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i remember when cpac was a fraction of the republican party. and now it is the entire republican party. and i can -- you know, you watch the speeches, you know what's happening on capitol hill. this is a party now wholly owned by that fraction. and really marching farther and farther away from the mainstream. and farther away from that mainstream is exactly the trouble they got into in the 2022 election when they ceded what should've been a good election outcome for them. so, the crazies and the wackos that you see, that are there now. so, look, i think you'll resigned to a government shutdown. i think you resigned to watching more and more of this keystone cops have been. and i'm reminded of when chip roy was a member of the freedom caucus implored the house. which they control, by the way as you pointed out to give them something anything to run. on here we are, closer and closer to election day. republicans can't even run their own branch of government in the house that they control. and i think each day, those sort of things give opportunit
i remember when cpac was a fraction of the republican party. and now it is the entire republican party. and i can -- you know, you watch the speeches, you know what's happening on capitol hill. this is a party now wholly owned by that fraction. and really marching farther and farther away from the mainstream. and farther away from that mainstream is exactly the trouble they got into in the 2022 election when they ceded what should've been a good election outcome for them. so, the crazies and...
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when we come back, cpac is back. and it looks more like a trump really than ever with maga gear bedazzled guns and even a january six pin ball game. i'm not making that. up it is true. how that unwavering trump loyalty could lead to a government shutdown next week. when the 11th hour continues. when the 11th hour continues. "overflowing with ideas and energy." that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is "easily the most impressive candidate." "known for her grilling of corporate executives." with "deep policy knowledge." katie porter's housing plan has "bipartisan-friendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down." and the chronicle praises "her ideas to end soft corruption in politics." let's shake up the senate. with democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. the economy is simply not working for millions of hard working families. with democrat katie porter. they're working harder than ever and they still can't make enough to
when we come back, cpac is back. and it looks more like a trump really than ever with maga gear bedazzled guns and even a january six pin ball game. i'm not making that. up it is true. how that unwavering trump loyalty could lead to a government shutdown next week. when the 11th hour continues. when the 11th hour continues. "overflowing with ideas and energy." that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is "easily...
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you are right about how cpac is not what it once was. but it is also not even what it was a few years ago. even this week there was news that cpac is no not going to credential media that they think are too left of center. or that are not sort of having adequately passed the cpac litmus test. even just a few years ago even at the end, even in 2020 at the end of trump's term, cpac was still an event where you had a radio row and you had npr had a booth you had liberal journalists, centrists, mainstream journalists, i think it just shows that this is just degrading so fast. there is no bottom and we don't even know what the bottom is yet and just with cpac you see on the other side the rnc is now going to install the completely incompetent unqualified daughter in law who has no experience in campaigns or politics whatsoever other than being a trump family member. part of the leadership of the rnc. so we do not know how bad this could get but we do know at this point that there is no bottom so buckle up and we will find out. >> that is righ
you are right about how cpac is not what it once was. but it is also not even what it was a few years ago. even this week there was news that cpac is no not going to credential media that they think are too left of center. or that are not sort of having adequately passed the cpac litmus test. even just a few years ago even at the end, even in 2020 at the end of trump's term, cpac was still an event where you had a radio row and you had npr had a booth you had liberal journalists, centrists,...
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for this messaging, seeing him on stage at cpac, it's notable. it was not just wednesday but also the forefront earlier today. >> we were talking earlier with dasha burns about how cpac has become no longer a straw poll on who will be the presidential nominee but who will be the vp, and it reminded me of articles i have been reading yesterday. it's not about posobiec, but others who have definitively extreme views, including people who don't believe in democracy, including people who want to have a holy christian nation, who are positioning themselves to be around donald trump, and is that maybe even more than him not having to worry about reelection, a concern for people who say, well, at least in his first term, we know from the books they wrote, he had people around them who stopped him from doing things that might have been disastrous, mark. >> exactly right. and the one thing we know about donald trump, from reporting from lots of your folks is he's made it clear that in a second term, there won't be folks like that around. there won't be fo
for this messaging, seeing him on stage at cpac, it's notable. it was not just wednesday but also the forefront earlier today. >> we were talking earlier with dasha burns about how cpac has become no longer a straw poll on who will be the presidential nominee but who will be the vp, and it reminded me of articles i have been reading yesterday. it's not about posobiec, but others who have definitively extreme views, including people who don't believe in democracy, including people who want...
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cpac it's run by a man named matt schlapp. it has been four years. and in 2022, ahead of the congressional midterms, mr. schlapp was in georgia. he was campaigning for the republican nominee for senate, herschel walker, remember herschel walker's senate campaign. the walker campaign sent one of their mid-level staffers, a male staffer, to drive matt schlapp around. while in the car, matt schlapp allegedly put his hand on the young man's like, and then, quote, moved his hand and began aggressively fondling the staffers genital area in a sustained fashion without the staffer's consent. the staffer claims that mr. schlapp then invited the staffer to his hotel room. he declined. early last year, that young man sued matt schlapp for sexual battery. and as that lawsuit has dragged on, more allegations of sexual misconduct against matt schlapp have come to light as part of discovery in that sexual battery lawsuit, lawyers for the republican campaign staffer discovered that in 2017, at a cpac party, schlapp allegedly attempted to kiss a male employee against
cpac it's run by a man named matt schlapp. it has been four years. and in 2022, ahead of the congressional midterms, mr. schlapp was in georgia. he was campaigning for the republican nominee for senate, herschel walker, remember herschel walker's senate campaign. the walker campaign sent one of their mid-level staffers, a male staffer, to drive matt schlapp around. while in the car, matt schlapp allegedly put his hand on the young man's like, and then, quote, moved his hand and began...
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but here at cpac you got the south carolina primary. here at cpac, the primary is over. this is the trump show. it was the trump show even last year when there were more contenders in the race this time around. it's all about the former president. you're going to have several of the potential veep stakes contenders as well that are going to be speaking on the stage. they're going to be going on offense for the former president and trying to catch some attention from him and his team. so you've got a bit of a split screen with what's going on in south carolina and what's going on at cpac. >> dasha, real quickly, given that this does run into the weekend, will nikki haley be making an appearance? is she expected to take the stage? >> reporter: right now is there no nikki haley on the schedule. you've got byron donald, elise stefanik, ben carson, again, vivek ramaswamy. some vp contenders. this is trump territory. >> interesting. okay. rick, first of all, what do you make of that? and also the fact that desantis's timing with these comments, why is he doing this now? >> wel
but here at cpac you got the south carolina primary. here at cpac, the primary is over. this is the trump show. it was the trump show even last year when there were more contenders in the race this time around. it's all about the former president. you're going to have several of the potential veep stakes contenders as well that are going to be speaking on the stage. they're going to be going on offense for the former president and trying to catch some attention from him and his team. so you've...
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for example, cpac has a panel entitled cat fight, michelle vs. kamala. using it as a scare tactic for white conservatives using what a -- we should play a bit of sound what they said about michelle obama so that the racism is front and center. let's hear it. >> bill clinton was our first black president, that makes her technically, she would be our first black woman president. >> i guess so. >> and kamala harris could be our first black woman president. and michelle, well -- >> look, look, to be clear -- >> the insinuation in the right wing on that stage is that michelle obama is somehow not a woman. >> right. >> i just wonder when you have garbage like that spoken about someone who is so deeply meaningful not just to black america but to americans and anybody who respects the offices of the presidency and the first lady, is that not a deterrent to black folks who might otherwise be giving republicans a shot? i keep asking it like i want it to be but it's okay if it's not. >> i don't think the people that would be voting for far right white supremacist -
for example, cpac has a panel entitled cat fight, michelle vs. kamala. using it as a scare tactic for white conservatives using what a -- we should play a bit of sound what they said about michelle obama so that the racism is front and center. let's hear it. >> bill clinton was our first black president, that makes her technically, she would be our first black woman president. >> i guess so. >> and kamala harris could be our first black woman president. and michelle, well --...
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but the most interesting thing we saw at cpac today did not come from a large tent. the most interesting thing at cpac today was this. >> the left powerbroker is barack and michelle working in conjunction with the deep state , fbi, cia, all of the agencies that we know that are so deeply corrupt. they were make some sort of move. >> biden will step aside, or be pushed aside, and they will try at the convention to go with kamala. >> the most devout democratic constituency is black women. so if they were to bounce kamala, that voting bloc would be absolutely enraged. the only way you square that circle is by running another woman of color, and michel meets that thing. >> that's right. barak and michelle are working in conjunction with the deep state and are going to push president biden aside and then kamala harris or michelle obama will take his place. if you think that is insane, or if the optics of an entirely white panel peddling conspiracy theories about prominent back when and makes you uncomfortable, consider the title of this panel. >> ladies and gentlemen, our
but the most interesting thing we saw at cpac today did not come from a large tent. the most interesting thing at cpac today was this. >> the left powerbroker is barack and michelle working in conjunction with the deep state , fbi, cia, all of the agencies that we know that are so deeply corrupt. they were make some sort of move. >> biden will step aside, or be pushed aside, and they will try at the convention to go with kamala. >> the most devout democratic constituency is...
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it is fascinating to watch what happened at cpac and quite frankly how cpac has become really the governing coalition of the republican party. it used to pay that nominees or people run for the diamonds mission would go took to cpac as a part of that republican coalition. now it it is the republican governing coalition. statements like that, statements you have watched others make as potential of a pace have tried out speaking there, over the course of this, week is to just demonstrate, and what the bottom campaign continues to need to talk about is -- outside of the mainstream that makes the party look more and more extreme. the biden campaign has got to give into something about what does this general elections the? about the issues they want to talk about, we know them. but the party is absent of the mainstream and to extremist things, like a choice, and other issues for the american people. that is the choice they have to put in front of them. >> how much, mark, will republican leaders shearing absurd sentiments like this hurt donald trump and republicans overall in november? >> i think
it is fascinating to watch what happened at cpac and quite frankly how cpac has become really the governing coalition of the republican party. it used to pay that nominees or people run for the diamonds mission would go took to cpac as a part of that republican coalition. now it it is the republican governing coalition. statements like that, statements you have watched others make as potential of a pace have tried out speaking there, over the course of this, week is to just demonstrate, and...
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. >>> maga at cpac, it's turned into something else. we have the one and only michael moore to get into that and a whole lot more. into by the end of the hour, a very funny, very acclaimed comedian. >> you know, i was just -- it's been a long fight. it's been a long fight. i just have to have a warrior spirit. that's all. >> don't start, man. >> no, i'm good. i'm just regrouping. >> you sure? >> you got a tissue? no, why would -- okay tissue? no, why would -- oka - so this is pickleball? - pickle! ah, these guys are intense. with e*trade from morgan stanley, we're ready for whatever gets served up. dude, you gotta work on your trash talk. i'd rather work on saving for retirement. or college, since you like to get schooled. that's a pretty good burn, right? i never knew your cat was so cuddly. right, she really loves these delectable squeeze up treats. deliciously, de-lick-able delectables. you're hilarious. delectables squeeze up. ♪ deliciously de-lick-able delectables ♪ progressive makes it easy to save with a quick commercial auto
. >>> maga at cpac, it's turned into something else. we have the one and only michael moore to get into that and a whole lot more. into by the end of the hour, a very funny, very acclaimed comedian. >> you know, i was just -- it's been a long fight. it's been a long fight. i just have to have a warrior spirit. that's all. >> don't start, man. >> no, i'm good. i'm just regrouping. >> you sure? >> you got a tissue? no, why would -- okay tissue? no, why would...
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here they are at cpac talking about immigration. >> the immigration issue is extremely simple. seal the border, deport all the illegals. >> who the hell can win when you have 16 million people pouring into our country from places unknown? diseases nobody has ever even heard about. i'm sorry, i feel badly for the people, but we don't want to have this contagion in our country. >> our leaders are determined to repeat every mistake that led to the collapse of empires before us. here are just a few of the common themes from history. mass immigration and infiltration by foreigners who don't share our values and culture or even our language. >> contagion. they get even a jewish fellow, stephen miller and ben carson, an african american, to say the words, the things. >> i think one of the biggest challenges is for us to remember what was life under trump when he was president. and it was a constant anxiety across all of america. and we seem to forget that those words they speak of actually have consequences. it was the el paso massacre, the person who conducted that crime against lati
here they are at cpac talking about immigration. >> the immigration issue is extremely simple. seal the border, deport all the illegals. >> who the hell can win when you have 16 million people pouring into our country from places unknown? diseases nobody has ever even heard about. i'm sorry, i feel badly for the people, but we don't want to have this contagion in our country. >> our leaders are determined to repeat every mistake that led to the collapse of empires before us....
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take cpac, the conservative political action conference, that's become a right wing love fest for the man who became navalny's murder all about him, donald trump. while the republican party falls in line with trump's fondness for the russian dictator, a short time ago, attendees heard from a different autocrat. he was just re-elected in a curious landslide last month. he's also branded himself as the world's coolest dictator and a philosopher king. the cool part is debatable. the dictator part is real. but he is an elder millennial, a bro populist who loves bitcoin and tweeting, but he's suppressed rights in his country nad a state of emergency. he's cracked down on judicial independence, his war on gangs has jailed thousands of innocent people, he's bent on destroying democracy in el salvador. those are just some of the reasons human rights groups think he's a nightmare, but cpac think he's a model for america. they have long had a eurasian fetish. viktor orban is a favorite. this year, america's right wing is going all in on the latin americans strongman model. javier molay will spe
take cpac, the conservative political action conference, that's become a right wing love fest for the man who became navalny's murder all about him, donald trump. while the republican party falls in line with trump's fondness for the russian dictator, a short time ago, attendees heard from a different autocrat. he was just re-elected in a curious landslide last month. he's also branded himself as the world's coolest dictator and a philosopher king. the cool part is debatable. the dictator part...
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and i put myself through watching the cpac speech today. i'm wondering, what did you make of trump cola november five a judgment day for his political opponents, but also calling himself a political dissidents? >> none of it surprises us. i think the victimization we are going to say, no one we've got more trials, and he's going to have more judgments down the road, he wants to set this up. i don't think it strategic because i don't think he's capable of. that i think, at the end of the day, they're able to say, as much as he is a threat to democracy, you have people this week in the republican party, including at cpac, being quite clear about that. we almost got rid of democracy on january sixth, we are going to finish the job. just but they're very clear desire to turn trump and his family into permanent leaders and dictators, they are turning it around. saying, we are the victims here. i think that he sees that as a way to drive up turnout. which i think is probably their number one goal right now. a little more excitement on his side. h
and i put myself through watching the cpac speech today. i'm wondering, what did you make of trump cola november five a judgment day for his political opponents, but also calling himself a political dissidents? >> none of it surprises us. i think the victimization we are going to say, no one we've got more trials, and he's going to have more judgments down the road, he wants to set this up. i don't think it strategic because i don't think he's capable of. that i think, at the end of the...
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in fact, my apologies, here's the typical cpac noise behind me here. this is popular with even pro-life advocates. we just looked at a survey from kellyanne conway's firm that showed 78% of those who identify as pro-life are in support of ivf. at the same time, though, you do have sort of this more fundamentalist more religious right as you all were talking about, constituency of the republican party that they don't want to alienate, so republicans are having to walk this very fine line, a lot of the women i talk to here are fully in support with ivf but aren't fully connecting the ruling from the alabama supreme court saying that embryos are children. a lot of them say they agree with that, but they're not connecting the fallout effects and the impact of that on the ability of clinics to provide these treatments. my colleague vaughn hillyard talked to a couple of women who said they were in favor of this alabama ruling. take a listen. >> do you free with the stopping of these ivf programs? >> i agree that they should stop anything that would destroy t
in fact, my apologies, here's the typical cpac noise behind me here. this is popular with even pro-life advocates. we just looked at a survey from kellyanne conway's firm that showed 78% of those who identify as pro-life are in support of ivf. at the same time, though, you do have sort of this more fundamentalist more religious right as you all were talking about, constituency of the republican party that they don't want to alienate, so republicans are having to walk this very fine line, a lot...
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. >> so tara, meanwhile, back in happy land, cpac occurred this past weekend. and as you know, from when we used to go to cpac, at the end, they would always do a straw poll. and you know, whether it's for the president, well, that's not relevant this time because everybody is in the tank for trump. but they did a vice presidential straw poll, the cpac veep straw poll shows that south dakota governor kristi noem had 15%. vivek ramaswamy, hmm, how did he get up there? 15%. former hawaii representative tulsi gabbard at 9%. elise stefanik, who everyone thinks is an odds-on favorite at 8%. tim scott, wow, 8% after all that. and i think it's important to note that you know, a lot of folks have been talking up the whole kristi noem/trump angle. what's your take here? how do you see these sweepstakes playing out? >> well, you and i both know from our years at cpac that the straw poll isn't exactly the most scientific or reliable poll. i mean, ron paul used to win that thing all the time. so i'm going to dismiss that as anything that's serious, but i can also tell you
. >> so tara, meanwhile, back in happy land, cpac occurred this past weekend. and as you know, from when we used to go to cpac, at the end, they would always do a straw poll. and you know, whether it's for the president, well, that's not relevant this time because everybody is in the tank for trump. but they did a vice presidential straw poll, the cpac veep straw poll shows that south dakota governor kristi noem had 15%. vivek ramaswamy, hmm, how did he get up there? 15%. former hawaii...
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vaughn hillyard is back from cpac and joins me here. what does this poll tell us about the faithful base that goes to cpac, and i wonder if you're surprised that your former boss wasn't higher on the list? >> a couple of things. you look at the audience, it's very far right, also very online. these are folks that really make their presence known on x, facebook, formerly twitter. what you're looking at are the online activist audience. and two, you notice, i think people realizing the need for diversity on a ticket, you see women up there, vivek, tim scott, african-american, folks realize the need for diversity. so i wouldn't expect another white male like a pence in 2016. those are the first things i see and take away from that. >> in fact, vaughn, donald trump's, there was a visceral reaction. tell us about is that. >> there are considerations around demographics being considered by the trump team, when lara trump brought that up just the other day before a south carolina event there was a room of about a hundred people, there were imm
vaughn hillyard is back from cpac and joins me here. what does this poll tell us about the faithful base that goes to cpac, and i wonder if you're surprised that your former boss wasn't higher on the list? >> a couple of things. you look at the audience, it's very far right, also very online. these are folks that really make their presence known on x, facebook, formerly twitter. what you're looking at are the online activist audience. and two, you notice, i think people realizing the need...
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you had a right-wing conspiracy theory at cpac saying welcome to the end of democracy, we're here to overthrow it completely. we didn't get it all the way there on january 6 but we'll endeavor to get rid of it. it is not even saying the quiet part out loud, it is with a bull horn. >> cpac is the trump convention. the rnc and the republican national convention is good, but if you want to know what donald trump and his supporters believe, cpac is the blessed. it is the authorized vehicle for that. and so it is time for us to recognize that these are not just words. when donald trump records a robocall or recording a video for rona mcdaniel, he doesn't mean any of that. when he said these things to -- out of his own mouth to the christian organization, or at cpac and his supporters talking about doing away with democracy, that is what they mean. when they say that this is following up on january 6, that is what they mean. and so when you see them trying to make it harder to vote and easier to -- to cheat elections, that is what they mean. they are trying to steal the outcome of the elec
you had a right-wing conspiracy theory at cpac saying welcome to the end of democracy, we're here to overthrow it completely. we didn't get it all the way there on january 6 but we'll endeavor to get rid of it. it is not even saying the quiet part out loud, it is with a bull horn. >> cpac is the trump convention. the rnc and the republican national convention is good, but if you want to know what donald trump and his supporters believe, cpac is the blessed. it is the authorized vehicle...
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. >>> before his south carolina victory, donald trump took the stage at the cpac conference over the weekend outside of washington. he devoted a large chunk of his rambling, a 90-minute speech on saturday, to defending his own cog nizability while mixing in ominous threats about the future of america. >> i stand before you today not only as your past and hopefully future president but as a proud political dissident. i am a dissident. 2024. if we don't stop it -- this is our last train. if we don't stop it, we'll have a country that won't even be a country. if you want to know the truth, we won't have a country. it's breaking up. in beverly hills, you're paying lots of taxes. you can only brush your teeth once a day. i want to say my uncle was the long oeft serving professor at mit, dr. john trump. he had a lot of aptitude. he rambled. nobody can ramble like this. they call me raisin. i said, what? they're very informative stories, very important stories. that's no cognitive problems. if there was, i would know about it. i said, mr. president, you're going to have to give us 28,000 so
. >>> before his south carolina victory, donald trump took the stage at the cpac conference over the weekend outside of washington. he devoted a large chunk of his rambling, a 90-minute speech on saturday, to defending his own cog nizability while mixing in ominous threats about the future of america. >> i stand before you today not only as your past and hopefully future president but as a proud political dissident. i am a dissident. 2024. if we don't stop it -- this is our last...
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are people at cpac saying that they're there to end to american democracy. so of course all of this staff that would be around trump's of the ultimate existential concern. but i think it needs to be stated why they're doing this. remember, at the heart of the base are these christian evangelicals, and one of the things that might just be done from maggie's perspective, and the leadership of macro maga, it's the place a loyalty higher than that of country and the constitution. so by presenting trump as this mess ionic figure, speaking in apocalyptic terms, where he is more powerful and more important, set by god to in essence fix the ails of america and american society, they are counting on that message to engage the christian right, and the evangelical community. so they put their loyalty to trump and god before our constitution and country. i think it is the most heinous threat, and it is the largest domestic threat you could possibly think of ida any point in our country, right now. it's happening. >> paul, how could this christian nationalism pushed by r
are people at cpac saying that they're there to end to american democracy. so of course all of this staff that would be around trump's of the ultimate existential concern. but i think it needs to be stated why they're doing this. remember, at the heart of the base are these christian evangelicals, and one of the things that might just be done from maggie's perspective, and the leadership of macro maga, it's the place a loyalty higher than that of country and the constitution. so by presenting...
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how is it changed since when you were rnc chair from the time when i started going to cpac. what's its role now, michael? >> it's a clown show. it has no role. it serves no purpose other than to, you know, put in play the grift. you know, this was a space that up and coming candidates for office around the country, certainly for the presidency, would come and make the case to young conservatives from around the country, around a value set of ideas and policies that we thought would be important for the nation to hear and certainly to implement. that's not what this is about now. you know, there's a sign up there. this is the place where globalists go to die. really? who are you talking to? you're talking to moms and dads sitting at kitchen tables, trying to, you know, deal with life as it's coming at them. you're preaching to a very very small choir of people who are going to stroke your check, and so that becomes the new play. >> michael steele, charles coleman, more conversations like this to come. thank you both so much. and you can watch michael on "the weekend," the sho
how is it changed since when you were rnc chair from the time when i started going to cpac. what's its role now, michael? >> it's a clown show. it has no role. it serves no purpose other than to, you know, put in play the grift. you know, this was a space that up and coming candidates for office around the country, certainly for the presidency, would come and make the case to young conservatives from around the country, around a value set of ideas and policies that we thought would be...
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at the conservative cpac event today, the trials of trump are firing up the crowd. take a listen. >> i got indicted four times by this gang of thugs. for nothing. or, as i say respectfully to people from foreign countries, -- >> we want trump we want trump, we want trump, we want trump. >> well, nbc's dasha burns is at the convention all day, we're don from was speaking just moments ago. so tell me what we heard from the former president, excluding the loud beep that we heard to try to make sure that a certain word that was very colorful did not get over the air. >> yeah, a very colorful speech, just over 90 minutes long here, alex. and you are right, his legal troubles, not a concern at all. in fact, some of the -- the have been charged in relation to january 6th. and all of those things that some of his opponents might call baggage, be it january six, or some of his other legal troubles. they are celebrating, here they are badges of honor for the people here, and for former president trump. he is again delivering that message that he is being indicted for the peop
at the conservative cpac event today, the trials of trump are firing up the crowd. take a listen. >> i got indicted four times by this gang of thugs. for nothing. or, as i say respectfully to people from foreign countries, -- >> we want trump we want trump, we want trump, we want trump. >> well, nbc's dasha burns is at the convention all day, we're don from was speaking just moments ago. so tell me what we heard from the former president, excluding the loud beep that we heard...
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and i want you to listen to what right-wing conspiracy theorist jackpot so be a -- had to say at cpac. and before you do, i should tell you that this is somebody who trump recently praised for doing a great job on his behalf. >> i want to say, welcome to the end of democracy. we are here to overthrow completely. we didn't get all the way here on january 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it, and replace it with this right here. we will replace it with this right here. >> amen. >> we didn't get all the way there on january 6th. when they tell us their plans, we have to listen, and in some ways, what you just heard is the worldview that won the republican primary in south carolina last night. joining me now is sarah matthews, i've been really looking forward to talking to. her. she was deputy -- white house press secretary during the trump administration, a job actually had in the obama administration. she resigned in the aftermath of the january six insurrection, and then testified before the house january six committee. let me just start by saying, what you get was incredibly cou
and i want you to listen to what right-wing conspiracy theorist jackpot so be a -- had to say at cpac. and before you do, i should tell you that this is somebody who trump recently praised for doing a great job on his behalf. >> i want to say, welcome to the end of democracy. we are here to overthrow completely. we didn't get all the way here on january 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it, and replace it with this right here. we will replace it with this right here. >> amen....
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cpac, you know, you can say what you want. at the same time, these are the very people who are pushing trumpism into the future. >> they're pushing trumpism into the future and saying it like they're being patriotic when, in fact, they're being the opposite. >> yeah. >> when you see them using the bible in a distorted way, even if it was in an actual way, it's against what the country was founded on, freedom of religious. if you have a theocracy, you can't have a democracy. i'm in london, england, today. they fought the british for freedom of religion. now, they're saying, we want women to go by our interpretation of the bible, others to go by that. this is anti-american. it needs to be called out that way. you cannot celebrate the american revolution and then advocate a theocracy. >> this is not a drill. thank you, rev, for that. >>> millions of americans are being left out of the nominating process when it comes to picking candidates in both major political parties. according to a report from the unite america institute whic
cpac, you know, you can say what you want. at the same time, these are the very people who are pushing trumpism into the future. >> they're pushing trumpism into the future and saying it like they're being patriotic when, in fact, they're being the opposite. >> yeah. >> when you see them using the bible in a distorted way, even if it was in an actual way, it's against what the country was founded on, freedom of religious. if you have a theocracy, you can't have a democracy....
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we covered cpac this week which used to actually be a place where conservatives debated candidates and ideas. it has been completely maga-ified. wh we talk about learning from history where people made rhetoric more and more extreme whether that was against other people to dehumanize them or against democracy that used to operate and then changed, let's be serious when we hear people admit their agenda. >> welcome. welcome. i just wanted to say welcome to the end of democracy. we're hear to overthrow it completely. we didn't get there on january 6th, but we'll endeavor to get rid of it. >> we didn't get all the way there on january 6th. we hear a lot of talk and here it's friday night. if you're a little fatigued and burnt out of people telling you every election is an important one, i get it. we're also seeing and hearing what people admit the agenda is. so it's not an unimportant election at the very minimum. our next guest he's made some of these warnings, he's run for president, run a national party. and he's here on all of this next. national party. and he's here on all of this ne
we covered cpac this week which used to actually be a place where conservatives debated candidates and ideas. it has been completely maga-ified. wh we talk about learning from history where people made rhetoric more and more extreme whether that was against other people to dehumanize them or against democracy that used to operate and then changed, let's be serious when we hear people admit their agenda. >> welcome. welcome. i just wanted to say welcome to the end of democracy. we're hear...
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in the world we live in right now, you have cpac happening across the river. conservatives, led by trump, are solidifying the anti ukraine position of the republican party. and the pro putin party, honestly, of the republican party. putin has played this very ably by jumping right into our culture war. saying he is fighting gender neutral bathrooms in ukraine. i kid you not. saying he is fighting in ukraine saw that kids can have a mother and a father rather than parent number one and parent number two. he is strengthening this ideological affinity between himself and maga republicans. they are very much returning the favor. it is unclear if this is ever going to pass. i spoke to hakeem jeffries, the minority leader, in munich. he said, you know, i have heard so much about a discharge petition in the last two days in munich. not just from americans but from world leaders. people are all over the world. i've heard more about that in the last two days then in my 11 years in congress. to be in munich surrounded by people from all over the world, geeking out about
in the world we live in right now, you have cpac happening across the river. conservatives, led by trump, are solidifying the anti ukraine position of the republican party. and the pro putin party, honestly, of the republican party. putin has played this very ably by jumping right into our culture war. saying he is fighting gender neutral bathrooms in ukraine. i kid you not. saying he is fighting in ukraine saw that kids can have a mother and a father rather than parent number one and parent...
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he's at cpac the last few days and was on stage noting throughout a couple of minutes the incredible economic turnaround in the great state of north carolina, and promoting that, but then he said this. >> the left is wrong. they are wrong on every topic, on every issue. they don't have a political leg to stand on, they don't have a social leg to stand on, they don't have a spiritual leg to stand on, they have nothing to stand on because they do nothing right. in every state the running, they're running it straight into the ground. >> we've got a laugh. >> it's absurd. >> it's sunday morning. >> the attorney general is running in this election for governor to fill your seats, what are the dynamics you clearly have very different visions of north carolina that the voters very much like nationally, we're going to have very different visions of america by presidential candidates. the same is going to play out in your state. how do you see, i'm not asking you to handicap the race, but how do you see north carolinians responding to something like this, and at the same time saying that oh w
he's at cpac the last few days and was on stage noting throughout a couple of minutes the incredible economic turnaround in the great state of north carolina, and promoting that, but then he said this. >> the left is wrong. they are wrong on every topic, on every issue. they don't have a political leg to stand on, they don't have a social leg to stand on, they don't have a spiritual leg to stand on, they have nothing to stand on because they do nothing right. in every state the running,...
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here's what republican voters told us at the conservative political action conference, known as cpac. >> so for politicians that might be passing laws to restrict ivf, is that something that you, would speak out against? >> absolutely, one hunted percent. my own daughter lost to baby's. so, it's getting emotional, but if she had to go that route, 100% support. >> why would they stop doing that for people that are having difficulties becoming pregnant? why would they make it harder, -- or not allow them to be able to have a baby? that's disturbing to me. and i'm no -- i'm pro-life, not abortion. i would not want to see a woman go through life without having children, if they so desired. it's the most beautiful thing in the world. how could you not -- >> president biden lays the blame squarely on republicans, calling it a, quote, direct result of the overturning of roe v. wade. sources tell nbc news that the administration is in the process of crafting a policy legal and -- response to the decision. with us now is congresswoman susan wild, a democrat from pennsylvania. congresswoman, it
here's what republican voters told us at the conservative political action conference, known as cpac. >> so for politicians that might be passing laws to restrict ivf, is that something that you, would speak out against? >> absolutely, one hunted percent. my own daughter lost to baby's. so, it's getting emotional, but if she had to go that route, 100% support. >> why would they stop doing that for people that are having difficulties becoming pregnant? why would they make it...
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on the sidelines of the right- wing cpac conference yesterday, republican tommy tuberville reversed his position several times and less than two minutes, where our colleague dasha burns asked him about the ruling in alabama. >> do you have a reaction to the alabama supreme court ruling, on the fact that embryos are children? >> yes, i'm all for it. you've just got to look at everything going on in your country, except this attack on families, attack on kills, anything we can do for the future where -- we need to have more chance. we need to have the opportunity to do that, and i thought this was the right thing to do. >> but ivf is used to have more children, and right now ivf services are being paused in some of the clinics in alabama. are you concerned this might impact people that are trying to have kids? >> that's for a another conversation. i think the right now is that you go for the situation and kind of work it out to where it's best for everybody. that's what the whole abortion issue is about. >> this ruling isn't about abortion, it's about ivf and the concern that now families
on the sidelines of the right- wing cpac conference yesterday, republican tommy tuberville reversed his position several times and less than two minutes, where our colleague dasha burns asked him about the ruling in alabama. >> do you have a reaction to the alabama supreme court ruling, on the fact that embryos are children? >> yes, i'm all for it. you've just got to look at everything going on in your country, except this attack on families, attack on kills, anything we can do for...
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at the cpac conference yesterday, republican tommy tuberville reversed his position several times in less than two minutes when our colleague, dasha burns, asked him about the ruling in alabama. >> do you have a reaction to the alabama supreme court ruling on the fact that embryos are children? >> yeah. i was all for it. you know, you have to look at everything going on in the country. it's just an attack on families, on kids. anything we can do for the future of our young people, because they're our number one commodity, we need to have more kids. we need to have an opportunity to do that. i thought this was the right thing to do, but -- >> ivf is used to have more children, and now they're paused at the clinics in alabama. aren't you concerned this can impact people who are trying to have kids? >> well, that's for another conversation. i think the big thing is, right now, you protect, go back to the situation and try to work it out to where it is best for everybody. i mean, that's what the whole abortion issue is about. >> but this isn't about abortion. it's about ivf and the conce
at the cpac conference yesterday, republican tommy tuberville reversed his position several times in less than two minutes when our colleague, dasha burns, asked him about the ruling in alabama. >> do you have a reaction to the alabama supreme court ruling on the fact that embryos are children? >> yeah. i was all for it. you know, you have to look at everything going on in the country. it's just an attack on families, on kids. anything we can do for the future of our young people,...