abused, some even being held for 23 hours a day in solitary confinement. alexandria ocasio-cortez tells the public radio show, latino usa, that many people refuse to admit how the attack is deeply, deeply affected law making and policymaking. marjorie taylor greene, i mean, she s part of that group of republicans who certainly have been defiant, not just about the capitol riot but other things and that would include, of course, the pandemic. several republican lawmakers gleefully defying mask rules on the house floor this week. put this all together. how does behavior denying facts, denying truth impact the legislative process? well, it s made it almost dysfunctional to work with some of those members. here is the ultimate irony. the republican party claims that they re the law enforcement party, that they re the party that is pro-police. the people who died because of those attacks were police
what these people are thinking. joining us now, maria hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of the public radio show latino usa. maria, what are you thinking when you hear donald trump say invasion, when you see this article on the front page of the new york times with the way fox news has pumped this word invasion into this mass murderer in el paso, who is 21 years old, let s remember? so he s heard donald trump talk invasion since he was in high school. he s heard this language since he was in junior high school developing out there. and here s donald trump saying what s wrong with saying invasion? you know, when you just when you said it, lawrence, i was like especially because you said he said it in michigan. i grew up in chicago. like my family is who he s talking about. so one of the things i do as a journalist is of course i m always talking to people.
he s never seen one. he s not related to anyone who fought on the american side in world war ii. he doesn t know what happened on d-day. he doesn t know what the word invasion means and that has something to do with the way he uses the word. here s something he said in one of his rallies in grand rapids, michigan. he said, it s an invasion. you know that? i say invasion and they say isn t that terrible? yes, we do. and then he said, i don t know what these people are thinking. joining us now, maria hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of the public radio show latino usa. maria, what are you thinking when you hear donald trump say invasion, when you see this article on the front page of the new york times with the way fox news has pumped this word invasion into this mass murderer in el paso, who is 21 years old, let s remember? so he s heard donald trump talk invasion since he was in high school. he s heard this language since he was in junior high school developing out t
been used as journalism. how on earth could this have happened? deja vu on the presidential campaign trail with the pundits again denigrating mitt romney after a pair of victories by rick santorum, and many prodding newt gingrich, again, to quit the race, and what about santorum s charge that fox news is schilling for romney? plus, comedian ali wentworth on her new show. her marriage to george stephanopoulos, and how the president reacted when he heard she would be entertaining at the white house. obama said, ali wentworth, isn t she inappropriate? which in my world is a huge compliment. huge. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it was the most popular episode in the history of this american life. public radio reported on alleged abuses at a chinese factory that makes ipads and iphones. it relied heavily on one-man performance artist mike daisy. hurz hoe ira glass put it. when i saw mike daisy perform this story on stage, when i left the theater, i had a
major news outlet breathlessly reports that donald trump is on the verge of a big endorsement. we don t expect him to say he is running for president, but politico and others are saying he is ready to back newt gingrich. hours later the donald backs romney. how did the press get it so wrong? plus, facebook files for a monster public offering. is sharing information with your friends now more powerful than the mega corporations of the media? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. at a time the votes were counted in florida this week, the pundits have decided that mitt romney had all but wrapped up the republican nomination. newt gingrich might keep the race interesting, or so they hope, but have no real chance to win. romney hit the television circuit for what was supposed to be a victory lap, and the man who once said i enjoy being able to fire people, did it again. or did he? here is the exchange on cnn. by the way, i m in this race because i care about am