tonight on all in. it should be the entire nation who determines who they want for president, whether they re guilty of insurrection or not. donald trump asked the supreme court to save him from getting kicked off the ballot. plus are you better off than you were four years ago? the republican front runner convicted of fraud has a new sleight of hand. were you better off five years ago? where you better off five years ago? where you better off five years ago, are you better off today? tonight, speaker emerita nancy pelosi on america s choice in 2024, former obama campaign manager david plouffe on whether or not liberals an open primary should vote nikki haley to stop donald trump. and the new all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes, and happy new year. it s good to be back here with all of you. thanks to the folks who filled in, i really appreciate it. we are now, officially, at the beginning of an election year, the promise is to be
donald trump asked the supreme court to save him from getting kicked off the ballot. plus are you better off than you were four years ago? the republican front runner convicted of fraud has a new sleight of hand. were you better off five years ago? where you better off five years ago? where you better off five years ago, are you better off today? tonight, speaker emerita nancy pelosi on america s choice in 2024, former obama campaign manager david plouffe on whether or not liberals an open primary should vote nikki haley to stop donald trump. and the new all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes, and happy new year. it s good to be back here with all of you. thanks to the folks who filled in, i really appreciate it. we are now, officially, at the beginning of an election year, the promise is to be a very wild ride. first iowa republican congress as political reports, donald trump s campaign for capital endorsements is accelerating, l
later, we do not have widespread chaos in the streets of america. in fact, after spiking under trump at a nearly unprecedented rate, the countries on track to see a record drop in homicides for 2023. yes, you heard me right. crime spiked up durindold trump, and it s dropping now under joe biden. the most serious crime, homicide. now, america is a big, unruly, and complicated country with, many many social ills. many of them tragic and persistent. it is always been a tragic and inspiring nation and equal parts. but we are on an upward trajectory. there is reason to believe it will keep getting better. and that is why joe biden, the white house, should welcome the tom common story about joe biden s america versus trump s. what america was really like four years ago, four years ago, because the answer, whether you are better off in 2020 under donald trump than you are now as we kick off 2024, is plain
biden s america. first of all, what s amazing about that and he was running in 2020 as he wasshowing pictures of donald trump s america. donald trump was president when that stuff is happening. he was the incumbent. ree are, where the ears later, we do not have widespread chaos in the streets of america. in fact, after spiking under trump at a nearly unprecedented rate, the countries on track to see a record drop in homicides for 2023. yes, you heard me right. crime spiked up during donald trump, and it s dropping now under joe biden. the most serious crime, homicide. now, america is a big, unruly, and complicated country with, many many social ills. many of them tragic and persistent. it is always been a tragic and inspiring nation and equal parts. but we are on an upward trajectory. there is reason to believe it will keep getting better. and that is why joe biden, the white house, should welcome the tom common story about joe biden s america versus trump s.
everything was perfect when he was president, everything has been awful under joe biden. but recently, while repeating the argument when trump revealed a really amazing tell. were you better off five years ago, or are you better off today? no contest. there s no contest. nobody would say, nobody would say today, what a difference a president can make. it really does make a difference, a big difference. when you know what else he said? five years. are you better off than you were five years ago? now he s obviously referencing the iconic line from ronald reagan that helped him clinch the presidency in 1990. are you better off than you were four years ago? is it easier for you to go and buy things in the story than it was four years ago? is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? we it s america as respected throughout the world as it was? do you feel that our security is as safe, that whereas strong as we were four years ago?