we re getting the attack on free press and election. attempt to take away vote rights and immigrants. scapegoating people. including opposition party. those are trademark tactics of authoritarians around the worltd world. it s happening in america. we have to use the means given to us. we need every citizen to rediscover the constitution of the united states. find the impeachment clauses tonight. there s no deadline on democracy. you prove that point. thank you for joining the program. thank you so much. i want to bring in max boot. author of the corrosion of conservativism. and michael d antonio. author of the truth about trump. max, i ll start with you. i want your reaction to what we heard from congressman. democrats are essentially starting an impeachment inquiry without formally calling it that. what do you think about the word
we stand with congresswomen omar, alexandria ocasio-cortez, pressly and tlaib. as well as all those currently under attack by president trump. along with supporters and his enablers who feel deputized to decide who belongs here and who doesn t. there s truly nothing more un-american than calling on fellow citizens to leave our country. by citing their immigrant roots or ancestry or unwillingness to sit and in quiet obedience while democracy is under mined. we ll talk about that in a moment. the thing the president is really steaming about tonight, the reason he s trying to deflect and distract with his atakes on the four congresswomen of color. now with the attacks on president obama and his book deal. because of the i word. impeachment. judiciary chairman nadler trying
tell a coherent narrative to the people. that s really about a president bho is converted the government of the united states into a money making operation for himself, for his business and family and friends. it pervades the entire executive branch of government. why is there a focus on the grand jury material? part of it is about don mcgahn and statements. is there a smoking gun? compelling in there that s going to facility the discussion on impeachment as the only option? i think we have to complete the investigation of what took place with all of the obstruction of justice. mcgahn was the white house lawyer told by trump to go out and fire the special counsel in order to sabotage the investigation. and he refused to do that. that was the only thing that remotely saved donald trump from the obviousness of the actions. mueller emphasized in the hearing, this week, it s
the optics trump has something to crow about. he hasn t won on the merits. let s not lose sight. it s a president who has trashed his office. who trashed american democracy. who has been the most dishonest and despicable person to occupy the office of the president. and no matter what happens this week doesn t change that one i o ta. you have to learn to form an opinion about the president of the united states. it s not clear to anyone how you feel about the issue. i actually read through the judiciary committee petition for grand jury material. and the merit of the case. they re trying to access three things. the grand jury material. they want to have the redacted material. speaking to trumps state of mind. you see they want to look at the passages related to the 2016 trump tower meeting with the russians. and know whether george papadopoulos told others in the campaign about russia obtaining