now you just have liberal democrats and conservative republicans. you have urban, cosmopolitan places represented by democrats and traditional rural places represented did by republicans. alongside that you had the nationalization of our politics. cap a few thousand votes here or there, gore would have been president instead of george w. bush. when you combine the sorting of the politics and the nationalization you have a recipe for hyper-partisan winner take all polarization both parties are trying and it never actually seems to sustain itself. rather than if zero-sum winner take all us versus them fight that is destroying this country and splitting us in half, we try something different in which we have multiple parties and no one party is trying to dominate and gain total control. instead what we are working towards is a system in which there are compromises and coalitions and very few permanent entities. that is how our country used to work when we had a multisystem party. host: this russian from tom in erie, pennsylvania. if we had more politica

the map does favor republicans slightly. there are 23 democrats up for reelection, 11 republicans, and the top seats republicans are targeting our jon tester in montana, sherrod brown in ohio, and joe manchin in west virginia. of those 23 democratic held senate seats, those are the only three were trump has blown them out of the water. 39 points in montana -- in west virginia, 18 in montana and eight in ohio. those will be vulnerable seats. however, it is not just the map that is your destiny here. it is also the candidates. republicans had a big issue last year in the senate with poor candidate recruitment and some more exotic nominees on the republican side who were able to sail through a primary but were a little unpalatable to general election voters. republicans are trying to counter that. host: i want to ask you about recruitment. there are some states struggling with that. guest: yes in second-tier competitive seats. we mentioned montana, ohio and west virginia. republicans have gotten big recruits in all three. they have tim she he in mont

that is not the way we think of democrats and republicans engaging on issues today. st: consensus and politics is our topic. if you want to ask him questions, (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 firma bookends -- four republicans and independents (202) 748-8002. we will show the audience some of your conversation with cory booker, get a little bit of the back story of the conversation. [video clip] >> a retiring senator from oklahoma, i went to his office for bible study. i do not expect to see him in an affectionate embrace with a little girl. i was like chairman, whose that? he said, that is my granddaughter, family member. his family adopted this girl, very difficult circumstance. i was moved by that. months later, a big bill. it was going to be a clean bill. i said, mr. chairman, i have an amendment for the bill. i made my pitch summoning the spirit of that child, so i walked back, set in my seat and looked up and he is merging towards me, kind of grunts at me, i am in. then we get chuck grassley, some of the republicans, now it is the law of the land. ho

open forum here on "washington journal." (202)-748-8000, the line for democrats. (202)-748-8001 for republicans. for independents and others, (202)-748-8002. robert is next in west virginia, democrat caller. caller: three times, republicans have threatened to shut down the congress, shut down the government. in 2008, when they shut it down, we lost $40,000 in investments from our 502 retirement accounts. every time they have run this through, we have lost money and we have never gained even a portion of that back. it is really frustrating that they want to shut it down again. i'm just an ordinary person. we both work for our money. now they want to shut the government down, and that would do it again because every time they shut the government down, or run through these great threats, we lose money because of the investment market. host: thanks robert. mississippi, dana is next on the republican line. [breathing] host: you are on the air. caller: yes, thank you. explain to me why they are spending millions of dollars on aliens when we need our veterans and people who can't afford their rent any

the debate about ukraine and nato is not a republican democratic debate. a debate within both parties and a split within the republican party between video -- neo greagon group and the trump group. guest: i'm nothing good to say about former president trump handling of nato except on one very narrow issue which is before we say anti-nato it is point to remember under his demonstration were two other countries in the alliance and continue the efforts to bolster deterrence and supporting ukraine's budgetary reform. it was under his demonstration. host: he did not stand in the way because u.s. could've have veto powers? guest: correct. those are u.s. program so he could have stopped it. host: ray calling for michigan on the republican line. caller: ukraine had a chance to join nato but they do not want to anger putin. they decided not to join. why is the united states spending trillions of dollars to defend the nation that not want to defend themselves? they say they fight for it but they would not join nato. it is time for the u.s. to start taking care the pe

republican. i did vote for obama who was democrat at the time. der for us to decide as a republican who we vote for is what we decide. not to be judged just because we are republican. it is a disgrace that we are labeled in this country as people being republicans something to vote for trump that there something wrong with us. there is not. when trump was president, i never felt more safe in this country, especially with the economy, especially with putting up the border which you cannot have a country -- host: do you think you will support him again? caller: yes, sir. definitely. they took him out. they took away our vote. they did not let trump do what he wanted to do even when he was president at the time. we were booming. the country knows that. they do not want to safety in this country for their children or for the future of the country there something wrong with that. host: we will expand our conversation on the political candidates in our next hour. bill in venice, florida. good morning. caller: i want to address a little bit what you are

republican. i did vote for obama who was democrat at the time. der for us to decide as a republican who we vote for is what we decide. not to be judged just because we are republican. it is a disgrace that we are labeled in this country as people being republicans something to vote for trump that there something wrong with us. there is not. when trump was president, i never felt more safe in this country, especially with the economy, especially with putting up the border which you cannot have a country -- host: do you think you will support him again? caller: yes, sir. definitely. they took him out. they took away our vote. they did not let trump do what he wanted to do even when he was president at the time. we were booming. the country knows that. they do not want to safety in this country for their children or for the future of the country there something wrong with that. host: we will expand our conversation on the political candidates in our next hour. bill in venice, florida. good morning. caller: i want to address a little bit what you are

the debate about ukraine and nato is not a republican democratic debate. a debate within both parties and a split within the republican party between video -- neo greagon group and the trump group. guest: i'm nothing good to say about former president trump handling of nato except on one very narrow issue which is before we say anti-nato it is point to remember under his demonstration were two other countries in the alliance and continue the efforts to bolster deterrence and supporting ukraine's budgetary reform. it was under his demonstration. host: he did not stand in the way because u.s. could've have veto powers? guest: correct. those are u.s. program so he could have stopped it. host: ray calling for michigan on the republican line. caller: ukraine had a chance to join nato but they do not want to anger putin. they decided not to join. why is the united states spending trillions of dollars to defend the nation that not want to defend themselves? they say they fight for it but they would not join nato. it is time for the u.s. to start taking care the pe

for almost 200 years americans have generally been stuck with 2 political choices, either democrat or republican. but can that ever change? let's get to the bottom line. the american politics is mostly a 0 sum game. instead of debate on how to move the country forward, democrats and republicans both believe that their way is the only way, and everyone else is sort of the enemy. instead of civil debate, we see a lot of threats in french warfare and as american political institutions deteriorate and become more and more toxic citizens have also become more polarized . the country is full of small parties, offering a 3rd way, but none have really taken off the ground. so is there any way to make american politics more representative, more responsive, more diverse and more stable? today we're talking with lead druckman senior fellow in the political reform program at the new america foundation and author of breaking the 2 party do loop the case for multi party democracy in america. and also holly page, one of the co founders of no labels, a fairly new political organization that supports a centrist

a republican would not blame a democrat and a democrat could not blame a republican because in the executive, you would have both parties at the table getting things done. host: this is mark in philadelphia on the oppose line, good morning. caller: good morning. i oppose this, this is nothing more than a boldfaced attempt by trump supporters to get him back in, it is another hail mary. there was a case in arizona where the arizona democrat and i think state legislature is trying to get donors to this sham party, the donor list made public. no labels refuses to do it. at the end of the day, we know who is behind this. it is probably some far right oligarch who wants a to get in. do you know they are not going to run a ticket if ron desantis gets the nomination? what does that tell you? it tells you it is aiding and abetting the former president. host: nancy from minnesota, also on the opposed line for the no labels effort. good morning, you are next. caller: good morning. i am totally in favor of keeping the party, it gives you a background and gives ideology, rather than no label. no label g

fact checking, both republican and democrat, you've got people like david david cay johnston, a republican checked what trump said when he was president. and there was tens of thousands of lies recorded during his four years. and before, of course. so, yeah, that's one of the major reasons why. and what we need though is c-span to find a republican guy who's saying what this gentleman's saying. the problem is, of course, the exteam republicans -- extreme republicans, the maga republicans and even people in charge now in the congress republicans in the house, their attitude is that if you -- if it's a democratic idea about a nonpartisan commission to investigate electionmo fraud, tn if it's a democratic idea, then it's probably a scam. so if you're a republican and you go for that, then we're going to penalize you for doing that. anyway, i'll hang up. but keep up the great work there. >> guest: thanks. yeah, this actually have been a lot of republican and conservative reviews of the election. i think the best one is one called lost, not stolen, which you can find at lostnotstolen.org. and i

the map does favor republicans slightly. there are 23 democratsfor reelection, 11 republicans, and the top seats republicans are targeting our jon tester in montana, sherrod brown in ohio, and joe manchin in west virginia. of those 23 democratic held senate seats, those are the only three were trump has blown them out of the water. 39 points in montana -- in west virginia, 18 in montana and eight in ohio. those will be vulnerable seats. however, it is not just the map that is your destiny here. it is also the candidates. republicans had a big issue last year in the senate with poor candidate recruitment and some more exotic nominees on the republican side who were able to sail through a primary but were a little unpalatable to general election voters. republicans are trying to counter that. host: i want to ask you about recruitment. there are some states struggling with that. guest: yes in second-tier competitive seats. we mentioned montana, ohio and west virginia. republicans have gotten big recruits in all three. they have tim she he in montana.

host: we look at the house republicans legislation. the democratsg to reintroduce the bill. there is the counterpoint to the republican plan. the freedom to vote act, it was extending voting by mail, it would increase cyber security measures for voting machines, provide more money for additional poll workers and introduce nonpartisan postelection audits and strengthen donor disclosure requirements for super pac. guest: similar to what they have introduced in the last couple congress is. republicans have a large set of priorities. but it is unlikely to go anywhere. if the bill could not pass when democrats were in charge of the house, the senate and the presidency, it is unlikely to pass now in the biden government. these are happening at the state level. in many states, these are reforms that democratically led states are doing. some republican reforms are being done in republican states but the idea that we are going to see federal legislation setting a standard on all of these issues is very unlikely. host: i want to get to a text, a question from

when you look at the democratic party and the republican party electorates, a greater share of democratic voters consider themselves to be moderate voters compared to republican voters, and when you look at voters who voted for third-party candidates, gary johnson or jill stein, by a nearly 40% margin, those voters said they voted for joe biden as opposed to donald trump. so many data points suggest if joe manchin were to get ouch the race, it would siphon off votes from joe biden. as manchin says, we don't know who the candidates would be and there are a lot of variables at play here. what we know is no labels will likely be on presidential ballots on states across the country. >> what does it say about the idea of a no labels ticket, and we don't know who it's going to be yet. but so far what they have put out are two white men. is that who they think really works for the middle of the country, the vast middle of the electorate? >> i'm not sure who they think works for the vast majority of the electorate. obviously these are the two front people as vaughn said for the moment. it is not

democrats and the senate are going to have to sit down with republicans in the house and figure this t. host: to what degree are senate democrats willing to accept a lower number to begin with? guest: we are not sure. they are marking up at the levels that they have been given. that maximum level, which is what has happened in the past and sort of his custom he hurt -- customary. we are unsure. we have not gotten through that much of the process yet. we need to see how that plays out and i'm sure we will get to that. host: one of the things that is also scheduled to be discussed later on this week is something called the national authorization act. can you explain what that is when it comes to defense spending? guest: congress needs to pass a defense authorization act each year. it's one of the only things that is passed -- one of the few things that is passed annually. so, yeah. it funds the defense apartment, the pentagon. a lot of defense activities. what is interesting is this is usually a vehicle for other political fights. other things are usually attached to this. for example,

republicans. they always did away with the democrats. ey have two whistleblowers and the republican party gets president biden, and we found that one was a crook. nobody is talking about that. host: james, we got your point. i think he is talking about the fact that perhaps transparency could help? he mentioned january 6. a lot of the people who testified to the january 6 committee were fellow republicans who were criticizing trump. i think he was talking about that partisanship. what are your thoughts? guest: it is true that if you look at the january 6 committee and a lot of the testimony being sought by the special counsel, it is almost entirely republicans who were testifying with factual information about what occurred. it probably also brings up a point about the electoral college which, of course, there is an active discussion going on and disagreements about whether the electoral college system we have, which only affects the presidential election, which, of course, says the electoral votes as determined by the states decide the p

now you just have liberal democrats and conservative republicans. rban, cosmopolitan places represented by democrats and traditional rural places represented did by republicans. alongside that you had the nationalization of our politics. cap a few thousand votes here or there, gore would have been president instead of george w. bush. when you combine the sorting of the politics and the nationalization you have a recipe for hyper-partisan winner take all polarization both parties are trying and it never actually seems to sustain itself. rather than if zero-sum winner take all us versus them fight that is destroying this country and splitting us in half, we try something different in which we have multiple parties and no one party is trying to dominate and gain total control. instead what we are working towards is a system in which there are compromises and coalitions and very few permanent entities. that is how our country used to work when we had a multisystem party. host: this russian from tom in erie, pennsylvania. if we had more political parties,

republicans because they are tired of seeing what is happening. everybody in this country knows it. i love your type. -- your tie. caller: this jack smith, he went after democrats. there is no deep state because even william barr couldn't find it deep state. you have republicans up on charges and fake collectors. this is not deep state or doj thing. they broke the law. if you break a law you do the time. that is all there is. host: kevin mentioned the michigan case or the new charges i should say of 16 fake collectors with forgery felonies. the michigan attorney general filed felony charges who acted as fake collectors for donald trump accusing them of submitting false certificates despite joe biden's victory in the state. a democrat announced that all 16 people would face a criminal charges including forgery and conspiracy. the top charges carry 14 years in prison. this includes cap the burden as well as the cochair of the michigan republican party and shelby township clerk. leonard is on the democrats line in houston, texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. the caller from hawaii had it right. i just wish she would call these people out on their lives. i

most of us are like this, democrats and republicans. st: if that is the case, why not a third-party made of one of each of that is the case? caller: one of each of what? host: you said democrats and republicans largely believe the same things, why not a third-party party representing both of those interests? caller: no, then there's going to be a fourth and a fifth. if you got rid of all parties and had the american party, may be something like that, i do not know. the founding fathers said once we come up with the party system, you will tear america apart. that has happened. but no. host: tyler in west virginia, hello. supporting the effort. caller: hi, i support this because the two-party system is not working. everybody can see that. there is no such thing as a spoiler election because most people want a united nation, they would support something like this if they support the greater good of the nation. abraham lincoln was a third-party, we all know how great of a president he was. host: why do you think such an approach will work in

democrats (202) 748-8000 republicans (202) 748-8001 independents (202) 748-8002. t's start with democrat line,. , good, thank you for calling. p, in florida. caller: this is terrel. host: sorry wrong person. , democrat line. hello. caller: hello you're on. i love when you have republican only our. it is like a political -- but let me get into bidenomics of course it is working. this guy has done nothing less than a phenomenal job as a president in the first two years he was in office. the only other president that did that was barack obama. i cannot believe that with a straight face they can say all that crack. biden's programs were paid for. -- trump being better on the economy. it is not bidens fault that we have -- host: when it comes to bidenomics itself you say it is working what do you used to measure that? caller: everything in the economy. he has gotten the economy back on the right way. it is not his fault that people do not realize is. most americans know little to nothing about policy, government, how it works or does not work, that is why we keep electi

democrats (202) 748-8000 republicans (202) 748-8001 independents (202) 748-8002. t's start with democrat line,. , good, thank you for calling. p, in florida. caller: this is terrel. host: sorry wrong person. , democrat line. hello. caller: hello you're on. i love when you have republican only our. it is like a political -- but let me get into bidenomics of course it is working. this guy has done nothing less than a phenomenal job as a president in the first two years he was in office. the only other president that did that was barack obama. i cannot believe that with a straight face they can say all that crack. biden's programs were paid for. -- trump being better on the economy. it is not bidens fault that we have -- host: when it comes to bidenomics itself you say it is working what do you used to measure that? caller: everything in the economy. he has gotten the economy back on the right way. it is not his fault that people do not realize is. most americans know little to nothing about policy, government, how it works or does not work, that is why we keep electi

only nine democrats voted against the resolution. 412 democrats and republicans voted for it. are some of the most outspoken members of the democratic party. one of that 9 was alexandra oh because you cortez, who does not -- 9 was aoc. she gets lots of time on social media, which is not helpful for the democratic party heading into a reelection year. host: pramila jayapal voted in favor of the measure. guest: she said she was -- she apologized. she said she was trying to say that she was against members of netanyahu's government who are racist. there, is that view and may not be widespread but views like jayapal have traction in the st progressive areas of the party. host: here is what congresswo jayapal said. "words do matter so it is rtant i clarify my statement. i do not believe the i israel as a nation is racist. i believe net's extreme right wing government has engaged in outricist policies and extreme racists driving th policy within the current government. i think it is the duty of us trying to make the world a more just and equitable place to callout netanyahu's complic

we talk about morals and values between republicans and democrats. guest claimed we had the same values. i don't think so. what parent in their right mind, republican or democrat would be come on, let me teach you about oral sex. what? >> if the parent wants to do it, as much as i think there is too early of an age to introduce it. >> julie: there is no age, 0. >> if we talk about 16 and 17-year-old and having that conversation. >> julie: maybe. >> when we talk about 11 and 9-year-olds it is ridiculous. the fact they chose this book gender queer. why they did this. it's controversial to parents and to conservative groups. that's the only reason they chose this book. this is like they are trying to troll these parents. but they are doing so at the expense of children who will now have access to a book that's very clearly not appropriate for them from that age or for that age. they try to twist this into well you are only upset because it has something to do with queerness or lbgtq and they keep adding letters and emojis. but they have to acknowledge th

they say a unity ticket with the republican and democrat here so i see a democrat and republican, and i will ask the obvious question, is this the presidential ticket? >> do you want y to enter that r me and asked what we view is basically to explain to you that when you options. the options may be moving the parties are basically have receded to their alcohol extreme right in the extreme left. and that's not who we are pickets that what we've come from, except the country we are we are basically saying common sense we're going to run the country, i appreciate no labels doing what they have done, nancy and the entire team here, thank you, i want to thank st. anselm's college institute of politics like us to be a i think this is fantastic what you think governor jon tester where is governor sununu? i know we see are similar. i just saw him he's back about governor sununu, thank you.. [applause] >> chris thanks for allowing us here. senator shaheen and senator hassan, we appreciate an archer working with them but i can tell you i've been here for 13 years. why are you here? john and i a

democrats, (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, and independents, (202) 748-8002.an also text us and interact with us on social media. noah, your organization put out a report called the case for donald trump's disqualification under the 14th amendment. explain that. how would that work? guest: the 14th amendment to the constitution, which was ratified in the aftermath of the civil war, contains a provision that most people have forgotten about in the 150 plus years since, which says that, if a person swears an oath to support the constitution and then engages in insurrection against it, that person is disqualified from office. what the framers of the 14th amendment had in mind is people who tried to overthrow the government, overthrow the democracy, should not be in charge of it, and specifically they were thinking of confederates in the wake of the civil war. so that was part of the 14th amendment. that is not the part that most people remember now. and in the years after the 14th amendment, most people just understood that and accepted it and confederate leaders

, not that it matters because the secretary of defense should think of themselves as a democrat or republican but people who have served in democratic and republican administrations have said over and over again that he's compromising our national security, which is of course exactly the conclusion that anyone looking at this with common sense would believe. that our generals and admirals actually make a difference. the head of the joint chiefs of staff actually makes a difference. if that's not the case, if that's not the case we are in worse trouble than i thought. and if it is the case, if what he is saying is right, it doesn't matter, doesn't make any difference, and how can he claim to be acting on this incredibly important principle since it doesn't matter? as he says, these military positions are being fulfilled by acting officials, by acting officials here he says the generals as i sit are not important for the admirals are not important or they can be filled by active officials but we don't need a marine corps commandant, madam president, in his mind it doesn't matter. we don't need

how do you think the democrats and republicans coexist on that? guest: my belief is that florida is one of the nine states where there are already rules against race conscious admissions. this is a question of how the states implement these decisions. they go around the particular school systems, they have to study the case, some schools already decided they have read the case to mean that race conscious scholarship decisions will no longer be possible so the university of missouri, which includes four public universities, more than 7000 students a year. the university of kentucky have decided on their reading of the case, that race will no longer be a plus factor in the awarding of scholarships. on the question of president biden and others weighing in, it is important for universities to build in. we are waiting for college leaders to think about how we design a college class. host: what you think this will do as far as campus discussions on connected admissions -- admissions duck boat guest: -- admissions? guest: there will be tough to say. i d

republican extremism whenever necessary. that was our commitment to the american people. and we continue to do just that. earlier this morning, on the floor of the house of representatives, democrats and republicans came together to re-authorize the federal aviation administration. in a bipartisan way. once again illustrating that there is the opportunity to find common ground. in the best interests of the american people. when a bill does not contain the type of poison pill items that are designed to jam the extreme right wing ideology of many republicans down the throats of the american people. at the same time, when republicans take a bipartisan piece of legislation like the national defense authorization act, attack the women of america, attack reproductive freedom, attack the lgbtq community, attack diverse communities all across the country, and undermine our national security and the ability of our military to recruit from every corner of america, we're going to oppose that type of extremism. and that will be our approach as we continue. so next week, we'll have an opportunity perhaps to vote on a few of the appropriations bills which are not going in the right direction. b

they say unity ticket with a republican and a democrat. i see a democrat and a republican. [laughter] i will ask the obvious question, is this the presidential ticket? >> do you want to answer that warming? -- answer that for me? >> we need options, the options may be removing the parties that have receded to their extremes. that is not we are. -- who we are. we are saying "common sense", i appreciate no labels doing what they have done. i want to thank the college and the institute of politics or allowing us to be here, it is fantastic. i want to thank governor sununu, i know he is here somewhere. thank you. [applause] thank you for allowing us here. to my two colleagues, we appreciate -- i can tell you i have been there for 13 years, people say, why are you here? we started this 12 years ago. he became the first cochairs of no labels. a democrat and a republican mirrored both governors, i was the governor of west virginia, he was the governor of utah. how do you ring with parties together to make correct decisions? you can do it without an ally. >> argue considering a pre

he had been a republican, became a democrat, served three terms left, and went back to being a republican again. and there are other examples like that. teddy roosevelt of course, being the manifestly obvious one of someone with a party of bolting that party. so the what? one of the themes that emerges, i think, from the two gentlemen's papers to on my on the panel with me is that in this period, progressivism could mean different things at different times. and i think it's right to stress that coolidge's progressivism was very much for the most oriented toward improve working conditions, health conditions of people in the factories and i can give more examples later on, perhaps if you want some. so it was it was a kind of of of attentiveness to bringing everybody into the commonwealth of massachusetts to the common good being emphasized. and i think that's was that that was a significant progressive streak in coolidge, which helped, of course, make him electable across party lines. and that's part of the mix that i think needs to be emphasized. and i think it came through that this perio

you can call in democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, independents (202) 748-8002. ur column has wisconsin as number five which is tammy bollen. guest: she is a strong democrat a tough one for the republican cycle. this is a presidential year and republicans do well in wisconsin. they have a chance and that is that simple. they look at a couple of those -- and a businessman in wisconsin. he lost in 2012. they are hopeful that they can take her down but it will be tough. baldwin is in a group of -- a cluster of democrats who all share the same traits. you have her and bob, and jackie. they are all in those states. republicans could do well. given the trendline and whatnot. and republicans are trying to get there feel. there trying to get mccormick in the race there. and they got sam brown in the race out8 in nevada to take on jacky rosen. i think we will see all of the races and republicans have a tense in all of those. they may but right now democrats have a competitive in vantage -- competitive advantage in all three states. host: democrats claim they can go in offe

reasonable basis for belief that a violation of rules or law did occur, we referred 104 cases. 52 democrats, 52 republicans. in all these years of oc, 15 years, 52 democrats, 52 republicans. this is a coincidence, we don't choose which party to attack. it demonstrates nonpartisanship and that there is an equal number of folks in both parties would occasionally make mistakes. -- occasionally or purposely make mistakes. why do we serve, there is no glory in serving on this board. certainly not for the money. why do we do this? why do we spend so much time reviewing all these 50,000 allegations and going through all this evidence and reading huge amounts, because the greatest honor that we have ever had in our minds was serving here. in this institution. and all of us, i'm speaking for myself but i am sure that i speak for all of us, all of us have a preference for the house. a love of this institution. we wanted to be as good as it can be. we wanted to be great. this is the people's house. you can't be appointed to the house represented, you can only get elected. and so we are so proud to serve here and that

the people who elected you as a democrat lady not a republican.ul self-and you should be let go because you are a lying lump of nothing. they don't elect a republican, you idiot. be marjorie taylor greene sidekick. what a class act. you will fit right into her pa they thick mold you moron. other ones are so wad. meisha may nor joins us now. >> it's really sad. started each statement or response with a response dear democrat i'm really sorry that you feel this way. this is just the kind of treatment that i was receiving for the past three, four years. and so it doesn't surprise me but luckily the democrats have helped me build a tough skin so for your listeners out there, i am fine. let's pray for those that are sending those messages. >> >> brian: since you made the move, you have spoken to the governor, governor kemp. what has been the governor's reaction and do you think you two could work together. >> i plan on working with every single republican and democrat for that matter. but, the governor's response it me switching was positive. we worked

republicans. they always did away with the democrats. ave two whistleblowers and the republican party gets president biden, and we found that one was a crook. nobody is talking about that. host: james, we got your point. i think he is talking about the fact that perhaps transparency could help? he mentioned january 6. a lot of the people who testified to the january 6 committee were fellow republicans who were criticizing trump. i think he was talking about that partisanship. what are your thoughts? guest: it is true that if you look at the january 6 committee and a lot of the testimony being sought by the special counsel, it is almost entirely republicans who were testifying with factual information about what occurred. it probably also brings up a point about the electoral college which, of course, there is an active discussion going on and disagreements about whether the electoral college system we have, which only affects the presidential election, which, of course, says the electoral votes as determined by the states decide the presi

two years ago, republicans in the house, 102 republicans voted in secret to join it nancy pelosi's democrats and bring back this earmark, the currency of corruption. last year, before mccarthy was elected speaker, they again today secret vote. this time, 158 republicans joined democrats to bring back remarks. in december of last year, the bilby's -- the bill signed between christmas and new marks, many earmarks were stepped into that year end budget bill. $16 billion worth of projects. just seven republicans earmarked $3.1 billion in that bill. host: we want to open it up to the phone lines. i want to give our viewers the numbers to call to talk about earmarks, government spending and your opinions on whether there is waste and fraud. democrats, your line is (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can also send a text message, (202) 748-8003. representative mike simpson, a republican from idaho, put out what he calls a defensive earmarks. they call them community project funding. i want to read you an excerpt of what he said in that defense posted on bs

republicans. they always did away with the democrats. ave two whistleblowers and the republican party gets president biden, and we found that one was a crook. nobody is talking about that. host: james, we got your point. i think he is talking about the fact that perhaps transparency could help? he mentioned january 6. a lot of the people who testified to the january 6 committee were fellow republicans who were criticizing trump. i think he was talking about that partisanship. what are your thoughts? guest: it is true that if you look at the january 6 committee and a lot of the testimony being sought by the special counsel, it is almost entirely republicans who were testifying with factual information about what occurred. it probably also brings up a point about the electoral college which, of course, there is an active discussion going on and disagreements about whether the electoral college system we have, which only affects the presidential election, which, of course, says the electoral votes as determined by the states decide the presi

democrats and republicans should _ democrats and republicans should unify behind that.ly way— should unify behind that. the only way israel will be a secure _ only way israel will be a secure nation is when that is achieved, _ secure nation is when that is achieved, and that requires a palestinian leader with a commitment to peace rather than israel_ commitment to peace rather than israel cosmic destruction. when we get — israel cosmic destruction. when we get to — israel cosmic destruction. when we get to that point, i be among _ we get to that point, i be among the loudest voices for that— among the loudest voices for that process.— among the loudest voices for that process. president biden called the _ that process. president biden called the relationship - that process. president biden i called the relationship between the us and israel unshakeable but he has also expressed concern about the cabinet of benjamin netanyahu, he calls it extreme. how do you see the relationship evolving between president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu? i think good friends

most, democrat, republican, independent, agree with that.h social media teams in the 2020 election and more so when joe biden took place which much of this information is focused on. united states government began telling big tech companies, twitter, facebook, instagram, making threats gaenz them and if they did not do what the united states government wanted them to do, there would be circumstances. the government can't do what it would be prevented from doing itself. i read this opinion and i couldn't stop saying, thank you, finally, this is difficult for the biden administration to overturn and i hope the media, "new york times," post, msnbc, cnn, will cover this and recognize it for what it is. the judge said, i believe this is greatest infringement any of us have seen occur in our lives. it cannot be allowed and we are getting judges pushing back. this could be the most consequential opinion of the 21st century by district court judge. right up there, i am sure you remember this, floridian judge did it, a judge bravely said, you can't h