time. silence and denial is not a response to what s happening in this country, particularly the former president. let s listen to something the former president said in a rally in iowa over the weekend about mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell didn t have the courage to challenge the election. he s only a leader because he raises a lot of money and he gives it to senators. that s the only thing he s got. that s his only form of leadership. he should have challenged the election. this bill is a sinister combination of job killing, tax hikes, and fascism that will destroy our nation. and to think that we had 11 republicans go along with an exte extension. headed up by mitch mcconnell. can you believe that? mitch mcconnell. he s attacking mcconnell for
making a deal to raise the debt ceiling which trump effectively did multiple times during his administration. but i m curious, charlie, from your perspective, with these attacks being sharper than some of those trump has launched in the past, does the threat of trump factor into mcconnell s decision make at all? should it be a concern for him? well, look, it was no shock that mcconnell was attacked by donald trump. there s no question that mcconnell has to be just livid with donald trump because trump attacked he basically undermined the senate republicans in the georgia runoffs back in 2020, back earlier this year. we saw what happened. trump basically undermined. he took the legs out from under the republican candidates down there, costing senate republicans the majority. so mcconnell, you know, he s been very clear about where he stands with respect to trump s election lie. he s right. and for the former president to stand up there and then condemn mcconnell for acquiescing on t
overturn the election, to defy the will of the american people, a majority of the american people are not stopped. and it s a very difficult situation. there was a lot of energy at that rally, i ve got to tell zblu he s going after mcconnell on the debt ceiling even though the national debt rose by, what, 7.8 trillion under trump s watch. it was raised under a trump administration too. mcconnell votes to raise the debt ceiling for trump three times. trump knows that s the talking point, he hits on it even though it doesn t match the facts. the truth means absolutely nothing to him. we have seen that. let s talk about what s going on in virginia. this race is fascinating. polls show terry mcauliffe s lead against glenn youngkin is tightening. if republicans lose is it a bad omen for the 2022 mid terms? reporter: laura, we already know democrats are in trouble heading into the 2022 mid terms.
response from this group of individuals that have been speena by them for information. john. fascinating few days ahead as i said, a very important search for the truth. ryan nobles, kicking this off in studio. francisco chambers of mcclaech and cnn s mille mattingly and margaret tallos of axios. let the committee build the history, that s fine, but why don t you all stop talking about this and stop talking about donald trump, sorry. this is donald trump this weekend in iowa. listen. first of all, he didn t get elected, forgot that. when you hear the numbers of swing states, there was no reason to concede. they should have conceded. mitch mcconnell didn t have the courage to challenge the election. he should have challenged the election. donald trump is on that stage with chuck grassley who is running for re-election election, a senior member of mitch mcconnell s senate republicans, on the stage with a republican member of congress, the electoral college comes to the house first
the media, even senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, a former ally, trump urging republicans to unite against president biden s economic agenda and took aim at the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection, calling it the unselect committee. i m not sure what that means, laura. i m not either, but, of course, he continued to rehash his lies about the 2020 election sayings the quiet part out loud, frustrated that mcconnell didn t help him with his attempted coup. mitch mcconnell didn t have the courage to challenge the election. he s only a leader because he raises a lot of money, and he gives it to senators. that s the only thing he s got. that s his only form of leadership. he should have challenged the election. reporter: challenged the election. trumps also blasted mcconnell for making a deal with the democrats on this temporary fick for the debt ceiling crisis even though the national debt rose by