peers, is here to discuss the most famous role in american theater. would it were a black salesman trying to navigate in a white capitalist world? welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. we start with that big news from the january six committee. they have finally issued subpoenas to their house republican colleagues, including the top house republican, kevin mccarthy. you know, the one who said he would urge donald trump to step down because of his role in inciting the riot, but then fell in line and has worked to undermine the 16 investigation, ever since. he s being subpoenaed. subpoenas also went out to alabama congressman moe brooks, who urged rally goers on 16 to kick it as, just hours before the riot began. and to jim jordan, who had a ten minute phone call with president trump on the morning of january the 6th. also on the subpoena list, scott perry of pennsylvania, and andy biggs of arizona. now, it s hard to imagine that any of these people of comply with the
is that what you are hearing in activist circles? people demoralized, delusion? or energized for midterms? they are demoralized but angry. so i would say both. frustrated but angry and really ready to fight back. to take two examples of what is going on right now, here in oregon and where i live, jamie lee costing her is challenging her antichoice democrat. he claims to be pro-choice. he is not. he votes against paid leave, paid sick days, minimum wage. you can actually have a choice about forming your family if you are stuck on a starvation wage without any of these benefits. so now, chris writer is not a friend of reproductive health care, jen is. they ve gone all in for the antichoice. same thing is going on in texas. hillary cuellar, who is under fbi investigation, national democrats are going all in for him against a wonderful progressive candidate named jessica cisneros.
Versus republican primary. chris mcdaniel running against senator thad cochran a long-time incumbent. and still this deep-seeded belief among conservatives in mississippi and activists across the country, frankly, that that race was stolen because you had the republican establishment doing things that were legal, but unconventional, certainly. like encouraging democrats and african-americans to vote in a republican primary to defeat chris mcdaniel. so, this slogan remember mississippi has kind of been percolating in activist circles for years and they see this as their chance to topple a republican opponent and they see a strikingly similar set of circumstances that existed next door in alabama, which you ll remember last month is the site of a stunning upset with the defeat of senator luther strange by roy moore, another staunch
i disagree. they want to stay in the news. the only thing he s going to do is choose is vice president before the convention. before the convention. that s a big story. this keeps him in the news in a semi positive way. he s making his case. he s seen as somebody who s wanted most of the people we re talking about are very respected in republican activist circles, among the grassroots. they d love to serve with romney. and i want to emphasize the romney campaign said, our representative today for television is bobby jindal. that was an active thing they said. they re doing it in more surrogates. maybe they re publicly allowing this audition to go on. encouraging it. shameless plugs time. it s my wife s birthday this