, here s something i ve never said before, this year s senate elections are the most important senate elections in history. senate historian shapiro will join us next to consider the dangers of returning mitch mcconnell to the majority leader position if republicans win back the senate. that is next. d needs lower carbon solutions to keep up. at chevron, we re working to find new ways forward, through investments and partnerships in innovative solutions. like renewable natural gas from cow waste, hydrogen-fueled transportation,
An american election. and we cannot i think sugarcoat that, it is very important for folks who are working in organizing in philadelphia to make that clear. even as we talk about specific policies that may follow from shapiro so governor house. stuart, i ve been fascinated by the dependability of what appears to be the dependability of republican voter turnout on midterm elections compared to the flexibility, i would call, of democratic voter turnout on midterm elections. democratic voter turnout turns to be a four-year phenomenon. how do you how should democrats approach energizing that mid turn turnout? you know, there is a factor here that hasn t been talked