deadly insurrection and that threatens to unravel our democracy, well, it s on the ballot in several states today in gop primaries that are just as much a measure of the trumpification of the republican party as they are a test of the disgraced ex-president s political power. in georgia, governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger are facing primary challengers entirely because of their refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election there. trump s conduct in georgia is notably under criminal investigation now. a pair of trump-backed candidates, that would be former senator david perdue and congressman jody hice are hoping to unseat republicans kemp and raffensperger. new york times reports this, quote, along with representative jody hice, david perdue is running a campaign that s almost single mindedly focused on trump s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and in true trump style, perdue is ending a campaign that is staked
and on may 17th, 2022, he bought a smith and wasn t an anti 15, also an ar-15 style rifle at the same store in uvalde, for the cost of $1,081. 42. his uncle drove him to the gun store to pick up his murder weapons. and of course, the owner of the gun store described the attacker as an average customer with no red flags or suspicious conditions. but patrons of the store, who saw him walk, told a different story in fbi interviews, saying after the tragedy, that the attacker was very nervous looking, and that he appeared odd, and looked like one of those school shooters. another described his all black clothing as simply giving off back vibes. so, someone who patrons of a gun store think, looks like a school shooter. has no problem from that gun dealer in texas, buying mass
everything else that you can imagine. we have systemic failure at every level in texas. it goes way beyond uvalde. what uvalde is the closest and most disturbing version of that failure that exemplifies what s been going on in texas. texas state senator roland gutierrez, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. thank you, lawrence. thank you. coming up, we have new details, a couple of new details, about thursday s primetime january six committee hearing, focused on the 187 minutes, when donald trump did absolutely nothing to save or protect the capitol, while his mob was attacking the capitol, they believed, on orders from him. glenn kirschner was in the courtroom today, as steve bannon s trial got underway. he will join us, along with jill wine-banks, next.
hallway. we saw the one trooper that, in the back of his desk, said texas ranger, the by with a schematic is following him around. for 20 minutes, he is calling on the phone to someone. i want to know who that guy was on the phone with. because when we re talking about accountability, lawrence, i think we are there now for sure, we have to figure out what higher levels, within the department of public safety, or any one of those other agencies, who knew, what, when, and why were they telling these men to go in now? that s what i want to know. yes, the state police that was the largest group of texas law enforcement that was in that school, much bigger than uvalde and the local departments. and the report says, they have every right and authority to simply take control, when they show up. and they did not take any control at all. and that s the most damning piece here, of course, because
chat group began calling him, the school shooter. not of his online behavior was ever reported to law enforcement. as soon as the attacker turned 18, on may 16th, 2022, just one week before the shooting on may 24th, 2022, he was finally able to purchase guns and ammunition. an online retailer shipped 1740 rounds of 5.56 millimeter, 75 grain, boat tail hollow point to his doorstep, at a cost of 1007 and $61.50. he ordered a daniel defense, an ar-15 stifle for shipment to a gun store in uvalde, at a cost of $2,054.28. and on may 17th, 2022, he bought a smith and wasn t an anti 15, also an ar-15 style rifle at the same store in uvalde, for the cost of $1,081.42. his uncle drove him to the