speaking of moments in history that was one. let s bring into our conversation award winning author and professor of african american studies at princeton university, our fred eddie glaude is here. frank is still with us. eddie, we this conversation yesterday, and i will confess while watching the republican debate it was hard to keep my brain in this frame, but all that really matters in the republican contest is how far away from democratic ideals they move us, and that would answer and i should point out that asa hutchinson did not raise his hand when asked that question, but everyone else did. now, this is the biggest f-u to the rule of law i can imagine. i don t know how he explains that to his sort of coalition if that s how he s talking about his support, but this is saying that if a jury of donald trump s
danger. eddie, i have spent years trying to communicate that this is not a problem on two sides. we cannot hold up a two side mirror anymore. this is a problem on one side, the party that calls themselves republicans. a conservative judge said it s no longer a functioning political party, it doesn t exist. in milwaukee yesterday, there was something called a presidential debate, which is a traditional political event. there is an instinct to cover it or handle it or touch it like it s a normal thing. it isn t. how do we make that shift? we have to name it. we have to do what you just did. we have to avoid the temptation to treat politics as the horse race that we typically do. you know what?
your point is by even questioning a political motive they re achieving a name of sowing doubt? no question. jim jordan is struggling to find some federal nexus to a county district attorney. there really isn t any. he s found to his credit what he s painting his hat on right now seems to be, hey, did you have a conversation with the special counsel or anybody in the federal government? okay, that s interesting. it s the middle of a pending criminal investigation. she s going to tell him politely or not so politely. yeah, it s fascinating. lisa ruben and gwen keys, thanks for sticking around with us. coming up a lasting moment at last night s debate that illustrates the republican party remains completely enamored with their autocrat
don t need to support democracy and a free people around the world, some weird concepts of what law enforcement is supposed to do or not to do. vivek earlier just prior to the debate was on audio saying he felt there should be a reinvestigation of 9/11 because maybe federal agents did it. what? and so what s happening with this move towards authoritarianism is only we can be trusted is what they seem to be saying. don t trust any of the institutions you ve relied upon that s gotten us this far. they re all bad. the only people you can trust, the only people who can solve it are us. and what that takes is everybody placing all their trust, all their votes in that basket of authoritarianism, and it is seriously eroding our institutions and really our values for a democratic republic. i have to sneak in a break. there is some good news. i mean the good news is it s all
participating in the debate is so dangerous. he is suggesting there could be more political violence to come. trump responded saying, i don t want that, but by saying this, quote, there s a level of passion i have never seen, there s a level of hatred i have never seen. that s probably a bad combination. while he is not wrong on the merits, that that s a bad combination, those things together can have potentially dangerous consequences, he misses the point. or does he? he is the one who fanned the passion and hatred in the first place. because you will never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength. you have to be strong. it was a rigged election. it was a stolen, disgusting election. this country should be ashamed. they go after the people that