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>> i think what joy reid did frankly is the issue that happens to black conservatives all the time. where somehow we're less black than black democrats. first of all, i'll tell you and i'll tell joy reid and anyone else who wants to hear it, i grew up in brooklyn, new york, in the inner city, in a single parent household. i am a black man. i'm also a republican. >> the republican congressman you just heard, byron donalds of florida, who got a bunch of votes for speaker, joins me in studio tonight. meanwhile, kevin mccarthy and his far right overlords are off and running with an extre...

right now. but by. t now. but by >> tonight, on all in. >> anybody on the other side, can you share with us the secret three-page addendum that speaker mccarthy negotiated with the freedom caucus? >> details of the secret republican governing memo is trickling out, and you'll never guess why we're hiding it. >> it is the data, and the spending, it is the entitlements program. >> tonight, to the house republican program, cutting social security, and metal -- medical care. then, what we know about the committee to undermine criminal probes of themselves. >> let's call it what it really...

welcome to the whole store. >> i'm anderson cooper for drag is an or form that's been around for centuries, including shakespeare's times. women weren't allowed back then to appear on stage. so man dressed up to play the roles of female characters drag performances have evolved a lot over the decades, exploding in mainstream popularity in recent years with tv hits like rupaul's drag race. but now it's also become a political target. get republican lawmakers and six states have passed laws aimed at restricting drag performances and places where children are present. the laws have been...

>> of this year. >> i have to say, this is the inescapable context, this is particularly. to talk about politics, but also, this chase, for a second, maybe i'm naive, or wasn't paying attention, but if you want to mean 2020 and said, a year and a half from now, a big thing on the right is going to be like whipping up folks to go outside, drag branches, and you scream at people. i would have been like, what? it really -- i mean, it seems -- i don't know. it seems awful, but it seems so strange to me. i guess it's not strange? >> i think it's a both and situation. i think if you trace the rhetor...

Number of targets on the backs of drag branches. an event in oregon last month drew 200 demonstrators. some of with whom carried semiautomatic rifles. proud boys protested in maryland, north carolina. is law enforcement doing enough to protect members of the lbgtq. >> this is happening because of a trend of violent rhetoric against our communities. they are devastating communities like at club q. as you just said, threats against drag queens story hours, against trans youth. we are seeing the deadliest year