government. we didn t know who they were, what agency they were operating under and many of them were unmarked. around we saw that as a security risk, because a lot of our militia that we were concerned with look identical to some of these federal law officers that we weren t coordinating with and had no idea. so if you fast forward to january 6th, that s in the back of our minds and so the request for national guard is natural because in the district of colombia, we know our national guard. they re local volunteers. they come from the national capitol region. they re familiar with our law enforcement posture with our city and our residents. and so, i don t know why the federal government didn t request it. that s something that s still being looked at. but i m curious to find out the answer. i will say that without any clear specific or what we call credible threats, you know, we can t, law enforcement can t go
for both the campaign and the nra. it s hard to argue it s not illegal coordination when there aren t even two people coordinating with each other. it s literally one guy, the same guy doing the ads for both of them. if you re just one person, you are by definition coordinating with yourself because otherwise, see a doctor. is the defy trying not to coordinate with himself? does he think he has some sort of chinese wall within? it looked on paper like the nr amt and these campaigns weren t coordinating. in fact the nra was essentially just giving money, illegally huge amounts of money, to trump s and hawley s ad guy and saying have fun. if that was how it worked, that would be illegal. a former chair of the fec said i don t think i ve ever seen a situation where illegal coordination seems so obvious. it s so blatant, it doesn t even seem sloppy. everybody involved probably thinks there aren t going to be any consequences.
it s literally one guy, the same guy doing the ads for both of them. if you re just one person, you are by definition coordinating with yourself because otherwise, see a doctor. is the guy trying not to coordinate with himself? does he think he has some sort of chinese wall within? it looked on paper like the nra and these campaigns weren t coordinating. in fact the nra was essentially just giving money, illegally huge amounts of money, to trump s and hawley s ad guy and saying have fun. if that was how it worked, that would be illegal. a former chair of the fec said don t think i ve ever seen a situation where illegal coordination seems so obvious. it s so blatant, it doesn t even seem sloppy.
0 race. virginia and new jersey are the only two states that hold their governor races in a year like this, the odd numbered year right after a presidential election, they are the only two states that do, if they do it every four years, all the way back to the 1980, every year t the president has seen the governor loose his race bothe in virginia and in new jersey. that s the way the pendulum swings. president biden this week actually became the first newly elected president of the united states since ronald reagan to not fall prey to that curse. to not have his party lose bothe those governorships. biden s democratic party did e lose the virginia governor s ir race but they won in new jersey, which we found out this time last night, when nbc news made the call. well, that said, tonight within the past hour the republican candidate in new jersey, jack ciattarelli, has just posted a video on twitter saying he is not conceding that race. he does not think this is over. he says he has a t
hopefully, in a fairly short period of time. in total coordination with the white house counsel s office and the people who are representing the president and the senate. welcome back. quick senate trial with republicans acting with the white house. that s what mitch mcconnell and the white house seem to be hoping for, if and when the articles of impeachment reach the senate. a different time in politics, that coordination would have been a lot bigger deal than it is today. joining me now, carol lee. former advisor to jeb bush and john boehner. it is amazing we re all shrugging our shoulders now, michael steele, and in fact, i even argued the opposite this morning. if they weren t coordinating, they d be getting criticism. my god, you know, we believe we re all organized in a partisan way now. no longer in a in a three branches of government. right. well, they re fighting for the party rather than the institution. and that s fine. but i think they would argue that house democrats