good evening, i m mehdi hasan. we begin tonight in florida. land of endless sunshine, citrus fruit and senior living. welcome to the villages. the florida retirement community is so big it s the same size as the city of gainesville, florida, just off the interstate. also its biggest waco texas and the village is a big deal politically as well. it s a regular stop on the campaign trail for right-wing republicans. donald trump spoke to supporters there in the final stretch before election day. he signed an executive order on medicare there in 2019. while matt gates and marjorie taylor greene took their traveling gave a gifts act there in 2021. when ron desantis said he was stripping disney of his self governing power in the state when he sought to control higher education and when he briefed people on his coronavirus response in 2020, he did it all from, you guessed it, the villages. if something major and conservative politics is happening in florida, and chances are it s happ
romney s who condemn violence, it s mostly people like kevin mccarthy and ali stefani echo dorset i make the statements against violence and when they re asked about it, they don t want to address it. congressman, you have become a villain for the far-right in this country. you are in an impeachment manager, your outspoken against the gop on twitter, and they always claim that you are connected to an alleged chinese spy even though the fbi said you did the right thing cutting off contacts of that person. do you feel that you are being especially targeted? that is coordinated with maga media almost? it s become i am effective mehdi. it s because people like adam schiff and nancy pelosi and others, they are effective as well. i get it, it s the job i am in. they can criticize, they can lie about me, it s a free country, you can go pretty far as far as what you say but elected officials, but where the line has to be drawn is when you start to use violence