carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. you were a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with. can you feel the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed. he won re-election to a fourth term in the senate 54 to 46%. that strategy worked, it worked well, making gant the face of affirmative action, a racial quota system that kept whites at a disadvantage ipfavor of less qualified minorities, it was potent stuff. the race baiting and the zero-sum politics, it moved people because it angered them a
people as the central players shush, don t tell them. well, cats out of the bag. it s happening. i think it happened today. thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, who helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back. and this is what they came up with. this ad. you needed that job. you are the best qualified. but they had to give it to a minority tick is of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says he supports ted kennedy s racial quota law but makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications. you ll vote on this issue next tuesday. for racial quotas, i began. it against racial quotas, jesse helms. that added, with
investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedent, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions at all, even for the purposes of increasing diversity. in the wake of the decisions, many colleges and universities immediately sent letters to students and alumni outlining how they are going to operate going forward. one such school was the college of the holy cross in massachusetts, which is notable, because that is the alma mater of justice clarence thomas, whose decades long project to destroy
sean: welcome to hannity. breaking tonight, hunter biden has finally agreed to comply with a legally binding house subpoena. in fact, will appear before congress on february 28th for his deposition to testify in his father s impeachment inquiry. the house oversight committee chairman, james comer, has all the details. we have an exclusive interview coming up straight ahead. but first, the big winner of the iowa caucuses, donald j. trump, will join us for an exclusive interview and just a moment. now the 45th president is looking to build on his historic win in iowa with another strong performance in new hampshire, and of course beyond. the ultimate goal, victory in november. america and the world, frankly, they are at a tipping point, even a breaking point. overseas, cargo ships and troops are under constant attack, facing a barrage of missiles and suicide drones from iranian proxies. this american carrier ship was hit by houthi rebels, terrorists, just yesterday. the joe
jesse watters primetime. tonight capable of doing this very high level brain state reading that breaches the final frontier of privacy. jesse: davos. wants to read your mind. i m going to do a body cavity search. i wouldn t if i was you. jesse: no passport, no photo, no problem. migrants cut the line while you get a pat down. i don t know what you got in there, but we are going to find out. most of us aren t moved by white tears because we don t actually think they are real. that s manipulation, that s strategic. that s diabolical that s diabolical. jesse: shaming white people is now a big business. plus. i m, like, totally naked, and i don t remember how i ended up naked. jesse: the meeting of the minds goes back to the ancient greeks, when philosophers like aristotle and socrates used to gather in what they called agoras, a space or philosophy business and politics were discussed among the best and brightest. these meetings generated a cauldr