Rachel Maddow replays testimony from Stanford Law Professor Pamela Karlan at a Donald Trump impeachment hearing in which she describes a hypothetical situation in which Donald Trump attempts to extort political favors from a state in need of emergency funding, a situation that Trump has managed to make real. Aired on 5/20/2020.
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Trump Fulfills 'Cartoonishly Evil' Hypothetical; Threatens States | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
“OMG… that was only December.”
“Coronatime,” I keep calling this strange 3 months, where time seems both compressed and dilated at the same time. But for 3.4 years, Trump has been evil and awful. That’s a constant.
😔
He needs to be impeached again then.
This man needs to be voted out of office… his evil actions is hurting Americans
Hurting? 95,000+ Americans disagreed with you from heaven
Trump is Satan, 94K Americans died. The worst number of deaths in the world! Many seniors died.
He should be immediately removed from office, tried for his sins, and put in prison.
@a mattei Hi, A. Have you imagined what he might do between Nov. and Jan when he’s lost the election? Hope someone thinks to replace the “football” with a phony one if they haven’t already.
@a mattei Have you ever let your mind wander to the time between Nov and Jan if he loses? Hope someone has thought to replace the “football” with a fake if they haven’t already.
Hey Michigan, how’s it feel to be Ukraine?
Best laugh I had so far today. Ukraine 😂
Oh my God I got that five minutes later
@Edward Schofield more fraud illegal votes you meant. Supreme Court soon to the rescue. Losers!!!
Michigan… DON’T FORGET WHAT REPUBLICANS DID TO FLINT AND IT’S WATER!
@votes- have consequences I won’t and I don’t live near Flint. We did find out recently that our water is also contaminated. I turned on the tap and brown liquid poured out. I called my City and was told it was a break in the main line. This has been going on for 2 years. This Michigan resident won’t be voting for him.
Rachel I’m just glad I live in a Purple state with a gop governor not that the people will see any of that funding.
He’s afraid and knows he’s going to lose this November 2020 !!
Nico Barrera Those are lies. Googling does not necessarily lead to true facts. I have followed Biden’s career for decades and he is not a child molester. Remember the googled ‘facts’ about Hilary Clinton running a ring of child molesters in the basement of Comet pizza in DC? Those were lies. Some poor guy believed those lies and drove there and shot up the place to free the children. He is in jail. There was no ring of child molesters. There wasn’t even a basement.
Arlene Wipfler If I get tested in morning but I can easily catch it after that isn’t it fair to say that testing is rather pointless that we should focus on people that more at risk . I don’t agree to quarantine either
Arlene Wipfler China cover up everything but are you giving them free pass there even speculation that if they were honest it would reduced by 90% world wide .
@Nico Barrera Because he trashed the 69 pg. CDC pandemic playbook, ignored his own intel, and procrastinated for SEVENTY precious days before taking action. NOW he encourages the “Liberators” & suggests 3 different lethal treatments.
Nico Barrera No that is Trump’s BS because he is incompetent to use the Defense Production Act to have the testing supplies manufactured. Every country that has gotten the pandemic under control and limited the loss of life has used massive amounts of testing, contact tracing and quarantine. That WORKED in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, etc. Because Trump didn’t stand up the testing many Americans have died.
I would refer you to Adam Schiff’s closing argument before the Senate impeachment vote in January. “What are the odds if left in office that he will continue trying to cheat? I will tell you: 100 percent,” he said. “A man without character or ethical compass will never find his way.”
Sounds like a Trump biography: Cartoonishly Evil.
That would be a well titled bio for Trump
caution Do Not Cross.is the second choice title for 2nd book.
@ICU america read at your own risk XD
northerniltree – u hit the nail on the head. If only u can hit the nail on his head…that will surely stop the vampire
Another reason why we need to vote this president out of office in November.
I pray everyday he dies eating a pretzel.
@jean reynolds thats exactly what he’s aiming for ,he’s allow to vote absentee but won’t let others . Hypocrite he will do what ever it takes to get reelected again
Vote him out!!!!
FRED SPANGENBERG not enough to vote him out, jail time please
Never going to happen.
He still doesn’t know what the Constitution says about elections. Isn’t it up to the States to choose how they hold elections and in their own Constitutions. Nothing to do with the Federal Government..
You say that as if trump cares about the Constatution, or the law.
@Dusty Rains Exactly what I’ve been thinking. Biden is going to win (though not by as much as he should). The Senate is *finally* going to flip Blue. And Dems will keep a reasonable majority in the House.
Biden is already implementing a much more progressive agenda. He’s working with Sanders and allies. As the great Bob Dylan once said, “The times, they are a-changin’.”
@Ted L From your fingers to God’s ears.
@Jeremiah C Don’t. Don’t get complacent. Plan for the worst possible scenario, and act accordingly. The Republicans, now that they’ve completely demolished both their base and credibility, will throw every possible dirty trick in and out of the book to stay in power. This is when they’re the most dangerous: when they don’t care about “appearing” to be credible anymore.
@Dusty Rains if only that were true. We cannot survive another 4 years.
Trump has bragged that he could have made from 2 billion to 5 billion if he had not been president.
So why does he want so badly to be president 4 more years?
Because Trump was broke when he ran. Overwhelmed with debt again.
I know in my gut that he is making himself and Kushner filthy rich by being our president.
Trump needs to go back to Florida.
Fellow Americans, please vote him out.
Funds that have *ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY CONGRESS.*
Who would have ever thought we would have a leader (and I use that term loosely) that would spread lies, misinformation, and propaganda like a teenager on Twitter?
He has admitted in ithe past great admiration for Kim Jong Un (N Korea), and this is the standard practice of governments like that. Including the government controlled press, which is why hes so upset at anybody not Faux News.
We still don’t.
Who is he leading , in actuality?
And towards What
Putin
Point your finger to where it belong to the Fake News Media your co Democrat lapdogs the enemy of the people.
@Adrienne Gormley You don’t realize how good and unusual the art of negotiation at it’s best. Obviously the previous Administrations failed to communicate with the North Koreans. Who would have guess he would be the first to bring them to the table. It’s a step forward that deserved admiration instead of criticizing it.
Hitler is alive, he just died his hair blonde and put on a lot of weight.
Mary Ann Brown ,if you about cricket that is what you would call a Bouncer,whoooooo.
*This feels like the longest, dumbest most corrupt Presidency in history.*
That would be because it is! He needs to go this year
I, totally agree the wasted 8 years of Oboma needs to be be corrected And we can do it a
@J.Michael Jefferson vote BLUE
Well, mail in votes in every state, what is he going to do about it.
Not all States allow voting by mail yet.
@Anita Gee
Well, then in those states that do allow.
That’s how the head of the Trump Crime Organization votes in Florida!
“Cartoonishly Evil.” That is the perfect phrase for that WH resident’s core being! Everything he does is cartoonishly evil. What a sorry state we are in. #VOTEBLUE
vote BLUE
Twump doesn’t want people to vote because he doesn’t like democracy. He wants to be the supreme leader like his friends
IT WILL BE A HARD FALL TO COME!
Yeah, we’d be so much better with Sleepy Joe lol get real!
@Lisa Sterling you say sleepy Joe when Trump said you could nuke hurricanes and windmills can cause cancer. Remember when he was sitting in the oval Office with Milani and forgot he had a son with her so please overshoot you’re saying is just coming right back on you
@Lisa Sterling Iam!
@des miro the harder they come,the harder they fall one and all (RIP BOB MARLEY)
WHY ARE PEOPLE IN POWER LETTING THIS HAPPEN?? This man should be in PRISON!!!
@person who’s real what our system of government lacks, society makes up for. Trump and McConnell will be social outcasts along with others.
@ICU america I can only hope so
In America the scales of justice are not always even.our government is suffocating from to much politics and not enoughpublic interest In current events. Relying on social mediafacebook to give instant gratification. But in your face methods get better results. Camping out in front of a politicians office’s says more to the world then words can say, and can’t be dismissed as easily as social media by political partisan ship.
Trump is a symptom of the deep-seated issues in American Society.. Solve the real problems or you’ll find yourselves with another Trump at some point in the future..
@person who’s real If people would deliver their unhappiness in person instead of by weak social media, would improve some changes in government.
Why isn’t anybody looking into impeaching him a second time?!
Too close to the election.
Too close to the election. Let the People decide. If he gets another 4 years… Immediate impeachment proceedings will start! First President to be double impeached and sent to Jail! LMAO
Waist of money at this point. The senate will never vote the uphold a house impeachment. Dems knew it the first time. Their all into deep it would result in many Rep senators being voted out too.
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