democracy by refusing to say whether they will accept election results they don t like. also tonight, what s next after a very bad week for trump with the special master telling his lawyers to put up or shut up and new york s attorney general exposing years of alleged fraud. and as kevin mccarthy makes his pitch for speaker, president biden reminds americans exactly what republicans want to take from you if they win. things like reproductive rights and social security. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the cancer that continues to rot what s left of the desiccated corpse of the republican party. moments from now, the former president will stand shoulder to shoulder with ted budd, north carolina s republican senate candidate. he refused to accept the results if he loses but voting to certify the 2020 election as a member of congress just hours after the attack on the capitol. and he s not the only one. from the carolinas to
votes. steve kornacki, the best in the business. thank you very much. appreciate you. let s bring in tom nichols, staff writer for the atlantic where he writes the atlantic daily, and piece field newsletter, and victor xi, a 2020 biden delegate. i want to start with you on what you just heard, tom, because here is where we start to look at opportunity cost. in the state of arizona, 78% of the people who voted, voted early by mail. that s the way most people voted. 22% of people voted on election day. which means that republicans made an affirmative choice because donald trump told them to, to give up the idea of voting by mail to make it an anathema to their voters and have to rely and put it all on voting the day of the election. which means that just for me, the way that campaigns look at this in general, is you can assume that the votes that come
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to codify roe. americans are going to face a choice. if republicans control the congress, social security will be on the chopping block. but if you support the democrats, i promise you that social security will be protected, period. joining me now is mara gay and member of the new york times editorial bill and victor xi, strategy director for voteroffs tomorrow, cohost of the i-gen podcast. i m going to start with this. just your reactions to this new ruling from an arizona judge allowing a near total ban on abortion in the state of arizona. i ll start with you, mara. what do you think this does for voters in the state of arizona right now? if they were having any questions about whether they wanted to participate, what do you think this is going to do? i mean, first of all, i m thinking about women, pregnant people in the state of arizona right now, just the heartbreak i
mara, quickly with you, who won this week? my person of the week s bexar county sheriff s office, our salazar, who is opened a criminal investigation into the flying of the migrants from san antonio, to martha s vineyard. thank you to the sheriff are reminding us, there are consequences to hateful, political conduct yes, police doing a good job. victor, quickly, who won the week? in the same thinnest justice and accountability, i will choose new york attorney general, letitia james. she is just amazing, and showed, us the rule of law matters, equal justice under law, and i hope this is one out of many, hopeful, acts of accountability that will be facing the former guy to in the weeks to come. both great winners. i am saying, the winner of the week is the writers guild of america west, which has announced a new board of directors. look, we talked about amazon, we talked about starbucks, but their unions for the men and women who bring us tv shows