dust he was left in. and so he d probably tell her, if such a fantasy were possible, that he lived all a lot in her heart. t. tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, no royalty sadly but the republicans are coming and republicans have started planning for their takeover of congress, how come democrats can t do big wide ranging investigations of their opponent, we ll tus. and we ll speak about a new democratic primary fight and a proposal for fixing our broken supreme court. and mehmet oz and his
the gop is successful at launching endless probes and investigations that create lots of heat but shed very little light while the democrats who have very legitimate things that need investigating seem to have an allergy to going big on probes and investigations, into actual scandals and crimes. yes, the 1/6 hearings begin this thursday, perhaps the exception, but even, that it took half a year to get the committee off the ground, and you know, after what, 11 months of investigating, to get to public hearings. is it likely the members will achieve what they need? in those hearings? before republicans take the reins? in january, 2023, as the poll suggested? i don t know. meanwhile, there will be no subpoena of trump. no criminal referral of him to the justice department. and speaking of merrick garland, the attorney general made the decision this week not to indict former trump chief of staff mark meadows or ex-aide dan scavino
order to find common ground with republicans. i m sorry, the gop is out there touting ar-15s akim bow. what common ground do you expect to find? democrats need to get tougher on republicans, on gun pushers, they need to learn to frame this crisis differently, and if you re in need of a model, look no further than this message right here. 19 kids are dead. 19 children are dead. and so to my republican colleagues, i ask, who are you here for? are you here for our kids? or are you here for the killers? democratic congressman eric swalwell of california there. look, forget civility and bipartisan, kids are lying dead on a classroom floor, this is real life, and if this is a crisis, as you say, democrats, then please act like it. don t put up with nonsense from the gop. call it out. up next i ll chat about this
shore of maryland ways to investigate the biden administration as soon as they get congress, and looking for flimsy excuses to launch congressional probes according to axios, that retreat was paid for by the heritage foundation, by the conservative partnership institute, and by the american accountability foundation, which apparently is run by trump administration alumni. yes, the account act foundation. as if there is any such thing as accountability when it comes to trump and his people. i m joking sort of. but the republicans take this stuff seriously. aides from the house transportation and infrastructure committee, i would keep my head down if i were you, pete buttigieg from the house ways and means committee and from the house oversight committee and from jim banks, they will be there, and aides from the senate banking committee banking committee interest were, there in other words the run-up to the 2024 presidential election could look a lot like this.
right 6-3 majority are actually ending, is through rebalancing the court. this is something that has been done before, and it s something that is urgently needed now, where as any number of fundamental rights are on the chopping block. congressman, do you believe democrats in congress can defy recent history, defy the polls, and win the midterms, hold on to power, with strong blunt messaging on preserving abortion rights, on doing gun reform, and calling out republicans, and if so, what do you think that message and that characterization of the current gop should look like? i think that we ve still got a good chance of keep can the majority in the house but we got to course correct, we got to make sure we have up or down votes on any number of broadly popular pieces of legislation and that starts with the legislation passed out of the house judiciary committee a few days ago on which i serve. in addition to a ban on assault