I didnt have somebody do the math for him, or didnt fully understand how this veto thing works because you have very clearly outlined how this is going to go down. In a way thats just not going to end up with december 24th looking good for donald trump. My last odd days on a job, rachel, are going to go very differently. Im going to sort of coast and take it easy. You have a nice night, rachel. Thank you, ali. Appreciate it. All right. 7 million, 60,412. Donald trump lost the election by more than 7 million votes but the gop, which has embraced trump more deeply and fervently than the party has ever embraced a candidate and still embraces him is refusing to examine what went wrong. The gop will actually forego its traditional elect postmortem. Something that generally happens when you lose. Because trump continues his sorcery with the message that things could hardly be better for the white house. Mostly, because he is carrying on this charade that they didnt actually lose the white ho
As far as im concerned, everything is great. But here is the thing. Everything is not great for republicans. Its really bad. Republicans have lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight president ial elections. In 2012, when mitt romney lost the popular vote by five million votes, his defeat led to a devastating 100page rnc postmortem detailing what went wrong and what the party needed to do to appeal to a changing electorate. Some simple things that could have actually helped them win parts of the electorate among whom they were severely performing. Donald trump didnt read a 100page gold market. The lack of Lessons Learned by republicans clearly contributed to trumps reelection defeat. Because pandering only gets you so far in politics for so long. So here we are. The gop hasnt lost by such a devastating margin in a president ial Reelection Campaign in decades. And theyre still silent. Hardly a peep from anyone with any influence or authority. Instead, republicans are doubling do
I saw that earlier today. Ali, i didnt know what the Nobel Peace Prize looks like either until today. Me either. I just, by the way, had to get rid of my cough drop as we begin this hour. We have some disturbing news from louisiana breaking at this hour, ali. Congressmanelect luke letlow, just elected republican congressman in northern louisiana. He has just died from covid19 tonight. This is a report from wdsu. The nbc affiliate in shreveport, louisiana, saying Congressmanelect Luke Letlow has died after contracting covid19 last week, according to his campaign manager. Letlow, who just turned 41, 41 years old, was getting treatment in the intensive care unit in shreveport, according to an announcement on his twitter page just last week. And ali, this is the kind of news that is so grim to have to report. This is someone just 41 years old. Just elected. Won about 62 of the vote. Very strong republican county there. Congressional district in northern louisiana. And he wont be going to c
Louisiana, saying Congressmanelect Luke Letlow has died after contracting covid19 last week, according to his campaign manager. Letlow, who just turned 41, 41 years old, was getting treatment in the intensive care unit in shreveport, according to an announcement on his twitter page just last week. And ali, this is the kind of news that is so grim to have to report. This is someone just 41 years old. Just elected. Won about 62 of the vote. Very strong republican county there. Congressional district in northern louisiana. And he wont be going to congress. Louisiana now will have to, at some point, schedule a special election some months away. So that will be a vacant seat. And worth noting he was tested on december 18th, and admitted to hospital on december 19th. This is an unusually fast case of covid developing. A long way to go before the end of this, lawrence. Really is. Thank you, ali. All right. Thank you. A Louisville Police officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor was not indic