i want to come back to you, matt dowd, though. screaming shame. these are the moments that pierce through the noise. actually, let's see if we can listen in. >> moving forward, this is setting a precedent that any person that voices dissent can be expelled from a legislative body. this has never happened in our history. what the nation is seeing is that we don't have democracy in tennessee. and we don't act, we have some very dark days ahead. and so we have to respond to this with mass movements. non-violent movements. i will continue to hold them accountable. it is not about me. but trying to silence the movement that we were trying to amplify on the house floor. >> you said today this doesn't seem like america to you. >> this does not seem like america. dispel voices of opposition and dissent is a signal of authoritarianism. i hope as the nation watches that we put this light on tennessee to say that this should sound the alarm across the nation that we are entering into very dangerous territory. >> your colleagues in there who will still face q

joining us now political strategist and msnbc contributor matt dowd and the reverend al sharpton, the annual action network matt dowd, you live there in texas, the real world where red america and blue america can sometimes clash violently. maybe this arming of america that took place during the pandemic was less of a shock to you, but just the numbers of guns that are out there and the level of rage and fear of our neighbors, just feels like something we can't -- can he want put the toothpaste back in the tube what do we do now? >> well, i'm glad we're having this conversation because -- and i know we've talked about guns and the trauma that it causes and all that have and i'm glad the reverend is here with this because i think it's more of a spiritual crisis that it has revealed in us in our country. you've talked about this before but what's happening, all of this is happening, guns are being bought, there's 400 million guns in the country, 320, 330 million people in the country, more against than people in our country, but what's happening is americans are becoming simultaneously

african american department of studies at princeton also, political strategist and msnbc contributor, matt dowdrites itself, right? but it's already etched in stone. republicans are already for this, republicans made this happen republicans pushed through the six conservative justices who already sit on the supreme court and as their popularity and trust and integrity in the eyes of the american people plunges, the republicans are tied to them so too do they >> yeah. and i think your set up piece is a very accurate portrayal about the circumstances that are faced in coming in the future electoral cycles i think we have to be careful. i think we have to be careful that all of us know and the polls say it that all the positions on these issues the republicans have are out of step with the majority of the country. completely out of step with the skrort of country, but, but we have a structure in our country that doesn't always reveal and doesn't always implement what the majority of the country wants. and that's through a combination of gerrymandering and sorting and geographic distribution and al

dowd, a former georg w. bush strategy and founder o country over party gentlemen, welcome matt, help me with this.s did not hold a bi event, no big pans for the bil signing, he loves big events he just had sponsors and gun advocates, like the nra. he must know it is not popular to do this with his voters >> well, you would think because that would be th logical thing. and maybe that is the case that he didn't sign the bill i mean, the republicans have put themselves in a really awful position in this but seems to be popular with 30% of the country i exceedingly unpopular of 70% o the country. so, what they've done is wel it's made them a high-leve among the base, voters it' caused elections and wil probably talk about this lik with what happened last nigh in wisconsin, and what happene in 2022, and what happened i 2020, and what happened in 2018, it's put them in a position, i there's any competitive race at all, republicans ar completely at a disadvantage so, on one, hand they do thi crazy stuff that appeals to 25 to 30% of the country. and then the rest the country, as the young voters ar expres

dowd, former george w. bush's strategist and founde of country over party, gentlemen, welcome matt, walk - not holiday eventponsors, gu buckets like the nra he must know it is not popular to do this with voters >> well, you would think because that would be th logical thing. and maybe that is the case that he didn't sign the bill i, mean the republicans ar putting themselves in a really awful position in this what is seeming to be popula with 30% of the country is exceedingly unpopular with 70% of the country and so what they have done i it has made them very at a high-level amongst the bas voters, it has caused election and we will probably talk abou this like what happened last night in wisconsin at what happened in 2022 and wha happened in 2020 and wha happened in 2018 it has put them in a position, if there is any competitiv races at all, republicans ar completely at a disadvantage so on the one hand they di this crazy stuff that appeal to 25 to 30% of the country. and and the rest of th country's young voters are expressing react to absolutely negatively to everything the are doing. it is guns, it is a