Now that President Trump is midway by way of his second time period, the leftist media is popping their hateful gazes in direction of Vice President J.D. Vance. They wish to paint him as one other risk to democracy, probably worse than Donald Trump. And you’ll depend on them intensifying their assaults within the lead-up to this November’s midterm elections and the 2028 presidential race. MS NOW, as one of many Democratic media’s favourite lapdogs, fortunately obeyed these new instructions as they despatched out the getting older host of The Final Phrase, Lawrence O’Donnell, on Monday to fearmonger about Vance utilizing ICE to rig the elections.
In the course of the in-between present handoff with Rachel Maddow, O’ Donnell cited the New York Instances report that “the Vice President strongly advocat[ed]” invoking the Riot Act within the midst of the chaotic Minneapolis anti-ICE protests. However despite the fact that the report doesn’t point out elections or polling locations, O’Donnell went forward and dug in on that conspiracy idea:
So that will be the gadget they’d use to get federal troops, American army, on the bottom, on the streets, probably at polling locations on this nation.
Maddow and her wilting pompadour additionally wasted no time in dogpiling on that baseless allegation with a pointed assault on the Vice President:
Yeah, and if anyone was pondering that J.D. Vance could be, kind of a extra democracy-minded chief than Donald Trump, think about that inside the Trump administration, in keeping with this new reporting, J.D. Vance was the loudest voice asking to deploy lively obligation army in opposition to the American public on American soil.
Later within the present, O’Donnell barked about how “the Riot Act stays a loaded weapon that some observers have advised may very well be aimed toward our polling locations in swing states like Georgia.” He welcomed Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia’s feedback that “this President has demonstrated time and time once more, and his Vice President, as we hear in these phrases, that they’re keen to do something to remain in energy.”
Persevering with to drum up election conspiracy theories, Warnock and O’Donnell made a sequence of outlandish claims, together with voter suppression directed in opposition to married girls:
WARNOCK: They have been making an attempt to flood the zone, throw all the things at us, and now we’re seeing among the issues that they are eager about throwing at us. And a part of the work that they are making an attempt to do is to persuade the citizenry that there is no have to push again.
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O’DONNELL: With the entire gaming out of worst case situations, together with Donald Trump utilizing the Riot Act at J.D. Vance’s urgings to ship federal troops to your polling locations in Georgia as a result of, you already know, they’re sending to Georgia, proper? They are not sending them to Massachusetts. They will ship them to the place, the swing state, the place it might make a distinction.
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WARNOCK: In the event that they put ICE in entrance of polls, that is unlawful. It is unconstitutional. They can not do it. That does not appear to trouble this administration that a lot. . . They’re making an attempt to squeeze the voices of voters out of their democracy, Black voters, by way of this terrible gerrymandering that the courtroom has authorized. They’re making an attempt to squeeze the voices of ladies as they’re nonetheless making an attempt to move the SAVE Act, which might disproportionately damage married girls.
And to prime all of it off, O’Donnell and Warnock seasoned their conspiracy theory-riddled slop with a heap of the violent and dehumanizing language we hear all too typically from the left:
WARNOCK: We can’t give in to those that try to weaponize despair. . .what we discovered by watching the great of us of Minnesota is that standing up and resisting does make a distinction. I used to be simply impressed by the folks of Minneapolis. . . And clearly that received J.D. Vance’s consideration. He’s, in my estimation, one of the crucial craven politicians on the American panorama.
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O’DONNELL: So, it is so true that the subtitle of your guide, Reflections on the Ethical That means of America, you already know, you might have a President who has by no means as soon as mirrored on that.
WARNOCK: I do not – that is to place it properly. I imply, he is at conflict with it.
O’DONNELL: At conflict with it, yeah.
WARNOCK: And so it is a darkish second in our nation as we strategy this 250th anniversary.
We are able to’t decrease the charges of political violence when the canine within the left-wing media hound every of their political opponents with bad-faith assaults and hateful rhetoric about conspiracy theories involving voter suppression and army interference in elections. However, after all, these canine received’t come again to the kennel anytime quickly.
The total transcript is beneath. Click on “broaden” to learn:
MS NOW’s The Final Phrase with Lawrence O’Donnell6/15/2610:01:21 p.m. Jap
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LAWRENCE O’DONNELL: And it additionally, Rachel, is extremely related to that reporting that the New York Instances is now working from Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s new guide referred to as Regime Change, the place they have been reporting at this time within the New York Instances concerning the Trump administration contemplating invoking the Riot Act, one thing that we have been all type of guessing about. That is the within story of precisely how they thought-about it. The Vice President strongly advocating it.
So that will be the gadget they’d use to get federal troops, American army, on the bottom, on the streets, probably at polling locations on this nation.
RACHEL MADDOW: Yeah. And if anyone was pondering that J.D. Vance could be, kind of a extra democracy-minded chief than Donald Trump, think about that inside the Trump administration, in keeping with this new reporting, J.D. Vance was the loudest voice asking to deploy lively obligation army in opposition to the American public on American soil. That is – that is–
O’DONNELL: Yeah, he was the chief of it. And he may very well be the highest title on the Republican presidential ticket within the subsequent presidential election, within the White Home, advocating the identical factor for that election.
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10:14:45 p.m. Jap
O’DONNELL: The Riot Act stays a loaded weapon that some observers have advised may very well be aimed toward our polling locations in swing states like Georgia that might go both means within the November election.
Main off our dialogue tonight is Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia. He serves on the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Banking Committee. He is additionally the writer of the brand new guide, The Crooked Locations Made Straight: Reflections on the Ethical That means of America. Senator, thanks very a lot for becoming a member of us tonight.
Within the earlier hour, Rachel was reporting on a job power assembled by Chuck Schumer that features you, it contains others outdoors the Senate. Marc Elias, who appeared with Rachel speaking about these very problems with, what’s the worst-case state of affairs going through us on Election Day? What do we now have to be ready for?
And it comes on a day after we learn Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s report of the discussions of the Riot Act within the White Home, that positive seems to be just like the type of loaded weapon that may very well be aimed toward our elections.
SEN. RAPHAEL WARNOCK (D-GA): No, completely, and nice to be with you.
This President has demonstrated time and time once more, and his Vice President, as we hear in these phrases, that they’re keen to do something to remain in energy. And I believe that we should not be shocked by that, we have seen loads of proof. What’s – what has been putting is the extent to which colleagues of mine within the Congress are keen to go alongside on this journey.
And so, we’re remaining vigilant. We have now to be ready for this second. We have now to take it very critically. However this is what we can’t afford to do. We can’t give in to those that try to weaponize despair.
We – they have been making an attempt to flood the zone, throw all the things at us, and now we’re seeing among the issues that they are eager about throwing at us. And a part of the work that they are making an attempt to do is to persuade the citizenry that there is no have to push again.
And what we discovered by watching the great of us of Minnesota is that standing up and resisting does make a distinction. I used to be simply impressed by the folks of Minneapolis. I needed to go and stand there. It was freezing chilly. You recognize, I am from Georgia, means beneath zero. However night time after night time after night time, these of us have been standing there and looking for his or her neighbors.
And clearly that received J.D. Vance’s consideration. He’s, in my estimation, one of the crucial craven politicians on the American panorama.
And it is deeply regarding to see this reporting. We have got to stay ready. We all know one thing concerning the authorities overreaching in Fulton County, bear in mind, they despatched the FBI in to grab ballots from the 2020 election. They’re harassing election staff with subpoenas, demanding info from people who find themselves simply volunteers.
And so, we stay centered on this. However a part of what we want folks to do is put together to indicate up, present up, present up, present up. And we’ll be utilizing each, each software that we now have to attempt to preserve our democracy intact.
O’DONNELL: With the entire gaming out of worst case situations, together with Donald Trump utilizing the Riot Act at J.D. Vance’s urgings to ship federal troops to your polling locations in Georgia as a result of, you already know, they’re sending to Georgia, proper? They are not sending them to Massachusetts. They will ship them to the place, the swing state, the place it might make a distinction, the place they assume they could have the ability to preserve Jon Ossoff out of the Senate, issues like that, locations like that across the nation.
Is voter turnout – is it doable for voter turnout to be so massive, even within the face of American troops, that the voter turnout may overwhelm, may very well be the last word weapon to overwhelm these sorts of ways?
WARNOCK: Effectively, we have to make use of all our instruments. The reply to this assault on democracy is extra democracy. We have got to make use of the instruments of our democratic experiment.
And we noticed that in Minnesota, with them standing up, protesting night time after night time, looking for his or her neighbors.
And sure, folks want to indicate up in Georgia. What I do know from expertise from any individual who’s run a few races in that purple state, is that – you already know, voter suppression will not be actually about, you already know, you do not have to take hundreds of thousands of votes. You recognize, you simply make it tough for folks to indicate up. You undermine folks’s entry somewhat bit right here, somewhat bit there, shave across the edges even earlier than you get to one thing like troops on the road. And that may swing an election.
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10:20:23 p.m. Jap
WARNOCK: So this stuff are shut and so they can go somewhat bit right here, somewhat bit there, which is why we now have to stay vigilant on each entrance. We have now to make use of the courts. We want a military of attorneys. We have to proceed to boost questions round ICE. In the event that they put ICE in entrance of polls, that is unlawful. It is unconstitutional. They can not do it. That does not appear to trouble this administration that a lot.
And sure, displaying up makes it tougher to steal an election. As we’re watching this gerrymandering that is occurring all throughout the south on account of this terrible resolution made by the, you already know, the partisans on the Supreme Courtroom.
They’re utilizing each software. And so we have to indicate up and overwhelm their projections about who’s going to indicate up.
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10:30:59 p.m. Jap
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O’DONNELL: So, it is so true that the subtitle of your guide, Reflections on the Ethical That means of America, you already know, you might have a President who has by no means as soon as mirrored on that.
WARNOCK: I do not – that is to place it properly. I imply, he is at conflict with it.
O’DONNELL: At conflict with it, yeah.
WARNOCK: And so it is a darkish second in our nation as we strategy this 250th anniversary.
You recognize, the USA of America goes by way of its moments. There are moments when, when the democracy expands, there are moments when it contracts. And it is a contraction second.
They’re making an attempt to squeeze the voices of voters out of their democracy, Black voters, by way of this terrible gerrymandering that the courtroom has authorized.
They’re making an attempt to squeeze the voices of ladies as they’re nonetheless making an attempt to move the SAVE Act, which might disproportionately damage married girls.
And we have to push again, as a result of here’s what each mom is aware of, that contractions are painful, however they’re essential for brand new delivery.
