MSNBC anchor Jonathan Lemire on uncomfortable Putin moment, notes from Trump and The Big Lie

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 is also The New York Times bestselling author of 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