b'MSNBC\'s Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, December 14, and reports on Mark Meadows\\u2019 coup-related text exchanges with GOP lawmakers, the right-wing backlash to Pres. Biden signing the Respect for Marriage Act and Gov. DeSantis\\u2019 switching to an anti-vaccine position as he pushes for an investigation into the COVID mRNA vaccines. Fmr. acting U.S. solicitor general Neal Katyal, activist Sally Kohn and political strategist Alencia Johnson join.'