stacey abrams will be my guest. and then new reports trump s top white house lawyers both subpoenaed by the department of justice over january six. plus he got the message is right there. you know a perjury is right? alex jones and is misinformation factory facing justice for his sandy hook lies. you must tell the truth while you testify. this is not your show. all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c.. i m mehdi hasan and in for chris hayes. do you know the last time kansas went democratic in the presidential election? it was 1964 when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states plus the district of columbia. since then, republicans have won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected and an amendment remov
rights protections for their stay constitution, voting it down 59 to 41%. now just to put that in a little bit more into context, to put the entire political earthquake into context, that ballot question was supposed to be an easy win for the antiabortion side. was not even supposed to be close. a recent poll said the 47% of kansans plan to vote yes on the amendment compared to no gland vote no. and republicans were supposed to cruise to victory with their demographic advantage. last night, most of the primary races were for republicans. there was not much incentive for democrats to even show up, aside for this one ballot question. and it was a strategic and very cynical question to put this question on the primary ballot, instead of the general election. proponents of the measure were hoping and planning for a low turnout. the question itself was intentionally garbled to confuse people. the text read in part quote, to the extent permitted by the constitution of the united s
a handgun. so, this is an absurd, outdated, outmoded loophole, but this is a first step in recognizing our problem, where we allow 18-year-olds to buy weapons of war. news of this framework coming on the somber six year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando, florida, 49 people murdered in cold blood, targeted about because of who they live. many mass shootings in this country, the attacker used an ar-15 style guy on, the senate deal comes after communities of uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, were changed forever by gun violence. all together 31 americans killed in both shootings. the shooters and both shootings were 18 year old boy legally obtained obstacles to carry out their crimes. the steel wall imperfect is something, comes up after last week s testimony from the children killed in uvalde. they sidelined their grief to going through what they re going through. the deal comes as demonstrators hit the streets, demanding action. we ve seen this bef
are wondering how did wely get here so quickly just a year and a half into joe biden it s been a rapid decline. if you get a moment this week and gomo on the internet and pue up joe biden s inaugural address looking back , it s remarkable not because of what s in the speech but because ofine what s missing fm the speech. you won t hear a single mentionr of the issues americans are most concerned about nothingin on inflationg , poverty, gas prices, the stock market, nothing on government spendingga ,energy independence, fentanyl overdoses and absolutely nothingnd on border security.bos in fact, there isn t a single mention policy in the entire address.ma instead, joe biden talked about himself. he compared himself to abraham lincoln issuingis the emancipation proclamation. he told us that only joe biden could unite americans and saveom us from quote, bitterness and fury. today on this january day, my whole soul is in this bringing america together, uniting people, uniting our
Recuse himself from these cases now coming before the court that will determine whether or not trump is held accountable. Thats democratic senator Richard Blumenthal spnldsing to another rightwing flag that was flown at a home of Supreme Court Justice Alito. Well dig into that new reporting just ahead. Plus, Donald Trumps last challenger in the Republican Party caves and now says she will vote for him this fall. Well play for you nikki haleys comments on that. And then on capitol hill today Senate Republicans are expected to again block a bipartisan bill to address Border Security with one of the lead floegsers saying he will now vote against it. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and well begin this morning with an endorsement of donald trump from one of his most critical republican primary opponents. In her first public appearance since exiting the race back in march former u. N. Ambassador n