from jordan perry, brooks, and mccarthy. we have information from other sources that lead us to believe that each one of these individuals are colleagues have information within the committee and needs to tell the full story. plus, on the court victory to block florida s racially gerrymander congressional map. and what i learn from my battle with coronavirus that could end the helping you. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. today the bipartisan committee investigating january six took the seismic step of subpoenaing the most powerful republican in the house. minority leader kevin mccarthy of california. and of course, that is the guy who is poised to become speaker of the house, should republicans win the house in the midterm elections. they also issued subpoenas for four of his colleagues, and in fact, their colleagues. jim jordan of ohio, mel brooks of alabama, andy biggs of arizona, and scott perry of pennsylvania. the latter fo
and for months and months, house democrats have been trying everything to avoid getting too precise at this point. which is why it is worth looking back at just how we got here. in the days after the insurrection, it really seemed like kevin mccarthy understood the gravity of the situation. it is apparent in the since leaked phone calls with his fellow republicans from the days following the attack that mccarthy privately told allies he was thinking of asking trump to resign. and you asked if, you know, what happens if he gets there after he s gone? is there any chance? are you hearing that he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen? i ve had if you discussions. my gut tells me no. i m seriously thinking of having that conversation with him tonight. i haven t talked to him in a couple days. mccarthy appeared to take the attack so seriously that he actually deputize his own ally, member of the republican house leadership, congressman john taco of new
Watching. Have a good show. The Worst Supreme Court justices were not appointed by the worst president. Donald trumps three Supreme Court justices have not yet proven themselves to be worse or more ethically challenged than the two who are now in an intense competition for the title of Worst Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas and samuel alito. They were each appointed 15 years apart by president s from connecticut who wanted you to believe they were from texas. The bushes were born in connecticut, where the family had deep roots. The father of the first President Bush was prescott bush, republican senator from connecticut. The bush family preferred to go to College Close to home and so, father and son, president spoke, went to jail. There what was then called Country Club Republicans, which simply meant they hated paying taxes. The first President Bush was a supporter of planned parenthood before he was selected to be Ronald Reagans running mate in 1980, whereupon he had to suddenl
Court justice. Clarence thomas and samuel alito. They were each appointed 15 years apart by president s from connecticut who wanted you to believe they were from texas. The bushes were born in connecticut where the family had deep roots. The father of the first President Bush was prescott bush. Republican senator from connecticut. The bush family preferred to go to College Close to home so father and son president s both went to yale. They were called Country Club Republicans. They hated paying taxes. The first President Bush was a supporter of planned parenthood before he was selected to be Ronald Reagans running mate in 1980 whereupon he had to suddenly pretend he was opposed to any and all abortions. By the time george w. Bush was running for president , Country Club Republicans had been banished from the party and replaced by born again christians which george w. Bush claimed to be. 1988 was one of those years when president ial Campaign Polls could not have been more wrong giving