Wasnt the kind of transfer of power that the president has at times said he would be a participant in, a peaceful transfer, its none of those normal things, but it seemed to be the truth slipping through the cracks. When he caught that and saw the reaction to it, he then in all caps mode began to send additional tweets saying he was not conceding, that, again, asserting a rigged election and all of those kinds of things. A big part of this is about preserving some things for President Trump. Now, he may get to a point where he will acknowledge the known fact now that joe biden will be the next president , perhaps thats when votes are certified, perhaps it will be some other point, but in the intervening time there is some other things happening and you know this well, jonathan. There are emails and Text Messages seeking funds for the litigation part of this postelection period, but included in those solicitations for donations to Trump Supporters its clear that some of that can pay for
Restrictions . As the virus rages on, why Donald Trumps covid whisperer is under fire like never before. What the hell is the matter with these guys . What is the matter with them . And some more good news on the vaccine front. Laurie garrett tells us what it means forgetting back to normal. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Happy monday. Im chris hayes. We have breaking news tonight that shows just how deep the rot in the Republican Party goes, but before getting to that, we will in just a moment, take a step back just to sort of survey the last few weeks since the election, right . The most charitable thing someone could say about the bulk of the institutional Republican Party at the National Level in the wake of the election that donald trump lost is that theyre just kind of ignoring and pretending that donald trump is not having a total meltdown and attempting to torch american democracy. The nicest thing that can be said about the Mitch Mcconnells of the world,
By stoking civil unrest, puts the safety of americans his refusal to concede the election entered a more dangerous phase as he Stock Exchange resistance and unrest among supporters and spreads false hoods aimed as undermining integrity of the american voting system. More than a week after the president elect joe biden was declared winner, trump continues to block his successors transition, withholding intelligence briefings, critical information about coronavirus, and access to the vast machinery of government that mr. Biden will soon oversee. Speaking of the president elect, he was asked about trump stonewalling last hour. Bidens answer was simple. More people may day if we dont coordinate. How do we get the vaccine, how do we get over 300 million americans vaccinated . Whats the game plan . It is a huge, huge, huge undertaking. If we have to wait until january 20th to start that planning, it puts us behind, a month, month and a half. So it is important that it be done, that there be
Is under fire like never before. What the hells the matter with these guys . What is the matter with them . And some more good news on the vaccine front. Laurie garrett takes us through what it means for getting back to normal. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Happy monday. Im chris hayes. We have breaking news tonight that shows just how deep the rot in the Republican Party goes. But before getting to that, and we will in just a moment, take a step back just to sort of survey the last few weeks since the election. Right . Most charitable thing someone could say about the bulk of the institutional Republican Party at the National Level in the wake of the election that donald trump lost is that theyre just kind of ignoring and pretending that donald trump is not having a total meltdown and attempting to torch american democracy. The nicest thing that can be said about the Mitch Mcconnells of the world, for instance, is that they are just letting him have his tan
But i want to start tonight in arizona because of a couple of things that happened simultaneously in arizona today. So in arizona today in the state capital, Rudy Giuliani held another one of these things where he calls it a hearing, but its really just a bunch of republicans in a hotel room that hes rented. His hearing today was all about how arizona is still very much in play in terms of the president ial election because definitely the president ial election in arizona for some reason doesnt count this year. And by the power vested in him, Rudy Giuliani, he insists that republicans in the Arizona State legislature should never mind what all the votes said in their state. They should those republicans in the state legislature should just pick donald trump for president themselves and say thats the election result. That is basically what whatever is left of the trump team is arguing now. This is what they are reduced to. Elections dont count anymore. Republicans in all these swing sta