insurrection came to be, is, i think, wildly misleading. and actually, i have to say, kind of it ranging. liz cheney clearly feels the same way. now the argument seems to be that the president trump was manipulated by others outside of the administration. he was persuaded to ignore his closest advisors, and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. the strategy is to blame people, his advisers called quote, the crazies. what donald trump did. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable young child. just like everyone else in our country, he is responsible for his own actions, and his own choices. liz cheney said that for a reason. she recognized, i think, a common theme in the testimony for trump insiders who had submitted to the lawful subpoenas of this committee. many of them have clearly been attempting to salvage their own
versus the crazies, right? we keep seeing this again and again. and effect that cipollone, i m a real lawyer. i m a real person backstop things with facts. like, these are just ragtag not bars, and it s like, well, the president believed in you before you believed in them. everyone, there is this like really funny divide of like, who is on what side of this line, off the coup, and this moment, where i think this goes do generally fall from the eyes a little bit. like, these are the people who want to hear from. like but they are connected. i mean, the whole graphic depiction of what it amounts to like a bar crawl through the, you know, west wing to the east wing, to steal the election, like pushing rudy out like a wedding pressure. i ve been in the white house, covering it for five and a half years, no one has been put alone in the cabinet room unless they didn t pass their rapid background check, or got drunk at a reception in a
trump by saying that he was influenced by some rogue operatives. listen to them discuss. this new strategy is to try to blame only john eastman, or sydney powell, or congressman scott perry, or others. and not president trump. in this version, the president was quote, poorly served, by these outside advisers. the strategy is to blame people, his advisors, called, quote, the crazies, for what donald trump did. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year-old man. he is not an impressionable child. so, ashley, the idea that trump could claim ignorance or, that s falling apart. absolutely. he wasn t the person that made the call that said come to the nation s capital. the other thing is that it s not like when he learned, when he knew, because we know he
hadn t named our special counsel, and given her security clearance. which is what you re rooting for, and also horrifying to find yourself in. there s also this sort of amazing reputation subtext here, which is like the team normal, versus the crazies, right? we keep seeing this again and again. and effect that cipollone, i m a real lawyer. i m a real person backstop things with facts. like, these are just ragtag not bars, and it s like, well, the president believed in you before you believed in them. everyone, there is this like really funny divide of like, who is on what side of this line, off the coup, and this moment, where i think this goes do generally fall from the eyes a little bit. like, these are the people who want to hear from. like but they are connected. i mean, the whole graphic depiction of what it amounts to like a bar crawl through the, you know, west wing to the east wing, to steal the election, like pushing rudy out like a wedding pressure. i ve been in the wh
capitol, and you know they have weapons, now, we are talking about a very serious matter, that s moved beyond just a normal political rally. and then there s something that s very dangerous. and traditionally speaking, if we are going to follow the money, what donald trump s most known for is getting himself paid, not being the one who pays. melissa, i actually want to share what liz cheney said about trump s responsibility for all of this. and in a new strategy to allow him to escape blame. watch this. in this version, the president was quote, poorly served by these outside advisers. the strategy is to blame people his advisors called, quote, the crazies, for what donald trump did. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76 year old man. he is not an impressionable child. donald trump cannot escape responsibility by being willfully blind. melissa, how key is this?