Springfield in 34 states in this country so springfield really could be just about anywhere active participation is a good pasz of citizenship dont you kids realize the habits you form at home is the one youre going to take with you into your Community Life you might also know springfield from the 1965 Sitcom Father knows best. Its any town usa, the conservative Eisenhower Ideal of an american town with white Picket Fence and white nuclear families with 2. 5 children this is the springfield that matters to Trump And J. D. Vance. A symbol that has nothing to do with the reality of springfield, the actual story of springfield, ohio, is that it sprang into existence because of funding from the federal government and the building of the nations first highway. It was first settled by irish immigrants in the 1800s, then german immigrants, then Black Americans heading north because of the great migration. The real story of springfield, ohio, is a story of immigration and integration. But dona
President has laid out. And therefor, we should use all the tools tools that are at our disposal. So i m going to look at it. That is all in on this wednesday night. Good evening alex. Thank you my friend as always. Great show. Today started with what should have been bomb shell news. From the wall street journal. Last monday, jd vance s team contacted officials in springfield, ohio to fact check claims about haitian immigrants eating pets. The springfield city manager told vance s people pointblank there was no verifiable evidence or reports about immigrants eating pets. The city manager told vance s team that the claims were baseless. But still, j. D. Vance repeated them online. And the next day, trump used one of the biggest platforms in the world an american presidential debate to push those claims again. Claims his campaign knew were lies. This new reporting from the wall street journal should be devastating to the trump campaign. But the stunning thing is they probably won t care
Will we reject the peddlers of Racism And Disinformation and hate and lies thats fueling and targeting innocent communities and innocent people, or will we hand the keys over to a group of people who would not wait a second to turn any community in America Into Another springfield, ohio, as long as it, in their minds, at least, advances their political agenda . So, heres the Back Story on all of this. A racist and bizarre Conspiracy Theory about haitian immigrants eating peoples dogs and cats who live in that City Spread in large part by neonazis, as Nbc News reports today, went from the darkest corners of the internet to the mouths of elected republicans like ted Cruz And Leapt to the national Debate Stage thanks to the unhinged rantings of the expresident. Today two Elementary Schools had to be evacuated and a Middle School was shut down as a result of Bomb Threats. The mayor of the town telling the Washington Post that the threats, quote, used hateful language towards immigrants and
We all exist in the context, michael. We do. Given that, that is all we have to do. Rape will continue our coverage right now. Take it away, ali. You have two speech, amazing and intentionally amazing, no matter what you do. Michael steele today is giving us labor day stuff. He has probably got a whiskey snifter there. I mean, somebody accused him of having bourbon in his cup, ali, i am going to investigate myself. All morning, michael is leaning it over, checking out, i m with you, michael. It is labor day. You guys deserve a break. I am just a woman, ali, at work trying to do my part. I love you both. We will see you tomorrow. I hope you have an amazing afternoon. Check velshi starts now. Good morning. It is saturday, august 31st. It is 66 days until election day. This morning, i ve got georgia on my mind, a state crucial to understanding how this election is playing out both in that state and nationally. For decades, georgia, a decidedly red state did not get much attention in presi
Administration is preparing a Sweeping Campaign to encourage americans to take the covid19 vaccine when its available to them and as vaccine supply increases. And it all cant come soon enough. The centers for Disease Control and prevention report more than 600 cases of the more contagious covid19 variants from the united kingdom, brazil and south africa across 33 states. According to the latest forecast models, an estimated 631,000 americans would have died from covid19 by june 1st. The mounting of a real federal response to the covid pandemic for the first time comes alongside the Historic Second Impeachment Trial of the former president who failed and refused to lead that fight. The second Impeachment Trial of the accused insurrectionist donald j. Trump begins on tuesday. It does not appear that there would be enough Senate Republicans to join in convincing the former failed president of his role in inciting the mob that attacked the capitol one month ago on january 6th and thats not