protecting our democracy. the president is expected to address threats from maga republican election deniers to not accept the result thofs year s vote. and the growing embrace of political violence in the aftermath of the hammer attack on house speaker pelosi s 82-year-old husband. joining me for the hour are jen saki, matthew dowd and david plus. jen i start with you. you ve been talking to white house officials. what should we expect to hear from the president? joy, it s six days until the election and this is the big closing argument for the president. there he s doing this because at this point it sless about convincing people that you have a better plan. it s about lighting a fire under those democrats and people who are going to support democratic candidates to get them out. the other piece they are focused on is saying to democratics and other people voting for candidates hang with us. it may be a long week. it may take time to count the votes but stick with us and
A Houston man, who left a voicemail saying he wanted to cut Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ throat, has been arrested and charged for his threats against the
law enforcement, roamed the corridors hunting for officials and erected gallows to hang the former vice president mike pence. it was an enraged mob that had been whipped up in to a frenzy by a president repeating over and over again the big lie that the election of 2020 had been stolen. it s a lie that fuelled the dangerous rise in political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years. even before january 6, we saw election officials and election workers in a number of states subject to menacing call, physical threats, even threats to their very lives. in georgia, for example, republican secretary of state and his family were subjected to death threats because he refused to break the law and give in to the defeated president s demand