the phone make sure the kids hear words. so, joining me now, policy strategist elena beverly, who worked for the obama administration, michelle bernard, president of the bernard center for women, public politics and policy and our msnbc political analyst. elena, first to you. what did you think of biden s response to the legacy of slavery? were you satisfied by it? jameel smith has a piece about this in rolling stone people should read. he called it a racial disaster, and i have to agree. you know, joe biden has the support of the black community. we form so much of his constituency and his base that he should be well steeped in issues of race and of systemic oppression. this was his opportunity to talk about the racial wealth divide, for example. i teach a class on the racial wealth divide at the university of chicago. he should have been talking about the severe racial wealth disparities facing the black community, faith-based policies
in addition to the conspiracy theories, they are worthy attacks against the fake news media, china, other nations that are ripping off the u.s., joe biden, even a short-lived communications director, anthony scaramucci after the mooch appeared on bill maher which the president accidentally watched on friday night, scaramucci recently started calling the president s rhetoric racially charged and divisive to the country, and he says he s calling on republicans to look elsewhere in 2020. hey, guys, we got to wake up now because we re in a dangerous situation. the yellow light is on. it s going to go red. if he wins the next presidential election, look out. on that note, here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, andy kearney, white house reporter for the new york times, phil rucker, white house bureau chief for the washington post, and michelle bernard, a lawyer, journalist, president of the bernard center for women, politics and public policy. good evening and welcome to
if he wins the next presidential election, look out. on that note, here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, andy kearney, white house reporter for the new york times, phil rucker, white house bureau chief for the washington post, and michelle bernard, a lawyer, journalist, president of the bernard center for women, politics and public policy. good evening and welcome to you all. annie, there is something about a conspiracy theory. sometimes it s birtherrism. sometimes it s the clintons killed epstein in jail that gets into this president s head. he has long stoked conspiracy theories from birtherism to this idea there is citizen s hand at work to take over his win or delegitimize him. we wrote in this piece today there is a special subcategory of his conspiracy theories that are accusing politicians of murder. he pushed aside the basic notion
if he wins the next presidential election, look out. on that note, here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, andy kearney, white house reporter for the new york times, phil rucker, white house bureau chief for the washington post, and michelle bernard, a lawyer, journalist, president of the bernard center for women, politics and public policy. good evening and welcome to you all. annie, there is something about a conspiracy theory. sometimes it s birtherrism. sometimes it s the clintons killed epstein in jail that gets into this president s head. he has long stoked conspiracy theories from birtherism to this idea there is citizen s hand at work to take over his win or delegitimize him. we wrote in this piece today there is a special subcategory of his conspiracy theories that are accusing politicians of murder.
biden used his official kickoff rally in philadelphia yesterday to cast himself as the great unifier, but biden s entrance at the top of the polls and the media s obsession with the candidates who are white and male, the democratic party, by the way, now has more of them running for president hand the republican did in 2016. this raises the question of whether democrats and political journalists believe that the very diversity that defines the democratic party is in and of itself inherently dive sieve. joining me now tiffany cross, jason johnson, politics editor for theroot.com. michelle bernard president of the bernard center for women. we have to hype them up. you guys are all great. let s talk about this for a second. i will start with you, tiffany. rolling stone wrote of biden s launch yesterday and on his kickoff rally and him talking about anger being not the thing. biden coming on stage and telling america to essentially