The segment discusses the 2024 presidential election, specifically the potential second term of Donald Trump. Polls show Trump is neck and neck with Joe Biden in key swing states. Republicans in Ohio are trying to circumvent a recently passed ballot measure that protects abortion rights by removing the power of the courts to interpret the amendment.
Trump is facing four criminal cases and a civil fraud trial, but this hasn't stopped him from laying out plans for his second term. His plans include mass deportations, sweeping raids, detention camps, and using the military to suppress civil demonstrations. He also intends to weaponize the Justice Department to go after critics.
Trump's supporters, including his adult children and allies like Steve Bannon, are backing these plans. Bannon has outlined a five-step plan that includes firing the "deep state" executive branch, indicting the Biden family, deporting 10 million people, detaining people at Guantanamo Bay, and pardoning January 6th defendants.
The segment concludes by highlighting Trump's authoritarian tendencies and the threat he poses to democracy.
1. Polls show Donald Trump is neck and neck with Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election.
2. Trump's polling has been consistently good in key swing states.
3. Democrats have been winning elections, including in Kentucky, Virginia, and Ohio.
4. Voters in Ohio approved a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
5. Ohio Republicans are planning to circumvent the voters by taking the power to interpret the new abortion rights protections away from the courts.
6. A group of four GOP lawmakers is working to eliminate the judicial branch's authority to interpret the new amendment.
7. The New York Times reported on Trump's plans for immigration raids and mass deportations in a second term.
8. The Washington Post reported on a plot by Trump allies to weaponize the Justice Department to seek revenge against Trump critics.
9. Donald Trump is facing four criminal cases and a civil fraud trial.
10. Trump has been using openly fascist rhetoric in his speeches.
11. Trump's son, Don Jr, testified in court for the defense in a civil fraud trial.
12. The New York attorney general, Letitia James, brought the case against the Trumps.
13. Steve Bannon expressed support for Trump's plans to install loyalists in the government.
14. Trump's three adult children, Don Jr, Eric, and Ivanka, have been in court testifying on his behalf.
15. The Supreme Court case Marbury v Madison established the principle of judicial review.