i m going to make it very clear, the attacks are wrong. he kind of gave credit to vice president harris and her position, and he said, you know, she s not going to be able to overturn the election, when the republicans win. that s what he thinks. he could be signaling, he could be running or supporting whoever the nominee is, whether or not it s donald trump. but it s interesting to see this at the same time as the rnc is censuring other republicans who are breaking away from president donald trump. we ll see what comes in the midterms. you re right, very fine line he s trying to walk. good luck with that. adrian, to you. yeah, i guess, alex, i m the lucky one who gets the trashing of the documents from the national archives by the trump white house. i feel like it s apropos of the former administration, you know, complete disregard for historical documents. complete disregard for adhering to the process. i don t really know what more there is to say about that.
democratic strategist and former senior aide, and carlos cabello, thank you for joining us, both, and what s your reaction to that? it s pretty clear, there are three groups of republicans, those who promote donald trump s lies, those who openly speak the truth as mitch mcconnell has proven to be here in recent months and those who stay silent, and i think those who stay silent are watching, right, what happens between those two factions, mitch mcconnell now former vice president mike pence, and they re going to follow the group that gains the upper hand. i think most people who are decent and honest will hope that those truth tellers will win this battle. here s the thing, though, adrian, i still cannot wrap my head around this, how there were people in the capitol that day
campaign consultant, and national director of public engagement for the warren campaign. adrian el rod, and kurt bardella, adviser to the dnc, and dccc. all good friends. i m going o welcome you, and choose one of the topics i read. give your take. you can choose one that has been taken as well. valencia, you first. i think i m going to start with culture wars around books that are being banned in schools across the country. it is extremely disheartening and really sad and really scary. i was reading this morning an article that said some thousand young adult books are being banned across this country, and this is where students are seeing themselves, whether they are lgbtq, from a marginalized community, and schools that we know in particular have been talking about critical race theory, they re not being taught as history that reflects their ancestry. they re not being taught the history of this country, and so they don t get the education,
and they also don t get the representation. that s a really really dangerous slope we re going down, especially as this is happening in states that have passed education laws. so many different things are happening. i m very concerned about this culture war that the conservatives and gop are launching, minimizing the voices. adrian, to you now, what s your choice? yeah, alex, i want to talk a little bit about president biden s speech earlier this week where he really provided a road map for democrats to run on when it comes to how to deal with crime. we ve got a faction of our party, the far left, as i would call it, that supports defunding the police, that supports, you know, reducing funds for community policing. that does not necessarily jive with, you know, the majority of americans and what they want, and also democrats have notoriously when it comes to polling, polled a little bit weaker than republicans when it
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