argument. have a great rest of your night. thank you so much. appreciate it. tonight on the mehdi hasan show, my warning for democrats. improve your messaging to voters, or risk a stinging defeat in 2024. congressman eric swalwell, who communicates better than most democrats, joins me live. plus, new reporting on the behind the scenes chaos at fox in the weeks up to the 2020 election. their fealty to trump on full display. and, should we be doing more to rein in israel s far-right government? i ll speak with you just hand delivered to president biden on this issue. good evening. this weekend, some of the most conservative republicans from across the country gathered in maryland for the annual conservative political action conference, once a staple of the season, this year s cpac conference was a gust of years past. many republican simply refused to attend, and those that did show up, while, they didn t quite get the rousing reception you may have hoped for. 2024 hop
communicates a lot better than most democrats joins me live. plus, new reporting on the behind the scenes tales of the night after the 2020 election. their fealty to trump on full display. should we be doing more to rein in israel s far-right government. our thing with democratic governor pick watch and just to president biden on this issue. good evening this weekend. some of the most conservative republicans more process the country gathered in maryland for the annual conservative political action conference. once a staple of the season, this year cpac conference was a ghost of conferences path. for many republicans simply refusing to attend. those that the job didn t get the rousing reception they may have hoped for. 2024 hopeful nikki haley delivered her speech to a half empty hall. former secretary of state mike pompeo delivered more presidential cpac attendees. even donald j trump who drew the largest audience over the weekend can fill the room. look at the crowd sizes.
we shouldn t assume that just because, you, know we beat expectations in the midterms, that this issue is going away. last question, congressman, before i let you go. i wanna ask you about this new bombshell report on the house gop s weaponization subcommittee. democrats on the judiciary community, which you will remember now exposed jim jordan s trio of so-called whistleblowers as a group of ex fbi employees, all with a clear conservative biases, one of those witnesses, stephen friend, an ex fbi special agent who has since resigned, testified he was asked to surveil in person attending a school board meeting. your partt revealed that, quote, the man being tracked was a three percenter who was under counter-terrorism investigation, and he was later arrested on charges related to the 16 attack. is this your party strategy now? to prebut the monsoons that republicans are putting out? yes.
and of course, the woman who makes that decision. and that s why on this, we shouldn t back off. and i hope you see across the country more and more referendums that would put this on the ballot. because that surge turnout in michigan, that surge turnout in kansas when we had to defeat it we shouldn t assume that just because, you, know we beat expectations in the midterms, that this issue is going away. last question, congressman, before i let you go. i wanna ask you about this new bombshell report on the house gop s weaponization subcommittee. democrats on the judiciary community, which you will remember now exposed jim jordan s trio of so-called whistleblowers as a group of ex fbi employees, all with a clear conservative biases, one of those witnesses, stephen friend, an ex fbi special agent who has since resigned, testified he was asked to surveil in person attending a school board meeting. but your party s report