>> how concerned are you about the past comments of margaret greene? >> i'm concerned about the republican leadership in the house of representatives who is willing to overlook and ignore those statements assigning her to the education committee when she has mocked the killing of little children at sandy hook elementary school. when she has mocked the killing of teenagers in high school at marjory stoneman douglas high school. what could they be thinking. thinking is too generous a word from what they might be doing. it's absently appalling i think the focus has to be on the republican leadership of this house of representatives for the disregard they have for the death of those children. not only are they not interested in gun safety and gun violence prevention by passing legislation for background check legislation which is overwhelmingly supported in a bipartisan way in the country but to have someone who would mock and call it fake those events put on the education committee is just beyond, is just beyond any understanding of any regard that the ho

he said, margaret taylor green is a carrier of the virus, as it were, nia.s representative of something. she's representative of the republican party. some of the polling i have seen on how many republicans believe some aspect of this crazy and dangerous and anti-semitic qanon theory, anywhere from 20 to 40% of republicans and trump voters believe some aspect of it. so she is representing those people. hopefully, it's just 20%, but even if it's just 20%, that's a big portion of the population. that's a big portion of the republican party. and again, it seems to be growing. and you see kevin mccarthy, he at one point actually said that marjorie taylor greene had denounced qanon. she has not denounced qanon and she got that plum committee assignment, as well. and there is this broad range of conspiracy theories, whether it's 9/11 trutherism, marjorie taylor greene seems to be adherent to all of those andtai in the republican party and it is not just crazy, it is dangerous. we saw that on january 6th. some of those people had on "q" t-shirts, they were qanon ad

senator margaret smith of main, senator tomas of oklahoma, senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio. here is the senator himself. his daily work typifies of all senators. reading and answers letters from his constituents. this is as it should be are his neighbors and those that support made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituent come to call in person to seek jobs, ask favors to make proposals. letters or people must get personal attention and those that call in person must receive, their problems discussed and answered. national lawmakers must be sensitive to the constantly shifting opinions and criticisms of the public. as expressed over the radio -- >> spending is the favorite occupation of the administration, a million here and a billion there. >> the newspapers or editorial columns. and in television bringing praise or criticism to the senator of massachusetts and his colleagues. magazines are another check. this freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democracy. but the most direct contact of all is talking to neighbor

margaret smith of maine. senator thomas of oklahoma. senator green of rhode island. senator taft of ohio.e is the senator himself. his daily work typifies that of all lawmakers. half of his average day is spent reading and answering letters from his constituents. this is as it should be for these constituents are his neighbors, and the voters who made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituents come to call in person to seek jobs, to ask for favors, to make proposals. letters or people must be given personal attention. many letters must have individual answers and, those who call in person must be received, their problems discussed and answered. national lawmakers must be sensitive to the constantly-shifting opinions and criticism of the public as expressed over the radio. >> spending is a favorite occupation of the administration. a million here, a billion there. narrator: in newspapers. whether in the news or editorial columns. and the medium of television brings praise or criticism to this senator from massachusetts and his colleagues. magazi

john meachem, how is it the party of margaret chase smith is now the party of marjorie taylor greene? and with each new day, each new big dig in her social media, and in the last 24 hours, she believes it was a jewish funded space laser that started the california fire in 2018. it was trying to defoliate for high speed rail. i know he had some doozies but have we ever had an elective representative in congress this disconnected from reality? that is a high bar. >> i don't think so. and i must say, as an episcopalian, we don't have a high speed laser. >> how do you think we catholics feel. >> we can go on. mercifully, we won't. the answer to your question is that the party of margaret chase smith was also the part of joe mccarthy, and there is a strain in the republican party that goes back to the end of the second world war. born in the paranoia and the fear, some reel fears about communism, the sense that fdr sold us out of right wing conspiracy thinking. you saw it move through the john birch society and you saw it flower anew in a new century. not be overly grand, franklin roosevel