you know, have not gotten invitations recently, mehdi, to get out to iowa. but i was happy to see the dmz finally make a change, and put south carolina first. i agree we should have a primary calendar that looks more like america, you are very bold at the time to go to iowa and talk about something other than ethanol. appreciate you, appreciate you show, have a great rest of your sunday night. thanks, mehdi. tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, a racing black history from our classrooms. ron desantis is leading the charge, but the effects will be felt across the country. when will liberals fight back? and, what we ever get any real, genuine reform of the police? i ll speak to new york congressman and squad member jamal bowman, who s himself a former victim of police violence. plus, new victims on that suspected chinese surveillance balloon, and this year it is idiocy of the responses from some republicans. good evening, welcome to the show, and congratulations
the country. when the liberals fight back? will we ever get any real genuine reform from the place? i ll speak to new york congressman and sworn member, who is himself a former police violence. and more on that surveillance balloon from china and the sheer it is sea of the response from some republicans. good evening. welcome to the show. congratulations on surviving another week in the life of our public. 70s of craziness, mainly from the republican party. mainly, i mean, no words that more true these days and the right-wing state that has become the lip artery for extremism. america s country within the country, florida, land of sunshine. and the leadership of that tropical autocrat in training, governor ron desantis. perhaps we could start calling florida america s very own mini hungary, authoritarian narcissistic bully. because in only the last seven days, mind you, ron desantis and florida republicans have managed to, on monday, introduce a bill to make it illegal to
a bullet fired straight up in the air might reach up to 10,000 feet, but the moon was up 60,000 feet in the air. the party of jokers making a bigger joke about it from solves this past week. and let s not forget marjorie taylor greene and particular. the far-right gop congresswoman said the great donald trump would ve never allowed china to fly a spy balloon over our country. right. well, he actually did. at least three times, in fact, according to the u.s. department of defense. so, i want to speak now to someone who s been racking up views online by documenting the idiocy of a lot of republicans in realtime. join me now is jason salvage from the comedy duo, the good liars. jason, thanks for coming back on the show. what did you make of all the republican responses to this chinese balloon? what was the most ridiculous when you saw? i loved it. it was nonstop comedy, which was big for me. but, my favorite part of
hungary, authoritarian narcissistic bully. because in only the last seven days, mind you, ron desantis and florida republicans have managed to, on monday, introduce a bill to make it illegal to carry a concealed weapon without your license, without a permit. i can see it now, the wild, wild west palm beach, packing heat in boca. the florida gop started weighing that measure on the same day 11 people were injured after government opened fire in lakeland, florida, what police are calling a targeted attack. the republicans withdraw their bill as a result of the very serious injuries the victims suffered, including a man shot in the face? don t be ridiculous. of course, they didn t. but wait! there s more! on wednesday, orban want to be wants to burn your freedoms. take a listen. no tax, permanently, on gas
stock market, in wall street. so there s a billion dollar business related to police brutality that begins with taxpayer money, and i want taxpayers to know that and push the senators for real reform. it s not often you here on this show, i agree with lindsey graham. i have to ask you about your colleague, congresswoman ilhan omar, who was just kicked off the house foreign affairs community by republicans. before that vote, she showed just one of the many death threats she s received in recent weeks. she said these threats tend to increase when republicans put a target on her back, just a warning for our viewers what about what you re about here is violent and disturbing. put a bullet in your [bleep] head, and get that [bleep] out of my country, you [ bleep ]. i ll [bleep] kill you. disgusting stuff. this week, democrats and congress united to back omar. but i have to ask, we have the