now it s time for the last word with jonathan capehart in for lawrence. good evening my friend. hey, good evening alex. great to see you, have a great weekend. you too. america, republicans are gaslighting you. it s only april, but america has already had 17 mass shootings. republicans want you to believe that most people aren t bothered by mass slaughter with military grade weapons. republicans want to believe that most people feel the solution is to arm more people in more places. republicans want you to believe that most people would think it s cute, not crazy, to give guns to a toddler. little miss adi, who was almost two, they have brought us so much joy. now adi, who you know, soon will need them, i want to reassure you, she already has a shotgun and she already has a rifle. and she s got a little pony name sparkles to, so the girl is set up. only 1% of americans are members of the nra, but the nra controls 100% of the republican agenda on guns. here s tenness
people would think it s cute, not crazy, to give guns to a toddler. little miss adi, who was almost two, they have brought us so much joy. now adi, who you know, soon will need them, i want to reassure you, she already has a shotgun and she already has a rifle. and she s got a little pony name sparkles to, so the girl is set up. only 1% of americans are members of the nra, but the nra controls 100% of the republican agenda on guns. here s tennessee congressman andy ogles, 2021 christmas card. he represents the district where three and nine-year-old children and three adults were killed at the covenant school in nashville last month. congressman ogles deleted the photo of his social media, but not before defending the photo after the mass shooting at a nashville elementary school. here s what americans actually think about anti gun violence member according to new fox poll. 87% of voters support background checks for guns. 81% of voters support improving and the enforcem
it just is not worth it. it is those people who get into office, they won t do anything for me, they will not hear me, they don t feel me, these people are desperate, like he said, and it is really unfortunate. i was green enough to believe the top democracy was a real thing we believed in, we trusted in, and we would fight for. but, right now, it is clear, there is only one group of folk that fights for democracy, and another group of folk that actually just want to rewrite the script. congresswoman jasmine crockett, democratic minority leader of the texas house of representatives, trey martinez fischer, thank you both for coming to the last word tonight. coming up, it is been a bad week for defending trump, with no indication that next
glad to be part of their world. we need to give them a lot of love, and a lot of support. we need to understand, this could happen to any one of us. we need to change things. we are broken in this country. we need to change this, now. texas state senator, roland gutierrez, tennessee state representative j. pearson, and shannon watts, thank you all for coming to the last word tonight. thank you so much. thank you, we will keep fighting. coming up, president joe biden has made it official, he will seek reelection with vice president kamala harris as his running mate. for the president, that was never in doubt. more on that, next. doubt. more on that, next. doubt. more on that, next. r of art deco elegance and good times. someone who likes it hot but knows how to keep their cool. is this you? find me at hotels.com living with diabetes?
office and won this last election cycle. so huge progress is being made, but obviously we need more people to get off to the sidelines and use their voices on this issue, out encourage people who want to get involved in our mother s day action to text the word fed up to 64433. we have to show our lawmakers and that there will be consequences for inaction. again representative pierson, let me get one more question in to you before i go to senator guterres. let me read you something wrote in the new york times today. he wrote, biden talks a lot about the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. at its deepest level, that strollers between systems that put the dignity of individual souls at the center and systems that operate by the logic of dominance and submission. you met with president biden this week. what do you make of that? i believe david brooks is right. we talk about president biden