day after dramatic testimony where the january 6th committee showed what went on behind the scenes at the white house after president trump was told that he lost the election but refused to believe it and instead pushed his election lies. we are watching two key races in south carolina. that s where two gop members of the house are fighting to win renomination, both facing candidates backed by the former president. representative tom rice is one of ten house republicans that voted to impeach former president trump after the insurrection at the capitol. representative nancy mace didn t vote to impeach trump but refused to join if pack of house republicans who tried to block certification of joe biden s victory and has been aligning herself with the former president ever since. and polls just closed in nevada where a trump-backed candidate is running for the republican senate nomination. and in south carolina we re seeing more results coming in. and that s why i have the best o
thanks for watching. don lemon tonight starts right now. hey, don. hi. thank you very much, laura. i ll see you again tomorrow evening. this is don lemon tonight. results coming in right now in key primary election races across the country, and we re seeing a test of donald trump s grip on the republican party. voters going to the polls one day after dramatic testimony where the january 6th committee showed what went on behind the scenes at the white house after president trump was told that he lost the election but refused to believe it and instead pushed his election lies. we are watching two key races in south carolina. that s where two gop members of the house are fighting to win renomination, both facing candidates backed by the former president. representative tom rice is one of ten house republicans that voted to impeach former president trump after the insurrection at the capitol. representative nancy mace didn t vote to impeach trump but refused to join if pack
pick up house seats, so let s move over to. two trump grudge matches on the ballot in south carolina. one of them is right here in the 7th district, russell fry is trump s candidate because the incumbent tom rice voted to impeach donald trump. tom rice says he s proud of that vote and is prepared to be retired if necessary. we re not there yet. we re still counting. but not only is russell fry way ahead, the 51 is important. you have to be above 50 to avoid a runoff in the state of south carolina. that s 7th district. now let s how do you have down to the 1st district. nancy mace, a much closer race. she is the incumbent. donald trump wants her defeated as well. he endorsed katie arrington because mace said harsh things about january 6th. she s at 45%. i ll come back to it here. 53%/54%. nancy mace above 50. that would mean she s the candidate if she holds the lead. a gunman in texas shooting
good to see. you anything you want to add to anything this gentleman said? i used to live in charleston, south carolina. it s a different district than tom rice. those numbers are tough for tom rice, but that is a very, very conservative part of it state despite the fact of being coastal. nancy mace represents charleston, south carolina, surrounding areas. it s more of a swing district. yeah, her vote is not going to be a disqualifier, but you have to say that, you know, tom rice is facing the a tough penalty for doing the honest thing, which is standing up against a lie. considering everything that is happening, there s been more than 100 gop winners backing trump s false fraud claims according to the washington post analysis. what are midterms going to look like if that is the price of admission to the gop? look, what i am looking for and what concerns me most, because especially as we look at the line-by-line of what happened on january 6th and the
intelligence committee. representative schiff, we re so happy you re here. thank you. i appreciate it. great to be with you. so john eastman is the conservative lawyer who tried to pressure pence to overturn the election, as you know. will you be able to prove that trump was behind this campaign? well, you know, i think we certainly are presenting evidence that the president was the architect of this whole lot plott to overturn the election with its different elements, elements that included all the litigation, the big lie that drove it all, a pressure campaign on state and local officials, and, as you ll see later this week, the pressure campaign on the vice president. he was obviously part and parcel of that issue in his own tweets going out to the mall to pressure the vice president. so the evidence, much of it in the public eye is powerful and there s more the public will see this week. thursday s hearing it was