and members of his inner-most circle. we re talking about the slates of fake electors set up in battleground states. they set up as the spark for the rest of the plan as conceived by john eastman. from the very beginning from when the plan was first conceived days after the november election, attorneys for the trump campaign were well aware of the fact that their plan for slates of fake electors was how should we put it fake. the new york times reported on emails from trump lawyers that say this, quote, we would just be sending in fake electoral votes to pence so someone in congress can make an objection when they start counting votes and start arguing that the they need to be counted. he wrote that on december 8, 2020 in an email to boris epshteyn, an advisor for the trump campaign. in a followup email, the same guy, mr. will len chick wrote that alternative votes is probably a better term, a better word than fake votes. he added a smiley face emoji. the plan quickly g
competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy