. >>> with me now matthew dowd, candidate for lieutenant governor in texas and the author of the book "revelations in the river healing the nation and healing ourselves" and david gosar, brother of paul gosar, your brother denies his aname violence porn video was at all dangerous. what do you think? >> well, joy, you know, given paul's track record, if he tells you that it stopped raining outside, grab your umbrella. you know, i mean, he's just a liar. of course he meant this as stoking controversy. i mean, they cook this up with the intention of, you know, getting attention, raising funds like they always do. you know, with these house trolls, they all have to one up each other. okay? so he knew this would be controversial. and he was heavily involved. what a lightweight move to blame it on your staff. seriously. and then he knew it was going to happen. it was intended to raise funds so clearly, it was intended. you know, paul, explain where the humor is because i'm having a hard time understanding the humor. >> marjorie taylor greene gets fundraising. they use this as a grift but al

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eugene daniels, matthew dowd, democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of texas. it is good to see you all. eugene, i want you to walk us through a lot of what happened. progressives in the house originally said they were only going to pass the infrastructure bill if the senate passed build back better. what was the turning point? >> first of all, lisa, i am glad this had is over. >> we did it. you know, they did it. but we did it. we can talk about infrastructure week in the past tense eugene. >> something that happened. last night people were expecting a vote on the rules for the build back better agenda earlier in the day. that did not happen. we were waiting. they were hoping to have that build back better act to be passed first. they lack trust in moderates that if it goes through they would go with the build back better agenda and the bill. president biden. vice president harris and staff went up to the residents in the white house and started to call progressives and conjoeling them in to actually passing it. the american people needed to see action. the bi

thrive >>> it is great to welcome back matthew dowd.'ve known you as a political strategist for democrats and republicans, obviously as a political analyst and friend for so long. now a candidate. that's a different step. >> yeah, it's a much different step. if you had asked me, george, and you might have even asked me this, if i would run for office on new year's day, i would have said no way, and because it's such a huge transition in the moment we're in, in obviously the nastiness that occurs, but, you know, it is an adjustment that i have to make as somebody that's been in politics on the other side for 35 years, but i think the moment calls for it. >> and do you see it as a continuation of the kind of things that you write about in this book? this is not a political book. it's an inspirational book, and it's got poetry, and every chapter ends with a poem from you. is it a continuation of the message you're sending in this book? >> i wrote this book not thinking i was running, and in the aftermath, it actually does inform me and how