are you just doing it in a bigger platform with the entire house of representatives? no. there is a very clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done in weaponnizing the judicial system. they are undermining the people s faith in our institutions. our system of justice system. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying that the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. now, a few hours were that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the case. as speaker of the house, one of the most important things johnson does is decide who from his party sits on house committees. among the most important committees for the rule of law in this country is the house intelligence committee. today speaker johnson appointed scott perry and ronnie jackson to the two open seat on that committee. when
that. thank you, my friend. today has been a lesson how every accusation from the republican party these days is really actually a confession. are you weaponizing the house the same way you say the democrats were weaponizing the doj to get what they wanted? are you just doing it on a bigger platform from the entire house of representatives? no, there s a very clear distinction in what we re doing and what they are doing. what we re doing, neil, is the opposite. we re trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. now, a few hours before that interview speaker johnson made a huge decision, which shows that is plainly not true. one of the most important things johnson does is decide who from his party sits on house committees. and among the most important committees for the rule of law in this country is the house intelligence committee. to
out of it. they just throw the whole thing out. while they are throwing it out, clarence thomas says as long as we are throwing out roe, let s take a look at throwing out griswold which ten years earlier had protected access to contraception. in addition to that, the speaker of the house and a majority of republicans in the house of representatives are cosponsors on a bill about life begins at conception. that would actually make illegal certain forms of contraception. iuds , plan b. in addition to that, there are extremist groups out there lobbying to take away access to contraception. then we have donald trump himself. who just two weeks ago said yeah, that he was going to take a look at putting restrictions
on contraceptions. then as if all that were not enough, understand that today in the united states senate, all but two republicans when given a chance to vote on what about a federal law to protect access to contraception. that s all the bill really said, only two republicans said i would support that. the rest of them either voted no or ran for the hills so they wouldn t have to say in public how they feel about taking away access to contraception. you better believe that americans should be scared about what republicans want to do. because they are coming after abortion everywhere in this country. they are coming after ivf in this country. and they are coming after contraception. not just in red states. but nationally. red states, blue states, purple
senate republicans tanked the right to contraception act. the bill would have made access to contraception a federal right. but every republican senator besides lisa murkowski and susan collins decided to take a pass on it. according to a 2023 gallop poll, almost 90% of this country sees contraception as morally acceptable. even among republicans. data shows 72% said they had a favorable view of birth control. but that did not stop the gop from killing the bill in the senate. chuck schumer offered his analysis as to why. of course, we are already hearing the aim predictable, tired unpersuasive retorts from the other side. that this vote is unnecessary. that birth control could never possibly be at risk. that this is much ado about nothing. that s not true. as i said, go ask the people of virginia what they think. go ask the people of arizona or