tonight from excuse me, arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders, former press secretary to donald trump, with an extended anecdote at the end there about how, on a trip with president trump now most felt like they were in the military. they were not in the military. other than that, it s kind of an american carnage speech from their huckabee sanders talking about how president biden surrendered his presidency, to the woke mob, and he has been hijacked by the radical left, and america s is having war waged on it by the left, a war that didn t seek. two things, on a factual basis, which is not where she is hanging. donald trump was known and it was reported extensively, and some of the most harrowing reporting in the atlantic reported it to the believe men and women who served in the military, who died, were quote, suckers and losers. he was especially disgusted by men and women who ve been injured, in the service of our country, something so cystic, i don t even l
and this isn t some right-wing this is the ethos of the modern republican party. we did see the president focus on economic issues and sort of bread and butter issues, working families, middle class families practical issues throughout almost the duration of the speech he talked a little bit about ukraine, he talked a little bit of the roe v. wade decision. he spent considerable time on police violence and trying to get some sort of police reform. but we really saw him talk about not simple stuff, kitchen table stuff, wages, dignity of work, jobs, health care costs, access to health care. i have to imagine in your district, given its profound diversity, both ethic and economic diversity. i m guessing that has to be welcomed, in terms of just being such a large focus of the presidents remarks. yes, absolutely.
good will come of this. joining us now is nevada congressman steven horsford. he is chair of the congressional black caucus, who invited tyre nichols s parents as guests a night, as well as siblings and parents, family members, in a number of other people who had been killed in police violence. congressman horsford, i really appreciate you taking the time to be with us tonight. thank you. it s my honor. thank you for having me. we were talking here at msnbc earlier tonight in the immediate aftermath of the presidents speech about that moment in the speech, then went on at length, the president talked about this issue, not as a sort of dance card punch, as a thing to get through on a list of policy, a list of long policies, he spent a long time, and certainly the most emotional time of the, speech and and extended discussion, about the sort of grand moral empathy required of us, as americans, to try to fix this problem. it was a surprising, i think, turn in the speech. i think it
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waged on it by the left, a war that didn t seek. two things, on a factual basis, which is not where she is hanging. donald trump was known and it was reported extensively, and some of the most harrowing reporting in the atlantic reported it to the believe men and women who served in the military, who died, were quote, suckers and losers. he was especially disgusted by men and women who ve been injured, in the service of our country, something so cystic, i don t even like remembering it. so, to paint him as some historic, heroic commander-in-chief is appalling politically, the high point what s her cancer survival story, and she and mom, and as a woman with a lot of ambition, that s a beautiful story. and that she herself her her mother had survived it. that was the high point, i think, of the speech.