Political discourse. Senator Lisa Murkowski this morning saying why she stands by her criticism. When there is a conflict, when the party is is taking an approach or saying things that i think are just absolutely wrong, i think its my responsibility as an alaskan senator speaking out for alaskans to just speak the truth. A new reaction to former Vice President mike pences harsh rebuke of his former boss, Calling Donald Trump wrong. Pences former Chief Of Staff saying why the vp chose now to speak out. And he extended those remarks a little bit this week to the federalist society, primarily because the president s comments about the Vice President had the ability to overturn the election i think merited response. Of course theres nothing in the 12th Amendment or the electoral count act that would afford the Vice President that authority. Joining us now, Josh Lederman in wilmington, delaware, sahil kapur on capitol hill and erin in ukraine. Josh, ill start with you. With a russian invasi
Plus the Republican Party formally censuring two of their own to get to the bottom of january 6th and Party Leaders sparking criticism after calling the events of that day Legitimate Political Discourse. We knew they were coming after liz cheney and Adam Kinzinger, which is in addition to Everything Else completely undemocratic but the real shocker of course was trying to sanitize the mob violence and attempted Coup On January 6th as Legitimate Political Discourse. We are now the party of the big lie officially. Plus a moment of defiance on the sidelines of the olympic games. Russias Vladimir Putin and chai into chinas xi jinping showing a united front. How they blasted the u. S. And its allies over the standoff at the Ukraine Border. And controversy with cameras in the classroom and punishing violators including teacher. Why critics say its designed to censure and intimidate. Good morning, everybody. Its saturday, february 5th. Im lindsey reiser. From chicago to ukraine well be coveri
Democratic efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support winning back republican support in 2022, end quote. At this surreal headline in todays paper, the party of lincoln and reagan now formally and publicly holds the position that the deadly mob of people trying to overthrow the u. S. Government consisted of, quote, ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. In case you missed that. The official position of the rnc now is that legitimate political discourse is what happened on january 6th. A day in which resulted in the deaths of at least five Police Officers and multiple insurrectionists including one who was shot and died while attempting to forcibly breach a barricaded area of the capitol building. According to the rnc, legitimate political discourse now includes publicly chanting a desire to hang the former Vice President mike pence. It also includes bringing a preconstructed gallows along. Ive never seen a gallows in my life, not in america. The rnc
Democratic efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support winning back republican support in 2022, end quote. At this surreal headline in todays paper, the party of lincoln and reagan now formally and publicly holds the position that the deadly mob of people trying to overthrow the u. S. Government consisted of, quote, ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. In case you missed that. The official position of the rnc now is that legitimate political discourse is what happened on january 6th. A day in which resulted in the deaths of at least five Police Officers and multiple insurrectionists including one who was shot and died while attempting to forcibly breach a barricaded area of the capitol building. According to the rnc, legitimate political discourse now includes publicly chanting a desire to hang the former Vice President mike pence. It also includes bringing a preconstructed gallows along. Ive never seen a gallows in my life, not in america. The rnc
Democratic efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support winning back republican support in 2022, end quote. At this surreal headline in todays paper, the party of lincoln and reagan now formally and publicly holds the position that the deadly mob of people trying to overthrow the u. S. Government consisted of, quote, ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. In case you missed that. The official position of the rnc now is that legitimate political discourse is what happened on january 6th. A day in which resulted in the deaths of at least five Police Officers and multiple insurrectionists including one who was shot and died while attempting to forcibly breach a barricaded area of the capitol building. According to the rnc, legitimate political discourse now includes publicly chanting a desire to hang the former Vice President mike pence. It also includes bringing a preconstructed gallows along. Ive never seen a gallows in my life, not in america. The rnc