brittany packnett cunningham, alaina beverly, and kurt bardella. tart with you on this round. your reaction to this untested funding approach from the new speaker? back to square one, six days ago. >> well, it's the least shocking center that a speaker that was just thrown into office after two books of chaos has no idea what he's doing and isn't over his head. that republicans are not going to resume their tide anticipates refugee of attacking one another and creating a spiraling -- spiraling government shutdown of which they have no idea how to get out of. they'll pay a price for. this they seem to be intent on reminding the american people, every six of the, they have no earthly idea what you're doing. they're clearly too caught up in their own drama and their own interpersonal conflicts to be trusted with the rights of power. it's unfolding and is backed up -- you threw out one. speaker even one of your own maga right wing constitutional conservative, whatever you want to call it, in the seat of power. and here we are, a few weeks into the speak

kurt bardella and luke broadwater are back with me.e got to listen to some of the republican chaos from this week. >> -- kevin mccarthy walked by, he elbowed me in the kidneys as he walked by. conococheague off-guard. >> you felt it was on purpose, and not an accident? >> 100 percent on purpose. >> i did not run and hit the guy. i did not kidney punch him. >> you didn't shove him? >> no! >> look, if i were to hit someone, they would know i hit them. >> sir, this is a time this is a place. you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. we can finish it here. >> that's fine, perfect. >> you want to do right now? >> i would love to do right now. >> stand your butt up then. >> you stand your butt up. >> okay, no, no sit down. sit down. you are united states senator! >> bernie! [laughs] >> he is threatening -- he wants to fight a teamster? that is gutsy! luke, in all seriousness, and that was some craziness this past week on capitol hill. is that the new normal? or, are people losing their mind simply because they have been in

joining me now is kurt bardella. kurt, always so good to see you. from donald trump all the time, but even i am noting that this latest rhetoric is beyond the pale. am i an outlier on this? >> no, it means you have a functioning brain, katie, and your ears and brain are connected and you're hearing all the things the rest of us normal sane people are hearing. let's be clear here -- after january 6th we know that it's not just rhetoric, it's not just performative, it's not just, i guess, entertainment, what some people might want to call it. this is real. the people that follow donald trump, his most ardent supporters, they hear his words and take them as marching orders take them as directions, and as we saw on january 6th, they act on them. so this isn't just harmless play room donald trump, oh that's what he does, it's hyperbole. this is dangerous. the fact that so many people in the republican party are willing to whitewash what happened january 6th tell mess their plan going forward is if they don't get their way politically they'll instruct the