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Block barack obama s re-election by trying to block every single thing on president obama s agenda in the united states senate. instead of using his powers as senate majority leader to tame donald trump, mitch mcconnell became trump s errand boy. long before tonight, mitch mcconnell had become the most dangerously malevolent senate leader in history. he fought to preserve the trump presidency in two senate impeachment trials when he knew donald trump was guilty as charged. it has been disorienting and inexplicable for those of us who knew the responsible, professional mitch mcconnell of his first 20 years in the senate to watch him destroy the senate as majority leader, destroy the senate. he did that. and so none of us were ready for the apparent reappearance of the old mitch mcconnell, the one we used to know. ....
Supporters still touting the lie that led to the january 6th insurrection. this is a slow moving insurrection. pushing new laws to make it harder to vote and seize control over the control of elections. pennsylvania republicans are now hoping to mimic the bizarre election audit in arizona but the state s democratic attorney general says not so fast. these are folks who are dangerous. these are folks who are trying to undermine our democracy. these are folks who have no respect for the rule of law and these are folks who are in charge right now in the legislature. being the errand boy for donald trump is not a legitimate legislative purpose. the filibuster stands in the way to of so much of president biden s agenda the joining us to discuss donald trump s grip on the republican party and the fight to protect voting rights ali vitali in greenville, north carolina, also joining us brian fallon, executive director of ....
December meadows reportedly pushed the justice department to investigate unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. six months later, trump supporters still touting the big lie that led to the january 6th insurrection. this effort is a slow-moving insurrection. republican-led states are pushing new laws to make it harder to vote and seize control over the control of elections. pennsylvania republicans are hoping to mimic the bizarre election audit in arizona. the state s democratic attorney general says, not so fast. these are folks who are dangerous. these are folks who are trying to undermine our democracy. these are folks who have no respect for the rule of law, and these are folks who are in charge right now in the legislature. going errand boy for donald trump is not a legitimate legislative purpose. the filibuster stands in the way of so much of president biden s agenda, from infrastructure to immigration to voting rights. joining us now to discuss do ....
Trying to do. but they re not necessarily fringe figures within republican politics. what are the prospects for the state legislature actually trying to do this? look, let s go through the law and then let s go through reality, okay? the law affords some state lawmakers and some committees the opportunity to issue subpoenas. but subpoenas aren t fishing expeditions. subpoenas need to be tied to a specific and legitimate legislative purpose. and simply following an order or being the errand boy for donald trump is not a legitimate legislative purpose. if they were to do what they re doing in arizona, they would have to go through me. and my track record of defending the voters of pennsylvania and standing up to this bull pucky as you called it, is pretty good. every time we ve gone to court we ve won and protected the ....
Reality. the law afford some state lawmakers and some committees the opportunity to issue subpoenas. but subpoenas aren t fishing expeditions. subpoenas need to be tie to a specific and legitimate legislative purpose. and simply following an order, or being the errand boy for donald trump, is not illegitimate legislative purpose. but were they to go forward and try to issue subpoenas and put on the sham audit like what we are seeing in arizona, they would have to go through me. and my track record of defending the voters here in pennsylvania, and standing up to this bull puppy, or whatever you call it, is pretty darn good. every time we have gone to court we have one. and we have protected voters here in pennsylvania. and i will do it again if i have to. let me ask you about the sort of strength of feeling and the strength of commitment on the other side of this among these republicans who want to do it. american oversight, a ethics watchdog group, today they published hundreds of pa ....