about. critical race theory is not being taught in virginia schools. glenn youngkin saying he s going to ban it is like him saying he s going to ban unicorns. it s a useless thing he s saying. however, what he s really doing is he s sending a signal to his trumpist base that i m with you on how you feel about the way this country is changing. hmm. very clearly put. errin, i m curious your views. this dovetails with what some of our guests were talking about at the top of the program and whether or not this race will land on the idea that the republican is synonymous with trump, very trumpy, maga, take your pick, or a different kind of republican. che arguing in the racial appeals it s much closer to trumpism. your view. well, look, ari, lest there be any confusion, critical race theory is the big lie of 2021. it is, as you mentioned, the modern day southern strategy to appeal to white voters. last year, it was the fear of a
france, but that s awkward. it will also be awkward with brazil where they re very, very trumpy president is up for reelection next year. he is already saying if he doesn t win that election it is definitely because of voter fraud and he won t respect the result. why does that sound familiar? he also apparently now wants to come to the general assembly, the u.s. general assembly in new york next week without being vaccinated against covid, which u.s. immigration authorities and even new york city authorities may have something to say about. that will be awkward, too. and, of course, the general assembly will follow immediately the end of these elections now underway in russia. they re going from now until sunday. these elections in sunday that putin really is rigging by, among other things, locking up all of his opponents in one nice, happy awkwardness introduced above and beyond all of that now is from the two largest and richest american tech companies who are playing along with puti
so, you know, i think it s not trump himself is a problem for republicans but republicans are acting very trumpy and that s going to get them in trouble. record number of women running for office, 180 democratic women are running for the house, 50% more than any year in american history. the previous record is 120. that s a pink wave coming and it will have a big impact this fall. god willing. we re due a pink wave. let me put up something that came into us. kavanaugh and his wife sat down with martha mccallum on fox news. let s look at a clip. did you ever say, we re out, this isn t worth it? i won t let false accusations drive us out of this process d and, you know, we re looking for a fair process. i can be heard and defend the my integrity, my life long record. my life long record of promoting
tactics. for example, at one point earlier this year you threatened a daily caller reporters for the defamation suit. how is that appropriate for anybody running for office? well, if a journalist, quote/unquote and i don t believe the daily callers are journalists by any that s very trumpy. that s very trumpy trying to drive a wedge between real and fake journalists. well, no, i disagree. i don t think all journalists are created equal. i don t believe many journalists adhere to the same standards as you and others at cnn or the new york times or the washington post. just like all attorneys are not ethical, all journalists do not adhere to the requisite standards of journalism. a lot of people have written a lot of negative things about me and they ll continue to do so, and i don t have a problem with that. that s what this nation is all about. when people engage in tactics that do not meet basic journalistic standards and meet things up, from time to time, i m going to ca
lie. do you think anything you ve discussed in the manafort or cohen trials excuse me or cohen discussed tonight would have made a difference with hillary clinton? i don t care about that. that is silly distraction, very trumpy. no, no, excuse me to quote influence an election how do i care about any of that? he s the president of the yoourns united states, he lied about criminal conduct. you re talking about 2016 no, i m not talking about 2016. you are. i m talking about him lying about the these payments again and again to the american people. and he shouldn t do it. and if he wants to pardon manafort, that s his power. rudy says that if the president says he didn t want any pardons until this is all over, that s up to him. that s his pardoning power. if he wants to pardon manafort