not very diverse, which is different than it now. back then it was a staunchly red district neighboring newt gingrich s district when he was coming up at the speaker of the house. and now it s changed. it s a little bit more diverse. there is a little bit more diversity economically as well as politically. and it is now a purple district. and depending on any given year, it depends on who wins. it s also an area that has some economic hardships and also at the center of it is quite a severe drug problem. and it s something that roseanne struggled with. it was part of her december institution is that she was struggling with drug addiction, and it was something that plagued her throughout her years and made her struggle throughout the court of her teenaged and early adult life. this is someone, roseanne boyland, who does have some things she is working on, struggling with before she finds this kind of political awakening. her family says she wasn t a
the police killed roseanne, but there are still unanswered question, and they want to know whether or not it is simply a drug overdose or whether there was something else that happened and somebody should be held accountable. we should note that this is incredibly difficult material. it s tragic and awful, and it s very humanely done, and it s great reporting. they reached out the you, right? you did not show up at the doorknocking. i mean, that s the connection to the story. i went to high school in the same high school roseanne went. i knew her brother-in-law justin. we played soccer together. three days after the insurrection, i didn t even know who roseanne was. i didn t process the names yet. and three days after the insurrection, i got a message from justin saying my sister-in-law was among those that died in the capitol. we believe she was radicalized in under six months. those were his words. so when i heard the word radicalization and knew it was justin, it made me i r
plus, she was one of five people who died during the insurrection. tonight roseanne boylan s six-month descent into conspiracy theories and how she became an american radical. and new reporting on the number of people potentially exposed to covid during trump s deception and some really important news about why you need a booster shot, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. a big development today in donald trump s ongoing quest to turn the republican party into a vehicle for his own authoritarian aspirations. of course, the former president continues to exert this power over the republican party with a litmus test he created for republican politicians after his ignominious defeat. and the question, the single question they must answer is did they support his attempted coup? and would they support a coup in the future? and if the answer is no to either question, they re in
do you believe that roseanne was radicalized? yes, yeah. her family tried to talk her out of attending the january 6 rally held in washington, but she refused. she went to the rally with a friend, justin winchle who had been one of the last people to see her alive. her family watched in horror as the events of that day unfolded. so we just watched the news, and the second that they said the second person died, or somebody there was more than one death, i knew automatically that it was her. 11 months ago after thousands of insurrectionists swarmed the capitol in the attempt to violently overthrow a free and fair election, five people lost their lives. and one of them was roseanne boyland from kennesaw, georgia.
closed off and distant and like on christmas she was here, but she was just on her phone the whole time. she wasn t like participating in the opening of presents. reporter: roseanne began to withdraw from family commitments and instead started going down a qanon rabbit hole of child trafficking conspiracy theories. she was hey, have you heard about this? no. so she researched it. i left there at probably 5:00 in the evening, and she texted me at 7:00 in the morning. she had been up all night watching youtube. ayman mohyeldin spent the better part of a year talking with roseanne boyland s friends and family, piecing together just what happened as part of his new podcast american radical. and ayman joins me here tonight. it s great to have you here. it s a fantastic, fantastic series. thank you. absolutely check it out. first, give a little context of this place that you went to high school in. what s it like? what s the vibe in kennesaw, georgia? i mean, listen, this isn t