argument. have a great rest of your night. thank you so much. appreciate it. tonight on the mehdi hasan show, my warning for democrats. improve your messaging to voters, or risk a stinging defeat in 2024. congressman eric swalwell, who communicates better than most democrats, joins me live. plus, new reporting on the behind the scenes chaos at fox in the weeks up to the 2020 election. their fealty to trump on full display. and, should we be doing more to rein in israel s far-right government? i ll speak with you just hand delivered to president biden on this issue. good evening. this weekend, some of the most conservative republicans from across the country gathered in maryland for the annual conservative political action conference, once a staple of the season, this year s cpac conference was a gust of years past. many republican simply refused to attend, and those that did show up, while, they didn t quite get the rousing reception you may have hoped for. 2024 hop
communicates a lot better than most democrats joins me live. plus, new reporting on the behind the scenes tales of the night after the 2020 election. their fealty to trump on full display. should we be doing more to rein in israel s far-right government. our thing with democratic governor pick watch and just to president biden on this issue. good evening this weekend. some of the most conservative republicans more process the country gathered in maryland for the annual conservative political action conference. once a staple of the season, this year cpac conference was a ghost of conferences path. for many republicans simply refusing to attend. those that the job didn t get the rousing reception they may have hoped for. 2024 hopeful nikki haley delivered her speech to a half empty hall. former secretary of state mike pompeo delivered more presidential cpac attendees. even donald j trump who drew the largest audience over the weekend can fill the room. look at the crowd sizes.
and of course, the woman who makes that decision. and that s why on this, we shouldn t back off. and i hope you see across the country more and more referendums that would put this on the ballot. because that surge turnout in michigan, that surge turnout in kansas when we had to defeat it we shouldn t assume that just because, you, know we beat expectations in the midterms, that this issue is going away. last question, congressman, before i let you go. i wanna ask you about this new bombshell report on the house gop s weaponization subcommittee. democrats on the judiciary community, which you will remember now exposed jim jordan s trio of so-called whistleblowers as a group of ex fbi employees, all with a clear conservative biases, one of those witnesses, stephen friend, an ex fbi special agent who has since resigned, testified he was asked to surveil in person attending a school board meeting. but your party s report
nationwide. now you have this woman in south carolina arrested, reportedly, for self managed abortions all the way back in 2021. pretty dobbs. republicans in that same state now want to make abortion a crime punishable by the death penalty. what do you say to critics who accuse you of dramatizing this issue quite verbally. you are overreacting, they. said they are never going to do that, they said. i heard all of that from republicans and, of course, the natural logical arc of where these bands would go would be that many in their party. an extreme party. would want to criminalize not just the hacked, but those that would help. doctors, other providers, the woman who gets that decision. so that is why we shouldn t back off. i hope you see across the country more and more referendum stop this on the ballot. because that surge turnout in michigan, that surge turnout in kansas when we had to defeat it
presidential candidates here. it s kind of reminiscent of doug jones alabama run. i talked with steve this morning and said how would you compare your two campaigns and he said he s tried to focus on education, pension reform, jaukz and health care. he s been trying to separate himself from the national party. i talked to a source close to this campaign and looking at the turnout figures and putting a reality check on what this campaign will ultimately see at the ending of this night. what you re seeing from a donald trump turnout and matt bevin tying himself to donald trump, they re seeing high turnout numbers over in the rural parts of this state. and that s where folks may not have been aware of coming out. by donald trump showing up, everybody across all the local markets of kentucky saw donald trump and were reminded to come out. so yes, you may close the gap over in the suburbs outside of cincinnati and northern kentucky or you may have a surge turnout in those blue corridors of