publican engineered voter suppression is now online, just in time for our crucial midterm election. the the blueprints have also been there for years, this monster s growth has been accelerated by republican state lawmakers in the aftermath of donald trump s 2020 defeat. the first signs of its havoc is no visible in the battleground state of wisconsin with democrats and voters of color who are on the defensive at the state supreme court ruling this weekend that most ballot drop boxes are no illegal in that state. ahead of the midterm elections. of course, on cue, came the inevitable donald trump we mediately seized the court ruling to pedal the 2020 must be overturned. to undermine democracy for his benefit. as congress prepares for another bombshell hearing, we have new late breaking information tonight about a prominent member of the white nationalist militia group. the oath keepers who will on capitol hill this week. it s all connected. it s all tonight on politicsnati
This final version of the bill. But a couple of things have unfolded. In the last half an hour. One of them is that a key amendment that was really important to some of those hard line republicans failed. Theyd failed on a ti, the vote was serenely close, 212 to 212. So what you were seeing play out on the floor, right now is a vote on the underlying bill. The final version of this legislation that does not include an amendment that was very important to some of those conservatives that would have required a warrant. Even american citizens sam was picked up in some of those dragnet searches that are part of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act, section 702. So right now, what youre for seeing as many more democrats voting for this legislation, then republicans, of course, there are some democrats who are on the side of the privacy concerns that hardline republican pins but this is a very interesting moment for Speaker Johnson. This is something that a lot of hardline conservatives
good evening with the house january six committee gearing up for primetime finale tomorrow. we begin tonight with the headline that makes a good case as any for the committee s existence. and certainly underscores the threat to democracy that has not gone away. at first, you may think, it s a typo! but it s not! wisconsin assembly speaker says trump called him this month to decertify the 2020 election that s the headline. the story comes in the wake of the state court ruling on ballot drop boxes in future elections. not at the last one. wisconsin s assembly speaker, a republican, and saying the former president called him last week. trying to overturn his 2020 defeat. last week as the speaker
viewers here you. 70% of the people in milwaukee voted with trump boxes. 50% of the state voted absentee. right. that s a huge number of people that won t be able to do that now. of course, donald trump did not waste any time jumping on friday s state court ruling to push the big lie on his social media platform. basically shaming wisconsin state gop lawmakers to, quote, reclaim the electors and turn over the election to the actual winner. that is a quote. by which of course he means himself. your state assembly leader praised the court decision but has not signaled that he will throw out the 2020 results and wisconsin. still wouldn t does it say to you that a bill in your state assembly to overturn a two-year-old election in favor of donald trump some expecting him to announce his next run