tonight, the nation is turning to pennsylvania, a major battleground in american politics, from the three rivers in pittsburgh, to the striking green home of the capitol building in harrisburg, heart of government in the commonwealth, to historic independence hall in philadelphia, those across pence im , pennsylvania, are making choice to influence the presidential race. i m jake tapper and we re standing by for results in what is sure to be an eventful election. the political spotlight on key primary races in pennsylvania, north carolina, kentucky, idaho and oregon. in phil pennsylvania, north carolina republican senators retiring seats, tonight, we ll bring more to the direction of the two major parties, also a significant new test of former president trump s grip on the republican party and president biden s sway over the democrats. as both weigh a potential rematch in 2024. perhaps the biggest test of the trump factor is his pick in pennsylvania republican former tv dr. m
he is drawing a lot of attention to himself, and a lot of people find him to be likable and compelling. i have some friends who are more libertarian leaning, and they actually like ramaswamy. so, he s the type of candidate you really have to keep your eye on, but again, even with him, i m not sure if he s running for president or vice president, because he has been one of donald trump s biggest defenders out on that campaign trail. so, at some point, ramaswamy, you would think if he is growing in the polls, he s going to try to take trump on so we can actually have a shot at winning this thing. so, fernand, we are always honest on the show. some criticism to. honest to. honest listen, some criticism i get and others county v is you can t have too much oxygen to donald trump. why do you talk about him so much? my answer is because he is a threat to democracy. you see what he is capable of doing. do you think there is any credence to this idea that perhaps we should actua
to hold the gavel and be speaker of the house. last night, mccarthy announced that he would be appointing a group of far-right republicans to the all-important house rules committee, which controls what legislation gets to the house floor for a vote. that group of hard-line republicans includes congressman chip roy and ralph norman, both of whom were holdouts during the vote to elect mccarthy speaker in the first place. congressman roy is famous for holding up legislation on the house floor. last month, he attempted to derail a major must pass spending bill by introducing well, by trying to introduce an amendment to defund the bipartisan law protecting same-sex marriage. the rules committee will now also include congressman thomas massie, a libertarian leaning republican who also has a reputation for being a thorn in the side of, well, congress. massie managed to anger both democratic and republican leaders when he tried to force members back to washington to hold a vote on a covid
holding up legislation on the house floor. last month, he attempted to derail a major must pass spending bill by introducing well, by trying to introduce an amendment to defund the bipartisan of protecting same-sex marriage. the rules committee will now also include congressman thomas massie, a libertarian leaning republican who also has a reputation for being a thorn in the side of, well, congress. massie managed to anger both democratic and republican leaders when he tried to force members back to washington to hold a vote on a covid relief bill early in the pandemic, when everyone was trying to, you know, not be in the same room together and contracted deadly virus. and now he will sit on the rules committee. what could go wrong? the appointment of these personalities comes our speaker mccarthy is following through on his threat to deny committee assignments to certain democratic members of congress in what looks like an awful lot like retribution. mccarthy has said he would ref
gavel and be speaker of the house. last night mccarthy announced he would be appointing a group of far right republicans to the all-important house rules committee which controls what legislation gets to the house floor for a vote. that group of hard line republicans includes chip roy and ralph norman, hold-outs to the vote to elect speaker mccarthy in the first place. congressman roy is famous for holding up legislation on the house floor. last month he tried to introduce an amendment to defund the bipartisan law protecting same-sex marriage. the rules committee will include congressman thomas massie, a libertarian leaning republican who has a reputation for being a thorn in the side of, well, congress. massie managed to anger democratic and republican leaders when he tried to force members back to washington to hold a vote on a covid relief