to that's fine appropriate he lost he lost he lost the election he lost the court case as leader mccollum mcconnell recognized the day after the electors certified the votes on december 14th he said quote many millions of us had hoped that the presidential election would yield a different result but our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on january 20th the electoral college has spoken patriotism sometimes there is a reason to dispute an election sometimes the calmest close sometimes we ask for a recount go to courts all of that's appropriate i lost my 1st election i stayed in bed for 3 days we do what we need to do and we move on. this was not that because when all of these people confirmed the donald trump of loss when the courts here is here is a department of justice save officials congress his vice president were ready to commit to the peaceful transfer of power the peaceful transfer of power donald trump was not ready and so we are all here because he was not ready day after day he told to supporters false outlandish claims of why this election is r

uncommon these days but what has surprised me is just how quickly this appears to be accelerating mccollum's government to sign some 575 contracts with consultancy firm since october 28th covering everything from economic recovery to. public sector apparels big business the beat. for around 10 percent of their overall profits so how do people feel. especially since there was a call for tenders all of that was it for the french firms to will not because i don't understand why would it be a group that would benefit from these funds that's the story you just told me something actually i trust the government listen listen. i think these are things to deserve to be thought about we do need a private company to think about how we do transportation we still have the french railways air france gets in business i think we could use them more wisely more courage to do more for france 1st you don't for example he doesn't give enough to front we give the impression that micron is no longer the president he does nothing french government has played down the role played by groups like mckinsey consultancy

during the yellow vest protests the government rejected the accusations at the time with president mccollum calling him an acceptable however then prime minister edward felipe admitted mistakes and law enforcement handling of the rallies but the roma drinkers again says it's the lack of action from authorities in his view that's even worse than police brutality. you know when officials talk about us mentally retarded on live television you also need to be able to deal with that that has lasted 2 years and of course there is no way i can fight back against that the pressure that these people the government the state put on me personally and on my family cost me much more harm than the police who gallops to my out. reduce health services under fire for adopting new gender neutral language rules at this time the world's going through the pandemic the priorities right now what how serious it is what we gauge opinion about it after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you. 3 headed v

but the second donald isn't just governing mccollum needed to cut him loose and that's exactly what he did and the reason is the party is suffering tremendously and mcconnell's trying to hold it together is donors are just rank and file republicans are changing their party registration and he's facing at least 3 and maybe more coming retirements all of that threats to him and his position so what doesn't make sense to me is a vote to acquit but the speech blasting trump and placing blame squarely on his shoulders for the insurrection in january that actually make sense to me so that's he's already thinking ahead to the next election cycle. oh gosh the i would say to 2020 2024. yes, indeed, okay, so about the republicans that switched sides. >>and voted with democrats it wasn't enough, but it was something what does it say about the way that the republican party is going in that direction. >>well i think i think it's just another piece of evidence and there are that the party has shifted a lot i would argue since 1968, i think richard nixon may be set off this latest track as we call 40