You, republicans, yes, they could win the house. A new poll shows voters in Battleground States prefer Republican House candidates to democrats by six percentage points. Now, we are not saying this to gin up fear. We are saying this because it is important for us, and you, the viewer, to understand what a republicanled house would look like. Youre going to have minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, whos at the top of the list, to become the speaker in a gopcontrolled house, laying out his partys first order of business should they win. Any guesses on what that might be . Perhaps a plan to address inflation that theyre complaining about all the time, or maybe a policy to combat rising crime rates . No, neither one of those. Mccarthy plans to repeal funding that was approved by democrats to increase the number of irs employees. Republicans want to use their newfound power to push tens of thousands of americans into unemployment lines. All right on the gop to do list, taking the Debt Ceiling Ho
are elected. even though polls show much less interest by the public now across the board. white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. things are changing here at the biden white house. the president once told us that inflation was his top domestic priority. now we are told inflation is his top economic priority as he decides to stake his side s midterm chances on abortion access. as they say in one of the times are good they ain t seen nothing yet. pete: a promise from the president protect abortion access with a new law as long as democrats pick up a few seats this november. the first bill that i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. pete: abortion trails the economy and inflation as voters most important issue in the new york times siena poll. abortion still is a top issue but voters are making their decision in november three weeks from today about econ
you, republicans, yes, they could win the house. a new poll shows voters in battleground states prefer republican house candidates to democrats by six percentage points. now, we are not saying this to gin up fear. we are saying this because it is important for us, and you, the viewer, to understand what a republican-led house would look like. you re going to have minority leader kevin mccarthy, who s at the top of the list, to become the speaker in a gop-controlled house, laying out his party s first order of business should they win. any guesses on what that might be? perhaps a plan to address inflation that they re complaining about all the time, or maybe a policy to combat rising crime rates? no, neither one of those. mccarthy plans to repeal funding that was approved by democrats to increase the number of irs employees. republicans want to use their newfound power to push tens of thousands of americans into unemployment lines. all right on the gop to do list, taking the d
right. hones to be honest, i expected a little more, but. okay. happred more by tuesday, everyb. so yesterday, americans celebrated memorial day and squad members ilhan omar and cori bush posted tweets confusing it wit with veterans day. that s still not as bah veteradn they thought labor day was a holiday for pregnanty fo men. but ilhan reminded us that memorial day was still a great weekend to spend with the family and the in-laws, who, in her cas gooe are the same pee she married her brother. i m not sure, but i think sh t dihid. anyway, according to a new report in politico, democrats are in full blown freag new rk about joe biden sa in november. not about the electionbout but whether he ll be alive that terrible. you disgust me. hillary clinton is now blaming women for her loss in 2016. yeah, she tends to dsso that i. responded one observer former actor robert de niro got into a confrontation outside donald trump s new york trial, shouting at a heckler. you re an f
She s an msnbc political analyst. hayes brown works for msnbc daily, and jonathan alter is a presidential historian and msnbc contributor. it s great to have all three of you with us. jonathan, i ll start with you. it s common, you re the historian here, it s common for parties not in power to make an election a referendum of sorts on the party that is in power. but is the gop taking it to a whole new level with what we are seeing now? yeah, i mean, really it is not just a referendum, it is a choice, which direction do you want the united states to move in? and the thing that is so striking is a lot of these parties try to kind of it out, the stakes, but they re very very clear in this case. are you for ukraine or for russia? if you are for ukraine, you should vote democratic. if you are for russia, they have a lot of russian sympathizers in the republican caucus, go republican. do you believe in the right to choose? very clear, democratic, not republican.