Tweeting today trump has been telling a number of people he expects he will be reinstated by august. Keeping them honest, there is no such thing as a former president getting reinstated, and even if there was, he won t be. The image of a onetime former president milling around in his florida club talking to anyone willing to listen about phony election results and imaginary ballots is rather sad and pathetic. But it s more than that. It has real world consequences. Republican politicians in congress and state legislatures across the country, hoping to be noticed perhaps by the former president are hoping to enact laws based on his lies. Limiting voting. Curtailing investigation into the insurrection. Some followers of his, now michael flynn who is now selling qanon merchandise online and repeating qanon favorite slogans at times seems to support a coup now against president biden. Here he is last weekend at a conference in dallas answering questions about why a myanmarstyle coup can t
It is not, however, sadly unprecedented. The new laws they are pushing are based on the election lies still being told by the former president and we got word that the man in maralago has word he will soon return to office. Trump has been telling a number of people he expects he will be reinstated by august. Keep in mind, there is no such thing as a former president being reinstated and even if there was, he won t be. The image of a former president milling around in his florida club talking to anyone about phony election results and imaginary ballots is rather sad and pathetic. It has real world consequences. Republican politician pres hopio be noticed are trying to enact laws based on his lies. Limiting voting. Curtailing investigation into the insurrection. Some followers of his, now selling qanon merchandise online and repeating qanon favored slogans at times supports a coup against president biden. Why a myanmar style i want to know why what happened in myanmar can t happen here.
And marking a commemorative anniversary as biden proposes to close the racial wealth gap in this country. We ll bring that to you live and an activist in belarus stabs himself in the throat in a courtroom instead of giving false testimony. The latest horror spotlighting the brutal dictatorship there. Welcome to the lead. I m jake tapper. We begin today with a health lead and a return to moralsy for millions of cases. Hospitalizations, deaths and cases all at their lowest points since about last year. For the first time since march 2020, 14 months ago, the sevenday average is below 20,000 cases. Just a month ago cases were around 50,000. Now this rapid drop is in large part due to vaccinations. Half of the total u. S. Population has received at least one dose. More than 40% are fully vaccinated, but a new study reported in journal of the american medical association finds vaccinations alone will not stop this pandemic even though they do reduce sickness and deaths considerably. Masks an