was preparing for two major events, the official kickoff of his 2024 campaign and the first of his for eventual criminal indictments. he was not handling it well. on march 24th of last year, he posted on truth social his then impending indictment would lead to quote, potential death and destruction. the following day he held the first rally of his third presidential campaign in waco, texas, a town with a violent history and he used that event as an opportunity to launch more attacks against those working on his criminal prosecutions, quote, the thugs and criminals who are corrupting our justice system will be defeated, discredited, and totally disgraced. but one week later manhattan district attorney alvin bragg indicted trump on 34 felony ed counts and collection to an alleged cover-up of a payoff scheme to prevent a prevention just days before the 2016 election. it was the first time that a former american president had ever been criminally charged in the history of this
goodwill to christians everywhere celebrating the resurrection, and to the biden reelection campaign after enduring months of dire predictions and disheartening probes. now, going into april with several headwinds from a strong economy and opponent facing no less than four criminal cases, and showing gains against the opponent, donald trump, in several must- win states. it s too early to tell whether the president will re-ascend to the highest office in the land, but with seven months to go, his campaign appears to be back from the dead. will it be enough to convert the undecided and to bring back black and latino young voters he lost ground with back into the democratic fold to get them to return the biden campaign s principal deputy campaign manager joins me in a minute as democrats try to build on that momentum. also, capitalizing on republicans vulnerability with women voters over abortion and ivf. hey weakness fully on display in last week s special state house race i
important conversations. embracing donald trump s big lie appears to be a requirement for anybody that wants to work at the rnc. the washington post reports those seeking employment at the organization after a trump backed purge this month have been asked in job interviews if they believe the 2020 election was stolen. according to the paper, trump advisers in recent days asked key employees that are reapplying for jobs. the questions about the 2020 election were open ended to people familiar with the questioning said. but as one former rnc employee asked, if you say the election wasn t stolen, do you really think you will get hired. an rnc defended the questioning as candidates being asked about their work experience. we want experienced staff with meaningful views on how elections are won and lost and real experienced based opinions about what happens in the trenches. oh, this is so unfortunately rich. it really is. and if you look, michael steel, in the wall street jo
twins start your will. i trust and we ll dot com and make it count i m natasha bertrand at the pentagon. and this is cnn egn politics this easter sunday. how does a senator preach? shane where mlk junior once stood, balance his faith with his public service. democracy is the political enactment of a spiritual idea. georgia senator round the brand raphael warnock, is next, plus fanning the flames in extraordinary rebuke of donald trump s rhetoric is an attack on the rule of law when judges breton and now the former president faces new criticism for sharing violent images online. new york republican congressman mike lawler is ahead on that egn more and global disaster after the deadly baltimore bridge collapsed, maryland launches a massive effort to reopen a key economic port. we have they long road ahead of us. how could it impact you? maryland governor wes moore joined me live hello, i m dana bash and washington where the state of our union is wishing everyone a
try to make him out not to be a true 110, a carpet bagger. in his favor, nobody really sees him as anybody anything but a true montana in. joe manchin, red state, west virginia because he is retiring. will republicans get that seat? , certainly. i don t think democrats can put up much of a fight in west virginia. because they have so many other races to put their money behind, i think they will just have to let this one go. west virginia is going to turn republican. i will look forward to seeing you again. thank you so much for your time. the obama effect. how much president biden gained from having president obama fund raise with him. from obama white house, the press secretary robert gibbs joins us in just a few minutes. . the campaign trail. reporter: i think so. unity of purpose. democracy. former president trump meanwhile balancing his campaign in the white house attacking the judge in his up coming hush money trial while staring down a thursday deadline to