indicated there might be audio recordings of biden who offer that then vice president got an alleged bribe. just days later it is becoming clear once again there is zero actual evidence that such recordings exist. no one can find these mysterious audiotapes and many republicans are starting to doubt their very existence, even chief conspiracy pusher jim jordan said this week, quote. we don t know for sure if these tapes exist. ruth ben-ghiat and barbara mcquade are back with me again. ruth, you know, smear campaigns like this are nothing new for republicans but honestly the seems particularly nefarious given the shady organs, origins of the allegations, the fact that these are years old, they ve not surfaced until now, they ve attempted to service them in the past but never substantiated and here they are bringing them back once again. yeah, there are two points here.
witnesses to support the claim whoever that didn t stop senator chuck grassley from suggesting this week that it redacted years old fbi tip she indicated there might be audio recordings of biden who offer that then vice president got an alleged bribe. just days later it is becoming clear once again there is zero actual evidence that such recordings exist. no one can find these mysterious audiotapes and many republicans are starting to doubt their very existence, even chief conspiracy pusher jim jordan said this week, quote. we don t know for sure if these tapes exist. ruth ben-ghiat and barbara mcquade are back with me again. ruth, you know, smear campaigns like this are nothing new for republicans but honestly the seems particularly nefarious given the shady organs, origins of the allegations, the fact that these are years old, they ve not surfaced until now,
one is that this information warfare. and the truth of the allegations is not the point. the point is to have the idea that biden is corrupt circulate. if it has to be later retracted the damage is already done. as we know, everybody reads accusations few people read the retraction. so that s going on. the second is this is part of trying to discredit biden and i would remind everybody that the texas gop passed a resolution that says that biden isn t illegitimate and acting president. so they are trying any which way to take him down to discredit the presidency under his guide. and use information warfare which in ways that resemble what other authoritarians from the kremlin to erdogan to orban, they all do the smear campaigns. and this week, ruth, you had senator chuck grassley saying he hopes donald trump approves
the kremlin to erdogan to orban, they all do the smear campaigns. and this week, ruth, you had senator chuck grassley saying he hopes donald trump approves of his efforts to amplify the biden bribe narrative, that he hopes trump thinks he s doing, quote, a good job. i gotta say that is pretty pathetic for a senator to be seeking the approval of donald trump on a story based on false allegations so far the public has not seen any evidence to corroborate at least. yes and this is the language in a system, it s called personalist rule where everything rotates around one man. and you have to have his approval or you are nothing. so you are expected to do this.
a bunch of things against the wall a couple weeks right before i make an announcement. i m the biggest threat to the democratic party an hispanic conservative republican from a big city. i mean it s like the unicorn of all unicorns. it destroys their entire narrative. and so, you know, they are threatened. and so they re coming at me with everything they can. i have never had any issues. i have always worked and i have always been successful. and i don t want apologize for my success by the way. i have done nothing wrong in this case and of course we will cooperate until that comes out. unfortunately, we see this in every federal race, i mean, everybody, unfortunately, has to go through these kinds of things. i don t mind the scrutiny. i have absolutely no problem with it. i don t mind being criticized. that comes with the territory. what i don t like is smear campaigns is what my local newspaper is doing. brian: you had a lot to do with david beckham make sure a stadium built in mia