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it is sunday, july 9th. i am ali velshi. the field of republican presidential candidates is growing. a date has when lockdown for the first republican primaries and caucuses. yesterday, the republican party of iowa announced that it will hold its first in the nation caucus on january 15th of 2024. momentum will pick up next month when the party holds its first primary debate in milwaukee, august 23rd. there is going to be a problem for the country to receive most or some of the candidates together. at least one dozen republicans should be competing in 2024 but only five of them declared candidates have met the requirements to qualify for the first debate. ron desantis, nikki haley, revak wamah swami, tim scott, and donald trump, the undisputed front runner in the race right now. it s difficult to overstate how unusual this race is turning out to be. the republican party has been impeached twice already. he s running for that position again. he is leading the pack. he ha ....
life. how are democrats responding? biden cabinet secretary pete buttigieg and congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez join me next. and holding court. as republicans celebrate conservative rulings, trump takes credit. is that enough to make voters overlook their concerns? he s getting cornered. we need leaders that are willing to be bold, that are going to be honest. republicans candidates chris christie and will hurd join me to respond in moments. plus, justice for whom. new attacks from top gop candidates on minority rights. instead of taking children to church, they believe in taking children to drag shows. but are they out of step with voters? our political panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is divided, 6-3. key decisions by the supreme court this week once again upended american life, with a trio of sweeping rulings that divided americans and moved the country to the right, prompting far-reaching cons ....
and that s in large part because ron desantis, who was initially hyped up as the candidate has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis should come with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 points behind trump and the average of the national poll. even a top official at a pro-desantis superpact recently conceded his campaign has been a bust so far. right now in national polling we are way behind. to be blunt and honest, it s an uphill battle. i don t think it s a winnable battle but clearly donald trump is the runaway front-runner in the first four states which matter tremendously. polls are tighter. we re clearly still down. we have work to do and wood to chop. it does seem like a bad sign when one of your top surrogates has to admit that but it s true at least and a lot of reasons the desantis campaign is doing so poorly. one reason is what some are calling a lack of charisma which seems to be a ....
we, the people. the supreme court s conservative majority takes steps to reshape american life. this is not a normal. how are democrats responding in biden secretary pete buttigieg and congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortes join me next. as the court celebrates con serb tiff rulings. he ll lie about anything. we need leaders that will be honest. republican candidates chris christie and will hurd join me to respond in moments. justice for whom? new attacks from top gop candidates on minority rights. instead of taking children to church they believe in taking children to drag shows. are they outside of step with voters? our political panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is divided 6-3. key decisions by the supreme court this week once again up ended american life with a trio of sweeping rulings that divided americans and moved the country to the right, prompting far-reaching consequences that a ....
which laid out the case of who they said is at the center of the insurrection. here s congressman benny thompson. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy. and ultimately, donald trump, the president of the united states, spurred a mob of tim aesthetic and the maze of the constitution. to march down the capitol, and subvert american democracy. any legal jargon that you care about seditious conspiracy, obstruction of a official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states, boils down to this. january 6th, was the culmination of an attempted coup. a brazen attempt, as one wanted to put it, shortly after january 6th. to overthrow the government. who heard that right? quote. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy to overthrow the government. it also blew a hole into any idea that this protest would a march to the capitol that would unintentionally turn violent. instead, there was planning and strategy. including by the proud boys who skipped ....