truth to power. could that help him? i think it s the only move for any republican. i mean, you just said it, you know, you re never going to beat coke with a bad new coke. it s not going to happen. i just want to go back to where you started the top of the hour, though, because it is so critical. everybody is talking about this as one of the darkest days, and i see the brightness of it. i see that we have a system, a madisonian system of government, a legislative branch that can conduct hearings, public hearings, and bring it forth. we have a justice department that can indict a president. we have a judicial system that will hear the hearing, that will hold a fair and open public trial. wow, wow, what an amazing i m proud of us, if you will. obviously, you re putting up the death spot on the air now. as richard haass just said, we will now put it back on us, on election day. can we it s not on him anymore and not on the system. the system is working. it s on us now.
mccarthy is willing to destroy what makes our democracy, i think, unique among democracies across the globe. kevin mccarthy is willing to destroy the rule of law to protect a guy that stole nuclear secret. let s say it again. the leader of the house. second in line. the second in line in america, you really you wouldn t believe this if this were in a netflix movie. the second in line to the white house is trying to destroy america s rule of law and tarnish its reputation, undermine the department of justice, undermine the federal bureau of investigations, undermine people s faith in madisonian he wants to defend a guy who stole nuclear secrets. think of how, in the past, an
moment to see, how even the conviction of stewart rhodes yesterday, that s not just us talking about it here. holocaust survivors in poland and across europe are saluting that. lovers of democracy and freedom, of jeffersonian and madisonian democracy, they are celebrating that this morning. it really is extraordinary, that line of rule of law and democracy moves from poland to the front lines of ukraine to japan, all across the world, to the words jefferson wrote all the way to washington, d.c. and here. you know, what a powerful memory you have from bringing that back. there s no question. we have to remind ourselves, america still is that beacon of democracy to the world at large.
like people who are americans? like people who believe in the constitution of the united states. like people who believe in madisonian democracy. like people who took civics classes growing up and understand that the jury system is the backbone of our legal system. like, if you but, of course, it s not really, i guess, that much of a leap for people who don t believe in the rule of law anymore, for republicans who used to be in madisonian law, for republicans who used to believe in juries, for republicans who used to believe in peaceful transitions. but they were willing to throw away one foundational characteristic of american democracy after another characteristic of american democracy all to mindlessly and
more than a dozen women of sexual abuse of some kind and this is the first time a court has confirmed the accusations and it s above the fold in the newspapers here this morning. the new york times, picture of e. jean carroll who will be our guest this morning. the wall street journal, the daily news put it bluntly, calling donald trump a sex abuser. and finally the new york post says of the $5 million judgment, grab him by the wallet. a reference of course to the access hollywood tape. and george conway, i don t want to focus on the people who have shown a hatred for madisonian democracy, the rule of law these are things that we said before donald trump was in politics and more damningly to them these are things they