Donald trump is once again telling us he only accepts Election Results when he wins. Last night at a gop dinner in minnesota he falsely claimed he beat President Biden in the state in 2020. Backcheck. Biden won minnesota by 230,000 votes. Trumps Midwest Campaign stop came on and off day from his Election Interference Trial in new york. It is a pilgrimage of sorts. A suite of republicans joined. Mike johnson parroted trumps lies. Joining us is holy in castro and special correspondent molly jong fast. So good to be here. I have a question for you. After this week of shenanigans by republicans coming up on the train and spending time with dear leader, what was your take away when you juxtaposed that from the drama outside the courtroom and the politics that the republicans were trying to spin about donald trump sitting there with michael cohen, nailing the case. The republican saying ignore that because reality is the reaction was stolen and donald trump is being unfairly maligned and now
rules were changed before which has been rebunked by the inspector general. i want to read this. this person appears to have followed the laws and ought to be heard out and protected. when it comes to whether someone qualifies as a whistle-blower, the distinction between first and secondhand knowledge is not legal. the fact that grassley said that yes, as often happens contradictory information does not necessarily lead people to change their views. right. that statement from grassley is not surprising given he s been an advocate of whistle-blowers and trying to shield them and making sure they are taken care of. again, it s unique in that the vast majority of republicans have parroted white house talking points, have parroted trump s talking points in trying
shared data with? manafort s own admission of guilt for some of the crimes he s charged with proves that he s not remotely blameless. manafort s lawyer parroted trump s favorite phrase. mr. manafort finally got to speak for himself. he made clear he accepts responsibility for his conduct, and i think most importantly what you saw today is the same thing that we had said from day one there is absolutely no evidence that paul manafort was involved in any collusion with any government official from russia. huh. that sounds vaguely familiar. trump offered this predictable spin. the judge said there was no collusion with russia.