News Now: Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification

by Jen Hayden

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday, Nov. 02, 2022 Wednesday, Nov. 02, 2022 at 11:27:02am PDT

UPDATE: Wednesday, Nov 2, 2022 · 6:27:50 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden

Axios: Biden set to deliver major speech on democracy

The big picture: White House Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Anita Dunn said that the setting of Capitol Hill is important.

"Because on January 6th we saw violence geared towards subverting democratic processes there."

"It is an appropriate place to make these remarks tonight," she said.

"The threat of political violence ... it's something that unites almost all Americans and something we can all be united against," Dunn said.

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Just when you think Herschel Walker can’t say anything more preposterous, the man comes along and does it again:

Herschel Walker on former POTUS Barack Obama: "My resume against his resume, I'll put it up any time of the day." pic.twitter.com/bRkwdDOTqa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 2, 2022

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