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Rally so lawmaker officials are prepared for whatever happens on saturday. but as you said, matt brainard, the organizers downplayed concerns saying that everyone is coming to just be peaceful protestors. but either way, this will be completely different than what happened on january 6 when it appeared that -- and weve learned that d.c. and capitol police were not prepared for what happened. >> and while we have you, we also have news on the biden economic agenda, we know 13 house committees fin...

States and all his allies in congress and right wing media egging on these big lies and encouraging people to turn out to an event like this. trump is more or less out of the picture at this point, doing his thing on the side but certainly not the social pariah that he once was. and the guy who is putting together this rally, matt brainard, he simply doesnt have the clout required to draw that kind of crowd. and a lot of the same extremist groups that participated in january 6 have been very cle...

Signify? >> im just arguing that we also dismantled the myth of robert e. lee, the sort of revanchist myth of him being the greatest general in u.s. history, who reluctantly fought for his state. and was, you know, was against slavery, actually. none of that is true. he wasnt a great general, he lost the war. he really lost the war. he lost everything. and took casualties at a rate that, you know, like stalingrad, basically. he was a slave owner, not a kindly one. he said slavery was evil, but i...

Leaders will be invited to her office to hear the latest briefing and know there are exercises and planning that is also underway so the capitol police is well aware of this activity. >> all right. so the organizer of this event is a person named matt brainard, a trump supporter and campaign advisor for trump, a person that testified alongside rudy giuliani to allege voter fraud in arizona that didnt occur and a person hours ago said this to steve bannon about the upcoming rally. >> there is no ...

Federal charges. brainard calls them political pridners who have been wrongfully prosecuted even though many were caught on tape. >> well push back the phony narrative that there was an insurrection. >> reporter: the plans are prom prompting security concerns. in april, a car slammed into a police barricade killing one officer and injuring another. in mid august, a man claiming to have a bomb set off a five hour standoff with police before surrendering. no bomb was found. cnn has learned d.c. po...

And it could be -- you know, if 5,000 people show up instead of 500, we need to be prepared for that and so well make sure that we have enough folks in place to handle the demonstration. >> we will not accept political persecution. >> reporter: brainard supporters have staged small rallies around the country including in washington in recent months. prominent republicans have also echoed the false narrative. >> are we housing preliminary prisoners? we need to know the answers. >> reporter: brain...

On september 18th. >> reporter: former-trump campaign operative, matt brainard, is blasting out plans to get hundreds to the u.s. capitol next saturday to support the 600-plus rioters who are now facing federal charges. brainerd calls them political prisoners who have been wrongfully prosecuted even though many of them were caught on tape january 6th. >> we are going to push back against the phony narrative that there was an insurrection. >> reporter: brainerds plans are prompting security conce...

Removal of accounts and content. critics say it would make combatting misinformation almost impossible. the decree comes on the eve of their independence day and series of planned rallies both for and against the president. m . and washington, d.c. police are bracing for potential violence at the u.s. capitol on september 18, that is when a right wing rally will be held in support of those still jailed af after the insurrection. as jessica schneider reports, security is ramping up. >> were goi...

Sales would send the wrong message to us allies as threats from countries like iran are on the rise following withdrawal from the obama era nuclear deal. back to the elections, the 2020 elections fast approaching and some new numbers reveal some battleground states may be up in the air since the last election, swing states that were once solidly partisan turning purple thanks to recent voter registration trends. former trump data director matt brainard is here with numbers to break it down for u...

Jaguar with a water bottle. shes lucky to be alive and will be okay. jillian: house democrats are pushing a bill that would grant voting rights to illegal im grants ahead of the 2020 election. >> when we talk about ne newcoms we have to recognize the constant reinvigoration of america. it means not so suppress the voe of newcomers to america. jillian: is the left trying to protect voter rights or are they looking to add names to democratic voter rolls. here to debate that is matt brainard and ro...