insurrection. there are more new signs today that the republican party is increasingly acquiescing to donald trump s control even staking its entire future on continued renewed loyalty to him. washington post reports with more than a year to go before the mid terms the former president leaves no corner of the party untouched as he asserts his dominance. he steps up efforts to create a conundrum for party strategists and lawmakers who believe they could have a banner year in 2022 if they keep the focus on president biden and his agenda. as we said yesterday, if that means that his supporters do not vote, so be it. but the chilling consequences of trump s threat are already playing out. according to the washington post. already many gop candidates are following trump s lead echoing
entering the capitol during the riot. he was told to delete all social media that provides proof. he said i support your political stance in a facebook dm. they are investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. your reaction. who was he looking out for, nicole? was he looking out for the safety of the 150 officers who lost an eye, lost fingers, still have not yet come back to work? was he looking out for our democracy? because for five hours, it was suspended and for the first time we did not see a peaceful transition of power? now. he was looking out for donald trump. he was looking out for a radical republican party that is so dangerous to our cup they don t believe in majority rule
but a very, very, very few abortions in the state. that new abortion law heading back to the u.s. supreme court as today doj announced it will ask the highest court to block it following an appeals court ruling yesterday that keeps the law in place. there are also new developments out of a texas school district that bring the state s culture wars to dizzying new heights or lows. quick back story. one of the laws texas passed earlier this year was house bill 3979. it requires teachers to present multiple perspectives when discussing widely debated and currently controversial issues. in other words, it was a republican s way to abolish critical race theory in texas. recently, the carroll independent school district in southlake, texas, had special training after the school board, in response to a parent s complaint, voted to reprimand a fourth grade teacher who had kept an anti-racism book in her classroom. nbc news obtained an audio
expresident that no one is above the law. here is chairman bennie thompson on what is coming next for bannon after the house vote and beyond. we hope that the attorney general sees the importance of moving ahead with this indictment, moving ahead with locking steve bannon up, moving ahead with clearing the air that you can t conduct an insurrection on the government of the united states of america and nothing happens. so, clearly, it will be in the department of justice s hands. our committee, on tuesday evening we will do our job. but this is just the beginning. i assure you, there are others, if they do not cooperate, they will suffer the same fate. the news that should be deputily concerning for donald trump, a member of his own party last night, adam kinzinger not
over the party they affiliate with. this is a pervasive feeling within the republican party and raises serious question about the republican future, for democracy s future. if we have a system in which people are not playing by the same rules, and they feel they cannot contest someone who has shredded them to the extreme. congressman swalwell, it would be sad approximate it wasn t pathetic. these are people who serve the country. they are not paid by pacs, they are paid by every single taxpayer. and they are afraid to call out a bully threatening our democracy? they are not fit to serve. how do you as the democrat party wide ten tent for everyone willing to continue in a democracy. right now, with democracy on life support w the environment that robert costa just described there are really either two camps.