we re going if he is the senate majority leader at roe v. wade is overturned. let s say you win your election, congratulations, you re the junior senator from utah, how will you vote on that, on a national abortion ban in the senate, yes or no? well, it s the kind of man we re seeing proposed and passed around the country, which is absolutely then i would be no vote against that. evan mcmullin, thank you for coming on the show tonight. i appreciate. thank you. coming up next, covid isn t over cases are on the rise again in america just surpassed a devastating death toll.
tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, fighting autocrats on the right, conservative evan mcmullin left the gop discusses his democratic party back campaign to undersea pro trump republicans in utah. plus, 1 million covid deaths in the united states, all speak to political and young about the tragic that we can t ignore. and democratic congresswoman barbara lee on the end of abortion rights in america. that evening, and happy mother s day to all the mothers watching tonight. i m mehdi hassan i ve been pointing out on this show since we launched in 2020, there s no real organized resistance to trump on the right. and we should stop imagining that there is. the republican party is trump s party, i know it, you know i, and all those so members of the
infected when he called the wuhan flu. at the same time congressman rice is one of the only republicans still standing up to trump s growing insurrection. if that s the defining issue in american politics right now, you re saving american democracy, that needs recognizing that he s doing that especially since four of the ten republicans who voted to impeach trump second time around our retiring from congress instead of facing reelection. nearly half of them. a few republicans, conservatives were even standing up to the threat posed by trout long before he incited insurrection and got impeached a second time, back in 2016 former house republican see is a evan mcmullin, launch an independent campaign to stop trump, later warned that the presidency of donald trump would present a dangerous, authoritarian talent to the u.s. constitution. mcmullin are called in a new york times op-ed in 2016 during the trump transition, at a meeting with house republicans
or something like that. i never heard of this guy before, nobody did. fast forward six years and breakfast pastry name-calling aside, the cult of trump has more reasons to worry about the you tie independent in just his name, nick mullins giving trump ally mike lee let the ap is calling the toughest reelection fight possibly for his senate seat ever. this is the utah conservative who s facing this challenge from evan mcmullin. mclelland s getting howell from the democratic party at a rather unprecedented move, voted recently to not put up a democratic senate candidate in november, instead throw its support behind evan mcmullin. to unseat mike lee, let s be clear mike lee was part of trump s coup attempt, he was texting at trump s chief of staff trying to find ways to overturn joe biden s election victory in 2020. it is vital for democracy that such people are held to account, so does evan mcmullin have a chance? and can the strategy that you
to go back to the office, i don t want us to lose that beautiful interdependence. that really beautiful community making that we were doing out of necessity. the pandemic is not over. we continue to need each other. angela, and what is her first television appearance ever. angela, thank you for gracing me with your presence. she is the author of the new book essential labor, mothering as social change. next, matt gates living his best life, but the twitter knives were out for the republicans later missed misstep, later on the mini hasan show. he speaks on evan mcmullin, who is running for senate and has the support of the states democratic party. that conversation is ahead at 8 pm eastern right here on msnbc. msnbc msnbc shinges doesn t care. i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn t care. we ve still got the best moves you ve ever seen