host: brendan, what are the republican chances in the house and if republicans take the house, who is the new speaker? brendan: i'm pretty confident republicans will take back the house. they only need five seats. this isn't a typical situation where you need a blowout night win. only a five seat swing is needed to take back the house. i think a lot of rebecca's points are right. politics our national right now. it is not a situation where people are able to run on their local issues. because they are all national and because this ends up being a referendum on the presidency and on covid and the economy and inflation, that is probably why republicans are feeling really good right now. i think kevin mccarthy is going to be speaker of the house. i think he is doing all the things he needs to do, to keep his conference in line with him. we've got two goals here, obviously win back the house but at the same time, make sure numbers of the house who typically give leadership trouble are there with him. he has established relationships with people like jim jordan and the freedom caucus, to s

he talked about democrats from front of the republican places x are looking at for republican places as particularly competitive. the interesting thing about the republican side we seen quite a few retirements out of republican senators five of them, only one retirement from the seat of thehe democratic senator so pennsylvania, senator toomey is retiring if not seekingg reelection and that makes the best chance at pickup race this cycle while republicans are slightly favorite given the national environment,al pennsylvania wasn the presidential election, -left-curly-bracket from a quick campus if it's a real opportunity for democrats. when you cap wisconsin for senator ron johnson is running for reelection. another state close in 2016, close to 2020 we have republicans simply because johnson is public, they are still working through their primary d role not have a nomine until mid august. after that we had north carolina from another republican retirement senator richard burr from a similar situation, republican primary democratic -- democrats already have their presumptive nominee, f

there may not be a lot of anti-trump republicans left in the party, but there are a lot of republicans who do not want to see candidates looking backwards and endorsing what happened anyway six or condemning republicans -- what happened on january 6 or condemning republicans in good standing. liz cheney is part of one of the most prominent republican families in the country. there is a civil war taking place. primaries in many important battleground states. it could get ugly. i know party leaders want to avoid those divisions and paper them over. this is the biggest challenge facing the republican party, you have these very right wing trump allied activists within the party that are not electable and if they were nominees for the senate they could cost republicans very important seats. that is the biggest problem that is affecting the party. the presence of candidates more loyal to trump and not electable to a more mainstream audience for the general election. host: if you are a democratic candidate in a tough election this cycle, do you want joe biden coming to your district or your s

fifty democrats and 50 republicans. now, when joe biden's president and harris is vice president that means the democrats had a functional majority in the chamber because vice president. this has the tie-breaking vote however in the 2022 elections, we are looking at a battlefield that while small still could determine control of the senate which is on the line this november. either democrats or republicans walked out of 2022 with control of this very important chamber. >> if that's the case, what are the most important reason ise u are watching that determines that ultimate outcome? >> so the races that are up for election this fall there are eight that we are watching most closely that we believe are the most competitive with an evenly split battlefield like the senate is evenly split. there are four democratically held seats and for republican seats that we are watching on the democratic side that's arizona, georgia, new hampshire and nevada. on the republican side that's wisconsin, pennsylvania, north carolina and fl

mitt romney stands almost alone among republicans, elective republicans, current elected republicans and opposition to the most recent public display of insanity by the republican party. >> when you think of the president, i'm sorry, the rnc seeing legitimate political discourse? >> it could not have been a more inappropriate message. one, to sanction to people of character as they did. but number two, to suggest that a violent attack on the seat of democracy's legitimate political discourse, it's so far from accurate as to shock and make people wonder what we're thinking big. >> have you talked to your niece about this? >> we exchanged some texts. >> and i mean, how did that go? >> i expressed my point of view. >> that was senator romney speaking today. the republican leader of the united states senate got essentially the same question today. >> leader mcconnell, do you agree with the rnc's characterization in the january 6th attack as legitimate political discourse? >> we'll see tomorrow after stake out. and i expect i'll get that question. >> you couldn't ask for a more cowardly a

the democrat and republican side.ys would go back to having two members of the opposite party on your show to discuss issues and talk with the american people instead of having members on separately. have a point counterpoint. two members on at the same time. host: you mean like we did on our previous segment on this show? caller: ok -- yeah but members of congress. i missed the previous segment of the show. host: ok. darrell is calling from michigan on the independent line. caller: good morning. i would like to talk about the russian situation. how quickly we forget that the league of nations failed and hitler's gained support of the large portion of the european population which resulted in 60 million people dying from disease, famine, war. here comes nato. putin is testing nato. i think he has painted himself into a corner. i hope as a free speaking america -- american that putin does not try to save face and invade the ukraine. i hope he has enough common sense to put this thing in reverse and cancel this idea. he

very thoughtful republicans. always agree with them but i appreciate who they are and how they put somebody like tom rice as a target. my word, it is really unsettling what has happened to drive these people out of the republican party. host: roy is a republican in georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. i just have a question. after the 2016 election there were several democratic congressman that challenged the election and it was allowed to run its course because they did not have a senator to go along with their challenge. biden did not entertain it. this time there were several congressmen willing to come forward to challenge the election. in addition to that they had several senators there were going to support it. the difference between 2016 and 2020 is it did not run its course because of the suppose it insurrection. but trump had told all the people who would listen to him go to the capitol and encourage your congressman to do the right thing. that is when everything fell apart. they did not want the

as you should, and you just mentioned this, i will tell you now, if the republicans and republican leadership the democrats what the democrats do to the republicans, and the donald trump and the conservatives this would not stop. i want to tell you. the independent council act was pushed by democrat, in 1978. they were excited about it. when it was used to try to take out reagan, and then clinton comes in office with 5 or 6 investigations at once, it was people who developed the action, carl levin and barney frank, came to the republicans and said surrender, let's get rid of this thing, it is a disaster they -- did, and unless the republicans do to the democrat and nancy pelosi, and president biden, what they have done to president trump, it will get better not worse. >> the ways and means committee needs to figure out how did thousands of americans tax returns get public. that does not happen. we have to get to bottom of, that and to bottom of the doj targeting moms and dads putting a label on parents who show up at school board meetings to say we don't want to crazy racists curriculum taugh

devoun jolie's abrupt former republican congressman from florida, he's left the republican party and american government. and sahil kapur is an international correspondent, he wrote about trump's praise today. simon, let me start with you, how was trump's unwavering support for vladimir putin manifesting itself in the republican house caucus? >> alex, it's really sparked a debate in the party writ large and you saw that in the two quadrants. in washington, most republicans, not all of them, but most of them are sticking with the traditional foreign policy kind of hawkish playbook when something like this happens, blame the democratic president, column, week say a lack of aggressive action invites this kind of behavior. but out on the road and the rest of the republican party, it's a very different sort of situation. we see candidates for election who are running for the senate in 2022, j.d. vance in ohio, for instance, it is the says he doesn't care what happens in ukraine. a lot of this is driven by this growing sense -- this growing attitude in maga media that is echoing president

republicans only. we want to hear your view of mike pence and what you think his role is in today's republican party. in the wake of that speech by mike pence, got so much attention on friday. a response statement from former president trump. here is a statement he put out through his save america pack saying he just saw pence a statement on the right he had -- on the common he had no right to do anything, other than automatic conveyor belt to get by an elected president as quickly as possible. the former president said the vice presidents position is not a conveyor belt. obvious signs of voter fraud and irregularity exist. that is why the democrats are working feverishly together to change the very law that mike pence and his unwitting advisors used on january 6 to say he had no choice. there is change because they say the vice president does not have the right to change the vote. (202) 748-8001 if you are a republican in the mountain or pacific time zones. ba your view of former president mike pence.

rates are republican led. in utah, more jobs are here now than before the pandemic. utah is moving in one direction from blue state to red state. i'm going to have to take a drink of water. it's the dry air. why don't we clap while i take a minutete. [applause]. i'm back. red states are open for business. and her kids are in the classroom, communities are safe and freedom comes first. i talked about this earlier. there is no more important election than the one in front of us now. our country is in crisis and we have a president who doesn't care. he has taken us from america first to america last and in joe biden's america we are facing soaring inflation, empty shelves, high gas prices, open border, horrific crime, a drug crisis and school closures. 72% of americans feel we are headed in the wrong direction and joe biden does not care. >> a year into the presidency, no test kits in some cases. is that good enough? >> nothing has been good enough. talkie about freedom to have a test, what's the big deal? it's n

republicans commenting on the rnc. know it's a lie, step back, don't use your leadership or your platform to say, look, we need to talk about this. whatever you believe is not true. >> former president trump is still the head of the republican party. he continues to push the big lie, and so those who are his minions will do the exact same thing. i mean, look at ted cruz who had the audacity in january to call january 6th a terrorist attack on the capitol only to be taken to the woodshed by tucker carlson and now is on the hill saying that you shouldn't call it the insurrection because it's something -- it's democratic talking points or propaganda. it's people who are watching their political hides and not caring to educate their voters. >> john, i will say this, i've made this analogy before and i think it bears worth repeating, there's a difference between winning the battle and the war. yes, this is politically popular within the republican party now but things could change, right? what do you want your legacy to be?

now patrick, a republican, send a mass mailing to thousands of republican voters across the state.em to vote by mail and include it, you guessed it, unsolicited applications for mail-in ballots. my next guest is the perfect person to talk about this story, the former elections chief in texas. during the 2020 election, he pushed to expand ballot access, and he is now a candidate for mayor of houston. welcome. welcome. good to have you. now, we should note that last week a federal judge has temporarily blocked part of that texas voting law that bans officials from encouraging mail-in voting, but that was well after lieutenant governor patrick's mass mailing was sent. so, chris, with all of that, the texas tribune reports that in 2020 patrick said that efforts to expand vote by mail were, quote, a scam by democrats to steal the election. he also said there was no reason anyone under 65 should be able to say i'm afraid to go vote during the pandemic. of course, he himself voted by mail in 2007. the hypocrisy here, though, never ends. what is your reaction when you hear this news and se

there's a certain firing squad where we attack republicans -- the republican party i want to get backhe one that believes in freedom and truth and not one that attacks people who don't support the leader. >> it was revealed president trump frequently tore up documents and took at least 15 boxes of official documents including potentially classified material with him to mar-a-lago. republicans spent years attacking hillary clinton for her handling of government records. i don't hear anything coming from capitol hill, again, always kinzinger and cheney excepted, but i don't hear anything from republican leaders. what do you say to voters out, there maybe ticket splitters, who say, hey, i agreed with republicans when they expressed concern about hillary clinton and how she handled classified material, but there's no one saying anything about how donald trump did it. did they actually even care about this issue? >> i'm not sure that no one is talking about it. it's certainly been in the news a lot lately. the fact that republican leaders are not standing just like they're not standing up

. >> we have 50 republicans. the way forward is clear. >> democrats are the are you laser focused rchltsd american people are fed up with this one-party rule. >> we are fully intent to win this election. >> what are republicans for? >> we have to keep control of the house and senate. >>> and good evening and welcome to our very first msnbc "decision 2022" special. may seem early in the year for this but less than 48 hours from now, tuesday nye night, president biden standing in front of congress delivering his state of the union speech, and while he is giving that speech, they're going to be counting up votes in texas, where the very first primary of the 2022 midterm cycle is being held, and texas is just the first in a series of big consequential primaries that will play out in state after state over the next few months. all of it setting the stage for this fall's midterm elections. now, as we all know, the president enters this crucial week with the ukraine crisis front and center, and we should say at the top

and it's not so much that trump took over the republican party, it's that the republican party completely to him. they're all united in believing that in order to survive politically, and not lose in a primary, they have to stick as close to him as possible. even when he puts out racist tweets, you cannot criticize him in public. even when he engages in the most reckless behavior, you cannot break with him in public. >> narrator: with his party behind him, trump was emboldened. he seized an issue that would continue appealing to the extreme elements of his base: immigration. >> we want our country to be a sanctuary for law-abiding americans, not criminal aliens. >> the closer we get to 2020, the more this president and his advisers are saying immigration is our fire. that's the fire we put in our torch. >> narrator: the shocking centerpiece: "zero tolerance," separating children from their parents. >> now democratic lawmakers are voicing their anger over the family separation... >> young children are pulled from the arms of their mothers. >> the growing outrage over families being separat

between the parties and i voted for republicans moderate republicans. but by no, that's just inconceivable. republicans have just become a denial list party. i see this procedure, trump, when prison obama was elected. and mitch mcconnell, senate leader for the republicans, and may be the most influential person in the party. when obama was elected mcconnell said street that i, that the republicans have one goal, make sure that he cannot achieve anything, make sure that the country is ungovernable. and then the blame can be put on the, on the democrat to have enough power. and republicans can come back into office doing exactly the same thing. know when joe button was elected and mcconnell, senate minority leader said very explicitly, our goal is to ensure that he can achieve nothing will harm the country as much as possible. and we will then blame it on the democrats, and we'll come back to power. that's not a political corte, that's a radical insurgency, no interest and see, but is there any room for critique of the democratic party as well? i mean, th

that was until republicans decided that actually, -- at the time of the attack, the republican national committee. the official body of the republican party. they released a statement reading quite sensibly quote, members of the republican national committee strongly condemned the ally lands in and around the capitol. these violent scenes that we have witnessed do not represent acts of patriotism, but an attack on our country and its founding principles. our founding founders established nations of laws, not a nation of anarchy. we call for all those involved to law officials to help restore order in our nation's capital. that was a year ago. -- over the past year because just last friday the committee overwhelmingly approved resolution centering representing liz cheney, and adam kissinger from and -- a resolution that contain language calling the insurrection the action that they condemn just a year ago had political legitimate political discourse. and they were lawmakers themselves the, republican politicians that were finally feeling free from the former president spoke out against t

we have seen a lot whether trump rejected in 2018 and democrats taking control of the house are republicans in 2010 and 2014 capitalizing on anger against former president obama and part of the reason we see so many is the public doesn't trust government for either party and the power goes from party to party. >> is a red wave a spec certainty do you have any sense of how much that wave fled wash away inas the house and senate quick. >> nothing is ever a certainty ten months away from the election, but the signals are not looking good for democrats the president's job approval rating is at pretty dangerous levels in the low forties you have that intensity gap that should be alarming for the biden administration that even whthose that support him will support him intensely they had stronger support for their own base of the party and then to commend the same degree of loyalty that and you look at the smoke signals on the economy but inflation is a real a concern the state of the pandemic is a concern and frankly the biden administration has not shown a lot of confidence on a lot of fronts an

good republicans, bad republicans, as well as bad democrats and good democrats. but this situation should have never happened and the united states of america to the world and the people who have been arrested should be accounted for and they have nothing but they trespassed. it is an insurrection. a lot of damage done to the white house and i mean to capitol hill. they should pay for it themselves. that's my opinion. >> gary, have you been a longtime republican? >> caller: no, i was a democrat for a long time. my parents are democrats. but a gas station i worked at in high school a very strong conservative and i learned a lot from him but i have mixed emotions and you need to get our country going back again. i have been kind of in between, but i believe that republican party, you have a right to be what you want to be and as ronald reagan said, government is not the remedy, it's the problem. and might not say the same words, but i belong, but i belong to the lincoln project, you know. and there's no excuse to be in washington hearing a gun, threatening your fel

i think you're seeing republicans wishing that other republicans would stop talking about this. does, they're in trouble. >> michael mccaul was saying they should be talking about joe biden, but maybe not this week. joe biden had a pretty good week this week with the economy and the omicron numbers going down across the country and the supreme court. >> yeah. especially compared to where headlines were two or three weeks ago. the president did have a pretty good week. we know the president is working on his supreme court pick. announcement is coming by the end of the month. i'm told the president is still in the reading and talking phrase. we know he has a list of more than a dozen potential candidates. doesn't seem it's significantly narrowed yet, although the clock is ticking. he's been having conversations with leaders on the hill. we've seen jim clyburn making a big push for j. michelle childs. lindsey graham even backs her. i wouldn't read too much into that. i wouldn't read too much into whether the president feels he needs republicans on board. he doesn't. i'm sure they w

this is what the republicans do.y this is partisan so you don't need to pay attention to what they find out. they do have two republicans on that committee. what i wanted to ask him was, when they come up with facts, they have thousands of pages of documents from the trump administration. when they come up with facts, to say the administration was actively considering seizing voting machines -- can you imagine? seizing voting machines that were voted by american people. that is just one. but what i wanted to ask him was -- i guess it will be a rhetorical question -- the fact that they find out, are those partisan facts? are the facts that don't matter? are they partisan fact? host: that is built in pennsylvania. donald in omaha, nebraska, independent line. caller: i was listening to your previous guest and you sure bypassed that illegal aliens being hired by big corporations to do the dirty work. never answer that question, any of them. we are screwed. host: next, people from seneca, south carolina, republican line.

i'm dumb of i be a republican arrivals, governor. the scientist, for example, is here a slicker type of republican that might appeal to, to some legal society members in our eagles, in or across the country folks, our folks are kind of leaders where they are and you're right about that. there are some folks like governor de santis who gets a lot of attention. my home state is missouri. senator. josh holly gets a lot of attention. mike pompeo, the former secretary state and a congressman, get some attention. there are some other candidates. look, i think donald trump doesn't run, the bench is actually pretty deep with talented people who have proven they know how to run for office. the question is always in my mind, is trump was uniquely situated to handle the media. he was really good. he had a decade of doing the apprentice and, and 50 years of being a public figure. so, but i know, look, or some and de santis as you point out. his courage in leading in florida, in the face of a lot of back and forth has been impressive. and he's ob

i do not understand why the republican colleagues are not there.e just came from a hearing on the currency. i cannot tell you how many republicans said that we are -- it is great we are working in a bipartisan way. now they are here preventing us from addressing an issue that is impacting every single one of our families and individuals in our states which is a high price and inflation. a couple of those things, they can be here to vote no, but all we are trying to do is move them out of the committee. they can still get through those and make a decision on the floor in the senate. right now we are trying to move them out of committee and moving forward so the american public can see we are still really focused on the needs of this country. i am disappointed they are not here and i am hopeful that they will reassess at the end of the day and come to the table and work with us to address and make sure we have a functioning reserve. >> thank you. does anyone else want to speak? thank you all, committee is adjourned. plan to vote. here are his remarks

and republican control. republicans winning the elections.he lurths, the governor and drawing maps in their favor. the smamap is not all that different from the map ten years ago. they're doing it to dilute our power. mo brooks is running for senate. he's running statewide. here's what he says. the liberal activist judges have tried to segregate us based on race. iabominable. we have to put the skin pigmentation issue behind us. i guess that's easy to say for an older white guy. >> that's what they're not doing. the reality is also, as ariane pointed out, two of the three judges were appointed by former president trump. and one appointed by bill clinton, i believe. we can spend all hour on mr. brooks' statement there. but i remember being with congressman john lewis in his office the moment the 2013 decision was being read and he worried aaloud. i was there and we didn't know what the opinion would be and he worried about this thing and the entire watering down and just throwing out of the voting rights act. so this is just one more example.

there are good republicans and bad republicans as well as bad democrats and good democrats.he situation should have never happened and embarrassed of the united states of america to the world. the people should be accountable and they trespassed. it is an insurrection. a lot of damage done to the white house, i mean capitol hill. they should pay for it themselves. host: gary, have you been a longtime republican? caller: no, i was a democrat for a long time. my parents are democrats but i met a guy at a gas station i worked with in high school who was a strong conservative. i learned a lot from him but i have mixed emotions. we need to get our country going back again. i have been in between, you know, i believe the republican party, you have a right to be what you want to be. as ronald reagan said, government is not just the remedy but the problem. i belong to the lincoln project. there is no excuse being in washington, carrying a gun, threatening constituents. host: thank you for calling in. david in mansfield, texas. what did you think about what leader mcconnell had to sa

these two republican primaries are going to be huge in determining the next generation of republican there for candidates to do what's vance has done, right? to embrace the trump cult. supporting the big lie of the election. to generally perform being the worst human beings they can be. remember, jaime vance's point behind candidates that have not sold their souls to trump. it is unclear that everything is so on clad, especially since the are parties leader is not doing anything to help. it might just turn out that no one can pull off the candidacy the way donald trump is able to. elaine came mark, founder of management at the brooklyn institution where he recently published a piece on the trump's hold on the republican party is getting weaker. they both join me now. elaine, my general feeling about this is, if you stake me with money and asked me to make a bunch of beds across the republican primary field, i would probably just bet on the trump backed candidate in most cases, as a favorite. as a general operating principle ... i don't think that's ironclad. i found your piece persua

pence's comments today came just hours after the republican national committee voted to censure to republican lawmakers for taking part in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. the rnc says both liz cheney of wyoming, and adam kinzinger of illinois, quote, engaged in actions and their positions as members of the january 6th select committee, not the fitting republican members of congress. the century solution goes on to say, representatives cheney and kinzinger are participating in a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. remember, that assault on the capitol led to the deaths of five people, and left 140 members of law enforcement injured. some of whom has said that they thought they too would die that day. cheney, who is the vice chair of the collect committee, responded to the censure vote with the social media post writing, this was january 6th. this is not legitimate political discourse. late last year, cheney said the panel was planning on holding several weeks of public hearings, today another member shared more details a

while this seems to be the position of many in the republican party where does republican leader keviny stand? he did not respond to requests for comment and we know the history here a couple weeks ago that the republican national committee censured two members of the republican party for the previous statements but cheney and kinzinger and mccarthy announced that he was going to support liz cheney primary challenger, something that republicans usually don't get involved in primaries so he's made clear where he stands on this issue. he's not said anything negatively about gosar or marjorie taylor greene but the house is back in session tonight and we'll ask him and see what he says. >> real quickly, give the back story for folks on where it originated. >> reporter: yeah. this was a big weekend of republican or conservative conferences. there is cpac, and then also, a far right nationalist organization holding a conference called america first run by a well-known far right white nationalist and something who the january 6 select committee wants information from and promoting this americ

and the question is, are there going to be republican members that get back to what the republican party is supposed to stand for, right? lower taxes, i think, is something that they once used to run on, but now it's trumpism or nothing. i mean, what is -- what are they going to be running on in 2022? are they championing conservative policies? or is it solely about the politics of personality and this one man? there are adults in the room. who are the republicans, i think, is what we're all watching now. are they going to emerge to really stand up against this because it is alarming. >> they would have to push him to the sidelines, which they refuse to do, to have conversations about the many other important issues that would be great to have a campaign about. but he is back in the public sphere and i suspect he'll try to dominate it. stand by when we come back. just moments ago, the russian president vladimir putin speaking on the record on the crisis in ukraine. the breaking update next. winner, seven years in a row. in fact, subaru has won most trusted brand for more consecutive year

and that maybe the vast majority of the republican party, but republicans are democrats are looking at that and going, it's very dangerous. it's very, very dangerous. >> it's interesting, i was looking at the union times article, mark, and they were quoting doug heye, who is a communications consultant. he worked back in 2010 at the rnc. and he's quoted as saying, the worst days when i was at the rnc was when we were the story. i mean, do you want to be the story? >> that's a great point that he makes, chris. the reality is, this is a strategic train wreck for the rnc. and everybody knows it. and when mitch mcconnell steps up and his slapping around his house colleagues, you know something is up. and at least stefanik is saying they can say whatever they want. sure, they can say whatever they want. they say whatever they wanted, it's very stupid. and now everyone is trying to cover it up because, mcconnell's point again strategically is, they want to put this in the rearview mirror. and the rnc just put it on the windshield, and to ducks point, that has become the story. and it's not a

had a republican from massachusetts not all that long ago. if you want to be a one term senator there are thingsyou might vote for but if you intend on making a career out of it , i'm not so sure that the wild swings are quite as realistic. >> i like that senator brown reference. are there some things or issues we haven't covered?i ask in my equals podcast what have i not asked that i should ask that our audience needs to look out for coming up particularly since we have a lot of folks interested in the judiciary. >> i think one thing i would pay attention to is even though we saw the sort of filibuster reform of a kind that leader schumer was pursuing last week, i think it's important to continue to watch conversations between senators about what they might want to change to make the senate work better. i think there are senators who feel genuine frustration with their limited ability to contribute to the work and deliberation of the senate. i would keep an eye on that. even in the aftermath of a very high profile failure on one specific fit

rates are republican led.right here in utah more jobs are here now than before the pandemic. utah is moving in one direction from blue state to red state .re i'm going to have to take a drink of water. >> i'm going to take a minute. why don't we clap while itake a minute ? i'm back. red states are open for business. our kids are in the classroom. communities are safe and freedoms comes first. we all know this. i talked with you about this today. there's no more important election than the one in front of us . our country is in crisis and who does president not care. he has taken us from america first to america last. and in joe biden's america we are facing soaring inflation, empty shelves, high gas prices and open borders, horrific crime, a drug crisis and school closures. 72 percent of americans don't like we are headed in the wrong direction and joe biden does not care. >> a year into the presidency, no test kits in some places. >> nothings been good enough. >> not to have a shot or have a test, what's the

but i will always say it, i'm just not a fan of republicans going against republicans. because the only ones that win when that happens are the democrats and the media. donald trump's former un ambassador, nikki haley, not pleased with her former vice presidents former rebuke of his old boss. the conservative wall street journal editorial board on the other hand, is not hesitating to criticize republicans. calling january 6th, pence's finest hour. quote, mister pence stands out as a rare republican these days, willing to stand up to mr. trump's disgraceful behavior after the election. too many in the gop seem to have lost their constitutional moorings, enthralled to one man. back with us tonight, don calloway, democratic strategist and founder of the national voter protection action fund. susan del percio, msnbc political analyst and a veteran political strategist, good to see both of you. what does it say that the republican party cannot find its way to unifying and condemning trump's actions? full stop. do >> i am just amazed by how low the bar is to give praise. are

today it is the republican mantra. you cannot get past go without bowing down to a guy rejected by 81 million american voters. today the republican national committee, the organization paying the ex president's legal bills made it official by rebuking two of their own. the rnc censured representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger because of their work. the committee won't support them claiming their behavior is destructive so to review, the official arm of the national republican party is punishing two diehard conservative republicans because they dare to defend the constitution. that's bad, really bad but you know what is worse? the way the party defended the move. in their censure, the rnc described them as participate income a democrat led persecution of citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. did you hear that? what you just heard would be more at home in the soviet union, cut kremlin foes. they're like will smith in "men of black" with the flash thing to erase the brutality we saw with our eyes as pla

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three republican senators.et me just tell you getting three senators in a row, they were days away from voting on biden certification in their meeting with a bunch of election conspiracy theories behind closed doors. we're only finding that would happen at this meeting thanks to new reporting by the washington post. quote, what the senators heard from a handful of presenters where some of the most fantastical claims among those alleging the election had been stolen. including, according to senator kramer, that the 2020 vote had been influenced by foreign powers and at the proper investigation required gaining access to voting machines around the country. he said the presenters accuse various countries of meddling including china and venezuela. and a lot of theories but not a lot of evidence. after that meeting, senator kramer, senator johnson were sent a truly bonkers memo. that have been circulating on trump allies as far back as december 18. that said, quote in vogt the national security agency in defense dep