The election. Today, we face a threat america has never seen before. A former president who provoked a violent attack on this capitol, in an effort to steal the election, has resumed the effort to convince americans that the election was stolen from him. He risks inciting further violence. Millions americans have been misled by the former president. They have heard only his words but not the truth. As he continues to under mine our democratic process, sewing seeds of doubt of whether democracy works at all. The states have voted. The courts have rejected his claims. The Trump Department of justice, investigated the former president s claims of widespread fraud and found no evidence to support them. The election is over. That is the rule of law. That is our constitutional process. Well, how about that, new reporting from the New York Times skating her removal will come the same day that former trump acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen will tell lawmakers investigating januarys Capitol
America has never seen before. Of former president who provoked a violent attack on this capitol in an effort to steal the election has resumed his aggressive efforts to convince americans that the election was stolen from him. He risks inciting further violence. Millions of americans have been misled by the former president , they have heard only his words but not the truth as he continues to undermine our democratic process. Sowing seeds of doubt about whether democracy really works at all. The Electoral College has voted, more than 60 state and federal courts including multiple judges the former president appointed have rejected his claims. The Trump Department of justice investigated the former president s claim of widespread fraud and found no evidence to support them. The election is over. That is the rule of law. That is our constitutional process. Well how about that. New reporting from the New York Times indicates her removal will come on the same day that former trump acting
Goal, more than a week before the deadline. And this comes, of course, when things arent all smooth sailing on the vaccine front. This comes of course as we are expecting some word from the u. S. Government, from the cdc and the fda, by the end of the week about whether or not the Johnson Johnson oneshot vaccine is going to come back into use. But even with the administration of that oneshot vaccine still on pause for almost two weeks now, we apparently today hit 200 million doses administered anyway, which is phenomenal. Today, President Biden also announced a new tax credit. And i know youre thinking, why is rachel talking about tax policy at the top of the a block . It relates to the covid thing. This is super interesting to me. He announced a new tax credit today that will fully reimburse employers who give their employees paid time off to go get vaccinated. Apparently polls show that about a quarter of people who havent yet been vaccinated say they would go get their vaccine if th
President trump declared his conduct totally appropriate. So he gets back into office and it happens again, we will have no one to blame but ourselves. The lead Impeachment Managers in both trials of donald trump warning against the same thing. Along with joe, willie and me, we have staff writer for the atlantic magazine, Anne Applebaum. Professor of International Politics at Fletcher School of law and tufts universities, and professor in law at georgetown and msnbc legal analyst, paul butler is with us. So House Democrats rested their case against donald trump yesterday with the lead Impeachment Manager urging senators to exercise, quote, common sense and warning of what could happen if trump is not convicted. If we dont draw the line here, then whats next . What makes you think the law making and violent mobs is over . If we let him get away with it, and then it comes to your State Capitol or comes back here again, what are we going to say . You know, im not afraid of donald trump ru
And at 9 00f truth a. M. , biographer and president ial historian Craig Shirley Discusses Campaign 2020 and the history of postconvention president ial campaigns. Host three months until election day, the candidates and issues come under more intense scrutiny. Joe biden making his First Campaign speech since the convention accusing the president of stoking violence in our cities and that the president forfeited any leadership in our country. Welcome to washington journal for this tuesday, september 1. We will spend the first hour getting your thoughts and reaction to joe bidens speech and we will hear from joe biden, play you this speech and reaction from President Trump. Here is how we are breaking the lines up. If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris that line is 202 7488000. The president and Vice President mike pence, 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate the line is 202 7488002. You can always send us a text, 202 7488003. Make sure that you tell us y