because a lot of democrats and a lot of states in this country that don t want any restrictions. are you for any restrictions on abortion? absolutely. i m for what, for instance, illinois has put in place with restrictions. the more fundamental issue is, should women have reproductive freedom? unfortunately, and a lot of places, it is banned even in the case of rape and incest, john. the colleagues want to see this replicated at the national level and that is wrong. gillian: all right, circum- i want to pick up on a point a monaco and the republican plan doesn t include provision that encourages americans to attend l spirit if that is a core tenet of the party s platform of the midterms moving students away from a focus on a four-year colleges and universities, white
europeans extinct, basically a core tenet of white supremacist ideologies. and as the forum explains it s got main elements, including elements of invasion by people of color, lies about vote we are replacement and anti-semitism. it s been referenced a lot, like at charlottesville, and these lies have influenced people who have taken hundred of lives. 77 in norway from a far right terrorist, or 51 dead in new zealand at two mosques. 11 dead at a synagogue in pittsburgh. 23 dead at a walmart in el paso. just this weekend in bouf low, ten dead, killed because they were black. i want to bring in marua barrett and ashley vitale. the skug over this racist conspiracy theory has become a political issue. you had senator chuck schumer blasting, you know, some of the main ishtd say, some of the conservative media, tucker
sources who have spoken to trump about 2024, revealing he has been trashing florida governor ron desantis, who has been eyed as a possible contender for the gop nomination, saying desantis has no chance against him in a potential showdown. trump s lies made more dangerous by his parties work behind the scenes. state by state assaulting a score tenet of any democracy, the right to vote, using unfounded claims of election fraud to roll back voting rights piece by piece. senate majority leader chuck schumer says senate democrats will begin the process of debating and voting on voting rights legislation starting tuesday. a showdown over reforming filibuster rules likely to follow. the growing talking point by republicans, including senator mitt romney, claim democrats are taking oversight of elections away from the states. here s what house majority whip james clyburn had to say about that a short time ago on msnbc.
today how the bill may not be dead, but it s on life support at the same time. there s hope that after this weekend, after we pass through mlk day, after we see what concessions can be made here and there as so many have been made so far, that we re in a hopeful place. i mean after seeing this rally by trump over the weekend, we are fully aware that he and his constituents and his allies are actually waging a war against democracy. and if there isn t a way to fight that that has to do with the ballot box, then there probably isn t any other way. so if we re seeing any fierce resistance against this war that we re seeing that trump is raging not against a particular person or a group of people as we ve seen him do in the past but, as you said, the core tenet of democracy. the only way against that as we ve been hearing from civil rights leaders and also from activists and many members of congress that the one way to do
the committee is looking into whether there was involvement in the trump white house in the creation or submission of fake election ors. sources tell cnn trump campaign officials led by rudy giuliani oversaw efforts in december 2020 to put forward illegitimate electors from seven states that trump lost. this is a core tenet of the broader plot to overturn biden s victory when congress counted the electoral votes on january 6. paula reid, cnn, washington. now, former trump attorney rudy giuliani was subpoenaed this week, but the january 6 committee sources say he and his allies coordinated the nuts and bolts process of creating fake electors on a state by state level. not one illegitimate election or boasted at a recent republican event that the trump campaign directed the entire operation. have a listen to this. we fought authorize