he s also making them pay for the privilege. david cay johnston piece good evening. i m mehdi, it s been a banner year for the enemies of democracy. and their winning streak continues tonight. in 12 short months, the great american experiment has taken a physical, pounding. it doesn t get more physical than weapons and fisticuffs in the halls of the united states capitol. while the american flag took a literal beating out front, small d democracy also took an ideological beating from conservative media outlets and the mouthpieces who appeared on them. who delivered a slow, deliberately drip, drip, drip of propaganda, as of january six were a mere blip that if it did happen, was the work of antifa or angry tours. democracy also suffered illegal lashing to, from texas, to florida, to georgia, to 19 states and counting so far that have signed off on at least 33 measures designed to make it harder for americans to vote. that includes the state of arizona. we re in the spring, g
considering the text messages obtained by cnn on friday. former chief of staff, mark meadows, and sean hannity, exchange texts about how to invalidate the results of the 2020 election. hannity says, this really should not matter. yes, i am a member of the press. i have 675 radio affiliates among i am on the fox news channel. it is a news channel. i do not claim to be a journalist. i claim to be a talk show host. no worries. we never thought you were a journalist either. meadows and hannity did not respond to our request for comment. he could also find his place in the hot seat after another audiotape where he admits how dangerous the gop rhetoric has gotten. tension is too high. the country is too crazy. i do not want to look back and think that we caused something or missed something and someone got hurt. i do not want to play politics with any of that. of course you don t. let us not forget there is the maga muppet, marjorie taylor greene. maybe perjury taylor gre
the president of ukraine says the secretary of defense of the secretary of state will meet with him in ukraine today. as russian forces step up their attacks. kevin mccarthy on cleanup duty, his response after audio reveals he wanted donald trump to resign over the insurrection. all ask former impeachment manager congresswoman madeleine dean what it could mean for the january six investigation. in the democratic lawmakers who went viral for fighting back against republican attacks on the lgbtq community. gentlemen, i m not afraid of you anymore. because you re going to lose. we will not let hate win. both of those lawmakers, mallory mick morrow and ian mackie join me live with a message for their fellow democrats. i m jonathan kaye part, this is the sunday show. breaking news out of ukraine this. morning ukrainian officials claiming russian forces are attempting to storm the ads of small steel factory where ukraine says roughly 2000 civilians, mainly women and children,
refused to provide any evidence. tonight, a reporter who track down those books, and you will be shocked to learn what is not in them. we don t want things like matt to have, you know, some of these other concepts introduced. all in, starts right now. good evening everyone, from new york, i m in for chris hayes. every day we are learning more and more, about how a number of sitting members of congress, tried to help donald trump subvert the will of the american voter, and steal the election. we know that republican congressman scott perry of pennsylvania, jim jordan of ohio, both coordinated with trump insiders to spread the big lie of election fraud. we know that jordan, also forwarded then chief of staff mark meadows advice on how to overturn biden s victory on january 6th. we just learned that senator mike lee of utah was also sending text messages to meadows on how to overturn the election. like this exchange from january the 4th, referring to the plot to get state
american voter, and steal the election. we know that republican congressman scott perry of pennsylvania, jim jordan of ohio, both coordinated with trump insiders to spread the big lie of election fraud. we know that jordan, also forwarded then chief of staff mark meadows advice on how to overturn biden s victory on january 6th. we just learned that senator mike lee of utah was also sending text messages to meadows on how to overturn the election. like this exchange from january the 4th, referring to the plot to get state legislators to appoint new slates of electors for donald trump. it states that he lost. senator lee writes, quote, i ve been calling state legislators for hours today, and i m going to spend hours doing the same tomorrow. we need something from state legislators to make this illegitimate, and to have any hope of winning. now, just think about that for a quick second. mike lee is one of 100 senators, one of two the represents the state of utah. and instead o