you have to be signaled. and if you don t do that, we ll lose. i want to ask you about the new harmonics of this dog whistle and get your reaction to how those who are in that auditorium would react to what he had to say, disavowing them as he tried to do in the oval office or sort of moving the allegation of racism on to them. we can talk about the fealty, inaction of republican leadership, those elected to office. but what s the message being sent to those gathered in that arena in greenville, north carolina. that it s okay to, do okay to do as group. and if anyone condemns you, we ll come to your defense. i would refer back to what maya just said, i don t think the republican party did willie horton ads. the republican party used euphemism as an electoral strategy. think what trump has done, and it s not only on race, it s, i think it s about around
o brian, msnbc contributor and alexa mccammen, a reporter for axios and myia wiley, an msnbc analyst. it was your column that laid this bare. we know more about the president s history. your column and nick cristoph s column. i think there s a tendency on some people s part to see this in a vacuum, but it s part of this long continuum. there s a hesitance to call it what it is. there shouldn t be any hesitation. the president is a racist. the president is a bigot. by any standard, we use, to decide whether or not someone is acting is a racist. he ticks off every sing the one of these boxes. that s a column i wrote tried to do. it s in the fact pattern. there s a long history of this from him that pro dated his
might happen. having that debate will change people s minds. and if we go into the next election, right, right when we have that debate before the american people, and it s very clear that the president is breaking the law. even if he doesn t get convicted by the senate, people will see that the democratic party has the conviction to do the right thing. and that will make a big difference in 2020. maya wiley, how did the conversation change this week? there was the resolution against what the president tweeted and the impeachment resolution on the heels of that. how do you see that as changing or shaping the conversation going forward when it comes to this issue? i don t think that changed the shape of the conversation in the sense that i think to congress moulton s point. the democratic base has been very clear about the morality and the principles and the constitutional principles of holding this president accountable. and so, another vote on a different issue and representative
i m betting on indictments tomorrow. could just be stone, but could be more, too. well, with us to talk about it, myia wiley who also happens to be a former assistant attorney for southern district of new york. and frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counter intelligence who in the past has worked for robert mueller. all right, counselor, how do you read this court filing? a tantalizing tidbit for those of us waiting for the main course. and those of you who can understand the language used in court filings, what gets your attention in that verbiage? the primary thing, as dan said, is that first of all, you have both sides agreeing that they need more time. remember that we have manafort who has pled guilty before that court, is cooperating. what it s telling us is that he is still providing information