alliance among them. at one point, a fight almost broke out on the house floor, but perhaps the most telling moment came at the very end. on his way out of the capital, at around two a.m. after finally taking his oath of office as speaker, mccarthy stopped to talk to reporters to give special thanks to a special someone. i do especially think president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning, somebody wrote that out of what he was there, and he was all in. he was all in. kevin mccarthy maybe the speaker, but this is donald trump s house. built on the backs of trump s republican acolytes whose jobs depend on the support of donald trump s own base. but dynamics that were on display during a four-day speakership battle have continued to play out in the six months since. the chaos caucus republicans, many of whom are trump loyalists and some of whom participated in the attempt to deny mccarthy the speakership, brought the cou
his decision to lift covid restrictions in connecticut. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. as the biden administration, the democratic congress, and the country as a whole try to claw our way out of an unprecedented set of national crises, the republican party coast to coast has found its mission for the year 2021 make it harder for americans to vote. right now we re on track to see the largest rescue bill in recent memory signed into law by president biden this week. it would provide direct relief to americans, billions for vaccination programs, money to reopen schools, keep restaurants open, and not a single republican in either house or the senate has voted for it. instead, after losing the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center s tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. the
elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center s tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. their list includes 253 bills introduced, prefiled or carried over this year in 43 states. in georgia, of course, already notorious for having absurdly long lines to vote with residents waiting up to 11 hours to cast their ballots last fall, republican governor brian kemp has waged a long battle to make the voting process even more difficult. in his previous role as georgia s secretary of state, he oversaw the closing of polling places and the purging of hundreds of thousands of registered voters from the polls. thanks, in part, to the efforts of stacey abrams and other activists on the ground registering hundreds of thousands of new voters, turnout in 2020 in georgia in the election was unbelievably high, smashing records and, of course, also helping to propel joe biden to the white house
Levels of the fbi and department of justice, and so mike pence joins the party. right, i think one of my biggest fears going into this election cycle is we will see a race to the bottom, for donald trump will set the standard, and he panders to the parties roast rabbit followers. and then everyone else has entered that race and save no, i can be more extreme than that. i can one up trump and be even more intolerant. i could be even more extreme. i could be more hostile to democracy. i can promise to a clean house in the justice and get rid of officials who otherwise haven t done anything wrong and don t deserve to be ousted. so, i think this raises inherently unhealthy. not just for the gop party, but for american politics in general, because it s a race no one ultimately wins. charlie, you ve got ron desantis who is trying that race to the bottom. he s trying to out-trump trump. he had a crazy at that came out this week. he implied that donald trump marginally nice to gay people
Eastern, and we will bring you that as it happens. up next, donald trump maybe around back on twitter, but democratic representative has proposed legislation to keep him out of the white house. congressman joins me next. plus, we ll look back at speaker nancy pelosi s historic legacy and the lasting effect she has had on the democratic party in american politics in general. plus, americas post-roe present. every time abortion rights voters opted for abortion rights. now another victory for abortion rights in an unlikely place. those details are ahead, on velshi. o velshi t your business, you can make it even smarter. now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. and where it s going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns and order their own replacement parts. (foreman) nice work. (vo) and retailers can get ahead of the fashion trend of the day with a new line tomorrow. with a verizon private 5g network, you can get more agility and security. giving you m