Jen Psaki talks with House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries about Donald Trump's "phony promise" to give every adult in America $5000 and why Trump is resorting to such a transparent gimmick with the midterm elections looming ever closer.
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While Donald Trump is hosting a convention to celebrate himself, former President Barack Obama is in New York raising money for House Democrats in the crucial two months leading up to the midterm elections. MS NOW Senior Washington Reporter Eugene Daniels joins The Weeknight.
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Symone Sanders Townsend sits down exclusively with Texas Democratic Senate Nominee James Talarico to discuss what he’s focused on two months out from the midterm elections.
Former North Carolina governor Roy Cooper is seen as one of the best chances for Democrats to flip a Senate seat. Despite a lead in the polls, he warns his supporters not to be complacent or assume he's a shoo-in to win: "It's very difficult for a Democrat" to win a Senate seat in North Carolina.
After John Fetterman’s surprise GOP convention cameo, Chris Hayes looks at the reporting raising bigger questions about Fetterman’s work in the Senate. “One thing does seem very clear: Sen. Fetterman is a person who has changed profoundly in the last few years,” says Hayes.
“He thinks voters are stupid. Republicans control the House. They control the Senate. They control the White House. If they wanted to spend a trillion dollars right now cutting checks, they could do it,” says Chris Hayes on Trump’s desperate and implausible $5,000 bribe to voters.
JD Vance: "The radicals in Washington — they could take much from us, but they couldn't take our will to fight back."
President Trump quipped with Americans at the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, stressing the importance of voting and defeating the “communists.”
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On Thursday’s “Finnerty,” Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton slammed Democratic opponent James Talarico, accusing him of backing away from past positions as their closely watched Senate race heats up, and former DSA member Jake Altman took a closer look at rise of DSA candidates in America.