Game changer: How the Supreme Court just rewrote the rules of politics
7/1/202642 min
After years of political party power players like Senator Mitch McConnell trying to take control of national party purse strings to which candidates to help and how to shape the party, all it took was one ruling by the Supreme Court to change the way campaign politics is funded. Jen Psaki talks with Jim Messina, former campaign manager for President Barack Obama about how the Supreme Court's ruling changes the game in terms of how political donations are spent.
Donald Trump has had a long-time fixation on the political power of demagoguing around restricting citizenship and who can be called a citizen of the United States. And despite the plain language of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, Trump is not alone on the radical right in wanting to expunge birthright citizenship as an American right. Rep. Jamie Raskin and general counsel for the NAACP, Kristen Clarke, talk with Jen Psaki about creeping right-wing tide against birthright citizenship and the significance that today's Supreme Court ruling was too close for comfort.
Rep. Jason Crow talks with Jen about the eyebrow-raising results coming out of tonight's Colorado primaries.
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Jen Psaki· Host0:28
Okay, there is a ton to get to tonight. I just mentioned two of my guests I'm starting with who are incredible. I'll be talking to them in just a moment. I should tell you also right off the bat, the polls have just closed in the great state of Colorado. There are some really interesting primaries happening tonight in the race for governor, the race for US Senate, and one particular House seat where longtime House member Diana DeGette is trying to fend off a challenge from a young Democratic socialist. So we're gonna be tracking those numbers all hour long. We're gonna have Ali Velshi tell us what's happening at the big board when we get some numbers in as well. But I of course want to start with the rulings from the Supreme Court that happened this morning, specifically the ruling on birthright citizenship because of all the things Donald Trump genuinely seems to care about, this one has always been near the top. I mean, if you had to pick one issue that has defined his political career, one single issue that helps explain his rise to power on the political right and his takeover of the Republican Party, that issue would have to be the question of who