support from their extremist base? or comply and strengthen their own potential subpoena power if they take over in november? with me on the set is elizabeth, a columnist at the washington post. also, my friend and legal analyst and former eternity, joy vance. thank you for being here. i laid out the calculus for subpoena of republicans. originally they were hesitant of making the move. it looked to be in poor form. why do you think this is a reason they change their minds and go forward with that now? they realize that the lawmakers out there decided to subpoena in courting it came out through audio tapes that they know a lot more than was initially thought. now they have him on record saying things that are extremely important and
can become a little bit more nonpartisan. did you besides becoming a part-time comedian have a sirius xm show. you spent a lot of time getting the pulse of the people. let s talk about the point that camilla was talking about there. the voter base. on one hand, republicans, they re going to be celebrating. trump kept his campaign promise. they managed to do what no one else did over 50 years, stacked the court, overturn roe versus wade. you know that s going to play well with their religious base, their extremist base. on the other hand you had democrats that are likely to be frustrated and defiant in the face of this. what impact do you think this decision could have on 2022 and 2024? does it favor one party over the other from your political analysis? look, when i talk to listeners to my show in the last few days since the supreme court decision, it s not just women who are upset. people from the lgbtq community are very concerned as well
be focused on, not on his next primary election, not on pandering to donald trump and his extremist base. ah, yes, the primary. that said, texas republican wasted zero time rolling out suppression bills. both would add new requirements for mail-in voting and ban drive-through voting and early voting. and they would empower partisan poll watchers to intimidate voters. the bills are similar to the one republicans tried to pass during the regular legislative session in may, which was killed by texas democratic lawmakers with a late-night walkout. joining me now, texas state representative senfronia thompson, and natasha brown. and dean, the dean, democrat, caucus dean thomas, i want to talk first, the occam s razor answer to why this is happening
that? and do you look import . look, with this congress nothing would surprise me in terms of what they pass because it is all symbolism. they re playing to an extremist base. second amendment, i should have the right to carry my gun anywhere, and if i have a concealed permit carry carry permit from texas i should be able to use it in new york. bologna. it violates states rights, et cetera. it would be total mayhem if people remain adamant, the way they are right after a crisis. i passed my bill literally within days of sandy hook because people were focused. you need the focus of the american people because the politicians are not going to take the risk unless they know they re being pushed. yeah. it is that simple. and sadly memory fade quickly. governor cuomo, thanks so much for joining us tonight.
to you our audience, i have sat through hours of misery today watching d.c. politicians try to explain the shotdown shambles. what an embarrassment they are. that they pop up on or tv screens blaming each other, keep saying how much they want to avoid a shutdown but give the impression that they re loving the drama and the attention. i m sick of all of them and their political games. and i know you are too. let s deal with the short term. it s perfectly obvious that this shutdown is engineered by the democrats to pander to their extremist base. why else would they shove the daca issue into the middle of the entire federal spending bill when it s got nothing to do with spending and there s a separate negotiation on immigration that doesn t have to be completed until march. but the real question is why do woe have this endless crisis over the federal budget. that s the long term problem and for that we blame the republicans, just as much as the