the end of the month. mccarthy, caught on tape talking about kicking trump out of office ran to mar-a-lago weeks later. chairman bennie thompson writing, you declined voluntary cooperation, and we re left with no choice but to issue thank you subpoena. in a letter sent asking for his cooperation in january, the committee said they wanted to talk to mccarthy about his, quote, conversations with president trump before, during, and after the violent january 6th attacks. mccarthy today slamming the committee s probe. look, my view on the committee has not changed. they re not conducting a legitimate investigation. it seems as though they just want to go after their political opponents. congressman scott perry having a similar thing today. the fact that they sent it to the press before they sent it to the members proves it s all about headlines. bennie thompson saying today he hopes they all comply, and so far there have not been conversations about contempt if they don t.
There s a day of action on saturday where all across this country, people will be making their voices heard and ensuring that they are talking directly to voters to talk about what is at stake in this election, because right now with roe potentially being overturned, we re going to see a very different america. i want both of you to take a listen to ted cruz on the implications of overturning roe for the midterm, and we ll talk about it on the other side. if the majority opinion continues to be the majority opinion, and if the outcome is that the court does strike down roe vs. wade, i can tell you democrats in washington are holding on to that as their chance to save the midterms. more than a few republican senators are nervous that s the case. to the extent it has an effect, it will be a positive effect. aaloneza, your thoughts? i appreciate that ted
Something senator ted cruz said there are some in the republican party who are nervous about the possibility of overturning roe v. wade. i can tell you democrats in washington are holding on to that as their hail mary chance to save the midterms. they believe that people will be horrified and that will help them win. and i got to tell you, more than a few republican senators are nervous that s the case. we knew this, but it is so interesting to hear him say it. it is. he also said in that same podcast, i think you re going to have a positive effect of people in the pro life community who have been fighting for this for 50 years. he might be right about that. but if history is any guide for us here on the way politics and political movements and fervor works, it is not on the side of the victor, and in this case politically speaking the conservative movement has been working on this for 50 years,