us to believe he never said the white house was behind the irs targeting groups. how come there s a whole chorus of republicans following him and saying there s an enemies list at the white house and that malarky as biden would say. the so-called scandal he spent weeks hyping has turned out to go up in smoke. there was no scandal. this nixon wannabe ain t making it. you re watching hardball, the place for politics. [ larry ] you know throughout history, folks have suffered from frequent heartburn but now, thanks to treating with prilosec otc, we don t have to suffer like they used to. [ bell dings ]
stonewall riots. they re named after a big riot up here about equal rights in new york city down in the village which gay rights advocates say began the movement for gay rights in this country. it also comes ten years to the day of another supreme court decision, the lawrence versus texas case which struck down anti-sodomy laws. well, the gay rights movement has made enormous gains in recent years and today s decision is the milestone showing how far it has come. jared is a democratic member of the congress from colorado. and richard was an advisor to the great bill clinton when he was president. congressman, very few people know what it s like to run for congress when you re openly gay and now to be there at a time that the federal government has now not only just officially legalized same-sex marriage, but has formalized its regularity, if you will. made it equal and very much the same thing in terms of straight marriage in terms of its authenticity, its reality. to me, it s a stagge
this legal moment is possible because of the cultural moment. also because people run for office now openly. congressman, tell me, has the wall gone down in colorado as it has in say massachusetts or rhode island? it s interesting. in my sexual orientation has never been an issue in running for office. there are six openly gay members of the house. none of them come from gay mecca districts like san francisco. they re from regular suburban districts. river side, california, madison, wisconsin, suburbs of new york city. i m from the suburbs of denver. it s never been an issue on the campaign trail. let s talk about reality for one minute. it seems like young gay people in their late teens get mobile. they can pick a college if they ve got money to do it, pick where they want to live. they go to the cities. they go to atlanta, they go to washington. they don t want to stay in the rural areas. is that a reality we live with for a long time? they go to the big cities. when i was
this is that s about integrity of the committee. this is what nasty little high school boys and girls do on the internet. they send out nasty little stories about their friends, their enemies rather and they get away with it because once the stink bomb has been thrown it s hard to come back and get rid of it. that s what this guy does. he throws around stink bombs. thank you. good luck with getting the truth. and dana milbank, thank you for joining us again. up next, elections have consequences and so do supreme court decisions. and after yesterday s ruling on the voting rights act crushing it, states are moving to suppress the votes of people who tend to vote for democrats. look at mississippi, texas, alabama, they re going out now to suppress the black vote. reince priebus must be thrilled. this is hardball, are the place for politics.
e elijah cummings and dana milbank. congressman, in all the times you ve sat next to mr. issa at hearings, have you ever gotten the impression he thinks there was political hanky panky here? from the white house? yeah, i honestly don t know what he thinks. i mean, quite often he makes a lot of statements and then, and these statements make headlines and then there s a search for the facts and in many instances, the facts are never found. and so i don t know what he thinks but i can tell you one thing that the interviews that have been conducted and the chairman knows this have shown no political involvement in this episode. no white house involvement whatsoever. and we know that it started in the cincinnati office. and it was started by a self-proclaimed republican, a conservative republican. and i think the thing that