and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trump s felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards israel. but we begin tonight with the rule of law. in our democrat, system it is the principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are supposed to be accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated. in a perfect world, the idea is to protect the rights of all people in our society. it hasn t always worked out perfectly, to say the least, in this country s long and difficult history, but that is the idea. donald trump and his maga
addiction is addressed, all of those things. look at them now. they want to defund atf, at a time when gun violence is a problem in this country. at a time when the doj has made it drastic reduction in gun violence thanks to the safer communities act that democrats put forward and the president signed. they want to defund atf? it is the agency that supports our local police at a scene where guns have been used. they want to strip them of their resources so we have less ability to track down illegal guns. it s dangerous, what they re arguing is dangerous. and their deflection, i m not a psychiatrist. i wish i had more training in this, but their deflection and projection is so scary, i thought after the conviction of the president, this is what i thought. i thought, think of the number of twists and turns where they could have done the right thing. where they could have separated themselves and said, that s enough. i stand for the rule of law.