The reidout tonight on the reidout it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support it. And i hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people. Nikki haley declines to endorse trump, for now. Although Mitch Mcconnell and many others are genuflecting to trump, despite the ritual humiliation from the would be autocrat. Also tonight, North Carolina republicans nominate for governor a holocaust denying, Massacre Victim Mocking Lunatic who once described the Lgbtq Community as filth and denounced the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s without which he likely wouldnt even be able to vote in the south. A man that donald trump has despite all of that described as, dr. King on steroids. Mark robinsons democratic opponent josh stine joins me tonight. Plus, facing likely defeat in arizona, Kyrsten Sinema says she will exit the senate, leaving a legacy of Sabotaing Domestic Priorities such as higher minimum wage and a womans right to control her own body. But we begin tonight with donald trump as the Presumptive Republican nominee for president. Nikki haley ended her longshot challenge to trump on wednesday, clearing The Path For A Trump biden rematch. Deja vu all over again . Haley bowed out, but she didnt endorse trump, at least not yet. But you know who did endorse trump . This guy, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, who became the highest ranking republican to back trump after endorsing his campaign for a second term. Mcconnell said, quote, it should come as no surprise that as nominee he will have my support. Before listing off the great things he and trump accomplished. Things like and im paraphrasing here, tax cuts for the super rich and big corporations and the creation of a rogue m arc ga Supreme Court. Mitch mcconnell endorsed trump despite their famously frosty relationship. For years trump viciously attacked mcconnell on dimestore twitter. Once calling him a, quote, Broken Down Hack politician. Trump also hurled racist slime at mitchs wife, elaine chao, calling her cocoa chao and suggesting she was a chinese agent. You could Sense Mcconnell viewed trump as a pest, but the two remained essential allies to pass sweeping tax cuts and stack the courts, only for their Uneasy Alliance to crumble after mcconnell blasted trump for his role in the 2021 mob siege of the capitol. Theres no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. And then the two didnt speak for years. But here Mitch Mcconnell is, falling in line, kissing the ring, party over country till the bitter end. The longestserving Senate Leader in history has sur rended to donald trump a remarkable turn around, though not surprising, right . This isnt mcconnells party anymore. And it hasnt been for a long time. Its been trumps since he won the nomination in 2016. Donald trump showing this photo to his 7 million followers, his wife, side by side with ted cruzs with the phrase, the images are worth a thousand words. I announce today that after a lot of months of prayer, of reflection that ive decided in november i intend to vote for donald trump. I talk about little marco rubio, hes a total disaster. Hes a disaster. Hes a nasty guy. The elections not about me. This is not about whats best for me or its about the country. Its about a choice. And we have a choice. And look, i do disagree with donald on many things. I disagree with hillary on everything. I think Lindsey Graham is a disgrace. I think you have one of the worst representatives of any representative in the united states. Donald, you beat me like a drum. Youre the president. Im a senator. I want to help you. Let it go. Lets move on. And were going to make America Great again. And eight years later, the groveling continues. Do you ever think that she actually appointed you, tim . And think of it, appointed and youre the senator of her state. And she endorsed me. You must really hate her. No. Its a shame. Huh oh. I just love you. No, thats thats why hes a great politician. So mcconnell didnt have to endorse him. Then again, maybe he did. Think about authoritarian systems. The thing that they have in common is that everyone is required to bend the knee. And it must be done in public. In fact, the Maga Movement early mirrors the viktor orban play book. Orban is the autocratic Prime Minister of hungary. He took over the constitution and the judiciary and changed hundreds of laws, shut down independent media and spoiled european efforts to advance democracy in ukraine. There are elections in hungary, but they dont matter. Its scary stuff. Whats even scarier is when Amanda Carpenter writes in protect democracy. Trump and his allies, his maga allies are once again rolling out the red carpet for o rshs ban. Hell be welcomed at the Heritage Foundation and he will meet trump this coming friday at the maralago estate. The same lair where authoritarians love to play and where our National Security documents are hidden in the bathroom shower. The trump gang and the Heritage Foundation are building the infrastructure to take down our democracy. And they are much more dangerous the second time around. Carpenter, who used to work as a senior staffer to republican senators, writes for the bull work, orban is well on his way to staying in office for the rest of his hief. On that, too, trump aims to do is same. But to get there, his party and its leaders must first normal ides the idea of running a violent fascist for president. Joining me now is George Conway, attorney and cohost of the George Conway explains it all podcast. Dean of the Columbia School of journalism and staff writer for the new yorker. And the aforementioned Amanda Carpenter, writer and eder to of project democracy. I want to start with you, amanda. One of the ways viktor orban has consolidated power in hungary and the way that right wing fascists have rolled through europe and sort of gained power there is through demonizing migrants, demonizing the notion of nonwhite migration. Here is trump doing the very same thing here. Its a sad to see whats happening to our cities. Our cities are being overrun with migrant crime. And thats biden migrant crime. But its a new category of crime. And its violent. Where theyll stand the middle of the street and have fistfights with police officers. And if they did that in their countries from where they came, they would be killed instantly. Instantly. They wouldnt do that. So, the world is laughing at us. The world is taking advantage of us. So, before i let you respond to that. I want to just note for our audience to fact check this. Overall crime is down year over year in some of the cities where youre seeing the most migrants coming in, philadelphia, chicago, denver, new york and los angeles. Crime has risen in washington, d. C. But local officials do not attribute that spike to migrants. Theres actually plenty of data to show that places where migrants live and come have lower crime rates. Americans commit far higher rates of crime than the minuscule amount committed by migrants. I want to let you respond to that. Why is it such a powerful argument because its working there and its working here . Yeah, sure. Listen, targeting vulnerable minority communities, whether theyre immigrants or gay and lesbian communities or africanamericans is a classic authoritarian tactic. Its straight out of the authoritarian play book that orban has used. Trump used in 2016 and plans to use in this election and other authoritarians used throughout history. So thank you for mentioning that piece. We have a newsletter if you can keep it. Org where you can read the whole thing, but in it i walk through the tactics that orban used to consolidate and wield power that are very similar to what donald trump is promising to do as president if he takes the oval office in 2025. And you know, a lot of you mentioned a lot of those steps. But i want to mention the thing that why i think the right wing is so enamored with orban and why trump is welcoming him again to Mare A Lar Goe and why heritage is welcoming orban again to have the panel with them is that he is the model for them because orban governed as a relatively okay leader through 2006. But then he was ousted by voters. And he spent that time out of office doubling down on his plans to make sure that he would never lose again. He knew exactly what he was doing. He used his time out of office to get that infrastructure, write the plans so when he got back in 2010, he was ready to roll. They knew how to rewrite the constitution. They knew how to gut the judiciary. They knew how to take control of the media. And it happened very quickly. And that, that is the model they want to replicate here. And they are doing so. And its protect democracy. I will read a little bit of Amanda Carpenters piece. Orban wrote an enduring and populist base by scapegoating immigrants and refugees. According to the german marshall fund, orban used. Im going to come to you gilani on this. This is literally the model donald trump is using in the united states. Sure. Its classic for people who study autocracies and people study even the way that democracies meet their demise. This is very predictable. On another level if you say, what is an autocrat without a looming fear that you can sell to people . Well, unemployed. And so, this is key to everything about what the strategy is. And the other part of it is that hes utilized this. Its irrelevant whether or not crime is up or down. You know, and in the world that he operates in, irrelevant whether, you know, the threats that he warns about are factual or whether theyre fictional. None of that really matters. Its seeing the world through the lens of this singular person, who in his own words, said that only he was capable of protecting people. Yeah. I mean, by the way, somebody, george, whose parents are immigrants, his mother is an immigrant, his two wives have both been immigrants. The thing is not only does it work on the base, theyre hearing from fox all day, crime, crime, crime. They can live as far from the border they think theres a looming harm coming to them. Theyre caught up in the infrastructure of false information. But i want talk about how the Humiliation Piece works with the actual elected officials. Because, you know, a ted cruz, for instance, he knows better. He knows he can get them. Hes a senator. But not only do they mimic the same rhetoric that trump is doing, even if they know it is false, they also humiliate themselves. They ritually humiliate themselves, tim scott has done it, ted cruz has done it. What do you make of that . Its one of the most astounding things, astounding phenomena of the trump era to me because i cant possibly understand it. I cant understand why it would be Worth HoldingPublic Office if youre going to humiliate yourself like that. But, it is part of the cultish authoritarian play book. You have to submit to the leader. And the people who you are alarming saying there are crises that dont really exist, they want to see a leader humiliate others. They want to see someone who is strong. They want to see someone they can look up to. It doesnt matter whether the man can spell or whether the man is a narcissistic or sociopath, in fact, it helps. Yeah. And this is its part of the package. Yeah. Go ahead. Really quick, one other thing that were underestimating and we remember this is fear. People do not want to be theres the kind of calculated careerist fear that you can lose your office. But various points where people were afraid of their physical for their physical safety if they were seen as oppositional to donald trump. And so thats part of this narrative, too. Amanda, let me let you speak to that. You used to work for ted cruz. Since he is a senator from texas, he knows the statistics. He knows that texas is not overrun by some enormous crime wave yet not only does he repeat it, he self humiliates. He doesnt have to be prompted anymore. They make themselves ridiculous and pathetic in front of trump. Why do you suppose he does that . Well, i think he was hard to watch the tape of him endorsing trump again at the top of the hour. But, this is what i think is also coming from nikki haley. Even though a ted cruz gave that speech at the convention where he urged people to vote their conscience. After that, the full weight of the party came down on him in public and Behind Closed Doors with donors, with friends, with allies. Essentially making the case that if you continue on this crusade against trump and he loses, it will be your fault if Hillary Clinton is president. And that is something that is coming directly for nikki haley. You know, i think it started with Mitch Mcconnell endorsement today. I dont know how shes going to handle it. I think thats why she she classically splits the difference on almost every issue. Thats what you saw her do today. Somehow trump has the capability to be this gracious person who will build unity in the party. Thats not true. She knows its not true but she cant go to the wall and say im not going to do this. Rather, maybe trump can bring the Party Together and well see what happens. You know. The crushing is coming for her. Misinformation. You can go california, North Carolina, iowa, new hampshire, virginia, you have a base that absolutely believes that joe biden is not the president. Okay. We have the numbers here. Even in california, 57 of republicans say, nope, he did not win the election. So you have that piece. Where people are deeply, deeply embedded in misinformation. And disinformation. And then you have this, let me play in North Carolina haley voter. This is what she said about the biden versus trump dichotomy. What made you switch from trump to nikki haley . The man is a lunatic. And i think hes terrible for the country. What are you thinking about when you say that . Just that he lies. He cheats. Hes bankrupted millions of businesses and people and i dont see anything good about him. Let me ask, if donald trump is the nominee in november, do you support joe biden over donald trump . Nope. Let me read another one. This is the washington post. This is nikki haleys supporters. I think trump is u one of her supporters. I think trump is so irrational and so frightening. If he allowed this january 6th thing to take place, he could try to take other the next time if he doesnt win this one. I just think hes dishonest and i dont want that. But i think joe biden is, too. I definitely wont vote for biden. I would have to vote for trump. So theres this Fantasy World in which swimming in false equivalences. Yes. Fantasy worlds which the nikki haley supporters will come running to joe biden because they think hes a lunatic. It doesnt matter. Theyre still going to vote for trump. I would qualify that because i do think a large portion a significant portion of registered republicans is coming to the conclusion that donald trump is unfit for office. Now, they may or may not vote for joe biden. Its an identity thing. I remember in 2017, 2018 when i started to come to the conclusion, i ended up running 12,000 page article on how i remember. How trump was a Narcissistic Sociopath unfit for any Public Office. Even in 2018, when i started thinking about that, i wasnt i went on a podcast, it was my first interview. I wasnt quite willing to say that if i did it all over again that i would vote for hillary. I couldnt bring myself to say that even though knowing what i know today, theres no question. And in fact, thats what i did in 2020, i voted for a democrat even though it wasnt my preference. Yeah. Well, we will see what happens this time. Amanda carpenter, thank you very much. Excellent piece. I hope everyone will read it. George and jelani will be back in a bit. I need to introduce you to the rising star for maga universe. Mark robinson. Scary is caring and this man is legitimate scary. The reidout continues after this. The reidout continues after this get help reaching your goals with j. P. Morgan wealth plan, a digital money coach in the chase mobile® app. Use it to set and track your goals, big and small. 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