with republicans like hannity finally realizing that the party s toxic, regressive, authoritarian policies have sparked a voter backlash. also tonight, new reporting that donald trump almost certainly knew that a president cannot declassify documents just by stuffing them in a box and hauling them to the old golf resort, as repeatedly has claimed. plus, elon musk s off the rails interview. the man who runs one of the biggest social media sites raises alarms with toxic comments about george sorros and the texas mall shooter among other things. but we begin tonight with the republican s toxic brand. remember the 2022 midterms the red wave felt more like an orange trickle? that keeps happening. last night was another really bad night for the republican party, several key races in florida, colorado underscoring how the right wing grip on our politics is slipping. in florida, democrat donna deegan won the mayor s race in jacksonville. which had been the largest city in the u
at least i think he cares. joining me now is ben collins, nbc news senior reporter. i guess that is the question. now i m not sure he doesn t care if he loses money. does he? i can t imagine he does. this company costs probably about half what it costs when he bought it, six or seven months ago. even if this was not the plan, it has become the plan for elon. clearly. to enact this elaborate revenge fantasy against all his perceived enemies. he has been pushing these, it s not just antisemitism from yesterday, it has been like this for a month, saying the media is racist against whites. he s been pushing pay memes from fortune, tied to mass shooters, including one where pay s in fatigues with a salt weapon. i don t know what the plan is here other than to say it mirrors almost directly every other person that has been red pill door radicalized on the internet to a tee. this guy has been radicalized