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Support mike johnson for speaker. this is one of the most extreme social conservatives at. as an openly gay person, hes someone believes i should have your rights in this country. and i have never will never support mike johnson. if other folks want to support him in some sort of master deal to get a government funding deal in place, we will see what happens, but lets remember what is actually on the line. republicans cannot put it together because theyre only listening to the extremist base. it...

The same right-wing extremist organizations. the same dark money, the same funding, when i say that they cannot untangle them selves, these legislators, cannot detach themselves from their extremist base, this is what were talking about. so, even though they have the polling in the data and the research, theyre hearing from their constituents, they cant stop this. >> and then you have the domino effect, right, and how this can kind of affect health care overall, looking at this latest survey, ou...

State of north carolina, republicans theyre getting their supermajority after one lawmaker there suddenly switched parties. and then subsequently, suddenly, switch their stance right on abortions overall. nebraska as, well republicans merging their abortion ban bill with gender affirming care, being able to subvert or go around the normal bill proposal process. what do you make of this? >> they cant get these things done with overwhelming majorities. they know how tenuous their support is, they ...

Swing voters in every single district, is there thinking about how does this impact my life? they dont have all day long to think about politics, this it is not rocket science, of course. and that discipline of each and every day, whichever party says, okay, we are going to think about what you care about, and message that, and actually institute public policy around it -- thats often the party that wins. the party that will appeal more to its extremist base, think about social media on the dail...

For taking the time to be here, look, you and i both know theres quite a difference between the two parties in the house right now. while democrats are rallying around a new generation of leaders, the top republican is doing whatever he can to check up to some of the most extreme members of his caucus. are these idle threats, or do you think mccarthy will follow through on that? >> well they are idle right now because kevin mccarthy hopes to become speaker of the house, but need to continue a tr...

Think this is correct, because they still believe that trumps extremist maga base is still a minority in this country. but theyre loud, and they scare the jesus out of what normally would be common sense republican leaders who have now drink that kool-aid from that experience -- extremist base, we believe the only way to stay relevant is to say these outlandish things, which ten years ago, they wouldve been laughed out of any real relevant political circle. >> but some of the primaries have show...

Audience of one. its for donald trump. and why is it for donald trump? because he is still the leader of the republican party, and they are speaking to his base, who they believe -- and i dont think that this is correct because i still believe that trumps extremist maga base is still a minority in this country. but they are loud and they scare the bejesus out of what normally would be common sense republican leaders who have now drank that kool-aid from that extremist base and believe the only w...

Putting aside the massage any of the talking over, you and the toxicity about this guy saying, and the fact that hes putting words in your mouth, as barbara lee says, is this a deliberate red flag, we are seeing here being waved at an extremist base, just to get them to propagate more lies? it is a deliberate red flag and a lot of it is conservatives are consistently loud and wrong at the same time on issues that will become life or death for many. abortion its health care, there is no other way...

Situation. when my kids were young, the school system had an alert system that would text you as a parent because you want to know if there is an active shooter in the school, but thats not universal. i dont understand how one can argue that you shouldnt even have the right to be warned that theres an active shooter. are they essentially saying the active shooter has the right to start killing? i just dont get it. >> you know, i dont get it either. again, i think it comes back to the quiet part ...

Support from their extremist base? or comply and strengthen their own potential subpoena power if they take over in november? with me on the set is elizabeth, a columnist at the washington post. also, my friend and legal analyst and former eternity, joy vance. thank you for being here. i laid out the calculus for subpoena of republicans. originally they were hesitant of making the move. it looked to be in poor form. why do you think this is a reason they change their minds and go forward with th...