who doesn t want internet that helps ai do your homework even faster? come again? -sorry, what was that? uhhhhh. the next generation 10g network. only from xfinity. welcome to a second hour o the future starts now. ayman. coming up, conservative elites want to play by a different se of rules, enter clarence thomas, donald trump and gop megadonor lee honored all seem to thin you should be held accountable but not them then, the trump trial collidin with the campaign trail, 202 is becoming a referendum among the rule of law and th potential gift to presiden biden. and silencing their critics, tennessee republicans just expelled to democrats of color from the state house over a gu control protest. why are they so threatened b the scent? i am ayman mohyeldin let s get started. summer is just around the corner, and you might be starting to consider som vacation plans, maybe a trip t an amusement park with the kids, or i don t know, maybe a weekend get away, you know just
ayman. coming up, conservative elites want to play by a different se of rules, enter clarence thomas, donald trump and gop megadonor leonard leo honored all seem t think you should be held accountable, but not them. then, the trump trial collidin with the campaign trail, 202 is becoming a referendum among the rule of law and th potential gift to presiden biden. and silencing their critics, tennessee republicans just expelled to democrats of color from the state house over a gu control protest. why are they so threatened b the scent? i am ayman mohyeldin let s get started. summer is just around the corner, and you might be starting to consider som vacation plans, maybe a trip t an amusement park with the kids, or i don t know, maybe a weekend get away, you know just you and your partner, maybe even a trip to the beach with your friends. or if you are a supreme cour justice like clarence thomas you might be planning to jum on a friend s private jet, and spent the weeken
to reinstate a west virginia law, barring trans athlete from playing on female sport teams from middle school through college, only two of the nine justices, clarenc thomas and sam alito dissented and in the spirit of celebrating the spirit trans community, who better to discuss this then with my next guests andrea jenkins made history in 2017 when she became the first african american openly tran women to be elected to offic in the united states, as a member of the minneapolis city council. she s since become the cit council president. and she joins me now andrea, it s great to have you with us. thank you so much for your time your reaction to this news tha we highlighted, both fro governor murphy, making hi state a safe haven for the trans community, and obviously we ve been seeing so man negative headlines and setback when it comes to trans right over the last several weeks an months, how did you feel whe you saw this positiv development? yes, thank you, ayman, fo having me on ton
or undue influence, but it s the problem that we have in ou democracy with campaig finance. we need to pass laws tha prevent that type of influence that type of money to intercep in our democracy and our rul of law david, as i mentioned earlier, thomas, he didn t disclose up until some point you know, almost 20 years ago, that he was receiving, o received several gifts fro crow, and then it was reported on by the l.a. times and wha do you know, lo and behold suddenly he stops reportin those gifts that he is receiving, and he s reported only just two gifts in tha 20-year period the next disclosure is set t be released in june. i m not a betting man, but i light of this recent report, d you expect that number to grow i think it has to, ayman. because here s the thing, if you re when you talk about one as wealthy conservative friends, we re only talking about a discreet set of vacations. but here is a bigger problem that we need to keep in mind as we see this reporting and we forget,
publicize themselves i m actually sharp that he would even do that it is time right now for the supreme court to follow a cour of conduct i can tell you that when i was in congress, it was very clear to us that we could not accept gifts, and at that time, it wa up to $25. i also had an invitation from very good friend of mine to go to her house in the keys, an my staff recommended that don t go this is a long time friend we had done that before. but when i was in congress, did not do that. and i know justice summers knows better, but that deception and hypocrisy s just uncanny. i mean, we are seeing it fro the most extreme radical win of the republican party. we know that there may be some undue influence here and look at what happened, now that we are learning tha verizon and other companie were present as well, who else was there? what do we not know yet? and one other problem that w need to discuss, ayman, it s not just conflict of interes or undue influence, but it s the problem th