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0 retrograde our equipment and that was accomplished. general miller executed the plan in accordance with the plan. a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow the government to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security sources. so it was, the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there and in conjunction with that plan, we were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy. that was the plan, s...

This letter is an example of that, is to try to prove that he wasnt actually a loser. but i also think that whats important to look at is where we go from here. because since what happened in 2020, the state of georgia, just like other states that are run by republican legislatures have changed the law. and its a real open question whether or not -- never mind 2022, the midterms, but in 2024 if this kind of thing would happen, if secretary raffensperger, whomever has his job, would be able to ho...

Senate came to mcconnells defense and said this is -- donkeys will fly before they vote the senate came to mcconnells defense and said this is, you know, donkeys will fly before they vote mcconnell out. trumps endorsed candidates in the contested primaries in pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia. herschel walker wouldnt be running without trump. refused to weigh in and say whether or not he would vote for mcconnell for another term as leader. that will be something to watch here. the party shou...

Raffensperger refused to acknowledge the now proven facts and that the election truth not be told. >> i have to put my duty above country, above all. we do audits and some of those are still ongoing, so i cant comment on those. but vice president biden did carry the state of georgia. >> senior white house reporter michael bender. frankly, we did lose this election. michael, clearly the president continues to lie about this. there is no evidence to back up the presidents bogus letter to secretary...

Mishandled or he had gotten wrong and claimed victory on it and hoped he can move on from that. we see this letter and realize that is not the case. hell stick to his guns on this. >> there is no moving on for the former president because this is the only thing he has to try to continue his relevance, to try to have a litmus test in the republican party for who to support and who not to support. you either buy into the lie or youll be on his enemies list. >> thats right, and were seeing it bear ...

Terrifying look into the final days of trumps presidency as he attempted to strong arm those closest to him into handing him the election. and apparently it was former vice president dan quayle who stood on the right side of democracy that day when mike pence rang him for advice on whether to overturn the election in favor of trump. yes, dan quayle who redeemed himself 30 years after potatogate. quote, mike, you have no flexibility on this, he is report today have said, none. zero. forget it. pu...

When he starts that kind of bullying pence starts to tilt and when pence is on the grounds of the capitol and he is whisked and evacuated away from the sen dmamt ber as rioters sent by donald trump reached the building, when that happens, something changes in pence and he becomes 100% convinced, ive got to certify this election. im going to do my job. and there were many elements of that that were really quite stunning. his insistence even though his secret service detail says, weve got to get y...

That he wasnt going to, you know, go along with his plan. so, you know, everyone around trump kind of thought they were a guardrail against some of these impulses but what turned out to be true is theyre more like speed bumps in the run up to january 6th. >> michael, that is a great illusion. folks thought they were guardrails when they were really speed bumps. thank you both very, very much for coming to "the sunday show." coming up, my all-star panel and i sound off on the news of the week f...

Vice president pence when he would not go along is something to the effect of, well, i dont want to be your friend anymore. i mean, its -- he goes from mob boss to toddler in 2.3 seconds but, michael, id love to get your perspective on the relationship between trump and pence in this perilous time, no pun intended. >> yeah. definitely. i do think in the -- i spent a lot of time in my book in sort of run up to january 6th. what is found from pence and the other people around trump was this sort o...

The president was, in his view, in some mental decline. that is a pretty big deal for the general, the number one military officer, the person who has to give his best military advice on deploying troops to the president feeling that the person hes going to be speaking to is in decline. >> and as you talk about speaker pelosi and what he said to general milley up there on the screen. hes crazy and what he did yesterday is further evidence of his craziness. to you, michael, pick up where carol le...