trump cornered his desperate attempt to control the narrative ahead of potential indictment his niece, mary trump, is here along with professor - plus, zero accountability. 20 years to the day afte george w. bush launched hi illegal iraq war also tonight, march for ou lives cofounder david on th gun reform movement, and o president biden s new executiv order. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and cinman, the cul leader rails against the government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david koresh, the infamous leader wh was killed along with 75 of hi cult members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mcc
trump s former lawyer, who i already served time for hi role in the scheme, had this t say. he s furious right now. because donald is not somebody who likes to tak accountability and alvin bragg dropped 2000-pound and vilify coun ability right on to his lap. so, it s the first time in his life that he s going to be hel accountable for his own dirt deeds. despite trump facin criminal charges, he s movin forward with his 2024 righ house run. the trump campaign s eve raising money off this cas claiming it raised more than $ million from his supporters in the first 24 hours after the news of the indictment becam public. and trump s republican allies in washington and his supporters, they are standin by their man it is no surprise that they ar already attacking this investigation as a political hit job. without pointing to actual evidence of wrongdoin by prosecutors. during trump s official 2024 campaign rally last month, supporters hel campaign signs with the word witch hunt.
i call it the parade o loyalists, and one of th things that trump did which is why early on, i started talkin about it as authoritarian, h put the gop under a kind o authoritarian discipline, an there could be no dissen within the party. and he calle out mike pence, for disobeying loyalty, became the most important thing. he hollowed out the party so that in 2020, the party had no platfor beyond supporting trump. and so, now, when they think their cul leader is going down, you sa lindsey graham, there was clip of him on fox tha circulated, looking as if it was almost crying. and when th cult leader they re very attached to him and dependen on him, they can have intens emotions and also fear, if the think that he s going down because they tied thei destinies to him you know, ruth, another thing that we ve heard thi week just really disgustin attacks, calling the manhattan
trump cornered his desperate attempt to control the narrative ahead of potential indictment his niece, mary trump, is here along with professor - plus, zero accountability. 20 years to the day afte george w. bush launched hi illegal iraq war also tonight, march for ou lives cofounder david on th gun reform movement, and o president biden s new executiv order. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and cinman, the cul leader rails against the government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him