the looming and existential threat to our democracy. new laws are being written, not to protect the vote, but to deny it. not only to suppress the vote, but to subvert it. not to strengthen and protect our democracy, but because the former president lost instead of looking at election results from 2020 and saying they need new ideas or better ideas to win more votes, the former president and his supporters decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your vote and subvert our elections. it is wrong. it is undemocratic. and frankly, it s un-american. and he s taking his voting rights push on the road. the president and vice president harris are heading to georgia on tuesday, to specifically speak about the need for federal voting rights legislation. but several georgia-based voting rights groups are saying the duo should stay home. issuing a statement that reads in part, quote, such an empty gesture, without concrete action, without signs of real tangible work is un
and the candidates are not taking any vote for granted. they spent the eve of the caucuses trying to keep their supporters roused. i m asking you to caucus for me tomorrow night. because if you caucus for me and i m our nominee, i will unite the conservative movement. we re having a very spirited nominating contest, but we d better come together. we cannot win if we re divided. if every man and woman here makes sure that nine other people come and caucus tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m., together we will win the iowa caucuses. we will win the nomination. and we will win the general election. we will defeat hillary clinton and turn this country around! in iowa. ready? you have a lousy record. 16 years and you haven t picked a winner. please pick a winner this time. okay? i m going to win. i m going to win. gop candidates doing what they can to keep that excitement high. let s take a look at the other side. it is even technically a closer race for the democrats. in the lates
will revise his travel ban executive order after the chaotic rollout of the first version. on tuesday, the president went to the smithsonian s national museum of african-american history, where he couldn t help himself from bragging about the margin of his election win in former slave states. wednesday, trump repealed the transgender bathroom laws put in by the obama administration. then on friday, he took a victory lap as he delivered a speech to his supporters at the annual conservative political action conference. and just last night, trump announces that he will not take part in this year s white house correspondents dinner, a move that comes amid increasingly hostile relations between the media and the white house. and that s where we start this morning. joining me now to make sense of all that, former chairman of the rnc and now an msnbc analyst, michael steele, and liz plank, senior correspondent for vox.com. thank you both for being here. thank you. good morning.
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