this is where the republican party had to end up. december 2015, donald trump came out for a muslim ban, a muslim ban and the republican party did nothing. this is somebody that they know, was a terribly xenophobic views who said racist things, and they supported him. the problem they have with trump now is that they think that in association with donald trump costs them votes. it has nothing to do with antisemitism or the idea that this guy denies the holocaust, it is they are trying to say forget that donald trump is somebody who is associating with us. i think it is completely opportunistic just as supporting donald trump in the first place was opportunistic, and it is a sign of the republican party is completely lost its way. joyce, there s been all
ongoing mysteries of his time in the public eye is how he manages to consistently get a pass really for some pretty heinous behavior. something that increasingly concerns me is someone who does studies democratic institutions though is just how serious this is. i think there s a tendency to write it off as something that is funny or something it is just trump. what we are failing to consider is the real damage that is being done to our social fiber and our institutions and precisely how serious this could become over time. i think that s exactly right. maria teresa, that s exactly a problem because that s what happens with donald trump. you can almost write everything off as donald trump being donald trump, but the fact that this has become mainstream, that donald trump happens to have a bunch of supremacists, who he either since coded messages to when he s speaking behind the podium or they endorse him, it s entrenched and it s and it s danger.
sorts of back and forth about how did nick fuentes get in there, point of the secret service not know. our secret services to determine physical security around trump, we don t that people for their ideological views. this whole idea that trump keep saying, didn t know anything about it, did know who is, won t condemn him for his views. i want to play something that donald trump said in 2016 when he got david duke s endorsement. david duke of course a senior player in the ku klux klan. let s listen to what donald trump had to say about that. well, just so you understand, i don t know anything about david duke okay? i don t know anything about what you re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. so, i don t know. i don t know. did he endorse me or what s going on? because i know nothing about david duke. i know nothing about white supremacists. sounds awful familiar, joyce. trump has a playbook, it works for him, it has worked very well and one of the
states, again. because donald trump did win the presidency once, and as hateful bigoted views are well-known it well before he died with kanye and nick fuentes last week. the justice department named donald trump and his father as defendants for discriminating against black people who are looking to rent apartments and buildings they owned 49 years ago. in a 1991 biography written by a former trump employee, jack o donnell was trump i ve got black accounts that trump castle and trump plaza, black guys counting my money, i hate it. the only people i want counting my money are short guys who wear yarmulkes every day, end quote. a new york times review of the book not says its author, implies, that mr. trump is a racist and a touch antisemitic. just a touch. trump did eventually deny ever saying that about his accountants, only after you he told playboy magazine, quote, the stuff o donnell wrote about me is probably true.
militia group and kelly meg makes, head of the florida chapter on the obscure civil war era charge, which could send the two men to prison for up to 20 years. rhodes, meg, and three other members of the oath keepers were also found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding, although justice department prosecutors did not obtain guilty verdicts for all five defendants on the charge of seditious conspiracy. the verdict for roads and makes are seen as a major win for the justice department, in its effort to prosecute those involved in the january 6th attack on the capital. donald trump himself was not on trial in this case, the heads of the house january six committee are clearly hoping that today s verdict could help pave the way for a future indictment. in a statement released tonight, benny thompson meant vice chair and liz cheney said, quote, today s convictions are a victory for the rule of law and reinforce the fact that the violence of january 6th included a deliberate attemp