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new details on the company that the governor hired to transport unsuspecting migrants across the country, and its links to other top republicans. plus, how pleading the fifth and his fraud case could doom the disgraced ex president. the astonishing scenes of protests in iran. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. republicans unveiled their agenda, if you can call it that, if they retake the house this november. before we get to that, the most revealing preview on what it comes to look like, came earlier this week. that is what the overwhelming majority of the house republican conference voted against a law, that would clarify the language of the electoral count act. that is a somewhat obscure piece of legislation for the 19th century, governing how presidents are elected, and how members of congress can object to electors. this would just fix part of it to, explicitly, state what was obvious. that a sitting president, and his suppor ....
To, explicitly, state what was obvious. that a sitting president, and his supporters in congress, cannot overturn the results of a free, and fair election, simply, by objecting to legitimate votes, bullying, and browbeating the vice president into assisting a coup. again, this is straightforward stuff. a technocratic fix to statutory language, making it clear, you cannot do what trump wanted to do. it is something any politician, even normally interested in preserving american democracy, should support. here s the thing, donald trump is not interested in preserving american democracy. he is, objectively, pro coup, which means the republican party remains firmly under his control is, objectively, pro coup as well. so, 203 house republicans voted against the bill on wednesday. only nine supported it. as democratic congressman, pete aguilar, noted on this program last night, not one of those nine members will be in ....