surprisingly are in allegiance with both of these comments. also tonight, russia unleashes a new round of air strikes against ukrainian civilians. trump s lawyers meet with federal investigators as trump again says the documents are, quote, mine. the fallout today from racial slurs caught from an l.a. city council president who as of now is the former l.a. city council president. good evening. i m jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin with the shamelessly unapologetic racism and xenophobia on display this weekend. not surprising. the twice-impeached former president is doing a traveling road show around the country. most of the offensive commentary seem to follow him like rats to garbage. first alabama s tommy tuberville. republicans refused to condemn his comments. don baker suggested tuberville should have been more polite with his racism. the next day, georgia s congresswoman said hold my racist beer and joined in on the racism, targeting immigrants. joe
next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead. we re going to get into this. we re in the midterm homestretch. what you see from senator kennedy is not actually an aberration at this point. many republicans are turning to fear tactics, tropes, racial references, and sometimes outright documented racism in this part of the final weeks of this campaign. some candidates are used in the past racial dog whistles. that s the tactic where you re signaling a type of racism to one audience while preserving your deniability. but lately the right wing relied on social sirens than any dual whistling. crime is up in america and that could be a valid issue for campaigns but some republicans are literally campaigning on the false racist accusation that black americans would be the cause of all american crime. and i m going to show you exactly the quote so you can decide for yourself what you re hearing. but i want to you know up front, this is not like a fringe or rookie candidate. in th