investigation into january 6th. and how white wing combat misinformation. the woman who is tasked to lead that effort, nina jankowicz, joins me exclusively, as all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, the biggest worry from last night s primary elections, is that a full out insurrectionist coup plotter is now a stone s throw away from running one of the most important swing states in the country, pennsylvania. his name is doug mastriano, and he s essentially pledged that if the opportunity arises once again to actually successfully pull off a coup, you will be the first in line to do it. right now, he s won the republican gubernatorial primary, pretty handily, about 44% of the vote, about 20 points ahead of his closest competitor in a very crowded field. and when it trump ally wins by that kind of margin in the republican primary, we should all take notice. so let s keep in mind, again, trump almost got away with. it the only reason the coup did
killed the combat of online misinformation. the woman who is tasked to lead that effort, nina jankowicz, joins me exclusively, as all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, the biggest worry from last night s primary elections, is that a full out insurrectionist coup plotter is now a stone s throw away from running one of the most important swing states in the country, pennsylvania. his name is doug mastriano, and he s essentially pledged that if the opportunity arises once again to actually successfully pull off a coup, you will be the first in line to do it. right now, he s won the republican gubernatorial primary, pretty handily, about 44% of the vote, about 20 points ahead of his closest competitor in a very crowded field. and so when an avowed ally winds by that kind of margin in the republican primary, we should all take notice. so let s keep in mind, again, trump almost got away with. it the only reason the coup did not work, is that there ar
muslims are running for office. in his victory speech last night, mastriano even vowed to pass the so-called bathroom bill, which would ban trans people from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. so again, even if he weren t plotting a coup, this is a guy with very extreme views. i would hazard to say, too extreme for a purple state. but he s basically a coin flip away, from becoming the next governor of pennsylvania. e.l.i.s.a. griswold is a contributor to the new yorker, last year she wrote a piece about mastriano, his politics, and his ties to christian nationalism. she joins me now. elijah, you wrote a great profile on mastriano last year, you did a lot of reporting about the politics in pennsylvania. are you surprised that he won last night, or was that when you were expecting? i am not surprised he won, chris, and i m not surprised, i
muslims are running for office. in his victory speech last night, mastriano even vowed to pass the so-called bathroom bill, which would ban trans people from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. so again, even if he weren t plotting a coup, this is a guy with very extreme views. i would hazard to say, too extreme for a purple state. but he s basically a coin flip away, from becoming the next governor of pennsylvania. e. l. i. s. a. griswold is a contributor to the new yorker, last year she wrote a piece about mastriano, his politics, and his ties to christian nationalism. she joins me now. elijah, you wrote a great profile on mastriano last year, you did a lot of reporting about the politics in pennsylvania. are you surprised that he won last night, or was that when you were expecting? i am not surprised he won, chris, and i m not surprised, i think we have to be, just as you ve been saying, a lot more sanguine about his chances in november.