You, republicans, yes, they could win the house. A new poll shows voters in Battleground States prefer Republican House candidates to democrats by six percentage points. Now, we are not saying this to gin up fear. We are saying this because it is important for us, and you, the viewer, to understand what a republicanled house would look like. Youre going to have minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, whos at the top of the list, to become the speaker in a gopcontrolled house, laying out his partys first order of business should they win. Any guesses on what that might be . Perhaps a plan to address inflation that theyre complaining about all the time, or maybe a policy to combat rising crime rates . No, neither one of those. Mccarthy plans to repeal funding that was approved by democrats to increase the number of irs employees. Republicans want to use their newfound power to push tens of thousands of americans into unemployment lines. All right on the gop to do list, taking the Debt Ceiling Hostage and using it as leverage to force spending cuts, putting programs Like Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block. Another agenda item, taking state level crusades against the Lgbtq Community and taking that nationally. This week, a group of House Republicans introduced a bill that makes floridas dont say gay legislation look quaint. Theyve done at the quote, stop the sexualization of children act of 2020. Too but we should call it what it really as, a manipulative attempt to weaponize parents education fears to target an already vulnerable group. And while the bill stands no chance of passing now who knows what could happen if Kevin Mccarthy and his acolytes become in control. The gop agenda also targets our allies abroad. This week, mccarthy suggested that hed be wary of handing a, quote, blank check to ukraine as their war against russia continues. If funding to ukraine was cut or ended entirely, it would give Authoritarianism A Fighting Chance in eastern europe. Its an agenda that has that is really all show and has no substance. Heres how president biden, described republicans in an exclusive interview with my colleague, jonathan capehart. They dont have a platform, other than tear down what i have been able to do, what weve been able to do. And i do not know what they are for. Folks, lets be very clear about this. Republicans actually do not have plans to address our real concerns. They are too occupied trying to own the libs and create culture wars to win the midterms. But if the right takes the house in november, it will not be democrats who lose, it will be the american people. Lets discuss this with my saturday night panel, former Maryland Democratic congresswoman donna edwards, shes an msnbc political analyst. Hayes brown works for msnbc daily, and Jonathan Alter is a president ial historian and msnbc contributor. Its great to have all three of you with us. Jonathan, ill start with you. Its common, youre the historian here, its common for parties not in power to make an election a referendum of sorts on the party that is in power. But is the gop taking it to a whole new level with what we are seeing now . Yeah, i mean, really it is not just a referendum, it is a choice, which direction do you want the United States to move in . And the thing that is so striking is a lot of these parties try to kind of it out, the stakes, but theyre very very clear in this case. Are you for ukraine or for russia . If you are for ukraine, you should vote democratic. If you are for russia, they have a lot of russian sympathizers in the republican caucus, go republican. Do you believe in the right to choose . Very clear, democratic, not republican. So we can go right down the list, and theres a clarity that we have not seen before, which is why this should be a choice election. But having said that, some of the stakes are more threatening than others. So, i am actually not that worried about aid to ukraine, because it looks like there is going to be bipartisan support for packages as big as 50 Billion Dollars in the lame duck session. Im very worried about the debt ceiling. Now, that seems kind of wonky. But if the democrats dont address this in the lame duck session, they will be allowing republicans to literally play Russian Roulette with the full faith and credit of the United States, plunging the world into a huge depression if they dont address this in november or december. Because then in 23 or 24, the republicans will hold biden hostage with this debt ceiling. And its going to be a huge crisis. If you doubt me, go back to 2011, everybody has forgotten about that, but they tried to do it then. And actually, there was a downgrade in the credit of the United States. So, thats the most serious thing in front of us in the next couple of months. Im glad you put the spotlight on that for us. Hayes, i do want to ask you about what republicans have been zeroing in on throughout this race, which is theyve been doing it across the country, they are zeroing in on crime, blaming democrats and their policies for rising crime rates. You know, this is despite the fact that a recent study found that republican states actually had higher murder rates than democratic ones. In 2020, per capita murder rates was 40 higher in states won by donald trump then those won by joe biden. Does the gop has a like to stand here . Put aside just the crime on a street level that we are highlighting, look at all the criminals that were part of the Trump Administration that are being involved in steve bannon, roger stone, you know, the list goes on and on. Yeah, but unfortunately for our democracy, its very easy for the base of the Republican Party to say those were not criminals, they were patriots who were being targeted by the deep state. So, unfortunately that argument does not play out well when youre talking about that group. Will that sort of thing convince swing voters in the states . Possibly, but thats not the message democrats are focusing on right now. Right now, democrats are trying to say we are going to figure out inflation, we want to do better on the economy, we want to, especially, theyre pushing especially hard on the righttochoose aspect of this election. The fact joe biden pushing for an Abortion Rights bill to be the first thing in the new congress should democrats retain control, thats a huge shift compared to where things were even a couple of years ago on that issue. The fact democrats are banking on that for the midterm, its fascinating to me. Republicans are focusing in on things that have more emotional appeal to them, have fear involved in the Call To Action from their base. Immigration, crime, inflation, none of which they have actual plans to solve. They are just hoping that people will feel like, well, gas prices are too high, ergo, i dont care about democracy. Also, maybe there is an invasion on the southern border, thats what i hear, so, sure, im going to vote republican. Despite there being nothing in their plan for how theyre actually going to address these issues beyond what is either already being done or what has already been tried many times over the last 30 years. Donna, we can point out the lack of substance that is coming out of the gop. But i do not want to underestimate the damage that they can do. We were highlighting some of the silly things they want to do. But if they take control of the house and the senate, they have free range on judicial nominees. They can continue to wreak havoc on our courts. Talk to me about the devastating impact the republican majority could have, even with joe biden still in the white house for two more years. Well, i mean, keep in mind the republicans have been dangerous, especially in the United States senate. And certainly in the house, even in the minority. So, imagine what they could do in the majority. I think what worries me the most is that in the house in particular, we have the prospect of dozens and dozens of members coming in who identify with the Marjorie Taylor greene wing of the Republican Party, which seems to be the center of it. They are going to push Kevin Mccarthy. They are going to continue with endless investigations of everything imaginable, possibly some impeachments of appointed members of the executive branch. They are going to use the debt ceiling, frankly, as republicans have used the debt ceiling for more than a decade as a cudgel on try to cut spending. But the reality is that this is a very dangerous moment for americans. So, i hope that all of those swing voters, whether theyre going to show up and vote on choice, or show up and vote on, you know, the things that democrats have done to try to rebuild an economy that was devastated through the pandemic, those are all good Selling Points for democrats. And of course, protecting democracy. I guess with so many elections that are gonna be decided by one or two percentage points, we are not looking to change the minds of the 30 who are in the crazy caucus. Were looking to make sure democrats will shore up the voices of that 1 or 2 at the polls. All right, panel, please stick around. We are just getting started. Weve got a lot more to break down. Up next, a major win in the fight to push back against Ron Desantiss voter intimidation tactics. But first, Jessica Layton is here with the headlines. Stories that were watching for you all this hour, russian installed authorities ordered evacuations of the occupied city of kherson on saturday as Ukrainian Forces wage that counter offensive in the region. The kremlin has been in control of the Southern City since the beginning of the onslaught in ukraine. In china, former chinese president hu jintao was being caught on camera being forcibly remove from the communist partys congress on saturday. He was seated next to his successor, current chinese leader xi jinping, before this all happened. Still unclear tonight what prompted his removal. And two workers are dead after a gunman opened fire at Methodist Dallas Medical Center today. Police say responding officers shot the suspect and then took him into custody. So far, no word on a motive for that incident. Im Jessica Layton, and more ayman with Ayman Mohyeldin after the break. Your projects done right. With angi, you can connect with and see ratings and reviews. 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He seem to be counting on the arrest, which mostly target black and brown voters to discourage some democrats from voting in the coming elections. But there is good news on the front. A miami judge has dismissed one of these fraud prosecutions. State prosecutors indicted the man who is black saying that he registered and voted knowing that he was a notable. The man was ineligible, but he said that he did not know that. He registered in 2020 when he was approached by a campus or and sent a Voter Registration card by the state. My panel is back with me. Donna, given how the miami judge ruled on one of the voter fraud cases this week, how do you think the rest of these cases will pan out . I think first of all, its important for people to know that there were 19 of these charges brought out of 11 million votes that were cast. Voter fraud is not an issue, and i think that when you look at these cases, many of these voters had Felony Convictions, but they did not know that they were not eligible to vote. So, i think that even if they get to a point where they are herd on the merit, they will be tossed out as well, because there was no intent on the part of these voters and the state was complicit. The question that one gentleman asked, why is the state sending me a Registration Card if i am not eligible to vote . So, i think at the end of the day, these 19 out of 11 million voters, one, its nonsense but they will be tossed out. Its an indication of how far governors like ron desantis and other Election Deniers are willing to go in order to prove a case that does not exist on voter fraud and also to interfere with the election by discouraging some voters from showing up at the polls. Hes, we know that there is a long history of voter intimidation and oppression against black and brown communities in the country. This goes as far back as the late 1800s, when poll taxes were implemented to keep people from voting. With this is to tell us about the policies that are being implemented today and his tactics under the guise of Election Integrity . I mean part of it is the fact that under surface, they seem to be race neutral. The idea that we are just protecting the integrity of the vote. First of all, props to them for the burning on the. The republican push that they are only looking out for the integrity of the vote, making sure that the vote is secure, when the opposite is actually true in so many other cases. Brilliant on their part. In these cases, what is fascinating about this and horrifying is that many of these people, yes, they had Felony Convictions but by all rights, they should have been able to vote and would have been able to vote if it was not a florida voter republican legislator, undoing the will