usually prohibited during, or do you rather to the voting rights act. but when has president ever seemed to matt into this conservative court? let's be frank about it, because on monday's 5 to 4 ruling, the court actually agreed to take up the case next term, and issued a stay on the lower court's decision. chief justice, john roberts, sided with the liberals, and that's pretty significant. let me explain why. back in 1981, john roberts joined the justice department as a special assistant to the attorney general, focusing on voting rights. now, at the time, there was a battle in congress over the reauthorization of parts of the 1965 voting rights act. congress wanted to make it easier for voters to fight discriminatory practice. roberts was tapped by the reagan administration, to leave the charge against that effort. he drafted dozens of speeches, oh peds, and talking points. in fact, and one of those memos,

the future justice said the changes would lead to a quote, quota system for those who had elected office. now, it's important to know that roberts and company actually feel back then. in 1982, the real authorization passed with bipartisan support. but once appointed to the court, roberts continued his crusade against voting rights. in 2013, he offered the majority opinion and shelby county, which effectively ended the preclearance process, guarding a major part of the voting rights act. last time roberts joined his conservative colleagues holding arizona's voting restrictions. so how do the conservative on the court manage to lose this guy? well, we should be clear here for a moment. it is not that roberts disagreed with his fellow conservatives on the substance of the alabama case, no. in fact, his opinion hinted that he is open to reconsider the governing standard used by the lower court. his real problem here is more

about strategy. chief justice roberts did not like that his fellow conservatives used the courts ominous shadow docket to reverse the lower courts decision. basically, when roberts is saying, or what he's rather saying here, is that you can strip block and brown people of the representation, but maybe, try to do it in a less obvious way. >> still ahead on ayman, the gop's political succession. will the role of the republican party ever be defeated? plus, could canada's so-called freedom convoy becoming to a town near you in america? we're gonna break down the all too familiar masterminds behind the american trucker convoy's push. then, the nfl and jay-z said they would amplify the social justice effort. so it happened? i am ayman mohyeldin, let's get started. i

>> all right, legitimate political discourse. those three words are run through the halls of capitol hill this week, and if you thought that donald trump is gonna come out on the losing side of this, well, you must be new here. let me explain why. criticism of the rnc's comments on the insurrection have been pouring in from both sides of the aisle all week. featuring none other than folks like the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, or on the house, side kevin party. watch this. but >> it was a valid insurrection. but for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election. >> anybody who knows this -- entered this building was [inaudible] discourse. >> well right, a number of other prominent republican senators have criticize the rnc for the resolution witches saw

the party coming out as a pro january six party, there's no other way to describe. it while the critique of the rnc, and by extension, of former president trump, is both necessary and important, it does raise the question of what, if anything, will it accomplish? if you're a fan of the hbo show succession like i am in the rest of our producing team on the show, the whole thing might've reminded you of this scene. >> haven't been around a bit wet, my hunch for is that you are going to get -- what because i've seen you get -- a lot. and i had never seen with him get -- once. what >> logan we are talking about is of course former president trump, his grip on the gop base has never been stronger. and any republican who dares to cross him is actually in danger of his raft. you heard minority leader kevin mccarthy earlier denounced the

rnc's comments, but it took him a little bit of time to get to that point. but here he is, literally running away from a reporter asking him about this just one day earlier. >> but you know you can make an appointment with my office and come another time, who? okay it's not good. it's not good to do interviews. >> man, mccarthy has got some speed in them legs. a true profile encouraged. but there is perhaps no better example of the dangers of crossing trump then south carolina congresswoman nancy may. she is up for reelection this fall and is facing a tough primary challenge from a trump backed candidate. so what did she do to lose trump's endorsement after you back trump in 2018? she did the right thing. she blamed trump and the january six insurrection. in an effort to blunt the damage of losing trump support, mace has pulled perhaps the most embarrassing and, folks, i mean, most embarrassing

maneuvers i've ever seen from an elected official in this country. watch. >> hey everyone, congresswoman nancy mace here. i'm in front of trump tower today. and i remember in 2000s 15 when trump announced his run, i was one of his earliest supporters. i supported him, i believed in the policies. >> all, right that is someone where shipping at the altar of trump. and i am going to hop back in there to save you to have to listen to any of that gravelling or having to watch the rest of the video, because the situation here is pretty clear. may send others in the party who've been the need to trump are willing to do or say anything to satisfy their loss for power. and i mean including a deal with the devil. >> do you want to deal with the devil? the >> well well, i have to do

with the sole anyways. souls are boring. boot, souls! of course. >> so that is the question, what is the republican party going to do with a soul? so much to discuss. i have an all to start saturday night panel to break it down for you. joining me now is molly johnny fat, she's a contributing writer at the atlantic and the writer of red white newsletter. angela carson is the president of media matters and bolden is back, a favorite of hours here. molly, i will start with you, what is going on in the republican party right now? what is causing this and dented crisis. because, honestly it's safe to say the republican party has made a deal with the devil. they don't need to seoul. >> it's performative trumpism,

right. we are sort of -- raced to the bottom. these people know that they can win -- they need trump to win the primary, but can't be too trumpy to win the general. so they find ourselves in the race to the bottom. and you have all of these stuns and people like nancy mace just desperately trying to win their primaries. and, you know, what is trumpism? trumpism is kind of the worst of everything. it's racism, it's sexism, it's all of these things. so you see these people we -- have people like marjorie taylor greene who are just setting the tone as the lowest common denominator, and it's sad to watch what >> it is beyond shuts who watch be especially when you see someone like congresswoman mace and that's done she pulled going to the trump tower. angelo, i know that reagan

earned the name, or the nickname, i should say, tough on ron because criticisms of him rarely seemed to stick. it was also apply to criminal gangsters, you know, and mobsters. but trump truly seems to have taken that ability to another level. i would argue a rogan roy level, if you are familiar with the show succession. you've seen republican officials sensing a momentary weakness to criticize trump after january six, only four to go nowhere. i think that only people like lindsey graham, marco rubio, ted cruz, that list can go on and on. will republicans ever be able to escape the grip of donald trump? >> yeah. we it's not even necessarily -- it's a testament to donald trump. he's managed to turn criticism into feel that he can then used to pump more kinetic energy into the right-wing base. but the reason why i think the answer to question is know is,

trump is a reflection of the larger right-wing echo chamber. so even if you take trump out of the equation, in some way, all he's really doing is channeling and harnessing what is happening in this cauldron of extremism. and the fever swamps. so, at this point, it's bigger than trump. he is a reflection of, it so he gets the harnesses. there's clearly a back and forth, and obviously, he's the beneficiary politically from that relationship. but at this point, and i think the clearest illustration of it is, of the power of the right-wing echo chamber, there was only one major voice on january 7th, 2021. that was attacking republicans for not being pro january 6th insurrection enough, and was russian bow, it was one of his last podcasts. his party gift to the party was to tell it to embrace what happened on january 6th. and in a way, he's sort of signaled where they're gonna go. he got a kick start of that process. and if that's really his parting, if it's because of where he sat in the right-wing echo chamber. so the answer of your

question's really found what's happening in the fever swamps. and we know what's going on there. i'm >> all right, so, a line, so i know that you are rush a familiar with what's going to flush gate. what there were documents clogging up white house toilets. on a scale of obama's tale suit which republicans actually thought of as a scandal in washington, to watergate which almost brought down our government, where would you place flush gate? >> well obviously, there is nothing the republicans can do as evil as wearing a was a tanned suit. but democracy almost will crashed when barack obama broke out in a tent suit and we had nothing else going on in the world. i don't know. the thing about this floodgate, we already knew that he was destroying documents.

white house staffers said that they were taping documents back together that he ripped up and tried to throw away. so he's doing exactly what's the were criticizing hillary about. using private servers for communication etc. taking documents down to mar-a-lago, which, you know, it is as secure as it could be. probably reading them on the golf cart on the gulf courts to show off to his friends. but there won't be any backlash. this is the problem. with watergate, all joking aside, watergate brought down a president. it brought down a president. but this, it's just sadly, it's just another talking point. it's not going to bring down trump. and, you, know when you are talking about his followers, mcconnell, i think mitch mcconnell just figures, hey, i'm old enough to end my career if this doesn't work out. but all the other ones are like, we need trump support because

we need to move on. we want to move up. mcconnell's like, listen, i have one more chance to stop a supreme court justice and then i'm done. that's pretty much it for him. so he's almost speaking the truth. the fact that they -- they tagged this genie freedom fending america, i cannot recognize the republican party anymore. it doesn't make sense when you yell about american patriotism, and then you censor the one republican who says, hey, maybe we shouldn't attacked the capitol after a legitimate election? i can't figure them out, as a comedian, i can't tell you how hard it is to make fun of them i come up with something crazier than what they actually do. that >> molly, speaking of republicans, let's talk about florida for a moment. ron desantis signaling his support for a particularly sociopathic piece of legislation making its way to the floor state house. lgbt groups are calling it,

don't say gay, as the name of the bill, a don't say gave ill because it will bar classroom discussions of any queer issues that are not, quote, unquote, age-appropriate. what's up with the resurgence of homophobic fearmongering in this country? we saw "don't say gay" what's thai bills being brought up before in the past. how can you explain this? >> i think that it's because of this abortion bill in texas. and what happened with this abortion bill,, remember you had these very trumpy governors and in texas, you have abbott, and abbott made this bill that was quite crazy and had -- that the supreme court was like, well, no, we agree with it. so we are not going to -- it's a lot of them [inaudible] really naughty. a lot of these governors saw that there was a window open

for them to do whatever they wanted and the conservative court agreed with them. this court is now really trumpy justices and to very conservative justices they will rubberstamp any kind of. conservative thing. so i think there's a kind of reason. also, desantis really thinks he's going to be the air parent to trump. and the way he's going to do that is by kneeling to these very anti gay, anti everything base. so i think part of that is what's going on to >> alonso, we learned this week that america, certainly nancy pelosi, has a police force, a secret police force called the gazpacho police. i have a serious question for you here, did the folks that seinfeld have grounds to sue marjorie taylor greene because

gazpacho police sounds very similar to soup nazi. and i'm gonna go out there and say this is plagiarism. if you watch seinfeld, she saw the soup nazi, and now we have gazpacho police. >> who knew that nancy pelosi was the real soup nazi all along? the whole character had to be designed by her and the gasbuddy show, that's why they couldn't stop the insurrection. they were in the kitchen making their gazpacho, and what could be more evil then releasing cold soup in the dead of winter? that's just mean, that's just mean. someone wants hot soup this time of year. marjorie taylor -- >> i think that's actually a war crime. >> once again, there is no bottom. there is no bottom. they can say anything and their base grabs onto it. and as you well know, the moment there's a gazpacho joke,

now you're attacking her and this and that and the other. honestly, i don't know, again. i will tell you, i sit here as a comedian and you listen to that and you're like, well they threw the gas patch a police bit out the window. there it goes. throw it out the window. you can't -- >> apparently -- i was going to say, apparently we are considered elitists. because we know it's not just much of police. >> with your reading and definition of words, overeducated, what is wrong with you? this entire panel sitting around reading when they are not on tv, but is wrong with you people? . >> guilty as charged. don't go anywhere, i'm gonna take a. break coming, up why can't news organizations talk about african sports without talking about disease and war? i will share my thoughts on that. plus, the u.s. truckers convoy is picking up momentum thanks to foreign players fueling the

fire on social media, we are going to talk about that next. richard louis has an update on canada. he. richard >> and more on that story about -- the freedom convoy it's in its third week. a judge giving canadian police officers the greenlight to clear protesters from blocking a vital bridge on the u.s. border. that order gave demonstrators until 7 pm on the friday blockade, we are looking at some live pictures right now, while the number of protesters dwindled at said caught later in the night, some still remain as you can see. canadian officials warning any vehicles left maybe seized and could be forfeited in case of a conviction. this after the premier of ontario, doug ford, declared a state of emergency on friday. he promised severe consequences for those who participated in blockades at the bridge. we will have updates all throughout ayman's show. more after this. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it.

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freedom convoy becoming to a town near you? the department of homeland security now warning a group of truckers is planning to -- similar protests here in the united states that could happen this weekend, their first talent will -- target, los angeles. the side of sunday super bowl. who's behind a bush? ben collins points to an all familiar soars, overseas actors. some of the facebook groups are

behind american trucker congress are not american at all. instead, they are fake accounts from content mills in places far away like places like vietnam, bangladesh, and other foreign places. so foreign actors are meddling in the united states's affairs. anyone feel like they're having a bit of 2016 déjà vu? russia, if you are listening, anyway -- my panels back with me to discuss this. good to have you back. molly, ben collins, we've been through this sort of social media based foreign interference before, as i was alluding to before. russia's influence on 2016. why are foreign actors trying to fan the flames of covid divisions? >> because foreign actors, russia's a chaos agent. they do better when americans are divided. and this is a great kind of divisive thing for them because

it's something that has been sort of an issue in american life. the irony [inaudible] 90% vaccination rate is pretty retch. and it's not a huge group, but, again, it's all what [laughs] [inaudible] there's tons of disinformation being spread online. and it's set up to sow division. who benefits from that? russia and some of these far-right actors. the people who are the most excited this week about this caravan's trucker caravan, where the fox news opinion hosts. it could not get over how thrilled they were. i remember, we've seen other protests where they were pretty mad at the protesters. so this is a sort of strange reversal for them and it could

certainly come to america. what >> alonso, the hypocrisy here among the republicans is deafening. the reality behind what we are seeing it does not match up with the so-called freedom convoy. they are trying to paint this as a tyrannical was -- i mentioned, 90% of truckers in that canada are fully vaccinated. it's just this loud minority, or is there something different work? >> it's a loud minority, and they're many right-wing groups here who are sending money to the canadian truckers. again, you talk about working against her own interest. when they blocked the bridge between windsor and detroit, they actually shutting down the american auto industry. you're actually hurting america as you do. it the reason why i think they like this and why fox news

likes this is because that image of an american of a working man or the trucker fits that image perfectly, there is no one better to illustrate this, no better image than the truckers. forget about the truth, like you said, 90% of them are vaccinated. they are not trying to shut down the canadian economy, etc, etc. the funny thing is, if they try to affect the super bowl, first of all, the nfl in the city of l.a. have said, no, we will not have, it we will not have any of it. i live in l.a., the traffic to the super bowl, they will never get there. they don't have a chance. let them try, they better get in line now. so, all kidding aside, this is a perfect image for their right-wing we are american real working class american routine

was. >> angela, you guys have done some pretty incredible work, you put up this chart of how much time fox has devoted time to the trucking protests. because if you watch fox news, you would think that it's the single biggest international story. that will piece depends on what happens there. and the hosts have cheered on the truckers as freedom fighters, freedom fighters. why is fox news spending so much time on this? >> in a way, they are picking up where the disinformation left off. part of the thought of providing -- the same with that donald trump hiring campaign actors presidents meant, you want to good start. but they demonstrated at the end of january with these pages we're going from 5 to 15, to 100,000 in 30 hours. so i felt like there was

excitement around it. once you have enough of that happening and you put enough stuff online, it looks like there's some activity taking place, fox then takes it up and legitimize it. so one from an online movement that was propped up by the synthetic and fake accounts to now fox starts to build some buzz and demand. the same way that the tea party movement started all the way back in the day, right? there were some murmurs, a little bit of astroturfing, fox that spent months talking about it, then it became real, real people came out. that's why fox is talking about it because they basically fell for the same thing. facebook let this happen, they took it down well after the story had metastasized. but then it was too late. it sort of became real once those numbers cut up there and there was enough for them. >> molly, i'm going to ask you to do something i rarely asked people to do, but i'm gonna have to ask you to explain this republican. republican congressman thomas

massie this week, this is what he said. he tweeted over 70% of americans who died with covid, died on medicare, and some people want medicare for all? >> i mean, molly, i am sorry i'm gonna have to ask you to try to explain this for me. i don't know it means. >> you know, the idea here is that you have to be over 65 to be on medicare or disabled. the idea, you know, it's -- if you are over suspense exceed five, you are more likely to die of covid. that's just the reality of it. i don't know how to explain thomas massie. he is a very educated person. he has this electrical engineering degree. in the end, i think it's more performative trumpism. he knows that marjorie taylor greene is sort of what the base likes and i think he's trying to pander to that. i think that's the only

possible explanation i can say unless he just really is confused. but i think this is kind of -- this is more of a craven play to win his primary. remember, all these people are very worried about having a very pro trumpy primary challenger sweep in and replace them. i think that's what's happening there. >> alonso, you want to take a stab at? that is he trying to imply that the 70% of americans who died of covid died of covid because they were on medicare and you want more medicare? honestly, it seems like that's what he's trying to say. that if you are on medicare, medicare is a cause for covid? >> well, it is. obviously, medicare is what's taking people out, because it's getting them hospitals. and they're getting care from doctors, whose whole purpose, they're all in on it. they're all in on the covid

thing. how anti with that? i think she is right. the crazy barr has raised. it used to be like sarah palin crazy, and now it's marjorie taylor greene, so you have to outdo that in making a ridiculous statement. so now, you're gonna say that somehow, and the funniest thing about it is the people who are cheering for him, i promise you more than half of them are over 65 and on medicare. guaranteed, guaranteed. because they're the older population, right? the republicans -- these are people on medicare, who are saying, medicare is out to kill me. now, i gotta go to the hospital because i have covid. so it makes no sense, but it doesn't have to. you still have some trigger words, some key words, keep them angry, keep them not thinking. and it is ridiculous, because the people leading this cult, again, all vaccinated and much

smarter that they tend to be. >> i never thought i would live in a country where medicare and gazpacho police were responsible for killing people in this country. it is a dangerous, dangerous time in america. andrew, thank you so much. good to see you as always, my friend. stick around for me, maria. gonna talk about few more things. still ahead, maybe it's about time that america takes a look in the mirror when it comes to celebrating sporting events and mid-political turmoil's. i'm gonna share my thoughts on that, next. tical turmoil's. tical turmoil's. i'm gonna share that, next we gotta tell people that liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay [limu emu squawks] woo! new personal record, limu! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ seeing blood when you brush or floss

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that he possesses, and as far as black people are concerned. trying to buy his blackness, and try to buy him as a blanket to throw over the situation. and i think what would come with that is some responsibility, a level of responsibility to do more than just put on banking halftime shows. >> all right, joining the panel, andrew beaten's, sports reporter for the wall street journal. molly alonso, are back with us. i'm gonna get just off my chest, i'm a huge jay-z fan. i love, love, love his music. let's talk about what he has brought to the nfl here. objectively, what do you make, andrew, of jay-z's uneventful tenure as the leaks face of social justice? they brought him not just to be an entertainer, not just to do the halftime show, but to offer something more dynamic to the league, that has been struggling with the issue of social and racial justice. would you agree with dominic and that the nfl saw this partnership as an easy way to see more in tune with racial

issues, without having to actually do the hard work? >> all right, it seems like -- we may have lost andrew. i'm gonna see if we may reestablish his connection. molly, let me throw that one to you. what do you make of this? >> i mean, i think you are always in trouble when you are lying on a corporation or so. pretending to do the right thing, right? it's just is kind of -- and this is the big issue that needs a big conversation, and big goal thinking and a group effort between the companies and celebrities involved. but i think that, you know, there's still much talk and so little actual action of doing, you know, the community. i think it was hard, and i think everyone is up to the

failure. you know, in a bad way. and i wish there had been more. >> alonso, and the aftermath of all the nfl's, news, about racial issues, the mother of cincinnati bangles player, eli apple, had an idea to issue a challenge to nfl teams, which i just had so much respect for. she challenged nfl teams to post a picture of their front office. to, their social media staff. and number three, their cafeteria and cleaning staff with the quote, let's see what we'll see. teams, as you can imagine themselves, did not response. you can imagine why not. would you make of the spotlight being cast on the nfl for these issues? would you make of that framing? >> well, and by the way, that tweet was just absolutely brilliant. so good for her for doing that. and you know, regarding that, regarding jay-z, regarding the

issue of the few black head coaches and these fake interviews that they're giving two coaches, to be a black head coach, the owners of the nfl, it's a very tight, very small club. they will pretend to care because it's good for publicity, or whatever. and then, that issue blows over. and they keep going business as usual. you know, i think, i'm sure jay-z tried, and i'm sure he had good intentions, and maybe believed that they were going with some sort of good faith negotiation on it, if they were gonna actually listen to him. but of course, they didn't. and it's all very obvious. you have brian flores with his lawsuit about, you know, inviting him for an interview for a head coaching job, and then bill belichick accidentally sent out the tweet, congratulating him, which was supposed to someone else, because the job had already been given away when he was interviewed. the owners, the commissioner, they have a club.

they're not letting anyone into the club. they're not letting anyone of color into the club,, unless they absolutely have to, even to the detriment of teams, not winning. getting rid of coaches that are good or not promoting coaches that know what they're doing, but there's nothing you can do, right? it's a private club. the only time their public is when it comes to getting a tax break from congress. they are public institution, otherwise, they are completely private institution. and i don't know if there is a way to force them to open the door. they don't care. all right, i think we've reached a connection with andrew been. andrew, i don't know if you've had a chance to hear my initial question to you, it was about whether or not you agreed with the assessment that jay-z was basically being used as donny foxx worth was saying earlier, former nfl player, that he was being used as a cover to the real problems that the nfl has

without actually bringing up any meaningful or substantive -- substantive change. >> dominick fox worth as one of the most thoughtful people on his issues and he's not the first person to bring this up. this was a topic that was a real business software jay-z the moment he announced the partnership of the nfl. there were players among whom eric reid, for example, who was one of the players who kneeled with karl kaepernick and he called jay-z a sellout. and what he said we've moved past kneeling and it's back to this distance the players had this vision for what they wanted, but the nfl wanted may have been a live different. there have been a lot of initiatives and teachers with the players, they wanted to feel like they were heard. and against the backdrop of international -- racial protest in 2020, we saw the nfl issue this really striking statement, roger goodell said he was wrong, and he should've listened to the players earlier on these topics. >> let me switch gears really

quickly andrew and let me get your thoughts on something happening at the olympics while i have you. everyone has been talking about this russian figure skating sensation kamila valieva, she recently tested positive from a banned heart medication. this week, however, she and the russians skating team won the gold medal. obviously, that could change when the dust settles on all these questions surrounding her. it's important to note here that the previous top olympic athletes have been surf building bans for taking this same drug that allegedly she tested positive for. what do you make of the timing of this and why would we just be hearing about this test result now if she took the test in december? >> you're asking the absolute right question there. and wouldn't makes the situation a little more fascinating, concerning, depending on your perspective, this is a team that is competing at the olympics, not as russia, but as the russian

olympic committee. roc. because of the past voting -- doping violations. this is a newer unique problem for the olympics. and it's really -- sensational stars of this olympics. anyone can watch her and see how she's headed heels passing in front of her competitors. it was incredible to watch her. but then you hear about these allegations and you hear about this positive test, and you start wondering, if this occurred all the way back in december, why is this all of a sudden this time crunch in the middle of the olympics to sort of bring it up. >> all right, really quickly before i let you guys go, super bowl predictions, andrew, you first. when you? got >> the home team takes this one, rams. >> molly? >> i don't even know who is playing. sorry. >> no worries.

alonso, what do you got? >> i gotta go with the rams. they're the home team! . a >> nobody is going with the underdogs? i'm gonna go with the sense that cincinnati bangles. molly, you're. neutral andrew, alonso, you're going with the home team to the l.a. rams. thank you so much, alonso will be performing and when chester, california next saturday. go check him out. thank you for joining us guys. still, ahead of this price of love, how disappointing problems and efficient might be putting a kink in your valentines day surprises. valentines day surprises

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