candidacy. and co-host of the good lies trying to make sense of the continued allegiance to the nra, at the nra meeting. stay tuned for that chat. good evening, i m mehdi hasan, if you support the democratic party, you probably don t want to hear this forecast from election expert and political analyst dave wasserman of the cook political report because he posted this tweet last week projecting that republicans would gain a hefty 20 to 35 seats in the house in november s midterm elections. ouch. exactly the kind of defeat president barack obama once called a shellacting, and republicans are planning for that victory for control of congress for what they re going to do and i tell you this won t be health care policy or tackling prices at the pump, top gops have conservative think tankers on the tony eastern shore of maryland ways to investigate the biden administration as soon as they get congress, and looking for flimsy excuses to launch congressional probes according to
and if we care enough about these, give enough of these thoughts and these prayers, these mass shootings will stop. so i want to thank you, wayne la pierre, for all your thoughts and all your prayers. of course that man was not a member of the nra, but the good lies, and co-host of the good lies pod gast, welcome to the show this evening, jason, first up, i m deeply impressed that you are willing to keep a straight face throughout all of that and i keep chuckling when i keep saying la pierre s face, around kind of confused and what was the reaction from him, and to your speech, from the people in the hall, you know, you got some applause at the end, did people get it, was your sarcasm lost on them? what happened next? i think that wayne la pierre s definitely got it and making eye contact with him that
at the nra s houston convention last week, which took place three days after the massacre of 19 children at an elementary school, a short drive away, part of the agenda was reserved for members of the audience to ask questions, a man stepped up to the microphone and spoke directly to wayne la pierre, the embattled ceo of the radical gun group. whenever there is a plas shooting, they all say that, a mat shoo shooting they all say that wayne la pierre is not doing enough to stop these mass shootings implying that wayne la pierre has played a part in making it easier for these shooters to get guns. and frankly, that s not true. the nra, under wayne la pierre s leadership has provided thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families.
whole time was a little nerve-wracking because he was just kind of staring at me the whole time. but people in the hall, i think also, were on to it. maybe about 50% of them. but as you heard at the end, there was applause. i think just because i was staying the line, so many times, and that is the red meat, i guess there, at the nra, is saying those lines. indeed, they just think more thoughts and prayers and they genuinely believe it. and in addition to addressing wayne la pierre you spoke to a man at the nra convention including a man with a t-shirt ex blazening the confederate flag. why would anyone want to erase our heritage. some people would say that flag symbolizes racism, and it symbolizes slavery, and it might have some valid points there. that s their opinion. they re welcome to their opinion if they want it. are you for slavery, against slavery. i have no comment.
people there, is we need to arm the teachers, and which to me seems like the most out there idea that there is. i mean my ninth grade english teacher mr. campbell was great at teaching the odyssey but he shouldn t be i don t think carrying a firearm. i don t think he should have to be thinking about shooting a gunman, or shooting one of his students. that should not be a thought that teachers should have to deal with on top of their teaching responsibilities and that is a way for the gun maker to make more profit and the nra, you know, there is a whole new market for guns there, if they can arrangement teachers. yes, they want to arm the same teachers who they expect in the last 18 months saying are trying to groom our kids around indoctrinate them into marxism but give them weaponry as well. no consistency there. but jason, of we appreciate you, we appreciate you asking the tough questions.