attorney general of black america, ben crump tonight about the life, the loss, and the justice they are demanding from the city. that s in just a little bit. but first, voting rights and the new view from the southwest. joining me now, congressman reuben gallego, democrat of arizona. he is the chair of bold pac, the campaign arm of the hispanic caucus. congressman, thank you, first, for joining us tonight. i want to start by going back to that story i just mentioned out of your state, because you know it s bad in arizona. but the trump supporting republicans speak of your statehouse had to use a parliamentary maneuver to kill an elections bill that would have allowed state legislators to overturn election results.
at the white house, a final pitch to then vice president mike pence to use the electoral certification process to instead falsely declare trump the winner. according to a book by washington post journalist bob woodward and robert costa, trump hosted pence and john eastman inside the oval office where eastman pitched a dubious scheme. eastman later told cnn he only wanted to delay certification. and that same day proud boys leader enrique tarot was arrest and charged for burning a black lives matter banner and bringing high capacity rifle magazines to d.c. that was january 4th, a year ago. joining me now to discuss as we approach that anniversary, democratic congressman ruben gallego of arizona, he sits on the armed services committee, also chairman of bold pac, the campaign arm of the congressional hispanic office. thank you for having us for joining us this morning.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) campaign arm is putting its weight behind Hispanic candidates in districts that haven't historically been represented by Latinos, in an effort to expand the group's congressional footprint.
deliver. and three, the midterm elections right around the corner next year. yep. lot of stuff on the docket. thank you josh letterman, for that. joining me now is arizona congressman ruben gallego, a democratic member of the house armed services and natural resources committee. also the bold pac chairman. welcome back to the broadcast. good the see you, congressman. let s start with the negotiations of the president s build back better agenda. the white house signaling its possible shift to the plan to hike taxes on the wealthy and corporations. as your fellow arizonan, senator sinema is opposed to this, she does not want to tax the rich or corporations despite the overwhelming public support across the nation to do so. what are your thoughts on that? how would the less funding through those potential taxes affect democrats ability to pay for this bill. we hear all time, it s paid for. it s paid for. without that, is it paid for? well, look, if we don t hike