he puts his me over our we. >> so joining me now is matthew dowd, matthew, thank you for joining us.ouncement today. you running as a democrat for texas lieutenant governor. you are running against a party you dedicated years of your life to because you see the gop as a threat to democracy now. so what's at stake not just in texas but the whole country do you think? >> well, what's at stake -- thank you for having me, don. what is at stake is our very foundation of our democracy and the lives of millions and millions of citizens in texas and across the nation. it's not a choice anymore between two sort of equal political parties that have different ideological bee lieve. it's the choice between majority rule and team hypocrisy, the republican party that believes in tyranny of the minority. every single decision they do, whether it's they don't believe in science, they don't think telling the truth is an important value anymore. they don't think protecting the common good in communities is an important value anymore and there is only one party that believes in those things and that's

bush matthew dowd is here. matthew, we have a lot to discuss. let's get into it it.show law enforcement officers on horseback using aggressive tactics confronting migrants crossing the u.s. border. white house press secretary jen psaki said the footage was horrible to watch. who takes the blame for what we're seeing? what do you think of this? >> to me we all take the blame for it it because -- this has been 20, 25 years in the making, don, because we have a completely broken immigration system. it's not efficient. it's not effective. it needs to be fixed. i actually was with -- george w. bush tried to do this when i worked for him, and then the republicans killed the fix on it. so it fundamentally comes down to the inability of politicians and the gop has been at the forefront of this of not allowing any fix to the immigration system. it needs to be better. it needs to be better for efficiency, for security, but it needs to be better actually for a more compassionate and secure immigration system. so we need to fix it. it's a huge problem, and it's not a problem fro

matthew dowd announced he's running against patrick as the democrat and matthew dowd joins me with michael steele, former chairman and rnc of the "michael steele podcast." before we get to your run in texas that lit up twitter this morning, i want to talk about the fact we have these new subpoenas that. we're getting closer and closer to finding out the logistics how the insurrection went down. in your mind, what is the significance of this investigation that we're seeing conducted by this special committee? >> well, it shows, i think it shows clearly, which we all knew that this wasn't a spontaneous event. there was causation involved and they conspired to do this and constructed this. it was a planned event that was facilitated by elected officials, which i actually think that's where we're finally are getting to in the course of this, that this was not just 5,000 people or 2,000 that just showed up because they wanted to do something and just spontaneously went to the capitol. that's, i think, the most despicable part of this is that elected officials and we're probably going to learn a

with us tonight, juanita tolliver and matthew dowd. matthew was a founder of country over party. good to see you. juanita, where does the biden white house need to focus its energy if there is any hope of moving federal voting rights legislation? when you look at this bill, clearly a target some of the things that were effective in getting more people in 2020, particularly people of color, to vote. >> that's right. and there is protection for voting legislation and then privately applying pressure to senate democrats because we know that the republican party at large is resolute in their decision to not advance any voting rights protections. and honestly support this coordinated effort of voter suppression that we are seeing across the country. now it falls to senate democrats to take up that same energy we saw from texas democrats and representative jasmine crockett and use every tool in their power to advance these bills. and i don't say that lightly. i think it will be a big step for the white house to come out and name the need to have a carve out of the filibuster. without i

matthew dowd, i want to bring you into this. have thoughts about whether the united states supreme court is at this crisis point in terms of their credibility? they let stay on the books a vigilanty enforcement system in a law that overturns roe v wade. >> what we have seen from this court is they have got a problem with the court looking political they invited the problem in. i don't think they think they need to be consistent on any of this. it is a right-ring element of -- right-wing element. this didn't just green light overturning roe versus wade. what happened in texas overturned roe versus wade because the law and the way it was done is you basically have six weeks. most women don't know they are pregnant for four or five weeks or even after six weeks, what they did is completely ban abortion in texas no matter what, including rape and incest. including rape and incest. we are in that place. i don't think the court -- the court acts like they care that they look political but they created this problem and the idea that th

scale of 1-10, 10 be most fearful, 1 being not fearful at all, how fearful of you -- are you of matthew dowdhaider, getting into the race for lieutenant governor? no one even knows who he is, god bless him. are you afraid? >> he wants to run against me, i'm not fearful at all. he has an opponent, he may not get out of his primary. he's another mean democrat who wants open borders, tell people what to do, take all your guns, bird babies, that's what matthew dowd and every other democrat wants and it won't hold with hispanic voters, black voters and white voters. we will win '22, we will be triumphant all over the country. >> laura: great to see you. president obama breaks ground on his presidential center. "seen and unseen" has all the details. raymond arroyo next. it's not a sign of weakness, but really a sign of strength. people sometimes don't want to talk about mental health, they don't want to talk about problems that they might have that aren't physical, but those problems are just as real. i have this disease you know, and it makes it awkward that i have to explain myself or prove myse

still with us, juanita tolliver and matthew dowd.d if elections continue to be stolen, in other words, the big lie, americans will pay for it. >> the big lie has already led to bloodshed. to me the most dangerous thing affecting our democracy today which may sink it, which i'm actually worried about it, is the fact we no longer believe -- part of our country no longer believes that truth matters and they no longer believe in the common good, they no longer believe we should sacrifice in the interest of all to make everyone else better. the constant lies have not only caused this huge problem with what happened on january 6, they've caused this huge problem on the pandemic. they caused a huge problem on facing climate change because lie after lie after lie after lie keeps feeding this. and in the end, what it's going to do? i mean, i don't feel sorry for the people that are listening to this and then taking action on it, but they're being lied to. and when they're lied to, they actually decide, well, this is not -- i need to overthrow

in matthew dowd, former george w. bush strategist and founder of country over party.o our two texas friends, a big welcome back to the broadcast tonight. professor, i'd like to begin with you, there was a recall in california, where californians woke up to greet davis getting the boot. in a new governor named arnold schwarzenegger. do you hazard a prediction for tomorrow? >> i don't like to hazard predictions, but i do think we are dealing with two totally different scenarios here. with arnold schwarzenegger, we did not have the ecosystem of trumpism. in the clip that you just played brian you heard that gavin newsom, has squarely made this a part of trumpism. i think trumpism is squarely on the ballot. that being said,. recalls happen as a result of political mishmash, which then open the way for arnold's words, an angry very cans manic quality known personality to enter. here we saw political missteps again for gavin newsom. gavin newsom just fit that stereotype, a limousine liberal. where there's already murmurs of there being a recall among republicans among the t

join joi joining me now, matthew dowd, former chief strategist for president george w. bush. have the possibility of delivering a massive infrastructure and social program. fulfilling biden's promises and giving themselves something to campaign on, come 2020 and beyond. and yet, the whole thing could fall apart. how does this happen? >> well, it's -- i guess, i'm -- i -- i should say i'm never surprised at politics but i'm always seem to be constantly surprised these days. i mean, it happens when people are -- one, look at the long-term and the long-term gain of the common good and the country. they don't look at it that way. and they have some sort of short-term political considerations of this. i actually think in this case the so-called moderates in the house and the senate are making a huge miscalculation in this because the more successful joe biden is, the more apt they're going to be to win their election. so the more they can help joe biden get his programs through, the more apt it's going to help them. the idea they are going to somehow undercut joe biden and that's

jonathan reiner and matthew dowd, the former-chief strategist for president george w. bush. ening. thank you for joining. also, by the way, matthew is the author of "revelations on the river." i cannot forget that one. matthew, with that blunder i just made, i am going to start with you. president biden addressed the frustration of people who are already vaccinated and he had this message for the unvaccinated americans. here it is. >> the vaccine has fda approval. over 200 million americans have gotten at least one shot. we have been patient but our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us. so please, do the right thing but just don't take it from me. listen to the voices of unvaccinated americans who are lying in hospital beds. taking their final breath saying, if only i'd gotten vaccinated. if only. it's a tragedy. >> so, look, matthew, he is certainly frustrated. what do you think of what you heard? >> well, i, 1,000%, agree with president biden on this. i mean, we're at the point where the unvaccinated are not only hurting themselves which they are be

matthew dowd said it. no fix for the republican party.o fix. >> yeah. thank you. i appreciate it. >>> a new book says that the former president's top general had to explain to him what an insurrection was. i mean, that's not shocking, is it? but someone at least said it in the book, right? and it happened months before january 6th. before i got my dexcom g6, i can never get my a1c below 13. and now it's 7.4. before i got my dexcom g6, this small wearable lets me see my numbers on my phone. it's so much easier to make adjustments. now i feel like i've got this. when you have metastatic breast cancer, what does it mean to be a thriver? it means we grab a hold of what matters most. we sweat the details. ask for what we want. get what we need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. living longer is possible and proven with kisqali when taken with a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor in premenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pill that's significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus a

. >> children of the same foul spirit, "outfront" now is matthew dowd. so matthew, you know, this is not something that's happened before, right? we know how these two feel about each other but to have this erupt in this way we have not seen. the acr acrimony from trump in statement we're getting today is notable, even for him. >> even for donald trump, even from both sides of it the acrimony isn't surprising. i think donald trump has -- you can accurately say yes, george w. bush got us into the war and i, as you know, i broke with the president, president bush over the war but i think this is about donald trump sees public service as a sign of weakness and the bush family including george w. for the mistakes he made was dedicated in their lives to public service. donald trump never thinks about things in relation to public service or servant leadership. i think george w. bush was right to say the biggest thing, the biggest problem facing america today is not coming from overseas, it's right here in our country and the finger is pointed directly at donald

health fearful are you are matthew dowd, trump later getting in the race for lieutenant governor, no knows who this is but are you afraid? >> he wants to run against me i'm not fearful at all. he won't get out of his own primary. testimony democrat who wants open borders, tell people what to do, take all your guns, abort babies, that is what matthew doubted every democrat wants, black voters and white voters, we will be triumphant all over the country. >> vaccine theory gets a few boosters and president obama breaks ground on his presidential center, seen and unseen as all the details, raymond arroyo next. an unthinkable genocide took the lives of six million jews and thousands of jewish survivors are still suffering in poverty today. god calls on people who believe in him to act on his word. "comfort ye, comfort my people." when i come here and i sit with lilia i realize what she needs right now is food. these elderly jews are weak and they're sick. they're living on $2 a day which is impossible. this now, is how god's children are living. take this time to send a survival food box

bush matthew dowd is here as well. gentlemen, good evening to you.o have both of you here. david, the president's speech was defiant. it probably was the most forceful we have seen him on afghanistan. he was trying to sell the decision to leave while defending how it was carried out. how do you think americans will see this? >> well, look, first of all, i'd be the first thing i'd always say is it's hard to judge anything in the moment, you know, and we tend to do that and say this is what is going to happen and this is how people are going to interpret it in the future. i think time will tell. my guess is that the decision to leave afghanistan will wear well. already, most americans support it. even as most americans think the exit wasn't handled as well as it could have been. and i thought the most powerful part of the president's speech today was not his sort of defiant defense of the details of the exit but his very compelling argument for why it was time to leave afghanistan and what it would have meant to stay. and i think most americans believe

joining me now to discuss is matthew dowd a former advisor to george w.f the new book revelations on the river. thank you for joining us. i don't know why we care what donald trump says. anyways. good evening. i mean, seriously. if he said something positive about something that actually made sense, then that would be news. but that he said something toxic and ignorant is certainly not news after all these years. >> he's consistent. he's consistent. >> he's consistently ignorignor. so ctrump didn't drain the swam. he made it radio active, no? >> oh, well, absolutely. he made it radio active for the republican party but i think the republican party there was radiation fermenting before donald trump showed up which is why the got dzilla emerged from the swamp and tried to destroy democracy. so republicans have only themselves to blame of how they ended up in this place and people like the congressman who decided not to run for e reel reelection is a unicorn and understands like many republicans that that is now the party all in 100% the party is the party o

joining me now to discuss is matthew dowd and so xi hinojosa and reverend erica forbes.s about this guy brian hughes. why does he have so much power in texas? who gave him this name conservative crusader? what do we need to know about him? >> there's one person and his name is donald trump. he is a donald trump loyalist. in fact everyone might remember after the 2020 election when donald trump claimed fraud in a number of states he put together a legal team that was sort of an embarrassment. giuliani led the legal team. a person was part of it and under douglas brian hughes, same state senator from texas pushing both the voter repression bill and claiming fraud there and the anti-abortion bill. so he claimed in pennsylvania that there was widespread voter fraud and a judge found that that was not in fact true so it's no surprise that these folks abbott and hughes are both pushing the bills because they are trump loyalists and worried about the next election. >> this is written about the link between the voting and abortion law. though the two laws address different domai

matthew dowd, i wonder your thoughts on how to do that?, first, great to be here with y'all, especially with john and carol and you, nicolle, obviously. i mean first of all the idea that they're celebrating january 6th, i just have to pause a minute. the idea that they're celebrating that event on january 6th to me is exactly akin if folks got together and celebrated 9/11 and the 19 tourists that flew planes to new york, the pentagon and the field in pennsylvania. it is the same exact thing. if somebody stood out there and wanted to celebrate that we would say these people are out of control, they need to be arrested. so the idea they're celebrating an insurrection is already disturbing enough as it is. i agree with john completely on this. the only way we'll get through this is -- and it is not just them. it is the republican party, and the difference between what has happened in our history and today is for our history there's been fringe crazy conspiracy elements in both political parties, but there were guardrails in place and the peop

let's discuss now with matthew dowd, former chief strategist for president george w. bush.ew book "revelations on the river." by the way, good evening, what a great title for that book. and congratulations. everybody, go read it. >> thank you. >> matthew, i am sure you have seen the numbers of this new cn poll on the state of our democracy. ological almost all americans think democracy is underattack or being poisoned. if the well has been poisoned so much, what is the antidote? >> well first, i think the american public needs to clearly understand who poisoned it and how they poisoned it because in order to confront the poison or have an antidote to the poison, you got to know where it came from or where the pollution to the river of democracy is sourced from. and i think that's really important and -- and it is whether people on the gop or the dem's side think democracy is under attack and it's fragile and all of that. we all need to understand it is the gop, primarily through lying and deception and various things including what happened in the last election and actually

. >> which brings us to the key question of what we do about it and, bill, our friend matthew dowd had we need to prioritize to safeguard our democracy. take a listen. i think today, our democracy is broken. 2022 is by far away more important than 2020. because what happens if the republicans win in 2022? it means that everything they have done, january 6th, all these things that have happened, all the way to -- in the aftermath of the 2020 election, they are going to be left loose with no rains. honestly, vote democratic from the top to the bottom, to try to force the republicans to change what they are doing. >> bill, what's does let loose with no rains looked like? can it be stopped? >> well, we will see. i think it would be safer, frankly, if the democrats -controlled congress friend other to use because would prevent the republicans from controlling congress as we go into the november 2024 long term -- as we go into the 2024 election, possibility of trump there. and then we have one house that might go along with his attempt to overturn the results. it might have been at the state

our friend matthew dowd had some thoughts on what we need to do to prioritize saving our democracy. >day our democracy is broken. 2022 is by far way more important than 2020. what happens if the republicans win in 2022? it means everything that they've done, january 6th, all the things that have happened in the aftermath of the 2020 election, they're going to be let loose. it will try to change what they're doing. >> what does let wloos no reins look like? can it be stopped? >> well, we'll see. i think it would be safer if the democrats controlled congress for another two years. it would prevent the republicans from controlling congress as we go into the november 2024. as we go into the november 2024 election. possibly with trump there. and then we have one house that might go i know what the attempt to overturn results. they're trying to purge the decent election commissioners and others who stood in the way of trump. mitch mcconnell, remember that speech he gave after january 6th. he was very upset. he didn't quite vote to impeach but he's not on trump's team. he's going i know what

there's a lot to discuss tonight with cnn senior political commentator, david axelrod, and matthew dowder chief strategist for president george w. bush. also, the author of "revelations on the river." gentlemen, good evening to both of you. >> don. >> matthew, we are now getting a sense of what we'll hear from the president tomorrow in his effort to curve the delta variant and boost vaccinations. is it time to see more sticks and less carrots in that battle against covid? >> well, there's been a ton of carrots and very few sticks, so i think we need more sticks. it's gone from hesitancy to out-and-out obstruction to folks getting the vaccine. i noticed today, i saw information, 91% of biden voters have gotten the vaccine. 50% of trump voters have gotten the vaccine. and that number has not risen very much in the last few weeks. so, i think we're at the point, in order to protect the common good which all of us should have an interest in and -- and move forward, i think we're going to have to start seeing sticks and that's going to start including mandates and ways to sort of make people

also with us political strategist and someone who knows texas politics better than anyone, matthew dowd. jane, this audit in arizona cost their taxpayers over 400,000 bucks. now there is a conclusion, for all those people in that state who have been all worked up not accepting the results, saying it was rigged, saying trump is the real president, what are they saying now, now that their audit is done? >> you know, they've been saying those things before they were counting the ballots. i think we have to acknowledge that this so-called audit is a partisan review conducted and funded by people who had conclusions before they started counting the ballots. >> hold on. it was a partisan review that gave them the opposite of the outcome they were looking for. how do those people still make the argument trump won? how their review is done and it says it was biden. >> you know, they're going to look at the fact that the numbers are slightly different according to the draft report that we've been circulating, nbc has not confirmed that that's the same draft report that will be announced later to

. >> i want to go to matthew dowd, long-time texan that served in the bush, cheney ecampaign.en critical of governor ab abbott. your point of view i understand. abbott is offering a lot of red meat to his base. redist redistricting, that anti abortion law, taking on critical race theory. what does this mean for his political standing in the state? >> well, he -- what is fascinating is how consistent he's been in the last year, which is either not dealing with a huge problem, the grid and other problems in texas and then ferment other culture war problems in order to sort of not deal with those problems of things texans don't want to deal with or there is a highly unpopular or spreads a lie about the election, which is and then creates a solution to solve a non-exist tabletent problem. his numbers are lower than ever since he's opinion governor so they're at the lowest point. he's at 51%, 41% approval, 51% disapproval. he's in trouble. it's going to take the right candidate with the right message and the right campaign to beat him. he's vulnerable because he's gone against the

karen bass, a democratic member of the house of representatives on the judiciary committee, matthew dowd, who is a founder of country over party, the author, and jacob soboroff, joining us live from san francisco. he is our msnbc correspondent. let's start with just talking about this election, congresswoman bass. the exit polls will come in shortly. we will read what we have of those exit polls. we don't have all of it. we will give our audience what we've got. how are you feeling going into tonight? >> i'm feeling good. i think in the last couple of months and especially the last few weeks, momentum has picked up on the democratic side. i think for a long time, people didn't really think this was going to happen considering it is the sixth attempt. you know, joy, there are over 60 recalls happening in our state on every level of government. once we defeat the recall today, i think we need to take a step back and see if there's something bigger at play. >> what's bigger at play, matthew, i think is this theme among republicans that it actually isn't possible for them to lose elections,

outfront now, matthew dowd. chief stratd gist for the bush-cheney 2004 presidential campaign. look, all these things are being said. are these things true, right? substantiate or debunk it. and the court documents the times obtained say the memo debunk today all and had all the fact checking and reports out about it. saying it wasn't true. and then, the memo goes out to the campaign and they sat on it. they sat on it as the conspiracy spread. no one stood up and said it was false. does that surprise you at all? >> well, unfortunately, in that -- in that world, those people -- ends justify the means in this. to me, erin, as i think about this, it is not just the lie in -- in it of itself that spread. it's the repercussions from the lie that have also spread. to me, it's the same thing -- it's akin to somebody screaming fire in a crowded theater, right? and people stampede themselves and there is other people standing onstage that knew the truth that could have told people to say, no, there is no fire. calm down. there's no reason. and the ramifications of that, people dying, sh

i couldn't agree more with matthew dowd about messaging.but here is what i do know. when you are extreme you lose elections. i got a second term in the senate strictly because -- i mean was i a strong candidate? yes. did i work my you know what off? yes, but i also ended up with an opponent who was very extreme and it freaked people out how extreme he was. that's what is going on in texas right now. so here is my big point of this segment. state legislative races matter. >> yeah. >> that's where democrats have really dropped the ball. they have been so focused on senate races and congressional races and presidential races, donors all over the country are ignorant about what is going on under their own noses in state legislatures. this -- what is going on in texas is political malpractice because texas has gained prominence because they've attracted new business and tech business and young workers. my daughter is among them. she is freaked out. they will not attract young workers with this kind of profile. this is not the kind of state young

i is know it is true because matthew doubt tweeted it and jennifer dowd retweeted it and they are bothughter] [laughter] [laughter] again jesse is arguing the conservative pov. jessica it's hard to blame a demented old man for botching a war when he never should've been in charge of the first place. tell us white biden voters should be ashamed and humbled by the mess he made, so much so they should not vote in 2022. >> first and foremost i want to actually thank you for having me on your show. guy's introduction where he panned it conservative tv which is an embarrassing thing to do. he does not know 76 million people voted for donald trump at least three of them, like you kennedy. you've gone ahead and offended all of them. i came tonight even though i'm sitting alone in my home over thousand miles away from god and i wanted to ask his permission to take it down so i could argue my viewpoint. so guy is it alright for me too take it down? you know i'm pro science. >> and no i don't care if you're vaccinated put on a third mask i want a second and a third mask and it is for the children

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