Socialist package twice as big as the last one. Reporter and pot politics. Top democrats want to legalize marijuana but the President Isnt on board yet. This bill is urgent. This bill is long past due. Lives are being destroyed every single day. Inside politics, stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to Inside Politics sunday. Im abby phillip. It is worse than we thought. That is the final year of the Trump Presidency written by some of the top journalists in the country. The scariest part so far, general mark milley, the president s top military rizzer, worried that the outgoing president would stage a coup to stay in power. That is according to the Washington Post reporters Carol Lenig and Phil Rucker who write that milley described to aides that he kept having a Stomach Churning Feeling that the 20th Century Fascism in germany were playing out in 21st century america. They may try, but theyre not going to fing succeed he said. President trump denied it more or less, sayi
they are, believe them. it a lesson that many are being forced to reckon with. it boils down to one simple question. to be a republican, must you embrace trumpism or he reject it? adam kinsingter slayed his side . there is there no room it is totally. if you look at matt gates going to wyoming, what a tough woman has an independent view and he the not want to good out and explain why he did not vote for impeachment. that is totally cancel culture. and the cross-roads, while some are defending the attacks some are are doubling down on trump. he visited the former president indicating trump can is in to stay. with me now, a staff writer for the atlantic and author of the wilderness, meghan maloy is founder and executive director and the senior writer for the boston globe, and thes the co-host of the podcast, sisters in law. i m going start with you, why is the strategy of collective amnesia as you put it going to be tough for republicans this time? well, it s
the statistics are bad enough. more than 26 million people in the united states are known to have been infected with covid-19. more than 442,000 americans have died. add to that, america is struggling with the vaccination roll-out, and there s growing concern about new variants of virus. dr. michael osterholm is in the university of minnesota for infectious disease and policy. he said that a surge of the uk variant could happen in the u.s. in the next 6-14 weeks. i think right now, in advance of this surge, we need to get as many one doses in as many people over 65 as we can to reduce the serious illness and deaths that are going to occur over the weeks ahead. meanwhile, millions americans remain out of work. tomorrow the s the first of the month. rent s due. so, it may be good news that ten senate republicans are proposing a relief package in hopes of a bipartisan solution. it is significantly smaller than president biden s $1.9 trillion proposal. today, they wrote
as the saying goes, when someone shows who they are, believe them. it s a lesson americans, including many republicans, are being forced to reckon with. it boils down to one simple question, to be a republican, must you embrace trumpism or reject it? is there just no room for disagreement in the republican party when it comes to donald trump? i mean, this is, to me, a form of cancel culture, is it not? it is, totally. if you look at matt gaetz going to wyoming because a tough woman has an independent view, and he doesn t want to go out to explain why he didn t vote for impeach. ment, that s totally republican cancel culture. and kevin mccarthy, visiting the former president in florida last week, indicating trumpism is here to stay. is the republican party in disarray, or has it become the party of disarray? megan molloy, and kimberly atkins, joining me now. i m going to start with you, mckay. why is the strategy of collective amnesia going to be tough for republicans th
the united states are known to have been infected with covid-19. more than 442,000 americans have died. add to that america is struggling with the vaccination rollout and there s growing concern about new variants of the virus. dr. michael osterholm with the center disease research at the university of minnesota. he says a surge of the u.k. variant could happen in the u.s. in the next six to 14 weeks. i think right now in advance of this surge, we need to get as many one-doses in as many people over 65 as we possibly can to reduce the serious illness and deaths that are going to occur over the weeks ahead. meanwhile, millions of americans remain out of work. tomorrow is the first of the month. rent s due. so it might be good news that ten senate republicans are proposing a relief package in hopes of a bipartisan solution. but it is significantly smaller than president biden s $1.9 trillion proposal. today they wrote a letter asking to meet with the president and pitch him