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Jonathan Lemire is a busy, busy man. The current anchor of MSNBC's Way Too Early, he regularly appears on Morning Joe and is the White House Bureau Chief for Politico. He also wrote The New York Times bestseller, The Big Lie.

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0.00 - Intro

2.00 - A book about The Big Lie and contextualising the fallout 

3.40 - Money going to state wide candidates 

5.00 - Republicans still denying

2020 election results 

5.50 - When Republicans changed their tune on The Big Lie - they realised it was popular 

8.29 - Mitch McConnell could have nipped this in the bud 

9.40 - Kevin McCarthy apologising to Trump 

10.15 - Trump brings out the worst in the Republican Party 

11.10 - Nearly two thirds of Republicans don’t think Joe Biden is the legitimate President 

11.40 - Covering Trump from early on 

12.10 - The moment he knew Trump would win

13.15 - The best way for media to cover Trump and QAnon 

15.18 - Is there any going back for Democracy in the US 

17.04 - Kari Lake and others realising how popular The Big Lie is 

18.00 - A dead heat 

19.20 - Personal interactions with Trump 

22.10 - The uncomfortable moment with Putin that defined the Trump Presidency


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