there was none of that for congresswoman marjorie taylor green who for years has spread lies and conspiracies rooted in bigotry. greene s no longer the outlier in her party and the pervasive spread of lies, much of it on social media, has trickled down to exploit fears. when president biden was sworn in i was just crying. i mean, i couldn t stop. it was that ugly cry that you do, just kept going. i was like, oh, my gosh, i m seeing the funeral of our country. i went into panic mode. i called my mom and i told her, we re all going to die. we re going to be owned by china. i might have to pull my daughter o you the of school because they re going to take her. i was scared to death. that s someone who does not believe the lies anymore but she wasn t forced to confront reality until trump left office. the spreads of qanon and like-minded conspiracy groups have left those outside the party looking in. so today republicans will have to go on record about what kind of party they
agents there. a few months before in dallas he tried to murder general edwin walker because walker had given speeches attacking communism. so oswald never hid his politics. not for a moment. he talked incessantly about communism to anyone who would listen. but many americans never really understood what lee harvey oswald believed and they didn t understand it because the news outlets didn t tell them. almost immediately, the media began spinning a different story. president kennedy, they suggested, had been murdered by conservatives, possibly by conservatism itself, by hate, as they often put it. the explanation was never precise but the idea was the same. right wingers killed kennedy. the soviet union naturally a suspect in this crime happy to agree with the assessment. as a soev yacht spokesman soviet spokeman put it the moral responsibility lay with barry goldwater and other extremists on the right. in the end, coordinated lying paid off. a year later goldwater lost to
he tried to murder general edwin walker because walker had given speeches attacking communism. so lee harvey oswald never hid his politics. not for a moment. he talked incessantly about communism to anyone who would listen. and yet many americans never really understood what lee harvey oswald believed and they didn t understand it because news outlets didn t tell them. instead, almost immediately, the media began spinning a different story. president kennedy, they suggested, had been murdered by conservatives, possibly by conservatism itself, by hate, as they often put it. the explanation was never very precise but the idea was the always same. right wingers killed kennedy. the soviet union, naturally a suspect in this crime, was happy to agree with the assessment. as a soviet spokesman put it, moral responsibility for the kennedy assassination lay squarely with barry goldwater and other extremists on the right. in the end, the coordinated lying paid off. a year later, sena
education and budget committee assignments that she holds. moments ago democrats said this about house minority leader kevin mccarthy. why would kevin mccarthy continue to associate himself and the republican conference with someone who leader mitch mcconnell has characterized as a cancer? the last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. and kevin mccarthy has the ability to do the right thing he should. but greene will not be the only urgent topic the republicans will need to address when they meet here in a few hours. wyoming congresswoman liz cheney is on the fence of being ousted for voting to impeach former president trump in his second impeachment. she has been shoring up support behind the scenes. that includes from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. republicans are facing a critical reckoning. will they encourage, quoting one gop senator, the coux of their party or those who vote their conscience like liz cheney or try to
in year two? my guests this morning, democrats congressman jim clyburn of south carolina and democratic strategist james plus growing fears that russia is taking steps to invade ukraine. we have been very clear with russia on costs and consequences of further military action. now the u.s. is accusing russia of sending saboteurs into ukraine to create an excuse for an invasion. i ll speak with mitt romney about that and about the state of the biden presidency. also, the covid surge. there are many hospitals in the country on their knees. they re overwhelmed. cases, hospitalizations, deaths on the rise. testing, too, but is that too late? should we have done that sooner? we are doing it. should we have done it sooner? we are doing it. are rural hospitals ready for this wave? joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andra mitchell, eugene robinson, amna nawaz, and anthony continetti of the american enterprise institute.