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now its time for the last word with jonathan capehart in for lawrence. good evening my friend. >> hey, good evening alex. great to see you, have a great weekend. >> you too. >> america, republicans are gaslighting you. its only april, but america has already had 17 mass shootings. republicans want you to believe that most people arent bothered by mass slaughter with military grade weapons. republicans want to believe that most people feel the solution is to arm more people in more plac...

people would think its cute, not crazy, to give guns to a toddler. >> little miss adi, who was almost two, they have brought us so much joy. now adi, who you know, soon will need them, i want to reassure you, she already has a shotgun and she already has a rifle. and shes got a little pony name sparkles to, so the girl is set up. >> only 1% of americans are members of the nra, but the nra controls 100% of the republican agenda on guns. heres tennessee congressman andy ogles, 2021 chris...

over them. i look at government, government you look at the constitution. our government is supposed to be limited. the constitution was set up all kinds of checks and balances specific powers given to this branch and other branch. and then we have the bill of rights that protects individual and ninth amendment that is really a short restatement of the declaration. you have the 10th amendment that talk about federalism. the whole system is set up to protect the individual. the whole sy...

Worst provisions, stating, horrendous policy that it would never be healthy for the democracy. now, two years later, the right to vote is being challenged, again, in texas. on thursday, texas house republicans voted for a bill that would make it a crime to vote, illegally, even if there was zero intention to vote -- commit voter fraud. democrats noted that a study by the aclu of texas found, 86% of prosecutions for alleged offenses, not convictions, which are rare, was prosecuted in communities ...

Moderate on social issues and soon to be majority nonwhite. >> conservatives would tell you that their judges by definition cant be act virss because all theyre doing is stopping things. and you know, theres a certain element of truth to that but on the other hand, reaction and being reactionary is a kind of activism that, you know, if the country has reached as clearly it has on some kind of a consensus that abortion is going to stay legal, how limited, how unlimited, what -- that -- those are ...

Population will be majority nonwhite. she said a huge issue here is principles. it centers on principles she, you and others identify republicans have to wrestle with. she writes we can been over young americans who are principled but first we have to live by those principles. how do you respond to that? how do republicans begin to wrestle with that given all weve talked about? >> well, theyve been wrestling with it and theyve been losing. we get caught up in the short-term news cycle. we get ca...

On stage with the president last night in cape girardeau, missouri, and we have not seen anything like this, dave, and shawn hannity says that he is not going to be campaigning, and then he is saying that he is covering the rally, and he is hardly covering the rally as a speaker at the podium, and you have rush limbaugh, and you know, judge jeanine pirro. >> well, you know, you have to say that it is closing the enthusiasm gap, and that is part tof the reason that the turn outis so high, because...

American identity. and who gets to be in america and what american identity is all about. thats what the 2016 election was really framed over. you have to remember when the country become majority nonwhite. this identity issue is really about a kind of white anglo s saxt saxton. last year was the last year america was white majority. in the last ten years weve gone from being majority christian company to minority white. the change is being felt. bigger battle is being fought out on policy issue...