Her from office. Basically because he can. State attorney will join me tonight. Also new details on a possible fourth indictment against donald trump in georgia. Which could come in a matter of days. What fani willis could charge him with. Plus, who his codefendants might be. Another big win for democracy. Proposed constitutional change in ohio meant to thwart the will of the public on abortion and other major issues loses by a mile. Clearly we have a lot to get to tonight as you can see. But we begin with an alarming genuinely frightening news. Frightening item of news regarding violent threats against the president of the United States, joe biden. Vice president Kamala Harris and other elected officials. Threats that appear to be tied to Donald Trumps mounting legal peril. Threats came from a utah man named craig d. Robertson, who will not get to plead his case in court because he was shot and killed today by the fbi as they were attempting to execute an Arrest Warrant. But what he d
her from office. basically because he can. state attorney will join me tonight. also new details on a possible fourth indictment against donald trump in georgia. which could come in a matter of days. what fani willis could charge him with. plus, who his co-defendants might be. another big win for democracy. proposed constitutional change in ohio meant to thwart the will of the public on abortion and other major issues loses by a mile. clearly we have a lot to get to tonight as you can see. but we begin with an alarming genuinely frightening news. frightening item of news regarding violent threats against the president of the united states, joe biden. vice president kamala harris and other elected officials. threats that appear to be tied to donald trump s mounting legal peril. threats came from a utah man named craig d. robertson, who will not get to plead his case
yeah, we re in brooklyn. if it s friday, you know it s hey. so you can always find me at arimelber.com. that s one way i ve connected with and heard from a lot of you. the last two folks came up to me. they started the conversation. and i did what reporters do, i put them on video. thanks for being here. i ll see you tomorrow. the reidout with joy reid starts right now. tonight on the reidout if we re mourning anything this morning, it is the loss of democracy. under this tyranny, elected officials can be removed simply for political purposes and by a whim of the governor. and no matter how you feel about me, you should not be okay with that. monique was elected state attorney by the voters of florida. now ron desantis is using his authoritarian powers to remove
prominent media figures are able to issue threats or calls for violence with immunity and aggressive language does not directly end in physical harm, it creates a dangerous atmosphere the idea of violence becomes more accepted if such rhetoric is left unchecked. we know you were very much in the waco situation in the 90s which there was a lot of heated rhetoric about bill clinton and gun confiscations. how does the atmosphere now and trump s rhetoric and his ally s rhetoric compare to that kind of an atmosphere back then? well, you re exactly right, joy. for years this rhetoric was the lunatic fringe. just after the civil rights era ended, we had a very heavy lunatic fringe. the birmingham bombing killing the four little girls, bull connor killing civil rights workers and people trying to register voters in mississippi, medgar evers, we could go on and on about all that violence. that talk was permeated to society. but after all that, that stuff was died down and everybody
deployed and then they shot him. but nevertheless, witnesses say they heard two loud, large bangs. so there wasn t a lot of big lengthy confrontation. and he had already told the agents, you know, if you want to talk to me again, bring a warrant. so he s being threatening the agents. he s being forceful against the agents and the government. he s an anti-government crack pot. and we dealt with many of them. they re armed in teeth. they want to fight it out. they want to die. they want to, you know, espouse all this crazy stuff. it s sad. but the goal for the agents is just to arrest them. unfortunately he resisted with violence by either pointing the rifle or shooting at them and they had to respond because they don t need to be killed doing their duty. let me just read you, jim, real quick what the new york times wrote in a piece called trump support eers violent rhetoric. experts on political violence warn that attacks against people or constitutions become more likely when ele