There has been much ado in the liberal media about people being stuck in their own “information silos.” On that note, MSNBC’s scant viewers were plunged deep on Sunday’s Mehdi Hassan Show into the soybean-rich progressive “information silo,” as Hasan and his Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) fretted about why so few Democrats were advocating for “rebalancing” the Supreme Court as a midterms strategy seeing as how one case could result in the striking down of Roe v. Wade.
Since Jones had proposed a bill to expand the Supreme Court, Hasan asked why other prominent Democrats haven’t vociferously supported such a radical step, “You’ve got this current Supreme Court, about to overturn Roe, probably about to overturn New York's gun control law too. So why is there seemingly no support from Democrats. . .For expanding the Court, rebalancing it, as you’ve proposed?”
Jones responded:
You know, Mehdi, when I speak to my colleagues behind the scenes, they tell me that they think it's a great idea to add seats to the Supreme Court. But what typically happens is that, for one or more reasons, they don't feel like now is the appropriate time to push that policy. But we know that it is the only policy that will ensure that the crises that have been created and advanced, frankly, by this far-right 6-3 majority, uh — are actually ended, is through rebalancing the Court.
We have to thank Jones for this intel because he admitted that only political expediency is stopping the Democrats from attempting a legislative takeover of the judicial branch.
Hasan then asked Jones if the Democrats could avoid political Armageddon in the midterms “with strong, blunt messaging on preserving abortion rights, on doing gun reform, and calling out Republicans?”
Jones agreed that Democrats could keep the House if they passed “broadly popular pieces of legislation,” such as a “ban on assault weapons,” mandating a decrease in food and gas prices, packing the Supreme Court, and above all “to make sure that the American people know that the Democrats are fighting tooth and nail for the things that we say we believe in, rather than trying to negotiate with folks on the other side.”
How much of an echo chamber must you be in to seriously think that packing the courts, banning “assault weapons,” and refusing to reach across the aisle are “broadly popular” or anything other than political suicide?
Hasan wrapped up the interview by asking Jones, “What do you make of the Biden DOJ and Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision this week, what we’ve learning about, that he’s not planning to charge Mark Meadows or Dan Scavino — former Trump officials — for Contempt of Congress?”
Jones replied with a boilerplate comment about how “nobody is above the law,” and that, “we may see something like what happened on January 6th again if we don't get to the bottom of it and hold everybody accountable.”
Apparently, neither Jones nor Hasan has heard of executive privilege or the DOJ refusing to prosecute former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder for the same thing when he refused to turn over documents in relation to Operation: Fast and Furious.
There is bias, and then there is delusion, and Hasan and his radical Progressive ilk at MSNBC are firmly in the latter camp.
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MSNBC’s The Mehdi Hasan Show
06/05/22
8:21:29 PM ETMEHDI HASAN: With me now is New York Congressman, Mondaire Jones. He has, in fact, sponsored bills to expand and essentially rebalance the Supreme Court, and he's also running in the Democratic Primary for the newly-redrawn Tenth District seat against — among others — former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Congressman, thanks for coming back on the show.
MONDAIRE JONES: It’s great to be here.
HASAN: You’ve got this current Supreme Court, about to overturn Roe, probably about to overturn New York's gun control law too. So why is there seemingly no support from Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, or even President Biden, for real Supreme Court reform? For expanding the Court, rebalancing it, as you’ve proposed?
JONES: You know, Mehdi, when I speak to my colleagues behind the scenes, they tell me that they think it's a great idea to add seats to the Supreme Court. But what typically happens is that, for one or more reasons, they don't feel like now is the appropriate time to push that policy. But we know that it is the only policy that will ensure that the crises that have been created and advanced, frankly, by this far-right 6-3 majority, uh — are actually ended, is through rebalancing the Court. This is something that has been done before, and it's something that is urgently needed now, as any number of fundamental rights are on the chopping block.
HASAN: 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?
JONES: I think that we’ve still got a chance to keeping the majority in the House. But we’ve gotta course correct. We gotta make sure that we are having 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 weapons.
We've also gotta make sure that we are pushing forward other legislation that is broadly supported, legislation that's gonna bring down — uh — the price of gas, and the cost of groceries. And we gotta make sure that we are addressing other existential problems like the 6-3 majority in the Supreme Court, and messaging that we are willing to do whatever it takes, whatever it takes to help working people, to build an economy that works for everybody, and to stop the cascade of rights being undermined by the Supreme Court, in decision after decision, starting this term.
We've got to make sure that the American people know that the Democrats are fighting tooth and nail for the things that we say we believe in, rather than trying to negotiate with folks on the other side, who know full well that they are not going to — to help do anything, uh — in service of the American people, because they want to paint Democrats as an abject failure, in order to further their goals at the ballot this November.
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8:28:27 PM ET
HASAN: Last quick question, Congressman, we’re out of time but I want to ask quickly. You once served in the DOJ. What do you make of the Biden DOJ and Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision this week, what we’ve learning about, that he’s not planning to charge Mark Meadows or Dan Scavino — former Trump officials — for Contempt of Congress?
JONES: Look, I disagree with that decision. I think we gotta be making sure that we are prosecuting people to the fullest extent of the law and that we are vindicating Congress' prerogative here. Uh — there is no option for people not to comply with subpoenas issued by Congress.
No one is above the law, by the way, not even the President of the United States of America. And I think when we start to not — uh — treat everybody equally, it sends the wrong message to the American people. It stymies the ability of Congress to exercise its Constitutional prerogatives, in this case investigating fully and attempting to overthrow the attempted overthrow of the Federal government on January 6th. Uh — and I think it puts us in a situation where we may see something like what happened on January 6th again if we don't get to the bottom of it and hold everybody accountable.
