senator married elaine chao and that's where it comes from.e's a big conspiracy theory like how did mitch mcconnell circuit -- suddenly get so rich and the answer is his wife's mom died and they inherited a lot of money. e on the one hand it's swampy ad on the other hand it's not nearly as and conspiratorial as some would have you believe. >> not at all. they just inherited it. they are all these conspiracy stories. >> row, is another story. from the california congressman and most of the monies from his wife. lyndon johnson would not have been present without lady bird johnson. >> well you are optimistic which i reallyre appreciate. you ride in today's politics on both sides ofhe aisle we can look the other way while more and moreorer americans lose faih institutions or we can wise up and start a revolution. i prefer the third option to acknowledge their problems and fix them. so lay it out for us. >> again i'm not an expert on the stock market and i'm not an expert on tax law. you don't have do no that you are getting and i want is a bad wor

senator marries elaine chao, that's where his money comes from. how did mitch mcconnell get rich and the answer is his wife's mom died and they inherited a lot of moneyy and so like on the one hand it's swampy, on the other hand it's not nearly as crazy andha conspiratorial and some wl have you to believe. >> they just inherited a bucket. it is interesting all these conspiracy stories. >> ro khana, most of his money is from his wife. lyndon johnson. >> so you are -- you're optimistic which i really appreciate as i said several times. you write in n today's politics on both sides of the aisles the kids settle on a false choice and we can look the other way and we can wise up and start a a revolution. i prefer the third one to fix them, that's the case for tax reform. lay it out for us. >> just like i'm not an expert on the stock market, i'm not an expert on tax law. normal americans who work for a living are getting the short end of the stick. the way it works is if most of your money is derived from investment income, you end up paying a lower tax

mitch mcconnell, after being a us senator, he marries elaine chao.that's where his money comes from. this is interesting because there is a conspiracy theory that's like i now would add, mitch mcconnell suddenly gets rich. and the answer is that his wife's mom died and he and her and then they a lot of money and so like on one hand it's swampy on the other hand it's not nearly as crazy and conspiratorial as some people would have you believe. not at all. i mean, they they just inherited a bucket. yeah, it is. there are all these. yeah. conspiracy theories. rokita is another example. a very prominent young, i think, california congressman. most of his money is from his wife. but look, there's a tradition this lyndon johnson would not have been president without lady bird johnson's dowry. right. so. well, you are you're optimistic, which i really appreciate. as i've said several times, you write in today's politics on both of the aisle, it seems the ol kids haveeted on a false choice. we can look the other way. more and more americans we can look the o

elaine chao, john kelly. i will tell you each of those individuals is, anonymous. none of them came forward. none of them came forward to have our backs. but there's an epilog to this three act story and epilog is as alluded to earlier, a slew of people who were not household names ended up joining the fight. people john mitnick and elizabeth newman and olivia troye and josh venable and i could go down those that list those people weren't known to the american people but they were chiefs of staff and assistant secretaries and people appointed by the trump administra ation who turned against them. now, why did they it? i go back to the earlier piece that i said there's strength in numbers people stepped forward when it was clear they wouldn't be alone it leads me into this conversation with adam kinzinger and then i do want to go your questions, which is adam, i had this conversation that you all have had, we've all had before, which is why aren't more of these people speaking out? and i posited to adam were down in south carolina on a retreat, a group of people try

let's get into that and some of the chaos on capitol hill with my political panel, elaine castro's hereretary of housing and urban development, he was the 2020 presidential candidate, joe walsh is also here. a former republican congressman from illinois. joe walsh two once ran for president. mister secretary, i will start with you. i want to know your take on this idea about our democracy. we keep talking about it. i don't think enough people, frankly, candidates are lawmakers are talking enough about our democracy. do you agree that we should just be a little bit more honest with folks and know that our democracy is already broken, what we're fighting for is to put pieces back together and protect what we currently have left? >> yes, i do, symone. the speech that president biden gave yesterday, there to honor his friends, the former senator john mccain. someone from the other party. i thought it was great mauro modeling of what our democracy is about. also a very clear call that all of us have a role to play in protecting it. we have to acknowledge that it is broken and it needs fixing