family members going and kissing donald trump s ring, who stood against everything that the other bush had tried to move into conservatism. so it died with help from future subsequent generations of bushes, which is really, really sad, but kind of an inside texas piece of the story. i want to come back to the story that i mentioned in the lead about an election official. and i want to pull out a little bit, why are we talking about election fraud in texas. one, as mark said in the last block, it was investigated by a republican. they found none. i think the one that they found, they found some wrong addresses, and some who voted for trump, and why are we running out election officials and recounting votes in the state of texas, donna? well, and look at in texas what the response has been to the national rhetoric is that the texas legislature of course came right back to try to strip voting rights mostly from
office spent 1,300 man hours trying to find fraud. 2,200 man hours trying to find fraud and a does bad addresses. after all of that, not only is there no everyday of systemic fraud, there s no evidence of fraud period. they found after doing their own audit. they found there were more votes, not less for joe biden. but that s the dedication the republicans have to this, and donald trump says it s the most important issue on the ballot. and now it s become the entire purity test for the republican party. i wish the democrats had that same dedication to the truth as the republicans do to a lie. donna, i want to give you a chance to respond to that. democrats have so much on their plate. it s not fair but it s the brutal reality of what is on the plate of democrats right now. well, i have to say, here s what i think some of what is going on. and it is that given how donald trump, you know, went through
on the border, a former i.c.e. agent. it s a fascinating story in the evolution of where she s been and where she is now, but she s the heart beat of that. she s from the area and has seen it all, and she gets to the fundamental point which is, you know, she was reacting earlier to a press conference in the day that i was at where greg abbott and nine other governors from across the country as far away as south dakota were on the texas border surrounded by military hardware, helicopters that looked like a set from apocalypse now to basically militarizing the border, and again, this is so contrary to the republican version of what i saw in compassionate conservatism, george bush in the 90s in texas, was an immigrant friendly message. bush, reagan, that was part of the legacy of republicans. now it s about we don t want you, get out of here, you re different. we don t want you. i have to say this because it has to be said, donna, part of the way that died is by bush
americans quote it doesn t matter if you think the build back better bill is too small or too big, what matters now is preserving our democracy. we must not get distracted by relatively minor policy quibbles that we lose stake in 2021, 2022, 2023. the only party on the side of democracy, we start with some of our favorite reporters and friends. mark, also joining us, msnbc contributor, and former congresswoman, donna evers, and eddie gladsback, msnbc contributor. i donna, i start with you. i looked for democrats saying these things and i found republicans saying these things and i wonder who is the democratic party s chief spokesperson for the urgency of the moment and the need to save our democracy? we have talked about this before but i do think that we