In wisconsin, 22vote margin, and she got 31,000 votes. Those are states that decided the election. Thats why investigators are looking at jill stein. Its no surprise the reaction to the russian meddling is polarizing but it Doesnt Matter whether the investigation goes right or left. These leads need to be run down. So if the committees doing it, maybe thats a good thing. Thats our show. Hardball starts now. Bad santa. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington where it was a day of high drama at the capitol. At this hour, were awaiting a senate vote on the republican tax bill that could come at any time. The house voted this afternoon, passing the bill despite every democrat opposing it, along with 12 republicans. Late today there was a wrinkle. House republicans said they will slightly alter the bill and revote tomorrow to ensure it fits with senate rules that allow it to pass with a simple majority. The Senate Parliamentarian had rejected several provisions snu
specifically, what did he know, who did he talk to are so important. you know, it s not it wasn t crazy to predict violence prior to january 6th. i predicted it. i know others did too. you have to look at social media. we know he stares at social media. it comes down to what did he know. that could be the defining moment as to what he did criminal or is it just terribly incompetent. this is getting to a key question i have for you, which is folks who watch the show know i interviewed dr. harry dunn who was at the capitol on the day of the insurrection. he said, listen, i can t have closure until i know more about the facts. there are some facts that come from, you know and i don t know. i wonder, do you feel like it is still an open question that former president trump was involved in perhaps preplanning and had some sort of prior knowledge of what happened on january 6th? it feels like now is that still