about this sort of formative racial discrimination. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, rebecca country here in america and we are essentially split between two large factions. you have a two party system. and so, naturally, there was going to be internal dissent. each political party is made up of millions of different people with lots of different views inside it. it s the nation of coalition politics. but ultimately what defines a party, even with all that in turn all dissent and conflict, and disagreement, is what s lines you can across. these are often called litmus test or, in other context, the party line. one of the common examples is abortion rights. it used to be much more common for people inside each party to have conflicting views on abortion. you would see pro-choice republicans, a lot of them, a lot of antiabortion democrats. but all over the past two decades or so, both parties have increasingly sorted on abortion policy. wh
new york times reports that trump floated the idea of having the justice department confiscate voting machines. the time says barr rejected that idea. he has been in informal talks with the committee, but apparently no agreement to sit down in a formal setting. the select committee has also targeted trump s eldest daughter, ivanka. asking her to appear for an interview this week, or next. tonight, the chairman was asked about that. i can assure you it won t be this week or next week. what can you tell us about the engagement with ivanka trump? has she responded to your committees initial letter? at this point, i m not aware of any engagement. benny thompson also said the committee held a, quote, significant discussion on whether to subpoena the republican house leader kevin mccarthy, and members jim jordan, and scott perry. all of whom were invited to give depositions. you know, you have to respect this institution. you know, we have to see whether or not it s never
one of the common examples is abortion rights. it used to be much more common for people inside each party to have conflicting views on abortion. you would see pro-choice republicans, a lot of them, a lot of antiabortion democrats. but over the past two decades or so, both parties have increasingly sorted on abortion policy. what proportion of the abortion rights in the democratic party. it s don trump in his own feral way figured out very quickly. the republican party was able to tolerate his unconventional thinking on trade, of the bush family, or whether john mccain was a war hero. but they would not compromise on abortion. that was the line. and he knew it. right now, we are watching, day by day, the way that river shapes the stone, the same process play out. the formation of a party line of a litmus test on the question of democracy. on the question of the legitimacy of democratic rule and the election of joe biden. there is no better example of how that has happened rig
About this sort of formative racial discrimination. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, rebecca country here in america and we are essentially split between two large factions. you have a two party system. and so, naturally, there was going to be internal dissent. each political party is made up of millions of different people with lots of different views inside it. it s the nation of coalition politics. but ultimately what defines a party, even with all that in turn all dissent and conflict, and disagreement, is what s lines you can across. these are often called litmus test or, in other context, the party line. one of the common examples is abortion rights. it used to be much more common for people inside each party to have conflicting views on abortion. you would see pro-choice republicans, a lot of them, a lot of antiabortion democrats.
History for history lesson. the irony is that the supreme court is at the center very sometime hearing cases about this sort of formative racial discrimination. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, rebecca country here in america and we are essentially split between two large factions. you have a two party system. and so, naturally, there was going to be internal dissent. each political party is made up of millions of different people with lots of different views inside it. it s the nation of coalition politics. but ultimately what defines a party, even with all that in turn all dissent and conflict, and disagreement, is what s lines you can across. these are often called litmus test or, in other context, the party line.