about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an obvious reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no but there are desperate, mary alice or insane their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bribe as vice president. watch. we aren t interested in whether or not the accusations against vice president biden are accurate or not. so, grassley just
second hour of a man. the obvious and flailing republican smear campaign against president biden. one gop senator this week, admitted that he didn t care about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m phil ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an honest reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no matter how desperate merit-less or in saying their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bri
backed is a loser. right? they back his policy. exactly. they don t translate outside of the state of florida. talk to us, eugene, about these politico report from your colleagues. and the concerns you are hearing from possible non ballot republican candidates. i don t know if you perhaps have any insight, or a reporting on perhaps what your colleagues are hearing from somebody like mitch mcconnell. is someone like mitch mcconnell worried about a repeat of what we saw the last election cycle? yeah, mitch mcconnell is probably the most worried about that. even more so than the candidates themselves. because he makes his job much harder if he s in the minority, right? this is something we heard from him then, and this is also what my colleagues reported we heard from republicans in 2022. they would not come on any tub elevation channel and say it. but they knew, and they were worried about what was going to happen as donald trump was endorsing these candidates and donald trump en
talk to us, eugene, about these politico report from your colleagues. and the concerns you are hearing from possible non ballot republican candidates. i don t know if you perhaps have any insight, or a reporting on perhaps what your colleagues are hearing from somebody like mitch mcconnell. is someone like mitch mcconnell worried about a repeat of what we saw the last election cycle? yeah, mitch mcconnell is probably the most worried about that. even more so than the candidates themselves. because it makes his job much harder if he s in the minority, right? this is something we heard from him then, and this is also what my colleagues reported we heard from republicans in 2022. they would not come on any television channel and say it. but they knew, and they were worried about what was going to happen as donald trump was endorsing these candidates and donald trump endorsed candidates were going to win. now we can actually get him possibly being extra on the ballot. for them, that s