we were a slave republic of white male property owners over the age of 21. but it s been through these successive movements for democratic enlargement that the constitution has become better and we ve become a more perfect union. a great marylander, frederick douglass said, if there is no struggle, there is no progress. power concedes nothing without a demand. it never has, and it never will. (crowd cheering) thank you for organizing. black lives matter! man: black lives matter! woman: black lives! crowd: matter! woman: thank you so much. reporter: not only may this actually be the most important election in our lifetime, it certainly will be the most unusual. reporter: states across the country are turning to mail-in voting in this election in an effort to allow americans to vote safely during the pandemic. holt: while most americans support the option of mail-in balloting,
insurrection demagogue constantly threatening our democracy. i mean, there are hundreds of millions of people in the country. anybody could be president. why do we have to go back to him after he committed high crimes and misdemeanors against the country? so we ll see. the senate is now ready to vote on the article of impeachment. mr. mcconnell? not guilty. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. it s over. twice tried twice acquitted. the majority of senators including seven republicans voted to convict former president trump, but it was not enough. the senate having tried donald john trump, former president of the united states on one article of impeachment. i ve had every possible emotion about it. i think i was crest fallen at the moment i first heard it. the acting sergeant at arms will escort the house managers out of the senate chamber. i really thought we might
it was just a projection of his career, his destiny. it looks good. you want some cinnamon? tabitha raskin: yeah, i need cinnamon. i need- jamie raskin: i ll find you some cinnamon. jamie raskin: when officer hodges was, you know, caught in the door and he was just howling, it was like torture, i did see mitch crying and kind of wiping away tears. tabitha raskin: here s the cinnamon jamie raskin: but the republicans, man, they re a tough nut to crack, let me tell ya. you know, people were saying to me, how are you going to get 67 votes? i said, i m not looking for 67 votes, i m looking for 100 votes. like i m looking for just like a major breakthrough in public opinion in the senate, where people say this cannot be america, we cannot have a violence-inciting, pro-insurrection demagogue constantly threatening our democracy. i mean, there s 100s of millions of people in the country.
jamie raskin: it was an emotional thing when biden was declared the winner. there were huge crowds all over the country out celebrating. huge crowds, millions of people took to the streets to celebrate and sing and dance and it was wild, it was just an amazing feeling. it was the fall of an authoritarian, at least for the time being. and it felt like the redemption of democracy. i m in a great mood. i m in a great mood. it s all over, you know? (helicopters whirring) crowd: stop the steal. stop the steal. stop the steal. stop the steal. stop the steal. reporter: president trump is still insisting that he won the election, which of course, he did not, and that the election was somehow marred by massive fraud. it was not. reporter: the president suffered the latest
president trump launched a new attack on it today as he trails joe biden in the polls. president trump: they re gonna be sending out 80 million ballots. where are they going? who are they sending them to? they re trying to rig this election. reporter: the president s failure to address the pandemic continues to hurt him in poll after poll. asked if he would accept the election results, the president said, i ll have to see. president trump: the only way we re gonna lose this election is if the election is rigged. remember that. it s the only way we re gonna lose this election, so we have to be very careful. jamie raskin: my friends, we ve got some hard days ahead of us, don t we? we really do. we got some hard days ahead of us, but we are battle tested and we are ready. we are preparing for an epic landslide victory for democracy in 45 days. get ready for it! (crowd applauding) we don t have, believe it or not,