The winner receiving almost 80 of the vote. And yet the loser refuses to accept the result, wont concede even as his opponent is sworn into congress. Were also on the ground in georgia where those in power are actively making it harder for citizens there to exercise their right to vote. This is about good old boys, their power and their will to stay in control. And well go to texas where a new restrictive voting law is having widespread impact. Huge numbers of registered voters seeing their applications for mailin ballots, ballots to which they are entitled, rejected. And where local Election Officials face possible Felony Convictions with jail time if they help voters clear certain hurdles. You registered using a drivers license and now you use a form using your social, i dont have a way to very far that social. As we watch Voting Rights flounder in congress, obstacles to voting are going up undeterred in states and counties across the country. And not just in states that donald trump
Accepting the results of elections. Tonight were looking at a congressional race that was a total blowout. The winner receiving almost 80 of the vote. And yet the loser refuses to accept the result, wont concede even as his opponent is sworn into congress. Were also on the ground in georgia where those in power are actively making it harder for citizens there to exercise their right to vote. This is about good old boys, their power and their will to stay in control. And well go to texas where a new restrictive voting law is having widespread impact. Huge numbers of registered voters seeing their applications for mailin ballots, ballots to which they are entitled, rejected. And where local Election Officials face possible Felony Convictions with jail time if they help voters clear simple hurdles. You registered using a drivers license and now you use a form using your social, i dont a have a way to verify that social. And as we watch efforts to ensure Voting Rights flounder in congress,
The time everything started to come closer into focus about the coordinated effort orchestrated by many republicans to overturn the results of the 2020 election and derail our democracy. And were going to get to everything that happened this week in just a second. But first, i actually want to rewind a bit further to one of the weirdest moments of the Trump Administration. Take a look. This was june of 2018, the start of hurricane season. Donald trump and Vice President mike pence visited Fema Headquarters to be briefed on hurricane preparedness. The first lady, who you see there, was also there seated at the head of the table like shes the copresident or Something Like that. But believe it or not, that wasnt even the weird part. I want you to watch this. At one point, donald trump takes the water bottle that is in front of him and puts it on the floor, at which point mike pence does literally the exact same thing. It almost looked pavlovian for a moment, a weird, innate instinct to mi
Further to one of the weirdest moments of the Trump Administration. Take a look. This was june 2018 of hurricane season. Donald trump and mike pence visited Fema Headquarters to be briefed on the hurricane. The first lady was also there. Seated at the head of the table like she is the copresident or Something Like that. Believe it or not, that wasnt even the will part. I want you to watch this. At one point, donald trump takes the water bottle in front of him and puts it on the floor. Then mike pence does literally the exact same thing. It almost looked pavlovian for a minute here. Anything donald trump does, or says. Anybody who watches this can see it was totally bizarre. It was pretty off brand for mike pence, who spent the Trump Administration dutifully following behind the president. Justifying every controversy and misstep trump made as his boss. As we saw, as the world saw, it came to a Crashing Halt On January 6th when mike pence refused to go along with Donald Trumps scheme to
House panel have privately agonized over how aggressive to be in pursuing sitting Members Of Congress, weighing their desire for information about lawmakers direct interactions with former President Trump against a potential legal difficulty and political consequences of doing so. Now they are wrestling with whether to subpoena mccarthy, the man who is line to be speaking if republicans retake the house this november, setting in Motion A Process that could potentially lead to a democraticcontrolled house holing him in Contempt Of Congress with the midterm elections looming. Investigators have rarely encountered such a situation. It is a situation with hefty stakes for their institution and their investigation as well given mccarthys many conversations and meetings with the expresident , and given that questions are mount being what was said during those interactions. Just days after the insurrection, Kevin Mccarthy told a Local California Radio Host in an interview he probably does not