thank you. nice show, lauren. bye, don lemon. we will talk about georgia s big victory. congratulations to the dogs. my colleague kaitlan collins is not in a happy place today as alabama roll, crimson tide. sorry, kaitlan. not really though. so we re going to talk about georgia and talk about voting rights, the president being there. this is don lemon tonight. look, it is the most precious right we have in our democracy, let s be honest, a right countless americans have fought and died for, the right to vote. i have been talking to you about this for the last year or so now, maybe almost two years. president joe biden saying that he is tired of being quiet about it. finally saying that. the president pushing voting rights as his answer to the attack on the capitol on january 6th and explicitly taking on his predecessor whose bogus lie of
feels. think about how the other black officers felt and still feel. think about how black americans feel hearing that and knowing what we know now. think about all americans, even white americans. it s offensive. and what is that? what we know is racism isn t a side angle in this story. racism is the story, and let me explain. because the big lie that lit the flame that exploded into an inferno at our nation s capitol that day, the big, bogus lie that the election was stolen, well, who do they think stole it? think about all the evidence. atlanta, detroit, philadelphia and so on. black people stop the steal, it s just another way of saying stop black people from voting. who do they think was stealing? big cities with sizable black populations. now they re trying to change the rules with a legislative assault on the vote in those same plates. this isn t that hard.
what we know now. think about all americans, even white americans. it s offensive. and what is that? what we know is racism isn t a side angle in this story. racism is the story, and let me explain. because the big lie that lit the flame that exploded into an inferno at our nation s capitol that day, the big, bogus lie that the election was stolen, well, who do they think stole it? think about all the evidence. atlanta, detroit, philadelphia and so on. black people. stop the steal, it s just another way of saying stop black people from voting. who do they think was stealing? big cities with sizable black populations. now they re trying to change the rules with a legislative assault on the vote in those same places. this isn t that hard. it s quite simple. the evidence is there. this is not my opinion. the evidence is there. race is what helped to propel
to show for a year in control on the campaign trail, and that s going to be a tough uphill climb for them. yeah, i think no matter what side of the aisle you sit on, we all can agree that john mccain is certainly a hero in this country. we re wishing the best for him and his family right now. definitely a difficult time. peter emerson, rachel bovard, thank you. want to turn to special counsel mueller s russia probe. nbc news has obtained the letter the administration team sent to house and senate members of congress, which they accuse special counsel bob mueller of inappropriately obtaining trump transition team e-mails. mueller s spokesperson responding, saying, when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner s consent or appropriate criminal process. joining me now to talk about this, nick akerman, msnbc legal analyst, and jonathan ultra, political analyst and daily beast columnist. welcome to you bot
is a complete and bogus lie. and that the true job creation lies in animating consumer demand and the feedback loop that comes from it. i want to show one more piece of your speech. for two reasons. one, because it s been suppressed and we re exciting we have it. and the other, it beautifully puts this notion about consumer demand and how the rich absolutely cannot generate enough consumer demand. let s listen to that. sure. there can never be enough super rich people to power a great economy. somebody like me makes hundreds or thousands time z as much as the median american but i don t buy hundreds or thousands of times as much stuff. my family owns three cars. not 3,000. i can t buy enough of anything to make up for the fact that millions of unemployed and underemployed americans can t by any new cars, clothes, or enjoy meals out.