presidents allies pressured the speaker of the arizona house, conservative pro-life republican rusty bowerso along with a coup. testified before the january 6th committee back in june, bowers said, trump's lawyer, john eastman, asked him personally to decertify arizona state 2020 election results. >> and you are asking me to do something that's never been done in history, the history of the united states? and i'm gonna put my state through that without sufficient proof, and that's going to be good enough with me, that i would put us through that, my state, that i swore to uphold both in constitution and in law, no, sir. >> mr. bowers would not back down. he said no, over and over, when he faced dilute of threats and intimidation, again, testifying before the january six committee, speaker rusty bowers described the lies that were dispute about him in his own community, while his daughter lay dying inside his home. >> we have various groups come by and they have had video, panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming me to be a pedophile, and a pervert, and a corrupt politician, and blaring o

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i want to bring in the republican speaker of the house rusty bowers. detailed your refusal to over turn your election results despite the pressure you were under from president trump and others and the reality of a fair ballot. you stood up for that. speaker i appreciate that. he talked to voters, what is your question and they asked it and then bill gates gives the answer. we have cameras and signature verification and the machines are not connected to the internet. each one in specific detail do you think speaker that will make a difference to people that question the integrity of the election. >> at least the people offered a thought. they had some questions, some specific thing to ask. some desire that a specific point was covered. and he covered them to us. i wish he would cover it to them personally. if that was possible. but there are a lot of folks here that don't listen. they gave up on the listening thing a year plus ago. it's frustrating. >> it's frustrating and terrifying. you say where do you break through. how do you talk to every voter an

. >>> i am a very textual artist, in arizona, the republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers is an artist. he was thrown into a real-life drama. >> the bill number was 2596. >> >> 2-5-9-6, one of more than 0 bills submitted in arizona to tighten access to the ballot box. the measure would have scrapped early voting, all voting would be on election day only. >> 90% of my district votesed early. >> most egregious to rusty bowers was this. >> >>r>> >p>> i said i will giv respect it deserves. >> education. >> so i sent it to 12 committees so we'll have a long vetting process. >> typical is one or two. if it was as controversial bill, you may send it to three. if it goes to four committees then you are getting the message. >> judiciary, i sent it to 12 committees. >> it was theatrical. >> it is not an overstatement to say that because he stood up for democracy, he'll not be in the state legislature next year. >> reran in the primary for a state's senate seat. >> i stood up to the radicals and kept my campaign promises. p >> p their positions on the issues nearly identical except for one

. -- for staying at that desk -- >> tonight, republican arizona house speaker rusty bowers, on the enduringresident trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite, and a holocaust denier, a seat at the table. >> what dinner at mar-a-lago with nick fuentes and kanye actually says about the far-right and the disgraced ex president? plus -- kellyanne conway's surprise five hour visitit

here's the republican outgoing speaker of the arizona house, rusty bowers, a conservative republican, talking about his fears about the antidemocracy candidates and efforts in his state. >> i call it the possibility of going back into the dark ages in arizona, which would be a sad time. and i said, welcome to fascism. >> these lies, they're the center piece of many maga candidates running in battleground states, such as arizona, and a real concern for any american who wants all legal votes counted. we saw more of the impact of misinformation one week ago today, after a deranged man set out to harm house speaker nancy pelosi breaking into her house, and violently beating her husband with a hammer. president biden addressed this general threat in a prime-time speech this week. and once again, he warned the american people not to take democracy for granted. >> it's intimidation, this violence against democrats, republicans and non-partisan officials just doing their jobs, the consequence of lies told for power and profit. we have to confront those lies with the truth. the very future of

like cassidy hutchinson, sarah matthews, there have been so many others that have come forward, rusty bowershave sacrificed a great deal, who are getting the vitriol right now, have sat there and told the truth before the committee, told the american people the the truth. i mean, come on. let's grow into the role if you want to be presidential. >> i've got ten seconds left here. would you vote for pence in 2024? >> that's a tough one. i was known for being very loyal to pence in the white house. i think most people would attest to that. i think he is a traditional republican. some of his more extreme stances on things like women's rights and gay marriage i don't agree with. but would i choose him if i were going to vote republican over trump or desantis? yes. >> olivia troye, i appreciate your time. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >>> up next, i'm sorry but the old taylor can't come to the phone right now. why? because she's busy breaking the internet. a top lawmaker is calling out ticketmaster after fans scrambling to buy taylor swift tickets crashed the site. wha

majority in america, and it includes members of the republican party, as you see in the testimony of rusty bowersame before the january six committee and said i refuse to defy my own got at the constitution, to hand over the election against the will of the people. the genuinely creatures work being done by republican officials in the maricopa county board, who stood up against this and on the right thing. that has been the bulwark in many cases. >> we honor their heroism and bravery and standing up against it and also rue the fact that it should take physical courage to work in american elections. >> panic buttons. >> that's right, that's right. we're still waiting on that new vote from maricopa county that steve has been setting up for. that's maricopa county, arizona, where we have outstanding races for senate and governor and secretary of state. lots to come, stay with us. stay with us if you still have symptoms of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis or active psoriatic arthritis after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. stand up to your symptoms with ri

majority in america, and it includes members of the republican party , as you see in the testimony of rusty bowersame before the january sixth committee and said i refuse to defy my oath to god and the constitution, to hand over the election against the will of the people. the genuinely creatures work being done by republican officials in the maricopa county board, who stood up against this and on the right thing. that has been the bulwark in many cases. >> we honor their heroism and bravery and standing up against it and also rue the fact that it should take physical courage to work in american elections. >> panic buttons. >> that's right, that's right. we're still waiting on that new vote from maricopa county that steve has been setting up for. that's maricopa county, arizona, where we have outstanding races for senate and governor and secretary of state. lots to come, stay with us. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. [coughi

he should not to testify, just like cassidy hutchinson did, just like rusty bowers did.o many others who sat there and told the truth under oath. why wouldn't you want to willingly come forward and just set the record straight and say this is what happens? it was dangerous, and it was awful, and it should never happen again, and by the way, they came 40 feet from almost killing me and my family, and i think everyone saw that the united states. but basically, he's busy basically running for president now and courting that voting bloc that's never been back for him. it's just humiliating to watch. i think it's just bad for the country, too. it could make a difference. he could've made a difference two years ago. he could've made a difference on january 7th, right afterwards, and go in a different direction to the gop, this is awful for a country, let's do something different. >> what's so interesting is the voters broke the fever. i think it's because we were able to see so much transparency through the january six. i don't think anybody imagined how completely entrenched

like rusty bowers had to make the choice in maricopa county.e votes are counted. -- >> and then you are going to know why i did it. nbc news now projects that in the senate race in the great state of pennsylvania, democrat john fetterman has won. this is a democratic -- >> wow! >> john fetterman defeating mehmet oz in pennsylvania. we previously characterize this as too early to call, with veteran in the league. i was on the verge of asking steve kornacki if he agreed with that fetterman in the league characterization. and now msnbc projects this as a win for the democrats, which could be a -- 47 seats held by democrats, 46 held by republicans, and seven seats yet to be decided. steve we, have to go to you on this immediately. tell us what this means. >> as you say, now you have your first flip in the senate on the night. this is now a gain of one for the democrats. we will see the plus one here. remember, when we came into the night, 50/50 in the senate, and democrats have now gained one in pennsylvania. i realize now i have to delete the -- b