testimony and in the end he decided he wasn t willing to do what one of those people in the justice department urged him to do. he wanted them to send letters to all the state legislativers, reactivate your state legislativers and get a whole new set of delegates for the electoral ballots. and maybe you can overthrow this election. he wants to get the justice department to go to the states. like so many other things, this has been vastly overstated. that s just wrong. grassley is trying to paint trump as a victim of the attempted coup when in fact, it was trump deriving it. here are some things he may have missed in his report. trump asked nine times to
successful? john avlon with the reality check. in our polarized hyper partisan times the extremes seem to disproportionately dominate our debates. this isn t your imagination. less than 10% of house seats are competitive due to the redistricting. most of our state legislativers overwhelmingly a red or blue hue. despite the fact most americans say they are moderate rather than liberal or conservative. most modify more as independent not republican or democrat. which suggests there is a market failure in our politics. every once in a while, a few brave souls declare their independence from the two-party system. we saw it this week with andrew yang, who is forming a new party called forward. and evan mcmullen challenged mike lee as an independent. smart strategy for an aept trump republican. partisans see these moves as
president of the united states. we have something like 70% of the republican party does not believe 78. 78%. it s crazy. well, it is crazy. and we have never had that before. you know, when al gore lost the recount in 2000, he went away. he said, look, i disagree with the supreme court, i disagree with how the recount went. but that s how american politics works. you accept the results. we do have have a very substantial part of the population thanks to donald trump does not accept the results. and they are restricting the vote. the state legislativers are acting in iowa, in texas, in florida, to make it harder to vote as a result of what s going on. any legal repercussions? he said he called camp and told them to hold a special election. . i always thought that the georgia investigation was