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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Michael Cohen on what the weaponization of government really looks like

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut following a Moral Monday rally in Nashville on Monday to protest the deadly acceleration of the gun culture in the U.S. As more children were killed in mass shootings this weekend, the NRA gathered to celebrate weapons of death. Also in this episode, Michael Cohen joins Joy to talk about what the weaponization of government really looks like, as Jim Jordan holds a field hearing of the House Judiciary Committee critiquing the Manhattan DA whose office has indicted Donald Trump. Finally, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is promising to fix his financial irregularities, as a whole new set of questions comes to light. Our legal expert offers his analysis. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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Tonight on the readout.

0:07.0

A moral Monday rally in Nashville today to protest the deadly acceleration of the gun

0:22.8

culture in the U.S. And as more children are killed in mass shootings this weekend, the

0:28.0

NRA meets to celebrate weapons of death.

0:31.2

Also tonight Michael Cohen joins me to talk about what weaponization of government really

0:35.7

looks like.

0:36.8

As Jim Jordan plays make believe on the issue in an embarrassing field hearing of the

0:41.8

once respected House judiciary committee.

0:44.9

Plus, Justice Clarence Thomas is promising to fix his financial irregularities as a whole

0:50.4

new set of questions come to light.

0:52.4

And we begin tonight with more young Americans fighting for their lives as this country's

0:57.0

massacre epidemic rages on.

0:59.6

Following a weekend of bloodshed and a spade of mass shootings, less than three weeks since

1:04.1

the children of Nashville were buried, this is the feeling of an accelerating gun culture

1:11.2

and the carnage and death that comes with it.

1:14.4

The fear, the violence, they can feel unstoppable, even all consuming at times.

1:20.0

And it isn't just because of America's indifference to gun violence.

1:23.2

It's far more than that.

1:24.8

It feels like parts of this country are engaged in a celebration of gun violence, a veneration

1:29.5

and devotion that has turned America into the most heavily armed civilian population in

1:34.5

the world and a virtual shooting gallery.

1:38.0

Americans buy millions of guns a month and keep buying more, feeding a booming industry

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