republicans speculate the court will be more lenient in considering what republicans draw this time. so republicans could take their advantage in the delegation from 16 -- 11 which it currently is right now to perhaps as much is 19 -- nine. that would effectively be a three seat gain for republicans, two-seat loss for democrats. the democrats and the most jeopardy are stephanie murphy north of orlando, the open charlie crist seat in the st. petersburg area. keep in mind though, republicans also have to shore up some of their own vulnerable incumbents including two members in the miami area, carlos a menace in the 26th district and maria salazar the 27th district. >> host: and out joining us is a matt dixon of politico. he is a senior florida reporter for that publication. he is in tallahassee. in florida since world war ii has gone from eight congressional seats to 28. they seem to benefit every redistricting ground. >> you are absolutely right the population growth so once again given one congressional seat interesting for a lot of the chatter has been a pretty massive population in

, disaffected republicans, never republicans, independents and democrats of whatever stripe to figure out a way to deliver for their voters who desperately want these very popular measures. get that done, put that to bed, and then go out and tell the american people what you are for, that you are there to not only protect their interests but to embody and save american democracy. and really take it to the next level. as you know, lawrence, presidencies are not won on blank papers. they're not won on ten-point plans. if so, elizabeth warren would have been president ten times over. they are built on this emotional connection in which voters see in that leader someone who cares about them, someone who embodies their values, and someone who makes them feel like america is a place for them. and if democrats can't do that, we are in deep, deep trouble. >> jennifer rubin, and professor eddy glaude, thank you both for starting us off tonight, really appreciate it. >>> coming up, credit where credit is due, most voters don't know what president biden and the democratic congress have already d

a republican governor, a republican house, then, republicans take over the state senate. that is my short answer. i could go to a longer answer. some of the rules may be set administratively. a different governor from a different party may well construe the situation about cannabis differently. host: you originally said the republican party in virginia is doing a better job of turning out there voters. why is that? guest: because the republicans are brilliant used. the energy is high because they actually have a candidate who might win. they have had a series of losers. since 2008 all the republican nominee for president have lost year. if you have lost for that long and your team has a chance to win, you will be raising the roof. you will be screaming and yelling and stamping your feet. that is pretty much what is happening for republicans. now, democrats say, and i have no way of verifying this, they say, they have done very well in early voting, especially, in or there in virginia. if that is true, it is possible that mcauliffe can pull it out by building up a big marg

my colleagues in the republican party, the republican members of this body, have to understand, have to recognize, that there's a moment when politics must stop if we want to defend and protect our institutions. a violent assault on the capitol to stop a constitutional process of counting electoral votes is that moment. they all knew that on that day. in fact, the minority leader himself stood in this chamber and said, quote, the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. mr. mccarthy was right then. the president bears responsibility. we need to know what happened. this body must have the ability to understand what caused the attack, to understand who was responsible and to take legislative action to ensure that it never happens again. madam speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this motion for contempt for mr. steve bannon. i urge them to do so because it is right. it is morally right. it is constitutionally right. and it is all of our duty. and with that, i yield

one republican voted yes. two democrats voted no. 210 republicans voted no. it was a fully transparent process. what are you talking about? what we are dealing with today is a senate amendment to that very same bill. we don't need to start the process of hearings or markups or debate all over again for a senate amendment to a bill that we have already debated and voted on. by the way, a senate amendment that was inspired by mitch mcconnell, the republican leader. don't just come here and make stuff up. the debt limit is in the title of the rule. for goodness sake. with that i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, i just wanted to point out that my colleague from the rules committee points out that we did debate this resolution 1301 a couple weeks ago, he also pointed out there is a senate amendment that was added to it that we are not debating right now. so it's not entirely the same bill that we talked about two weeks ago. i just wanted to make sure that th

to maximize republican opportunity elsewhere. democrats in many states are at a geographic disadvantage. an example would be wisconsin, where the state overall is evenly divided, a democratic votes are concentrated overwhelmingly in blue cities, madison and milwaukee. as a result, even if you draw a map that is fairly compact, and draw the district that is madison, draw the district is milwaukee, the other six districts would lean republican by a fair margin. even a partisan lined map could generate six republican districts, to democrats in even state. >> dave, when you look at it proposed congressional district map, were three things you look for immediately? >> multiple analysts can look at the same map and come to different conclusions. something that commission proposes to maximize competition , one party could see that as a partisan gerrymander. when i look at the map, what i am looking for is number one, how much bluer or writer are the seats getting versus how they performed today. number two, wherewith the incumbents fall

that's been the republican line. now, an actual default would not only hurt president biden it would rattle wall street and risk spreading broader turmoil in the u.s. economy during a sensitive time in this recovery that we're all living through. and i mention that because that may be why all the pressure just started really getting to republican leaders like mitch mcconnell. he is making news tonight as the first to apparently blink in this standoff. i'm going to show you exactly what's happening and some of the clues as to why. the context is republicans had said that democrats would have to tackle the debt all on their own or face this potentially cataclysmic default. tonight, mcconnell backing down partly saying he will at least delay all of this until december. mcconnell, of course, brags that he's the grim reaper, but apparently he thought about this and thought better of killing the u.s. credit rating, and move came pretty quickly today. the times reporting it shows mcconnell bowing to the immediate threat of

in the end, republicans or a new party that was the republican party need to put somebody up to run for president. and you look at some of the sensible names in the republican party that may make sense on paper, but do they -- do they manage to overcome a donald trump, a mitt romney, a jush jeb bush, a jon huntsman. i spoke to avon mcmullen on friday night. what kind of being do you think about that leads this new party, so one day republicans and conservatives can actually have a candidate that they can be proud of who might be president of the united states? >> first of all, i'm concentrating on this next election cycle, which is what we're really focused on, but i want someone who believes in the rule of law, who supports the constitution, who understands that our democratic republic is fragile. and we need to protect it. it and we've unfortunately had a man for four years who seemed to be determined to undermine it. constitution was an inconvenient document and the rule of law didn't apply to him. and that has spread. what we're seeing now is a really con certified effort to undermi

republicans know it. it's crucial to their strategy of governing the nation from the minority. >> as i mentioned, it's not just republicans that are playing this game, democrats in new york and illinois are hard at work redrawing, districting to their advantage. i want to put this map up there to look at the map proposed by illinois democrats, which create a number of oddly shaped districts for republican incumbents. should democrats be wary of going too far, or is this just them playing by the same playbook the republicans have been playing for years. how do you get a system where both parties cut this out? >> well, it's democrats who are fighting for the john lewis voting rights act. it is democrats who are fighting in congress to ensure that we eliminate partisan gerrymandering. and i will say over the last decade, you have seen democrats really prioritize state legislative seats because what we have seen before that is republicans have really owned the game. they have constantly invested in state legi

, that would put the sna the in republican -- under republican control. it would be seismic. after that report in mother jones today, senator called the story -- bull pucky. reporter david corn at mother jones says he stands by his story. david corn specifically said this was not a rumor. he said that senator manchin's office knew that. a lot of stuff in the bill is not what they would call a democratic priority. as i said, i can only assume that senator manchin is shocked by this outcome. after all that negotiation across the aisle, no republicans would vote for even the bull he specifically crafted. saying that he was writing it in order to get their support.ll h specifically crafted. saying that he was writing it in ill he specifically crafted. saying that he was writing it in order to get their support. and so a majority vote in the senate isn't enough. with the filibuster on this bill, that means you need ten republicans to vote with democrats. there is no republicans voting with democrats on even that bill. and so there is really only one path left

watch. >> i am a republican. and i believe that counting votes in our democracy is a sacred responsibility. for doing my job, counting votes, i would like to quickly share with you some of the messages sent to me and my family. tell the truth or you are three kids will be fatally shot. it included our address, included my children's names, included a pick of our home. this is domestic terrorism. the whole point is to terrorize, intimidate and coerce and prevent our democracy from functioning as it should. they like many others were lied to, deceived and deranged by those lies for what? to discredit an election that wasn't even close. >> an election that wasn't even close. "wall street journal" heads down that path today, too. on that, pennsylvania's attorney general and candidate for governor, josh shapiro joins us. mr. attorney general, i saw your tweet on this topic. i pulled it out. you wrote, the former president has relentlessly attacked our elections in pennsylvania yet we have won in court every time. he a

>> are were republicans of the plan to take it to report so the republican party wholesale has mentioned they are interested in challenges. it would seem unlikely they would not take it to court. the bottom line is, these elections will be have this year. these midterm elections. and so there's going to be a lot of movement between now and then. and of course we have the governor's race with the democratic primary in june. >> host: sodas the governor have a role in redistricting? >> it's really in the legislature's hands. the governor and i believe the first interview to buffalo news, the hometown paper, or it may have been in the "new york times". nonetheless she kind of said i'm interested in making sure democrats keep their power and expand their power. so if it is not a legitimate power, there is definitely a soft power influencing the process. >> host: currently new york state has 27 congressional districts. it is losing one. we will watch the process that >> c-span's washington journal. every day we take your calls on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that impact you. t

it went from being a very strong republican map to being equally split between democrats and republicans. some of our districts became famous as daffy duck and other cartoon characters for the very unique shape. they're also thrown out in 2011, 2012 back when the redistricting cycle happened. also reasons are unconstitutional they had split counties in too many ways against our constitution. so yes pennsylvania when the ground zero but also as an example of how the court increasingly becoming involved in unfair maps but lawmakers can't figure how to do it themselves. >> host: finally what is spotlight pa? >> spotlight pa is a nonprofit newsroom. we are based in harrisburg but serve the entire state. we have 77 partners we share stories with. in government with an accountability angle too. >> sarah and hughes as a >> tonight on q&a, the senior fellow at the american enterprise institute discusses the poor side of town, his look at them more than 100 year effort by the federal government, private developers, and others to create low-cost housing in the united states. >> what happened was o

republicans just have to let us do our job, just get out of the way. if you don't want to help save the country, get out of the way so you don't destroy it. we don't have time to delay with elaborate procedural schemes which republicans proposals require. scores of votes without any certainty at all. many of which have nothing to do with the debt limit. that is when accidents happen. in the days ahead, even before the defaulted date, people may see the value of their retirement accounts shrink. they may see interest rates go up. that will only rage their mortgage payments and car payments. that's raise their mortgage payments and car payments. -- raising their mortgage payments and car payments. as soon as this week your savings in the pocketbook could be directly impacted by this republican stunt. it is as simple as that. republicans say they will not do their part to avoid this needless calamity. so be it. but, they need to stop playing russian roulette with the u.s. economy. it is one thing to pay our debts already acquired. it is another to require

republicans. i have for some context, ten house republicans voted to impeach and the second time around, kids are is now the second member to retire. -- out of the 293 republicans in congress when trump was sworn in, 132 of them, about 45% are no longer in congress, or have announced their intention to leave. michelle goldberg is an op-ed columnist for the new york times, who will learn about how the mega revolution is devour in its own, and tim -- is the writer at large of the bulwark, who called -- a slap in the face for delusional republicans who want to pretend like it's anything but a pro instruction trump cult. tim kinzinger news is not surprising, but it is clarifying because he has really tried to carve out an identity as a conservative republican, i said this in the blacklist block, i do not like adam kinzinger is politics, i don't really agree with them on anything, i think they're bad, i would vote the opposite way in his district, i would happy they have a democrat run against him. but

there were republicans egg toar do so -- republicans eager to do so. and, mr. president, to show that that's not just empty posturing, that that's not just partisan language, last year when we had a republican majority in the senate, we passed bipartisan covid relief bills not once, not twice, not three times, not four times -- five times. five times. when republicans had the majority, we didn't ram through covid relief bills that were hard, partisan bills but instead we worked together with the other side. when joe biden promised healing and unity, the first big bill he had he made a choice. do i want to honor what i said or do i want to give in to the angry socialist left. and he rammed through a bill, a $1.9 trillion spending bill that the house of representatives got zero republican votes, and in the senate got zero republican votes. i've got to tell you senate democrats didn't want a republican vote. there wasn't even a minute of discussion, of negotiation. there wasn't an attempt to make it bipartisan. it was we have the power by the narrowest, narrowest

american democracy, republican gerrymandering could be the biggest of all and could decide not just the results of the midterms but the next presidential election as well. i'll explain how. plus former president trump is holding his own court. we'll get to the what and why with mary trum's attorney. and finally, a south asian super hero. i'll speak to acclaimed comedian actor and now muscle bound star. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. we are a little over a year away from crucial midterm elections in this country. if republicans win back the house they could block not just joe biden's entire agenda but also the certification of the next presidential election in 2024. for that, they need to flip five just five democratic seats next november. now, what if i told you that republicans could win back the house next year without winning a single extra vote. how you ask? because republicans right now are taking advantage of the once every decade post census redistricting process to redraw congressional maps in a way that gives them a partisan political advantage. it all goes back to signer o

he was appointed by a republican. he himself was thought to be a republican. i think at one point he was registered a republican. the warren court, justice moran appointed by republicans. there are so many examples of justices over the years that led to expansion of civil rights that actually came out to have some of the more liberal decisions that were appointed by republican presidents. so i think this idea that simply because you are appointed by a republican president or appointed by a democratic president that suddenly you are going to have those decisions in mind, look at some of the justices that president obama appointed as well. some of those decisions, i think a lot of people don't follow many of these decisions unless they are reading the headlines of a major case. but a lot of those decisions i think would not align very well with whatever side they are on, whether it is the left or the right side. look at justice neil gorsuch. people talk about, oh, trump ruined everything, and trump appointments are the impetus for the need for change, but justic

that was a republican. and it was a republican party that voted unanimously, reverend al, to extend voting rights. now here we are in the age of trump and there's not a single republican who will vote for it. not only that, they're standing in the school house door to stop anybody from going in to vote, to let them vote their conscience. to vote for voting rights. >> when 2006, which we showed this morning when george bush signed the voting rights act extension, i was on the white house lawn as a guest. but everybody united around voting rights. civil rights leaders, we were there with them for that because voting rights is something everyone wanted. >> it's sacrosanct. it used to be sacrosanct before the trump republican party. >> what is so egregious about what happened yesterday is that senator manchin met with some of us, met with martin luther king iii and i, and said i will come with a bill that will be bipartisan. i can come with a compromise. he sat with seven other senators and crafted this freedom

you were ahead of a lot of republicans that now don't identify as republicans or people that have come out against donald trump. you sort of put yourself out there and said, these are my policies, they are actually conservative policies but they're not tied to donald trump and trumpism and the grievance based campaign he ran. and i wonder at what point people turn to people like you? there are others like you, there are mainstream republicans and conservatives. what are you hearing that makes you think that you can succeed in a run against mike lee? >> well, look, i believe in my state. i believe in utah and the people of utah. mike lee is under water here. he's unpopular. he's polling at about 45% job approval, and most of that is soft. only a small contingent of utahns are strongly in favor of mike lee and that kind of divisive politics that caters to extremism and doesn't solve any problems for us or the country. unfortunately that will be enough to get him through the republican primary, i think. but again, a majority of utahns would like to make a change and that includes principl

the colon powell republican no longer exists in the republican party. he writes powell's personal journey from potential and much-coveted presidential candidate in the mid1990s to pariah in the trumpified gop. talks about how the party went from the changing face of america and the need to adapt its policies. as to one organized around the often intolerant use of a single man, who spent less time as a republican than powell did. at the time of his death, in an acknowledgment of how far the party moved away from his views, powell, quote, i can no longer call myself a republican and i'm just a citizen who's voted republican, voted democrat throughout my entire career and right now i'm just watching my country and not concerned with parties. that's colon powell. front page this morning of the "wall street journal" and their reporting on the death of colon powell. a trail blazing general and top diplomat dies at the age of 87. as the country's first black joint chiefs of staff chairman, white house national security advisor and secretary of state has die at

this has been an existing part of the republican party. the problem is the republican party and the corporate overlords contained it. now it's taken over. trumpism is in charge of that. they don't care if they get their tax cuts, their regulation. they will destroy democracy in the process as long as they keep on keeping -- they are able to keep that in their profit margins. the only real way to defend ourselves right now is for us to have a very vigorous democracy where we get out the vote and stop all attempts for them to actually disenfranchise us because the coup is ongoing. it's not armed but now it's armed with legal briefs, armed with different initiatives to diminish votes, other legal means that, unfortunately, could have bad results, more so than what we saw on january 6th. >> you have a high-stakes election in your state for secretary of state where there has a candidate endorsed by trump and the understanding whether implicit or explicit, depend on the day, a trump backed candidate, i am backing them because i have full faith t

republicans don't care about that. they don't care about that guy that they are following tried to over throw the government and right now there is pretty much general consensus in political circles if donald trump wins again, he'll win the republican nomination again and frankly, it's not impossible he could win the presidency because even though president biden won by a huge popular vote margin, this margin in the the electoral college was small and could be reversed. it comes down really bottom line to the complete moral application of the republican party leadership. >> i would add the weakness of the courts, maya. we had one of them sentenced, 14 days in jail. these sentences have seemed very light. the resistance from the doj has seemed very weak. is part of the problem -- and donald trump is still walking around. he's got cases, you know, maybe pending in georgia. is part of the problem our legal system and the democratic party are reacting to it to -- too gently, too delicately? >> we have to remember two thing

i am in a very republican county. i'm a democrat. i'm in a republican district. we have a huge republican turnout when it comes to our elections, and i beat a republican incumbent by nearly ten percentage points, and that person didn't take that loss lightly, and formed an organization that has made it their mission to continue to focus on disdain for me and what i support and who i support. and that has kind of continued that narrative throughout our community to think that i am a threat, that i'm coming for their liberties, that i don't believe in parental rights, that i don't want parental involvement in schools, and it just continued the narrative. in april of 2021, this is when everything really started to come to a head. we had an lgbtq guideline that went out to our school administrators, and this was a document that just reinforced state law, federal law to support lgbtq students and their families. this was a document that was created when my opponent was on the board and not even when i was the one on the board. it was just delayed because of covid. and

in republican areas. we had in 2016 and 2018 an outpouring of people who finally got the voice was heard by washington, d.c. i saw that when i waited 25 minutes minutes on a saturday in my hometown of taylorville, illinois to early vote. 25 minute line. we don't ever headlines in taylorville illinois. and i knew it was a good line because when someone is voting against you, they don't talk to you in line. [laughing] it's easy to figure out. frankly, they don't even look at you. trust me, they know i am their member of congress in my hometown. but the people who came up to me saying this is the first time i voted, they made me take my trump hat off before i walked in. they made me take your sticker off my coat before i walked in. i never voted before. what's it like? those are the people that are going to be the first to lose faith in what we do writer in america, and that is to freely elect our leaders if we don't stand up and defend the processes that we have in place in every precinct and nation. there

i am a republican. for doing my job, counting votes, i'd like to quickly share with you some of the messages sent to me and my family. tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot. included our address. included my children's names. st included a picture of our home. cops can't help you. heads on spikes, treasonous schmitz. you betrayed your country. you lied. you are a traitor. perhaps cuffs and bullets will soon arrive at -- provides my address. names my children. rhino stole election. we steal lives. there are additional threats my family asked me not to share today because they are so graphic and disturbing. no matter what our party affiliation, this is not okay. >> this is not okay. republican al schmidt from pennsylvania, philadelphia, actually announced at this hearing today that he himself will not run for re-election when he's up again in 2023. he described the torrent of threats as, quote, domestic terrorism. he said the whole point is to terrorize, intimidate and to coerce.th and it

we can stop this republican manufactured debt ceiling crisis in its tracks or republicans can keep driving ever closer to the first default in american history. it's perfectly clear to everyone, everyone that democrats are working to prevent a default and republicans are deliberately likely to make it happen. republicans have been offered multiple opportunities to take a step back and de-escalate the crisis they have created. : : : >> allow a simple majority vote, exactly what happens in the early 2000 and what republicans have been citing and saying thae blocked it. what also they need to make it clear to everyone that they are the party of default. it is so irresponsible and unfortunately, sadly and confounding we, too many republicans seem proud of this. further this moment where the pushing us to the edge of default. and possible downgrade even other credit rating agencies are saying, is a possibility of downgrade way before the team which can cause the consumers and the american businesses in the american economy a lot after the last downgrade, the last printed blessing effect for yea

we don't have time to delay with elaborate procedural schemes that republican -- republican proposals require. scores of votes without any certainty at all, many of which have nothing to do with the debt limit at all. that is when accidents happen. in the days ahead, even before the default date, people may see the value of the retirement accounts shrink. they might see interest rates go up, ultimately raising their mortgage and car payments. the american people, look, just say it this way. as soon as this week, your savings and your pocketbook could be directly impacted by this republican stumped. it's as simple as that. republicans say they will not do their part to avoid this needless calamity. so be it. but they need to stop playing russian roulette with the u.s. economy. it's one thing to pay the debts already acquired. it's another to require a super majority to pay those debts. it's not right. let the democrats vote to raise the debt ceiling this week. without obstruction or further delays. democrats in the house have already passed a bill that would do that. it's sitting in th

the change might happen after 2023 if you have a republican governor, a republican house and a republican state senate. that's my short answer. i could go into a longer answer because the rules matter and some of the rules may be set add mib straight -- administratively and a different governor from a different party may well construe the situation about cannabis differently. host: you recently said the republican party in virginia is energized and they're doing a better job of turning out their voters. why is that? what are they doing better than the democrats? guest: because the republicans are really enthused. the energy level is very high, because they actually have a candidate who might win. they've had a series of losers for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, both u.s. senate seats, presidential losers since 2008, all the republican nominees for president have lost here. so naturally if you had lost for that long and your team has a chance to win, you are going to be raising the roof, right? you are going to be screaming and yelling and stamping your feet and that pret

what is happening now frankly in the republican party across the country is that republicans are saying, we get to decide who's vote counts, even after you cast it. that is what happened after a lawsuit brought by the texas attorney general which went to the supreme court saying before other states, we want to cancel all those. this is not just democratic or republican voters, not just white voters, male voters, brown voters, black voters, this is a problem. we the people should be able to pick our own politicians. we should be able to hold them accountable. right now, this sneaky thing happening across the country, 18 state so far, are passing legislation to say politicians ultimately gets to decide who wins. that is a scary moment for american democracy. that is why i am ringing the bell here. i hope we can hold hands across political parties and realize this is about our children's well-being and the existence of freedom and liberty itself for anyone in america. if politicians get to pick and choose who they like and don't like, that is not liberty. that is not a good picture for the

are there republican centrists? guest: chuck grassley, really i was more disappointed that he felt seeking reelection that he had to be so supportive of president trump. i believe he said he would square -- support him for president. chuck grassley, i disagreed with him a lot, but a wonderful man, honorable man, willing to compromise. and here he is at this stage of the career under pressure to do that. i'm sorry, i got focused. centrists in the republican party sure. the number one now is susan collins. and lisa murkowski. and take a look at the 10 republicans who cosponsored the bipartisan infrastructure bill and helped to write it in the senate, and you've got a great new group, mitt romney, bill cassidy of louisiana, todd of indiana, -- taught -- and lindsey graham came on at the end. lindsay is sometimes -- and this is ok with me -- people will be party line on one thing, which lindsay is, conservative, and there is not a better -- i say this positively -- dealmaker, bipartisan dealmaker when he wants to be, on

so the republicans, i don't know why the republicans are not talking about republicans not voting on this thing, they voted 19 republicans voted for build back better for infrastructure, but they don't want to vote for their own constituents in their own city that is poor and needy. something is wrong with that, republicans. host: all right. john bresnahan, long time reporter on capitol hill treat tweeting out, house democratic leaders will begin formally whipping the bipartisan infrastructure bill after this meeting with biden when it's over. that sounds like it could be heading to the floor soon. burgess saying sin why ma, biden have a deal consistent with the proposal authored by congressman scott bet peeteers with some edits in the influence space to further lower cost for consumers. decision was left with house leadership and chairman pallone last night. these are some of the deals negotiated wheen the white house and senators manchin and sinema. pbs is reporting, the vatican has canceled the planned live broadcast of president joe biden's meeting with pope francis. canceled wit

that questions proposed amongst republicans, democrats, and independents come 82% of republicans saying they thought the government had too much power compared to 59% of independents. 63% of democrats say government has the right amount of power. how these numbers compared to previous ones? guest: that is a question where we did not see any change in overall attitudes. we had 54% this year sing the federal government has too much power. you're saying there has not been a change. the response is typically the government has too much power. there has been a huge change by party. republicans typically are the ones that think the government has too much power but there less likely to think that when there is republican in office. last year 61% of republican said the government had too much power, this year that went up to 82%. 82 percent is about what republicans were saying turn the obama years. that is a typical attitude. democrats said 51% said the governments had too much power, that has plunged to 19%. in the context of everything that is happening in washington with discussions of inf

and republicans are republicans and they have things that they care about. so stop trying to sort of morally blackmail republicans who stay with the party. because the threat to democracy is not that. great and i'm pretty sure your response to that -- >> i don't know whether this is just ridiculous whistling past the graveyard of democracy, or whether this is just bad faith are doing so he can continue to support the party that he has always supported, i don't think that you can look at that kind of evidence that is being uncovered. the senate judiciary that you were just discussing, and not see that there was a grave threat to democracy. i don't know how you look a wave of voter suppression, and voters submission, legislation around the country. and i think it is extremely dangerous for people to know better, for people like ross. for people in the senate, who do know better. and kind of go along with. this this is what allows a totalitarian, democrats to seize power and to control through and through. and so pretty soon if you don't believe him at least yo

it's all republicans. so the next election, one republicans make the case, we for black voters, latino voters, let me just remind them that they tried to silence them in every republican-led state. >> so you teaming up perfectly for this question, we david daley, about race in all of. this you have some republicans redrawing these lines, and i'm being serious here. they're saying that they are adopting a color blind redistricting strategy aimed at combatting -- i knew that you guys were all going to smile and smirk at that. but they're saying that they're doing a color blind way aimed at combatting these accusations, at the potential lawsuits from democrats who argue the democrats dilute with -- the power. democrats say that this gop strategy can't work because legislators still bring their knowledge about state demographics to the map mating process even if they data on race isn't used in the so-called redistricting saw for, that is used. is there really such a thing as a color blind map drawing? and if s

what weca saw from the republicans today is work. greatest deliberative body where we debate for its and pass legislation to help the oam that is the legacy of the great chamber. the senate needs to be restored to its rightful as the world's greatest deliberative now in civil war and as the nation began the colossal work of reconstruction and more point in history. it's hard to imagine to any door after the blood the conflict of the four previous years. at the time, the republican congress set to work the basic freedoms that have long been ed denied to them. these were in the 14th and 15th amendme and the right to to all citizens of color. today these amendments rank as the greatest and accomplishments in congressional history. living up to theh> founding the work. but both chambers refuse to offer a single vote for any of the put forth. not one vote.they argued they represented nothing more than the partisan they said from but that didn't stop the majority of expanding basic freedoms meant going at it alone, that was something that

. >> and eva, you're following republican glen youngkin. and his campaign sure feels like it has the momentum right now. >> they do, jake. the campaign looking and feeling very confident. his supporters, as well. they are telling me they haven't seen this much enthusiasm for a republican in virginia in a long time. a republican has not won statewide here in 12 years and his supporters tell me they truly believe youngkin is their best shot. and they're not only animated by the cultural issues like this battle over what the future of virginia public schools should look like. they're also, frankly, attracted to youngkin based on these traditional republican issues. they tell me they like when he talks about lowering taxes, protecting right to work laws, and the pro law enforcement message. take a listen to what youngkin said earlier today on the trail. >> there was a few polls that came out last night in case anybody noticed. you know, and people have been saying this race has tightened up. polls don't elect governors. voters do. voters do. >>

if michigan republicans do get challenged and republican primaries by challengers who are endorsed by donald trump, because they'll say they'll overturn the results of the election, what do you think's actually gonna happens in those republican part mary's? -- are in fact going to lose their seats. to the trump endorsed once, who say, i'm getting your seat because i said i would overturn the election results. and all become their mission and reason to be come in office. that sounds nuts on earth one, that this settled results of the last november's elections are the only issue in republican politics right now. but this is the sum total of what -- on earth to. where they live. that's why even with the humiliation of what they did do in arizona, right? this audit, this laughable audit that in the and found no change in the vote total on just wild allegations that they never figured out with actually meant. with all the humiliation of what happened in arizona, we've nevertheless, got all of these follow on investigations. and all of this being promoted by republicans in these other state

>> florida is perhaps republicans biggest opportunity to gerrymander. in florida, back in 2011 republicans got to draw the map, but they were somewhat constrained by this new states constitutional amendment called fair districts florida which was passed by voters in 2010 to try to curb gerrymandering. republicans had their maps overturned by courts in the middle of the last decade, which resulted in democrats gaining a few seats in the orlando area and st. petersburg, but what has happened in the past few years the florida supreme court has taken a hard right turn. there are now six very conservative judges out of the seven on the florida supreme court and republicans speculate that the court will be more lenient in considering what republicans draw this time, so top republicans could take their advantage in the delegation from 1611, which is currently right nowm to perhaps as much as 19 o nine and that would effectively be a 3c game for republicans, and a two-seat loss for democrats. the democrats and the most jeopardy are probably stephanie murthy-- m

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going to get anything done, the republicans reach out to the democrats. but that is true because of that is because you lofgren. if you didn't need 40 republicans generally you only needed one or two but i remember working on this because google came from states. i really didn't seem to be well we disagreed the goat out on the floor debate but we never called anybody names i don't think. will some did a couple of times. there are a couple of stupid things said. i thought is more civil pretty. >> while he made it clear and he said your friendship proceeded 1976, at any time of the things that you worked on together and course the home free. sue met will back into japan, i lived there and i introduced him really. >> what you think it is different. i guess what i'm getting at is that for years of people safe need to have a liberal party in the conservative party will guess what, we have them and you parties that only have liberals and only have conservatives in are you happy with what you have pretty. >> will be to monitor as we have an new york times take c

republicans speculate the court will be more lenient in considering what republicans draw this time. so republicans could take their advantage in the delegation from 16 -- 11 which it currently is right now to perhaps as much is 19 -- nine. that would effectively be a three seat gain for republicans, two-seat loss for democrats. the democrats and the most jeopardy are stephanie murphy north of orlando, the open charlie crist seat in the st. petersburg area. keep in mind though, republicans also have to shore up some of their own vulnerable incumbents including two members in the miami area, carlos a menace in the 26th district and maria salazar the 27th district. host: and out joining us is a matt dixon of politico. he is a senior florida reporter for that publication. he is in tallahassee. in florida since world war ii has gone from eight congressional seats to 28. they seem to benefit every redistricting ground. >> you are absolutely right the population growth so once again given one congressional seat interesting for a lot of the chatter has been a pretty massive population influ

he has a lot of support from his allies, republicans on capitol hill, and republicans frankly throughout the country. including those tens of millions of voters who are still standing with him, and still believe that he won the election, and that it was rigged. when in fact there is no evidence to suggest that it was. we are seeing him continue as he did at the rally over the weekend in iowa, continue to claim this election was rigged, continue to delegitimized the work of members of congress like liz cheney, the wyoming republican on the select committee to get to the bottom of what happened on january 6th and continue to put out this farce that this was not actually, on live television those harrowing images that the capital on january 6th. that it was a really that bad, that it wasn't a sort of violent spectacle that we witnessed and that in fact those were patriots trying to fight on president trump's we have, to try and keep him in office because they believe he had won the election. it is all a fantasy, and yet it's one that the most powerful republican in this country right now is