joining me now, matthew dowd, former chief strategist for president george w. bush. good evening, sir. thank you, so much. hey. i just want to tell you, before we get started here. i i saw your article in medium. it s great. uh-huh. beautifully written. honoring juneteenth, by speaking truth and and fighting for our democracy. thank you for that. and i suggest that everyone my pleasure. my pleasure. we all we all need to remember that it what happened was the truth wasn t told to 250,000 slaves in texas and that s why we have to keep telling the truth, today. yeah. thank you, matthew. i want to talk. let s start, now, with the this new video from january 6th. okay? president trump goes on fox. the fox-propaganda channel, last night, and he admits that he didn t win, six months after the that bloody day. but that s not going to stop the big lie, and the impact that it s having on the republican base. no. i mean, don, the problem is the big lie s become part of
that everyone my pleasure. we all need to remember what was happened was the truth wasn t told to 250,000 slaves in texas and that s why we have to keep telling the truth, today. yeah. thank you, matthew. i want to talk. let s start, now, with the this new video from january 6th. okay? president trump goes on fox, the fox-propaganda channel, last night. and he admits that he didn t win, six months after the that bloody day. but that s not going to stop the big lie and the impact that it s having on the republican base. no. i mean, don, the problem is the big lie s become part of the gop platform. it s it s it s inherent, in every single conversation they have. they are passing bills in michigan, today, to put more restrictions on votes based on the big lie of widespread-voter fraud. they re going to have a special session here, in texas, this summer to push, again, more restrictions and more partisan involvement in elections based on the big lie. and based on the idea t