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those votes. because they're not competing for those votes on a policy level. not at all. they have completely abandoned trying to do that. >> they maybe have to talk about slavery in the civil war in the same sentence. doug jones and joan walsh, thanks so much for being with us. just ahead, we'll talk to the mayor of chicago illinois, brandon johnson, about the city's efforts to address the migrant crisis, and a new budget including money to study reparations. but first, my colleague richard lui with today's other top news stories. richard? >> rev, good sunday to. you -- pennsylvania and other parts of the northeast looking like a winter wonderland after a weekend of snowy weather. new england states are bracing for what's left of that storm tonight. the national transportation safety board spent the day -- the door blew off the plane shortly after takeoff friday an
black. kurt, what are your thoughts? do you think this is a controversy that will linger in the minds of republican primary voters? >> unfortunately, rev, it won't. and i'll tell you why. the one place where it's acceptable in the united states of america to debate even the merits of slavery is in that republican party. republican primary voters don't care about racism. they don't care about the washing of history. these are the same republican voters who rewarded extreme candidates who invented that controversial issue of critical race theory. the same republican voters who are okay with banning books that mentioned things like race and slavery. so there is not going to be a political price it's going to be paid by any republican whether it's donald trump or nikki haley, when it comes to republican primary voters. this is also iowa, the same state that gave us the winners of michele bachmann and rick's interim, the past republican presidential primaries. they're not exactly known for being a political epithet
liberals. this is nothing more that apparent building exercise. he doesn't expect to win everything -- but he's going to use the state peeping afforded to talk to his absolute best to campaign to be donald trump's vice president. to be in donald trump's administration, if he were to win. these stops are auditions for him. that's what's really going on here. >> kurt bardella and noelle nikpour, thank you both for being with us. coming up, making america great again remains gaslighting the nation and allowing an autocracy, that shia pay is on the right track. i'll explain how we can to rail trump's train to tyranny, up next in this weeks gotcha. but first, my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. richard? rev, of argue that he. some of the stories we're watching for you. breaking news first. this evening, a u.s. official confirming to nbc news pentagon did not inform senior officials in the white house national
maga establishment figure that i think is kind of where the republican party is going regardless of what happens this year. >> tim, rev, thanks for spechbding time with us. when we come back, more news to come. how the country is moving forward in the tleef years since the capitol insurrection. deed y. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire
some republicans were ready to move on. none of them showed up to joint force st. arews when he was enroute to mar-a-lago. now, new reporting from "the times" ill straightses now v how far back the pendulum has swung, the way donald trump has gobbled up endorsements and how he works them with fear and favor, cajoling politicians by phone and filing social media posts about those who don't fall his line. the bulwark and msnbc political analyst tim miller. the rev is also back. tim, "the times" cite mrs. than half a dozen trump advisers, people in regular contact with them. ir reporting, how trump has obsessed over quote, scorecard of endorments. "he sees gng endorsements as a triumphant return and
likes trump. and until that changes, you know, these guys who want political powers in the republican party are going to keep folding to him. and, you know, they're folding to him now at an astonishing level after everything we've seen, like why change that? what is the reason they would change then if they haven't changed by now? >> especially, rev, when you work on the field component. this idea he's both -- it is normal if you are running for president to seek endorsements for members of your party, normal to work the phones. you would call that good candidate behavior. what is not normal is to jump on your knock twitter and spouting hate messages on people. you can't allow it to become the norm. >> that goes back to what we were talking about with the a.g. case. he needs the validation. this is not politics to him. >> it's about ego. >> this is legitimacy to him. i told you, heb used to always
>> yeah. i think that rev's psychoanalysis is pretty good. i don't need to get into that. he nailed that one. the other element is this idea of control, right. it's he wants to paint himself as an outsider, you know, because he's been a typical politician. he doesn't come from this world. but he wants the people in that world to bow down to him, right. so what has been created now is something i've read about, what i call a new maga establishment. it's a bunch of people that still want to hold the establishment levers of power but they realize to do that in the republican party, you have to go along with this maga populist nonsense and conspiracies. it's this blending of the old establishment types who aren't willing to do that. they're out. they're paul ryan. they're moaning and groaning on podcasts. the ones that have had to stick, they've blended into this gross
speech and one that was incredibly important. >> rev, i want europe reaction to the speech generally, but also this part about the president talking about the former president's disrespect for the military. take a listen. >> he's threatened the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff with a death penalty, said he should be put to death because the chairman put his oath to the constitution ahead of his personal loyalty to trump. this coming from a president who called, when he visited a cemetery, called dead soldiers suckers and losers. remember that? sometimes i'm really happy
the -- can't be seen. it was right around the time i was at beau's grave. how dare he? who in god's name does he think he is? >> rev, how dare he? >> i mean, you saw some real emotion there. >> mm-hmm. >> i think it was one of better speeches if not the top two or three speeches he's ever given in his career, because he put himself into it. and i think the part you just played, that was for those of us that have ever been around him, that was real joe biden. that was -- you know, he's not the kind of performer, the politician that would just make something up. he really feels that way. and i think that is good for americans to see that. i remember in january of 2020, he came as the former vice president and spoke for martin luther king's breakfast the
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