the narrative that the election was stolen from trump. he told the times quote, there are lots of allegations out there that did not get their day in court. and lots of people that believe them. and wish they got their day in court, and i am working very diligently with several teams, statistical teams, election specialist teams, all sorts of teams, to try to identify the various claims that determine whether they have, merit or whether there is reasonable explanation for them. all sorts of teams. he s working with all the teams. and on one level, who cares if this cookie lawyer wants to work on election conspiracies, in his basement with all of his teams. what we should care. because this stuff is the engine that s powering all of the various republican projects to undermine americans faith in our elections. like the sham election audits being pushed by republicans in state after state, to create the incorrect impression that there was something wrong, with the 2020 election, and with
back into semi obscurity after the whole coup thing didn t work out. he s still working at it. when the times reached him for their article this weekend, john eastman was still pushing the narrative that the election was stolen from trump. he told the times quote, there are lots of allegations outs there that didn t get their day in court and lots of people that believed them and wish they got their day in court and i am working very diligently with several teams, statistical teams, election specialist teams, all sorts of teams, to try and identify the various claims and determine whether they have merit or there is reasonable explanation for them. all sorts of teams. he s working with all the teams. and on one level, who cares if this kooky lawyers wants to work on election conspiracies in his basement with all of his teams? we should care. because this stuff is the engine that s powering all the various republican projects to undermine americans faith in our elections like the s
he s working with all the teams. and on one level, who cares if this kooky lawyer wants to work on election conspiracies in his basement with all of his teams? well, we should care because this stuff is the engine that s powering all the various republican projects to undermine americans faith in our elections like the sham election audits being pushed by to create the incorrect impression that there was something wrong with the 2020 election and with our election systems as a whole. it s powering the republican takeover of elections boards and clerks offices in state after state, and all the pro-trump candidates for secretary of state across the country with the goal of controlling the machinery of elections for 2022 and 2024. and it s powering trump s own 2024 candidacy. the washington post reports that trump is already running in all but name.
he wasn t actually allowed to do, right up to and including the instruction manual for the coup that trump almost pulled off. john eastman s memo is one of the most terrifying pieces of evidence that has yet to come to light from those last several weeks of the trump administration. it shows just how much planning went into trying to keep trump in power after he lost and how close they came to succeeding. but not only is john eastman so far successfully wandered off back into semi-obscurity after the whole coup thing didn t work out, he s still working at it. when the times reached him for their article this weekend, john eastman was still pushing the narrative that the election was stolen from trump. he told the times quote, there are lots of allegations outs there that didn t get their day in court and lots of people that believed them and wish they got their day in court and i am working very diligently with several teams, statistical teams, election specialist teams, all sorts
0 mask. so a little bit longer. hanging in there means those who don t really want to get vaccinated, are more likely not to get vaccinated. an overwhelming majority. people looking out for each other. and i think because they see it is working. well we will see, your thanks, chris. that is all in for tonight. the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi. good evening, ali. chris, we have not crossed paths in the last year and a half, so we caught up a little bit. nothing like a little makeup room chitchat. that s been missing from all of our lives for a long time. great to see you, chris. rachel s got the night off. thanks to you for joining us. we re coming up on nine months since the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. i think for all of us, amid the deluge of video and photographic documentation of the attack that emerged in the days and weeks afterwards, there are certain moments, certain images from that day that are burned into our minds. moment