block everything because they re 0 hard right wing people want chaos like donald trump. it s the old way of thinking that you only put things on the floor when you have the votes. sometimes you have to smoke out the no votes. may be that our gop colleagues get off the impeachment train and refocus on matters of policy where we can get something done. it s like this every year. so somehow america is still the greatest play to be on earth. it s a sunny day. a little optimism. neil: everyone could use that. the grand old party suffering grand misses. now a grand old reassessment going on. alejandro mayorkas is still standing after republicans felt sure they had the votes to take him down. they did. the border bill is collapsing with no fix in sight. all of that and that stand alone israeli aid bill going down in defeat. that is giving mike johnson another black eye when he doesn t need it. why chairman mark green says don t count republicans out and democratic senator mi
carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. you were a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with. can you feel the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed. he won re-election to a fourth term in the senate 54 to 46%. that strategy worked, it worked well, making gant the face of affirmative action, a racial quota system that kept whites at a disadvantage ipfavor of less qualified minorities, it was potent stuff. the race baiting and the zero-sum politics, it moved people because it angered them a
people as the central players shush, don t tell them. well, cats out of the bag. it s happening. i think it happened today. thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, who helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back. and this is what they came up with. this ad. you needed that job. you are the best qualified. but they had to give it to a minority tick is of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says he supports ted kennedy s racial quota law but makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications. you ll vote on this issue next tuesday. for racial quotas, i began. it against racial quotas, jesse helms. that added, with
the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. you needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. making ga
you re wonderful. you can be the strongest, most dynamic, successful republican and conservative in america, but if you don t kiss that ring, then he ll try to trash you. barely a week later, desantis kissed that ring. endorsing trump and putting an end to one of the biggest campaign failures in political history. leaving behind a trail of destructive policies in florida that he and his obedient republican legislature shoved down the throats of floridians, all to advance his personal political ambitions. meanwhile, trump is predictably birthering nikki haley who is now the only noninsurrectionist left in the republican race. plus, how the abortion issue continues to haunt republicans of roe v. wade, the landmark 1953 supreme court decision enshrining women s bodily autonomy that was killed by republicans. but we begin tonight with karma. you reap what you sow, what goes around comes around. all that good stuff. karma can be cruel, ironic, but it s always right on time. at