you know, we always like listening and learning around here. did you know, the origin of woke in america? it's been used different ways but as we just discussed with erykah badu. in 2008, stay woke was a chorus and a refrain in one of her songs. we know how far of a path it's been since there. we ask you tonight, you can hit me @arimelber on social media or arimelber.com. does it change your view of how it's being used and sometimes misused in politics today and did you agree with any of erykah badu's thoughts about life, energy, and the road ahead on this earth we share? let me know and thanks for watching "the beat" with ari melber. "the reidout" starts right now. tonight on "the reidout" --

>> lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers. remind our lawmakers of the words of the british statesman, edmund burke. all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. >> senate chaplain barry black appealing to lawmakers to do something about gun violence. but one of the party has made it clear where they stand. and it is not with american children who just want to grow up. a republican congressman admitting today we're not going to fix it. also tonight, trump's goons

wanted to murder him. so why is it taking a court order to force mike pence to testify about his life and death ordeal on january 6th? and gone are the days of a functioning house of representatives. kevin mccarthy has handed the keys to the insurrection caucus which has no agenda except punishing their political opponents and doing the dirty work for donald trump. former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, widely considering one of the greatest to ever do the job and the current speaker emeritus will join me right here in studio. we begin "the reidout" tonight nearing the possible end of mike pence's days of obedience. after trying to have it both ways, telling a private gathering what he actually felt about donald trump's role in potentially getting him killed during the january 6th insurrection, while fighting tooth and nail to avoid testifying about it. donald trump's reek, for your

game of thrones fans, may have to grow a spine. he must testify before the federal grand jury investigating the insurrection and donald trump's plot to over turn the insurrection. pence had argued his role as president of the senate granted him immunity under the speech and debate clause of the constitution. federal judge james bozberg ruled while pence does have some limited protections because of that, the immunity does not prevent him from testifying about conversations related to alleged illegality on trump's part. we know pence has a lot to say about the insurrection. earlier this month behind closed doors he told a crowd of politicos at the gridiron dinner that trump's reckless words endangered his family and he knows history will hold trump accountable. as the highest ranking trump official and single most important witness, you still have to be dragged kicking and screaming to comply with special

counsel jack smith's investigation? why? among the conversations that mike pence will have to account for, the moment trump was told the plot to persuade pence to toss electoral college votes was illegal. he was told as much during a january 4th meeting at the white house, straight from the mastermind behind the plot, john eastman. pence's own counsel at the time, greg jacobs, testified to that in front of the january 6th committee. >> did dr. eastman admit in front of the predhis proposal would violate the electoral count act? >> he acknowledged that was the case, even what he viewed as the more politically palatable option would violation several provisions but he thought we would do so because the electoral count act was unconstitutional. >> pence himself has also publicly shared his take in an op-ed. writing after eastman spoke, quote, i turned to the president who was distracted and said, mr. president, did you hear that? even your lawyer doesn't think i

have the authority to overturn electoral votes. of course, pence has notably refused to answer any of that under oath. he can remain silent on things specifically related to his role in congress that day when, as a reminder, a violent mob outset wad calling for him to be hanged and even brought a noose. although in a sign of his ongoing deference to trump, he has indicated he's willing to take his fight to avoid testifying all the way to the supreme court. in an interview tonight, pence remained predictably gelatinous. >> look, let me be clear. i have nothing to hide. i have a constitution to uphold. i upheld the constitution on january 6th. i believe we did our duty that day under the constitution of the united states, and in this matter, i thought it was important that we stand on that constitutional principle again, but we're currently speaking to our attorneys about the proper

way forward. >> joining me now, eugene robinson, "washington post" columnist and msnbc political analyst, and nick ackerman, former assistant u.s. attorney and former assistant watergate prosecutor. it's kind of exhausting. this is the main victim, the person who was going to be hanged. >> exactly. >> is the answer to his gelatinous spine and his continuing performance as reek rather than theonlovejoy, is it this headline? pence headed back to iowa amid 2024 speculation. as if. >> as if. what sort of political following does he have, what sort of base does he have? where is he? he's nowhere. and he's going nowhere fast. i mean, he won't get off that fence that he balanced himself on so carefully. he won't, you know, do what i think any other person would do, go against the person who tried to have him killed. and he won't go to the pro-trump

side. he tries to play it both ways. it makes no sense. perfect mike pence that the one time he's actually critical of trump is at this exclusive politico dinner where there are no cameras so there's never any video of that. so, it's just -- so we'll see. this ruling means he's going to have to talk. i kind of doubt he's going to take it all the way to the supreme court because he got part of what he wanted. >> right. >> on the speech or debate clause. so maybe he'll actually sit down and they'll have to deal with the jelly. >> i mean, they might not be ready for this jelly, as one might say. the reality is, nick, in the end, you can't foresee, can you, even this supreme court, as awful as they are, that majority, ruling that pence doesn't have to talk, right? if he went that far. >> no, it's not going to go that

far. there's no executive privilege. this was all decided back in 1974 in watergate and u.s. v. nixon. there's no executive privilege for conversations relating to an insurrection or an illegal act. it just doesn't cut it. so he's going to testify. and i think he's going to tell the truth. he's got a lot to say. one, he was a key figure in all of this. everything that trump was doing after the election was leading up to january 6th and mike pence throwing out those electors that came in for joe biden. he had the phony electors lined up. he was calling state legislators, trying to put in a puppet attorney general in order to get the legislatures to overturn their votes for joe biden in the battleground states. i mean, mike pence is a critical witness here. in fact, i would go so far as to say it would be prosecutorial misconduct not to put this guy

into the grand jury and get his story in stone. get it out there. because who knows what he's going to say six months from now, a year from now, as this case heads to trial. it's very important for the department of justice to know exactly what his testimony is against donald trump. >> and let me play just for -- this is all bad flashbacks but this is the testimony from ivanka trump that talked about the way that her father, she was his key adviser, naupt just his daughter, was talking about mike pence literally leading up to the insurrection. here is this testimony. >> it was a different tone than i heard him take with the vice president before. >> the word that you relate to that the president called the vice president, apologize for being impolite, but you do remember what she said her father called him? >> the p-word.

>> so, eugene, the reality is donald trump, one thing that really was made clear in the january 6th investigation is that the entire scheme ran through mike pence. and that it hinged on getting mike pence, pressuring him, using threats against his life, using whatever it took to get him to flip and do something illegal, to commit a crime and violate the electoral count and pretend he can change the election. it was clear donald trump believed that if he didn't do it, he deserved what he got. >> exactly. and this is like the final chance, right? because everything else that trump had tried had failed. you know, brad raffensperger didn't find him the 11,780 votes or whatever. none of these ridiculous court cases went anywhere. they all, 60 of them lost. so pence was basically all the money he had that was on pence. he was the only person who could do something, except of course he couldn't because he did not have the authority to

unilaterally decide the winner of the u.s. presidential election. how about that? >> how about that? and you know, there is this great piece, i reread today, that jonathan swan wrote, that is about this december 18th meeting. this is the night before the infamous december 19th it's going to be wild tweet. there's a wild meeting between pat cipollone, mike hirshhorn, who was donald trump's hirshman, sorry, the white house lawyer, and various characters from donald trump's sort of imaginary friends list. you know, michael flynn, sidney powell, rudy giuliani. all of those characters in which they're trying to force -- trying to get him to believe and get his white house team to accept their theory that this foreign interference had happened and flipped votes. here's a cbs news report about the focus of that from the

special counsel. sources directly familiar with witnesses and questions asked, tell me it's clear that the special counsel is now tightening the january 6th probe around trump and his inner circle with a focus on that infamous 12/18/20 oval office meeting and efforts to push doj officials to overturn the election. witnesses have been pressed about giuliani, powell, and others who sought to use levers of government to stop the certification of the election and sources directly involved believe the case would be conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. and that could be in the works. and by the way, that is the meeting, nick, in which there was -- it was floated at least or had been floated by sidney powell that voting machines should be seized, dominion voting machines were accused of flipping the election, and we now know that the special counsel's office wants to talk to mark meadows, chief of staff, dan scavino, john ratcliffe, and robert o'brien who is a national

security adviser. it's moving, but do you think that's whether it's moving? to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding? >> oh, no question about it. they're using government levers. they're using government agencies. i mean, right up until the end when mike pence was almost forced to leave the capitol with the secret service. i think there's going to be proof that trump actually interfered with the secret service to get mike pence as far away from the capitol as possible so he could push it over to the next day and try and get the electors back to the states and get the states to do something. what is really going to be interesting is what mike pence says about that and what he thinks was going on. that would be one of the first questions i would ask him right out of the box. >> you know, that's the amazing thing. he didn't get in the car. he wouldn't leave the capitol. on that day, he did the right thing. why won't he own that?

why won't he own that? at least for history's sake. he's not going to be president. but for history's sake, own it. you did the right thing on january 6th. >> it seems like the occam's razor answer is if he thinks he owns it, he cannot be president. and he has some sort of fantasy life in which he believes if he just prenldz he doesn't want to testify, that he's still with trump, he can be president. >> there needs to be an intervention. i don't see it. does anybody think he's going to be president? >> i think mother, his wife, might think so. >> you think, really? >> and the thing is, nick, the reality is, the idea that donald trump is running for president is also his protection in his view. running for president is his insurance policy, he's also got this committee in the house that is doing this weaponization investigation. so he thinks he's got some backstops but in the end, do you think that jack smith has a case against donald trump for obstructing an official

proceeding? does he have a case? >> yes, of course he has a case. particularly with mike pence's testimony, and all the other testimony we heard from the january 6th committee. i mean, he can say that he's going to continue to run for president even if he's indicted. but that isn't going to happen. he's not going to be able to do it. it's not a good look. you have got congressmen, senators, the dogcatcher, they're all running for re-election on the republican ticket. they're going to conference the first question in every meeting is going to be, what do you have to say about this guy who's been indicted three times and he's the head of your party? this is the law and order party? come on. just not going to cut it. >> we shall see. eugene robinson and nick ackerman, thank you. up next on "the reidout," if you're as sick and tired of america's out of control gun violence as i am, i have a crazy suggestion. just hear me out. stop voting for the politicians who are enabling it. "the reidout" continues after

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>> what do you mean by that? >> you have brushed off the ring for presidential ring in 2024. but what about the future? after yet another horrific school shooting, this time in tennessee, the nashville police department has released video and very quickly, we might add, of the terror unleashed in that attack that killed six people including three children. this surveillance video that you see here shows the shooter arriving at the covenant school, carrying what mees called an assault-type rifle and wearing a

tactical vest with another rifle visible. there's also body cam footage and we're about to play it. and we must warn you, it is graphic. we're going to show it to you for three reasons. one, so more of us can understand the abject terror unleashed in a school shooting. two, to prove that there is no way a teacher alone can take down a shooter armed with a weapon of war the way that trained police can do. and third, to show you how police are supposed to respond. further proving how the delayed incompetent sknun might say cowardly response in uvalde, texas, when officers waited more than an hour outside the classrooms where the gunman killed 21 people, to show that was a complete disgrace.

>> move, move. >> what you just saw occurred in an elementary school, where cubbies held tiny jackets and backpacks and lunch boxes. by the way, no other country does this to their children. forcing little kids to live and die like this. it is literally just us. there are 120 guns for every 100 americans according to the small arms survey. that's the highest rate of private gun ownership of any country on earth. including yemen, a country in the throes of a nine-year civil war. the republican party's answer to this sickness will also make youic. when asked what he would do to protect young children, one tennessee lawmaker simply noted that he homeschools his daughter, so his family is good. as for the rest of america, well, what can you do? >> we're not going to fix it. criminals are going to be

criminals and my daddy fought in the second world war, fought the japanese and told me, buddy, he said if something wants to take you out and doesn't mind losing their life, there's not a whole heck of a lot you can do about it. >> that infuriating dismissively cruel attitude is why another tennessee lawmaker, a democrat and a father, took his republican colleagues to task. >> my children, i don't know about yours, but my children are worth every damn assault rifle in this country and more. there ain't a person in here that wants to take someone's handgun or shotgun or hunting rifle away from them. we don't need an assault rifle with 30 shot capacity on our streets. it's not safe for our police. it's not safe for anybody. so please don't say you're pro-life and then vote to put more weapons on the street. >> representative mitchell, you

are -- >> i will speak. >> you need to stay -- representative, no. >> joining me now is the man in that clip, tennessee state retative bo mitchell, and i'll note, you then said you know who we're not welcoming and honor, those people who died. i wonder if any of your colleagues after your comments, sir, came forward and answered your question of whether our children are worth more than their assault rifles. >> oh, you know, many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know what the right thing to do is. you know, i don't know if it's peer pressure or just fear of reprisal from the nra or fear of a primary, but they know what's right. go on, sorry. you go. >> i mean, this is the sixth mass shooting in our state this year.

we have had 17 children have lost their lives, 21 others have been wounded. you know, how much more do we have to endure? >> you have talked about being in that sort of response center where parents were going to see if their children were going to make it. if you wouldn't mind, would you just tell us what that was like. >> unbelievable. you know, i was just in amazement of these people, sitting there for hours on end, waiting for the police to call them up to bring them downstairs to reunite them with their children so they would know if their child is alive or dead. and unfortunate lyunfortunately time period, they notified one parent. and it was undescribable, incomprehensible, the sound that came from that parent. if my colleagues could have just been in that room to witness

that, i think that would change a lot of hearts and minds. >> you know, this country has a very particular adoration for guns in some communities. we have like 120 guns for every person or something, wild. i think the next closest country is yemen and it's like 60 for every 100 or i think we're 120 for every 100. has anyone explained to you how that is supposed to make us safer and how that makes children safer? >> if more guns were the answer, tennessee would be one of the safest places on the planet. but unfortunately, we're one of the leaders in the nation in gun violence. so guns don't seem to be the answer. they seem to be, you know, a major part of the problem. especially assault rifles. there's no place in our society for an assault rifle. that's a weapon of mass killing. it has no other use other than

warfare. and it doesn't need to be on the streets. >> you know, you have had a lot of republicans essentially say there's nothing that politics can do about this. but you know, if you just look at the statistics, politicians have made children safer from dying in cars, cars used to be one of the leading killers of children. now it's guns. it used to be cancer, you know, people can pass laws that make cancer drugs cheaper. like being in politics, your job is to actually solve problems. but they're making it sound like this is a problem that's unsolvable. and the congressman that represents this district on the federal side put up this now infamous christmas card. he's taken it down off his social media. he said today he has no regrets for putting up that photo. in your state legislature, it's overwhelmingly republican. people who agree with him on this issue of gun reform. or whether people should have more guns. i think your state is trying to make it easier for more people

to have guns. have you noticed among fellow democrats in the state of tennessee the idea of directly addressing the people who are voting that way? and why they're voting to keep people in office who refuse to protect them and protect their kids? >> you know, unfortunately, it's so many one-issue voters in our state. they will vote on one particular issue, but the majority of tennesseans know that we need to do something about the guns in the state. you know, i talked, you had another congressman from tennessee on. i was elected to do something. i was elected to act. you know, by putting my head in the sand and saying there's nothing to do, a law won't help, that's just not true. after sandy hook, the state of connecticut, they passed assault weapons ban. they passed a ban on

high-capacity magazines. and they expanded background checks. gun deaths in connecticut have went down 42% since then. i think it works. >> and the thing is, right, it sort of is shocking to me when people whose actual job, they get paid to do, is in politics is to solve problems say there is no solution, when as you said, the solution is quite obvious. you can pass laws that make your community safer. but i guess i just am a little flummoxed by the fact that people are so shocked when this happens, but then continue to vote for the people who are going to make it happen again. >> it's astonishing. you know, you hear the answer is have a good guy with a gun. you know, they envision these wild west shootouts, i guess, and think that's an answer. you know, i don't know how the police when they respond, they're supposed to decide who's the good guy with the gun.

>> yeah. and in a state that is legislating things like drag shows to supposedly protect children from that, it's -- what a world. >> yeah. exactly. you know, right now, they're trying to allow 18-year-olds to have guns, as well as open carry of long rifles. so we'll have people marching down the streets of nashville with their ar-15. >> it's a strange world we live in. tennessee state representative bo mitchell, thank you so much. much appreciated. >> thank you, joy. still ahead, remember back in the day when america had a functioning house of representatives? speaker nancy pelosi sure does, and she joins me next. tack, or . even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider

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every time this congress is called on to do its job like i don't know, doing something about guns, republicans collectively shrug their shoulders and tell the american people we have gone about as far as we can go and legislating emotional issues doesn't solve problems. mind you, four days ago the same republican politicians passed a parents bill of rights, which seeks to legislate the emotional culture wars that republicans are waging in our schools. it's also interesting that they say they can't do anything at the same time the house republican majority is wasting taxpayer money investigating hunter biden and his laptop. the supposed censorship of conservative voices on twitter,

and the treatment of january 6th insurrectionists. those hearings have proven to be a flop because they just aren't popular with the public. maybe because they don't actually solve any problems for the american people. it's all just literal emotional theater designed to assuage right wing feelings, feelings, feelings. today, kevin mccarthy, believe it or not, who is the speaker of the house, has delivered nothing i can list for you now except for the chaos that comes from aligning yourself with characters like donald trump and marjorie greene. it's wild to think it was just a few months ago that the 117th congress came to a close. after proving to be one of the most productive in recent history. funding infrastructure in all 50 states, helping veterans who are exposed to toxic burn pits, and lowering the cost of prescription drugs including insulin. see? politics actually can solve people's problems. it is literally politicians' jobs. a key reason for that was the first female speaker of the

house and current speaker emeritus, nancy pelosi. she joins me now. >> always a pleasure to be with you, joy. >> thank you. i see your pin. we're talking a lot about guns this evening. and you know, it is a reminder that when you were running the house of representatives, you actually did do something in terms of passing laws about guns. why are we now hearing this paralysis? >> i think it's all about money. big gun money. i'm not talking about lobbying money, nra, that's one thing. i'm talking about big money in the gun business. these assault weapon bans are so lethal, so deadly, you can't even describe how they tear a body apart internally. and we just had another one yesterday. i mean, this week, it's so remarkable. now, we passed an assault weapons ban in the '90. i was here in the house. chuck schumer was our leader.

we know how to get this job done with this bill. we just have to be able to get the republicans in to save lives. theysay, well, it's politically i to them, your survival is compared to the of children schools, in th happenbe. we to and see it's weapons pin got fromkids. generation and these youngkids, at the marjory stoneman otherplace people are the on an weapons ban. one of is in congressnow, frost. sowonderful >> a ban assault >> the

americans, as they're getting into and able tovote, are incredible about to and to evade a and as coming to votingage, very focused gunrefo of investigating hunter sort pr that the government is being weaponized against conservatives on twitter. is there -- it seems to me that we can't even have a conversation about getting gun reform while this congress is in place. this majority is in place. is that accurate? >> we do have to just talk to the american people. they are our bosses. and we really, as lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with it, you can accomplish almost anything. without it, practically nothing. but there is support in the public. >> yeah. overwhelming. >> to get this done. we just have to make sure that members of congress hear from their constituents. now, the other side is very,

very active on the public sentiment side. and we just have to make sure people know. right now, in the race in wisconsin, which is coming up soon, for a judgeship there, the wisconsin republicans, far right wing republicans there are putting out the word to gun owners, you must vote for kelly. he's awful. and against the democratic judge, janet, who is there, who is wonderful. because of guns. now, the judge is not taking the guns away. she's not interfeing with their gun rights or anything else, but he's interfering with a woman's right to choose. he's interfering with who wins the election. in the last election, wisconsin, toelection. this det what fourth will be again. they on the gun that thl

>> speaking of want showyou, this piece video from january 6th. your daughter shotvideo. it is memorable believe memorable speakership. let's that >>you? oh, where god bless you. are you in a very safe -- >> a very bad report about the conditions on the house floor. defecation and all that kind of thing. i worry about you being in that capitol. don't let anybody know where you are. >> and of course, you're speaking with vice president mike pence. are you surprised that it has taken a subpoena to force him to testify when behind closed doors he's expressed the outrage you would expect by the fact he could have been killed that day, as could many of you. are you surprised it's taken a subpoena for him to talk?

>> he did the right thing that day. that is what was important. he honored the constitution of the united states. now he has a subpoena that is very interesting that they issued the subpoena. he should accept that opportunity to tell his story. but he can always withhold information. that's his right to do. but i hope he doesn't. i hope he doesn't. i hope that he would go there and show the truth. i mean, it's a very sad thing that it's happened to our country that they would have an assault on our constitution that day to certify who the president would be, on our capitol, the pillar of democracy to the world. on our congress of the united states, out to get us. they were out to get me and stuff. and of course, him. at the direction of donald trump. a very sick person. >> i want to show, i have another picture. this is a picture that i think

became quite epic. this is you, the lone woman in the room, standing over this cadre of donald trump and his officials. that kind of represented your willingness and ability to use power and under your power, your why. and your why, i know, is the children. how worried you that donald trump could be president again and what damage he could do were he to regain office? >> well, let me say in that picture, we're not allowed to have phones or cameras or anything in the room. they took that picture, and then they put it out to show how out of order i was, a woman to stand up in that room of all white men, actually, i think liz cheney was in the room. i'm not sure, but she had a right to be, but nonetheless, overwhelmingly. i think that we spend too much time talking about him. let's talk about what your possibilities are for the future, because this was a real taint on our democracy to have

that person there. and no use spending time going into it. let's spend time on how we go into the future, what are the possibilities in terms of who they might nominate. but we cannot keep giving him all the press he wants. this whole thing about his indictment coming out when he didn't really know if he was going to be indicted, i don't think. how would he know? he's not supposed to know. how would he know? that's been a while. and for a week and a half, all we hear is about him. and that's exactly what he wanted. so let's forget -- let's put him aside and go into the future. about ideas, about our children and their future, and gun safety so that they have a safe prospect as they go forward and not have to hide under their desks because of danger in the classroom. because he has stirred that pot. he's talking about death and destruction. in terms of his indictment. death and destruction. does he not know, no one is

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the current kevin acknowledged merry christmas. and so they're his bosses. you can only expect him to do what his speakership allows. he has an ever in, shrinking speakership because of having made these promises, and this is the people who were elected. >> i want to show you this picture. this is actually a good one. this is you at the unveiling of your portrait.

it is unique in the congress because you are the only woman who has been speaker of the house. there you are. there is your portrait with your lovely husband paul. how is he doing? >> thank you for asking. he's doing well. he has a couple more months to really be back to normal. but it's so sad because he's as apolitical as they come. and everybody loves paul. they're after me, and he gets hurt. >> so that is an issue, the political violence that we see and the extremism we've seen overtake the republican party. but there's also a sort of religious extremism that's place in the courts. you are the first speaker of the house, and you now live in a country that has taken women's abortion rights back to 1972. how do you reconcile the sort of advancements that you represent and this retrograde movement in our country? >> it's very big because in the history of our country, our

founders with their beautiful vision of equality of people, that was not reflected in their document, but thank heavens they made them amendable to our constitution. so for the history of our country, we have always been expanding freedom. the abolition of slavery, the right to vote for men and for women, and then, again, so many other things, marriage equality and the rest of that. until dobbs. dobbs said we're reversing that, we're taking away freedoms that are guaranteed in the constitution that have precedence established by this court. so this is a dangerous path that this court is on. and it's horrible because it's a personal issue, it's an issue of faith, it's a kitchen table issue. it affects people in so many ways. i say that as a mother of five. and we respect that other people

make their own choices about what they do. and we have no politician, no supreme court justice, anybody has the right to tell women and families how they should live their lives. this is a horrible decision. and, you know what, it really revealed itself in the election. they were going to win 40 seats, it was going to be a red tornado or whatever it was. and what did they get, five seats. >> one of my favorite things that you said is you have to learn how to take a punch and you have to learn how to throw a punch for the children in the arena. give advice to those who are frustrated by our politics now, about how you can start to get people to vote not on how politics will impact your religion but how it will impact your life. >> it reminds me -- we were

talking, i was at georgetown speaking the other day, and we talked about this. and i didn't say it then, but i say it now because of the way you framed your question. when president kennedy was running for president, he went to houston and spoke to all these ministers there. and the question is, he said it's not important what religion i believe in. what's important is what america i believe in. and that's what we have to be thinking in terms of. i have hope for this reason. i do think that many of the people who fell for, what's his name's line, because they just didn't see a path in the future, in the economy the way it was. i think many of them are really patriotic. i think some of them are racist and bigots. but i think many of them are very patriotic. i think young people have lost patience with all this, whether

it's gun violence or the role of money in politics. if you take that money out, think of what it would mean the fossil fuel industry could not dominate, the pharmaceutical industry and the gun industry could not dominate. and people could see their kitchen table needs and what is happening in washington in politics. and we're very proud of the record we had in the past two years, record-breaking under president biden. he's just a remarkable president, a great leader, visionary, strategic, knowledgeable, heart to heart, empathetic president. and again, i couldn't say more about my members. they were so, so courageous to vote the way they did. but we still have to remember that the people are the boss and they have to know, and we have to tell over and over again and listen all the time. >> happy women's history month.

you are a part of our women's history month. and you will go down in history, i will argue, as if not the greatest speaker of the house, you're definitely in the top two. >> well, when women succeed, america succeeds. happy women's history. >> i'm going to give you number one. it's such an honor. >> thank you. doggy-paddle! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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