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
the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, 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, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. making ga
sunday morning at 10 am eastern for my show velshi. all in with chris hayes starts now. tonight on all in. ts donald trump had a direct and personal role in this effort, as did rudy giuliani, as did john eastman. the other federal investigation into trump s attempted coup. everything that was done was done illegally by the trump legal team, according to the rules, and on the leadership of rudy on. tonight there s route new trouble for today immunity to fake electors. then, what is happening in russia tonight. as the leader of thousands of russian mercenaries affective lay declares war against russia s military. plus, thank god almighty, for the dobbs decision. the republicans, on the wrong side of voters. as two thirds of the country rejects the dobbs decision on abortion. you ain t seen nothing yet. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. a lot going on on this friday night. tonight we have some big developments in both t
wyoming has drawn a line in the sand. if we put you in power you will be accountable to us. you will answer to us. and you will do what is in our best interests. if you don t, we will fire. you wyoming has put the politicians on notice, not just here but all across this great country that our representatives work for us and not the other way around. and in alaska, some polls are closing right now. always in a different time zone. incumbent republican, the summit cow ski, who also voted to impeach trump is facing kelly chiba who trump has endorsed. also saint former republican nominee sarah palin mount a political comeback. she s running for the house seat and we will keep you posted. those races as well. back in wyoming liz cheney reminded everyone that she is a proud conservative republican with that loves our party loves our country. more cnn s jeff zeleny is there and has this report from jackson. congresswoman those cheney in wyoming concedes defeat and her congres
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