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Forward to that coverage tonight. Weve got a big show. But where we start tonight is a story in todays news that just starts one way and then at the very end it veers off in an unexpected direction. This is like youre going along a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h i, j, k, 47. 47 . 47 comes next . Not the letter l . See if you can see where the unexpected veer, the unexpected plot twist comes. Heres how the story is headlined in the detroit free press. Michigan republicans michigan republicanled investigation rejects trumps claim that November 3rd Election was stolen. Heres the Associated Press headline, Senate Republican probe, no systemic fraud in michigan e ex will. Heres the New York Times headline, michigan republicans debunk voter fraud claims in unsparing report. And unsparing is right. And the lead in the times piece sums up why thats the right word here. A Committee Led by michigan republicans on wednesday published an extraordinary debunking of voter fraud claims in the state delivering a comprehensive rebuke to improprieties in the 2020 e ex will. The 55page report is a systemic rebuttal to an array of false claims about the election from supporters of former president donald trump. The report is unsparing in its criticism of those who have promoted false theories about the election. It debunks claims from trump allies including mike lindell, the Chief Executive of my pillow and Rudolph Giuliani and mr. Trump himself. This report is not just unsparing criticism of the false claims about supposed fraud in the election and the people who have brought those false claims to public attention. The conservativeleaning detroit news puts in their lead the fact that these michigan republicans are even now calling for the state of michigan to investigate and potentially prosecute people who have been making these false fraud claims about the election. These claims that there was something supposedly so wrong in michigan, particularly in a county in michigan which is a buzz word for the trump Election Fraud fantasy, the bulls eye for a lot of very, very, very false claims by President Trump and his supporters. Thats the detroit news headline about it. Senate report recommends the Attorney General investigate false Election Fraud claims. But this is from the actual report. This is where they got that. Events in Antrim County, michigan, sparked a significant amount of concern about the Technology Used to count ballots. This concern led to much speculation, assumptions, misinformation and in some cases outright lies meant to create doubt and confusion. The many hour of testimony before the committee showed these claims are unjustified and unfair to the people of Antrim County and the state of michigan. Its also been unfair to the people across america. The county was mentioned by officials at the white house, in the media, at rallies and several substantial online documents ris. The Committee Finds those promoting Antrim County, michigan, as the prime evidence of a nationwide conspiracy to steal the election those making those claims place all other statements and actions they make in a position of zero credibility. Ideas and speculation that Antrim County Election Workers or outside entities manipulated the vote by hand or electronically are indefensible. The committee is appalled at what can only be deduced as willful ignorance or avoidance of this proof perpetuated by leading ec subpoena lags. The Committee Recommends the Attorney General to raise run or publicity for their own ends. So, again, this is a michigan Senate Republican investigation, and the republicans in the senate in michigan say not only is the Antrim County, michigan, supposed fraud stuff total bunk. Its also so obviously bunk that people continuing to push that nonsense should potentially be criminally investigated for knowingly perpetrating a fraud. Wow. Okay then. Having buried the Antrim County Election Fraud fantasies about 30 feet deep at that point, the michigan republicans writing this report, then move on to Systemically Rip their way through all of the other trump Election Fraud fantasy nonsense claims about their state. They investigate and they prove and ultimately conclude that, no, tons of dead people did not vote in michigan. They did find there was one 92yearold lady who, quote, died four days before the November 2020 election. Research showed she had submitted her completed Absentee Ballot prior to the election and prior to her death. She did all her voting work prior to dying, turns out. They also found that, no, hundreds of thousands of ballots were not wrongfully sent out to michigan voters, despite claims to the contrary from President Trump and his supporters. They also found that not only were there no problems with the Voting Machines in Antrim County, michigan, which has been the bulls eye for so many of their fake fraud claims, they also found there were no problems with the machines at the big Tabulation Center in detroit. Instead and this is remarkable the republican investigation found that the cause of the chaos at that detroit Counting Center in the days after the election was actually the fault of the local Republican Party because they called on Trump Supporters to come down and mob the Counting Center to protest the count. The report actually says the local Republican Party of detroit Should Repudiate, quote, the actions of certain individuals that created a panic and had untrained and unnumbered Persons Descending on the tcf center. This is the state michigan Senate Republican saying, hm, the Republican Party in detroit caused panic, and they Should Repudiate their members who did that. How about the incessant trump claims that michigan had more votes cast than michigan has voters . Well, on page 25 of their report, michigan republicans have now published this handy table showing that in all the places trump says that happened, including detroit, there were actually not more votes cast than voters. Far from it. Even Jovan Pulitzer whose supposed secret Art Effect Detection is being used in the arizona audit where theyre recounting and doing lord know what is to the arizona ballot machines, they examined testimony from Jovan Pulitzer and found his testimony to be, quote, untrue and a complete fabrication. They also looked at the my pillow guy, mike lindell who are has now turned the trumps going to be reinstated thing into a traveling road show around the country. Michigan Senate Republicans looked carefully at Mike Lindells claims about votes being stolen or switched or hack. They found Mike Lindells claims to be beyond any reasonable credulity. They found it to be ignorant of the actual election process. So, in sum, this report, again from republicans in the Michigan State senate, finds that the noise and nonsense about the election being stolen from trump, its bunk. They chased down every supposed conspiracy theory, every supposed scandal and they found it to all be bunk. And they concluded in no Uncertain Terms that it ought to be treated as such. This was their conclusion, quote, this Committee Found no evidence of widespread or systemic fraud in michigans prosecution of the 2020 election. Quote, the committee can confidently assert that it has been thorough in examination of numerous allegations of unlawful actions, improper procedures, fraud, vote theft or any other description, which would cause citizens to doubt the integrity of michigans 2020 election results. Our clear finding is that citizens should be confident the results represent the true results of the ballots cast by the people of michigan. The committee strongly recommends citizens use a critical eye and ear toward those who have pushed demonstrably false theories for their own personal gain. Wow. This is damning. This is indeed unsparing. No fraud in the michigan election, no steal that needs to be stopped in michigan, no actual significant problems of any kind with the michigan vote. The people trying to sell you on the idea that there were problems in the election are ignorant or just wrong or in some cases theyre consciously trying to defraud the american people. And they ought to be investigated and criminally prosecuted for it. Wow, thats the conclusion of michigan Senate Republicans who looked into the hysterical and stillgrowing claims from President Trump and his supporters that the michigan election is, you know, one of the epicenters for how the election was stolen. This is remarkable. Now, heres the turn, right . Abcdefghi do what . 47 . Heres where the story takes an absolutely inexplicable turn. After concluding this, after publishing this report, thoroughly investigating all the nonsense trump Election Fraud claims about there being something wrong the michigan president ial election. After Finding Unsparingly and with an Exclamation Point that all the supposed Election Fraud claims are bunk and none of that nonsense happened after concluding that the michigan republicans who authored this report go on to say that they believe michigan should nevertheless take action to severely restrict voting in the state in the wake of the 2020 election because of all the doubts about the 2020 election and its integrity. Wait, what . They even say that maybe michigan should pursue an arizonastyle audit. Depending on what the results of the arizona audit are, which theyre watching very closely, they wont hesitate to recommend that maybe michigan should do that too. The arizona audit i will remind you is the one using the secret Detection Technology from the guy these michigan republicans just found to be, quote, untrue and a complete fabrication. But they want to, like, use that supposed technology to audit the michigan results, which they just found to actually be sound and not have been fraudulent or problematic at all . The michigan Senate Republican whos the share of the committee that did this investigation wrote this report debunking all the claims about supposed fraud in michigans election. He also serves on the republican controlled Election Committee in the Michigan State senate. And on that committee, he and other republicans are citing the widespread belief in all of these false Conspiracy Theories about fraud in the michigan election as the reason michigan needs i kid you not 39 new laws. They are proposing this year to restrict voting in the state. Restricting absentee voting, restricting inperson voting, day of vogting, dropbox voting. Literally just today saying there were no problems in michigans elections and all the fraud claims are made up, at the same time on the same day, michigan republicans advanced a new law that will dramatically toughen the states voter id standards, potentially disenfranchising Tens Of Thousands of michigan voters because of all the worries about the integrity of the 2020 election in michigan, the worries that they just debunked systemically as nonsense, as being promoted by fraud administers who are out to profit from it who should be prosecuted for it. When you use something as a pretext, it means youre citing something as a justification for your actions but youre going to do youre going to do anyway. Regardless of whether or not you believe in the thing youre citing to justify your actions, youre going to take those actions anyway. When you say false pretext, false is actually redundant. A pretext is by Definition Something that isnt the real justification for your actions. In this case, today in michigan, michigan republicans have proven out loud and in great detail that they do not even believe their own stated justifications for why they are acting to rescind Voting Rights in draconian terms in the state of michigan. They dont believe their own justifications for it, but theyre doing it anyway. This is one very clear snapshot of the Republican Partys approach to Voting Rights in the wake of the 2020 election. This is the predominant political dynamic at work in the two parties right now. Thats how republicans are approaching it. On the other side, democrats, whats your response . The democrats in control of Congress Really arent going to do anything to fight back for Voting Rights when this is the way the fight is being waged on the other side, really . Senator Elizabeth Warren joins us next. Stay with us. Tor Elizabeth Warrs us next. Stay with us this. Is what freedom sounds like. And this. This is what Freedom Smells like. 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Planters. A nut above. Tonight there is continuing sort of jawing and consternation among democrats as to whether theyre going to be able to take any action in congress to bolster Voting Rights as republicans in the states continue to advance still more legislation to restrict voting and as democrats seem ham strung by their parties to bypass the filibuster to get legislation debated let alone passed at the federal level that might help fight back against some of those antiVoting Rights restrictions. Tonight senators are also seemingly getting closer to some kind of action maybe on the issue of infrastructure. Tonight participants from both parties in a sort of bipartisan subgroup of senators thats been talking about infrastructure, senators from both sides of the aisle who are part of that group have told the Washington Post tonight that they think they have a tentative deal among themselves, and crucially they believe it may have support from the Biden White House as well. Joining us now is massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren. Its great to see you tonight. Thank you for taking time to be here. Thank you. Its good to be with you. Let me talk to you first about infrastructure. Whats your understanding of the lay of the land right now in terms of how this is moving and what proposal is actionable and on the table . Okay. The lay of the land is that there will be one Infrastructure Deal, and it will be a big Infrastructure Deal. This will be an Infrastructure Deal we call it an Infrastructure Deal, but its really about the kind of country we want to be Going Forward. Its about making repairs from the past, but its about