so this is don lemon tonight, i had a really interesting perspective. i was actually out of the country watching all of this. and getting people s perspective on it. it gives you, it is good to be away. it is good to watch think sometimes from afar. so that you do get another perspective. because americans, sometimes, we are so myopic. we get so caught up in what is happening right in front of us that we don t see the force and the trees. okay, so go with me here, this could be back by the way. i want to talk to you about something called cdc. not crt, cdc. something was thinking about. critical democracy theory. i see that there. on purpose. if we only spend as much time talking about critical democracy theory as some people do about critical race theory. right and then the whole trumped-up thing about young people where it s not being taught. this israel. critical democracy theory. this is to keep our democracy you have to recognize what it is. and sometimes you get too
taylor green. some have denied this ever happened. matt gates is under investigation in an alleged sex trafficking investigation. he has denied all wrong doing, he has not been charged. but according to the testimony we heard in the hearing today, matt gates was asking for one of those from the beginning of time for everything he has ever done kind of pardons. and, you know, that could be an interesting thing for prosecutors who are still looking at him and are still going to have to decide whether or not he faces these charges. it depends on what he told the white house his pardons were about. this could add complications to matt gates. at this point, these members of congress are saying that there s nothing to see here but, as you can tell from the testimony from people inside the white house, this actually happened. you mentioned mr. biggs mr. biggs did. mr. dornan talked about congressional pardons but he never asked me for one. mr. gomer asked for one as well and m
listen, we don t know what we re in the documents, we don t know why he took the documents. again, the whole point is, maybe it was inadvertent. there had been many, many presidents, all the other presidents, left the white house and they abide by the rules. they follow the rules. they follow the protocols. he is the only one who didn t. when the records went to the national archives in a secure place, they decided what records should go to the former presidents, what records shouldn t, what was to top secret, or two classified to be given to the former president. the president leaving office. he did not do that or whoever, whomever, ham, or whoever packed him. something wrong was done. and someone needs to face the consequences. that is the bottom line. thank you both, thank you peter, thank you nick, i appreciate it. we have a lot to cover tonight, it s a page out of the trump playbook, if you get in trouble,
to come for growth. they re all good with the protectionism who wanted to be loyal to trump. that s how these groups raise money. that is where we are today. it is interesting that they call the people who don t support trump, rhinos, when he is not actually republican. he sort of a republican. we are all rhinos now. we are all rhinos. everyone is right now. speak for yourself charlie. i m still a card carrying member. i m a member of the party but everybody is a rhino. in their eyes you meet. who is pure? if you re not sucking up to donald trump you re not loyal. the goalpost keeps shifting with donald trump say don t know where you will stand. you just have loyalty to a person over a party. with cheney is not just a vote on impeachment with her. she made this her one and only issue. she is the leader of the anti trump opposition within the republican party. being so outspoken about his would initially cause to her leadership position in the
and now rudy giuliani is a target of george s investigation of one of the greatest threats to our democracy in history. and what is giuliani s response? when you start turning around lawyers they ll be defending the clients. that are going to live in a fascist state. for the record. for the record, let s be very clear about this, so that people don t get it twisted. no one is after going after anyone. no one is treating anyone in the trump administration, any differently that they ve treated other presidents. and no other president has had as egregious behavior is that. i so, would rudy giuliani says, this is not a fascist state. this is the united states of america. a democracy that generation the patriots have fought and died to protect. a democracy that needs to hold. in order to do that we have to