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and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. >> attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trump's felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards israel. but we begin tonight with the rule of law. in our democrat, system it is the principle unde...

Contraception as morally acceptable. even among republicans data shows 72% said they had a favorable view of birth control. that did not stop the gop from killing the bill in the senate. a few hours ago majority leader chuck schumer offered his analysis as to why. >> of course we are already hearing the same predictable, tired, unpersuasive retorts from the other side. that this vote is unnecessary. the birth control could never be at risk. that this is much ado about nothing. that's not true. as i said, ask the people of virginia what they think. ask the people of arizona or idaho or iowa. ea...

Florida or idaho or iowa. each of these states, republican governors, republican legislatures are on record blocking protections for birth control access in one form or another. >> even in a post roe america republicans are saying enshrining contraception is much ado about nothing though the washington post reports that republicans in missouri and louisiana and idaho are now falsely claiming that contraceptives induce abortions. even though a supreme court justice openly invited legal challenges to contraception. when he voted to overturn roe. even as multiple states are either actively limiti...

Hearing the same predictable, tired, unpersuasive rhetorics from the other side, that this bill is unnecessary, that birth control could never possibly be at risk, that this could be about nothing. that's not true. as i said go ask the people of virginia what they think. go ask the people of florida, idaho, or iowa. each of these states republican voters and legislators are on record blocking protections for birth control access in one form or another. >> even in a post-roe america republicans are still saying enshrining contraception into law is much to do about nothing, even though "the wash...

Let me go back. we're living in a time when republicans in the states are literally threatening to get rid of birth control access. going crazy passing 18th century laws on abortion, and yet this is what national republicans are now saying about what they want to do about birth control. let's play this. this is josh hawley this morning regarding griswald, the supreme court decision that legalized the access to contraception. versus marcia blackburn. >> nobody is going to overturn griswald. nobody has asked for it, thought about it. i mean, there's like -- who wants to -- who wants to ban contr...