that thy have said and this has been an area of frustration when it came out recently that marjorie taylor green was taken off the committee and that's why it they were coming up every day and that includes why kevin mccarthy didn't take them off the intelligence committee. and i wish i had another alternative. >> we are talking about feeling a lot of people in the republican party havey right nw one of the main politicalso characters was president trump he kind of push forward with his agenda and he did get a lot done and he divided it, and he also suffered a lot of criticisms as well. so the voters have demonstratedd well with their own party and some are frustrated because they don't like president trump we should see if they can get rid of the lawmakers lawmakers like marjorie taylor green, so there's dividing line in the party especially of the former president gets involved and starts endorsing and campaigning for people. you will see those lines even more.is >> host: joining us is clay, thank you for joining us today, clay. >> caller: thank you for accepting myr call today. my question is

georgia representative marjorie taylor greene hasn't shied away from controversy in the past but she s to be distancing herself from this america first caucus. what do you know? >> reporter: congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is walking back reporting and statements from her own office that she was going to laurnch this america first caucus a draft proposal showed harsh nativist language and racist language. this comes one day after her office told me that she would be launching this caucus and to keep an eye out for what it represents very soon. you know, one of the draft proposals, the seven-page draft proposal said that this caucus would promote a common respect for uniquely angelo saxon political traditions. now her office is walking back these claims that she is going to launch this caucus. they told me yesterday in a statement, this was an early planning proposal and nothing was agreed to or approved. of course this comes a day after marjorie taylor greene faced a lot of backlash from leaders in her own party, namely house minority leader kevin mccarthy who tweeted not directl

marjorie taylor-greene is clearly more empowered than ever.s path to political survival is backing white nationalism and clinging to this america first agenda that i really don't see how the language is not that different from david duke campaign literature when he was a kkk klansman. it is absolutely terrible. you compare then when you had george h.w. bush strongly denouncing david duke and everyone in the republican party and the leadership, it just is so pitiful that we're watching the leadership essentially cow down to these elements within the party that are -- that its ultimate destruction at the end of the day as the country's demographics do change and republicans make it difficult to win any elections that they have not been able to pass voter suppression laws at the republican -- in the republican-held legislatures at the state level. >> zerlina, as you look at the prospective name of this new caucus, right? america first. that sounds like donald trump language. >> oh, it is donald trump language, alex, because donald trump essential

and a lot of things in this document from marjorie taylor greene shows up in a gentler form in this policy institute, which you might as well call the trump policy institute because that's really what it is. marjorie taylor greene is a danger to our nation when it comes to just about everything that we stand for. anybody who stands with her is standing against america. they are not putting america first. and she really -- i mean, she doesn't even have a committee assignment. they already stripped her of those things, and at this -- so this is what she's been doing with her free time. anyone that stands with her must be stripped of their committee assignments as well. >> so, chris, i'm trying to drill down on this. what do you -- what do you think is the motive here for a caucus like this? the establishment of a caucus like this. >> well, i'm not sure what the motive is but i will say this, which is while she's attacking the media today, what's striking is that some of the strongest condemnation is coming from her own house republican colleagues, but she does say one very true thing in her

we have this new statement coming from marjorie taylor greene's spokesperson, that essentially says she'sit on her own terms. i will read you some of that statement now, it from nick dire, the spokesperson for marjorie taylor greene saying, this was an early plan proposal, nothing was agreed to or approved. this does not mean however that anything is scrapped. as earlier statement described, she plans on driving president trump's america first agenda with your professional colleagues, and will not let the immediate dictator plans. keep in mind, we have a statement from nick dire, the spokesperson, just on friday that says something different, but included quote, the on the lookout for the release of the america first caucus platform, when it's announce to the public very soon. so a bit of backtracking there but these updates statements come as we are seeing leadership coming from the republican party against this platform, the house minority leader mccarthy, the number three republican in the house, liz cheney, head of the freedom caucus wooden speaking out against it. we have heard from

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. >> reporter: alex, we're starting to see congresswoman marjorie taylor greene distance herself from documents obtained by punchbowl news that outlined what the america first caucus would look like. it mentioned, quote, a common respect for uniquely anglo-saxon political traditions, and a warning that mass immigration poses a threat to the long term existential future. this comes as marjorie taylor greene's office had previously confirmed to nbc news that this america first caucus was coming but then issued a new statement after further backlash from republican leaders. the new statement says this was an early planning proposal and nothing was agreed to or approved. this doesn't mean that anything was skrabd. scrapped. that of me statement from her spokesperson said be on the lookout for the release of the american first caucus platform when it's announced to the public very soon. as i said, these statements come amid growing backlash including from republican leaders. it is swift and bipartisan. we heard from congressman ruben gallego, take a listen to what he shared on msnbc. >> th

first raised apparently by congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. rder and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely anglo-saxon political traditions." you know, after significant bipartisan pushback greene is -- she tried to somewhat distance herself. but is there a bigger constituency in the u.s., mehdi, than we would think, at least before the last few years that would embrace these ideals? i mean, truly embrace them. >> sadly the answer is yes. for far too long we have referred to the marjorie taylor greens and the paul gosars and the matt gaetz as the people behind these sorts of documents as fringe figures. the reality is they're not fringe figures. they may be peddling ideas that we have seen as fringe for many years. this anglo-saxon rhetoric, this america first rhetoric, plenty of historians over the last 48 hours is stray from the playbook of the kkk. it's not hyperbole to say this is ku klux klan receipt trkt 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, straight, almost lifted word for word from kkk documents. but you know, it's been around for a w

congressman matt gaetz tweeted that he was joining marjorie taylor greene in this caucus.t the justice department is investigating whether or not he had a sexual relationship with a minor, whether he paid for her to travel with him. we'll point out that matt gaetz has denied all allegations. he has not been charged. the investigation is still ongoing. but this week, i know, olivia, that you talked to several house republicans who came back to the hill for the first time this week since the break and also since the news broke and you asked about gaetz and his political future. i'm so curious to know what they told you. what are their thoughts on that? >> this was sort of political kryptonite. no republican lawmakers that we talked to really wanted their names attached to a story talking about matt gaetz and alleged possible sex trafficking with 17-year-old. we saw a republican member running down the hallway when he realized the question we were going to ask. we had some people saying, who? as a reaction. so, they really want to get away from this, and it also sort of encom

turning a blind eye to sex abuse allegations at a higher state which he worked there and marjorie taylor greeneelieves hillary clinton is behind a child trafficking cabal, those are your defenders? yeah, you're in trouble. >> let's pick up on marjorie taylor greene because i would like to show a video she posted. it's receiving backlash. she's working out. she writes, this is my covid protection. what's your reaction to this video and the message it sends, mehdi? >> the message is reckless, it's dangerous. we're seeing spikes across the country. covid has not gone away. but that ridiculousness you're seeing on your tv, marjorie taylor greene is a cross-fit fanatic. we know that. cross-fit have actually distanced themselves from her since her anti-semitic and other crazy remarks came about. but this idea you can throw weight in the air and that will stop a virus from infecting you is just so dumb that there's not enough words in the english language to describe how dumb it is. she's an epitome of what american politics on the right has become. the republican party, american politics today, alex,

and you're seeing people rally to marjorie taylor greene's defense. stuff. >> and i was surprised by mccarthy's reaction. that's usually not the way he goes on this stuff. usually, i don't know, he tends to be a passive and reactive dude. i would not have bet that he would have tried to do that. were you surprised by the tweet? >> i wasn't, because i've been covering mccarthy for more than a decade, and wrote a book in which he was a character. he would have said, is there a constituency that would go along with this? i think he believes this is wrong, but the way he views this, this is abhorrent to me, kevin mccarthy, and will be abhorrent to enough people that i can come out and dump on it. that's how i assume he would think about this. >> and steve scalise, just an important point here. i've covered the far right and this line of thinking for 20 years. this is all very familiar. the idea that the 1965 immigration law reform, an important distinction between 1965 and previous waves of settlers did not stay in the country at the expense of the native

thank you. >> thank you. >>> what republican congressman marjorie taylor greene is planning with like-mindedbers of congress and how there is immediate push back from her own party. details when we come back. renae runs with us on a john deere 1 series tractor. because out here, you can't fake a job well done. hear renae's story at deere.com with relapsing forms of ms, there's a lot to deal with. not just unpredictable relapses. all these other things too. who needs that kind of drama? kesimpta is a once-monthly at-home injection that may help you put this rms drama in its place. kesimpta was proven superior at reducing the rate of relapses, active lesions and slowing disability progression versus aubagio. don't take kesimpta if you have hepatitis b, and tell your doctor if you have had it, as it could come back. kesimpta can cause serious side effects, including infections. while no cases of pml were recorded in rms clinical trials, it could happen. tell your doctor if you had or plan to have vaccines, or if you are or plan to become pregnant. kesimpta may cause a decrease in some types of

gop reps marjorie taylor greene, paul gosar, they are reportedly creating this america first caucus.glo-saxon political traditions. how are fellow republicans responding? do you think this movement grows any real legs within the party? >> yeah, so given everything we know about representative marjorie taylor greene, it's not surprising that she would create a group like this, a caucus like this. and we can tell just based on who else has voiced their support for it, people like representative paul gose sxr gosar and representative matt gaetz, who is currently facing the sex trafficking probe, this group seems to be composed of lawmakers whose interests are more about creating publicity, making headlines, getting onto fox news, pushing these deeply nativist and frankly racist talking points. it shows they're less interested in legislating and passing legislation and just more interested in continuing to cater to the former president and his base. >> let me ask you, though, how you interpreted marjorie taylor greene's actions since this all came out and created quite a firestorm, right

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that mob invaded the capitol, senator josh hawley took in more than $3 million in donations, marjorie taylor greene she brought in three point $2 million, that is a massive amount in just three months. and, marjorie taylor greene clearly feels emboldened by the support because she is marching -- with a group of her white ring members of congress. it says that it recognizes that america is strengthened by a common respect for uniquely anglo-saxon political tradition. there are some coded language for you here, let's not forget that the university of chicago study showed that the theory that says that minorities are replacing the white population is a primary driver for capital rioters. surprise, surprise, the gop is learning the wrong lesson from the riot. rewarding the bad and punishing for good. just look at georgia's secretary of state, a republican, he refused to go along with trump's election lies and has since been condemned by the state republican party, who removed him up as chair of the georgia election board, apparently, that's what you get for defending democracy in the gop. joining us no

america first caucus , the group that circled around georgia republican and member of congress marjorie taylor greene reported part of the platform included respect for the uniquely anglo-saxon political traditions of the u.s.. this weekend, greene's staff said she is not launching anything. there was quite a lot of blowback. what do you think is happening? what does this mean politically? amy: it was not that long ago that party leaders in washington had the ability to keep their caucus together and keep some rebels from going out of bounds by limiting two things. one, access to donors. the other, access to good, plum committees. marjorie taylor greene has already been kicked off her committees. democrats instigated this. access to donors now has opened up because of the internet and the ability for candidates to raise a whole lot of money from small dollar donors. marjorie taylor greene is not the favorite of anyone in the establishment, but it looks like she has raised $3 million in the first three months of this year. it gets harder and harder for leadership to keep these folks on the same page a

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the conspiracy pedaling marjory taylor green she brought in $2.3 million, that's a massive amount in just three months. and marjorie taylor greene clearly feels emboldened by the support because she's launching an american first caucus. it, quote, recognizes that america is strengthened by a common respect for uniquely anglo-saxon political traditions. there's some coded language for you. let's not forget a university of chicago study found the great replacement theory which holds that immigrants and minorities are replacing the white population was a primary driver for capitol rioters, so surprise, surprise. the gop's learning the wrong lessons from the riot. rewarding the bad and punishing the good. just look at georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger, a republican. he refused to go along with trump's election lies and has since been condemned by the state republican party, removed him as chair of the georgia election board, apparently that's what you get for defending democracy in the gop. joining us now are erin haines, editor at large at the 19th and yamiche alcindor. tha

and -- and congresswoman, you know, it's not -- i mean, you know, marjorie taylor greene is, basicallyfund raraiser. i mean, she is basically just a provocateur to exist on twitter, to raise money, to, you know, empower herself and -- and grow her name. grow her brand. >> well, she should be a political activist. she shouldn't be a member of congress, representing people. and, look. listen. >> that's old-fashioned, though. that's so boring and you actually have to be on committees. you actually have to research and read and meet with people. and think of ideas, not your own. and consider and change your mind. no one wants to do that, anymore. she certainly doesn't. >> well, and it -- that's exac exactly what we actually need right now in america. i mean, we need people to actually research and look up and actually know what policies like immigration is going to do to help our economy. what inclusive policies are going to do to bring people to come along with us. i mean, this is essentially -- it -- it's really frustrating because, as a former member of congress, i respected every one a

i don't care about marjorie taylor green. if you all on tv want to talk about her, that's fine, but that's not my concern. >> you did -- hold on. >> the fact that kevin mccarthy is not even interested in decrying it, you know, that's just what the republican party is today. >> i'm with you. i'm just saying, i'm not about the party, that's your opinion. there's only one of two possibilities. i made up that you and other democrats made a move to get her out of the house or i'm telling the truth. i'm telling the truth, that's why i brought it up. but i'll play on your own footing. i think you guys are being exposed as all talk, no walk on immigration and i'll tell you why. the problems have always been there. and we saw that there is no real plan to do better yet. it's early in the administration, biden has a ton of things on his plate. but you guys don't have any great plans either. and him saying i am going to play with the number of people who come in. wait, no, i'm not. why? everybody jumped on him and said, no, no, no, you

that is the gro that surfaced around georgia republican member of congress marjorie taylor greene andll read this quote respect for the uniquely anglo saxon political traditions of the u.s. now this weekend greene staff said she is actually not launching anything. there was quite a lot of blowback here. but amy, i'm wondering briefly what do you think is happening here, what does this mean politically? >> it wasn't that long ago that party leaders in washington had an ability to sort of keep their caucus together and to keep some of their rebels from going out of bounds by limiting two things. one their access to donors and the other, their access to good, plum committees. we know that marjorie taylor greene has already been kicked off her committee, it was democrats that in-- instigated this but the access to doarns has now opened up because of, well, the internet. and the ability for candidates to raise a whole lot of money from small dollar donors. so marjorie taylor green is not the favorite of anyone in the the establishment but it looks like she has raised about 3 million dollar

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it's a pattern we've learned works, and a lot of people, like marjorie taylor greene, knew that, came out here, and harvested that to raise a ton of money. she's not on committees. she's not a serious legislator nobody takes her seriously when it comes to any piece of legislation, but yet she goes on and reflects anger and leads people astray and can raise money. what that does, her $3 million she raised meant that opponents of people like me weren't able to raise as much money as they maybe potentially couldave because somebody that maybe has $50 to give that month gives to the person that's the loudest, and not necessarily, you know, in their district or nearby. so, it's kind of a bit of a sponge for some of the other money for the crazies out there, but i think the other thing it shows is, the people are abusing the base republicans. they are abusing the people that we love and we represent. they're abusing their fears. they're abusing their emotions to steal their money. there are people out there abusing the innate patriotism of our party and americans and it's absolutely wrong.

this has been an area of frustration for me, particularly when marjorie taylor greene was taken off her committees because of some stupid things she had said in the past. during the russia investigation, eric swalwell and adam schiff were coming out every day and lying saying there was misinformation on president trump when they all knew it was not true. kevin mccarthy did not take them off the intelligence committee. i do not get it. same thing with liz cheney. they voted to keep her in leadership after she voted to impeach our president. i wish i had another alternative. what is your comment, susan? guest: i think you are talking about feelings a lot of people in the republican party have right now. the storyline about republicans has been a party divided. one of the main political characters who helped sort of highlight the dividing line was president trump because too many voters, he was fearless -- to many voters, he was fearless and unapologetic. he did get a lot done. of course, he divided the party. he also suffered a lot of criticism. the voters are frustrated with their own pa

they may think that nativism works or they may not, there i think marjorie taylor greene, while this is an easy thing -- donald trump more than dog whistle, he did nativism broadcasting, and kevin mccarthy had no problem with his nativism. >> your rights is a layup where those two are concerned. family members have argued that they should be out of congress. marjorie taylor greene has already been stripped of her committee assignments which traditionally is not the way to bring bacon home to your district. but we do know she has raised 3.2 million so far this year. how is anyone going to primary her and raise that kind of money, and what is the lesson of that? what's cells? >> this is clearly in support of that. the people who voted to impeach trump but, i think we will have a bunch of primaries in 2022 where we will have a bit of a test into how far the republican -- are willing to go. will there be open seats? it'll be very interesting in terms of certain cases. ranging from trumpists to more than trump's, two mild versions of trump's, two people were actually not trump's, or who a

anything to do with plans to launch a far right america first caucus with fellow congresswoman marjorie taylor green news promoted a f flyer. it also perpetuated a number of lies about the 2020 election. while both green and gosar deny writing the flyer -- anna navarro joins me. the house minority leader kevin mccarthy came out and said the republican party is not the party of naysivist dog whistles but didn't call these congress members out by name. does that go far enough? >> no, it doesn't. there is so much more mccarthy can and should do. he should be more forceful with his language. today i was watching john boehner discuss this on a show. and i wish john boehner had been more forceful when he was speaker. it is not enough to be condemning this post facto. when you have the speakership, when tough leadership, you have got the biggest bully pulpit and the biggest platform. and it is part of your job to be rational to set some rules. and how offensive is it -- how offensive is it that the republicans like marjorie taylor green wanting to establish an angelo saxon caucus when there are people like

this is the work of marjorie taylor greene. she writes today, quote, remember when republicans lost the house in 2018 because a bunch of them distance themselves from president trump? not advice president trump to the gop retreat is the same stupid behavior. funny how they don't understand a record number of votes on support of any republican president. a friend of mine said, or reminded me, today even a broken clock is right twice a day. one either, here's the question, could it be that she is right about this? >> brian, i will say, she is not wrong. i hesitate to agree with anything marjorie taylor greene says. i think matt hit the nail on the head, the fact that there is still a leadership within the republican party, especially when they are looking to now chart this course of substance and policy and a pivotal way from dr. seuss and other culture wars. especially when they are still looking to fund-raise off of trump, and tap into the voter base he rolled up. really trying to make grounds there in 2022. i will say, marjori

so the point is they are taking their cue from marjorie taylor greene, taking their money from marjorieat's the difference between trying to say there's a person saying crazy things and a whole political caucus, one major political party going down the dark roads of racism and white supplement sit and conspiracy theories and all the things we now know she promotes. >> well, i get you could say they're just being crazy, let them watch the 8:00 p.m. hour and talk among themselves, but they're legislating at a really fast pace. we've covered for weeks the voter suppression laws, 108 of them in total. we've been talking today about laws to criminalize protests, when all the violence really was on the right-wing extremists, 97.7 of the black lives matter protests were peaceful. it's no longer about dismantling the lies to you and your colleagues, you have to slow and stop the policymaking in response to the lies. how do you do that? >> thank goodness we have the capacity in the united states congress to continue to deliver for the american people. while they seek to divide americans, we are

the proposal was reportedly started by far right congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and backed by other conservatives. it's language like this that has greene's own party distancing themselves from the proposed caucus. touting a common respect for anglo-saxon traditions in the united states. let's get to the latest with my panel. elena beverly, shermichael singleton is a political consult ankt and contributor for the washington examiner. charlie savage is an msnbc political contributor and washington correspondent. charlie, i want to start with you and talk about the whiplash that we're getting from marjorie taylor greene's office, and i want to walk folks through the tick-tock because to me it is fascinating. nick dyer, capitol hill is full of dirty back stabbing swamp creatures willing to leak gossip to borderline tab lights like punchbowl. be on the lookout for the release of the america first caucus platform when it's announced to the public very soon. the congresswoman wants to make clear she's not launching anything. this was an early planning proposal. nothing was agreed or appro

this is the work of marjorie taylor greene.y, quote, remember when republicans lost the house in 2018 because a bunch of them distanced themselves from president trump? not inviting president trump to the gop retreat is the same stupid behavior. funny how they don't understand a record number of votes and support of any republican president. so a friend of mine reminded me today that even a broken clock is right twice a day. juanita, here is the question. could it be she's right about this? >> brian, i'll say she's not wrong because i hesitate to agree with anything marjorie taylor greene says, but i think matt hit the nail on the head in saying that there is still a leader in the republican party especially when they're looking to chart this course on policy and pivot away from dr. seuss and other cultural awards, especially when they're trying to tap into the base that president trump riled up and trying to make grounds in 2022. i will say marjorie taylor greene is not wrong that them actively avoiding trump right now is not

in just the past two hours, ultraconservative congresswoman marjorie taylor greene lashing out after ils of plans for a so-called america first caucus were leaked to the media. the platform allegedly backed by greene and ultraconservatives aims to promote, quote, uniquely anglo-saxon traditions. greene now says the scum and liars in the media are calling me a racist by taking something out of context. i have plans to drive president trump's america first agenda with my congressional colleagues, but we won't let the media or anyone else push the narrative. i want to bring in nbc's ali vitali who's in washington for us covering this and from punch bowl, the first news organization to print the details about the platform, john. ali, i want to start with you because it doesn't seem like marjorie taylor greene is denying that this exists, just that it's being misrepresented. >> reporter: yeah, she's not denying it, and in fact, she's passing the blame in that statement that you read a piece of, she basically goes on to say that this is not a document that she saw, that it was staff level f

and it just means that the reason marjorie taylor greene and her allies and ron desantis in florida aso loudly about this is they just feel that they don't want to be -- to have the government imposing this on them. they feel as if it's taken away their freedom in some way. but they're just doing it because they know that's what their base wants to hear, i think. >> the aclu also raising concerns more with logistics. they're concerned about a paper option being too easy to succumb to fraud, but a digital option would be very hard for people who maybe aren't super comfortable with technology. do you see this bag logistical nightmare? >> there's still no guidelines, there are still no structures in place where internationally we have one set of rules about how we do this, about whether we -- how a covid vaccine would work. there are dozens of private companies and groups, ngos working with the white house in the u.s. alone who are trying to put together different ones. we saw the excelsior pass in new york that's being rolled out. hawaii is trying to do one. it just sounds like a nightma

walking away from congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. and a u.s. senate confronted on air today after his suggestion that president biden isn't really running the country. >>> plus, some good news appears to show an economy ready to take off a year after the pandemic started, but is there room for everybody? we'll get into that. more ahead. >>> but first, we do want to begin with what's become a virtual stampede away from the idea of forming an america first caucus led by some of capitol hill's most extreme figures and with the goal of honoring anglo-saxon traditions. john boehner summed up the reaction clearly. watch this. >> i can tell you that this so-called america first caucus is one of the nuttiest things i've ever seen. listen, america is a land of immigration. we've been the world's giant melting pot for 250 years. it's the silliest i've ever seen, and republicans need to denounce it. >> nothing to lose this, boehner, in speaking his mind. let's bring in ali vitali who's on the hill with us. great to see you. so there's a question now after

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marjorie taylor greene and kevin mccarthy will talk about anything except racism in this country. mitch mcconnell went to the well today to talk about maxine waters, but he won't talk about george floyd and racism? like that's absurd. let's deal with the issue at hand. >> i can't believe you said ain't nobody going to be out there, but you did, and that's why i laughed. >> i mean i'm sorry. i was reverting. i was thinking to myself, you're going to be -- like we're going to be in the streets protesting if it's a not guilty or hung jury and somebody going to be, i'm out here because of maxine. >> senator jones, give me your reaction to the judge's comments. did congresswoman waters really give the defense reason to appeal? >> no. i think bakari is absolutely right on that. i don't think so at all. and he was correct in that there was no preservation of that era. you've got to do something more than raise something. you've got to show there's an effect. i think what i saw in the judge this afternoon was just a frustration with the comment from congresswoman waters. and that's all th

but if you think about the fact that they didn't hold marjorie taylor greene responsible, right? so they don't hold people responsible if they think there's going to be some sort of backlash from the trump base, which is completely dictated on what donald trump does, and nobody really know what's donald trump is thinking. now, i'm not saying that's the right way to be handling it. i don't think that it is. i think that they should be, you know, dealing with this issue. it's a pretty serious thing to be doing, you know, on the house floor. it's unacceptable. it's creating a sexually hostile environment. it's disrespectful to women. we could sit here all night and talk about all the things that are wrong with it. but they seem unwilling to deal with this because they don't want to do anything that could potentially upset the trump base. it's just the same story over and over again. >> i've got to ask one more question. we're going a bit long here. but, dave, where do you see this going next? i mean because i just spoke to you just a couple days ago, and every time we speak or i see

but if you think about the fact that they did the whole marjorie taylor green responsibility.ponsible if they think there is to be some sort of back lash from the trump base which is completely dictated on what donald trump does. and nobody really knows what donald trump is thinking. i'm not saying that is the right way to be handling it. i don't think it is. i think they should be dealing with this issue. it is a pretty serious thing done doing. on the house floor. it is unacceptable, creating a sexually hostile environment. we can sit here all night and talk about the things are wrong with it. but they seem unwilling to deal with this because they don't want to do anything that could potentially upset the trump base. the same story over and over again. dave, where do you see this going? i just spoke to you a couple days ago and every time we speak, or i see you do an interview, there has been some new development that seems to be a bit more troubled for matt gaetz. >> there are really three investigations here. it is the third one that is the midwest problematic for gaetz. f

unfortunately is a pattern we learned works and a lot of people like marjorie taylor green knew that, came out here and harvested that to raise a ton of money. she's not on committee, she's not a serious legislator, nobody takes her seriously when it comes to any piece of legislation but yet she goes on and reflects anger and leads people a stray to raise money. what that does, or $3 million she raised meant opponents of people like me weren't able to raise as much money as they maybe potentially could have because somebody that maybe has $50 to get that month gives to the person that is the loudest and not necessarily in their district or nearby. is kind of a bit of a sponge for some of the other money for the crazies out there but the other thing it shows is people are abusing the base republicans, people we love and represent, abusing their fears, their emotions to steal their money. people out there abusing the innate patriotism of our party and its absolutely wrong. >> you have been very clear that your vote of conscience, if it cost you your job, will have been worth it. you may

this past week has been full of encouragement from president trump, marjorie taylor greene, and the magna nation -- the maga nation i love. i am built for the battle and i am not going anywhere. the smears against me range from my personal life, and i will not be extorted. the truth will avail -- will prevail. i hail from northwest florida, a land of heroes. i represent the district that has the highest concentration of active military in the country. serving and fighting against the endless wars weighs on me. it is the most serious and somber obligation of my service. it inspires me to be my best. bryson -- inspiration is often wrong from those closest to us. -- often drawn from those closest to us. isabella is an immigrant to our country. she was born in brazil and india up and washington, d.c. because if she was going to have an american asked arians, she wanted to be in the capital city. it's what do people do when they need jobs in washington dc? they go to capitol hill. she worked for congresswoman sheila jackson lee. one evening as my staff and i were working late, she showed up at

that people like marjorie taylor greene, representative marjorie taylor greene are taking it over, ando i know and trust, who has called the president out, who has helped on criminal justice reform, who has done everything he possibly can to work with people across the aisle, i think there's so many people that find him genuine and honest and frankly, i trust him. he's a good friend of mine. and i know that he's going to get up there and he's going to be fair and do a good job. >> he has, for the record, he has not always called the president out, the former president out. he has sometimes, but he has not always called the former president out. >> sometimes. >> errol, let me come to you on this one. it's interesting when you read the announcements, the leaders have to agree on this. the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, along with the leader in the house, kevin mccarthy. from their statements, this is from mcconnell. senator scott is one of the most inspiring and unifying leaders in our nation. nobody is better at communicating why far left policies fail working america

steve king, marjorie taylor greene, and possibly gaetz. it's just a really bad look for the republican party. >> right. after the media began reporting gaetz was under federal investigation, he went on fox news and had this interesting exchange with tucker carlson. >> i can say that actually you and i went to dinner about two years ago. your wife was there and i brought a friend of mine. you'll remember her. she was actually threatened by the fbi, told that if she wouldn't cop to the fact that somehow i was involved in some pay for play scheme that she could face trouble. >> i don't remember the woman you're speaking of or the context at all. >> dave, based on all of the evidence that the media has, where do you think federal investigators are heading in this investigation? could some of that tape be of interest? >> yes, jim. i think tucker carlson is going to get a call from a federal investigator asking him and his wife what they know. that may be why he's not appeared on fox news since then because when matt gaetz speaks, seems like it

reportedly the brain child of far-right congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and others.statement today, greene said she believes in american first with all her heart that means every american of race, creed and color. with me now, arizona congressman ruben gallego, member of the house armed services committee and a retired marine corps veteran who served in iraq. congressman, you were just on fire about this on twitter, and i felt like you were being constrained by the 140 characters you were allowed. >> i'm not going to be teaming up with any of these racists, white supremacists. the idea that they're putting this organization together because they want to highlight the superiority of the anglo-saxon culture is in and of itself racist. we had tons of caucuses. we had the irish american caucus, we have the hispanic caucus, we have the progressive caucus, we have the black caucus, but none of those caucuses purport to be one thing better than the other. if anything, they're just advocating for their communities and their values, right? this idea that these racists are try

the qanon conspiracy loving marjorie taylor greene and nativist congressman paul gosar, who spoke ationalist conference in february. it's bad enough their proposed caucus intended to push the values of former president donald trump, but their seven-page mission statement, which leaked to punch bowl news on friday, is a manifesto that's guaranteed to appeal to white nationalists. it explicitly champions, quote, anglo-saxon political traditions. to that end, it details the existential threat that it says immigrants pose to america's unique culture. it complains that those who immigrated here after the 1965 immigration act, come at the expense of the native born. and it even says that pausing immigration has been essential to weeding out those who could not abandon their own loyalties. as vanity fair put it, greene and gosarwas basically starting a white supremacy caucus. even after their embarrassing screed was leaked to the press, there was one republican who was still eager to embrace them, congressman matt gaetz who is under investigation for possible sex trafficking, publicly endor