absolutely crazy if the democrats tried to do what the former president did and not relinquish the presidency. what you are seeing here which we have seen for a while, during trump s presidency, is the way he has exposed or treated hypocrisy in his party. if he were to be re-elected, i think he would take an oath to defend the constitution of the united states, charlie. yeah. also i think it s important to point out that this statement, calling for the termination of the constitution, is on a piece with many of his other actions, including january 6, and is his constant display of contempt for the rule of law. to that final point, how do you take an oath, the oath of office to uphold and defend the
of what that means. of course, it s raising a number of questions just about the security of critical infrastructure, not just here but around the country, when you talk about these power grids. i asked a representative from duke energy, how was somebody able to access this so easily? he says, they are regulated, the security does meet industry standard. but they are going to take a closer look at the security protocols in the wake of this. blayne alexander, thanks to you. back-pedaling. donald trump trying to walk back his widely condemned comments about terminating the u.s. constitution which republicans are now taking a stand about coming up. that s next on andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. my most important kitchen tool? my brain.
that huge a deal. merrick garland says he will be guidd by what they had to say. congress is the victim. doj takes it more seriously. if they were to make a referral on donald trump, it would be a shot heard around the world. i don t think it would change the department s overall investigation and the way of going about it. a couple snippets. something to keep in mind on the perjury point that he said was in play. they specifically put people forward who were going to say good things. we heard just the tip of the iceberg. perjury, if it occurred, would have been behind the scenes, someone like, say, dan ornato seems to be a culprit. when you think about the subcommittee hear, who made the recommendations, raskin, schiff, cheney, it seems to me, even
strong turnout for democrats, will he be able to make that up? that s a real question mark. he has not been campaigning with former president trump. he didn t do that during the first race. of course, you have raphael warnock who has not been campaigning with joe biden. president biden in arizona today. keeping a distance from the standard bearers. when you look at the republican rural counties, is this going to make the difference? can herschel walker do it? steve really laid it out well. herschel walker was the outlier in the general election. he ended up underperforming brian kemp, brad raffensperger. one thing that they had in common that was different than herschel walker was, they stood up to donald trump. they defeated donald trump in their home of georgia. herschel walker has been aligned with the former president,
imagine. you note in the past two weeks, trump pledged solidarity with january 6 rioters. he died with two holocaust deniers. and yet republicans are not criticizing him directly. cornyn is equivocating on whether he s a candidate. you have to take him at his word, he is a candidate. he declared his candidacy. once again, we are learning there s no red line for the republican party, even those who are appalled by his call to terminate the constitution are not willing to say his name and not willing to say it s disqualifying, that he should never be returned to power in the oval office. to ashley s point, this is not an apology. it is not close to an apology. he is not back-pedaling. donald trump is lying. he is lying about lying. what you see there is a classic