good evening, and welcome t politicsnation tonight s lead, rights versu might. it has been a whirlwind political week, with republicans from the state house to the courthouse, tryin to force their ultraconservative agenda o americans who have repeatedl rejected their platform at the ballot box but trump appointed federa judge yesterday suspended th fda s longtime approval of ach abortion drug, the latest blow to reproductive rights which have been under assault sinc the overturn of roe v. wad last summer. meanwhile in tennessee republican state lawmakers voted to expel two black representatives for speaking out against gun violence invoking rules used only twice before since the civil war a fair lawmaker who barely escaped this himself joins u live in just a moment. and of course, there s forme president donald trump, defyin in the face of an unprecedente criminal indictment. his house gop allies are rushing to his defense targeting the democratically elected africa
choice out of their hands. i mean, they can t even have a medication at the early onse of pregnancy this is an assault on women rights it is an assault on democracy. now, reproductive right played a major role in the election of a liberal judge in your state to the wisconsi supreme court this week. residents of your state vote overwhelmingly to tilt the balance of the court towar liberals for the first time in 15 years, which will affec rulings on wisconsin s pre civil war abortion ban in th gop drawn electoral maps but the republicans who ve see their power steadily erode statewide are already plotting to use their supermajority i the senate to try and un-see the newly elected judge. how did the democrats in the state intend to fight back oh, my goodness, rev.