plus, some real talk about my fellow republicans, why are you calling these people pushing racist replacement theory? what is up with? that time to speak up. what did rudy say? we have the latest on giuliani s hours with the january six committee. and to the panel could call next. i am michael, steele in for jonathan kaye part. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, we are counting down the tuesday primary elections. as republicans continue to fight for control of congress and dems fight for democracy. polls will close for georgia, alabama and arkansas as primary races this used it as well as polls in texas primary runoff election. early voting in georgia close friday, with a record of over 100,000 votes 212% increase from 2020. despite the states new voting restrictions. it is shaping up to be a tough battleground for donald trump. he denies that it s going up under the purdue, histories for governor and fellow election denier, but purdue is trailing far behind incumbent
in the senate. all these candidates talking with voters and somebody not even on the ballot loom over one race. what will today s election tell us about donald trump s influence and the future of both parties? also this thundershower you have president biden back at the white house after speaking in buffalo, where he said democracy s in danger after that deadly racist attack. and he s calling out people who spread and profit off the so-called great replaisment theory. we ve got a context check on where that theory came from, and we re live in buffalo and on the hill with congress setting up a showdown over domestic terrorism. this just coming in from michigan on the state s abortion law there and what would happen in roe vs. wade is overturned. we re going to tell you what it says and what happens next from here. i m hallie jackson from washington. i want to bring in our team who s following that election in pennsylvania, because voters are voting. senior political editor
extremists over the past ten years. still, the republican parties leaders are silent. but here s the thing. if the republicans really wanted to pursue this from their ranks, they would. just look at madison cawthorn. the trump backed former rising star lost his reelection bid this week, and it does not seem to be because he finally crossed off his visit to hitler s vacation home. yep. or called with a volodymyr zelenskyy a thug. or his history of racism. no, none of that. the only time his antics were deemed unacceptable by the party was when he claimed his parties engaged in coke field orgies. that is what got him throwing off the party train. but great replacement theory, apparently republicans are happy to let that slide. joining me now are the tariffs that mayor, former congressional communications director, and senior adviser
of justice said, you know, it would have been better if they clarified exactly what they were doing, that they were doing this as a fallback, but it doesn t appear to be illegal. that s what a memo from the state justice department said. thank you for that. back to this election day, this year of course on primary day in north carolina with a lot of people looking at madison cawthorn. now, once a rising star in the gop before there were a whole bunch of controversies that turned some establishment republicans and at least some of the north carolina electorate against him. i m talking about, for example, sexual harassment allegations, driving citations, scandalous leaked photos calling ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy a thug, getting stopped at the airport twice for trying to bring a gun, a firearm through security. one of the state s most powerful republicans is among those. senator thom tillis saying he s throwing his support behind one of cawthorn s opponents, state senator
down. i told you there would be a drip drip campaign. what do you think of madison cawthorn s video that came out last night? absurd to embarrassing. reporter: major north carolina republicans like u.s. senator thom tillis have spent the past few months distancing themselves from cawthorn, even actively supporting his challengers in a heated and crowded primary election where early voting is already underway. what if he wins the primary, what will that mean for the district? i m disappointed for his constituents and that s why i m working to avoid that outcome. reporter: republicans on capitol hill angered by his recent controversial comments. madison is wrong. reporter: earning cawthorn a closed door meeting with party leadership after calling ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy a thug. remember that zelenskyy is a thug. reporter: and claiming he s been invited to cocaine fueled orgies in d.c. we re going to have kind of a sexual get together at one of our ho