Rachel Maddow

See also Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who has recently bucked her party specifically on the issue of Jeffrey Epstein.

Congresswoman Mace is also giving up her seat to run for governor, so what incentive does she have to stick around in the meantime?

She is also facing a House ethics investigation over an alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars.

She denies that wrongdoing, but any investigation would go away if she were to step down before her term is finished.

Republicans knew to expect a fight for control of the House in November.

I'm not sure they expected this much of a fight for control right now, like Monday, today, and from here on out.

The American people are basically telling the president that they are not okay with any of this.

But their goal isn't that which is knowable.

Their goal is an endless morass of litigation.

So their goal isn't to actually know who the person was that was the last person online at 6.59.

Well, we talked earlier in the night about how whatever happens on the Republican side, because there are three, it's likely to not be known tonight and to go to a runoff.

Go to a runoff.

You know who benefits if the Democratic side is sort of tied up in litigation uncertainty?

whomever is interested in that person not having the night or the head start.

And the Republicans, what you want is for somebody to win the Democratic primary and for them to continue to be divided.

It was quite a contentious primaries.

It's these are two stars, but it has been a contentious primary.

Thank you for that.

The American people are basically telling the president that they are not okay with any of this.

Good afternoon, I'm Rachel Maddow.