Good evening everyone. The music always gets me. We are just one hour from the

closing of most polls in the Michigan primary with President Biden facing the

possibility of a significant protest vote

over the situation in Gaza and Nicky Haley hoping for something anything

positive with Donald Trump expected to easily win the Republican primary and the nomination.

We will get to all of that shortly, but first, we want to set the stage just a little bit

for where things stand when we talk about the Republican Party.

So we begin the readout tonight with the Freaks' show.

The weekend, this weekend was the annual Conservative political action conference,

CPAC, a showcase of just how extreme the once grand old party has become.

How extreme you ask?

Well, as NBC News is reporting, Nazis mingled openly at CPAC, spreading anti-Semitic

conspiracy theories and finding allies. Yes, you did hear me say Nazis.

NBC news noted in previous years conference organizers have

ejected well-known Nazis and white supremacist

such as Nick Fuentes from CPAC.

But this year, racist conspiracy theorists didn't meet any perceptible resistance at the conference

where Donald Trump has been the keynote speaker since 2017.

CPAC has repeatedly denied it,

calling NBC's reporting fake news and grossly manipulative

and even going so far as to smear the NBC news reporter,

who was there talking to those very Nazis

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