republicans, yet again. no, donald trump is not on the ballot, that is true, but he is casting a big shadow, as he continues to endorse some, and it s not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, but more of that in just a moment. the timing is going to be interesting here. it is not just post january six, it is post the first series of january six hearings. whether they see it impacted voters and which way it did. it has not seemed to impact the platforms of candidates in several swing states, some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims. there is a whole slate of them running for top positions like governor, attorney general, secretary of state and senate, you know, consequential officeholders who may be over running elections. also being closely watched, the senate race in missouri. trump has endorsed a erik, okay, but which eric did you mean to endorse, sir? rivals eric greitens and eric schmitt, they both claim that trump met them. trump has yet to clarify it,
but peter meijer is the incumbent. he s one of ten house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump. trump is about exacted vengeance ana. trump s endorsed john gives, is kyler, who has simply 63% of the vote in the moment. again, this is only 5% of the vote. so we have a long way to count. but as you watch this district will, and republicans around the country watching this tonight, to see, even after the january 6th hearings, even after all this damning testimony from donald trump s own aides and allies, that knew it was a lie, the republicans still want to punish those who wanted to impeach him. john king, stay close, glad that you hear. here to help us, pat put into perspective a former democratic congresswoman abby finkenauer, cnn analysis ron brownstein and former special adviser to george bush, scott jennings. we ve got i wanna, california, kentucky, this is the focus group in a nutshell. people pay to have these moments here. let s talk about these moments here. first of
disabled cerebral palsy didn t. according to the cdc, they have increased muscle tone, which means their muscles are stiff, and as a result, their movements can be awkward. a rep from beyoncé says that they are updating the song. they say the word, quote, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced. abby, elliott, and scott are back now with me. the person most excited to have puppy on say scott jennings, and not revelation of sorts. i bring this up because, look, it can be and cuttable times, talk about the things that people react to that had this a reaction that can lead to what we know as the so-called cancel culture of things. lizzo just changed a lyric as well. it is not unheard of for people to be enlightened the use of the term to be offensive and no longer use it, but i think you put it best, elliott, the idea that, look, you get permission, you realize it s offensive, and what you do with dan s offensive.
of issues like abortions, guns, january 6th, and the nature of some of these candidates. now to the hispanic voters in texas and havana. because you have a whole another block of the electorate that went for the democrats fusion 16, 18, 20 moving to the republican party. you re right, we do have a realignment, but doesn t all benefit no, you re right. i m glad you validated him before he went back to california. that was a tender moment. do you feel that? that was nice. that was a nice moment. ron brownstein, thank you. everyone, scott, abby, stick with us, we ll be right back. there are brand new developments tonight on missing text messages sent on or around january six. go figure. but not from secret service members. no, no, why were phones wiped of key pentagon officials. yes, it s true. a cnn first is next.
not voting for somebody in particular. and i wonder of the focus is consistently on, look these are the publicans who they are, as opposed to democrats, you want to talk about the economy, you want to talk about issues that matter to people, is that a real concern? look, democrats, you can have policy differences in a platform, but we are talking about, when we talk about the republican party platform, they are literally changing it like in states in arizona where if you don t essentially believe that trump won the election, you are not a republican anymore. there is a very big difference there and, again, it is really horrifying to watch this continue to happen. it will be on democrats, do we educate voters enough to talk about how extreme this is and where these folks have gone, because it is not attached to reality anymore. that is a terrifying thing. we already have people in elected office who believe in these conspiracies, who are not attached to reality, and are we going to ha