hello, everyone. as we begin next hour, the next gop contest, it is taking shape. new and familiar republican faces jump into the 2020 war contest, selling themselves as the next and best alternative to donald trump. speaking of, incriminating evidence as we get in the classified documents case, and that is just one of trump s legal headaches. also tonight, legislating in action, president biden racks up another big win in washington post by delivering on a key campaign promise. it is pride month, the love story that triggered a movement for equality in chicago and beyond. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, a crucial stop for gop presidential candidates as they work to find footing in a to be defined by trumpism. this afternoon, a republican 2024 hopefuls go to them one at a fund-raiser hopes to by iowa senator, joni irks, noticeably absent, front-runner, donald trump. the chief rival, at least for now, met florida rhonda scent is what he was there. desa
false at they made it to the increase risk of death to male teenagers. he has denied history. we know that through his banning of books, and he is actually abused the powers of his office. i think donald trump houston both on the freedom question but also on the integrity and honesty question. another route of all distances policymaking, alicia, you nailed it. it is a value driven question about personal freedom. you cannot claim to be a state that is free when you marginalize the lgbtq community, black and brown community, and you frankly continue to disenfranchise many of those voters. i think any republican nominee that comes out of this gop feels will be a witch foil for joe biden. but particularly ron desantis and donald trump. the two front runners actually exacerbate the greatest weakness of republicans today. philip, as you are watching this field unfold, talk to me about the needle they are all
dred scott decision, where slave owner said, even if you are born on u.s. soil, you cannot be an american. coming out of the civil rights, there was legislation to address, that but it took a u.s. constitutional amendment to say, we are going to grant birthright citizenship to anyone born on u.s. soil or its territories. so what donald trump is doing is suggesting that he will revoke it, it is playing with xenophobia and racism card, but he s also doing,, alicia is he s talking about hispanics in central americans. that is exactly what he is doing, and he is leaning into this destructive divisive, hurtful, fox news narrative within the republican primary politics, that as they are, and it is something that we all should not just condemn, but be very scared of its mainstream as today s republican presidential primary. indeed, philip, it strikes me in this complex failed, that is beginning to emerge, you have mike pence jumping, in plans to launch his campaign in iowa next week. plea
to clinch the gop nomination for a third time, america is in for a rematch between trump and president biden. and biden is banking on a choice between confidence or case. just today he proved governing can happen in washington, even in the face of reckless opposition from gop led house. this afternoon, biden signed into law the deal raising the nation s debt limit, the grieving came after weeks of negotiating with republicans, holding our economy hostage to get what they want. joining me now, former florida congressman and msnbc analyst david jolly, msnbc political analyst jennifer reuben, national calmest for the washington philip bunk, he is the author of one of the smartest books i ve read this year, at the aftermath, the last days of the baby boom and the future of power in america. it is good to see you, all congressman jolly, we will start with you. take a listen. rod assange is on the stump in iowa, we will discuss on the other side. now, in florida, we chose
to be so many moments to get outraged. they are choosing a topic they believe is very serious. also i mentioned the last segment that republican leaders have been quiet on this, but having mccain and graham bang drums on this is going to make it hard for them to continue to stay quiet. they are going to have to say something, particularly someone like mitch mcconnell who s been a hawk and criticized putin and paul ryan. it shows this russia issue is going to loom over donald trump. i think they were hoping trump would change his tune, this would be something where he learned more information, took the intelligence briefings, which we re told he s not taking as often as he could, where he d change his tune on this. philip bunk with the washington post has a great graphic on the site, he won the election and we haven t had a chance to question him much. he s allegedly going to have a press conference later this week to talk about how he handles the trump organization, his business,