democratic papers are fearful of this rising man. lincoln is going to win the 1860 election. from the moment abraham lincoln is elected, lincoln is confronted with crisis. to white southerner, lincoln s election means the greatest of their fears being realized. they are convinced, despite all the things lincoln says, he wants to create racial equality. lincoln and his family were subjected to unnerving threats that no other president-elect has ever faced. abraham lincoln was sent a letter saying i m going to put a spider in your dumpling, you goddamn son of a bitch, and other expressions that i didn t know existed in the 19th century. people had sent nooses. robert lincoln, the teenager, opened this threatening envelope and was unnerved by it. the situation required his father to calm him down. folks in the south using the dynamics of polarization and violence to move people into supporting succession. violence creates that sense of tribalism that is what the enti
1860 election. from the moment abraham lincoln is elected, lincoln is confronted with crisis. to white southerners, lincoln s election means the greatest of their fears being realized. they are convinced, despite all the things lincoln says, he wants to create racial equality. lincoln and his family were subjected to unnerving threats that no other president-elect has ever faced. abraham lincoln was sent a letter saying, i m going to put a spider in your dumpling, you goddamn son of a bitch. and then other expressions that i didn t know existed in the 19th century. people had sent nooses. robert lincoln, the teenager, opened this threatening envelope and was unnerved by it. the situation required his father to calm him down. folks in the south, using the dynamics of polarization and violence to move people into supporting secession. violence creates that sense of tribalism that is what the entire fight s about. and it s clear that it could descend into war . w
developments on day two of deliberations. we re also standing by to hear momentarily from president biden on the road in detroit selling his new infrastructure law, making the case for congress to pass the rest of his very ambitious agenda. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. first on capitol hill, our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is working the story for us. manu, a rather rare and very dramatic move by the house of representatives. yeah, very rare indeed. not common that a member of congress gets censured. this is the first time in 11 years. and also very rare for the house to actually move to strip someone of their committee assignments. just the second time a house majority has done that to a minority member. second time this year. this happening to paul gosar in the aftermath of him tweetin
this is my understanding of the history of cabinet impeachments, and it goes back to william belknap in 1876, when it was a serious thing. brendan buck, my friend, thank you for your time tonight. good to see you. that is our show for tonight, now it s time to the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. evenin good evening, alex. tonight s tonight, i just can t take it anymore. i have to unburden myself. republicans, the nfl and taylor swift. it s time. listen, i unburdened myself last night and almost took another pass at it today because it s so absolutely bonkers. the whole thing. it just keeps getting more insane, but i hope to make serious points within that story about the dangerous spread of this kind of insanity and what it can reach and what insanity does reach to on the republican side of politics. most republicans have none of these crazy thoughts, but the ones who do can end up being extremely dangerous. yes, insanity coupled with
it s time. listen, i unburden myself last night and almost took another pass at it today because it s so absolutely bonkers. the whole thing. it just keeps getting more insane, but there are, i hope, to make serious points within that story about the dangerous spread of this kind of insanity and what it can reach two and what insanity does reach two on the republican side or politics. most republicans have none of these crazy thoughts, but the ones who do can end up being extremely dangerous. yes, insanity coupled with desperation is never a good thing. we will get to it later in this hour. i ll be watching. donald trump finds himself tonight in agreement with william shakespeare. donald trump doesn t know that, of course, because donald trump is the most ignorant least educated man in the history of the american presidency, including all of those presidents who didn t go to college and were self educated. every american president except donald trump knew or knows