Rachel Maddow looks at the damage being done to the democratic system in the U.S. by Donald Trump and his supporters in the Republican Party and explains why authoritarians around the world are waging the same kind of pressure campaign to discredit democracy. Ultimately, recognizing the United States within that broader, global picture helps illuminate the real conflict and our roles within it.
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries singled out Republican congresswoman and conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene, who he characterized as leading the faction.
Several important swing states, like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, are anticipating hotly contested Senate races, with Senate control among the major stakes of the 2024 election, and yet the Republican Party has fielded candidates for these key races with surprisingly deficient local connections and insultingly flimsy fake biographies. Rachel Maddow reports.