across the country have a choice to make. and it is not just a simple as, democrats versus republicans, no. november s election will be a choice between the truth and conspiracy, and the future of our democracy. let s kick things off this hour. in our midterm coverage, with matthew dowd. he s an msnbc political contributor and former chief strategist for the bush cheney 2004 presidential campaign. charles blow. he s a columnist for the new york times, and he s also an msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, which have both of you with us. charles, i start with you. a former president making money off of really having the image of saudi arabia. what message does that send to midterm voters? well, i don t think it sends a strong enough message. you know, i undermine, ayman, that we keep saying that things threaten our democracy, may damage our democracy, that that january 6th threatened our democracy. i think a large portion of our
the ten commandments, this is the 11th commandment, apparently, thou shall not cover hunter biden in any way, shape or form. you go back to a very easy point to make f. this was donald trump jr. and there were 51 stories about him that were profoundly negative that showed influence pedalling from the president s son in terms of making money off of his name and using the family name in ukraine or in china or in russia to enrich the family, i m pretty sure this would be not only a story being covered, there would be hearings on capitol hill as far as what a threat to democracy this is and for whatever reason we see everybody outside of this network and maybe a couple of other smaller outlets covering
want people on the streets of america going after the people who are making money off of having sex with children. it s, it s beyond me to understand how anybody could justify that i went online to look at her store. you can get everything, t-shirts, mugs little buttons. it is all so cute and precious to get rid of i.c.e. what i wish she would do, have a store let s get rid of human trafficking. let s get rid of illicit drug abuse killing tens of thousands of americans every year, a lot take this stuff, maybe innocently not realizing how deadly it is. their families will grief forever because someone like aoc thinks it is no big deal. it s a big deal. rachel, before i go, let me say this, you and pete and will are at a place that looks like it is people making a lot of noise going around and around in circles but going nowhere in particular. that what s a racetrack is
truth and the facts, yet, they are out pete: people pointing fingers and saying kyle rittenhouse is making money off of this, turning point is paying kyle rittenhouse. clear that up. i haven t been offered a dime, a penny. and i wouldn t accept a penny. because i m out here taking back my character, telling the world who i am. and myself and the public opinion. pete: how has this changed your view on life just general? everything you have gone through. you never know what tomorrow is going to bring. pete: are you proud to be an american after what you went through? i would say yes. i like america. i like the constitution and we re blessed to have the freedoms we have. pete: your instincts want to help people to serve. where does that come from. i think it comes from my mom. she has been a cna and always
is a great lawyer. he has a great demeanor. i agree with most everything he said. what he said about guns. it s what most americans agree. common sense. look. i believe in the second amendment and i am speaking for myself. he says the same thing. do i want to carry a gun? no, not necessarily. i don t want to be able to carry one around. think most people feel that way. it s not just the fringes but it s also the people who are making money off of him and many times and in this case the beginning because he said as much, it is the attorneys who are making money off of him. i said this to you over and over again about people co-opting people. people taking advantage of people. that is that s what s happening in large part on the right from these fringe people, from the fringies, as you say, in media and the fringe attorneys. this is why i liked him. and i paid attention to the trial. didn t know him personally. i just watched him. this is when he said this, i m like he is right on be