trump talked endlessly about what a great football player herschel walker was. and how he would be a great candidate and a great u.s. senator and, oh, hey, did i mention what a great football player herschel walker was? walker himself would make appearances that offense and would shake hands, and occasionally he would read a short prepared statement about how much he loved america. but even cnn ran a headline last fall that said, quote, herschel walker is often seen and seldom heard. towards the end of last, year herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize electio
towards the end of last year, herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize elections? you know it is sad about that. you know, using the name of a great man to bring up something that is so bad. i think it s a terrible thing to do. you know, senator louis one of the best senators there has ever been. and for african, americans it was incredibly. they have his name on the bill, the voting rights, i think it s a shame. first of all, you know, i mean, you look at video of this, it just doesn t fit with what john lewis stood for. okay, first of all, the late john l
i m cautiously optimistic about the prospects for twitter now that elon musk has taken over. i don t know mister mask, but i do invite him to come talk with me in washington d.c., i d be happy to put together a round table of all the most brilliant people who have been unjustly banned from twitter. goes brilliant people according to marjorie taylor greene, include the lights of conspiracy theorists alex jones and far-right troll milo man out pulisic s. all of them, plus donald trump, could be back on twitter before the midterms. what could go wrong? joining us now is cara swisher, editor at large up new york magazine, cofounder of recode, and host of the pivot podcast. karen, thank you so much for being with us tonight. thanks alex. so, it seems from the reporting that masks reporting from sweta could be imminent, how do you read the tea leaves on this? oh, it s going to happen
change when he takes over is that he has suggested that he would reverse trump s twitter ban, saying quote, it was not correct to ban donald trump. must considers himself a quote, free speech absolutist, whatever that means. the people who have been deplatformed from twitter have been celebrating the possibility of elon musk s takeover since he first offer to by twitter this spring. i m cautiously optimistic about the prospects for twitter now that elon musk has taken over. i don t know mister mask, but i do invite him to come talk with me in washington d. c., i d be happy to put together a round table of all the most brilliant people who have been unjustly banned from twitter. goes brilliant people according to marjorie taylor greene, include the lights of conspiracy theorists alex jones and far-right troll milo man out pulisic s. all of them, plus donald trump, could be back on twitter before the midterms. what could go wrong?