particularly from the trumpiest members of congress and particularly from the republican nominee from pennsylvania, doug mastriano a case study for months now and republicans trying to pull off their gerald l.k. smith to make the republican party the christian nationalist party that he always wanted and spent all of those decades to create. a paid consultant for the mastriano campaign, the republican nominee for pennsylvania, the republican party has chosen him to be the candidate for governor, it is making headlines today, thanks to the watchdog group media matters starting to document this guy's own pronouncements on the threat of the jews. and on the christian nationalist movement, as represented by candidates like his guy, republican doug mastriano. >> so no, we don't want people who are atheists, we don't want people who are jewish, this is an explicitly christian movement because this is an explicitly christian country. now we're not saying that, you know, we're going to deport all these people or whatever, you're free to stay here, right, you're not going to be forced to conver

again, mastriano is the republican nominee for governor in pennsylvania. ty has chosen him as his candidate for governor. a paid consultant for mastriano's campaign is making headlines today, thanks to the watchdog group media matters. starting to document this guy's own pronouncements on the threat of the jews. and, on the christian nationalists movement as represented by candidates like his guy, republican doug mastriano. >> so, no, we don't want people who are atheists, we don't want people who are jewish. this is explicitly christian movement. because this is an explicitly christian country. now, we are not saying that, you know, we are going to deport all these people or whatever. you are free to stay here, right. you are not going to be forced to convert or anything like this. but, you are going to enjoy the fruits of living in a christian society under christian loss. >> that is a consultant on the campaign for republican nominee for governor of pennsylvania, doug mastriano. clarifying, clarifying, that it's not the plan to forcibly deport the jews.

have any qualms, particularly from theav trumpist members of coming and particularly from the republican nominee for governor in the swing state ofan pennsylvania, man named doug mastriano. he's been sort of a case study for months now and republicans trying tor put on their best gerald l.k. smith masks to make the republican party the christian nationalist party that hehe always wanted and that he spent all those sad decades trying to create.wa a paid consultant for the doug mastriano campaign, again, mastriano is the republican nominee for governor, in pennsylvania, theep republican party hasor chosen him as their candidate for governor, a paid consultant for mastriano's campaign is making headlines today thanks i to the watchdog group media matters starting to document this guy's own pronouncements on the thread of the jews and on the christian nationalist movement as represented by candidates like his guy republican doug mastriano.es >> so, no, we don't want people who are atheists. we don't want people who are jewish. this is an explicitly christian movement because this is an explicitly ch

you have a republican nominee who democrats say is not a resident of pennsylvania, actually lives in new jersey. that is dr. oz. the democrats nominated a candidate, i do not want to diss him in the slightest, he had a stroke before the primary. it is obvious it was more serious than the campaign admitted. we still have not seen the candidate out on the campaign trail. they keep saying he will appear in july, so i guess yes another 20 or 25 days to appear. there are two candidates who are damaged and we will see what happens. the gubernatorial race is leaning democratic, maybe that is helping in the senate race. if i do pick one i would pick georgia because senator raphael warnock was elected just two years ago, one of those two democratic seats in georgia that were elected in the special election in early january, the day before the insurrection on capitol hill. they both went democratic in georgia after biden carried georgia narrowly and they turn the senate very slightly blue. the vice president is on the road right now to breaking the all-time tie-breaking record for vice preside

democratic senator raphael warnock is going to face off against the republican nominee for senate -- rought their best here for this race so tell us what we should know about the state of the race and about the voters in the south more broadly. >> the message on that senate race, particularly from senator warnock has been that herschel walker, who is a very popular all-important figure in football in the state is not exactly ready or prepared to serve in the united states senate, that he is very untested and perhaps had a lot of dominance on the football field, but might not actually be able to deliver, when it comes to actually legislating one of the highest centers of government in the country. you know, voters are paying attention to this race in particular in addition to the governor's race. it's one of the essential questions here. it has been how this ticket will really shake out. cÔte d'ivoire have a scenario in which governor brian kemp, possibly defeating stacey abrams or more knocks, still winds as an incumbent, or if democrats a total sweep, that's proving that 2020 with jo

he is a republican nominee for governor in the state.t differential in the polling with josh shapiro, jewish american, the elected democratic attorney general, incumbent attorney general. here is a sample of whatgab ceo said. >> we don't want people who are age atheist, jewish. this is a christian movement. this is an explicitly christian country. >> he went on to say that jewish people will not be expelled, they won't be exiled, but they will have to live in a christian nationalist country. your reaction to this? >> look, andrew torba is one of the most toxic people in public life right now. the idea that anyone running for elected office would associate themselves with him, would use gab as a launching pad and a platform for their politics, that in and of itself, in normal times, literally would be prohibitive. it's a frightening moment when we see this kind of outright christian nationalism, an undisguisedd hostility towards jews. elected officials who engage in this rhetoric aren't just flirting with fascism, they are bringing it to

to january 6th, who had called mike pence a traitor as the riot was under way, he is now the republican nomineeupport -- millions of dollars of support from the democratic governors of association. trying to nominate the more beatable candidate, isn't that dangerous? >> the politics today in america is that you want to pick your opponent, republicans sometimes try to pick their democrat opponents. and democrats try to pick their republican opponents. i don't like the strategy but that's the history. look, decrs ve o o best tickets i have ever sn in maland. it's going to be interesting. something the governor said the donald trump is the face of thp movement, he's defining what's at stake in november. not mike pence. mike pence is trying to lay the groundwork for possibly 2024. but mike pence, right now, is the quote/unquote the sane alternative to donald trump. i don't know if that's going to play, you know, come november when donald trump continues to suck the oxygen out of the room and he's continuing to define this election about the previous election. elections are about the future. >> cath

does he actually have a change in a chance to become the republican nominee for senate in the state? >> zain clay, it's a great question. this is a fragmented through a rate of this point. in the gop primary here in missouri. you have to ericsson vicky. so the force eric, who is the embarrassment -- you just mention eric ryan's he's someone who resigned in 18 months after being inaugurated as governor. as you, said there are claims of sexual impropriety, sexual abuse. extramarital affairs. there's also eric schmidt who's the missouri attorney general. he is someone who i've been told was a moderate republican who is really trying to tackle right in order to and gain the endorsement from president trump. he has not endorsed him in this race and he is wildly popular in the state. then there's vicky had learned, he is someone who i'm told is a solid conservative. she was someone who voted against certifying the election. she's currently in the u.s. house. i'm told that there's no chance of when president trump is going to endorser. he's publicly said that she is not up to the job. so th

well, i would love the fear, the republican nominee, i want what there need to be to at least healthy functioning parties for democracy the thrive. and i just want to see a democratic nominee certainly, and a republican nominee that will keep our commitment to the transfer of power and democratic norms lose. cheney, i think, is a true profile in courage. well, congress and brendan boyle, the pennsylvania, thank you so much for joining us. i would hope you'll come back this invitation, come back again. thank you will do. thank you. so what's the bottom line? i imagine people all over the world taking one look at today's america and just scratching their heads. how can so many americans want donald trump back, especially since he still has an admitted to losing the last time? well, if you want to understand this society or any society, it's about living with crazy contradictions. folks are worried about climate change, but they also love their gas guzzling cars. a lot of people are hurting financially these days, but some are doing great. some people believe that america is making progr

and the republican nominee for governor wants it to happen.the republican nominee for governor state senator doug mastriano, was plotting with rudy giuliani, to try to figure out how to give donald trump pennsylvania's electoral votes, last time even though joe biden won the most votes in pennsylvania. it was legally impossible to do. now there was some falsely alarmist written analysis at the time, and some publications, suggesting that the pennsylvania legislator could do that. but that analysis was always totally wrong about pennsylvania, in 2016. because at the time, the pennsylvania legislator would have had to quickly pass a law retroactively, giving themselves the authority to name electors and that law would've had to been signed by the governor, who is a democrat. and was never going to sign that law. so the alarm in 2016 was a false alarm in pennsylvania. the supreme court might just decide though that even though the pennsylvania legislator has passed a law like all other legislators delegating their authority to name electors, to t

. >> coming up, donald trump is the clear front want her to be the republican nominee in 2024. what happens if he loses the primary? trump running again could be the nightmare scenario for the republican party. next have you thought about your wish? i wish that shaq was my real life big brother. awe. what's up little bro? ♪♪ i'm not touching you, i'm not touching you! ♪♪ turns out, some wishes do come true. and it turns out the general is a quality insurance company that's been saving people money for nearly 60 years. mom! for a great low rate, and nearly 60 years of quality coverage make the right call and go with the general. the big pull today they got a lot of attention and i think people buried the lead on it. so here's the way i read it. donald trump is a uniquely unpopular figure in america right now. it's a fact it's borne out over and over again. at some point you would think republicans are going to realize that and really realize it. so the poll referring to his new win out today by the new york times. and a hypothetical presidential rematch between biden and trump in

. >> if he is the republican nominee and say he runs again, who knows who he ends up running against,or someone else. doug jones, what does liz cheney do? she told me she'd be willing to do whatever it took to prevent donald trump from getting back into the oval office. there is a very serious risk if he is the republican nominee again that he actually wins despite all of the potential headwinds. what does or should a liz cheney do in that situation? should she run as an independent? >> i think she's got to win. it's going to tell a lot what happens in wyoming. >> i think they think they're going to lose. >> that may very well be. she would not go out as a loser. donald trump is a loser, and she could parlay that. i agree. i think she's got a future. i'm just not so sure that it's in 2022 or 2024. i think it's going to take -- frankly, i think it's going to take a lot longer for that maga faction -- >> but the other problem is trump would just be one term. so when you have a damaged joe biden, if he stays on the ticket, why not pick a republican who can be two terms instead of -- >> a

it was only four years ago you decide to support ashley moody the republican nominee for the republican -- gave her money to help defeat sean shaw and now he's trying to make sure women don't get a choice by going to the supreme court. you want somebody you can trust, it's me. host: the next question, we've been witnessing the sentencing phase of the particle and shooter. gun reform laws have proven to be difficult to get through the legislature in the wake of the particle in school shooting. we are talking about the red flag laws and raising the age to 20 12 purchase most firearms that went into place. what else if anything do you think needs to be passed and can be passed in the state of florida? >> when i ran in 2018, a made a promise to you. i made a promise when i was elected commissioner of agriculture, not only what i kicked the nra out of my office, but that's exactly what i did, i came in on day one and made sure everyone had thorough and complete background checks. make sure i looked at loopholes in my administration. then i stood side-by-side with administrators and legislato

outgoing republican governor larry hogan's chosen successor lost her primary this week to the new republican nomineearyland delegate and 2020 election denier backed by former president trump. here with me to discuss is the republican governor of maryland larry hogan. let's talk about mr. cox. he embraced the qanon insanity, organized buses to the stop the steal rally, even tweeted that mike pence was a traitor while the capitol was under assault. do you think there's any chance he could win, and if so, what might that mean? >> i don't think there's any chance he'll win. this was a big win pour the democratic governor's association who spent over $3 million trying to promote this guy. it was basically collusion between trump and the national democrats who propped this guy up and got him elected. he's not a serious candidate. >> i understand the dga put in money to fund ads to fund cox. republican voters, 142,000 went out and voted based on the messages the democrats put out there which were accurate about dan cox and who he was. it's really republican voters who did this. >> some of them. we only hav

>> yes, the republican nominee, for president of the united states or vice president, you would have someone there who is, i think much further down the track than donald trump with regards to sympathy for authoritarianism, sympathy for an outside the law approach to governing. and frankly, one final thing. josh hawley is someone who knows the constitution well. he understands that he is at odds with it. he is clearly comfortable with that. that is a big deal. i don't think donald trump was fully aware of how at odds the constitution was. i don't think he cared. i think josh hawley is someone who is much deeper into this. >> so much more calculating for authoritarians. jon nichols, thank you so much for your reporting and your analysis. i appreciate it. >> it's an honor to be with you. >> coming up, michigan congressman and 11 has been taunted by millions of dollars and negative ads in his democratic congressional primary race. you will be fascinated, i think to hear where that money is coming from. he joins me live next. i thin to hear where that money i to hear where that money i c

oz the republican nominee 44%.vania is always purplish, purple, blue, sometimes red? >> yeah, i think the pennsylvania race is really a good pick-up for us. and this is the problem that the republicans have they have nominated some very flawed candidates. our focus groups people said well dr. oz was a flawed talk show host he is a flawed doctor. his t-shirt says i'm an outsider conservative. is he an outside he is from new jersey. >> voters want a pennsylvanian to represent them in the senate. >> bret: to kayleigh mcenany's point on policy, federerman is pretty left if you look at the list of policies. he is more towards bernie sanders than he is towards joe biden. >> so much so he endorsed bernie sanders and bernie sanders endorsed federerman. you are absolutely right, bret. there is a huge disconnect between the democratic candidates right now and what the voters are saying. for some reason, the democratic candidates believe they can tell the voters what's important to. they voters have a way of telling candidate

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once there is a clear pick of who that republican nominee is, things could change in the few months before is having a lucky break, as we're calling it, because she doesn't have a republican opponent that's super aggressive and already attacking her on the campaign trail. >> yeah. these are some important months to define your opponent, and that's something that's not happening there. certainly, it contributes to this growing sentiment among democrats, feeling a little more optimistic about the ability to keep the senate, perhaps in a 50/50 tie, come this fall. part of the reason why is the state of pennsylvania. dr. oz down in the polls, the republican nominee, even though the democratic candidate, pennsylvania lieutenant governor fetterman, has been sidelined two months after suffering a stroke. today, fetterman will attend his first in-person fundraiser since he was hospitalized. what more can you tell us? >> yeah, so the fundraiser is actually on thursday. he'll be attending that. but a bunch of senators are gathering today, as well, in honor of him, to campaign for him. he will be in-

not about iowa or new hampshire they'll be voting in 2024 for the republican nominee for president.hat is what you deserve and that is what we should be focused on. that is why i am running for governor of florida come to fight for you, women, students, teachers, our environment. >> commissioner? nikki: i tell the story very often. when i was in high school my stepbrother came out to me. he did not know who else to tell -- turn to. luckily i was there. i cannot imagine the children of today being in an environment where they do not feel accepted, loved, with no one to turn to. this piece of legislation is for one purpose only. to divide our state. to create hate. the end result is that i talked to students, parents, teachers everywhere. right now our teachers, some of them that may be in same-sex marriages cannot even bring a picture of their spouse to the classroom. what happened to that little boy who cannot draw a picture of of his two moms? that is a result of this asinine piece of legislation that needs to be reversed. we also need somebody who we can trust to get it done. char

who want to bring us backward to the less inspiring days of mccain and romney as our losing republican nominees. dana and bill, one thing we don't cover enough in the polls. in fact 13 states right now the majority of registered voters are independents. not republicans or democrats including in key states like colorado and new hampshire. gallup 2021 said 27% of the country identifies as republican. 29% democrat. 42% independents. they lean a certain way. the question is what happens to the 42%? will they say look, i want the trump economy and energy policies back? i'm done with biden. are they looking for something new? the donor class usually says where is the next fresh face and big thing. whoever runs in 2024 if president trump decides not to, they will have to be running on his policy accomplishments no doubt. and really take the case. i think the most binary choice now is between biden and trump. you will hear grumblings among donors and voters. that's where it is going right now. 50 seats for the republicans if they're able to make joe biden's deficits democratic deficits and distractions

it was only four years ago you decided to support ashley moody the republican nominee for attorney generalave her a check for $2000 that help defeat sean shaw and now it is that attorney general of florida that you supported who was trying to make sure when you don't get a by going to the supreme court. do you want somebody you can trust? it's me. >> the next question surrounds we've been witnessing the sentencing phase of the parkland shooter which happened here in south florida. gun reform laws have proven to be difficult to get through the legislature. in the wake of the parkland shooting florida passable something to prevent a similar tragedy. we talk about the red flag laws and raising the age to 21 to purchase most firearms. that went into place. what else if anything do you think needs to be passed and can be passed in the state of florida? when i ran in 2018 i made a promise to you. i made a promise that when i was elected commissioner of agriculture that only would i take the nra out of my office, not take money from them or prop up their endorsement but that's exactly what i did.

is there an effort to deprive him of oxygen to boost the chances of another republican nominee? think the republicans would like to see that happen. his viability is in question even though we know he defies political gravity, allegedly. when you have the growth of not just for, but five, six years by the time we get to the election, i do think, you see this in republican focus groups, a lot of folks that kinda want to see him move offstage because he is a liability. i think those are things that journalists are trying to digest >> the answer in recent weeks is a lot. he has very good at generating coverage, as we say. we have a minute left. the fact that there is so much trump, trump, trump, does that serve as a distraction from what president biden is actually doing or trying to do in his political woes? >> absolutely. >> it will be a distraction. by design it is a distraction. by design it will be a ratings boost. by design all the focus will be on trump. looking at things through the prism of the media is unserious. the american people don't care about the perspective of the

he is certainly the favorite to be the republican nominee in 2024 were he to choose to run. and he's threatening to do so and announced that candidacy before the midterms which would be a disaster, many republicans say, because it would certainly change the political conversation. but his -- his adherence to the big lie showing no signs of evading. yamiche: and ayesha, jonathan talking about the developments on the january 6 front we saw in play for peoplthat we got that information that former president trump didn't want to say that the people who broke into the capitol weren't part of his movement. what do you make of these new developments when you think about the fact that the president that we covered together continues to lie? ayesha: well, i mean, i think that as we -- at the end of the day, this is what trump does. he's not going to let go of 2020. this idea of moving on and looking at the future is just not what trump does. trump never let go of 2016. and he won in 2016. so he's not going to let go of 2020 when he lost. and so that's what you're seeing. and i think -

but if you simply make it impossible for donald trump to be the republican nominee again, that's already progress. and we have a lot of we got a lot of toxins in the market political system to sweat out. but this is more than talks, and this is an imminent threat. and if he is knocked out of the political, we can begin to retrace steps back to normal political activity. he is a long way from being knocked out of the political process, though isn't true. i mean, he said specifically that he's going to run, but the assumption is working assumption by many people is that he will, isn't it? he's raised enormous amount of money. he's got to name recognition and he's got one other motive, which is there is an informal policy in united states that if someone somebody is nominated for major office that the department of justice suspends any investigation of that person pending the election, they don't want to interfere in the election. and so if he does get the nomination, he buys himself some months where he can't be indicted. the gift isn't it is a gift to somebody who's the may have crooked i

do you know whoever is the republican nominee? so we don't have a system in which some new leader could emerge. the sale of, we're going completely wrong. i mean, look at germany and i all, i've sold, the social democrats are doing or any dismal. ok. but the people whose number one, number 2 christian democrats and the greens, them all religion shortens. i mean then bad beef with shoals is that he's not doing enough for ukraine. and again, we have the, the case of the united states. it's quite possible that donald trump will return to power in 2025, but truck will be in the same position as he was in 2017. i mean, if you really tries to affect some major change in u. s. foreign policy. that you know, the deep state or whatever you call it is going to come off. i mean, you know, they will, they've already got the plan in place as to what it will be that we some very, and he's working for, you know, he's, he's got a plan to destroy the west and whatever. we can be sure that there's a plan already in place to destroy him before he be

results, especially someone who clearly would like to potentially be the 20 2020 four -- 2024 republican nominee. i think there is an argument he knows he will have to make. i think to some degree pence has been trying to walk this line between representing the pre-trump republican party, from reagan onward, while also being a little bit of an ambassador to trump's innovations on the gop. where trump was more working class friendly, more populist, were critical of free-trade, open immigration, foreign interventions abroad. pence try to be a bridge between the reagan and trump wing of the partys -- wings of the party. host: does he make the run of former president trump also runs? guest: i think he is positioning himself to run regardless of what trump does. i think it is going to be difficult if trump runs because he will be forced to pretty much talk about the events of the last election, which i think could be damaging to trump but also could be damaging depends. not -- damaging to pence. it creates an opening for someone like ron desantis who can channel the issues that matter the trump voter

the republican party's nominee for governor of pennsylvania, doug mastriano. will recall, a far-right conspiracy theorist who held down trump in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. he was at the capitol on january 6th. he went to buses for people to go there. he believes the election was stolen, or so he says, and earlier this month, media matters and cover this filings showing the mastery on o campaign paying gab $5,000 in april for campaign consulting. doug mastriano, who supports christian nationalist ideas himself, is running against a jewish man, democrat josh shapiro, in a state where the tree of life massacre occurred and where it's memory is horrifically occurred fresh. in four weeks he has not bothered to address this scandal until now. we will have his response next. l have his response next added to the pa in. but congress has a historic opportunity to deliver relief, by passing a bill to let medicare negotiate lower drug prices and put money back in the pockets of seniors. 87% of americans support the plan, and applaud the senators who are s

take arizona, or next tuesday, republicans will pick a nominee to replace outgoing democratic secretaryobbs. and then to beat in the primary is mark finchem, -- susan ember of the oath keepers. finnstrom also attended trump's rally near the white house. according to campaign filings -- where he was challenging joe biden's election victory in arizona. election results, he did not again onstage just a week ago. >> there are people that are in this race who didn't want -- to say it undermines democracy. they didn't believe that there was a problem. to this day, there's at least one that says there's nothing wrong with our elections, joe biden won. >> attention still has to win an american primary on tuesday, but election deniers -- who told nbc news, you wouldn't have certified joe biden's win in nevada in 2020. -- to install more people like him across the country. people are christina corona, another 2020 election denier who won the gop election to challenge michigan democratic senator stay, jocelyn benson. corona called benson a left his minion of jobs -- on a podcast, as system truly s

and then this key question looking at 2024, again, among republican and republican leaners, who should the gop nominee for president. 44% of republicans say donald trump. 55%, a majority of republicans here, say it should be someone else. that is a slight diminishment of standing for donald trump among republicans since january. but still, 44% of republicans would like to see trump renominated. >> all right, david chalian, thanks so much. i want to bring in democratic congresswoman barbreara lee. let's start with your reaction to those numbers. after eight public hearings, the american public's views on the capitol riot and the threat it posed to democracy are essentially unchanged. why do you think that is? do you think the committee has miscalculated how much the american people care about this or have open minds about it? >> i don't think so. i think the committee, and thanks for having me, jake. i think the committee has done a phenomenal job at putting forth the facts and the truth. this was a violent attempted coup. it was an attempted coup to violently overthrow the government of america. the u