house democrats will always put american values over autocracy. benevolence over bigotry, the constitution over the cult. democracy over demagogs. working families over the well connected. yes, we can over, you can t do it, and zealous representation over zero sum confrontation. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries makes it sound as easy as abc. but after 15 tries it s kevin holding the gavel. we re watching the house floor as republicans try to get organized and what kevin s struggles mean for our democracy. also tonight, the nexus of insurrection. steve bannon and the others who cheered on the january 6th attack on the capitol are now exporting that brand of anti-democratic violence to brazil. and that is where we begin tonight. with the notion of contagion. for most of the 20th century and into the 21st, the u.s. considered itself a leading if not the leading exporter of democracy around the world. and while that sometimes involved nefarious acts like overthrowing
Almost sunk speaker mccarthy s bid have so much influence can reconcile with the democratic controlled senate. but big picture, this was the easy part for speaker mccarthy, getting the votes to become speaker, passing therules resolution. what comes next is difficult. mara, this brings you into this conversation. matt gaetz said their goal was to put mccarthy in a straight jacket. they did that. because as you know very well, on the one hand, you worked for adam kinzinger. we re looking down the barrel of steep defense cuts. if they play this game the way they have laid it out, there could be very steep cuts to the defense department budget. some folks on the liberal side may be like go strong, do it. it s something you normally can t do. you re also talking about real questions whether ukraine funding will remain as it is. a lot of americans are not going to look well on that with all of