barbara boxer knew she wasn't going to win that. josh hawley knows he's not going to win that objection. he, like boxer, felt it was important to bring this up and have this moment -- >> but i'm asking you. >> -- where it was brought into focus. >> by the way, let me quote the republican senator from the state of pennsylvania where hawley from another state is saying pennsylvania didn't follow its own laws. he, senator pat toomey said the following, with today's decision this is going back to a court decision a couple of weeks ago by judge matthew brandt a long term conservative, president trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in pennsylvania. that's the republican senator from the great state of pennsylvania, right? >> i'm not arguing. >> so, i'm just curious if you call that a travesty in 2004, why does this one have legs to stand on? >> i don't think -- i don't think either of them do. i think that they're both trying to accomplish the same thing, which is simply draw att

>> is josh hawley taking political advise from barbara boxer? ised if conservatives who would actually endorsed that. boxers when tshe did that, republicans pointed out she was the single vote in the senate against certification. that's what republicans should be doing now. the thing that's different is josh hawley is playing directly to con spspiracconspiracyist lo. the people is egging him on and linking arms with are talking about cancelling votes and giving donald trump a second term. i would expect that josh hawley with all his fancy school degrees rae degre degre degrees realizes that. he knows what he's doing. he's acting like this is the only chance for him and he had no other choice but to stand up and do this. that's a bunch of baloney. this is a scam to play to the trump crowd that thinks the election was rigged. it was not. the department of justice has not found anything, the supreme court would not hear the cases and republicans state certified these results. josh hawley does not have anything special in his back pocket or secret kn

. >> one of those democrats he may be referring to is barbara boxer.objected to electoral college results in 2005. former senator boxer joins me now to talk about this all. good morning, great to see you, happy new year's to you. let's start there. in the 2004 race you objected to president george w. bush's election victory in ohio over john kerry. so explain how this and what senator josh hawley is doing? >> there's no comparison to what we did in '05. number one, john kerry had conceded the race. we have a president here who's orchestrating kind of an overthrow of the election. secondly, we said upfront we have no interest -- we said upfront we have no interest in overturning the election. all we wanted was to focus on voter suppression that we saw in ohio. she came to me on on behalf of members of the black caucus. she showed me photographs of african-american voters standing in line in the rain with children in their hands some of them in their arms, for up to nine hours. we found out there were only two voting machines in some of these precincts w

joining me is former senator barbara boxer. she held that california seat that kamala harris now holds before retiring from office, not seeking re-election in 2016 after serving three terms. and it will be up to california governor gavin newsom to appoint a replacement for senator harris. so, senator boxer, what criteria? who does the governor consider in making a selection? >> the governor has an incredible embarrassment of riches to choose from. which is such a tribute to our great state. i mean, we have a deep bench, and so the governor has a decision to make. should he make an appointment of somebody who will run again in two years when the seat is up, or should he just appoint a caretaker and then start fresh and let there be a primary and let the people decide? this is a good decision for him. >> what are you leaning toward? if you were to nudge him, encourage him, what would you say? >> well, i tell you, i don't ever tell other people what to do. i really don't. but i could say, if it were me, so if this were me, i would

. >>> i want to bring in barbara boxer, former democratic senator of california. thank you for your time. it's been interesting to see the debate about the economic team that president-elect joe biden has been putting together. curious to get your thoughts. what do his choices say about his promise to prioritize american workers? is this the team that can make that happen from your perspective? >> this is the team that's going to fight every day for the middle class of this country, a middle class that is so butylized right now. people standing online for food who never thought they'd ever have to do that because of the mishandling of this pandemic. you've got a team that's brilliant. they have the wherewithal to know what they're doing. they're all experienced. they don't need training wheels on their bikes. they're going to reflect the values of president-elect joe biden who i've known since the '80s. he has always stood up for working people. >> do you think there was any space in there to incorporate at least the vision, if not the personalities of someone lik

barbara boxer and al franken. it's great to have you both on tonight. thank you. lot going on at this moment. i appreciate it. that is "all in" on this tuesday night. where am i? what happened? that was a lot of news. "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening rachel. someday we will do a whole show -- we will do a year of shows that's all the stuff we had to throw away because of this president. it'll be like a visit to a parallel universe where there isn't a virulent chaos agent running the federal government of the most powerful nation on earth.

barbara boxer and al franken. it's great to have you both on tonight. thank you.oing on at this moment. i appreciate it. that is "all in" on this tuesday night. where am i? what happened? that was a lot of news. "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening rachel. >>> good evening chris. indeed a lot of news, awe disorienting amount of news. thanks at home for joining us this hour. this is one of these nights. some day we will gather up all the news stories, all the segments, all the drafts, scripts and carefully prepared questions for our interview guests and we'll gather those things that got

barbara boxer, adam jentleson, thank you both. >>> the threat of violence shut down parts of the michigan government today. michigan's secretary of state, who has been targeted herself, joins me next. ins me next. >>> it looked for a time earlier today like things could get ugly in michigan. the state closed its house and senate office buildings over what they said were credible threats of violence during today's electoral college meeting. and then republican state representative gary eisen suggested he and other republicans would disrupt the electoral college vote. he also predicted there would be violence, prompting this exchange. >> can you assure me that this is going to be a safe day in lansing, nobody is going to get hurt? >> no. >> all right. >> i don't know because what we're doing today is uncharted. it hasn't been done. >> after gary eisen made those comments, michigan republican legislative leaders pulled him from his committee assignments. meanwhile, the scene in lansing was thankfully ultimately calm. just a dozen or so pro-trump protesters showing up outside the capitol on a

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this morning, we played you some sound bites of then california senator, democrat barbara boxer, announcing her plans to object to the electoral certification of george w. bush in the early 2000s. she claimed election irregularities. and here is a democratic senator objecting to electoral vote of president donald trump. >> if they're not signed by a senator, the objection cannot be entertained. >> mr. president, it is signed by a member of the house but not yet by the member of a senate. >> it is over. >> now, in order to throw the electoral college certification into a debate and a vote, you have to have support from the other house. that senator you just saw did not have. but senator hawley in this election probably will have. if there is a debate and a vote it's not really biden they'll be hurting. the vote can't rise to the point where it would block biden's presidency, because the house would have to vote yes and it's not going to do that. so, many republicans argue the party most hurt by hawley's objection are republicans. the democrats will paint them as not willing to listen to vote

here is a flashback to when barbara boxer took that stand on january 6th and 2005.: every citizen of this country who is registered to vote should be guaranteed that their vote matters. that their vote is counted. i am joining with congresswoman stephanie tubbs jones to cast a light of truce on a flawed system which must be fixed now. >> i raised these objections because i am convinced that we, as a body, must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities. griff: election irregularities and a flawed system. that's what we heard there. the media praised those lawmakers for doing it then but yet, jason, now hawley is being blasted for engages in conspiratorial fantasies for raising what is a legitimate point particularly when it comes to big tech and their censorship which is in every way a form of disenfranchisement. jason: i doubt much of the media is going to be praising hawley and mo brooks in the house of representatives. what i think is interesting about this, what will happen procedurally on the 6th is they will bring this up. there will

but it is true that your former colleague senator barbara boxer objected i believe in 2004 trying tobng attention to te election issues in ohio. and in retrospect, was that mistake? >> no, of course a senator has a right to do that. but let's ask the question, is it reasonability, is it sechesable, csecheensz is able, can he make a case? at this point the president has been hanging out for weeks renicing to acknowledge the obvious. every lawsuit he filed has failed. rudy giuliani's crazy theories have taken him nowhere and the people he surrounds him with for a chorus of yes people haven't really been successful. countless said that i voted for president trump because the election results did not end up what i wanted. we lost. and now what is the basis then for senator hawley to make this objection? sgle says >> he says he is doing it because there are voters who have concerns about the election. >> if concerns drive us in to political edagenda, i wonder ife ever reach a point where people have confidence in what we're doing.where people have spoken by 7 million vote, they make it cle

election, there was a democratic congresswoman from ohio, stephanie tubbs jones, she was joined by barbara boxerator from california, they objected to ohio's electoral count making a point about voting there, and voter disenfranchisement and paper ballots. and what you said is exactly what will happen, the joint session breaks up. the house debates the challenge separately. the senate debates the challenge. so they each go to their own chamber. there's debate. there's a vote on it. it's unlikely there is going to be a vote that passes, that actually somehow upends the electoral count. that doesn't seem really within the realm of possibility. so it's all about making a point and josh hawley is laying down the fist marker for perhaps a presidential run in 2024. he wants to make sure all of his trump supporters know he's an alley of president trump, who still holds so much power signed the party. >> and despite the embarrassment for the democratic process here, it does raise a question of voter integrity. and josh hawley said at the very least congress should adopt measures to secure the integrity

senator barbara boxer doing this on the ohio vote. >> a different situation, trump said there is voteryone is entitled to challenge something if they believe there is a basis for it and she brought that forward because she had concerns about it but trump it is a false narrative, there is no evidence even his own party, mitch mcconnell saying we shouldn't do this. it will divide the gop and we will see what happens in the senate race in georgia and i think it will be affected by that. todd: a lot to respond to. >> reporter: the reality of the case, people don't want to talk about the truth, the election integrity, issues that compromise our process in america there was and is election fraud taking place in america. this happened in 2000 -- in 2015, democrats did the same thing and they want us to shut up and sit down absolutely not. absolutely ridiculous and the fact that we have a senator willing to open up a debate so we can have a real discussion to bring forth evidence, i don't think it is over yet. the american people need to have all the facts and evidence presented and that is wh

house when stephanie tubs jones and barbara boxer helped her with the challenge to george bush's election over the ohio count that went nowhere, slowed everything down, but it was annoying and seen as a frivolous action at the time. >> to your point, though, that was different. i'm not defending it. i'm saying that was about one state, ohio. john kerry had conceded his election loss the night after the election, as most presidents do. when they did that, they explicitly said they were not trying to overturn the election. this is a different animal because the president continues to claim that this was a fraudulent election, which is bought, sadly, by the majority of republicans, according to a lot of public polling here. tell us about that difference and what it means for confidence in our electoral process. >> yeah, you're right, jim, it is different than john kerry had conceded, no question about that. what's different this time, though, what republican voters need to hear. they need to hear an alternative narrative. i mentioned, adam kinsinger but there is paul mitchell, i can go down

he cited a 2005 effort by barbara boxer a democrat, that vote went down 74-1. he felt that was an embarrassment for the senate at the time. but also it puts his colleagues in a bad position. and mitch mcconnell doesn't care necessarily about president trump all that much. what he cares about is the health and continuation of his republican majority. and he is concerned that those republicans, some of whom will now be faced we decision of facing president trump who is obviously popular with the base and the republican party. there are a number extremely frustrated with their colleague. >> let's talk about the dynamic phil just mentioned. he's demanding mitch mcconnell isn't putting it up for a vote. he's still demanding that it happens. mitch mcconnell is not putting it up for a vote. talk about that dynamic here. what is happening? >> it is fascinating to see what is happening between mitch mcconnell and donald trump in the last days of his presidency because they are completely at odds with this. mitch mcconnell knows how to get something through the senate. h

does that mean by the way you think it was appropriate for barbara boxer and others to do that in '04 and '16? >> senator van hollen in 2005, january 2005 personally praise the democrats in the house and senate who objected during the certification process as it was their right to do. every senator house member has the right to object if they want to. it is a judgment call on their point. my view is this: it is my opportunity to stand up and say something. stand up and point out there were irregularities in this election, there was fraud. no one disputes that, by the way, that there needs to be an investigation how widespread this broad was and it needs to be changed. our election laws need to be changed, and obviously that congress has done nothing. and they won't do anything unless somebody stands up and says something. >> will: let's talk about what you hope to accomplish, senator. first of all, will you object to the certification? we know that you will but will you vote against certification of joe biden is the next president of the united states? >> we'll be vote state-by-state

also note that after the 2004 election, there was one democratic senator who did object, senator barbara boxer of california, but it was a very different situation. john kerry had conceded and boxer made clear she wasn't trying to overturn the election, but rather to spotlight problems in ohio, such as voters being forced to stand in line at some precincts for 10 or even 12 hours. what josh hawley is doing is very different. donald trump continues to insist that the election was stolen from him. last night he was rage tweeting deranged attacks on republican officials in georgia who won't steal the election for him, including a claim that the secretary of state's brother, quote, works for china. it turns out the georgia secretary of state does have a brother, but he has nothing to do with chinese tech companies or voting machines. he's just an ordinary guy. then today seemingly in response to hawley's announcement, trump tweeted january 6th, see you in d.c. on what basis is josh hawley contesting the election on the 6th of january? georgia just finished yet another audit of its results that con

the word, saying don't go along with it, many times highlighting that back in 2005 a democrat barbara boxer got on board with a house challenge and she lost that vote 74-1. mcconnell trying to highlight that he thought that was an embarrassing defeat, hoping it would persuade all of his conference to stick with him on this. i think the reality is, and we've all been watching over the next couple of weeks, it seemed kind of inevitable that someone was going to do this and probably not just josh hawley. there will probably be others as well. but i think the big picture of frustration from the mcconnell tem and i think from a lot of senior republicans right now is it's putting their members in a difficult position of having to vote against president trump, perhaps bring the ire of the base, perhaps draw a primary challenge because of that vote, or vote for the president on an election that has been laid out very clearly, has been litigated to the hilt and it's very clearly not the case that donald trump has grounds for his complaints right now. >> and ben ginsburg, i was talking to john bolton

barbara boxer and al franken. it's great to have you both on tonight. thank you. a lot going on at this moment. i appreciate it. that is "all in" on this tuesday night. where am i? what happened? that was a lot of news. "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening rachel. >>> good evening chris. indeed a lot of news, awe disorienting amount of news. thanks at home for joining us this hour. this is one of these nights. some day we will gather up all the news stories, all the segments, all the drafts, scripts and carefully prepared questions for our interview guests and we'll gather those things that got torn up and thrown away one hour before air time because of nights like this. someday we will do a whole show -- we will do a year of shows that's all the stuff we had to throw away because of this president. those shows will be like a visit to a parallel universe where there isn't a virulent carry yos agent running the federal government of the most powerful nation on earth. but that is what we've got. and while he's still there on nights like this, we throw

he cited a 2005 effort by barbara boxer, a democrat. that vote went down 74-1. and made clear he thought that was an embarrassment for the senator, at the time. but also, it puts his colleagues in a very bad position. and mitch mcconnell, who is willing to accept reality that joe biden is the president-elect of the united states doesn't care necessarily about president trump, all that much. what he does care about is the health and continuation of his republican conference and his republican majority. and he is concerned that those republicans, some of whom have re-election campaigns in 2022 or 2024, will now be faced with the decision of siding with president trump, who is obviously still very popular with the base. still, very popular with the broader party. or siding with reality. it's a position mcconnell doesn't want his members to be in and, don, i can tell you in talking republicans throughout the course of the day, they are extremely frustrated with their colleague. because they know that is now the position they are going to be put in. >> let's talk abo

the one in 2004 when stephanie tubbs jones did it with barbara boxer, it was about four minutes.e very quick, if that. maybe senator tuberville does it. the crucial part was finding that senator. maybe it happens, maybe it doesn't, but it could happen. >> matt, i want to pick up on exactly that point. you know, let's say this does happen and it's a testament again to how the president sort of has the party in the palm of his hand in many ways. how do the republicans move forward from that? january 6th will come and go, joe biden will be president. but are there going to be the loyalty tests, should we expect them every few weeks or months? are they still jumping up and down depending on how higher the president's twitter tells them to do? is someone going to step forward and say, enough is enough. we don't have to listen to this guy anymore? >> well, i have to disagree with donny, i don't think trump is going anywhere and that doesn't mean the media won't cover him. look back to what he was in 2011 to 2015 before he ran. he was ubiquitous on cable news. if you remember in 2020 --

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