to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. also, republicans led by mitch mcconnell follow through on a promise not to lift a finger in helping the united states pay its debt incurred in the past, including during under a republican president. this is how he justifies it. we will not provide republican votes for raising the debt limit. there is no chance republicans will help lift democrats credit limit so they can immediately steam roll through a socialist binge that will hurt families and help china. the debt ceiling is for past spending and promises. past spending, under republican and democratic presidents. first joining us now, kaitlan collins, cnn national politics reporter evan mccann and analyst casey hunt.
and to prevent a military coup. because he went as far as to believe, talking to his counterparts, talking to his associates in the government, that trump was prepared to do something really desperate here to hold on to his presidency. and so one of the major questions i think they will be focusing on has been a big one in the last couple weeks, which is, did you have a conversation with your chinese counterpart in the waning days of the administration, warning him that, you know, if there was going to be any kind of strike by the u.s., that he would tell him in advance. that has really outraged a lot of republicans, but it s also made democrats very interested. what made you so concerned about president trump s behavior that you felt like you had to warn the chinese? then so that is did you alert the chinese ahead of a possible u.s. strike. there is also, did you compare trump s behavior to a moment to prevent this? i alone with fix it was
probably liked ted cruz more than most of my colleagues liked ted cruz. and i hate ted cruz. former senator al franken, we appreciate you being with us right now. thank you for joining us. thank you. best of luck. you bet. brianna? just into cnn, some georgia republicans are livid at former president trump after he took shots at republican governor brian kemp and said this at a weekend rally in the state. stacey abrams, who still has not conceded, and that s okay. stacey, would you like to take his place? okay with me. having her might be better than having your existing dpovgovern if you want to know the truth. might very well be better. well, the georgia republican party is concerned about the impact of trump s attacks on kemp in next year s midterm elections. let s talk about that now with cnn anchor and chief national
a governor seat in a 50/50 state. win back a seat held currently by a democrat. the midterms are going to be good for republicans, they think. biden is in trouble in a lot of places, especially georgia, and they see donald trump screwing it up. they re pulling their hair out. trump has shown he is not too bad at depressing the republican vote in georgia, right? he isn t helpful. is it really opportunity for democrats here, do you think? yeah, i think there s plenty of opportunity for democrats. i think they re right to be worried about it. clearly, the former president has shown yet again that he cares only about himself. he doesn t care about the republican party. mitch mcconnell privately blames the former president for what happened in georgia. that became clear in the wake of january 6th. you saw the former president lash back out at politicians here in washington, particularly at mitch mcconnell. you saw mcconnell go pretty silent about it after that pause because he, frankl
released earlier this year, and it was said mark milley thought trump would use the alleged fraud he was lying about to usurp power and maintain his presidency. mark was so concerned, he was asking his associates, according to this book, whether he should be prepared or try to stave off a coup. another major question democrats will have here. president trump is still openly talking about this election fraud, still talking about the possibility that he will run for re-election. so did you basically order your sub ordinates to alert you really about launching a nuclear weapon on trump s orders. that s one of the questions. also, why did you discuss using russian military bases to conduct counterterrorism operations. what is that about? yeah. this was reported yesterday and confirmed by cnn, that mark milley talked to his russian counterpart last week and asked him about the possibility that the u.s. could use russian military bases in central asia to carry out counterterrorism