you re wonderful. you can be the strongest, most dynamic, successful republican and conservative in america, but if you don t kiss that ring, then he ll try to trash you. barely a week later, desantis kissed that ring. endorsing trump and putting an end to one of the biggest campaign failures in political history. leaving behind a trail of destructive policies in florida that he and his obedient republican legislature shoved down the throats of floridians, all to advance his personal political ambitions. meanwhile, trump is predictably birthering nikki haley who is now the only noninsurrectionist left in the republican race. plus, how the abortion issue continues to haunt republicans of roe v. wade, the landmark 1953 supreme court decision enshrining women s bodily autonomy that was killed by republicans. but we begin tonight with karma. you reap what you sow, what goes around comes around. all that good stuff. karma can be cruel, ironic, but it s always right on time. at
ally rudy giuliani decided to scapegoat me and my daughter. whatever happened to them, which is unfortunate for other people overreacting. but everything i said about them is true. not true, rudy. a judge has already ruled that you defamed ruby freeman and shaye moss who tonight are awaiting a jury s decision on how many millions you will have to pay for your election lies. also tonight, the strange axis of putin, orbon, and the republican party and their embrace of authoritarianism. plus, the court trump largely built, and now trump is banking on his hand-picked justices to come through for him and keep him out of jail. but we begin tonight in a washington, d.c. courthouse, where an eight-person jury has begun their deliberations into how much one rudolph william giuliani should have to pay in damages to the two georgia election workers he defamed following the 2020 presidential election. accusing them of engaging in election fraud. giuliani was expected to testify
democrats at this time. the whistleblower doesn t make committee rules, sir. that happened. jim jordan s weaponization of government hearing goes off the rails. his so-called fbi whistleblowers are getting paid by a trump supporter and recently had their security clearances revoked. that s just one example of how toxic the republican brand has become as speaker kevin mccarthy allows the most extreme members of his caucus to run wild. also tonight, the rapidly growing field of republican presidential candidates and the misplaced perception that any of them can take the nomination away from donald trump. i m michael steele in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with the republican party. the party of abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, the party i chaired for two years. the face of so many losses, you would think that maybe just maybe the party would take a beat and reconsider the brand. alas, the modern maga republican party looks failure in the face and says, please, sir,
get worse. but first, we are only 60 days away from the midterm elections and democrats have nothing zero positive to run on after two years of majority rule.n the economy is in a recession. inflation is at a 40 year high . gas prices have more thand su doubled. the supply chain is still a disaster. disthe housing market is in a e tailspin, violent crime on the rise in small townsross e and big cities all across the country. california, they can t even keep the lights on .d meanwhile,europe broad europe ip war. china is threatening to blow r us up and reunify with our ally, taiwan and afghanistan. is once again a safe haven for the terrorists who perpetrated 9/11. naturally, according to, joe biden and his fellow democrats, maga, republicans are the greatest threat toign america. that s their primary campaign a. message. take a look. we got a little help from republicans, but not a lot, butt enough to get it passed. tru thbut the truth is there areng a lot more republican
doj dealing a blow to the january 6 committee. wanting to charge mark metal an his former deputy. this says former trump aides sa that navarro responds to what h calls unnecessarily harsh treatment at the hands of federal agents are flatly taken away in handcuffs and leg irons over his complaints of a subpoena. that plus an update on that gop senate primary race in pennsylvania where the recount continues to spike. a confession to fight. be begin with the economy where the white house reality appears to be set again with inflation, dashing any hopes of a rebound despite good data point. ashley strohmier has more on that tonight. how are you even though inflation is crushing americans they re praising the new jobs numbers. this is regardless of the out-of-control gas prices and the supply chain. the report shows that 390,000 jobs were created in may, which does meet expectation but falls short of aprils for hundred 28,000 jobs created. the average price of gas is now or doll