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that's why we didn't get an immigratiobill 10 years ago because speaker boehner said it doesn't havent republic support even though it would've passed the house and it would've passed the it's a terrible rule. do you haveout the hastert rule? slightly less relevant right now. there are plenty of complaints of bout it because you are correct in saying it'relativelye members host: a majority of the majority doesn't need to put a build the floor? guest: but the majority is the 0 members out of 435 members in the house. it's a fairly smallif you been e attention lately, you've noticed there is a lot of discussion about a motion to vacatendy to s of the speaker of the house and potentially kick him out. one of the numbers that really matters in the house that legisy takes one member to require a vote on the motion to vacate. republicans in the house can only afford to lose two votes before they lose a functioning majority. on one hand, you can abide by the pastor rule and have a funding$1 bill with democrats bt if you have a very vocal minority, even smaller than the hazard rule threshold
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people were saying, do you support john boehner?at's what we're watching for right now. >> this certainly hands the democrats an election year issue here. you know, president biden, of course, has been talking about the dysfunction in the republican house for a long time, but house democrats feel they could flip the chamber. this surely can only help. >> it could help them flip the chamber if it points to chaos. of course, we're going to have some test points here. this isn't just an ethereal or conceptual issue. this is going to intersect with mike johnson's drive to pass aid to ukraine and, of course, to renew the foreign intelligence surveillance act which governs u.s. spying powers. very much this coalition is kind of telling mike johnson, you are on probation. if you do anything we don't like on ukraine or fisa, we are pulling the rip cord. it is going to be a very, very tense next month. >> you just led me to my last question there. siobhan, with the johnson drama as the background, what is the sense of the future of the ukrai
people were saying, do you support john boehner?at's what we're watching for right now. >> this certainly hands the democrats an election year issue here. you know, president biden, of course, has been talking about the dysfunction in the republican house for a long time, but house democrats feel they could flip the chamber. this surely can only help. >> it could help them flip the chamber if it points to chaos. of course, we're going to have some test points here. this isn't just...
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joining us capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and former press secretary to john boehner and paul democrats vote against keeping speaker mike johnson, a one-vote margin, ryan, is insanely small. >> reporter: yeah, it is, and it's one of these weird things in this 118th version of congress that seems completely polarizing and how is it possible that both can be true, but both are true. on the one hand, i can tell you with a bit of certainty that the vast majority of members of the house of representatives, both republican and democrat have no appetite for going through another dramatic removal of the speaker of the house. and at the same time, i can tell you that it doesn't matter that the vast majority of them are not in favor of that because it only takes a handful of conservative republicans to start this process from happening, and i think the big question right now is whether or not marjorie taylor greene can find two or three other conservative republicans to join her in this fight. right now i don't think those two or three other republicans exist, not at the moment, but tha
joining us capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and former press secretary to john boehner and paul democrats vote against keeping speaker mike johnson, a one-vote margin, ryan, is insanely small. >> reporter: yeah, it is, and it's one of these weird things in this 118th version of congress that seems completely polarizing and how is it possible that both can be true, but both are true. on the one hand, i can tell you with a bit of certainty that the vast majority of members of the...
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for a decade or more, john boehner, paul ryan, have tried to stop the election of these candidates.ve taken control. the pirates have taken control of the ship. so this effort is just to stop the bleeding then try to create a foundation where they can return the caucus to governing conservatives, maga, whatever you want to call them. however, this is the group that controls the house that the votes of kevin mccarthy that put mike johnson in office. mccarthy has a lot of money to spend to make sure they don't get back. >> is the real problem now they can do that because they have the speakership? a real concern is you don't take the house in november. >> oh, of course. look, i think speaker jeffries might be something we're seeing come november 6th because the house is controlled by maga, by the freedom caucus members, but this is the direction of the republican party. you can look at the last ten to 15 years from the emergence of the tea party to the foundation of the freedom caucus to now the fact the freedom caucus is able to control the levers of governing. this is the governing
for a decade or more, john boehner, paul ryan, have tried to stop the election of these candidates.ve taken control. the pirates have taken control of the ship. so this effort is just to stop the bleeding then try to create a foundation where they can return the caucus to governing conservatives, maga, whatever you want to call them. however, this is the group that controls the house that the votes of kevin mccarthy that put mike johnson in office. mccarthy has a lot of money to spend to make...
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that's why we didn't get an immigration bill 10 years ago because speaker boehner said it doesn't have significant republic support even though it would've passed the house and it would've passed the senate and you would have gotten the same thing now. it's a terrible rule. do you have anything more you can say about the hastert rule? guest: the hastert rule might be slightly less relevant right now. there are plenty of complaints of bout it because you are correct in saying it's a relatively small number of house members host: a majority of the majority doesn't need to put a build the floor? guest: but the majority of the majority is the more than 100 members out of 435 members in the house. it's a fairly small minority that could block legislation. if you been paying close attention lately, you've noticed there is a lot of discussion about a motion to vacate and the ability to threaten the status of the speaker of the house and potentially kick him out. one of the numbers that really matters in the house that could affect legislation is it only takes one member to require a vote on t
that's why we didn't get an immigration bill 10 years ago because speaker boehner said it doesn't have significant republic support even though it would've passed the house and it would've passed the senate and you would have gotten the same thing now. it's a terrible rule. do you have anything more you can say about the hastert rule? guest: the hastert rule might be slightly less relevant right now. there are plenty of complaints of bout it because you are correct in saying it's a relatively...
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former employer for house speaker boehner and ryan, brendan buck. >> we'll learn about how johnson willons. he said he does not like what the senate did, but the house has broken down so much that they don't really have the ability to do much other than pass what the senate did or do nothing. you know, it is usually a tactic of the house that you can ping-pong back something to the senate if you don't like what they did. the house puts together its own package and sends it back. the house republican conference is not operating as a team. anything that happens in the house now has to be done in a bipartisan way. he's going to have to negotiate with democrats to get this done. at this point, i don't understand why he wouldn't bring up the senate bill. house democrats probably not likely willing to negotiate with him again. we remember how long it took for the senate to come up with their own negotiations on ukraine. the reality is, everything that marjorie taylor did last week, bringing up the motion to vacate, was about ukraine. she's setting the stage to say, don't you dare send one sin
former employer for house speaker boehner and ryan, brendan buck. >> we'll learn about how johnson willons. he said he does not like what the senate did, but the house has broken down so much that they don't really have the ability to do much other than pass what the senate did or do nothing. you know, it is usually a tactic of the house that you can ping-pong back something to the senate if you don't like what they did. the house puts together its own package and sends it back. the house...
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you know, the whole situation really does remind me of the phrase former speaker john boehner threw up his hands and said i'm out of here rather than deal with this kind of tactics. he called the members of congress like marjorie taylor greene legislative terrorists. he said and this was years ago, that they had become ungovernable. this is what we are dealing with. an ungovernable conference that does not want to govern. so when they won the majority in the house, essentially the contradiction embedded at the heart of this conference became everybody's problem. and not just the side show circus. keeping the government open. and you know, that is incompatible with the kind of person marjorie taylor green is in politics not to legislate, but to create a circus performance of sorts. with only one vote, you got to wonder if there is one more republican out there who says congressman gallagher, enough of this. then we really have some chaos and interesting times. >> i do want to talk about that more. now let's talk about a newly elected democrat. tom swaze. i want to share what he said abo
you know, the whole situation really does remind me of the phrase former speaker john boehner threw up his hands and said i'm out of here rather than deal with this kind of tactics. he called the members of congress like marjorie taylor greene legislative terrorists. he said and this was years ago, that they had become ungovernable. this is what we are dealing with. an ungovernable conference that does not want to govern. so when they won the majority in the house, essentially the contradiction...
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and like john boehner cutting deals with democrats to get things past. leadership tougher than membership? >> being a leader is hard. one of the reasons for that, we have divided as a matter of fact. two-vote majority so i am a rock rip conservative, my background, where i come from, my philosophy. we are never going to compromise core principles but the reality of divided government is you have to build consensus and only two votes to spare you are not going to get everything you want. all of my conservative colleagues, my closest friends here, they understand the reality of that. we are moving an aircraft carrier, turning it in the way washington works with regard to budgeting and spending and takes a while to build back muscle memory. we got cuts to the agencies, some of them the worst offenders in going after the people they are supposed to protect and serve and a lot to champion here. so, i think it's going to pass and we have the next set of appropriations bills by the end of the month, we'll get that job done and move forward to the next fiscal ye
and like john boehner cutting deals with democrats to get things past. leadership tougher than membership? >> being a leader is hard. one of the reasons for that, we have divided as a matter of fact. two-vote majority so i am a rock rip conservative, my background, where i come from, my philosophy. we are never going to compromise core principles but the reality of divided government is you have to build consensus and only two votes to spare you are not going to get everything you want....
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he was a communication strategist and former aide to house speakers ryan and john boehner.ed in on biden's promise to use federal funding to replace the critical shipping artery in baltimore to repair the bridge in the port. let's listen. >> it was outrageous, immediately, for biden to express in this tragedy the idea that he is going to use federal funds to pay for it in entirety. he doesn't refer to it as the american taxpayer dollars on anything. first reaction, in fact, the only reaction tends to be to spend. >> as noted, $60 million on its way, but this is a rebuilding price tag that's going to be in the billions, most likely. am i wrong that when there have been other disasters like this, other bridge collapses, the federal government moved in a bipartisan way and moved swiftly? talk to us about this very polarized rhetoric, and should we expect to hear more of it from house republicans? >> yeah, that's right. in 2007, bridge in minnesota collapsed over the mississippi, and congress acted within a few days, unanimously passing hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuil
he was a communication strategist and former aide to house speakers ryan and john boehner.ed in on biden's promise to use federal funding to replace the critical shipping artery in baltimore to repair the bridge in the port. let's listen. >> it was outrageous, immediately, for biden to express in this tragedy the idea that he is going to use federal funds to pay for it in entirety. he doesn't refer to it as the american taxpayer dollars on anything. first reaction, in fact, the only...
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he was a communication strategist and former aide to house speakers paul ryan and boehner.e able to get this through the house? >> he probably will, but it is a pretty big test. there is a high bar, actually, for passing this. i think probably viewers of this show realize you need 218 votes in the house, a simple majority, but the house is so broken, the speaker is having to bring it through in a process that needs 290 votes, two-thirds. most democrats will probably vote for it, leaving you needing about 100 republicans to vote for it. it shouldn't be a big lift, but it shows you the conservatives are not happy with it. he's probably going to struggle to get even half of republicans to vote for something, which is never a good place to be if you're a house speaker. i think the most interesting part of this is how mike johnson has become a relatively conventional speaker. he was supposed to be the conservative hero, come in and change how things work, but what they've shown is just changing the speaker doesn't change the realities of who controls the senate, who controls the
he was a communication strategist and former aide to house speakers paul ryan and boehner.e able to get this through the house? >> he probably will, but it is a pretty big test. there is a high bar, actually, for passing this. i think probably viewers of this show realize you need 218 votes in the house, a simple majority, but the house is so broken, the speaker is having to bring it through in a process that needs 290 votes, two-thirds. most democrats will probably vote for it, leaving...
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. >> didn't mitch mcconnell say that, oh my god, it was john boehner who said about ted cruz he justsenator. it is all about ted cruz. politicians are like that. it is so uncomfortable with him. it is so fake and phony. >> and it is exactly on brand for the republican party we have donald trump who is the leader of the republican party. fake and phony. come back tomorrow, we will be focusing on donald trump's dangerous campaign tactic, hoping revisionist history will distract voters about the truth of january 6th and we will explore over why the supreme court is allowing texas to harass every latino person in the state. we'll have that and more tomorrow night 7:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc. until then, i'm ayman in new york. have a good night. have a good night. ved hundreds. that's great. i know, i've bee telling everyone. baby: liberty. oh! baby: liberty. how many people did you tell? only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ baby: ♪ liberty. ♪ (ella) fashion moves fast. (jen) jingle: ♪ so we partner with verizon ♪ to take our operations to the next level.
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the whole situation really does remind me of the phrase that former speaker john boehner, who basically threw up his hands and said, i'm outta here, rather than deal with these kinds of taxes, and the motion to vacate the chair. he called the members of congress like marjorie taylor greene, legislative terrorists, and he said, essentially, this was years ago, that house republican -- the conference that he led had become ungovernable. that's what we are dealing with. and ungovernable conference that does not want to govern, so when they won the majority in the house, essentially, the contradiction embedded at the heart of this conference became everybody's problem, and not just a sideshow circus. governing implies things like keeping the government open, and that is just incompatible with the kind of person -- marjorie taylor greene is in politics not to legislate, but to create a circus performance of sorts, and see all of those cameras in front of her, like we showed today, frankly. with only one vote, you have to wonder if there is one more republican out there, who says like congres
the whole situation really does remind me of the phrase that former speaker john boehner, who basically threw up his hands and said, i'm outta here, rather than deal with these kinds of taxes, and the motion to vacate the chair. he called the members of congress like marjorie taylor greene, legislative terrorists, and he said, essentially, this was years ago, that house republican -- the conference that he led had become ungovernable. that's what we are dealing with. and ungovernable conference...
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joining me now, brendan buck, former communications advisor to house speakers boehner and ryan and jim news exit polls show 73% of the ohio gop primary voters say that undocumented immigrants should be deported to the countries they came from. how is donald trump's rhetoric driving republican voter opinion? >> of course, at this point, donald trump has remade the republican party. a lot of that is around immigration. nationalism and being very anti-immigrant. we know that. perhaps maybe the bigger picture here is this is not just a republican issue at this point. just last month, gallop tracked what the top issue for voters is. last month, they found immigration was the top issue among all voters. that's a big warning sign for joe biden. obviously, republicans have done a number of things this past year, like you discussed earlier, defeating the bipartisan immigration deal that provided opportunity for biden to potentially reset that dynamic. right now, polls continue to show that people favor republicans over democrats on this issue. while there may be vulnerabilities for republicans,
joining me now, brendan buck, former communications advisor to house speakers boehner and ryan and jim news exit polls show 73% of the ohio gop primary voters say that undocumented immigrants should be deported to the countries they came from. how is donald trump's rhetoric driving republican voter opinion? >> of course, at this point, donald trump has remade the republican party. a lot of that is around immigration. nationalism and being very anti-immigrant. we know that. perhaps maybe...
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brendan buck is a former aide to speakers paul ryan and john boehner and msnbc political analyst, andst. i want to start with you. would filing bankruptcy get him out of this? >> legally and practically, it would help. then the bankruptcy court takes over. that's why rudy giuliani did it. clearly, politically, it hurts his brand, which is why i'm assuming he's not going to do it. >> when he talked about his past bankruptcies, they were a big talking point during the 2016 campaign. they came up in the debates. hillary clinton said you filed for bankruptcy. you're not a good businessman. he spun that and he said, actually, that proves i was a good businessman because i knew how to use the bankruptcy system to my advantage. he could try to do that again now. why would he not? >> obviously the situation is very different. you just had a court find that he admitted fraud, and that is obviously counter to the story that, you know, he brought himself up by his boot straps and created a billion dollars. as you discussed, winning is value to donald trump's brand and theme, and it always has be
brendan buck is a former aide to speakers paul ryan and john boehner and msnbc political analyst, andst. i want to start with you. would filing bankruptcy get him out of this? >> legally and practically, it would help. then the bankruptcy court takes over. that's why rudy giuliani did it. clearly, politically, it hurts his brand, which is why i'm assuming he's not going to do it. >> when he talked about his past bankruptcies, they were a big talking point during the 2016 campaign....
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former democratic congressman max rose of new york and maura gillespie, former adviser to speaker john boehner. walk us through what we can expect here as this hearing gets under way in just moments. >> reporter: yeah, this hearing will go for a better part of the day, about four or five hours, we're told, at least. this is really special counsel robert hur's first time appearing in the public, first time explaining his reasoning behind that nearly 400 page report in which he alleged that president biden had some mental fitness issues, he questioned some of that, but he also said that the president repeatedly told him as described in his opening statement, in the transcript the committee had just obtained, that he did not willfully retain these documents, that he handed these documents over right when he found out about them, that his lawyers did the same as well. this is one of the points that the democrats on the committee are going to try to draw a stark contrast to. you'll have republicans, of course, the chairman of this committee as jim jordan who is also leading the impeachment inquiry
former democratic congressman max rose of new york and maura gillespie, former adviser to speaker john boehner. walk us through what we can expect here as this hearing gets under way in just moments. >> reporter: yeah, this hearing will go for a better part of the day, about four or five hours, we're told, at least. this is really special counsel robert hur's first time appearing in the public, first time explaining his reasoning behind that nearly 400 page report in which he alleged that...
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brendan buck was an aide to paul ryan and john boehner and is an msnbc political analyst. rubin is an msnbc political correspondent and anthony coally was adviser to merrick garland and justice affairs analyst. let me get the big picture here, lisa. republicans started off by questioning hur's reasoning for not bringing charges. how'd he do? >> i think hur gave everybody something to be upset about and a little bit of something to be happy about. which is to say he pleased everyone and no one simultaneously. that as prosecutors might tell you is the mark of a solid investigation. he was not trying to score political points with republicans. we know that hur is associated with the republican party, but as evidenced by his answers, he wasn't there to make friends with jim jordan and the like. i think everybody walked out of that hearing room at the break a little bit dissatisfied. never getting upset or angry, always measured. not long-winded. >> both sides referring to actually what the report said that as you say, had a little bit of something for everyone. anthony, you ac
brendan buck was an aide to paul ryan and john boehner and is an msnbc political analyst. rubin is an msnbc political correspondent and anthony coally was adviser to merrick garland and justice affairs analyst. let me get the big picture here, lisa. republicans started off by questioning hur's reasoning for not bringing charges. how'd he do? >> i think hur gave everybody something to be upset about and a little bit of something to be happy about. which is to say he pleased everyone and no...
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also with us, brendan buck, former aide to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and an msnbc politicalyst. okay, how significant does team biden see this fundraiser tonight? >> very, chris, just to put it very plainly. they really are trying to build up this fundraiser because of how historic it is and how lucrative it is, and it really in their view accomplishes a couple of things. first off, the fact that it's going to raise that much money, $25 million connected to just one evening is huge for this general election that's already in effect underway because it directly translates to things that this campaign wants to put an exclamation point on in many march month of action. they can open more offices, hire more people, but they also with a fundraiser like this, they believe, can communicate to some in the democratic party who are anxious about the president's current polling and positioning, that the entirety of the key democratic predecessors of the president in terms of former president barack obama and former president bill clinton are fully behind this effort and that it's time
also with us, brendan buck, former aide to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and an msnbc politicalyst. okay, how significant does team biden see this fundraiser tonight? >> very, chris, just to put it very plainly. they really are trying to build up this fundraiser because of how historic it is and how lucrative it is, and it really in their view accomplishes a couple of things. first off, the fact that it's going to raise that much money, $25 million connected to just one...
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police are investigating a child was shot in the leg that happened tuesday night at the intersection of boehnereet and alston way by strawberry creek park. they responded to the scene. that's when they found the child that have been wounded. the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo could be going to a recount. former san jose mayor sam liccardo has already secured his place in the november general election. but the race to decide his opponent is razor thin right now. sayre a santa clara...
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joining us now, msnbc political analyst brendan buck, former press secretary to house speakers john boehneriver. if nikki haley can't pull off this surprise today, do you think there is an appetite for a nikki haley third party candidacy? >> i sure hope not for the sake of democrats and their political plays for 2024. but i do think that she has a solid base of support who wants to see her stay in as long as she can. i know you mentioned the numbers before, and if trump doesn't hit that 1200 plus delegate count, i could see her staying in until the donors dry up and the money runs out. i think she would have to face the music later this month and at that point her voters and supporters would have to choose. they absolutely probably are not going to donald trump, because the reason they like haley is because she is calling out trump, because she is naming how much he has cost the republican voters in terms of election wins, and policy ideas, but also because they just don't want to. i think after a poll conducted by the associated press after south carolina, six out of ten haley supporters s
joining us now, msnbc political analyst brendan buck, former press secretary to house speakers john boehneriver. if nikki haley can't pull off this surprise today, do you think there is an appetite for a nikki haley third party candidacy? >> i sure hope not for the sake of democrats and their political plays for 2024. but i do think that she has a solid base of support who wants to see her stay in as long as she can. i know you mentioned the numbers before, and if trump doesn't hit that...
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. >>> joining us now, former press secretary to to john boehner and president obama. there was january 6th, officers were violently attacked on january 6th, donald trump's talking about letting the january 6th convicts out of jail, the violent ones who went after the officers, and yet you see yesterday, all of the officers that are standing alongside donald trump, does that say to you that this is partisan politics and partisan politics wins, and people have pretty much decided on where they stand on which side of that line. >> i think people know that donald trump is shameless, and hypocritical. the issue of crime and, you know, as he puts it, law and order is powerful to a lot of people right now, and he's always used fear to his advantage. that's not going to change, and as long as there are a lot of people and a lot of places in america where they feel like even if things are getting better, they're not as safe as they used to be, of course he's going to take advantage of it. that's right up donald trump's playbook. it's incumbent on the biden campaign, as it is w
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brandon buck was an aide to speakers john boehner, and is now an msnbc political analyst.day, and what more are we hearing from her? >> reporter: she's continuing her barn storming of the super tuesday states, doing this sprint to the potential finish anyway. haley has sort of left the door open on what happens after super tuesday. we won't be seeing her tomorrow. instead, this texas rally is the last thing on her public schedule. that of course begs its own questions, but when you listen to voters, they are clear in wanting to keep her in this race. they're clear that they want an alternative, and what's unclear is whether or not they actually come back into the republican fold in the after math of a potential haley drop out. but otherwise on the campaign trail. haley reacting to the news out of the supreme court that keeps donald trump on the ballot there. that's what she wanted to happen. she's talking about it now. >> the supreme court ruled today that donald trump could stay on the ballot. no, i think that was important. we don't ever want some elected official in a s
brandon buck was an aide to speakers john boehner, and is now an msnbc political analyst.day, and what more are we hearing from her? >> reporter: she's continuing her barn storming of the super tuesday states, doing this sprint to the potential finish anyway. haley has sort of left the door open on what happens after super tuesday. we won't be seeing her tomorrow. instead, this texas rally is the last thing on her public schedule. that of course begs its own questions, but when you listen...
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you were there in 2015 when john boehner was pushed to step down.on facing speaker johnson right now? >> well, the "wall street journal" editorial actually nailed it. for the moment, i don't think that johnson is in that much trouble. this is marjorie taylor greene behaving in an erratic manner. she doesn't seem to have a whole lot of people behind her. the republican majority is hanging on by a thread. if resignations continue at this rate, the house republicans will be in the minority by memorial day. having said that, you know, johnson, the people who went after mccarthy, they went after him because they didn't believe he was a true maga guy. he was old establishment gop, many of them had personal animosity toward mccarthy. i don't see that with many members as it relates to johnson. they see him as a true maga warrior and a disciple. these are threats. he has to watch it. taylor greene made the threat looking at the ukraine funding bill, which i think johnson will be forced to take up. for the moment, i think he's okay, unless, you know, we have
you were there in 2015 when john boehner was pushed to step down.on facing speaker johnson right now? >> well, the "wall street journal" editorial actually nailed it. for the moment, i don't think that johnson is in that much trouble. this is marjorie taylor greene behaving in an erratic manner. she doesn't seem to have a whole lot of people behind her. the republican majority is hanging on by a thread. if resignations continue at this rate, the house republicans will be in the...
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president george w bush and more gillespie, former press advisor to then speaker of the house, john boehner, and more recently, adam kinzinger. it's great to see you guys how okay. first and foremost, what do you think is really going on here? not just with matt gaetz, but with their the internal fights are now i mean, they're trying to eat their own in a primary. >> right. and i mean, when i went for trump painter, he was known for having a policy against even getting involved in these kind of right. you know, incumbent versus incumbent? matchups. and so it's interesting that secret johnson is speaking out on this. i'm glad that he is trying to get a handle on his razor thin majority. he currently has and encouraging members to knock it off. i mean, that they need to write this is not helpful to him or to the republican conference at all. does not get off seems is it going to work? i mean, is just saying and even saying it publicly and saying don't you know, don't primary, don't campaign against each other as one thing. is it going to work from what you have seen with how this party is ope
president george w bush and more gillespie, former press advisor to then speaker of the house, john boehner, and more recently, adam kinzinger. it's great to see you guys how okay. first and foremost, what do you think is really going on here? not just with matt gaetz, but with their the internal fights are now i mean, they're trying to eat their own in a primary. >> right. and i mean, when i went for trump painter, he was known for having a policy against even getting involved in these...
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commentator jonah goldberg of the dispatch and former press press adviser to then speaker of the house, john boehner. and most recently, adam kinzinger. maura gillespie, it's good to see you guys more. >> if that's the >> start of the general election, does this confirm is this everyone's fears confirmed that this general election is going to be is absolutely rough as humanly possible. is there any way to avoid it? >> i don't see how we could avoid a given that donald trump will continue to use a childish attacks and mocking joe biden i mean, i don't disagree with the fact that there were times where joe biden was yellow selling at us to agree with him on how great the economy is. i don't think that's really how you win over voters is by yelling at them to agree with you. but the childish antics and the back-and-forth to the mostly american people who again, we've seen. so this polls where 70% of the people don't want this rematch it's exhausting. it's exhausting to have to watch this back-and-forth and it's not really inspiring anyone to want to jump on either side or go out and vote, which is a re
commentator jonah goldberg of the dispatch and former press press adviser to then speaker of the house, john boehner. and most recently, adam kinzinger. maura gillespie, it's good to see you guys more. >> if that's the >> start of the general election, does this confirm is this everyone's fears confirmed that this general election is going to be is absolutely rough as humanly possible. is there any way to avoid it? >> i don't see how we could avoid a given that donald trump...
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maura gillespie, who served as president as john boehner's press adviser when he was house speaker. we just got this opening statement which robert hoar, who, by the way, is no longer a special counsel, no longer works for the justice department. he is a private citizen. what he is about to tell members of congress, it's just over four pages long, nearly two pages of it deals with what he considers to be the president's memory issues. maura, what? how do you think this will go down this morning? it's really interesting, given the fact that he did resign last night. >> i think that does throw things into question. >> and people are questioning his credibility in that regard because he's not under the same protections as he would have been coming in as a private citizen. >> that being said, it is interesting he did spend so much time on the president's memory in defending himself. essentially from the backlash he received. but but he received backlash from both sides of the aisle. you know, republicans were angry that he didn't go far enough that he found him to have done no wrongdoin
maura gillespie, who served as president as john boehner's press adviser when he was house speaker. we just got this opening statement which robert hoar, who, by the way, is no longer a special counsel, no longer works for the justice department. he is a private citizen. what he is about to tell members of congress, it's just over four pages long, nearly two pages of it deals with what he considers to be the president's memory issues. maura, what? how do you think this will go down this...
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when i refer john boehner, you know, our goal, head of the union, was to remind him, don't make any news, you know, just just don't think any news tying keep a neutral expression on your face and the attention isn't about we don't want the attention to go to him as the goal there. so as far as controlling members of congress, that's a little tougher. it's a big challenge. we see that in years past, really, probably since obama's first term, we saw kind of things ratchet up unfortunately. but the institution of congress, it really does need to get back to having decorum reminding people why people have love for institutions. like you said, joe biden loves congress i love the institution of congress. i loved working on the hill but it has devolved and i really wish i could get back to having respected being disagree without being disagreeable if there is that outburst who do you think it benefits politically tonight? >> i mean, they married people, the ones who will lose, but i don't really think that members are going in there thinking, oh, i'm going to make an embarrassment of myself. i
when i refer john boehner, you know, our goal, head of the union, was to remind him, don't make any news, you know, just just don't think any news tying keep a neutral expression on your face and the attention isn't about we don't want the attention to go to him as the goal there. so as far as controlling members of congress, that's a little tougher. it's a big challenge. we see that in years past, really, probably since obama's first term, we saw kind of things ratchet up unfortunately. but...
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her was not cooed, but after him, john boehner, he got cooed. then paul ryan, he got cooed.arthy. he got cooed. >> now, mike johnson, i don't know what's in the water or something over there here. a coup there are coup. >> when you come into house, >> republican conference, it's cuckoo for coco puffs. yes. >> i'm just tough for your head i feel like you made can ask when you talked to trump officials and they're watching what's happening with house republicans what do they say? they've got to be a little bit concerned about the dysfunction, right? >> they are with honestly, there's so much more concerned with donald trump's campaign. all of these legal issues, what we've been talking about on the, spillover from people watching in the house and saying, i don't want that. >> i think they're trying to give my johnson more time. honestly i don't think that they're happy obviously, when i talked to them, i think they recognize that congress is a mess right now. and that the republican party, or if republicans in congress are a mess, but they also recognize that, i donald trump w
her was not cooed, but after him, john boehner, he got cooed. then paul ryan, he got cooed.arthy. he got cooed. >> now, mike johnson, i don't know what's in the water or something over there here. a coup there are coup. >> when you come into house, >> republican conference, it's cuckoo for coco puffs. yes. >> i'm just tough for your head i feel like you made can ask when you talked to trump officials and they're watching what's happening with house republicans what do...
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that will rank along with speaker boehner's refusal to accept the bipartisan senate compromise for immigrationto the floor to be debated on. there is no carbon tax pending and they have nothing here that would be significant. it's a nonbinding resolution. as i say, it is disconnected from reality. the reality, for example,■w f those of us on the west coast is climate cyst is is real. it becomes more apparent and urgent every day. was the warmet winter record. 2023 was the world's warme in fact, the 10 warmest years have occurred in the last 10 years. and what's the response from■ republican friends? they make stuff up. they move away from solutions that would make a difference.á'÷ every independent analyst, republican and democrat alike, agrees that the way we are going to deal withon notwithstanding some of the climate deniers on the other side of the aisle, is a carbon tax. the rest of the world is directa price on carbon is the most efficient, cost effective and ds crisis. but they are having none of it. as i say, they are making stuff up in the face of thi5kngsve re. there are people dying
that will rank along with speaker boehner's refusal to accept the bipartisan senate compromise for immigrationto the floor to be debated on. there is no carbon tax pending and they have nothing here that would be significant. it's a nonbinding resolution. as i say, it is disconnected from reality. the reality, for example,■w f those of us on the west coast is climate cyst is is real. it becomes more apparent and urgent every day. was the warmet winter record. 2023 was the world's warme in...
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that's why we didn't get an immigration bill 10 years ago because speaker boehner said it doesn't havenificant republic support even though it would've passed the house and it would've passed the senate and you would have gotten the same thing now. it's a terrible rule. do you have anything more you can say about the hastert rule? guest: the hastert rule might be slightly less relevant right now. there are plenty of complaints of bout it because you are correct in saying it's a relatively small number of house members host: a majority of the majority doesn't need to put a build the floor? guest: but the majority of the majority is the more than 100 members out of 435 members in the house. it's a fairly small minority that could block legislation. if you been paying close attention lately, you've noticed there is a lot of discussion about a motion to vacate and the ability to threaten the status of the speaker of the house and potentially kick him out. one of the numbers that really matters in the house that could affect legislation is it only takes one member to require a vote on the m
that's why we didn't get an immigration bill 10 years ago because speaker boehner said it doesn't havenificant republic support even though it would've passed the house and it would've passed the senate and you would have gotten the same thing now. it's a terrible rule. do you have anything more you can say about the hastert rule? guest: the hastert rule might be slightly less relevant right now. there are plenty of complaints of bout it because you are correct in saying it's a relatively small...
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i miss john boehner. i miss people you could actually work with and get things done.'d say that, and nick, i have to step up because even back further generation when i was an attorney for senator moynihan, i worked on the last major immigration bill that passed in 1986 and we were able to work with republicans, democrats, tip o'neill and ronald reagan and held for a long time. i think that the possibility lies there to solve our problems. it comes back to the people in charge. let's get back to the current speaker, when they're told by donald trump to unravel a package that was put together with the voices of a conservative senator democrats and the biden administration to deal with the border and0k donad trump whispers in their ear and all of a sudden they're terrified and immediately stop, that has an affect on my state so i am involved in these house races. the path hakeem jeffries to become speaker through the state of new york. >> six house seats. >> we just picked up tom, restoring him to what had been a republican seat. that was a big win for us, you know, the
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although there weren't grounds to go forward for criminal prosecution, he was going to throw them a boehner to and i can understand congressman shifts frustration about that. i shared that somewhat, but again, i think that president biden just wiped all of that stuff out. he is framed what this election and what this administration is about. it's about defending democracy and freedom. and as i said today, it is a memory test, but it's not a memory test for president biden. it's a memory test for america. do we remember fascism? do we remember naziism and communism and totalitarianism? do we know what we're up against in terms of the authoritarian forces? that have rallied around donald trump, including victor orban, who had a slumber party at mar-a-lago over the weekend and came out pronouncing how pleased he was that donald trump had said he would not give one penny to the people of ukraine resisting were bans friend vladimir putins, filthy imperialism bloody invasion and war against the people of ukraine. that's what the election is about. that's the real memory test. >> guardsman raskin,
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we saw the same thing in 2013 with bipartisan legislation where speaker boehner did not bring it to theloor. we need the political will to make sure our immigration is up to the challenge of the 21st-century and we can continue to open our doors to the immigrants who want to come here to want to do it in an orderly fashion. host: chandler from maine. caller: i just wanted to see we had a congressman yesterday and i am having a hard time figuring out the difference between his in your response. it sounds like you support the same thing but you say and in a nice way. host: with israel you mean? caller: the border, everything at this point. i've been watching the washington journal and they all sound the same. the democrats are nice about everything but they were revert to whatever the republicans wanted. i'm having a hard time figuring out where you really position yourself on the political scale? are you a conservative, a socialist? guest: first off, take you for your service. i'm a father of a navy veteran. i appreciate the observation. many of the things we are fighting for his quality
we saw the same thing in 2013 with bipartisan legislation where speaker boehner did not bring it to theloor. we need the political will to make sure our immigration is up to the challenge of the 21st-century and we can continue to open our doors to the immigrants who want to come here to want to do it in an orderly fashion. host: chandler from maine. caller: i just wanted to see we had a congressman yesterday and i am having a hard time figuring out the difference between his in your response....
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you won't see a former speaker of the house, john boehner, paul ryan, certainly not mitch mcconnell.power while donald trump served that want absolutely nothing to do with him. i do think on the democratic side, one important factor that i was struck by was the role of clinton here. bill clinton, certainly, when you look back to 2012 and barack obama's re-elect, was an incredibly important part of the campaign. obama, they campaigned a lot together, but obama referred to him as, i guess, the vice president for explaining stuff, or something like that. clinton has been somewhat marginalized in recent cycles, obviously gotten older. i'm curious to see the role he plays in the campaign. obviously, at his peak, he is a great explainer, a great communicator. he obviously has some baggage these days, but, i mean, we'll see. i think, you know, he sort of fit seamlessly into the scene last night. >> we should note, a contrast, the democratic presidents standing alongside joe biden. to underscore the point about how alone trump is, the only living person on a republican ticket, president or v
you won't see a former speaker of the house, john boehner, paul ryan, certainly not mitch mcconnell.power while donald trump served that want absolutely nothing to do with him. i do think on the democratic side, one important factor that i was struck by was the role of clinton here. bill clinton, certainly, when you look back to 2012 and barack obama's re-elect, was an incredibly important part of the campaign. obama, they campaigned a lot together, but obama referred to him as, i guess, the...