insurrection. all we are demanding of vice president pence is an afternoon at 1:00, we are in he let the legislatures of the states look into this, so that we get to the bottom of it, and americans will find out whether they have control of the government or not. we no longer live in a self governing republic if we cannot get the answer to this question. this is bigger than president trump. it is a very essence of our republican former government and it has to be done. and anybody that is not willing to stand up and do it does not deserve to be in the office. all right, so, that is what eastman was saying publicly. but more notably is the work that he summoned was doing behind the scenes. he altered the now infamous coup memo, where he actually urged then vice president mike pence pence to literally throw at the results from seven states that joe biden had one before he, quote, gavels president trump as reelected. in order for that scheme to have work, trump and eastman n
act which prohibits government restrictions on abortion. even the so-called pro-choice republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski, you know, the same ones that claimed this would never happen. after presiding over the vote vice president kamala harris called out republican extremism. this vote clearly suggests that the senate is not where majority of americans are on this issue. it also makes clear that a priority for all who care about this issue, a priority should be to elect pro-choice leaders at the local, the state and the federal level because what we are seeing around this country are extremist republican leaders who are seeking to criminalize and punish women for making decisions about their own body. of course, the democrats in house joe manchin also voted no. he s not the only democrat with a moral opposition to abortion. bob casey voted with the democrat saying the circumstances around the entire debate on abortion have changed now that the supreme court has
president donald trump for his endorsement and support of my campaign. when donald trump puts his mind to something, you better watch out. donald trump loves west virginia and west virginia loves donald trump. now, nebraska showed trump a little less love. cnn projects khashoggi farmger jim pillen will beat trump s preferred for governor charles herbster, who was accused of sexual misconduct by eight women which he denied. trump said he is a fine man who has been badly maligned. the senate votes today on a bill that would codify into law a woman s right to seek an abortion, following the leak of that draft supreme court opinion of course overturning roe v. wade. the bill would need 60 votes to pass, so it really has no chance in this 50/50 senate, but democratic majority leader chuck schumer says today s vote will put every member of the senate on the record. meantime republican leader mitch mcconnell clarified or at least tried to clarify that comment about a federal abo
you know, he plays the tv game and he went too far here. that really didn t help, talking about that primarying liz. he created a sense of revenge. graham saying trump went too far. really? and created a sense of revenge. he s saying trump has responsibility for those terrorists that attacked and tried to overthrow the country as the january 6th committee preps public hearings with videotape testimony. today new emails from trump lawyer john eastman, the mastermind of the coup. he circulated that memo, a sort of coup playbook. he urged gop lawmakers in pennsylvania to, quote, retabulate the state s popular vote and throw out tens of thousands of absentee ballots. eastman writing the strategy would, quote, help provide some cover for republicans who would place joe biden s electors with a slate of trump electors. senator mike lee texted trump s chief of staff mark meadows on november 23rd. quote, john eastman has some really interesting research on this. the good news is tha
With the investigation, cnn reports this, questions asked of two recent witnesses indicate smith is focusing on how money raised off those baseless claims of voter fraud was used to fund attempts to breach Voting Equipment in several states won by joe biden and squarely in jack smiths sights, unindicted coconspirator number three, thats trump codefendant attorney Sidney Powell. Cnn reports this, quote, according to sources, witnesses interviewed by jack smiths prosecutors in recent weeks were asked about powells role in the hunt for evidence of vote fraud after the 2020 election. Including how her Nonprofit Group defending the republic provided money to fund those efforts. If team trump was literally trying to break into the Voting Machines after the fact, then the truth spun by chris krebs about the security of the 2020 election was a real fly in the ointment. There is no foreign power that is flipping votes. There is no domestic actor flipping votes. I did it right. We did it right.