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Brazilian president jair bolsonaro, accused of attending a coup plotting meeting after losing his own election, bolsonaro was headlining event for the pro trump group turning point usa. and a party whose leaders refused to accept the legitimate results of elections, losing has become a badge of honor, a way to channel the grievance and frustration of voters -- believe that democrats and foreign governments are rigging elections. joining us now is ashley parker, senior national political correspondent for the washington post. ashley, thank you for being with me tonight. i found this such a time...

Case coming out of north carolina. where the north carolina state legislature controlled by one party decided that they were going to draw congressional lines that skewed in favor of their party. they wanted to rig the outcome of those elections. and when we challenged that, as common cause, and the southern coalition for social justice, we challenged that. the court said no. the court said that our state constitution prohibits rigging elections so that voters have no choice. they relied on a state constitutional clause called the free elections clause. as well as other clauses. and they said ...

Capitol police or in any federal threat database. it is hard to ignore how much of the suspect's rhetoric today echos what we heard from rioters who stormed the capitol. >> [ bleep ]. >> can i speak to pelosi? >>. [ crowd chanting, nancy ] >> congressman adam kinzinger of illinois tweeted, quote, i want to be clear. when you convince people that politicians are rigging elections, drink babies' blood, et cetera, you will get violence. this must be rejected. this is why the january 6th committee is so important, unquote. and karen bass of california went even further. >> it just shows us the dan...

>>. [ crowd chanting, nancy ] >> congressman adam kinzinger of illinois tweeted, quote, i want to be clear. when you convince people that politicians are rigging elections, drink babies' blood, et cetera, you will get violence. this must be rejected. this is why the january 6th committee is so important, unquote. democratic congresswoman karen bass of california went even further. >> it just shows us the danger that our democracy is in, and it also just makes me angry thinking of my republican colleagues who attempt to minimize what happened january 6 and who ignore the hate speech, the violen...

The price of a gallon of milk, almost ended his reelection campaign. some republicans literally consider it disqualifying. it's almost charming in retrospect, isn't it? at one time the grand old party had some -- some -- standards. but it's more than electing bad candidates because they are republicans. what's even more frightening than an entire party losing their moral compass is that that same party is now okay with rigging elections and threatening election workers and voters all in the name of winning. the majority of republican nominees on the ballot this november for the house, the sena...