 Gay marriage at least that is what Rob Portman wants. He's trying to get enough votes to codify same-sex marriage because Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that it might be in jeopardy You said two weeks ago that's the state-by-state approach is the best way to go So I just want to be clear about your position. Are you saying that the 2015 Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage the law of the land nationally should be overturned? No, I am saying that I don't think it's going to be overturned Well, you know that'd be up the court the reasoning I think could be attacked But the point I'm trying to make is I've been consistent I think state should decide the issue of marriage and state should decide the issue of abortion I have respect for South Carolina South Carolina voters here I trust to define marriage and to deal with the issue of abortion Not nine people on the court. That's my view that was totally had a Irrespectful Republican senator Lindsey Graham stating unequivocally that when it comes to issues like abortion and same-sex marriage States should absolutely have the ultimate say the question is where do you draw the line? How much of our civil rights and civil liberties that we fought for forever? Do we states rights away in the name of freedom now to him? He doesn't necessarily want to say because if you kind of follow this logic to its conclusion You get into scary territory because remember we had a civil war over states rights when it came to the issue of slavery So if you really want to open Pandora's box and let states do everything Would you let them ban interracial marriages because if they're supposed to be the ultimate authority on these issues then in Theory wouldn't you support that too? Well Lindsey Graham is going to be asked this question by Dana Bash and as you're going to see he did not want to answer it Take a look how far down should I mean how how wide should that go? How many more issues should we're talking about love loving versus Virginia that allowed interracial marriage? Is that not that shouldn't be touch notes? Here's the point We're talking about things that are not happening because you don't want to talk about inflation You don't want to talk about crime. This is all politics my friends Instead of trying to solve problems like I'm the state put people having guns. We're talking about constitutional Decisions that that are still in effect, but if you're going to ask me To have the federal government take over defining marriage. I'm going to say no, okay Now you probably missed it But after she asked the question really quickly he said no and then he moved on to the dodge Oh, but you want to talk about inflation? Hang on Lindsey? Stop you need to be very clear with your answer here. You said no, but I don't think most of the viewers heard this Was that deliberate? Did you not actually want to show your cards on the issue of interracial marriage? I Mean he says no technically right even if it was quick and and pretty quiet But at the end he said he's also a solid no when it comes to letting the government's control marriage or define marriage Okay, so that's a tacit admission that maybe they should be able to let states ban interracial marriages and Look the reason why he's saying this is because in the event Interracial marriage were put up to a vote in his state for example he knows That a lot of his constituents would vote against it because as a political morning console poll found 71% of voters support federal legislation legalizing interracial marriage with just 15% opposing it from crosstabs 25% of Republican voters either somewhat or strongly oppose such a bill so when 25% of Republican voters oppose legislation guaranteeing the right of interracial marriage Lindsey Graham knows that His base Might be against it. That's why he's really wishy-washy here with his stance Now perhaps maybe a majority of Republicans would vote against banning interracial marriage, but what a solid enough chunk Support banning interracial marriage enough to embarrass the GOP Absolutely. Now the question is who's driving this extremism within the Republican Party? Is it the GOP or is it the base itself and I think it's a little bit of both But really it's not surprising that the base grows more and more extreme when the GOP keeps doing extreme things For example, they invited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to CPAC After he just gave a speech Denouncing race mixing which led to one of his own long-time advisors resigning Denouncing it as a quote pure Nazi speech But yet he was still welcomed at CPAC here in America where he made bigoted comments To thunderous applause Hungary shall protect the institution of marriage as the union of one man and one woman family ties Family ties shall be based on marriage or the relationship between parents and children To sum up The mother is a woman the father is a man and leave our kids alone full stop end of discussion Now I'm not a mind reader But I think that that lady who was very clearly torn about applauding for Viktor Orban was maybe rethinking her life decisions and Perhaps she came to the realization briefly that maybe they're the bad guys and if her conservative peers are cheering loudly for Fascism, maybe she should rethink her worldview only to say fuck it and then applaud herself at the end And it's not surprising that the base itself is becoming more extreme when they support extremist leaders like Donald Trump Here's what we just learned today about Donald Trump as HuffPost reports the authors of the divider Trump in the White House 2017 to 2021 the New York Times is Peter Baker and the New Yorkers Susan B. Glasser detailed an exchange Trump had with his then chief of staff John Kelly years before the January 6 2021 insurrection in an excerpt published by the New Yorker Monday quote you fucking generals Why can't you be like the German generals Trump reportedly asked Kelly referring to German generals in World War two to which Kelly later responded you do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off Still Trump in an attempt to rewrite history insisted those generals were totally loyal to Hitler so whenever you're trying to invoke Hitler and make a comparison to Hitler's Germany and You invoke something about Nazi Germany and make it seem like it was a good thing that happened there You've gone too far to say the least right So this is why the GOP is getting more and more extreme because these are the types of leaders that they support and even if they Didn't hear Trump make those statements They know that that's not something that's out of the question for Donald Trump It absolutely is something that he would say even if this is based on speculation by you know, John Kelly What he says it's hearsay, but this is what the GOP has become So that's why Lindsey Graham didn't want to answer that question about interracial marriage because he knows that it's kind of controversial now, you know when your party votes overwhelmingly against Protecting doctors from legal culpability from the right to contraception Of course interracial marriage is also going to become another question as well Can we or can we not support this? What are the polls say? What does our base think about this specifically? This is what the GOP has done They've been trying to turn back the time and they're kind of doing it now right at least within their own party folks Like Lindsey Graham are so intimidated by his own base that he won't unequivocally say whether or not interracial marriage Should be something that states should be allowed to ban and that says a lot about the GOP It says they are fucking extreme and if you support them, you should stop doing that immediately That doesn't necessarily mean that if you're a Republican you register as a Democrat But it means you stop affirmatively voting for them not voting is preferable to voting for Republicans Voting for a third-party libertarian Canada is preferable to voting for Republicans who actually pose a clear and present threat to our democracy If you keep supporting them you are complicit in the downfall of our democracy if it actually does indeed come to that Notifications by clicking the bell. No way. It's very sad