Votes, in fact, johnson is the first to get every republican vote since john boehner in 2011. So who is he . He is a staunch social and religious conservative from louisiana in his fourth term in congress. Hes cosponsored a 20week abortion ban and voted for a National Abortion ban, and he served on one of Donald Trumps impeachment defense teams. But what he is most known for is not just refusing to certify the 2020 election but being the quote, architect of the objections. As the New York Times reports, quote, in december of 2020, mr. Johnson collected signatures for a legal brief in support of a texas lawsuit attempting to throw out the results of four Battle Ground states won by mr. Biden. The Supreme Court ultimately rejected that suit, but not before mr. Johnson convinced more than 60 of House Republicans to sign on to the effort. He did so by telling them the initiative had been personally blessed by mr. Trump, and the former president was anxiously awaiting to see who in congress
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Live on a rooftop overlooking tel aviv, israel. Its just after 11 00 p. M. Here. Its been 16 days since the horrific Terrorist Attacks by hamas caught this country and, frankly, much of the world by complete surprise. Well start with breaking news. Hamas has released two more of the hostages it kidnapped from israel during the october 7th terrorist attack. Thats according to multiple sources who say the hostages are nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz. The lifshitz family said in a statement the women were handed over to the red cross and will shortly return to israel. We happened to be at the time with Israeli Defense spokesperson Jonathan Con Reek Cass when the news came in. This is part of his reaction. They are differentiating, distinguishing between only israelis and double citizens or perhaps only foreigners which rings familiar for me as a jew and Third Generation holocaust survivor, rings familiar from other types in our history. Israel belie
can follow logic, but i was listening to the soundbite from donald trump about the shark and electrocution. i tried to follow it and i could not make sense. you cannot follow it because it makes no sense, none of it makes any sense, but that is the point, isn t it? the more you speak in senseless nonsense the more people expect senseless nonsense from you and that lowers the bar to the ground. and everyone ignores it and moves on and i think that is the scary thing that this guy could one day be president again, making no sense, but as you said, here we are. alex, great to see you, my friend. enjoy the rest of your evening off. have a great evening, my friend. thank you so much. today s decision will have deadly consequences. that is what justice sotomayor said about the ruling from her conservative colleagues rejecting a trump european on bump stocks. the conservative justices have single-handedly overturned one of the few measures to help stem gun violence in this
tonight wherever you get your podcast. now it s time for the last word. with it and i would like to consider myself somewhat a person that can follow logic but i was listening to that sound bite from donald trump about the shock and the electrocution and i just literally tried to follow and could not make sense. you can t follow it because it makes no sense. none of it makes any sense, but that is the point, isn t it? the more you speak in senseless nonsense, the more people come to expect senseless nonsense from you and that then lowers the bar to the ground. then everyone just ignores it and moves on and i think that is the scary thing that this guy could one day be president again, making no sense. great to see you. enjoy the rest of your evening off. have a good show. thank you so t bmuch. today s decision will have deadly consequences. that is what supreme court justice sonia sotomayor said about the ruling by her conservative colleagues rejecting a trumpeter a
i would like to keep that friendship. the massive ethics scandal unfolding at the supreme court as clarence thomas copps to the luxury chips he took with his billionaire buddy. tonight, the amendments to his financial disclosures, the reporting that led to it, and the ongoing issues with justice thomas. it really is good to be me, it really is. that is his former chief of staff gets arraigned on charges of trying to steal the election. trump takes his vengeance towards dr. phil. well, revenge does take time, i will say that. and sometimes revenge can be justified, but i have to be honest, sometimes it can t. plus, new data on just where americans are getting misinformed about immigration. and another huge day for the biden jobs market. 272,000, everybody, the estimate was 185,000. and, by the way, that blows even the top of the range from economists going on. all in starts right now. it evening from new york, i am chris hayes. we are currently in the midst