the race, and as he began to deliver his concession speech before a crowd in phoenix, arizona, this happened. a little while ago, i had the honor of calling senator barack obama to congratulate him. [crowd chanting] please. to congratulate him. on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. john mccain. gently, but firmly, and managing a crowd of republicans for booing the election of our nation s first black president. at the time, this was seen as an important moment, it wasn t as though statesmanship was exactly the norm in the republican party. it was sort of the opposite, actually. remember, john mccain s running mate, sarah palin, who was a proponent of birtherism, that conspiracy theory that unfounded racist fearmongering that undermined the historic election of our nation s first black president, and that turned conservatives against barack obama, that you could probably hear in the booing of senator mccain tried to hush that night. mccain d
distorting the truth. it began with court documents revealing fox s tucker carlson was privately skeptical of election lies, contempt youts yous of the former president, texting someone saying i hate him passionately even as he indicated to viewers the opposite. a dominion voting systems lawsuit, carlson was on the air lying about january 6th. reporter: the crowd was enormous, a small percentage of them were hooligans, they committed vandalism. you ve seen their pictures again and again, but the overwhelming majority weren t. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionists. they were sight seers. that spectacle using cherry picked footage house speaker mccarthy released only to him was just the beginning. the former president claimed that city, state and federal prosecutors are practicing good old election interference, all caps, and then there was something else that happened that didn t get as much attention, but is important, it involves
it began with court documents revealing fox s tucker carlson was privately skeptical of election lies, contemptuous of the former president, texting someone saying i hate him passionately even as he indicated to viewers the opposite. a dominion voting systems lawsuit, carlson was on the air lying about january 6th. reporter: the crowd was enormous, a small percentage of them were hooligans, they committed vandalism. you ve seen their pictures again and again, but the overwhelming majority weren t. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionists. they were sightseers. that spectacle using cherry-picked footage house speaker mccarthy released only to him was just the beginning. the former president claimed that city, state and federal prosecutors are practicing, quote, good old election interference, all caps, and then there was something else that happened that didn t get as much attention, but is important, it involves lies told by jenna el
up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow it was february 23rd of las year, russia was on the brin of invading ukraine th midterms were just beginning t kick into high gear. and this story broke in the ne york times two prosecutors leading new york trump inquiry resign, clouding cases future. two prosecutors in manhattan da s office quit out o frustration with the newly-erected elected alvi bragg was not being aggressive enough in prosecuting donald trump okay yes so that story now feels like it came from an alternate universe manhattan da bragg is now th first prosecutor to brin charges against former president over an alleged hush money scheme around the 2016 election so this picture of alvin bragg as a timid prosecutor afraid t take on donald trump, well that picture doesn t seem to fit the bill anymore for weeks alvin bragg has been the victim of an onslaught slo of attacks on republicans, all eager to defend trump s. they ve used antisemitism an racist d
about the beauty of the north i predict over the course of the year 2023. thank tuesday you at home for joining us tonight it was february 23rd of last year russia was on the brink of invading ukraine, the mid-terms were just beginning to kick into high gear, and this story broke in the new york times, two prosecutors leading new york trump inquiry resign clouding case s future. two prosecutors in manhattan s d.a. s office quit out of frustration the newly elected district attorney alvin bragg was reportedly not prosecuting donald trump and being aggressive enough. yes, that story feels like it now came from an alternate universe this picture of alvin bragg as a timid prosecutor afraid to take on donald trump doesn t fit anymore. those republicans have used failed anti-semitism and abusederaciest dog whistles and they ve used congress. three weeks ago the chairman of the house judiciary committee jim jordan launched an unprecedented house investigation into the d.a. s crimi