this gop, in their mind, has determined to rewrite the past.out the sense of white bigots, who somehow give this gop the power. in my article, there are -- struggling how to teach about slavery. i can't even talk about the slivers being quite, to fight to get fired, because it might cause them discomfort. that is what these lies are about. last year, there are causing censorship for the teachers. headed the education commission there, he's going around saying, literally, censoring [inaudible] who talk too much about black lives matter so goal by this gop is to erase black history, erase black achievement, arrays bigots. but don't say, erase the lgbt q. [inaudible] tyranny. they're trying to take our freedoms away. a lot of this is based on religion. some is based on bigotry. 100 percent is wrong. [inaudible] >> all right. i just want to end on a slightly lighthearted note after that conversation. dean, a very glad you finally move that phase of flowers away from the front of the tv where you have had it. if you watch the show, every time dean c

that is the gop in 2022, folks. that is the gop in florida. that is the gop in florida, in 2022. i am joined by -- thank you so much senator for joining us, i appreciate you making some time for us. so parts of governor desantis's agenda are objectively cruel i don't think anyone can look at this and say what you just saw happen just with him mobilizing the legislator to punish a company that a disagree with a bill that he wanted to pass. explain why he is doing this. because you know florida politics way better than i do. >> thanks for having me on. it's not easy to explain because as you said in your opening, it makes no sense, especially coming from the republican party. the don't say gay bill was so controversial and difficult and the republican -- was so frustrated by the messaging, for once the democrats got the messaging right, and they kept saying that this is not what the bill is about. and they kept going on, and on, and on and i was trying to describe to people, in debate, on the, floor in committee about this bill that you are looking at the four corners of the bill,

you know, joyce is talking about maybe this is overreach by the gop.an books. they want to ban mention of gays. they want to ban trance gender teens from playing sports. and they want to ban black history. and yet the gop is the party of -- wait for it -- freedom. are you kidding me? this is tyranny by the gop. there are now 15 states that have critical race being pan banned. most of the laws don't even mention critical race theory. what they do is ban laws that cause literally discomfort and guilt. what they mean is white guilt over black history, be it black achievement or black suffering at the hands of white bigots. this being in their mind is determined to rewrite the past, whitewash the past about the sins of white bigots and some keep this gop in power. and there are teachers literally struggling how to teach about slavery. one teacher said i can't even talk about the slave owners being white because i'm afraid i'll get fired. that's literally what these laws are about. they're causing censorship by the teachers. and in florida the head of the e

do you see the gop's war on reproductive freedom backfiring on the party? >> i think that's the hope for a lot of us. look, abortion is the canary in the coal mine. this started in texas where abbott was able to really overturn roe in this bill, and the supreme court which is a very conservative 6-3 court, when they decided not to do anything, that was a pass to all these other red state houses to go nuts, and that's what we're seeing. i almost feel with desantis, you know, desantis is like largely governing for his 2024 run, and he's just trying to get his base excited and raise money and run for president. i almost feel like with this abortion ban, he's just trying to keep up at this point because all of these red states are getting these more and more restrictive abortion bans in place, and they believe, and i think it's probably true, in june before the supreme court goes on summer vacation, they will overturn roe or do something to where it no longer exists, and they are taking away something that is popular and most people want women to continue to ha

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is he still the kingmaker of the gop?hel scott reports from ohio and our powerhouse roundtable covers all the fallout. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now, co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this morning, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy announces that secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are expected to visit kyiv at any moment in what would be the highest level u.s. official visit to ukraine's capital city since the war broke out. and with russia bearing down on eastern ukraine, the show of solidarity comes as officials increasingly believe the next several weeks will be a critical period that could define ukraine's future and the world order for decades to come. in response, western nations are speeding up military aid to ukraine, president biden announcing yet another $800 million package this week, seeking to bolster ukraine's defense forces with heavy artillery in the eastern donbas region as russia'

how much of herschel walker selection by the gop. do you believe it's a response to how the republicans did in 2020 in the senories? a lot of it is the response of getting one wanting to have a new face an outsider right georgia republicans and really republicans throughout the country, but i think particularly in georgia are obsessed with the idea of an outside david perdue who's now a candidate for governor. he ran for us senate in 2014 with the outsider label. it was front and center. it was about everything he talked about was he was the outsider politician and you know, there's no outsider quite like herschel walker he hasn't lived in the state in for years. he lived in texas and just moved back to run for office and he's certainly wasn't involved in conventional politics. he was a big trump sir again, but he wasn't involved in day-to-day politics in georgia. so he's running as an outsider. he's also running with the trump brand right as i said, it might not matter. he might have been in this position even without trump's endors

obviously he will be the gop nominee in georgia. what i tried to get out of that interview was what was your thought process after absorbing those allegations and then deciding he was someone you were comfortable putting your name against. the other reason i think this line of questioning is a public interest is mcconnell has a riff that he gives, which is his history lesson is the 2012 election. he says that is an election where we should have won the majority. we didn't because we had unelectable candidates and he lists the names like he did yesterday for me. christine o'donnell, the one who said she wasn't a witch. todd aiken, et cetera. mcconnell said, we had to change the business model, we had to get involved and root out the unelectable candidates. the obvious follow-up is here are two races, you have said vital races, missouri and candidate and you have one candidate with the blindfolding, the tying up, nude photographs and telling you that you are a disgusting cow, and the other one has an ex-girfriend and ex-wife accusing

gop congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, again denying that she was advocating the use of martial law. >> did you send a text asking for the president to declare martial law? did you do that? >> you know, i don't recall those being my text messages. >> several are saying the only way to save our republic is for trump to call for martial law. >> keep going with the text message. i don't know on those things. >> excuse me. i don't know on those things. is that what that says? it says i don't know on those things. wait a minute, stop. this text message that's supposedly mine, i don't know if it is -- >> joining me now, emily, legal writer for "the new york times" magazine and former prosecutor, jill wine-banks. emily, what do you think meld meadows meant when he told hannity, we make a powerful team. >> i think it's clear what we're seeing here is hannity is not behaving in a journalist in any way that we use this term. it's also not a surprise that he was on stage with trump during the campaign. he really is an advocate and a member of the administration and he's using his pulpit on tel

you are a former member of the gop, so am i.umentary -- we are talking about it, right? it's getting us to talk but the democrats always seem to suffer when it comes to being able to suffer -- getting a strong message across. i don't see that type of chatter about democratic messaging. >> i think part of it is that democrats don't message this way, because, let's be honest here, this is insane. i think what tampa republicans do incredibly well is that they play the media like a fiddle. they know that if they go out there and say obnoxious and ridiculous things, it will get covered. it will get discussed. it will take time away from other issues that are going, on that have real impact on most americans. and it's a cycle that they just rinse, wash, repeat, over and over again. it's a real disadvantage for democrats, from a messenger standpoint, unlike republicans democrats do not have a propaganda megaphone, set up, that masquerades as a cable news channel. that masquerade as internet news. they have real legitimate news. people

now the gop is changing its tune.ge their political strategies in a sense because they are not dealing with the same two political parties anymore. >> that is so interesting. i also want to talk about netflix. anybody who had a bad day yesterday, i think netflix had a worst day. they lost 200 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 and expect to lose another 2 million in the second quarter. >> yeah. okay. so wall street has been calling this forever and ever and ever. there would be a day where netflix came to its plateau in subscribers and what would happen. until now it's been theoretical. disney getting on board with its deluge of content in the streaming wars, all the different actors in the streaming wards hastened that day for netflix. now netflix is like, okay, we need to figure out how to raise more money from our subscribers. so they're considering a product that's cheaper but commercials so advertisers are dealing with some of the costs. it is very expensive to create good content. >> yeah. >> when you have

florida's new law comes as we've seen attacks on abortion rights in so many gop-led states.have to wait and see whether or not any legal challenges are actually going to take place. but stephanie, this isn't the only controversial move desantis made this week. we'll be looking into that later on but we appreciate you taking the time this morning to join us. >> reporter: sure, thank you. >>> so stephanie stanton just joined us to talk about one of the moves that desantis made this week but the other one is he also took over congressional redistricting in the state of florida. so we're going to be getting into that later on in the show, plus for russians, the flagship maskva represented power and hope and then it sunk. could it symbolize something bigger? i'll ask john hertz about what this could mark a major turning point in the war. that's next. >>> dara brown has more top stories you might have missed. >> thank you, katie. this morning, a wildfire is forcing people in colorado out of their homes. you can see smoke and flames erupting from this area about 25 miles north of b

what does it say about the gop that mark meadows to pies nonexistent voter fraud, and then goes on toit is an embarrassment. i do wonder if he is guilty of that, and then you add the pending referral to doj about refusing to appear before congress, and ignoring the subpoena. that is another criminal charge. it seems like mark meadows is just kind of racking them up right now. but most of all, it shows that there is no way that mark meadows or the donald trump administration felt the rules apply to them. and that is the clear intent here. >> -- to florida men in the villages, i believe one who voted for trump or who is a trump supporter, he actually pleaded guilty this week to voting twice in the 2020 election. and again, it is absolute crickets from the republicans who are always accusing democrats of voter fraud. but i'm not seeing any republicans come out and denouncing this example of voter fraud that is reportedly in favor of donald trump. >> that is right, because the republicans have been -- support at the federal and state legislative levels in support of legislation and litiga

but, we need to face the reality of who the gop actually is.cratic friends about some of these culture issues, particularly concerning kids in schools. republicans know that going after the culture wars in schools, and using children the rental issues, you have the covid moms, this is a very poignant and pertinent issue. and what democrats are losing in the swing districts on these issues it is because they feel as though the democratic party has swung too far to the left. they cannot ignore this. you look in places like pennsylvania, which is an important swing state, where you have republicans that are out registering, converting democrats for the one, back to the republican. versus democrats getting republican votes. that is a problem in the state like that. so republicans are doing what they need to do to get the votes that they need in the swing district and swing states, and using these issues. the top three issues for republicans right now in these states are the economy, crime and immigration. and then, the culture war comes in there to

but the states gop looking to restrict voting rights.

life you are wondering, if ron desantis could go up against the 2024 gop nomination.fference between the two? take a look at this. they even have some of the same mannerisms! >> judges are a priority. >> we [inaudible] >> thanks to a recount for that incredible very geo comparison. i'm glad to welcome my guest on set here in d.c., a national syndicated writer for the ronald. we had to have the miami connection. the 305 is represented today. first question, straight out of the gate, who is a greater threat to democracy, ron desantis or donald trump? >> i think, actually, desantis, ultimately. a lot of us speculated, years ago, during the beginning of the trump regime that the thing that would make trump even more dangerous than he was was if he was smarter and less crippled by his ego. less crippled by his need for constant praise and i formation. ron desantis in this sense is to trump two point oh. he is not as easily malleable. he is not the guy who was responding to the last thing said about the last person in the room. >> sure. >> he is less predictable in that sen

gop governors are driving up costs for their constituents. all of that and much more coming right up. a great sunday morning to you. i'm katie fang. potentially major news in the war on ukraine today. president volodymyr zelenskyy saying that he is going to meet with united states ecuadorian state anthony blinken, and defense secretary lloyd austin and kyiv today. the white house, national security council, and state department have declined to comment. and the pentagon will not confirm zelenskyy's claims. but this would be the very first visit to ukraine by senior members of the biden administration since the war began. it comes as the u.s. has ramped up military aid and training for ukrainian officers. but perhaps not to the level that zelenskyy would like. at a news conference in kyiv on saturday, zelenskyy said the visits from ukraine's partners in the west are important to help. what's his country is asking for is more important. >> you cannot come to us, now, with empty hands. we expect not just the presence of some cakes. we expect con

does donald trump have that much hold on the gop?ue there's a difference between the gop and trump enthusiastic, that it is clear that as remarkable pointed out, is very eager to be having some of the camps going into the midterms. and i think the gop is just holding their breath, hoping that trump does not continue to take up more airtime. and that he just casually endorses there candidates. but one of the things that we cannot forget is that the american myth that trump continues to dispel is that anything like what is happening in ukraine could not happen. here it is a promise that is consistently being made by personalities like him. i would say just a lot of people that follow him a very cultish type behavior on the relationship with him. and the gop is just holding their breath that he is not going to continue to do something that a lot of democratic strategies are going to encourage their candidates, their competitors, on the spot for. because ultimately we are going to have to say hey, your candidate is endorsed by donald tru

they reach it not only meadows, but the offices of these gop lawmakers, and have not heard back.ing as the house leader and kevin mccarthy faced major damage control. after this audio recording surfaced, where he says that he planned on urging the former president after the events on january 6th. he did not go forward with doing so, and he is now denying ever having said. that there is been a range of writings from republicans and both the house on the senate sunday show. listen to one of their soundbites here. >> frankly, when i first heard this, i thought that anybody had been disclosed to president trump as president -- had. i thought we was going to do was either resign or quit. he had two days to the end of this term. there was no way that was going to happen. i was frankly surprised that kevin levy suggested it might be a realistic suggestion to make for president trump. >> it is an interesting perspective from senator roy lands. we are expecting to heal a lot more perspectives and opinions about these tapes of kevin mccarthy, when lawmakers return here to capitol hill tomo

and later, according to at least one gop member of congress, no one cares about january 6th. we're going to dig and into the global growing political follow from the latest reported revelations. the 11th hour just getting underway on this wednesday night. and poise in her pants. it takes poise. i'll tell you, today without giving hole numbers, more than half of those howitzers are in the ukraine. we know that they are expending rounds every single day. of all different types and calibers. and we are doing everything we can. the flow continues to make sure that they can stay in the flight. fight. >> and the administration is about to ask congress for a lot more money to keep that military flow going. sources say, president biden will propose another massive aid package tomorrow morning. and as we enter day 64 of the war, i want to bring in cal perry, live in kyiv. cal, we have seen reports of fires and explosions on the russian side of the border. what do you know about that? >> yes, so this is an interesting development. in just the past 24, 48 hours, and at least three locat

. >> well, at a closed door gop meeting today, mccarthy gave a full-throated defense of his commentsed the tapes just an attempt to divide the party ahead of the midterm elections. cnn ryan nobles, how did mccarthy explain his previous comments to his caucus members today? >> in many ways he's just doubling down. he's suggesting that they were just ideas, that he wasn't attempting to undermine the former president or the other members of the republican conference that he was critical of and that these were just conversations. and again, he basically blamed the media for taking him out of context and said that the republican party needed to stay united ahead of the republican -- or i should say ahead of the midterm elections in the fall, and to a certain extent, most of the conference appears to be buying that line. we're told that he received a standing ovation in this closed door meeting of republican members, but it is still worth pointing out that there are still factions in the republican party that are unhappy with the way mccarthy conducted himself during this period of time. f

i'm tina peters. >> and also one of the republicans vying for top backing on the gop ballot.rney general mark burn avich is getting hammered on the airwaves by other republicans for his role in certifying the state's 2020 election results. >> he says president trump is wrong on voter fraud. really? >> brian kemp sold us out. >> david perdue is going after brian kemp for certifying the election in 2020, as the two face off in the gop gubernatorial primary. putting up election deniers in november could prove risky for the gop. >> the risk is losing. >> republican strategist jason cable row said even with the challenging environment for democrats, republicans still need to strike a broader appeal. >> relitigating the 2020 election is popular with republican voters. it's not popular with non-republican voters. the idea we can win without independents and some conservative swing democrats coming our way is ignoring the reality of michigan politics. >> over at the gop endorsement conventions, appearances from election deniers like mike lindell and rudy giuliani. as republicans conv

gop has offered them nothing in return.try today offer a trumpy alternative that is not non-trumpist of the gop base. the only one who kind of has has been ron desantis ask his solution has to be even more -- to be even trumpier than trump. >> trumpier than trump and, yet, he would argue i think behind closed doors that it's less chaos that wall street ask those power bases can deal with desantis as harvard grad and former marine, i believe, former military, but he can still do all the other, um -- what's the word -- political crap. um, i suspect he will be hearing from both of you again as midterms approach. i appreciate you joining us. david plough and jake. >> thank you, ari. >>> up ahead. accountability story. alex jones in the snoop. i will explain. also, revelations about mike lee's leaked tests and why obama's former-top prosecutor is involved here to explain, when we return. rosecutor is involved here to explain, when we return. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all of us. ♪ ♪ that's why we build technology

>> it's good reporting, to make that clear, but whether it matters to gop voters is another issue.story because their main source of information is fox and fox is barely covering it. so for them to do something to hold mccarthy accountable, it would again on them hearing the story and they're not hearing anything about it. >> by the way, they said they have more tapds. if this drip, drip, drip is good for sales is it controversial for sitting on them on months and not reporting it when they get them? every time there's a book about trump or biden, this begins the controversy. >> i think if you have trump saying something about the pandemic that contradicts the public policy towards the pandemic, that's something perhaps the public needs to know. in a case like this it just leads to a best seller as you pointed out. there's a big difference between a best seller and something that will have a political impact. and there are no consequences for political lying but there are consequences for telling the truth. so that's the odd space we're in right now. and this is not happening in a

marlene sotomayor said trump reveled on his grip over the gop. alexander burns and jonathan martin of the "new york times" released the tapes as part of their reporting for their new book "this will not pass." in these recordings mccarthy planned to tell trump that he should resign, that of course never happened and just weeks after the violent insurrection, mccarthy made a special trip to marla goe to capitalize on a photo-op with donald trump and he's back pedaling and claiming things are fine. you know, keep moving people, nothing to see here, right? here's mccarthy yesterday talking about his phone call with the former president. >> my conversation is very good because the conversation here is what they said we did, we never did. i never asked president trump to resign. we both talked about that. we've talked about -- >> reporter: did you speak with him about resigning? >> let me be very clear. i have never asked the president to resign. >> there is a lot to keep up with in this story so here's allie raffa on capitol hill. >> reporter: you ca

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i'm tina pieters. >> reporter: also on pieters backing for top billing on the gop ballot.yber ninjas review sitting attorney general mark burn vich is getting hammered on the airways by other republicans for his role in certifying the state's 2020 election results. >> says president trump is wrong on voter fraud, really? >> reporter: in georgia. >> brian kemp sold us out. >> reporter: david perdue is going after governor brian kemp for certifying the election in 2020 as the two face off in the gubernatorial primary putting up election deniers in november could prove risk. the jason cable roe says even with the challenging environment for democrats republicans still need to strike a broader appeal. >> relitigating the 2020 election is popular with republican voters it's not popular with nonrepublican voters. the idea that we can win without independents and some conservative swing democrats coming our way is ignoring the reality of michigan politics. >> reporter: over at the gop endorsement conventions appearances from election die national hurricane center like mike lindel

it just shows you how the gop is divided. >> yeah, sure.were spot on about the reckless incendiary comments of some of their members, you know, at a very difficult time in our nation's history. so they were right. and look, i've always said this. kevin mccarthy will never be able to outflank the far right of the party. there's always going to be somebody out there, tucker carlson or some group, always going to be the right of him. frankly, that's their business model. they want to go out there and say they're the vanguard of the conservative movement or liberal movement. and that's what they do. i think it's a mistake to try to placate too many of those elements and then you'll see control to them. and if he becomes speaker that element is going to then basically try to hold the whole conference hostage. i think it's better like i say don't feed the crocodiles because they'll eat you sooner or later. >> it's interesting he's comparing it to liberal college professor or msnbc staffer because as you said what kevin mccarthy was saying is actu

major city dropping its mandate just as another reinstates one >>> the newly-revealed recordings house gop leader kevin mccarthy on tape saying donald trump acknowledged some responsibility for january 6th and saying the then-president should resign. and new word the two spoke last night what was said. >>> wildfires burning out of control in the southwest. dozens of homes destroyed. new evacuations tonight. >>> and on this earth day, a clean energy breakthrough roads that charge your electric vehicle while you drive. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone for both sides in ukraine tonight there's a lot riding on the battle for mariupol russia in desperate need of a big victory after a series of embarrassing setbacks in the war for ukraine a defeat would change the david and goliath narrative of its outmanned forces standing toe to toe with a giant russia war machine and so tonight in the war of information ukrainian officials say the battle isn't over, rejecting putin's claim of success in the critical port city ukrainian troops, they say, cont

gop members tearing at the fabric of the scared experiment -- extends well beyond washington.week, michigan's republican party endorsed a trump backed election denier as secretary of state. it's a role that oversees elections. so we know that republican leaders are doing, and how low they will go for the stake of winning? the never ending question, it seems, how did democrats fight back in the midterms? utah democrats, for example, our thinking outside the box, making the historic decision to back independent evan mcmullin instead of running a democratic candidate against senator mike lee. their move puts out former cia operations officer against a senator who as new text messages revealed, was involved in early efforts to overturn biden's when. a win certified by all 50 secretary of state's, representing both parties. make no mistake, if democrats can't find a way to unify their own, along with pro democracy republicans and independents, the mad men machine will go even further. it is hard to imagine given all the gop attacking right now, from voter rights to reproductive fre

the gop has evolved from tea party to trumpism. will be a cold war between florida and georgia at that point. i mean, i can't had castro to my south and abrams to my north. that would be a disaster. >> weather is massive. honestly, not doing anything. we have to stop -- this together. if you want to wear, it fine, but this is ridiculous. it >> trying to oppose a woke ideology in our state, we see that as i. threat wokeness will destroy this country if we let it run unabated. >> it is that kind of rhetoric that has truly chris running on his nice guy reputation. as political puts, is the bent in the end is that the playbook that worked for joe biden against trump in 2020 can work here, again, with chris against dissidents of in 2022. will that work in a state like florida? so far, desantis has raised more than hundred million dollars from his campaign. in polls show him is the second most popular potential presidential candidate for the republican ticket after trump. we should note that we asked the governor to come on for an interv

also tonight, the gop ramps up efforts to rollback your rights, whether it's access to safe reproductive or lgbtq protections. how far might republicans go? but most importantly, how can they be stopped? plus, what is at for the 1-6 committee after speaking this week with ivanka. now comes the quest of getting her dad donald j trump himself in the hot seat. we're gonna begin with some news out of texas this saturday. a 26 year old woman out of jail tonight on a half million dollar bail. accused of performing a quote, self induced abortion. the county sheriff office arrested her thursday, and charged her with murder. she pointed out the associated press reports it's unclear if she terminated her own pregnancy, or help someone else get an abortion. the sheriff's office does not say which law she violated. this comes after texas passed the nation's most restrictive abortion law last fall. the law bans abortions after six weeks. >> it relies on private citizens to sue abortion providers. however, women receiving care are exempt from the law. for seven months now, texans seeking reproductive

house gop leader kevin mccarthy coming under fire after audio leaked of him claiming that the former president admitted some responsibility for the attack on the capitol. >> the only discussion i would have with him is that i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation he should resign. he told me he does have some responsibility for what happened. and you need to acknowledge that. i've had it with this guy. what he did is unacceptable. nobody can defend that, and nobody should defend it. >> why is that revelation important to your committee? >> i think it is very important that kevin mccarthy has evidence the former president acknowledged bearing some responsibility for that attack on the capitol. this is an admission of guilt by the former president. >> by the way, doesn't stop there. we're also learning about a new court filing that says trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows, was warned before the january 6th attack on the capitol that it could turn violent. my political panel is going to join me to break all this down and what it means for the investigation goin

and so that's what you are seeing with all of this activism on the gop side.e as a soft trump supporter, someone who is probably more loyal to the gop than to donald trump himself about what happened in 2020 and do you think the election was stolen, you might not hear the qanon, that kind of crazy theory. you will hear, you know, it was just too easy for people to vote because of the pandemic, and that's why joe biden won. so this is what across the country you see out. republicans have swept into action and they are making all of these changes that will probably make it a lot harder for democrats to get out the vote that they need to get out. >> florida republicans have actually advocated their responsibility to draw the state's congressional map, handing it over to ron desantis who wants to carve up a majority of black districts even more. what do you make of that? what's your reaction? >> well, certainly, as you mentioned, they're advocating their responsibility. the responsibility to draw those lines for redirecting lies squarely with the state legislature

what do you make of that kind of rhetoric and the silence from the gop leadership? >> look, i think that there are two big things sort of happening. there's this craziness inside the republican party. and this is what putin is doing. he's calling a jewish president of ukraine a nazi. these are not un-related. because it is a tactic of pro-autocracy movements, which is what the republican party has largely become, to make these wild accusations. because then it makes any accommodation with the other side to impossible. it then makes it morally -- not only permissible, but you have a moral obligation to destroy the other side, if they're nazis, you must destroy them. if they're pedophiles, you must put them in jail. and this is just another evidence of how the republican party is falling in line with this autocratic playbook. >> and stewart, i want to put out footage of senator romney being the lone republican clapping after his fellow republicans leave the room after the confirmation of the first black woman being nominated to the supreme court. >> you know, it's try

the former congressman has been an outspoken critic of former president trump and gop leaders in thehat his departure from the committee is amicable. >> paula reed, thank you. our panel joins us now. congressman, let me start with you. i'm interested to know what your perspective is on matt gaetz referring to congressman mccarthy and congressman scalise as weak men. do you agree with him? >> well, look -- >> even if not for the same reasons he thinks that. >> i think in many respects the republican leadership in the house is weakening themselves by placating these fringe elements within the conference. >> in other words, you think they're weak but franot for the reason matt gaetz does. >> they're hurting themselves by playigating these fringe elements. look, i think kevin mccarty is going to wiggle his way out of this for the moment. the more they placate trump on the insurrection, the fringe elements, they're empowering them. there's too many members who are fearful. i'll call it the fear caucus. there's too many of them. by being silent, they simply empower the fringe, and the frin

this is now being mainstreamed inside the gop. polish up his bona fides by getting there first, a sign of coming attractions. because this isn't a debate about the right level of corporate tax rates or environmental regulations, these are outright threats of retaliation against private businesses, using the power of the government, if they do not fall in line. this is not conservative. it is radical. this is not freedom of speech. it is intimidation and coercion. and it is most definitely not pro business. and that's your reality check. >> you like that theme park, john avlon? you like it all right? >> i like that theme park. shame if anything happened to it. >> sure would be a shame. john avlon, thank you for that. >>> the face-off over masks hitting a new snag. what the justice department just did that could impact the way that you travel. and we're waiting for -- we're waiting for an address from president biden with an update on the war in ukraine. and we just learned what he's going to announce. [eerie shrinking sounds] (brad

that finally led to gop outrage and to this -- >> come on, man.nd execute and orgy? at best acould see them announcing an exploratory committee to investigate at a later date. >> i had sex with 2.5 of them. not at the same time, of course. i'm not in the gop. >> all fun in games unless you're kevin mccarthy. found it so extraordinarily offensive had to reprimand cawthorn. >> and madison cawthorn's statement the left in the media putting this criticism on him. the criticism is coming from the republican party. he had a stern meeting behind closed doors and spoke publicly about it, which he doesn't normally do. feeling comfortable because seeing a lot of republicans come out and criticize cawthorn for the comments, wrong and unfounded. gives interesting insight how cawthorn balances his caucus. >> speaking at a white supremacist conference but don't do this? >> willing to give marjorie taylor greene back her position and yet he take as harder line with someone like cawthorn who made the comments about orgies and the like, and does he think he can ma

do you believe that the gop is helping everyone votes fairly and freely in this country? georgia last year. and it was a great bill. i worked on it. i had family members calling and saying -- >> you're in georgia? >> yes, out of georgia. i'm not -- i don't know about -- >> so you think that the -- >> i actually work order the -- >> you worked on it? >> yes, i worked on it. if you think about it, no one really brought up a big stink about it until the end. people that talked to me -- >> we certainly did on this show, my friend. >> when you go about -- >> we made a stink about it. >> my question to you is, is georgia better or worse than delaware or new york? chuck schumer is from new york. let's compare georgia to new york. >> let's -- >> but voter policy, you're talking about the voter policies that come from state legislatures. that is where all the garbage policies come from. and some of the things in the bill that people are not in georgia specifically that people cannot provide food and water in the state of georgia. i grew up in georgia so we can talk about this. you

no responsibility for the gop just the democratic party?ays look at the done for the black community. i look at slavery. and at slaveryio to abortion and jim crow. even though the laws on the iobooks and they can vote equal protection under the law? to castrate and kill and murderer. the one killed in the field from tennessee in 1940 because he was trying to get black people to vote. that was them. murders and thieving and they have not changed. it's like the mafia. if you set of the mafia inside the city who comes? the pimps and the drug dealers and murderers and the thieves because that's what they do. if the democratic party in the state we will keep children terrible schools and destroyhe religion who comes? not the good people. >> you think this is why the media demonizes conservativism? do you think they are the enabler to protect them to continue to do their bidding under further destruction in the erosion of american values quick. >> you have seen hollywood. i don't have to tell you. you also know from history that the soviet union