suggest that a potential defendant cooperate with a prosecutor, just because he might be wrong about his blanket immunity statements. but look. it s very clear evidence wise that voter fraud is not why the election was lost. in fact, the middle part of my book explains in great detail with verifiable proof why trump lost the election. there is a simple explanation. it has nothing to do with fraud whatsoever. and when i m free to talk about it, everybody will understand. it makes perfect sense. president trump is not actively making sure that all conservative voters are in his camp. bottom line. and it s really hard to win an election when you carve out a piece of the electorate and tell them, you are dead to me. which is what former president trump has done many, many times. you have to have a broad coalition to win an election, and president trump has actively narrowed his base of support overtime. okay. it s disproven, it s coming out march 12th, it will probably be requi
china has dismissed the elections, saying it doesn t change the fact that from beijing s perspective, taiwan is part of china, and she jinping has been clear in his view that reunification of taiwan with the mainland s, in his eyes, inevitable, and he will use force to achieve that same. it doesn t mean that war is imminent here. tension is likely to escalate. the icy tension that has defined the past eight years, but throughout the day today, people we were talking to and in polling stations, and on the streets, people were saying that this was an election about choosing taiwan s identity, and choosing taiwan s future, and it s just choice asked a be left to the people of taiwan. listen, keeping a close eye on all of this in the future, and we thank you for doing so. janis mackey forero. in a moment, oh the possibilities. who will get the not from donald trump for vice president? we re going to run through the list. list as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world
Two very different types of counties. Number one, counties with large evangelical populations. The modern rule in Iowa Republican caucuses, win the evangelical vote, you win the caucuses. Almost twothirds of all caucusgoers in 2016 with evangelical christians. He lost them to Ted Cruz, lost the state. Sue county in northwest iowa, Take A Look at 2016 result, you dont see donald trumps name. He finished at 11 , his worst county was in deeply religious sioux county. This was a huge problem for donald trump. Expand that statewide. Of the 99 counties in iowa, there are 42 of them that voted Mike Huckabee in 2008, Rick Santorum in 2012 and Ted Cruz in 2016. Those three candidates all won the evangelical vote. Those three candidates all won
but it s especially true for northwest iowa, and it s not just folks who are affiliated, as evangelical questions. it s folks who go to church regularly, church is a major part of your life. i think it is but sue county. we saw in 2016 how skeptical evangelicals were of donald trump, many were at the beginning, and the story of the last eight years is that this political bond trump seems to have generated with them. it isn t a story about donald trump, as he improved his standings with evangelicals. how much has he improved a standings with evangelicals? is he winning this county, is he winning a big? it s also a story about ron desantis, if rhonda scent is going to make a stand on monday night, he has really courted evangelicals aggressively, got endorsement for one of the top evangelical leaders in the state. now let the for nikki haley s standpoint, if you zoom with all the counties here, nikki haley found her strongest support for political independents, college educated voters
in midwinter deep for years grabbing the headlines. republican candidates who, a, course are there for the nation s first presidential contest on monday. and one of the key elections the cycle? abortion. nbc s priscilla thompson has been speaking with young republicans ahead of the caucuses in sue county. that is a largely evangelical area. so, welcome to you. this is going to be the first caucus experience for most of these young people, priscilla. what are they saying about how abortion is going to influence their decision? yeah, alex. i spoke with students at northwest college, a christian school about an hour from here, and one of the issues topping their list this election cycle is abortion. i want to play for you some of have a described their thinking about this issue in terms of who they plan to caucus for. take a listen. for me, i would say abortion would be the top issue. when i talk about the issue, which candidate do you feel is stronger on the issue of abortion? ye