Will the real Jd Vance please stand up . What we are being sold about the author turned senator who is now running with trump. Plus, it does not take Trump Running to implement project 2025. In some states, portions of the authoritarian playbook are already out for a test drive. Top republicans trying to make The Rnc inclusive if only the top base had an appetite for that. When Donald Trump won the 2016 election, many democrats and media figures are trying to understand how he was able to connect with white, rural voters and they found Jd Vance, whose memoir, Hillbilly Elegy , chronicling his Hillbilly Upbringing as the source. He became a translator of sorts explaining the plight of rural voters to blue america. Their communities have been struggling in a lot of different ways for 20 or 30 years and nobody has really cared and trump is the first person to at least see these communities even if you think, as i do, that he does not have all the solutions. Has became a Media Darling his
You Tomorrow Night right now, a stage in michigan thats where President Biden is about to speak any moment at a rally, a state his campaign admits is crucial, is key as must win to their path to victory in november, biden is trying to steady his campaign. Hes trying to shift the national attention back to trump. Were gonna be taking this rally live here. We do anticipate in walking up there any second, Bidens Rally in michigan does follow some welcome news for the president today, according to a new poll, biden is statistically bleed tied with trump actually up 50, 50 to 48 . Now that is statistical tie although hes the one directionally up there. And that is the same exact margin that biden had before the debate a poll is a poll, its a moment in time, it is a poll. It is still something to consider and it is not stopping for new democratic House Members though today from calling for biden to step aside, the total number right now tonight of those making that call of the president is 1
Gets the last word tonight. Thanks to michael and molly. Were looking at this detroit, michigan, rally. The president has been seen. We had eyes on him walk into the building. Msnbc will cover it for you live. Joy reid takes up our special coverage right now. Good evening, everyone. We begin tonight with President Biden who is just moments away from giving a speech in detroit, michigan. When that speech begins, we will bring it to you live. Joining me now is erin hanes, editor at large for the 19th. Fernand amandi, and msnbc political analyst, and david jolly, former republican Congressman And Msnbc political analyst. Im going to start with you. It feels in some ways like there is Nothing President Biden can do to stop this train thats gone out of the station from some members of his party and from some in the media. But what do you expect him to do tonight, and at this stage, what does it get him . Yeah, i mean, more than two weeks out from this debate, were still kind of watching Pre
Trump doesnt ever want you to read or crack open or really even know about. Authoritarian vision and plans on paper, its the heritage Foundations Project 2025 and it is now bursting into public view in spite of or because of trumps repeated denials. Even in spaces where Project 2025 is not explicitly mentioned or quoted, the vision it outlines is every maga true believeer. Semafor is reporting this, quote, trump comes back in january. Ill be on his heels coming back, and i will run the biggest Deportation Force this country has ever seen. That was former i. C. E. Director at a panel on immigration policy. Quote, they aint seen bleep yet. Wait until 2025. Trumps allies are not even trying to hide the radical plans for the country should Donald Trump prevail in november and serve another term. As for Donald Trump himself, hes claiming he knows nothing about it saying in a post on truth social, quote, i have not seen it, i have no idea who is in charge of it, end quote. The ties between T
We go out together. Welcome to The Beat. We Begin tonight with breaking news. A Trump Scandal is rocking the Department Of Justice. The doj has Been busted for Surveying Donald trumps political opponents and a twist that we will get into, the Surveillance Or Tracking of records of children. This is nixonian stuff. But it goes farther than what president nixon got away with. Searching the records of the house democrats in a coequal branch of government who had the authority to Be over seeing the doj and the executive branch. It is a huge story. Well get into it with our experts tonight. I want to Be clear about what were discussing. This is abusing some of the most serious powers of search of Fourth Amendment constitutional oversight and abusing them. Now, congress is the one that is supposed to oversee the Justice Department under Donald Trump what we were seeing is a politicization to get to a point where the Justice Department, with some judges involved, which well get to, was trying