votes, in fact, johnson is the first to get every republican vote since john boehner in 2011. so who is he? he is a staunch social and religious conservative from louisiana in his fourth term in congress. he s cosponsored a 20-week abortion ban and voted for a national abortion ban, and he served on one of donald trump s impeachment defense teams. but what he is most known for is not just refusing to certify the 2020 election but being the quote, architect of the objections. as the new york times reports, quote, in december of 2020, mr. johnson collected signatures for a legal brief in support of a texas lawsuit attempting to throw out the results of four battle ground states won by mr. biden. the supreme court ultimately rejected that suit, but not before mr. johnson convinced more than 60% of house republicans to sign on to the effort. he did so by telling them the initiative had been personally blessed by mr. trump, and the former president was anxiously awaiting to see
to go back and, i mean, i don t know. a refresher on jim jordan s insurrection ties as he seeks the house gavel, and why it s a blinking red light for the american experiment. if you want to know what it looks like when democracy is in trouble, this is what it looks like. plus, why the trump request to dismiss his coup charges may be destined for the supreme court. and the chilling echoes of authoritarians passed, as a republican front runner warns of immigrants poisoning american blood, when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the last time that donald trump wanted to go to the capitol it was to lead a violent coup against the duly elected american government. you remember this is when he supposedly had a tantrum in the presidential limousine. he wanted to go so badly that he got into a physical altercation with the secret service over it, according to testimony before the january six committee. the secret service understood that se
the best thing we can do right now is have president trump on an interim basis. united ex president likes the plan. we re gonna walk down to the capital. tonight, donald trump s reported return to the scene of the crime. then i just don t know, i d have to go back and, i mean, i don t know. a refresher on jim jordan s insurrection ties as he seeks the house gavel, and why it s a blinking red light for the american experiment. if you want to know what it looks like when democracy is in trouble, this is what it looks like. plus, why the trump request to dismiss his coup charges may be destined for the supreme court. and the chilling echoes of authoritarians passed, as a republican front runner warns of immigrants poisoning american blood, when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the last time that donald trump wanted to go to the capital it was to lead a violent coup against the duly elected american government. you remembe
we are standing body here from donald trump. there is a news conference scheduled at trump tower. so how might the word he speaks? this morning? how might they impact his looming sentence as a convicted felon also, any minute now we could hear from president biden, he has his first chance to respond out loud to this its verdict a deadly ambush, taking the life of a hero, a police officer shot will try to help the very person who killed him. sarah, is out this morning i m john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. there i am donald trump is set to hold a news conference outside trump tower this morning, just one day after a jury in new york found him guilty. hey, of 34 criminal charges. this our president biden will have his chance to possibly speak out publicly for the first time as he s leaving delaware, both campaigns right now looking to capitalize off this truly uncharted territory type moment, the country finds itself in once again, july 11 is now the n
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