party was leading the way an showing how to deal with folks and i think it s also the case that the way that that map i drawn in that state, the folks that took the vote today, ar pretty insulated on their way. it s just part of the. story absolutely, i gotta say it s tenure anniversary. week and when you started th show ten years ago, did yo think this is what you d b covering, this kind of disillusion of origin mccraw ticked principles a decade later. it s been a disturbin aspect of the last seven years or so with the coverage era. we re glad to have you with us thank you thank you to all of you for joining us here at home. this is what it sounded wa outside the chamber of the tennessee house of representatives. [crowd chanting] [crowd chanting] [crowd chanting] you banned books, you banne drag, kids are still in body bags that was the scene at th tennessee capitol earlie today. republicans in the state legislature voted to expel two democratic representatives f
, free, free, free, free the tennessee free you are fascists! you banned books, you banne rag, kids are still in bod bags [crowd chanting] you banned books, you banned, rag kids are still in body bags that was the scene at th tennessee capitol earlie today. republicans in the state legislator voted to expel tw democratic representatives fro the tennessee house. they voted to kick to democrat out of office. it was an unprecedented and it was a drastic move and it al started last week. that is when hundreds of schoo students came to the tennessee capital to call for new gu safety measures after a shoote opened fire at an elementary school in nashville. killing three 9 year old students and three adults. during that protests, a handfu of democratic law minister before the house chamber they had megaphones and they weren t shy about standing i solidarity with the protesters outside which was apparently a violation of the rules of th chamber. republicans pounced. they didn
in march, house speaker kevi mccarthy announced that he was ordering a probe into the ma and ea s prosecution of trum accusing brag of an outrageous abuse of power, demanding bags testimony in the house investigation. bragg refused, he called a unlawful, incursion into new york sovereignty but today, house republicans took their crusade to the next level. when the house judiciary committee fired off its very first and their so-calle investigation into da brag judiciary jim jordan dissipate manhattan da s office named, mark pomerantz who resigned from the office after disagreements with bragg last year. bragging, response to th subpoenas called so-called investigations an campaign o harassment and intimidation. joining us now is andrew weissmann, former ascrib general and msnbc legal analyst, and someone who is literally the voice of the whole serie of saget s for us. andrew, first let s talk about
take anything, make it a controversy, and profit off of that on the one hand, trump use controversy for financial gain he monetizes at. he s raised over $12 million fundraising off of news of his indictment on his arrest and trump is using controversy to gain political traction making it into a weapon he can wield. in this case against the ver prosecutors who ar investigating. i m trump as called manhatta da, alvin bragg, a degenerat psychopath and call the prosecutors i bragg s office, scum he posted a photo that shows trump wielding a baseball ba at the da. who has repeatedly called racist he s gone after brag he s gone after the judge s family, an he s warned that the charges against him can bring death an destruction. this is all very serious stuff enough so that tuesday arraignment, one of the firs things that the manhatta prosecutor brought up was th onslaught of trump threats coming from trump, the prosecutor said quote, over th past several weeks and longe
security at the manhatta office, but it s not just alvi bragg here, after hi arraignment on tuesday trump offered doj special counsel, jack smith and fulton county da, fani willis trump called smith, a radica left lunatics, known as a bomb thrower. and he called fani willis, a races. last, night fani willi responded. willis told mark witty that trump has a right to speak a mine and so, the comment not concern me at all. it s ridiculous nature but i support his right to b protected by the first amendment and say what h likes. while she supports his righ to speak freely, she did war him not to cross the line. people have the right to say, whatever they choose to say. as long as it doesn t rise t the level of threats against myself, against my staff, or against my family. trump isn t alone attemptin to weaponize - political game the former president supporter in congress are taking note.