in august of 2011. senate leader, mitch mcconnell, told the washington post exactly how he saw our nations stepmom it. quote, what we did learn is this. it is a hostage that s worth of rain summing. a hostage. that is how republicans view this. that is how we should to. here is what happened, five days after mcconnell s hostage statement. this was a dark day for the nation s finances, and for millions of americans with a financial stake in the market. the very same americans, who are still processing the fact that our country has lost its top credit rating. here is the damage from today. the dow, down 634 points. that is the sixth largest point drop in its history. the worst, since await. nasdaq, losing just about 7% of its total value. s&p 500, losing 6.6% of its value in one day. the president went on television, midday, to reassure americans that the damage was done. the markets continue to drop while he spoke, and the damage continued. it is a bigger systemic problem wi
i am going to use a word tonight that i do not use lightly. i am not using it because it s my word. i m using it because it s mitch mcconnell s. after the first time republicans used there payment national bargaining trip, back in august of 2011. senate leader, mitch mcconnell, told the washington post exactly how he saw our nations stepmom it. quote, what we did learn is this. it is a hostage that s worth of rain summing. a hostage. that is how republicans view this. that is how we should to. here is what happened, five days after mcconnell s hostage statement. this was a dark day for the nation s finances, and for millions of americans with a financial stake in the market. the very same americans, who are still processing the fact that our country has lost its top credit rating. here is the damage from today. the dow, down 634 points. that is the sixth largest point drop in its history. the worst, since await. nasdaq, losing just about 7% of its total value. s&p 500, losi
a majority of the electors appointed with therefore be 228. there are at this 0.232 votes for trump, and 220 votes for biden. pence gavels president trump as reelected. we ve known about this for sometime now, but still, wow. eastman wrote a second memo, outlining wargames scenarios should pence reject the fake elector plot. despite all of this evidence, and despite with the january 6th committee has uncovered about the plot, john eastman has told the new york times that he is actually the reason that a more perilous outcome did not happen. seriously, he s catching himself as a hero in the story. on january 4th, he helped convince trump that pence did not have the power to pick whomever he wanted as president. his advice was only that he should pause the certification of the election, giving legislators more time to consider fraud allegations in
electors. there are no electors that could be deemed validly appointed. that means the final number of election is 454. a majority of the electors appointed with therefore be 228. there are at this 0. 232 votes for trump, and 220 votes for biden. pence gavels president trump as reelected. we ve known about this for sometime now, but still, wow. eastman wrote a second memo, outlining wargames scenarios should pence reject the fake elector plot. despite all of this evidence, and despite with the january 6th committee has uncovered about the plot, john eastman has told the new york times that he is actually the reason that a more perilous outcome did not happen. seriously, he s catching himself as a hero in the story. on january 4th, he helped convince trump that pence did not have the power to pick whomever he wanted as