Trump revives the big lie in "nothingburger" primetime speech

About this episode

The episode discusses Donald Trump's recent speech that reiterates false claims about the 2020 election and its potential impact on the upcoming midterms.

Donald Trump's big primetime speech didn't do much besides rehash election lies from 2020, but it could lay the groundwork to undermine the midterms. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde, Fmr. Maricopa County, Arizona Recorder Stephen Richer, MS NOW Political Reporter Greg Bluestein, and fascism expert Jason Stanley join guest host Catherine Rampell on The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi.

People in this episode

Host: Catherine Rampell

Guests: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, David Rohde, Stephen Richer, Greg Bluestein, Jason Stanley

Topics covered

• Trump speech
• election lies
• midterms
• political analysis
• fascism

Keywords

• Trump
• election lies
• midterms
• politics
• Catherine Rampell

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