Cambridge University Press; 302 pages; $29.99 and £22.99.
Oath Keepers. By Sam Jackson.
Columbia University Press; 240 pages; $35 and £27.
Hate in the Homeland. By Cynthia Miller-Idriss.
Princeton University Press; 272 pages; $29.95 and £25.
American Zealots. By Arie Perliger.
Columbia University Press; 232 pages;
$28 and £22.
H
OW SERIOUSLY should anyone take Stewart Rhodes and men like him? Speaking online soon after America’s presidential election, he said phalanxes of his armed comrades were waiting outside Washington. Should Donald Trump be ousted, they were ready for a “bloody fight”.
Listen to this story
Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid.
Mr Rhodes is fond of threatening language. In 2016 his group predicted widespread voter fraud followed by “catastrophic consequences”. It has urged its members, who include ex-soldiers, to help patrol the Mexican border to deter and harass would-be immigrants.
is under audit. yeah, no, it s a huge issue. you know, what we discovered is that he basically was misleading the people since he started running for the presidency. and why is that? that s the question. we believe that it has to do with his finances. we believe it has to do with who he s in bed with. we believe that it has to do with how is he making decisions as he s currently in the white house. sos t under audit, it really helped set up the stage and lay part of the foundation for our request for his tax returns. quinnipiac asked people a couple of questions about the president s tax returns just last week roughly, and the first question was, should donald trump release his tax returns? 64% of respondents said yes, 29% said no. which roughly fits in. donald trump doesn t get below 29% on anything. they also asked, if trump refuses to release his tax returns, do you think congress
audit, it really helped set up the stage and lay part of the foundation for our request for his tax returns. quinnipiac asked people a couple of questions about the president s tax returns just last week roughly, and the first question was, should donald trump release his tax returns? 64% of respondents said yes, 29% said no. which fits. donald trump doesn t get below 29% on anything. if trump refuses to release his tax returns, do you think congress should investigate? again, 57% said yes, 38% said no. talk to me, congressman, about what happens next. when you said what michael cohen to you sets up what you might do next. how does that play out? so, first, i think that we want to continue to lay the foundation on our argument. you know, we do have the right as the house ways and means committee to request his returns, but we still need to provide justification. i would love to see allen weissleberg, his finance guy,
because the president has said prior to becoming president and since becoming president that he is under audit. yeah, no, it s a huge issue. you know, what we discovered is that he basically was misleading the people since he started running for the presidency. and why is that? that s the question. we believe that it has to do with his finances. we believe it has to do with who he s in bed with. we believe that it has to do with how is he making decisions as he s currently in the white house. so with cohen answering basically that he s not under audit, it really helped set up the stage and lay part of the foundation for our request for his tax returns. quinnipiac asked people a couple of questions about the president s tax returns just last week roughly, and the first question was, should donald trump release his tax returns? 64% of respondents said yes, 29% said no. which fits. donald trump doesn t get below 29% on anything.
for an hour and a half before something was done. and eventually he said, she s not breathing. at the end of breathing. incredibly tragic story. joining me, adam smith, currently the ranking member on the house armed services committee and will become its chairman in january. sir, thank you so much for coming on the show tonight. good to see you. thank you, appreciate the chance. let s start where we were just talking about what is going on the border and this 7-year-old girl who died in border patrol custody. what is your reaction to this? do you think what the department of homeland security said about this is acceptable? absolutely not. i mean, this is a preventable death. and it comes from a very clear policy mistake that i think the administration is making. president trump is basically trying to, in his mind, discourage people to try to come to the border, by making it as difficult as possible. you referenced the border patrol agents pouring out water that was put out f