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i m gonna be honest. i did work on john kerry s campaign in 2004, and i tried very hard to defeat george bush and her father. four years later, i was a part of the transition when president bush and vice president cheney handed over to barack obama and joe biden, peacefully, by the way. of course liz cheney had a political career of her own. when that would come to be defined by her work on the january 6th committee and her willingness to speak out against donald trump when it wasn t always easy. look, i know that when i sound the alarm about the former president, which i do frequently, there are a lot of people who tune me at. who am not getting through to. but when liz cheney sends that alarm, as loudly as she s doing right now, that s another thing entirely. it s a perfect time to be talking with her, because donald trump is talking a lot about his desire to be a dictator. and that s because he wants to be a dictator. that part is pretty clear. the harder question to ....
reidout. inside with jen psaki starts now. inside with jen psaki starts now. okay. i ve been looking forward to talking to my first guest tonight for a very long time. when we first launched the show, nine months ago, earlier this year, we made a big list of people we wanted to talk to. and liz cheney was always near the top of it. well, tonight, liz cheney is here, here with me in new york, and this would ve been pretty surprising to me a few years ago. i m gonna be honest. i did work on john kerry s campaign in 2004, and i tried very hard to defeat george bush and her father. four years later, i was a part of the transition when president bush and vice president cheney handed over to barack obama and joe biden, peacefully, by the way. of course liz cheney had a political career of her own. when that would come to be defined by her work on the january 6th committee and her willingness to speak out against donald trump when it wasn t always easy. look, i know that whe ....
the republican party slow march into autocracy, led by donald trump. the one day dictator wannabe. in a speech last night at the new york young republicans club gala, the gop front runner did not back down from his comment last week that he would only be dictator on day one of a possible second term in office. instead, he doubled down on it. baker today, in the new york times, he said that i want to be a dictator. i didn t say that. i said i want to be a dictator for one day. but the new york times said, and you know why i want to be a dictator? because i want a wall, right? i want to wall, and i want to drill, drill, drill. reporter: for all the lying that he does, there is no reason not to believe him when he says he wants to be dictator for one day, what is unbelievable about it is that trump, who is not known for his restraint himself discipline, we only want to be dictated for a day. it is significant and disturbing escalation of rhetoric even for donald trump, ....
Less than you ukrainians? should ukrainians, or any less in the world, settle for less than a full russian retreat from ukraine? it is a professor of history at new york university, and it s an authority figure, on authoritarian s, professor, good to see you again, thank you for being with us. i want to ask you for this comparison, that has been made to grozny, in chechnya, to aleppo and syria. what is this kind of scorched earth warfare portend for ukraine? all of these atrocities make use of chemical weapons, chlorine, sara and gas, in syria. as well as bombing civilians, now, what we see is atrocities, putin sees as a record of success. he has been doing this for 20 years. he has paid no big price, domestically, as they got a boost from the very beginning, when you re pointing out he was coming into the presidency. this cemented his strongman ....
Success. he has been doing this for 20 years. he has paid no big price, domestically, as they got a boost from the very beginning, when you re pointing out he was coming into the presidency. this cemented his strongman tactics, his fame as a strongman. he also paid no price, internationally, when he annexed crimea. there was sanctions that was a boost of popularity for him. so, what we see is atrocities, he sees as a record of success. things that have benefited russia, and him, personally. unfortunately, the result of that is at the brutality, here, is the point. well it is not vladimir putin, personally committing these atrocities, it is a russian troops. how do these autocrats, these people like vladimir putin, convince massive swaths of their population to take up ....