presidential nomination in a city that he reportedly told house republicans was horrible. this weekend the biden campaign are seizing on trump s harsh words. while trump s campaign and his allies are doing all they can to down play, deny or justify his comments, falling back on racist lies about crime and voter in a city led by a black mayor. joining me now the mayor of milwaukee, wisconsin, cavalier johnson, a democrat. thank you for being with us tonight. i know that you are a democrat and you as a democrat still deeply involved in bringing the republican national convention to milwaukee. now exactly one month away. so how did it feel to hear the presumptive gop nominee had reportedly told house republicans that your city was horrible just two days ago. of course trump is now denying this happened but which kind of conference with what he and other republicans in the meeting have said since but still what are your thoughts on this? well, thank you reverand sharpton. look,
that is tonight for the last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. at this hour, breaking news. the supreme court strikes down a trump era ban on bump stocks. if you see a person firing one of these next to someone firing a submachine gun, you cannot tell the difference. president biden releasing a statement calling on congress to ban bump stocks. president biden at the g7 summit in italy today. much of the attention focused on what he said about his son, hunter s, federal gun conviction. coming from the proud of my son, hunter, he is over, could addiction. the president has previously said he would not pardon his son, but tonight he went even further on commutation. a congressional pep rally, of sorts, for the congressional nominee speaking to lawmakers behind closed doors. a show of hands for anyone in the room who hung out with a felon today. i am with them 1000%, they are with me 1000%. i think it must be so humiliating for them.
election-year issue. meanwhile, the ongoing ethics scandal surrounding some of the justices could also be a major factor this fall. recent efforts to hold the justices accountable have largely stalled in congress and this week, senate republicans blocked a democratic sponsored bill that would have required the supreme court to adopt a more binding code of conduct and would have exposed the justices to greater oversight. democratic representatives alexandria ocasio-cortez and jamie raskin also announced that they plan to introduce legislation in the house that would do the same thing. but, republicans will likely prevent that from even getting a vote on the house floor and that is just the political reality right now on capitol hill. that means that the future of the supreme court might very well be another important issue that the voters will be forced to reckon with when they had to the polls in november. for more on this, i am joined by molly jong-fast, special corresponden