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The honorable Hakeem Jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. John boehner of The State Of Ohio Has received one. Look at that smile. Its going about that way. Democrats totally united while republicans are Casting Protest Votes with the speaker. And tonight, the nomination of the unqualified jim jordan is circling the drain. My friend and colleague Rachel Maddow joins me right here on that embarrassing spectacle. Her new book, prequel, American Fight Against Fascism and so much more. But we begin tonight with the profound difference between the normal way of becoming House Speaker ...

Reason for casting protest votes. >> i think the tea party has brought great energy to our political process. they are not that big of a difference between what you all call the tea party and your average, conservative republican. >> as the speaker of the house pointed out, tea-party backed candidates may have lost but their ideas team to have won. they have successfully moved the republican party to the right. that was its genesis, entire reason for existence. that's why i have a tea party now. what is next for groups charged with pushing a conservative agenda. that appears to have been swall...

The platform for his views. the support and fund-raising prowess that he could demonstrate to his own party. giving his views more seeming viability within the republican party. hoping to nudge the party in that direction. there was reasons for him to run as a protest candidate. but no one, including ron paul, i think, ever thought that he was ever anything but a protest candidate, that he was ever actually going to be president. running was its own end. he held on to that house seat from texas for decades. you know, casting protest votes and passing zero legislation and every four years woe r...

When i say this. but ron paul was basically a lifelong protest candidate for national office. the platform for his views. the support and fund-raising prowess that he could demonstrate to his own party. giving his views more seeming viability within the republican party. hoping to nudge the party in that direction. there was reasons for him to run as a protest candidate. but no one, including ron paul, i think, ever thought that he was ever anything but a protest candidate, that he was ever actually going to be president. running was its own end. he held on to that house seat from texas for de...

The support and fund-raising prowess that he could demonstrate to his own party. giving his views more seeming viability within the republican party. hoping to nudge the party in that direction. there was reasons for him to run as a protest candidate. but no one, including ron paul, i think, ever thought that he was ever anything but a protest candidate, that he was ever actually going to be president. running was its own end. he held on to that house seat from texas for decades. you know, casting protest votes and passing zero legislation and every four years woe run for president in order to...