didn t do what trump wanted to do which was to reach in and change the results for georgia last year or point the state electors to him. despite the fact that georgia voters went to the polls and voted for joe biden. then on top of, that all the new restricting voting laws were aimed from taking power from urban areas where republicans do not want democrats in control of votes. in georgia, one of these new laws is used to launch a review of operations in solidly democratic, fulton county, in atlanta which could lead to a state takeover. so, this is a really important piece of reporting by nicolas rick hardy. it is really well done. you should read. it and it puts to get the full picture of this republican power graph. it is really significant that it comes from the associated press. which is one of the most important journalistic outlets we have. the ap was founded 175 years ago. they have burrows in nearly 100 countries. they are scrupulously nonpartisan, non ideological. and so it is
that was never issued but would amount to a dangerous power graph. it directs the defense diplomat to seize voting machines side it also appoints a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. the date on this executive order is december 16th, 2020. it is more than two weeks after trump s own loyal attorney general bill barr said that d.o.j. had found zero evidence of election fraud. also from politico, quote, the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election that suggests it could have been a gam bit to keep trump in power until at least mid february of 2021. cbs news has not reviewed the document. an aide for the 1/6 committee tells nbc the panel is not
0 institution of american life doing enough to respond to the threat of democracy. what do you do about a congresswoman openly running for a quote, national divorce, then as the u.s. hits case records, randi weingarten on whether american schools are ready to handle omicron. and what we ve learned about climate change in 2021. the year that is now ending with winter wildfires in colorado and near 70 degrees weather in alaska. when all in starts right now right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. this morning the associated press published an extensive and very well reported story on the attack on our democracy. this is the headline, quote, slow motion insurrection. how the gop sees s election power. now reporting from the ap was across the country. this was a slew of major publications including in georgia. the houston chronicle intestine and the tampa bay times in florida. the wisconsin state journal, cbs news, the arizona daily star as well among others. the piece method
instead of making the people of texas safer by doing background checks, and it s a simple thing to do, the governor and legislator made it easier for people without permits or background checks or going through training, to get a gun. let s go to legislation, it s a second round of voter legislation in texas. aiming now at the big counties where the democrats vote. yeah, that s right. this is basically a naked power graph. texas republicans this legislative session have moved to the extreme right. e session havethey are trying ts democratic votes. elections have gotten closer and closer in the last few years. rather than putting out great ideas and getting voters to vote with them, what they try
rights law. now there s actually a moratorium on governments increasing the civil rights for people in their areas. what s the next step? the law has now passed. you know, this legislature passed an illegal gerrymandering, it passed illegal voter suppression, it passed an illegal power graph from the new governor. you know, i suppose it keeps fighting it out in the legislature, it keeps hurting the state businesswise and it will be in the courts. will you take this to court, this law? well, we re not an organization that actually does litigation, but we re looking into what is possible to do. but if it s this legislature, there s something there s something unsustainable about it. we re going to keep fighting and we re going to win. mara, thank you for your time