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mistakes but now i want to change my life if i hear you correctly, it sounds like you re crying out for a new normal, for getting back to normal and i m hoping that the things you have said today will help us begin to get back there. the late great chairman, elijah cummings in 2019, speaking to and about michael cohen. the ex-trump lawyer who testified this week before the grand jury investigating trump s hush money payment to a porn actress. cohen s attorney, lanny davis, joins me in a few moments for his first tv interview in the case also tonight, a major development in the criminal investigation of trump s mishandling of classified documents. there s a judge who ordered trump lawyer evan corcoran to testify. plus, ron desantis allegedly chooses his fingers as the spoon of choice for his chocolate pudding. it s just one of the weird, strange tales of the would-be presidential candidate who apparently likes political stunts and performative hate politics but peo ....
tonight on the reidout will you accept the results of your election in november? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. i if you lose, will you accept that? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. arizona s kari lake is one of hundreds of republican election deniers on the ballot this fall, which is why this election and more importantly the day after the election are so incredibly important. plus, congressman eric swalwell jones me with an exclusive sneak peek at a chilling new ad depicting the awful possibilities of a post-roe america. and later, the origin of the once broadly inspiring word woke and how it s been co-opted by the right to be used as an epithet. we begin with three weeks to go until the midterm elections on november 8th. but it s the day after the election that i want you to focus on. just imagine, imagine waking up on november 9th and not knowing which party will control the house or the senat ....
Court decision that overturned the convictions of the scotts burrow boys. nine black teenagers and young men who were falsely accused of raping two white women. that s the case, by the way, that led blues singer ledbelly to coin the term stay woke. meaning watch out, black people, if you come down south, there s racists down here. you really can t make this up. that s the origin of woke. the supreme court in that landmark case noted a defendant who is charged with a serious crime must not be stripped of his right to have sufficient time to advise with counsel and prepare his defense, which those young black guys with barely any legal counsel didn t have. fast forward to today. and the highly paid legal team representing super rich former president of the united states donald trump is equating his alleged crimes trying to steal an election by scapegoating black voters and poll workers, to a group of black teenagers ....
The supreme court reversed the conditions of several young black men for allegedly raping two white women. the case is profoundly different from powell. mr. trump is represented by a team of zealous experienced attorneys and has the resources necessary to efficiently review the discovery and investigate, and as the government points out, a great deal of dovery has already been available or is duplicative. i almost think they re trolling us at this point. this is the case that gave rise to the phrase stay woke. ledbelly, a blues singer at the time, coined the term stay woke about the scotsboro boys. the fact his team is now trying to use that case in which they were the victims of a criminal injustice system for trump is so offensive, i don t even have words for it so i m hoping you do, glenn. i have a couple words for it, joy. i was so offended the minute i read page one of trump s filing when they were asking for that ....
About woke, he s talking about eradicating gay people, african american rights, women s rights. that s what woke means we didn t acknowledge the threat when trump came down the escalator in 2015 until it was too late ron desantis is crafting a campaign in that mold. when ledbelly said it in 1938 and black folks were saying it since i was a kid, it just means watch your back. when they say it, woke means black. let s be clear and it means gay, and it means when you re anti that, you have told us who you are. he says this is where woke goes to die. i m going to leave it there they mean black again. they don t know what it means. rick wilson and don callaway thank you both up next, filmmakers erica alexander and whitney dowd join me to talk about their recent debate series based on their new documentary about reparations. and we celebrate a very special women s history month birthday we ll be rig bhtack. you get advice like. ....