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Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Trump asked his advisers if people peacefully protesting the murder of George Floyd couldn't be shot.

Right direction, right? but its also a measure of how we define deviancy down. whats clear, we cant remain complacent. the rise in social media without clear rules of the road and basic guard rails has distorted reality, divided society and now threatens democracy telephone. and thats your "reality check." >> great to time to address all of this, john avlon, thank you. were at a complicated moment in the pandemic. thats how a top white house official is framing it as cases are relatively low, ...

Now Marjorie Taylor Greene calls three GOP senators “pro-pedophile.” These people are sociopaths.

Republicans tried to do in the censure of paul gosar, the preview of this, by saying well go back and remove committee assignments for things that maxine waters said or members of the squad, the hobby horse demonization crew for all sorts of demographic reasons. lauren boebert, there is the danger of continually defining deviancy down. someone says crazy things so much, theyre not held to the same standards of basic civility as their colleagues. thats what were looking at with lauren boebert. re...

Republicans tonight do they think mike pence, a president mike pence would intimidate an american career diplomat? do they think a president mike pence would attack john mccain? do they think a president mike pence would say he didnt understand what george h.w. bush meant when he said a thousand points of light? why cant they make this choice? why cant they admit we took a flier and we were wrong? that would be true of the american tradition of actually responding to changing data? >> john, you ...

That is a hallmark of donald trump, not just the trump era as a politician. donald trump is always a lot of noise, a lot of movement, a lot of perceived movements, but not a lot of advancement. >> a lot of sound and furious to signifying nothing. he used the expression defining deviancy down. and thats really what donald trump has done. he has defined down what our expectations are. and as a result nobody listens anymore. if you go out to the normal part of the world where i almost never get to ...

That shows one year in his level of support has not changed a bit, 36% in the one poll. his disapproval numbers have gone up. are there never trumpers, as you call yourself, that you know who have watch third down fired thi and said maybe i dont like the guy, but based on the policy things you laid out, im in now. he has a supreme court justice. >> thats one of my fears that a lot of people who were with me through the election and even in the early months of the presidency are saying its actual...

Sign a ham sandwich after making it clear he didnt understand the substance of what they were talking about or even what his own position was. one of the fall outs from the wolff book is that we have lowered the bar that the president may be clueless, but as long as hes coherent, its considered a win. you know, if the standard is, you know, is the president you know mentally unstable, is he going to be drooling in the conference room, no. but then you have these moments where clearly he doesnt r...

Sign a ham sandwich after making it clear he didnt understand the substance of what they were talking about or even what his own position was. one of the fall outs from the wolff book is that we have lowered the bar that the president may be clueless, but as long as hes coherent, its considered a win. you know, if the standard is, you know, is the president you know mentally unstable, is he going to be drooling in the conference room, no. but then you have these moments where clearly he doesnt r...

Where the president announced he would be willing to basically sign a ham sandwich after making it clear he didnt understand the substance of what they were talking about or even what his own position was. one of the fall outs from the wolff book is that we have lowered the bar that the president may be clueless, but as long as hes coherent, its considered a win. you know, if the standard is, you know, is the president you know mentally unstable, is he going to be drooling in the conference room...