Hillary and Chelsea Clinton thoroughly trashed President Donald Trump's continuing obsession with his 2016 rival's emails.
Trump has dispatched Attorney General William Barr and other top government officials on round-the-world trips seeking more evidence that would implicate Hillary Clinton in the start of the Russia investigation that has dogged his presidency, and the mother-daughter pair told ABC's "The View" he was clearly unwell.
"His whole life has been a scam," Chelsea Clinton told the show's panelists.
Hillary Clinton said the president's focus on her, and his efforts to undermine the Russia probe, are a subconscious confession of guilt in a Russian scheme to tip the election she lost.
"He's obsessed with the fact he was helped a lot," Hillary Clinton said. "He accuses other people of doing what he does."
The former senator and secretary of state said she never fully understood the psychology of projection until she saw her former presidential rival try to justify his election win.
"He knows he’s an illegitimate president," Hillary Clinton said.
One of the most prominent Republicans who investigated President Bill Clinton in the 1990's called for the House select committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots to subpoena Donald Trump, Jr.
Former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) rose to prominence a quarter century ago as the senior counsel on the House Committee on Government Reform. In 2000, she led opposition research into Vice President Al Gore for George W. Bush's successful campaign for president. After working in private practice, she served three terms representing Virginia in Congress.
MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace interviewed Comstock to hear her analysis of the investigation into January 6th after the select committee issued four subpoenas to top Trump advisors.
"Barbara, I set this up with sort of a nod to your history as an incredibly competent and tough investigator," Wallace said. "And I want to come back to you on the same question. What is it you want to know about these men individually and in terms of what ties them together in the planning of and the conduct during the insurrection?"
"Well, I think we need to get every, you know, email, every text, every document that's out there because I don't particularly expect them to be very forthcoming," Comstock replied.
Comstock explained why the former president's eldest son needs to be subpoenaed.
"I think people like Trump, Jr. definitely needs to be subpoenaed. Remember, he was in that tent right before Donald Trump went out to speak," she explained.
"He's there with Mark Meadows saying, 'Hey, you know how to fight, you're fighting.' He obviously knows a lot of what went on in that lead up as do other members of the family and certainly members of the family who knew exactly what was going on on January 6th and from the entire time from election night until then," Comstock said.
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If a frontline has emerged in the new culture war, it's surely local school board meetings — where right-wing activists in dozens of municipalities have staged scenes over everything from COVID-19 safety measures to anti-racist lessons.
It was into this "thunderdome" — a school board meeting in Johnston County, North Carolina — that The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper stepped this week in an attempt to better understand the psyche of anti-maskers who had gathered for a protest against school COVID-19 prevention measures. Leading the protest just a few paces away was Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from the state who has emerged as a key figure in the conservative war on public health measures to tamp down on the surging virus.
It's hard to say what exactly Klepper was able to learn from the segment — except for the fact that not many of his interviewees knew what they were talking about.
One attendee, in an "I Don't Co-Parent With The Government" T-shirt, the slogan du jour of the protest, said that she was against "all mandates."
Klepper pointed out that co-parenting with the government is sort of the point of public schools, to no avail. "If you don't want to co-parent with the government, don't get pregnant in Texas," he added.
Another said that her son had developed acne from wearing his mask "But has he had COVID?" Klepper asks — the answer, of course, was no.
The segment features footage of parents holding signs with anti-mask slogans, children draped in "Don't Tread on Me" flags, and others waving American flags. One self-identified parent even says that he'd been to the ICU three times this past year, floating wild conspiracies about hospitals faking COVID cases for… well, it's not entirely clear."I've walked through the hospitals, I've videoed inside hospitals, and guess what? They aren't full of COVID patients."
Klepper also stumps another attendee, who said that it was dangerous to use masks because it causes people to "breathe in toxins," by asking how surgeons manage hours-long procedures while wearing even more extensive protective equipment.
A particularly wild exchange featured one woman who claimed that in her "research," she found that Satanists stand six feet apart and wear masks during rituals. "Is it coincidence?" she says shrugging, "I don't know."
The Church of Satan responded to the video on Twitter, saying "As Satanists, we can assure you the lady at the end has no idea what she's talking about."
The protest comes as more than 16,000 North Carolinians have died since the start of the pandemic. As of Friday, there were over 1.3 million cases reported in the state.
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Jordan Klepper vs. anti-mask parents at a North Carolina school board meeting https://t.co/6E10JfLoMK— The Daily Show (@The Daily Show) 1632448801.0
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are continuing their refusal to admit that their side lost the 2020 presidential election over ten months ago.
Despite Trump's "Big Lie" of election fraud inciting the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the conspiracy theory has continued to spread.
In April, Republicans in Arizona began their controversial audit of the vote in Maricopa County. However, the Cyber Ninjas ended up confirming Trump lost — in fact, they concluded he was an even bigger loser than had been announced in November.
But Trump still refuses to accept the fact he lost. And Nick Martin, who tracks extremism online, worries it will never go away.
"If the sketchy Arizona election 'audit' is anything like QAnon — and it definitely is — then we should all know by now that its believers will find hopium no matter what the 'results' say. The Great Decertification will always be two weeks away," he explained.
Sure enough, a former Trump staffer is already raising money for an unofficial audit of Arizona.
The effort is being organized by Matt Braynard, the organizer of the controversial September 18 "Justice for J6" rally supporting those who were arrested for their alleged actions on January 6th.
Braynard hopes to release his report by Halloween.
Election law expert Rick Hasen panned the effort.
"So there's going to be a super-fake audit after the fake-audit failed to be fake enough. Got it," Prof. Hasen wrote.
so there's going to be a super-fake audit after the fake-audit failed to be fake enough. got it. https://t.co/gQzejlr5hl— Rick Hasen (@Rick Hasen) 1632513463.0
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