but matt gaetz taking on the ethics committee, okay.. but of course, the ethics committee is still looking into his financial irregularities and sexual irregularities, shall we say. so, he had a lot of interest in defending santos there. and, you know, santos is now going out, trying to take down as many new york republicans as he can. i think he might have oversold it and it, but not quite santos level transgressions. he's got a few items, and it's certainly more than the republicans have come up with against joe biden. so, it's probable -- >> 1000% more, it's like 100,000% more. let's play for everyone to enjoy, here is the cameo that was brought by fetterman to troll bob menendez. >> hey, bobby. look, i don't think i need to tell you, but these people that want to make you get in trouble and want to kick you out and make you run away, you make them put up or shut up! you stand your ground, sir, and don't get bogged down by all the haters out there! stay strong, merry christmas! >> i will buy a cameo too, but he has to do -- that's th

is that what matt gaetz is saying? >> matt gaetz's parroting trump. trump earlier this week, i believe, was saying the same exact thing. saying it's about turnout and if they don't get the turnout it's going to make a big difference. so, yeah. i think they're worried about turnout. and i think, in addition to that real practical concern, i think, you know, trump is such a showman, right? i think he's worried about the perception that if it's close in iowa, for example, that he'll lose that momentum and -- lose this very wide gap he has in the polls right now between him and his nearest competitor, whether it's haley or desantis given the poll. he's worried about what that would look like and what that will say. i think he wants to lower expectations but also really drive turnout. >> molly, are we missing something here? the polls are so, i mean, there are just so different this time around. the way trump has this monumental lead. it's just a little strange to hear matt gaetz site, we'll, people don't know how to caucus or don't know what a caucus, as

and when they turned their phones back on, matt gaetz had three more venmo requests. [ laughter ] newvernor kathy hochul ordered the state liquor authority to allow bars to serve alcohol as early as 8:00 a.m. yesterday for the buffalo bills game played in london. not only that, during the giants game, she temporarily legalized heroin [ laughter ] the genetic testing company 23 and me announced last week that hackers stole personal data from their data base authorities describe the suspect as 62% european and 38% east asian and native american. [ laughter ] georgia is said to become the first state in the country to offer medical marijuana at pharmacies so, you'll finally have a use for that giant receipt [ laughter ] burger king has announced it will offer a new side that is half french fries, half onion rings. wow, the only way you could get that before was to order onion rings. [ laughter ] best joke of the day it's all a little bit -- still really good show, but it's all a little bit downhill after the onion rings. [ laughter ] and finally, google cloud today announced a new artifi

i am plucking out matt gaetz. here it is. >> mr. speaker, whatever mr. santos did with botox or onlyfans is far less concerning to me than the indictment against senator menendez who's holding gold bars inscribed with arabic in them from egypt while he is still getting classified briefings today. but he's not getting thrown out of the senate. he's getting classified briefings under indictment for bribery. but, what, because santos was buying botox and onlyfans we got to throw him out? >> uh-huh, yeah. so when matt gaetz is your defender, you're in trouble. >> you said you're talking about -- >> no, not you. people -- when one does such a thing. we know youfbl your barrel of -- >> i'm just a devil's advocate. >> the best job in the world. look, let's talk about the politics of this for just a moment. i think this also -- this situation was so bad it literally rose to the level republicans recognize with their existing baggage they could not handle the additional baggage that santos was keeping. >> you're saying what do you have to do in this day and age t

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i want to highlight my favorite florida lid starting with congressman matt gaetz. few politicians not named a trump have dished out more self inflicted wounds on the republican party. congressman gaetz forced mccarthy to force -- and then exploited that vulnerability to replace him with a far more radical speaker less than a year later. only time will tell whether gaetz will cost his party the asked majority in 2024. my ultimate heel weighs down -- sunshine state governor ron desantis, once a leg up on other challenges to trump, but 2023 was the ear of desantis stumbled in his race for the white house, whether it was his off-putting demeanor or obsession with anti-wokeness, governor ron did not exactly put his best foot forward. and he took a beating. >> did you confront the sentence at the heel because he wanted to make that joke? it was a very good joke. i am going to go against the grain of my 20 plus years in democrat politics and do a bunch of republicans, because i do think and washington, it's much harder to go against the grain than it is to go and follow u

i want to highlight my favorite florida man, starting with congressman matt gaetz. few politicians, not naming trump, have dished out more self inflicted wounds on the republican party. congressman gaetz forced mccarthy to accept a historically weak speakership, and then exploited that vulnerability to replace him with this far more radical speaker less than a year later. only time will tell whether gaetz will cost his party the house majority in 2024. but my ultimate he'll wears them in his b sunshine state governor ron desantis, once in georgia, leg up another challenge is -- 2023 was the year of desantis stumbling in his race for the white house. whether it was his off putting demeanor or his obsession with anti-wokeness, governor ron didn't exactly -- >> did you give ron desantis the heel because he wanted to say that joke? it was a very good joke. i'm gonna go against the grain of my 20 plus years and democratic politics and do a bunch of republicans. because i do think in washington post, it's much harder to go against the grain than it is to kind of follow th

i am not a matt gaetz person. but when i saw that on bowling, it was quite impressive.ost: that is edward in new york. let's take you to october of this year. republican matt gaetz speaking on the floor before the ouster of kevin mccarthy. [video clip] rep. pitts: -- reppo gaetz -- >> the one thing that the white house, house democrats, and many of us on the conservative side would argue is the thing we have in common is kevin mccarthy said something to all of us that he did not really mean and never intended to live up to. i don't think voting against kevin mccarthy's chaos, i think $30 trillion in get is chaos. i think facing a deficit is chaos. not passing single subject spending bills is chaos. i think the fact that we have been governed since the mid-1990's by continuing resolution and omnibus is chaos. the way to liberate ourselves is a series of reforms to this body that i hope would outlast speaker mccarthy's time, my time here, and outlast either of our majorities. reforms that i have heard some of the most conservative members of this body fight for and some o

i am not a matt gaetz person. but when i saw that on bowling, it was quite impressive.ost: that is edward in new york. let's take you to october of this year. republican matt gaetz speaking on the floor before the ouster of kevin mccarthy. [video clip] rep. pitts: -- reppo gaetz -- >> the one thing that the white house, house democrats, and many of us on the conservative side would argue is the thing we have in common is kevin mccarthy said something to all of us that he did not really mean and never intended to live up to. i don't think voting against kevin mccarthy's chaos, i think $30 trillion in get is chaos. i think facing a deficit is chaos. not passing single subject spending bills is chaos. i think the fact that we have been governed since the mid-1990's by continuing resolution and omnibus is chaos. the way to liberate ourselves is a series of reforms to this body that i hope would outlast speaker mccarthy's time, my time here, and outlast either of our majorities. reforms that i have heard some of the most conservative members of this body fight for and some o

he's talking about when he sees matt gaetz, he avoids them. it does not want to talk to him. these are people who are supposedly, for your point, they are technically in the same party. they are not able to get along out anything, especially because i think they have become so stuck on the idea of politics as the point. politics is not the point of what they do. politics is how they get it done, but they are supposed to be governing. but there are a lot of people who are part of this caucus who don't want to govern. they want to get a lot of attention, they want to get on tv, they want you to know their names. but they don't actually care if anything gets passed. then you have a bunch of her president is who we don't know their names, who are in swing districts, who are like hey, my district is asking, can we get some flood insurance, can we do something about infrastructure? can we do something about actual issues? and they are like aha, no, no we can't. we can't get anything done in this congress. >> because the economy, a really important, point everyone stick around. i lo

here matt gaetz stumping for former president donald trump in iowa.ee governor ron desantis also in the hawkeye stage. we will also look at how local republicans are preparing for next month caucus. and see robert f. kennedy, jr. as he met with voters in phoenix. and conversations with political reporter stephen miller and paul on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. first a look at the response to the colorado supreme court's decision to ban president trump from the nomination. the former president himself released a statement calling the decision "completely flawed." he went on to say that we have full confidence that the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits. next, look at reaction to the colorado supreme court's decision from fellow republican contenders ron desantis, and nikki haley. >> i think the u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming get him into the

here matt gaetz stumping for former president donald trump in iowa. see governor ron desantis also in the hawkeye stage. we will also look at how local republicans are preparing for next month caucus. and see robert f. kennedy, jr. as he met with voters in phoenix. and conversations with political reporter stephen miller and paul on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. first a look at the response to the corado supreme court's decision to ban president trump from the nomination. the former president himself released a statement calling the decision "completely flawed." he went on to say that we have full confidence that the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits. next, look at reaction to the colorado supreme court's decision from fellow republican contenders ron desantis, and nikki haley. >> i think the u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming get him into the

here matt gaetz stumping for former president donald trump in iowa.nor ron desantis also in the hawkeye stage. we will also look at how local republicans are preparing for next month caucus. and see robert f. kennedy, jr. as he met with voters in phoenix. and conversations with political reporter stephen miller and paul on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. first a look at the response to the colorado supreme court's decision to ban president trump from the nomination. the former president himself released a statement calling the decision "completely flawed." he went on to say that we have full confidence that the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits. next, look at reaction to the colorado supreme court's decision from fellow republican contenders ron desantis, and nikki haley. >> i think the u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming get him into the general

obviously there's the matt gaetz's of the world.ut do you think this is the possibility of a new chapter? >> oh, as long as matt gaetz is running around, i guess i wouldn't want to get too optimistic about how well the house will function. republicans still have incredibly tight margins. we have a number of exceptionally colorful members that don't really want to get to yes on anything. i wouldn't want to have rose colored glasses on. it's going to continue to be a difficult 118th congress. even given that difficulty, i would say i'm proud of a lot of things we've done, cutting $2 trillion in spending over the next four years, reform, energy siting, and welfare reform. there's more to come in the next year. >> if republicans lose the santos seat, will it still have been worth it to get rid of him? >> i think when you're dealing with these sacred constitutional duties, when you're trying to decide what is right and what is wrong, it's best not to have too much political calculation in your mind. either guilty -- either a guy is guilt

when matt gaetz introduced a motion to vacate the speaker's chair, which gaetz had threatened to filelie in the day, and then mccarthy tweeted "bring it on" to which gaetz replied "just did." but then it continued when mccarthy replied "ok then." and gaetz replied "well ok." to which mccarthy replied "what happens now?" to which gaetz said, "not sure bro." to which mccarthy replied "i'm not ur bro, bro, but i think if i get a simple majority i survive" prompting gaetz to ask, "simple majority of total or just those present?" to which mccarthy said "simple majority of your mom." and gaetz replied "cool comeback." to which mccarthy said "thanks." to which gaetz replied "i'm being sarcastic b-t-dubs." to which mccarthy replied "i know, dumbass," to which gaetz responded "whatever, dude. my dad says i have to go eat dinner now." so there's a process. so there's a... there's a process. it's chaos! in the end, mccarthy lost with matt gaetz, plus his seven republican cronies, and all of the democrats voting to give him the boot. seems like strange bedfellows, between those two groups, but in

congressman matt gaetz was in ohio giving a speech at the strongsville gop christmas party, where heved quite an honor there. >> let's go get 'em, thank you all so much. >> matt gaetz, we have an award for you. my name is mike goode with the strongsville gop. the 2023 strongsville gop board. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations for your dedica dedication, the award for allegedly paying for underage girls to have sex -- >> thank you all so much. >> jimmy: he's happy he got it. an award is an award! that guy is a pranktivist named michael picard. he calls himself the professional douche. well done michael! heroes really do come in all shapes and sizes. christmas is less than two weeks away. this is that magical time of year when the right wingnuts come out of the woodwork to fight the many imaginary "wars on christmas." this year they've got a new made-up reason to be outraged. >> gay nutcracker, complete with a rainbow head, a trans flag. >> a gay nutcracker? it doesn't make sense. you have to ask yourself, why do they keep pushing this? >> they're going after the innocence of our

it's also worth noting that matt gaetz, who also stood by desantis when all of that legislation for marijuana was going through, he has now also distanced himself and is supporting donald trump in 2024. >> randi kaye, thank you so much. >>> up next, a live report on the e volcano inin iceland.. we'll bebe right back. >>> when we left you last night, video began pouring in from a vo volcanic eruption in iceland. toxic gases could threaten the cap capital. frederick pleitgen joins us now. what is the latest where you are, fred? >> reporter: the authorities are saying that the lava flow diminished, but it's an absolutely massive lava flow that could fill an olympic-size pool in a matter of seconds. it's an eruption that is massive. it started around 10:00 p.m. local time last night when a massive fissure opened up. it's 2.2 miles long. it was just spewing magma hundreds of feed into the air. that lasted the better part of the day. authorities are saying things have calmed down. that magma is still being volted i into the air. the lava flow is still going on. you mentioned the toxic gases. that's

. >> when you hear the name matt gaetz what word comes to mind?ok, i think history will show who matt gaetz really is. >> will you support a primary challenge against him and the others who went against you in 2024? >> i'm not focused on that. >> you're not ruling it out. >> look, we have too many challenges. and you know what? that doesn't determine the future. >> reporter: of course kevin mccarthy does have a focus these days on the prospects of another florida resident. >> will donald trump be the nominee? >> yes. in the republican party, yes. and if biden stays as the nominee for the democrats, i believe donald trump will win. i believe that republicans will gain more seats in the house and republicans will win the senate. >> can he count on your support? >> yes. >> that's an endorsement? >> i will support the president -- i will support president trump. >> would you be willing to serve in a trump cabinet? >> in the right position. look, if i'm the best person for the job, yes. look, i worked with president trump on a lot of policies. we worke

again, we're spending a heck of a lot of -- stuart: that's matt gaetz in th- >> i am hesitant to makehing that i'm aware of having existing in our arsenal of assets. >> reporter: you heard, stu, matt gaetz not going so far as he's seen proof, but he clearly has seen of what a retire tired military commander saw who testified earlier this summer. >> saw a small white object with a longitudinal ax a sis pointing north-south and moving very abruptly over the water like a ping-pong ball. there were no row rotors, no reporter watch or any sign of any control services like wings. -- surfaces like wig withs. >> reporter: what could be unidentified aerial phenomenon like china or russia. east way, they're skeptical we'll ever know the whole truth. and bertrand has an amendment that would force the cia to declassify documents. we'll see where that goes, if anywhere. stu? stuart: thanks, griff. see you later. [laughter] can't take the smile off my face. [laughter] actor bill shatner blaming, quote, stupid human beings for climate change. that's pretty strong stuff, ash. what else did he have to

here's matt gaetz stumping for former president donald trump in iowa. ron desantis with thomas matthew also in the hawkeye state. we will take a look at how local republicans in iowa are preparing for next month's caucus as the independent candidate robert s kennedy junior met with voters in phoenix. conversations with political reporters on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. but first, a look at the response of the colorado supreme court's decision to bar former president donald trump on the state ballot for the 2024 nomination. the president himself released a statement, calling the decision completely fall -- flawed. he went on to say we have full confidence the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits. next, a look at reaction from the colorado supreme court's decision from ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley. u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming

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congressman matt gaetz leading the group of eight republicans who joined democrats historically votingut as speaker all because of an ethics complaint about him from the following congress. but before mccarthy ended his term early, i went to see him for his final interview as a sitting congress congressman, kind of his exit interview. we asked about a his critics and what is next for hip. but first, we start with reaction to the big stories impacting americans in the 2024 presidential election like the border, like ukraine and-upper. and hunter. >> hunter biden had a press conference on the senate side and then packed up and went home. i think what we have found a rot of things that the -- a lot of things that biden told us before the election -- >> i never discussed a single thing with my son about anything having to do with ukraine. i've never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. i have never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else anything having to do with their wiz. -- business. >> we now are finding vice president biden used a pseudonym e-mail with hi

that's what helped matt gaetz. there were so few votes to be lost that he could get a couple of people and hold leverage over the speaker, or as we all remember, change the speaker. that is also one of the raw pieces of political math that form the reason why republicans were holding back on this move they finally made today. but george santos elis and misconduct and now alleged crimes snowballed into something that the republican party clearly wanted to publicly break away from before this coming election next november. that's when santos was already slated to leave congress anyway. >> santos confessed he had never worked directly for goldman sachs and citigroup. >> what was going on inside you? >> look, greg, here's the deal. i would have never gotten the nomination from nassau county gop if i had not concluded college. >> the republican congressman accused of scamming a disabled veteran who was trying to raise money for his dying dog's cancer treatment. >> saying that his mother was jewish and his grandparents e

mccarthy is now directly engaging matt gaetz. >> the only time that we lost the conservative agenda was when kevin mccarthy went behind the republican conference. >> the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> vacant. if past is prologue, than kevin mccarthy's very recent past shows you both where the republican party is headed, and, many people think, potentially into a wall if it has no adjustment process for what remains a very unpopular and indicted former president. but how did we get here? well, mccarthy used to sound much more like a standard issue republican. the 2000 republican national convention, bush versus gore, he was actually chair of the young republicans national federation. >> welcome, kevin mccarthy. >> ladies and gentlemen, i have an important announcement. al gore did not invent the internet. but the young republicans and why roc.com revolutionized it. we believe in freedom. we believe an opportunity. we believe in the free market. we believe in taking responsibility for our own future. we believe in

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caller: i don't understand why matt gaetz is still there when he was charged. for sex trafficking minors with his friend down there. i'm not sure any of this will solve the problem but i believe he should be expelled. we should look to people like jimmy and rosalynn carter when were looking for integrity. host: michael gus defended the report yesterday. [video clip] >> 37 subpoenas, they issued a 56 page investigation report. these are the exhibits they attach to those reports. the 50 plus page report goes into great detail. it paints a picture of the fraud committed by santos. in many cases, attract the allegations for which mr. santos has been indicted. mr. speaker, if you look at the language of the report it says this, the investigative says they found inconsistencies in his finances. he tried to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his house candidacy. he blatantly stole from his campaign and he deceived donors into providing what they thought to be donations to his campaign but they were payments for his own benefit. he reported fictitious loans to his po

report a matt gaetz response had along with the mig and -- ignited a firestorm. >> it's a context decisionr testimny today? >> reporter: president liz magill resigned. evaluate kobe attended the hearing. >> what it exposes is what people have been saying for a while is that there is a sense of moral ambivalence when it comes to anti-semitism. >> reporter: following lz magill's were assisted brigid's nation, elise stefanik wrote one down, two to go, michael roth is president of wesley university. >> i hope they don't lose their job, because then they would be subject to the outside forces, the republican congressman on the one hand, but also these biw their weight around, and that's not helpful for the long range of. reporter matt before liz magill's resignation, one donor threatened to pull a $100 million donation, and a harvard alum says that they are missing out on $1 billion in terminated donations in light of the controversy. harvard's president has apologized for her testimony, norah. >> norah: nikole killion, thank you. now to some breaking news from new york city, first responders a

and that we heard from other colleagues of yours, including matt gaetz, who said that this would be a bad precedent, that now is a bad precedent because until today, the only members of congress who were expelled were actually convicted of a crime, which george santos is not or participated in the civil war. >> george santos did a lot of things that were illegal. and he will face that jury a at some point in time. he did face theics committee. he was given due process. he didn't take advantage of it. he stalled. he did his best not to provide information and provided answers that were vague and weren't helpful to his own defense. i didn't vote last tomb to expelt him. this time i did because i think that he had due process, didn't take advantage of it at some point, we can't wait on the criminal justice system. when you have a two-year term, and he was indicted months ago and won't face trial on those criminal charges until some time in the middle of next year, congress just cant wait that long to make a decision. >> mike johnson voted, which is unto vote, he voted against expulsion.

>> i'm not a big fan of matt gaetz. i think he has huge ethical issues. not. i just have a tendency to point out -- the bible says don't point out the speck in your neighbor's eye when you have a plank in yours. he has a big plank in his. >> my kids watched you on twitter or x with the almost fight. they said, dad, you have to ask him about that. does he have a different perspective on that a month later? >> you know, i'm not a big fan of bullies. i grew up with a speech impediment and i had an issue with my leg. i could not argue or run. i had to learn how to fight. i have a disdain for bully. sean bro'brien is a bully. i called him out on it. when the time you stand up to bullies, they back down. from t in this case, that's what happened. i understand not everybody can do that to stand up for themselves. if you don't stand up to bullies at some point, they will continue to get more aggressive until they hurt somebody. i want to put him in his place. >> senator mullin, we appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> thank you, guys. >> you bet. >> i

matt gaetz came on this program to share his side of the story. >> how much did you see of him coming at you? >> well, mike rogers and i have w worked together for six years on intense issues. it's not the first time we frustrated one another or worked together. as a matter of fact, it was not a remarkably youunique incident. there are times we do get into heated arguments. the different is this time it was caught on camera. >> a little trivia, years before he was my cnn guest he was a radio caller to my sirius xm program using the alias matt from florida, true story. >>> i broke bread with admiral mcraven when he came on the to discuss his book "the wisdom of the bull frog: leadership simple but not easy." >> remember first and foremost and navy s.e.a.l.s, we are navy frogmen from our world war ii frogmen roots, so when you're the senior frog man, you are the bull frog. >> do you get anything more than bragging rights? i imagine you never have to buy a beer for yourself if everyone know yos u ooher the frogman. >> i think the hard part is when you're the bullfrog, you have to buy all

gaetz and marjorie taylor greene.people feel like this. what the heck are your priorities. pete: he was a reliable vote for republicans. she's not running for reelection. it was the democrats that brought it forward but ultimately it was a lot of republican votes that voted to expel him. he was formerly known as the rebels billion drag queen. he's a joker. rachel: they injected a brazilian drag green from the white house is the headline. is a joke. pete: the point is the process. is not convicted of anything. he is only -- if we are going to go down, this is the path anyone accused, indictments brought against, let's get going, got a lot to go. pete: a man who brought since to this issue on the view, a deadly combination here, senator john fetterman, democrat from pennsylvania is talking about somebody else. watch. >> we have a colleague in the senate that actually did much more sinister and serious kinds of things, senator menand as. he needs to go and if you are going to expel santos, how can you allow somebody like

kevin mccarthy wanted to be speaker by any means necessary and he gave matt gaetz and the far right republican to get into power. when you have a speaker of the house working to keep his job and not for the american people, this is what happens. it is really unfortunate. >> stephen: i want to ask about your home state. florida gets a bad rap. do you think it is deserved or would you like to set the record straight about florida man? >> i am proud to be a florida man. we have a beautiful state. we are a beautiful state. i want people to know that florida is a progressive state in terms of policy. in the last few election cycles, over 60% of floridians have said yes to medical marijuana, a $15 minimum wage, voting rights to people with felonies. we have a problem right now with the difference between policy and politics and that is why -- >> stephen: and implementation. allowing people giving the vote back to people who have served their sentences, roadblocks were thrown in front of that where you had to pay fees or something like that. >> a poll tax. >> stephen: how do you square your vision of

that's him arriving for the fund-raiser with congressman matt gaetz, who as a state lawmaker in 2014,roduced legislation that became florida's first marijuana law. attorneys say he never discussed marijuana legislation with desantis. also at the party, halsey bashirs. his tree farm joined to become tree leaf, a top medical marijuana producer. all three of them have ties to florida's billion-dollar marijuana industry. >> it's an honor to be here. thank you for your support. >> reporter: all of them, a united force in raising money for desantis. >> one of the things that impressed me about ron is that he pushes against the grain. >> reporter: desantis would soon play a key role in florida's so-called green rush, which gave rise to a billion dollar industry. >> the reason why ron desantis became governor of florida is because of a little plant called cannabis. >> reporter: that's a one-time associate of rudy giuliani and donald trump. in may of 2018, when ron desantis' campaign for governor was in trouble, he says desantis sought him out. you met him at the trump hotel. >> i met him at t

gaetz' of the world running around trying to cause chaos and get on tv. it's really hard to negotiate with people who don't have serious policy objectives. >> kristen, are the republicans in the house nihilists? >> this takes two to tango. this is what happens when you get ready divided government in really polarized times. if the house had been on vacation. if they had been taking no votes, i would be more sympathetic to this argument. but they've been voting on quite a lot. it just goes into either chuck schumer's woodchiper, the senate, where dreams go to die, or it's never going to have any realistic chance of passing joe biden's desk. so with divided government comes gridlock. so for sure, i will not say that the republican caucus is say a picture of unity. if it feels like the votes have been just for speaker of the house. >> i was going to say. >> but this is not just. >> you had republicans controlling the house. democrats controlling the senate just like now and in the first session, they passed 72 bills. house did. that were signed into law. >>

two months ago the historic vote pushing him out of speakership when he led by matt gaetz and voted outother republicans along with democrats pushing him out as the first speaker ever to lose his position at the hands of his colleagues now announcing that he won't even serve for the rest of his two-year term that would have expired at the end of 2025 saying in this new article that he wrote for "the wall street journal" that his time was up. he writes it is in this spirit that i have decided to depart the house in the endthe year to serve america in new ways. i know my work is only getting started. he goes on to say i will continue to recruit our country's best and brightest to run for elected office and the republican party's expanded every day and i am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders. he doesn't specify exactly when he intends to do next, but he details what his accomplishments were in office and successful efforts to take back the house republican majority and john, make no mistake about it. this is a member who was at the peak of his powe

i thought the funniest best line of the day is when matt gaetz stood and said, i rise not in defense of george santos, whoever he is. like, nobody wants to try to defend him on the merits. to your question of the bigger picture, there is a bigger picture question here. it's one of due process, again, arguing process, and the idea of whether the voters in his new york district ought to ultimately be the ones to throw him out. i'm convinced they would. or should it be the congress? what kind of precedent are we setting if someone who hasn't been convicted because the two you reference since the civil war were both convicted in a criminal process. so, do we really want to open the door now to say, even without a conviction, you're out? >> i think that's a fair question. it's an important question. you're right, michael, that's what the republicans who are defending him, the republicans are defending him on those grounds. can we talk about the debate last night, though, between ron desantis and -- >> please. >> -- and gavin newsom? you had a prediction. tell people your prediction. i kno

but trump supporters like congressman matt gaetz are not taking that lead for granted. >> so what i need from all of you at the tip of the sphere, at the front line of this fight, with the first most dispositive voice in this upcoming caucus contest, go out there, recruit ten captains that can recruit ten other people to commit to show up in caucus. my only worry is low turnout. >> all right, here to talk more about the political jockeying in iowa, des moines bureau chief for the gazette, aaron murphy. all right, aaron, great to see you. donald trump, you know, hasn't had to do a whole lot, you know. he's there now, but he has a whole lot of support compared to the others in the race. how do you explain this? >> it really hasn't wavered. the people who support the former president have been with him through thick and thin over not just this year but past years, and so the people who have found their way to donald trump's camp over the years have stayed there, so when we get to a campaign like this year where he's facing new political challengers, that doesn't change. when you look at the

santos on the floor yesterday, who was sitting with him but matt gaetz. he had this to say about the possible expulsion. what is the precedent here? >> i rise not to defend george santos, whoever he is, but to defend the very precedent that my colleagues are willing to shatter. >> so he is making the precedent argument. he is not wrong. this is unprecedented, is this a very rare thing. why is there willingness to do if now? >> a number of lawmakers are making this precedent argument saying that george santos has not been convicted in a court of law, which means that he still deserves to serve in congress. but the leaders of the effort to exabpel santos are taking that argument head-on and saying that the allegations against george santos, outlined very detailed in the 56 page house ethics report, lays ground to expel george santos. essentially the proponents of expulsion, specifically the new york republicans, are saying that the allegations against george santos are so damning that they deserve a new precedence. if you get elected to congress on a litany

. >> you piece of [bleep] >> from members of congress >> tell matt gaetz to watch his back, tom to watch his children. he is going to die. >> to your local government. >> people who are visiting the homes of the court supervisors, and basically their families. >> but who and why? >> we are gonna come to lynch you're stupid lying cami asked. >> these are all lines that have her come out of his mouth hundreds of times. >> my dad has been with that whole wave since the very beginning and it lit a fire. >> hello excuse me. >> the man we are trying to speak with is mark rishi. >> i would never speak with you guys goodbye. >> he lenox quite corner of ottawa and cedar rapids. he will go to prison next month threatening to kill an election official. >> cnn looked it to 500 public threats against public officials. they were all politically motivated. lawmakers jumped 168% during trump's presidency. threats to republicans making up the bulk of case, 95% of those prosecuted man, mid age 39. mental age, divorced, isolation, all recurring themes in the cases. a profile, a son of mark receipt of iowa

and i think that we can show everyone where mike rogers l lungevents at matt gaetz and has to be pulledy. and then this moment from elon musk that kind of sums up i feel like the attitude many people have brought to this year if you want to look at it through a negative lens. this is elon musk on stage. >> if somebody is going to try to black mail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go [ bleep ] yourself. >> jess, does that about sum it up? >> about that. >> you know, i mean, it has been -- we are heading in on to an election year that is -- at this writing, it is looking to be a rematch of what we saw in 2020. but in many ways darker overtones. >> absolutely. absolutely. and i think that in 2024 when the prediction that i expect is that we are seeing trump dominating polls, clashing with the legal system, likely to go on trial. and dialing up his authoritarian rhetoric. so i would expect democracy to really be tested in 2024. >> all right. thank you all very much. happy new year. >>> sports, cleveland browns blew out the jets last night punching a tickets to the playoffs for

. >> and that last comment coming from congressman matt gaetz, who of course led the ouster of kevinarthy in making clear his frustration with the current speaker mike johnson over some of the deals he cut to avoid some of the issues to add to his list. if you weren't tiebl cut those list. but as you can see, frustration from his hard right as well. >> manu, i want to play some sound from kevin mccarthy. not his churchillian address from the floor of the house but something he said earlier this week on meghan mccain's podcast about who he thinks is the most fair capitol hill reporter. take a listen. >> manu with cnn. >> uh-huh. >> i was frustrated with him when i was minority leader. it was always trump. but you know what? as speaker he was tough on me but he was fair. >> okay. first of all, congratulations. you were tough but fair. >> thanks. >> even if he has not yet learned how to pronounce your name after 20 years. it's manu. but manu, we at the lead just had to put together a little montage of some of your run-ins with kevin mccarthy over the years. take a look. >> he said he wa

gaetz. >> since the beginning of this congress, there is only two ways you get expelled. you get convicted of a crime, or you participated in the civil war. neither apply to george santos. and so i rise not to defend george santos, whoever he is, but to defend the very precedent that my colleagues are willing to shatter. >> very important caveat. nod defending george santos there. joining us to unpack, back to unpack, congressman santos's communications director resigned in may after he was indicted on fraud and money-laundering charges. great to see you. as somebody who worked in his office, knows him, spent time with him, what would you tell republican lawmakers who are on the fence right now who don't know which way they are going to go? >> well, that's a difficult question. no, i shouldn't say a difficult question. a great question to ask. it's a difficult situation to be in because, yes, he has not been convicted or as of yet. at the same time, you know, chairman getz spent time on the floor yesterday laying out the house ethics report and what the -- the work that t

gaetz who was against his dismissal. >> since the beginning of this congress, there's only two ways you get expelled. you get convicted of a crime, or you participated in the civil war. neither apply to george santos. and so i rise not to defend george santos, whoever he is -- but to defend the very precedent that my colleagues are willing to shatter. >> it's interesting that congressman gaetz is suddenly a fan of precedent in the united states congress. >> far too often in washington, d.c., we revert to a failed and often corrupt muscle memory on how to do things. that isn't the way we have run since the mid-'90s. and i'm trying to break the fever and liberate us from those up or down votes. since the mid '90s this country has been governed by either continuing resolution or honorary spending. i'm trying to break the fever dream that is the continuing resolution way of governing. i think the house of representatives has been paralyzed the last several decades as we've refused to pass a budget. >> and there was another interesting moment involving gaetz' klegg, nancy mace of south c

gaetz on the house floor, he is not expelled, and the republicans feel they can make that argument givenhat on the democratic side there is another member of the congress who is not being subjected to a similar fate as george santos. >> yeah, and that point has been made by several members of congress, and we heard one of them today, and tommy tuberville said, look, there is a lot of sinners in congress, and it is interesting to see congress members beating up on congress there as a matter of. we go to the floor now, and we will listen to what is happening. they are going to begin this vote. let's listen in. >> they can hold it over, but it is five minutes and you can see how quickly people are voting. >> watch the bottom number under y aye. the number has to be 290 to expel george santos. >> yes, 2/3 supermajority needed in this particular action. i want to go over to you, david chalian in hearing how all of this is considered a major shift from thinking that he would get pushed out and ektsxpelled and this shift, what does that tell you about the statement that they are not voting to e

and that was the last straw for eight led by matt gaetz bringing the motion to vacate and deposing mcscarrthy from hi position. so after that speculation swirled would you stay in the game, would he stay out, would he run for re-election, finish his term. he openly said this was a tough decision and it would be a gut decision. at the end of the day, he decided to tap out early. i don't think that anybody is too surprised just considering that he had been at the top of the house, top of the gop conference. he didn't really have a police -- place in the conference afterwards. >> and very unusual to have a former speaker remain. the fact nancy pelosi has stayed as basically rank and file member i think a lot of people were surprised that she does that. but pelosi obviously handles things a little differently. but let's talk about the majority in the republican house now. because this honestly, mccarthy leaving makes mike johnson's new job all the more difficult. clearly mccarthy doesn't care. but explain why and how much harder -- it will be that much harder -- marjorie taylor greene put it

. >> are you worried about voter turnout like matt gaetz expressed? >> i think the american people want this rematch like they want another hole in the head. i think they would rather pick two people out of the peoria phone book to run against each other than donald trump and joe biden. i worry the american people are so disgusted with the election and what the two political parties have begin them that they're not going to turn out. so, yeah, i don't know what he said, but i'm generally worried about voter turnout in this election. and joe walsh, you heard matt gaits who was concerned about low voter turnout, almost like a level of complacency and a presumption that donald trump would win the nomination. >> yeah, i don't see it. and scott and i may disagree on this. i can't imagine low turnout next year because i really believe the future of our democracy is on the line. i mean, with every speech trump, who represents my former party puts forward his vision with anathema to america. so if that doesn't get people out next year, i don't know what will.

. >> reporter: from members of congress -- >> tell matt gaetz to watch his back. tell him to watch his children. he is going to [ bleep ] die. >> reporter: to your local government. >> people that are coming and visiting the homes of the birthday of supervisors and basically executing their families. >> reporter: but who and why? >> when we come to lynch your stupid lying come my ass. >> these are all line i've heard come out of his mouth hundreds of times. my dad's been with that whole wave since the very beginning, and it lit a fire. >> hello, excuse me? >> reporter: the man we're trying to speak with is mark recy. >> i would never talk to you guys. goodbye. >> reporter: he leave lives in a quiet corner. he will go to jail next month. cnn reviewed more than 500 federally prosecuted thoughts to u.s. officials. in the last decade, 40% were politically motivated. overall, prosecuted threats to named lawmakers jumped 168% during trump's presidency. threats to republicans making up the bulk of cases. 95% of those prosecuted men. average age, 39. mental health issues,

the matt gaetz's of the world would never have gone after kevin mccarthy if they would blast by donaldink it's amazing that kevin mccarthy can walk upright seeing as he is spineless. i will say that he is no other place to go. he knows that as symone as pointed out it is the party of mike johnson, donald trump, whoever will later replace mitch mcconnell. the d set for the consulting class, the lobbyist class is in for a reckoning, is in for a rude awakening sometime in the next 12 to 18 months. and so what i would say is that he just can't quit donald trump. doubt it. i w line go back to bakersfield >> dan, r 2024. what a way to ring year. convdon't go anywhere. >> dan, a rude ang for 2024 what ao ring in the ne mone d. sandertownsendwe're gonn 're gonna let you get back t counting when wme back, one of th most expected researches o social media in disinformation said she was pushed out of harvard university her warning about big tech and its influence over academi research when the 11th hou continues. this is an important conversation don't go anywhere. turn up the volume for this one

that's parazolo arriving for the fundraiser with republican congressman matt gaetz who as a state lawmaker introduced legislation that became florida's first marijuana law. he's saying he never discussed it with desantis, at the party, florida state representative hallsey baa sheers, his family's tree farm joined with other nurseries to become trulieve, which donated to desantis' campaign, all three with ties to florida's marijuana industry. >> thank you guys for your support. >> all of them, a united force in raising money for desantis. >> one of the things that really impressed me about ron is that he pushes against the grain. >> reporter: desantis would also soon play a key role in florida's so-called green rush, which gave rise to a billion dollar industry. >> the reason why ron desantis became governor of florida is because of a little plant called cannabis. >> reporter: that's lev parnis, one-time associate of rudy giuliani and donald trump. in may of 2018 when ron desantis's campaign for governor was in trouble parnis says desantis sought him out. you met him at the trump hotel. >>