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Presidency of donald trump. Joe biden took the stage for the first time with his running mate Kamala Harris. Shes the child of immigrants from jamaica and india. The socially distanced joint appearance was at a high school in bidens home state of delaware. The pair promised to reverse the damage inflicted by trump and pence and offered warm words for each other. It was their first full day together in what biden called the battle for the soul of the country. Kamala knows how to govern. She knows how to make the hard calls. Shes ready to do this job on day one. And were both ready to get to work rebuilding this nation. I asked kamala to be the last voice in the room, to always tell me the truth, which she will, challenge my assumptions if she disagrees, ask the hard questions. Because thats the way we make the best decisions for the American People. Biden and harris also gave us a first look at how they plan to make their case against trump and pence, a case that Kamala Harris cast as open and shut. Trump is also the reason millions of americans are now unemployed. He inherited the longest economic expansion in history from barack obama and joe biden, and then, like Everything Else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground. Because of trumps failures in leadership, our economy has taken one of the biggest hits out of all the major industrialized nations with an Unemployment Rate that has tripled as of today. This is what happens when you elect a guy who just isnt up for the job. Well, joe biden and Kamala Harris seem to have a clear sense of how to go after donald trump and mike pence. Republicans in the Trump Campaign seem less sure about how to attack harris. For example, this evening, the president , who is known by pretty much everyone to be a serial liar, attacked harris as, quote, weak on facts. Thats rich. They literally have no idea how to go after her, so they have been throwing everything at the wall, even if it is utterly contradictory. A wall street but also a radical leftist, opposed to the black lives Matter Movement while also enthralled to it. They have no idea how to define Kamala Harris. She ran for president. She was she is a United States senator. She was the attorney general. Shes got a record. So all the president seems to have at this point is racism, sexism and dirty tricks. Well, beginning with the dirty tricks later on in the show, hes calling harris mean and nasty. And today the president continued his racist tweeting to scare suburban housewives about lowincome people invading their neighborhood. None of trumps attacks so far in this campaign have gotten much traction and hes desperate for a way to close the gap in a race hes losing. Kamala harris made the case she needs a margin of victory that is as wide as possible. We need more than a victory on november 3rd. We need a mandate that proves that the past few years do not represent who we are or who we aspire to be. We dont have to accept the failed government of donald trump and mike pence. In just 83 days, we have a chance to choose a Better Future for our country. Im joined now by democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee. Thank you for being with us. There has been a lot of information thats come out in the last 24 hours about Kamala Harris or anybody who didnt already know a lot about her. But there was an article that we ran on nbc today which says history shows running mates dont help much, but Kamala Harris would be different, talking about the fact that the Vice President ial candidate sometimes makes people think differently about the president ial candidate. What do you think that means in this particular race . What will people see in joe biden because of Kamala Harris . Well, ali, it is good to be with you. And i think i will use the phrase that the Vice President used. Are you ready to do the job . And what they will see is this ticket, biden and harris, is that they are ready to do the job. Im wearing my red, white and blue today because this is americas team. And what they will see in kamala is that she has the ability to go to suburbia, Rural America and urban america and give people a seat at the table. I have already said as it relates to black women in particular that she has taken us from the bottom of the heap, from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain top. And so i believe that there be an impressive impact that she will have in this unity ticket. This working class brother, meaning his advocacy for working class america and joining in with an astute prosecutor with compassion and a change. Thats something you need. Were turning the corner. America wants change. They want a difference. But they also want to have a team that is caring and compassionate and will give them a seat at the table. Congresswoman, im actually a little surprised in the last 24 hours. I expected that given that there was a very good chance that the Vice President ial pick was going to be Kamala Harris that the republicans would have been better armed with something a little more cogent than what they have come out with. President trump has called her nasty. He says she looked angry. They say shes a radical leftist. They say they say that shes a disappointment to the left wing of the Democratic Party. I mean, its all over the map. It is not a particularly focussed attack after spending months not being able to land a focussed attack on joe biden. The only thing they havent called her is a Great American and something she has said herself along with joe biden, two Great Americans. She said im standing here today representing all the heroic and ambitious women. She has no shame in that. They have thrown the kitchen sink. Ali, nothing sticks. They are like deers with lighting in their eyes. We have all had experience of trying to not hit that deer. But the point is that there is nothing that sticks because she comes with a portfolio of experience. Again, of compassion, of the ability to work in harmony with joe biden, as i heard him say, the last sound or last voice in the room of which he seeks counsel and the American People feel competent and comfortable that she knows what shes doing. Shes already been vetted. Shes been through a president ial campaign. Shes a mom. Shes a wife. She has a tradition that we love. That means immigrants with history who have come to do well this in country. Shes a black woman. Shes a Southeast Asian heritage. And i dont know what else they can try to attack. What i will say is that this team, this unity team, puts them in a box. It makes them look nasty and small, inadequate in terms of their policy offerings. And im going to ask the question what are they running on, ali . What are they running on . Yeah. We know we want opportunity and to build back better. And this nation is crumbling. We need to build back better. Congresswoman, joe biden, when he launched his campaign, talked about the soul of america. He said it again today. He talked back then about charlottesville. And that sort of element of disunity and discord in this country. But since then, so much more has happened and social inequity and injustice has really become the big issue of our time. How, for people who have been affected by this, people of color, women of color, black women, how does Kamala Harris as Vice President fundamentally change their outlook . You know, its a very painful experience, those of us in public life, those of us who are not in public life who run into this shameful aspect of americas culture. And its very narrow. Its very narrow. But it exists. Look at our social media, and you will see the taunts and the accusations and the bad words that are used against black women and others of color. And, so, for us, if i may take a moment, there was a great deal of emotion because her selection by joe biden affirmed us that we finally had gained status and also the ugliness was behind us or it was a narrow aspect of american life, that the life that we have now is that we are all americans with a seat at the table and that if you happen to be different, we are now being recognized as having the ability to contribute and to give value to our place here and our service to this country. Thats what kamala represents. And it represents an overcoming of any confederate statute that the administration wants to throw in our face, any ugly comments being made by candidates that are now running, putting four black girls and a woman on a pavement in colorado, treating them with the utmost of disdain and disgrace, it takes the sting of that pain to be able to say that there will be those in the white house, including Vice President biden, that will listen to the softest of voices and will be listening to the voices as far away from washington as possible. It makes a difference. It is painful to hear attacks that we have all seen and heard, but it is a light at the end of the tunnel to see this great team that were dealing with, bidenharris. Theyre ready to do the job, and i think many people have been in pain and are seeing a whole different perspective. Congresswoman, thank you, as always, for your time. I appreciate it. Sheila jackson lee is a member of congress and democrat from texas. She is the chair of the current Congressional Coronavirus Task force. Thank you for your time. I want to bring in Barbara Boxer of california. Shes the host of the boxer podcast. She endorsed Kamala Harris during her president ial run. I also want to inside Zerlina Maxwell in. The author of the end of white politics how to heal our liberal divide. Welcome to both of you. Tell me whats going through your head when you watched the unveiling, if you will, today, the joint announcement, press conference with Kamala Harris and joe biden. Well, you know, there were High Expectations for what to expect. A lot of people were likely looking at their chemistry. This was the first time they were coming out together. I think its actually a very stark visual with the before times that you have a current occupant of the white house in masks demonstrating just how far weve come from before donald trump was the president. And i think that, you know, what they demonstrated today is that they do have a warm relationship. Joe biden seemed to appear a bit emotional as she spoke eloquently about her relationship with his late son beau biden. And i think that connection and, most importantly, ali, the shared values that they both articulated, you know, that Kamala Harris would be the last one in the room, you know, holding him accountable for those communities that are so excited today for a reason, not just because the diversity and the pretty picture of having someone in this position we have never seen before, but that we have never had someone with this lived experience and perspective before in that position, and thats going to change policy in a transformational way. Barbara boxer, i thought two things were interesting. One is the video that was released by joe biden in the moment of which he invited Kamala Harris to be his Vice President ial candidate. And two is the joe biden said when barack obama chose him and asked him what he wanted, he said, i want to be the last person in the room when you make an important decision. And he said thats what i asked Kamala Harris to do, to be the last person in the room on important decisions. Thats a big deal. That sort of put this whole thing into context for a lot of americans who were watching it today. No question about it. This was a very important decision. And joe biden and barack obama had that chemistry. They respected each other, and that was what he wanted in a running mate, someone who he respected. She respects him back. I thought it was a flawless launch. And i agree with congresswoman jackson lee. Its a healing ticket. You just look at the ticket, and it says something. Before they say a word about, yes, we can come together, which is what were seeing in some of the peaceful protesters, we can come together. I thought it was flawless. Two great speeches. I think they felt very comfortable together. Today donald trump it is almost like he just sort of redid a tweet he did the other day about invasion of lowincome people to suburban areas and how for some reason he keeps talking about corey booker being in charge of it, which makes zero sense. But this suburban housewives tweet, i dont know who calls anybody a suburban housewife, but Kamala Harris has got to have some appeal to some of these people that donald trump is thinking hes appealing to. There are a whole lot of women in this country looking at Kamala Harris who are not republicans who, you know, who are looking at her saying, this is kind of amazing. Well, i always say when people talk about suburban women, that all women are not white, ali. So it is really important when were talking about the demographics of women going to the selection that we demarcate and say which group of women were talking about or, like a woman like Kamala Harris, who has a multiracial background in the fact that she identifies as a black woman, but shes also the daughter of immigrants from jamaica and indian. The wholesomeness of who she is, i think, makes it difficult for someone like donald trump who really does see things in really a 1970s lens or maybe even a madmen lens of, you know, racial politics and black and white and if you, you know, try to remind people that corey booker is black, which is essentially what hes trying to do people with these tweets right. Thats all it is. Thats all it is. You know exactly who hes trying to speak to. But thats not where this country is headed, ali. The democrats do not need a majority of white voters to win the election. Barack obama did not win a majority of white voters. Democrats have not won majority of white voters since 1964. So joe biden and Kamala Harris do not need a majority of white voters. But they need to increase black, brown voters and that is the coalition that could bring them to victory potentially. So Barbara Boxer, it would help to have a bunch of people who may think of themselves as republicans but dont believe there is a Republican Party, certainly not like the Republican Party that existed when you were in congress. So republicans are trying this attack on Kamala Harris as being a leftist radical socialist antifa supporter. You know her and you know her policies. And thats ridiculous, too. Im laughing. I really am. If i were to define her politics, and its very hard because shes an independent person. But id say shes a mainstream progressive person. And just like joe biden is really a mainstream progressive person. And in some issues, shell move more to the left and some issues shell be center and some issues she might be right of center. You cant predict her. Shes not someone who went into politics because she had this, you know, philosophical desire to become part of a particular wing of the party. She sees trouble, and she wants to fix it. And i just feel so strongly when he says trump suburban women, i was a suburban woman that didnt have a job in the beginning. I had to stay home with my little kids and then i got to the workforce when they were about six years old. Now, here is the thing about suburban women. When suburban women of any color, creed, anything, heard george floyd cry out for his mother, i would argue that just touched their heart no matter where they lived. So he can say suburban womans all they want. All he wants. It is a dog whistle. And these issues, what about suburban moms who dont know what to do because theyre scared about sending their kids to school . You know, theyre afraid their mom and dad who are over 75 are going to die of the virus. So the suburban moms are very right with the bidenharris ticket, i think. Senator, thank you very much. Zerlina maxwell, thank you. You will be sitting in this guest host hair on friday night. I appreciate that, too, because i have a different show i have to do. I look forward to that later on next week. Yes. If you thought the whole youre only giving me the hour off. Im coming back at 10 00, but we will see each other on friday night. If you thought this whole kanye west thing was a joke, then why did Jared Kushner meet with him over the weekend . I will talk to adam schiff about the trump dirty Campaign Tricks after this. Your blood sugar is crucial. Try boost glucose control. The patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. It provides 60 more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake. Try boost glucose control. This is xfi this complete from xfinity. Ade. 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Postal service in just a bit. The latest dirty trick is trying to get music superstar kanye west on the ballot. Trump and republicans appear to be boosting kanye west who admits he cannot win and does not deny he is trying to hurt joe biden. However, we know that a republican lawyer who represented Donald Trumps president ial campaign literally a week before this video was taken in wisconsin was actively delivering signatures to get west on the ballot in that state. We also know that the president s soninlaw and top Senior Adviser Jared Kushner met with kanye west last week in colorado. It is true kanye west has no chance of winning. That does not mean that democrats shouldnt be worried about him taking votes from joe biden. In 2016 Third Party Candidates gary johnson and jill stein collectively polled 4 of the vote. When you combine that with the wikileaks dumps and james comeys letter, that was enough to put donald trump over the top. A new poll shows kanye west could have 2 of the vote. If you combine that with the attacks on mailin voting, the delays in the Postal Service, that is something the president is throwing at the wall and hoping something sticks so that he can sneak through to the presidency. Joining me is congressman adam schiff, democrat of california and chair of the house intelligence committee. Good to see you. I thought it was important to talk to you because people may forgot. A lot of people just dont like donald trump. Think they hes crooked. They forget the impeachment was about a dirty election trick, a dirty election trick is something you and i talked about i think a week ago with the intelligence that you have had that you like americans to find out about but you cant right now. This is another one. If hes helping kanye west to run with the aim of defeating joe biden, falls into the same basket. Well, it does. It falls into the basket of a president of the United States who will break any law, rule, abuse of power of his office, who will cheat and no strategy is beneath him. You know, this idea of recruiting a Third Party Candidate that you hope will ciphon votes from your opponent, it is an old ploy but it is among the dirtiest of the dirty tricks. You never wanted to be associated with it. But here it is all out in the open. The president s soninlaw dispatched to meet with kanye. Theyre not even hiding it. You know, Barbara Boxer, who was just wonderful on your show, talked about the dog whistle in terms of the suburban households. It is not even a dog whistle anymore. It is a whistle that everybody can hear. Right. And this is where the president has descended to. No tactic beneath him. No bigotry too great. No racist appeal too much, no political dirty trick beyond the pale. And the terrible thing is the republicans in the Congress Wont say a word. They are watching their party destroyed. Theyre watching the ethics of the party leader just tear their party asunder, and they dont have the guts to do anything or say anything about it. Thats what enables this. I want to talk to you about something you and i talked about about a week ago. The office of the director of National Intelligence issued a statement in which it says we assess that russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President biden and what it sees as an antirussia establishment. The article reads that some kremlinlinked actors are also seeking to boost President Trumps candidacy on social media and russian television. What are you able to tell us about this . You and i talked about this the other day, you and senator blumenthal talked about it. You have information we cant have because its classified. And i think you both share the view that some of it should be declassified. But until it is, what do americans need to know about this . Well, i think they need to know that the russians are add it again, using a lot of same tactics they used in 2016. The president s words and deeds have had the effect of encouraging them to interfere again. So theyre engaged on social media. Theyre trying to den grade joe biden. Theyre also engaged, it looks like, in some of the same kind of hacking and dumping operations. You see these hacked emails and stolen audio recordings being released out of ukraine. The ic pointed the finger at this prorussian lawmaker in ukraine. So it looks like they are once again laundering information like they did through wikileaks. This time potentially through cutouts in ukraine. There is a lot the Intelligence Community can tell the American People that it has spoken broaddy about in that statement, but can go into much greater detail and arm the American People with information but also deter the russians from the continuation of this and, you know, the final point i would make is these two questions you have asked me are related. Trump asked the russians to hack his opponent in 2016. He then sought to coherse ukraine to help him. Now the russians are helping him. In the past american candidates someoned foreign interference. This president welcomes it. What can be done about it at this point . We have 83 days to an election. Are there emergency measures you can take to get this information declassified . What can you do . Because the things you are describing need to be fixed now. Well, you know, a couple things. First of all, we need to discover through our work what the russians are doing, as well in our discussions with the social media companies. And then we need to pressure the Intelligence Community to go public, which we have had some success with them doing. We need to keep that pressure on and we need to figure out how to exert greater pressure if they are unwilling to tell the American People what they need to know. What joe biden has already done is very important, which is joe biden has issued a statement saying, basically, hey, russia, you better knock it off. The president may not tell you. The president may be grateful. But im going to be the next president , and i will hold you accountable. So the russians know now there will be a price to be paid. And it wont be the kind of, you know, sick fycophantic acceptan they get from donald trump. They will have somebody willing and able to stand up to them. Joe biden may have provided the greatest deterrent because this president simply is unwilling to do that. So congressman, if Kamala Harris becomes the Vice President , do you run for the senator for california . Well, if were successful, all of our focus has to be on making sure were successful in november. The governor will have the chance to appoint her successor, and he will have a lot of good choices. But frankly, im superstitious. We thought we were going to win four years ago. We cant take anything for granted particularly and most insidiously as you point out, the president trying to sabotage the Postal Service, trying to discredit the votes of millions. We cant take anything for granted. One thing i learned very early on in the russia investigation, the threat to our democracy from outside the country, from hostile powers like russia, is now much less than the threat from within from a would be autocrat named donald trump. Well, i appreciate you setting it up because i will be talking to the president of the American Postal Service union right after you. Good to see you. Thank you for joining me. Congressman adam schiff is the chair of the intelligence committee. Every day we get more and more stories about these attacks on the u. S. Postal service. Now there is a report out of iowa that the machines they use to sort the mail are being removed from facilities. I will ask the head of the postal unit about that after this. Iscond. Sure. Okay. Okay safe drivers save 40 guys guys check it out. Safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him hes here. Hes right here. Hi hi. Hey thats totally him. Its him thats totally the guy. Safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. So we collaborate ocean spray works with nature every day to farm in a Sustainable Way while the Democratic Party is moving forward with a convention and a complete president ial ticket, there remains an ongoing attack on the election itself. As this show has been reporting for weeks, President Trump and his donor turned postmaster general have been actively slowing down the mail when mailin voting will be crucial. The president of the Iowa Postal Workers Union tells npr not only has trumps postmaster general banned over time, hes also removing the sorting equipment used to process mail for delivery from at least some iowa Postal Offices, which is slowing down the work. This is not just people within the Postal Office complaining. People across the country who actually use the mail are commenting on the slow down. One twitter user asked yesterday, quote, is everyone else having issues with the post office . I mailed a package to cali on july 31st and it still hasnt arrived. While a Small Business owner in california said, quote, things are not right from a shipping perspective and it is really, really critical to our business. Even former trump un Ambassador Nikki Haley complained the popcorn factory miss twod delivery dates with no explanation, messing up her nephews birthday. Here is why a Postal Service matters so much. A new poll from wisconsin i want to be slow about this because i think you have to understand this. Among those who say they will vote by mail, 81 support biden. 14 trump. Among these who will vote on election day, 67 support trump, 26 support biden. There is the whole story right there. People who want to vote by mail intend to vote against the president by an overwhelming margin and hes doing everything he can to make sure that doesnt happen. Joining me now, the president of the american postal workers union. Mark, good to see you again. Thank you for being with us. I want to put the election aside for a second. Americans depend on their Postal Service in a way that perhaps no other country does, for their checks, for past mail delivery. So even if donald trump wasnt doing this about the election, there is something going on right now which is affecting the livelihoods of Business Owners and the prosperity of individual americans, let alone postal workers. Thats absolutely right, ali. We have a new postmaster general who with very little knowledge of the inner workings of the post office, there for just a few weeks before he implemented a number of new policies that can do nothing but slow down and delay mail, from reducing hours of work, but if the work is still there that has to get done and the workers dont have the hours to do it, then the work doesnt get done and mail gets put aside. Changes in transportation. Removing certain amount of the equipment you already spoke about. This runs counter to everything that a postal worker stands for. Our dna is to treat the mail as if its our own, get it to the customer. We work under the law that says prompt, reliable and efficient service. Prompt means speed. It means getting it there on time. So these changes that slow down the mail are completely opposed by postal workers and were completely oppose bid the american postal workers union. We let the postmaster know that privatety and publically. The policies need to be reversed and the people need to get the kind of service that they deserve. So your postal workers work in all weather, the ones we see, the weather carriers work in a pandemic. Postal workers are actually front line workers right now. But the things you describe, you know, as a Business Reporter i have seen automation. I have seen them lay people off and stop overtime in favor of machinery that gets it done faster or robotics or animation. Thats not whats happening here. Theyre cutting overtime and taking machinery out. It makes no sense on any basis. What is the justification that you have been given for this activity . Well, the justification thats in the press is these are costcutting measures, but this is not the United States postal business. Thats not its name and thats for a reason. It is the United States Postal Service, and its here as a service. And, so, especially in a pandemic, the idea of cutting hours, the idea of complaining about overtime when we have had 40,000 postal workers quarantined since march. Somebody has to fill in those hours and those fluctuations are normally done with overtime. Here we are, as you pointed out, front line essential workers in these dangerous and challenging times proudly still binding the people of this country together, and this is a time that were coming under attack. Were coming under sabotage and were being undermined. It is really shameful. Carolyn maloney, the House Oversight chair introduced a bill that would require the post office to maintain the same level of service it had on january 21st, 2020 until either next year or the end of the pandemic. Nancy pelosi and 174 House Democrats sent a letter the postmaster general saying it implemented operational changes would cause further changes to election mail that would harm voters. What do you see being done about it or more openly, what would you like to be done about this . What can we do to stop this . Well, i think that Congress Needs to akts. Having a huge impact on the Postal Service. It does not run on tax dollars in normal time. Mail volume is down 30 . So congress in march, really on a bipartisan basis tried to get stimulus relief to the post office to get us through this emergency and that was stopped by the white house. In that same huge stimulus package the private corporations were taking care of over 500 billion of relief. Congress is now dealing with the stimulus question. They need to get it right and make sure the Public Sector gets the emergency relief through the covid thats necessary and get us through this crisis. 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But apart from being a conspiracy theorist, shes also just a good oldfashioned racist with a history of saying all sorts of outrageous things. There is an islamic invasion into our government offices right now. Okay . You saw, after midterm elections, what, we saw so many muslims elected. I dont know the exact number but there were quite a few. We had that woman out of minnesota. Now shes going into congress and she has to wear a head covering. They want to put their hand on the koran and be sworn in . No. She was talking about ill hahn omar there who was allowed. No, you have to put your hand on the bible. Theres actually no such rule about the bible. Shes an official Republican Party candidate for congress and this conspiracy she believes in is dangerous awful stuff that could actually lead to people getting killed. It is important to understand how bad this is. Qanon is not just some fringe joke at this point. Its exploding in popularity. More on that after the break. 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There are many people members of qanon groups on facebook, theyre on the cusp of getting representation in United States congress. Media matters reports at least 14 candidates made it out of primaries into the ballot in november or onto primary runoffs, and they include Marjorie Taylor greene who won last night earning a congratulatory tweet from President Trump himself. My colleague, a reporter for nbc news who dwells in this stuff so that we dont have to, but i have to say you and i have been talking about this for a couple of years and i sort of take some satisfaction in the fact you and ben collins live in this stuff so the rest of us dont have to worry about it, but you let it out. Its not in your swampy world in which you work, it is mainstream. Its not in the dark corners of the internet. There were 14 people who are running for congress, many of whom may win. Yeah. Qanon is no longer a part of the fringe. It is a mainstream political movement. Its terrifying, and, you know, whats been really interesting is that this week we had an investigation where we got some leaked documents from facebook, and facebook had an internal investigation where they were looking into qanon from the platform. And from that leaked investigation, the preliminary results we saw a scale that even frightened me. And this is, you know, the low guess of it according to this investigation is thousands of qanon groups with millions, at least 3 million thats the lowest estimate. At least 3 million members and followers. Now, thats terrifying. I belong to a hundred of these groups personally, and i see the conspiracies and the violent rhetoric these people traffic in, and it is terrifying to me that someone who even gives that a moment of consideration is going to be in the halls of congress. So, look, so this woman who won her nomination last night dont tell her theres a muslim whos hosting msnbc right now but that kind of trope is old. Theyve got some crazy farout dangerous extremist views. Well, yeah. The whole notion of qanon, the Conspiracy Theory is based upon this idea that everyone in the hollywood elite, you know, from tom hanks to literally anyone, to anyone whos eaten a slice of pizza to all the democratic lawmakers from Hillary Clinton and john podesta and nancy pelosi are all trafficking children and in some cases eating children. This is obviously insanity, this idea that they have in their minds is that one day because of a secret war that donald trump is waging against these child eaters and pedophiles that all of these people that they hate, all of their political enemies will be marched into Guantanamo Bay and executed that includes probably you and me in the media, ali. This is not just a maga idea, not just a protrump philosophy. This is dangerous a violent Conspiracy Theory which has as we know led to real world violence including at least one murder. Has the Republican Party had anything to say about this, that maybe they dont want these people running under their banner . There have been a few republicans that have come out and said qanon is crazy, it shouldnt have anyplace in our party. And then when that happens like today our congressional nominee out of georgia, she immediately jumped on this and said how dare you attack me. Any republican who attacks me is a rhino. And whats important to know here, too, is a lot of the qanon base a lot of the qanon believers are also evangelical christians so it is a musinistic world view and conspiracy. So a lot of these groups overlap and what weve seen out of greene is a very conservative christian. So that equals the republican base. So while, you know, the republican establishment might not ever come out and say oh, yeah qanon sounds pretty legit, maybe we should listen to it. If they go against qanon or come out and outright deny it or rebuke it, what that does is alienates a core portion of their base. These people have been people consistently coming to trump rallies and smaller gop rallies for state lawmakers and for, you know, u. S. Politicians on the state level. So we dont expect to see anything about it soon from them. Brandy, this is just while, honestly. Ive been listening to you tell stories for the last few years and this one is uniquely wild. I encourage you to follow brandy on twitter. That is all in on this wednesday night. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. Good evening, ali. Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated. Thank you for joining us today. Vice President Biden today recounted the story which he has told before. But he recounted the story of what he agreed with president obama when president obama asked biden to be his running mate in 2008. Biden has told this story before. 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