in the wake of the other insurrection, the slow motion one that did not culminate on january 6, but rather commenced with it. to date, 19 states have passed voting restrictions. all of them disguised as election integrity measures. despite the fact that trump s ag, bill barr, found no evidence of fraud. even worthy of investigating and his lawyer, rudy giuliani, struck out in every legal challenge. that did not slow gop efforts or shame gop leaders. all of this creates the backdrop for today s speech. president biden and vice president harris traveling to georgia. the battle was kicked off with a passage of a sweeping voter suppression bill there in april. that bill so objectionable that at the time, major league baseball moved the league s all-star game out of georgia to colorado. since then, at least 12 bills have passed.
a former military guy. he s bipartisan and understands civilian control of the military. so i think, perhaps, the comment by the president, saying he s sort of a democrat, is softening the blow that, hey, he s a guy on the other side, so it won t matter if we get rid of him. and truthfully, it surprised me. i m not sure which party affiliation general mattis has, but i do know he spent 40 years in a bipartisan arrangement wearing the uniform, where he supported any president and understands that he supports not president trump, but the presidency and our government and our constitution. well, you take these public comments on 60 minutes and you think about trump s ag, jeff session, right? cabinet member, been belittled by this president umpteen different ways, right, publicly. and he stayed. he stayed, despite it all. do you think general mattis would put up with that kind of beating? well, you know, it s been interesting to watch some of the things that secretary mattis has