just steps away from where he incited the insurrection, congressional republicans have made it clear it is trumps party now. i will discuss that with congressman robert garcia. plus, how congressmen react to the supreme court's controversial decision on gun bump stocks. then, the few that make milwaukee famous. the city's mayor claps back in a new interview after donald trump reportedly calls the host city of the republican national convention horrible. try a supreme court ruling on abortion pills may not be the last word on the issue, as the battle lines are drawn over ivf treatment. we have a lot to talk about. this is the saturday show. >> okay, this one is for all my shopaholics out there. what you get the guy who has been the president, who is running to be the president again, and who also just got convicted of 34 felonies 34 weeks ago. when he has a birthday, i'm not sure i have the answer for that, but what i can tell you is that donald trump got just what he wanted for his 70th birthday, the type of endless praise and adulation from maga nation that he simply cannot live without. trump celebrated with a rally near his mar-a-lago residence last night. the crowd included a host of his super fans like senator marco rubio and congressman byron donalds. this is all after the hero's welcome trump received 20 met with republican lawmakers on capitol hill earlier this week, literally returning to the scene of the crime where the january 6 insurrection took place, and this was his first time since he was playing the role of instigator in chief. former congressman matt gaetz described the house gathering as a pep rally for former president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell endorsed the session as quote, entirely positive, saying it was a good meeting. now, this is interesting, because more than anything, as a lawyer, i am someone who can appreciate consistency, so it's nice to hear somebody like mitch mcconnell keep the same energy he had for donald trump immediately following january 6. >> there's no question, none. president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. this was an intensified crescendo of conspiracy theories orchestrated by an outgoing president who seemed determined to either overturn the voters' decision or else torch our institutions on the way out. >> i believe we need to hold the president accountable. i hold him accountable for the events that transpired for the attack on our capital last wednesday. >> trump and i have had a hell of a journey. all i can say is count me out. enough is enough. >> sirs, ma'am, sirs, i beseech you to familiarize yourselves with your own recorded statements. as we know, enough, in fact, was not enough. republicans are once again falling in line know that trump is running for a second term, and the ex-president is using that to his advantage. his latest stunt? demanding that the gop intervene in his legal perils. political reveals that in the days after he was convicted in his new york hush money case, he made an angry call to house speaker mike johnson and dropped a truckload of f-bombs, while telling the speaker quote, we have to overturn this. if you are wondering whether you're just a little bit rusty on your seventh grade to civics, worry no more. i'm here to tell you, you are not the problem. that is not how any of this works. someone might want to tell the indicted former president that congress does not have the power to do what he is reportedly asking congress to do. we can start with the pesky detail that trump was convicted by a jury in the state of new york, not in the federal system, but none of that seems to matter, not to trump and apparently not to his minions on capitol hill. speaker mike johnson has made clear that he will use his oversight powers to aid and abet trump in any way. the speaker even went as far as to suggest that the supreme court should step in to help trump. i don't mean to sound any alarms here, but this is really scary stuff. when the president of the united states, someone who has been in that seat, who wants to be in that seat again, and then the speaker of the house, two of the highest folks in government don't seem to have a handle on how government actually functions, and with his political and legal fate on the line, trump now has the most loyal and powerful foot soldiers he has ever had to do his bidding. joining me now to discuss all of this is congressman robert garcia of california, member of the house oversight and homeland security committees. it's so good to talk to you. i want to jump right into this. former congresswoman liz cheney blasted senator mcgonagle for his meeting with trump on capitol hill saying quote, history will remember the shame of those who enable the next president. do you think republicans care at all about how they will be viewed through the lens of history, or is their allegiance to trump more important? i joked about this somewhat sarcastically, but where is the notion of consistency when it comes to how they view their fearless leader? >> i mean, there is no consistency. it is all hypocrisy. it is shameful. donald trump is a con man and a conspiracy theorist. he is a traitor to the country, and the republican party has now been completely remade in his image. the fact that he could come back to washington, d.c., create a spectacle, the same place where he essentially launched an attack on our government, our institutions, on our capital, put people in real danger, lives are actually lost, it's just really gross and shameful to see. mike johnson has become essentially the right-hand man for donald trump and whatever donald trump says, mike johnson jumps as quickly as possible and will do. they have all been to the knee, including mitch mcconnell, to donald trump, someone who should be nowhere near the presidency, so we have an enormous amount of work to do between now and november. remind voters how dangerous not just donald trump is, but how dangerous the entire maga republican party has now become. >> i'm so glad you brought that up. we talk about republicans a lot, and that's fine, but i want to talk about your party and its response. you have mike johnson, who is the speaker of the house, and he is essentially willing to do anything donald trump instructs him to do. what is the plan for democrats and one of the least productive houses ever? the least productive legislative sessions that we have had in congress, in a very long time? what is the plan to get any policy movement between now and november that democrats are going to be able to sell to the electorate other than pointing to republicans and saying it's their fault. >> i think the reality is that republicans have the majority, so our ability to pass real legislation is impossible. we even had a bipartisan deal on immigration and the border that essentially donald trump killed because he wanted to hurt joe biden. the entire point, the entire mission of the republican party in congress is just a piece donald trump so what democrats are trying to do is to push back on every single bad piece of legislation they propose, pushback, callout every single like, every single distortion, fight like a hell in our communities, and call them out every single day, and democrats have to be more aggressive. i am a freshman member. it is my first term, but as a freshman, i am proud that our incoming class understands that we are in the crisis for a democracy, and that means we have to bring the fire every single day and callout every single lie. we should not allow folks like marjorie taylor greene, lauren bogert and matt gaetz decide the future of this country. our objective right now is to push back and push back hard. >> congressman, i really wasn't going to talk about her, but since you brought her up, donald trump is right now scheduled to speak at a convention in detroit and your colleague you just mentioned, marjorie taylor greene, gave a speech, and let's listen for a moment to what she had to say about january 6. >> if you don't feel good about the election, there's nothing wrong with protesting it, and there was nothing wrong with protesting the election on january 6 and any democrat, that's right, any democrat and any person from the mainstream media and anyone that wants to continue to shame us for january 6th can go to hell. >> i would love your reaction to that. in particular, the notion of making it a partisan issue around challenging the notion of our free and fair elections. >> first, she's an insane lunatic. let's be really clear, she is an insane the two should not be in congress. also saying that i was one of two democrats who had to join her as observers when we went to the jail in d.c. to meet with the insurrectionist, the prisoners that were there that actually invaded our capital on january 6, it was disgusting to be there and watch marjorie taylor greene sit down, high- five these insurrectionist, shake their hand, give them hugs, pray for their safety, treating them like heroes is what she was doing along with about 10 other republicans, and i just sat there and could not believe what i was seeing, and now that she calls and praises them and -- as heroes and calls them hostages is incredibly damaging to our democracy. everyone watching and saying what is happening and congress -- actually she, mike johnson and trump continue to destroy everything about our country. she has known the basis being in congress. she has no business being on committees and honestly, she is a disgusting person. >> one person throws another person's horror. i just want to ask you, in terms of the recent ruling this week about gun bump stocks from the supreme court, what are democrats going to do, if anything, about trying to fix the law in such a way that we don't continue to have this issue. the supreme court punted and in many respects, gave an allusion to congress being able to legislate around this if this is a big issue for them. do you think you are going to see legislation being pushed from your party around this? >> we have been pushing. the nra is in the pocket of donald trump and the republicans are in the pocket of nra and donald trump so. there is one thing democrats in the country actually can do to take on gun violence in this country, and that is to re- elect joe biden and to ensure that we flip the house. there are real commonsense gun safety reforms we could enact in this country that will save lives, but that's not going to happen if we do not re-elect joe biden, and if somehow donald trump is able to appoint more justices to the supreme court or across the country, other federal and appellate court. we are in an emergency right now across this country. we have to re-elect joe biden. it is the most important thing we can do, and we will enact real gun violence reforms across this country. >> california is congressman 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national convention with groups you are trying to make inroads in, and groups like republicans whom you lost many of to ambassador haley, i just don't think it's a smart political strategy. >> donald trump's claim that he was talking about milwaukee's rising crime white -- right, but the math just does not math. the fbi shows instances of violent crime in milwaukee have fallen during the biden administration, with fewer than 8500 reported offenses in 2022. sure looks like to me that donald trump is doing something else that he does really well, gas lighting the public. joining me to unpack all of this is a democratic strategist and former adviser to the obama campaign and rita, political strategist and former gop congressional adviser. good evening to you both. we have basically seen donald trump use this playbook before. we know that he is going to disparage certain cities, and that most of those cities are going to be democrat-led, but it is another element here because most of the cities also have non-white mayors. i'm sure this is not a coincidence, but you can certainly prove me wrong if you think otherwise. >> you took the words right out of my mouth. it is not just that there democrat-run. it is that they are black-run as well. the same ire we've seen donald trump have for milwaukee he has for chicago. he consistently is saying things that are not factual. we talk about rising crime and violence. crime in milwaukee has been on the downturn for upwards of four years and this year alone has seen a sizable decrease in crime since the past two decades so i think there are a lot of lies he likes to propagate but he likes to attack cities that are urban centers in cities that are diverse. a diversity is the death knell to the republican party and trump's agenda. he does not appreciate people of color. he does not appreciate young people. he does not want to see diverse communities rise. he does not want to see the economy growing across milwaukee and does not want to give strength to that city, what it means for wisconsin and the fact that the convention nominating him is actually being held there. there is a sheer level of disrespect that goes beyond the lock to every single urban center in this country, but particularly those run by people who are black. >> which is weird, because he was just in the south bronx with rappers on stage, so i'm trying to figure all of this out. i want to pick up on something just pointed out. the rnc is having their convention in milwaukee. this is the very city that is hosting the republican national convention a month from today. he is the leader of the party. what is he thinking here, and make it make sense to me, please. >> you know, there is not a strategy in trump world right now except for whatever donald trump is feeling that day of the week, he wants to go ahead and promulgate what is on his mind, and what is on his mind is usually minority communities, black and brown folks across the country know how he has not only mischaracterized, leaned into stereotypes that are ancient, this is a person that does not think about what his campaign needs to do right. he is just thinking about what gets to people, that misinformation that will maybe get people animated, get them fearful of a changing america, that maybe they don't fit into, and what he is also relying on, inside politics for a moment, is the wisconsin delegation of republicans in congress for now well over a decade and a half pledged allegiance to him. there was a former rnc chair from there, members of congress that have all had this fealty to trump, pledged again, allegiance to a man, so it is wisconsin republicans that can be blamed for helping create trumpism, helping push it forward in the party, and he has a very narrow vision. he is not thinking straight and he is kind of going right for that red meat of going for that changing america, an america that does not fit in for folks who are white. >> for a moment just talk to me about what this means for down- ballot candidates in his own party who are in purple districts who are light red districts, and still need to get elected or re-elected when he pulls a stunt like this a month before their national convention. >> yeah, it's a moment again which highlights how everyman is for themselves, and in the races they are in, when you are in a tough district which donald trump did not win, i'm talking about several members of congress who are part of the gop caucus of the house in particular, they know they are left to their own devices whether it is for fundraising, looking for support, you know, they can't call the sky into the district. he's terrible for them, so again, it is a moment that does not really jibe with how actual retail politics is done, but just decency. there was a time when the party would get together and talk about unity and put forward a more hopeful agenda for the country. you start to talk about stuff you are for and stuff you are against. that is all been flipped on its head so these folks in purple districts are offended, simply put. >> you teach people about micro aggressions all the time. the following phrases when i'm sure you've had come up in different workshops. i can be racist because all of my friends are black, , , hispanic, latino, from another planet, have three arms, disabled. whatever the group is. donald trump is starting this new coalition, blacks for trump in america. he said quote, i have so many black friends that if i were a racist they would not be with me for two minutes if they thought i was a racist. can you please explain for our audience how deeply pragmatic this illogic is. >> it is deeply problematic and frustrating and to your point, you would be hard-pressed to find somebody who does not have racial enemies was not made a statement like that. they often say well, my black friend, and that black friend is typically someone who is not a friend to the black community. those same peopl