He clearly intended to use whatever means were at his disposal, whatever levers he could find to overturn a free and fair election. And it was a project, lets be clear here, that almost the entire Republican Party signed on to before some of them got a little freaked out and tried to distance themselves. The times Reports Trump was enabled by influential republicans motivated by ambition, fear or misplaced belief that he would not go too far. Hm. Mitch mcconnell was okay with the plan because he feared alienating a president whose tee his control of the chamber. He also heeded misplaced assurances from white house aides like jared kushner, mr. Trump would eventually cede to reality. Remember that texas lawsuit challenge the Election Results that 18 republican State Attorneys General signed on to . Right . That was ghostwritten, drafted by lawyers close to the white house. The lie that the election was stolen propelled forward by new and more radical lawyers and financiers including the
Okay. Here we go. It is midnight here in new york city, 9 00 p. M. Out on the west coast i am jen psaki msnbcs special coverage of Super Tuesday. I have some of my favorite people, as always, the midnight shift is the best shift as i like to say, to talk to here at the big table to break down everything that happened today. We will learn more tonight, too and we do have a lot to talk about because results from 16 states and one territory, dont forget that one, just brought us one big step closer to a rematch between resident joe biden and donald trump. As of this moment, on the republican side, trump has unsurprisingly won a bunch of state so far. Bringing his total number of delegates over 100, not enough to clinch the nomination but it is making it nearly impossible if not impossible for nikki haley to do that. So we just take a second to look at from by the numbers, just to catch everybody up here, that is four indictments, 91 criminal charges, to impeachments. 911 delegates as of t
tonight on the reidout there s something dangerous happening in america. there s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. all of us are being asked right now, what will we do to maintain our democracy? history is watching. the world is watching. president biden s powerful new ad on the trump threat to democracy amid new polling that shows a shocking number of americans don t believe what they saw with their own eyes on january 6th. plus, two new challenges to trump s place on the ballot. this time in florida and illinois. as a deadline looms for the u.s. supreme court to decide on his disqualification in colorado. also tonight, the scandal that the republican-led oversight committee won t be investigating. the millions of dollars trump raked in from foreign governments while he was president. we begin tonight with the 2024 election cycle that s already under way. nearly three years after a heavily armed trump incited mob atta
it was about the freedoms of every individual. it was about the role of government. damage control for nikki haley after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to erase the difficult parts of american history. also tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she s facing a tough re-election campaign, lauren boebert announces plans to abandon her constituents and run for office elsewhere. plus, we re just days away from what promises to be a momentous year in politics. we ll preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front-runner, donald trump, and trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening. i m charles coleman jr. in for joy reid, and you re watching the reidout. we have a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisionist history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from
That im on. And im kind of looking forward to it because, again, cant be finished with something unless you start it. Michael cohen is set to take the stand monday in trumps criminal trial. Trumps lawyers will call him a liar, but cohens story has been consistent. And corroborated by the other prosecution witnesses. Also tonight, trump is getting the old band back together. A rogues gallery of crooks including Convicted Felon turned pardon bad guy for hire, Paul Manafort, who used to do the dirty work for putins russia and congo among other autocrats. And more recently, has reportedly been shaking his tin cup for china. Plus, trump used to call rfk jr. A very smart person, but now, hes in a state of panic that junior is winning over some of his antivacc maga base. We begin tonight with a man best summarized by the great robert nesta marley. Your best enemy could be your best friend and your best friend your worst enemy, which brings us to one of Donald Trumps most important hires. A hi