abortion, as texans head to the polls. and news tonight the january six committee will only hold six public hearings next month. committee member, jamie raskin, i ll ask him about that. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. or just 11 hours away from polls opening in tomorrow s crucial primary electorate in georgia. and the two marquee races that republican primaries for governor, and for secretary of state. to trump back candidates are essentially running single issue campaigns, on the ex presidents big lie of a stolen election. you ve got former senator david perdue, close trump ally, who lost his senate seat last year. he s challenging the incumbent republican governor, brian kemp. and you ve got far-right congressman jody hice, who s hoping to oust the current incoming secretary of state, brad raffensperger. these races are notable, not only as a referendum on trump s attempt to do, but also to set
of these voters of republican that they don t like trump. there is sometimes other things that they consider. like, any other voters. some of them either want to move on, some of them like them. and, excuse, me brian kemp example, he s an actual governor of an actual. drop right. brian kemp is that he did not do the probe it. he was very similar to ron desantis without the fanfare butted. they like that he put in the voting, into the so-called integrity bill to respond in 2020 that triggered, the left. and caused major league baseball to leave the state. they liked, you know, the fetal abortion bill that he signed the stare. so, this is different, marjorie taylor greene, did the job which was just a tweet. they like the actual job that he. did, so i think that that is really the story. this particular race. and it s less about trump himself. yes, i agree with the constituent. can i also think that he just
mike pence, who is down in georgia, stumping for the incumbent republican governor, brian kemp. any other situation, this would be on remarkable. except, mike pence s old boss donald trump is backing the challenger, former senator david perdue. the thing is, governor kemp is essential to a maga republican on every issue except one. he did not given to trump when he put intense pressure on him to steal the 2020 election. that s why trump endorsed david perdue in an, al flee giant conspiracy. but with him trailing in the polls, trump could not be bothered to go to georgia for a last-minute push. instead, he held a teller rally with, purdue, a little while ago called it to hear from a disgraceful former president. and since it looks pretty unlikely trump is going to win, trump needed to pat s endorsed mint. so, this, weekend get, this he
look, this is important to millions of people. not just women. and the democratic party, and also the democratic party. there s a question of what does it mean of this happens? this is a reversal of a fundamental right. it doesn t mean politically. as someone who works in the space, how are you thinking of a? i think that s exactly right, chris, and i don t think there s one particular runoff is gonna tell us because of course what s happening now is people who live in states where abortion rights of always been secure or no deal but realizing that all it takes is a republican governor interval can mom unaided legislature any goes well over. pennsylvania s of a state to look at where they are now nominated a republican nominee who is for ending all abortion access in the state of pennsylvania. and this is where you look at independent voters and people who aren t motivated to go vote this november because of this issue. and i think those are the battleground states. suddenly, the tha
he wants to claim that it was stolen the next time. and so, the first step for him is personnel, right? it s replacing politicians like governor brian kemp, and secretary of state brad raffensperger, who are political allies, republicans, who simply didn t go along with a plan. and on the eve of the primary election tomorrow, where this is the key thing that trump is focused on, kemp looks safe for now. raffensperger, secretary of state, the man who once the election, we don t know. that could be a real race. the guardians of the national she s been covering elections including the run for georgia primary tomorrow. ian bassin executive director of protective mockery, cnn profit election. also serves as associate white house counsel to president barack obama, and they both join me now. amy, i wanna start with you. there s been so much focus on the kemp race, understandably. high profile, you know, you ve got vice president, former vice