ago and that of cast an election is frankly very rail. let s discuss all of this with our political panel. karen finney great. great to have all be with us tonight. and there s so much to talk about in terms of the chaos that could happen with the midterms. let s start with election deniers. so, as you know, the place allows you with them right now. particularly places like arizona. then, today, ted cruz went on the view and could not answer the question as to whether or not he basically joe biden was legitimately elected. he pivoted, carrying the city, because it s the new talking point that i hear all the time now from republicans. when they get uncomfortable about the election denying. they pivot, immediately, to the past. so let s listen to this. what is biden legitimate elected because half the party thinks that he wasn t and will be very painful for you to tell the truth? biden is the president today. there is a lot of folks in the media that, i m exactly as a
ago and that of cast an election is frankly very rail. let s discuss all of this with our political panel. karen finney great. great to have all be with us tonight. and there s so much to talk about in terms of the chaos that could happen with the midterms. let s start with election deniers. so, as you know, the place allows you with them right now. particularly places like arizona. then, today, ted cruz went on the view and could not answer the question as to whether or not he basically joe biden was legitimately elected. he pivoted, carrying the city, because it s the new talking point that i hear all the time now from republicans. when they get uncomfortable about the election denying. they pivot, immediately, to the past.
i mean, these are the guys who were behind the charlottesville. that their hire was killed. why have somebody with a track record of violence on campus? it s puzzling. and i m on a board for the harvard institute of politics. karen was a fellow a couple of years ago. and, also, on the board of visitors for the modern university of north carolina. one of the things that s important to me, is having diversity of thought. and people coming to speak to students, student leadership, so. fourth but, you can do that and not have these kinds of situations. and, frankly, it s common sense that you would want to avoid those kinds of situations. because, ultimately, if somebody really gets hurt and we are sort of lucky that it was just ugly, that it didn t go that extra level or to that we see happened so often, colleges have to be mindful of this. because, then they re going to be the ones that get sued. they re the ones that are going to have to pay damages. and ultimately, experience real re
remember the proud boys, and now, even in modern discussions in the last couple of, weeks months, and years, it s in part because of the history of violence. i m gonna show the screenshot here of when it was established in 2016. i mean, the idea of the unite the right rally, we must. in the idea of 2017, members clashing outside of it of and why you. get people arrested in new york city and then they had the role in january six as well. i m gonna show people dozens are facing, you, no criminal charges with the right beyond that as well. we ve got people who are communicating with the proud boys, it seems. and you have the infamous, karen, stand back and stand by. i mean people remember the proud boys. not not in connection with making friendship bracelets. no, absolutely not. and, particularly given the footage that we ve seen over the last several weeks of the, summer when we saw footage from january six. i, mean it s right there in front of you. so, it s surprising that, again, fre