democracy, and who should be held accountable. given what we have learned, i think that he probably has to be held accountable. plus, the dangers of redistricting to the democratic party in the welcome to nato party at the white house. all in starts right now. the good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the nationwide baby formula shortage has been terrifying experience for a lot of families, which is why congressman white house just took action. the house passed two bills, one which would make it easier for poor families to access formula. that passed with near universal support. that s good. the second bill, the one specifically designed to address the baby formula crisis by giving the food and drug administration $28 million towards that end, that bill was opposed by nearly 200 house republicans. they just voted no. that may come in something of a surprise to you if they have been paying attention. republicans across the country have been using the formula shortag
be held accountable. plus, the dangers of redistricting to the democratic party and. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, the nationwide baby formula shortage has been a terrifying experience for lots of families. which is why congress and the white house just took action. the house passed two bills, one which will make it easier for poor families to access formula. that passed with near universal support, that s good. the second bill, designed to address the baby formula crisis by giving the food and drug administration $20 million, that bill was opposed by nearly 200 house republicans. just voted no. that may come as a surprise to you if you pay attention to politics over the past few weeks republicans across the country have been using the formula shortage as a cudgel to attack democrats ahead of november s midterm elections. the attacks were everywhere. the highest ranking republican in the house, held. on the formal issue last week. right
ginnie thomas, conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice played a much bigger role than we previously knew in pushing the election results. virginia ginnie thomas pressed arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside joe biden s popular vote victory and choose, quote, a clean slate of electors, that s according to emails obtained by the washington post. that email sent by thomas to lawmakers in 2020 argued that legislators needed to intervene because the vote had been marred by fraud. though she did not mention either candidate by name, the context was clear. thomas urged lawmakers to stand strong in the face of political and media pressure. she told lawmakers the chance to have lawmakers was yours and yours alone and had the power to fight back against fraud. that push by thomas in battle ground states ultimately culminated of alternate slate of trump electors being sent. the states are now under investigation by the justice department and they form
potential case would be, it s certainly something that could be legitimately considered by the prosecutor who has to make that ultimate determination. i will having said that, and understanding that this is going to divide the nation, i think a non-prosecution would divide the nation as well. if we don t have that deterrent impact coming out of the consideration of what happened on january 6th, we put this republic at risk in the future. i ve said this before in the program. coups happen in certain place, or attempted self coups. they ve happened throughout history. they happen in different countries in different regions. they tend to go one of two ways. they are successful, in which case people seize power and could do whatever they want, or they re not successful in the people that fail, they tend to get arrested or worse. it s not that often you get an attempt and then it doesn t work out and everyone just says well which is a bit like what is happened here. you see it in the cr
think a non-prosecution would divide the nation as well. if we don t have that deterrent impact coming out of the consideration of what happened on january 6th, we put this republic at risk in the future. i ve said this before in the program. coups happen in certain place, or attempted self coups. they ve happened throughout history. they happen in different countries in different regions. they tend to go one of two ways. they are successful, in which case people seize power and could do whatever they want, or they re not successful in the people that fail, they tend to get arrested or worse. it s not that often you get an attempt and then it doesn t work out and everyone just says well which is a bit like what is happened here. you see it in the crop of republican candidates. doug mastriano is going to be gubernatorial nominee in pennsylvania. he actively talked about seeking to replace the electors do elected by the people of pennsylvania. i just wonder what you think. you are so