trend. we will discuss. plus a lot can change in three days. elon musk sows chaos and spreads dangerous misinformation as he takes over twitter. and a master class on messaging. former president barack obama shows democrats what they need to do in these final days before the midterms. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. we begin tonight with the effort to kill a top california democrat. i m not talking about house speaker nancy pelosi and the brutal attack on her husband with a hammer by a home intruder. i ll come to that in a moment. actually, i m talking about congressman eric swalwell, a really dark case for the justice department that was concluded on friday. a pennsylvania man, that we are choosing not to name in an effort not to glorify his actions, pleaded guilty to making threats to kill the congressman and at least three different swalwell staffers he claimed he had ar-15 rifles and wanted to travel to d. c. to shoot the congressman from california, to kill him.
gun laws, most of the people would not be armed. he went there with mind set of slaughtering as many black people as he could, he did, 10 people were murdered, a horrific crime. media almost turned it to a political issue, not just political. i suspect most of the people who were murdered that day most of their families, came to the u.s. long before many of our ancestors did. what does that have to do with immigration and replacement? he wrote about it in his so-called manifesto, he wrote about a lot of sick things. including his hatred for the jews were behind everything, i have not heard media in america talk about his antisemitism. they talk about replacement theory. and why is that? why is it? because there is a big chunk of the democrat party even elected democrats, in the media including new york times, anti-semitic. america cartoon new york times ran with president trump holding a leash, at end of the leash was netanyahu, this was an accident. i suppose not covers
of the people would not be armed. mind set of slaughtering as many black people as he could, he did, 10 people were murdered, a horrific crime. media almost turned it to a political issue, not just political. i suspect most of the people who were murdered that day most of their families, came to the u.s. long before many of our ancestors did. what does that have to do with immigration and replacement? he wrote about it in his so-called manifesto, he wrote about a lot of sick things. including his hatred for the jews were behind everything, i have not heard media in america talk about his antisemitism. they talk about replacement theory. and why is that? why is it? because there is a big chunk of the democrat party even elected democrats, in the media including new york times, anti-semitic. america cartoon new york times ran with president trump holding a leash, at end of the leash was netanyahu, this was an accident. i suppose not covers holocaust was a an accident, they
at the border, power outages said to be coming. and of course the russian invasion of ukraine which just added $40 billion to america s tab. we could debate whether any one of these items is truly the fault of the president. but the reality is they are all unfolding on his watch. and here come the midterms. typically the party in the white house sees the loss of two dozen of its congressional seats. this year democrats seem headed for much worse. there just aren t enough ultra maga doug mastrianos that could allow focus next november to be taken off this national funk. a few an moreent tkweurgzs to be sure, but too few to stop the tidal wave in the forecast. americans are really feeling the pinch with inflation at a 40-year high. until recently, there had pwhrpb some consolation for the 58 million americans in the stock market because it was still doing well. but that s no longer the case. this week the s&p and dow had historic down days. friday the s&p 500 briefly fell into
in poway, california, and pittsburgh. and one of the reasons it is such a threat, it s because it s been legitimized by donald trump. the most powerful person in the republican party. with conspiracy theory is, again and again it suggests that you may need to use violence or you will be swamped by pedophiles, by caravans that are invading the united states. and who has used violence as a set piece in his campaign. we re going back to 2016, if you remember, trump would routinely encourage audiences in his crowds, at his rallies, to beat up an attack protesters in those rallies. it s a theater of violence, it s always been part of donald trump s stick. part of his appeal. so, it s no surprise that since he entered the political landscape, we ve seen more and more violence from people of his ideological ilk.