married up, dude. i sure did. thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. in the year 2000 george bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016 donald trump became the second. now, what made both of those victories even possible at the expense of the popular vote was the electoral college. but in 2000 it wasn t just the electoral college. it was also the supreme court. the 2000 election came down to the state of florida, the margin between al gore and george bush was 537 votes, a number that remains staggering to this day. and even though al gore had won the popular vote by more than half a million votes, whether those 537 votes in florida did or did not get counted would decide the race. and after a flurry of legal challenges and appeals, that decision ended up in the hands of the supreme court. the supreme court hasn t been asked to decide the election, but their decision just might do just that.
trump incited the insurrection and there s no loophole in the constitution. to hold that there s a loophole for the president in the constitution would basically say donald trump is above the law when he engages in rebellion and insurrection. i think that s wrong. colorado secretary of state jenna griswald on trump s disqualification from her state s ballot. and now a compromised supreme court shaped by trump will decide his fate on that and his claim of presidential immunity in the election interference case. and predictable response from trump s maga allies, let the people decide, they say. after all of them tried to overturn the will of the voters last time. plus, trump s obsession with pure blood, which is now part of his increasingly fascist stump speech. but we begin tonight with the consequences of insurrection. because lately it doesn t seem like there have been many for politicians who participated in them. but there absolutely have been some. let s start
and the reidout with joy reid is up next. good evening everyone. welcome to the reidout. we begin tonight with major breaking news. a bombshell ruling from the colorado supreme court in just the last hour, states that donald trump is disqualified from holding the office of president. and from appearing on the republican primary ballot in that state. in a more than 200 page ruling the court found that trump is ineligible for the white house under section 3 of the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the court found that district court was correct in its early ruling calling the january 6th attack on the capitol an insurrection and that trump, quote, engaged in that insurrection through his personal actions. the court noted we do not reach these conclusions lightly. we are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. we are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law without fear or favor. and without being swayed by public reaction to
democracy that nobody is above the law. and that applies to presidents too. this is the ultimate test by kevin, how committed you are to that principle. 7 to 2. lisa rubin, thank you very much. that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. i m just waiting for the next kate shaw op-ed in the new york times. next kate shaw op-ed in she . she is probably better than beyond. thank you. thanks to you at home joining me this hour. in the year 2000, george w. bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016, donald trump became the second. now, what made both the two responsible at the expense of the popular vote was the electoral college. but in 2000, it wasn t just that electoral college, it was also the supreme court. the 2000 election came down to the state of florida, the margin between al gore and george bush was 537 votes, a number that remai
enormous, four times, 200,000 people. that s just since we got into the christmas month of december, folks. not even over yet this month. many of them taking advantage of places where the border wall is broken or damaged by the cartels. this is my current fascination with this story. because the smugglers and the cartels just go out there and they cut through the fence. there s so many holes in the fence right now that workers work to fix them and they ve done it so many times that the washington post says parts of the barrier look like something out of a sculpture garden or mad max movie. joining me now, former new york republican congressman, lee zeldin along with the five co host jessica tarlov. we ll take you to the border. bill melugin with his live coverage today in lukeville, arizona. hi, bill. hi, martha. good afternoon. you re right. the border wall here gets cut every day. doesn t matter how many times border patrol fixes it. this is what happens when there s