president-elect trump has turned up the pressure on senators like mark wayne mullen. on monday trump posted a glowing message about senator mullen on his social media site calling him a great fighter and also reminding senator mullen that trump won every district in his home state of oklahoma. trump concluded the message by saying mullen is taking really good care of that very special state. and i am there watching over it. yesterday, after that less than subtle message from the leader of his party, here was mark wayne mullen on the gaetz nomination. >> i think the president wants to hammer at the doj and he sees matt gaetz as a hammer and all these other appointments, he is very confident in where they are at and will deliver the administration that he is mounting. his pics have been may be unconventional but we hired an unconventional president and american people wanted that, they don't want politics as usual they want someone that was jacob washington dc. >> he is a hammer and unconventional. it is a radically more generous assessment of matt gaetz than anything m

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gaetz has called mullen a disgrace to the republican party and mullen has shared pretty unflattering anecdotes about gaetz, like this one from last year. >> this is a guy the media did not give the time of day to go after he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. there is a reason why no one in the conference defended him, because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the house for floor that all of us had walked away of the girls he had slept with, he had brag about how he would crush ed medicine and chase it with a energy drink so he could go all night. this is obviously before he got married. when that accusation came out, no one defended him. >> that was how mark wayne mullin talked about matt gaetz a year ago. this week, president-elect trump has turned the pressure on senators like mark wayne mullin. monday, trump park posted a glowing message about mullin on his social media site, calling him a great fighter, also reminding everyone that trump won every district in his home state of oklahoma. trump concluded the message by saying, mullin is taking very good play

so i don't think mullen necessarily committed to supporting gaetz. but certainly, you wish that these republicans can be more honest and open about what they really think and feel. in some cases, we don't even have to speculate. because we've heard them. you just played the clip. >> if you could vote a vacuum, kind of like we they elected john soon. i want to play what matt gaetz has said a few years ago about the department of justice and other agencies. because this matters. >> i don't care if it takes every second of our time and every ounce of our energy, we either get discovered and -- government back on our side or we defund, abolish the fbi, cdc, etf, doj, every last one of them if they do not come to heal. i don't think it's too much to ask. >> come to heal? like dogs. what does that say? what does that tell us the choice of gaetz? what does it tell us about how donald trump plans to use the doj? >> i guarantee you, there are not many federal prosecutors sitting out there across the country, if any, whoever believed that their job involves co

i know mark wayne mullen, i served with him. i know he doesn't think matt gaetz would make a good attorney general. i know if he could vote in a vacuum, i would not vote to confirm matt gaetz. but you did hear him being careful. he did say that gaetz has to be confirmed by the senate. i don't think he necessarily committed to supporting gaetz, but certainly you wish that these republicans could be more honest and open about what they really think and feel. in some cases, we don't have to speculate, we've heard them. you played the clip. >> if he could vote in a vacuum like the way they elected john thune. i want to play what matt gaetz said about the department of justice, because this matters. >> i don't care if it takes every second of our time and every ounce of our energy, we either get this government back on our side or we defund and get rid of, abolish the fbi, cdc, atf, doj, every last one of them if they do not come to heel. [ applause ] and i don't think it's too much to ask. >> come to heel. like dogs. what does that

they like senator mullens. violate the separation of church and state. if you think about, and let me put my a.p. history teacher hat on. the first amendment, which elon musk really loves about speech has two other pieces in it. several other pieces in it, but two of them are that there is a prohibition, that there is a separation of church and state and the free exercise of religion. in doing that, we as a country starting with thomas jefferson did something really different. i'm proud to be an american about this. did something different from so many places with state religions. think of iran with a state religion and other countries like great britain with a state religion. what we did was promise the free exercise of religion from our founders, proud to do that. what has happened, we have religion in our country in a way that is really different from others. let's not violate that. we can teach about religion, but we should not be teaching religion. and so just like senator mullens, so many evangelical chri

here is combat veteran and democratic senator tammy duckworth and republican senator mullen. >> he never commanded a unit, he never commanded a company, let alone brigades or whole army. he was a platoon leader. he served a very low level in the military. we're talking about an organization that's 3 million servicemen, women and civilians and a budget over $900 billion. he does not have the experience to run an organization that size. based on those requirements alone, he is unqualified for the position. >> he's a civilian, which that first is the only qualification that they have to have. if you want to go more than that, he served honorably in the service. he retired as a major. he's had a successful career since then. he can articulate what needs to be done and he knows the system. >> there's a lot to pore over this day. we have reporters and analysts in place ready to assess all these developing story lines for us. we'll begin with nbc's aaron gilchrist in west palm beach, florida. what are you hearing about the latest picks? >> reporter: well, alex, the president-elect's cabinet is

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and while you're on my call, sent a message of the hoping to mullens any almost was entertained. and indirectly tallen mullens, who developed for, i mean, he calls that european path of freedom and democracy. however, that didn't really go well with the french patriots party who slammed him for trying to interfere in mold open elections. let's take a listen. background has just publicly and officially called and told opens to vote in the 2nd round of their presidential election on sunday for pro e u. candidate maya san do. in reality, permanent interference including through corruption and fraud is systemic in the euro monte list camp. now all of this comes a mid multiple by repeatedly accusing russia of interfering in these elections. the kremlin has denied those accusations. so at this point, it seems that the only in interfere is that can happen is one that comes from countries that are not european ones. russia's farm industry spokeswoman says that the results of mold of his presidential election. so the country has positive both have no confidence in my son that it was the m

. >> even senator mullen agrees. he would show everyone on the house floor videos of girls he slept with and brag about the drugs he would do to last all night is essentially saying if trump wants picks like gaetz trump should get picks like gaetz. >> would you vote to approve recess appointments? is that something you would support? >> if it became the last option. it would be the last resort, but if that's what we have to do to get confirmation through then absolutely let's do it. >> just to be clear, matt gaetz denies all the allegations. so are these confirmations a done deal? not quite yet. despite all that mounting pressure from trump world, the house ethics committee could still release its report. they're meeting wednesday amid new reporting from the attorney of who witnesses who said they saw gaetz having sex with a minor at a house party in 2017. by the way, gaetz denies that. new and strong backlash to pete hegseth as secretary of defense. what his lawyer is denying on his behalf today. as one of our next

. >> one other senator worth keeping an eye on is this guy, oklahoma senator mark wayne mullen. he served in the house of representatives alongside matt gaetz and you will be shocked to learn matt gaetz did not endear himself to mark wayne mullen calling him a disgrace to the republican party and mullen has shared some an anecdotes about matt gaetz last year. >> the media didn't give him the time of day to after he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. there's a reason why no one in the conference defended him, because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the house floor that all of us had walked away with the girls he slept with. he would brag about how he would crush ed medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night. this is obviously before he got married. so when that accusation came out, no one defended him. >> that was a year ago, but this week president-elect trump has turned up the pressure on senators like markwayne mullin. on monday trump posted a growing message about mullin on his social media site calling him a great fighter whi

we have republican senator mark wayne mullen of oklahoma. welcome to "meet the press," senator mullen. >> thanks for having me on, kristen. >> well, thank you for being here. i want to start with former florida congressman matt gaetz who of course president-elect trump as we just said announced this week was his pick for attorney general. you have said you trust mr. trump's decision making in naming gaetz. but you have been critical of gaetz as well. here's a little bit of what you have had to say. >> we had all seen the videos he was showing on the house floor that all of us had walked away of the girls that he has slept with. >> he walked up to me and said governor kristi noem. she's a fine and you can put the b. word in place there. this is the type of individual matt gaetz is. >> you clearly have questions about matt gaetz's character but do you believe that matt gaetz is qualified to serve as attorney general? >> you know, there's no question that matt gaetz and i have had our differences and that's -- that's no secret. moving forward,

mullen is an elder law attorney.e lived on this expansive property where his raised horses, and the couple worked on their farm. sergio dubai. >> he was kind. he would wave to you. you'd see him walking his dogs out, looked like a nice, humble guy. >> the killing happened just two hours after sheriff's deputies initially encountered the suspect at the farmhouse inn in forestville, where staff said he had been acting erratically. ezra wallach has been covering the case for the sebastopol times. >> he was harassing people at the hotel. he at one point grabbed one of the employees, and people at the hotel reported that he was acting manic. he was asking the same questions over and over again. >> deputies spent an hour with adrian yanez, but let him go. >> he had no warrants. he was not on probation. he did not qualify for a mental health hold. he was not determined to be under the influence, and there was no legal reason to arrest him or detain him any further. >> later that same afternoon, authorities say yanez showed

mullen is an elder law attorney. he lived on this expansive property where his wife bred and raised horses, and the couple worked on their farm. sergio dominguez lives nearby. >> he was kind. he would wave to you. you'd see him walking his dogs out. looked like a nice, humble guy. >> the killing happened just two hours after sheriff's deputies. initially encountered the suspect at the farmhouse inn in forestville, where staff said he had been acting erratically. ezra wallach has been covering the case for the sebastopol times. >> he was harassing people at the hotel. he at one point grabbed one of the employees, and people at the hotel reported that he was acting manic. he was asking the same questions over and over again. >> deputies spent an hour with adrian yanez, but let him go. >> he had no warrants. he was not on probation. he did not qualify for a mental health hold. he was not determined to be under the influence and there was no legal reason to arrest him or detain him any further. >> later that same afterno

mullen even issued a statement on that same day saying that nobody has been held accountable.ch of the criticism has focused on the chairman of the joint chiefs, general mark milley, at the time, it was mullen who specifically name checked general donahue. so it is a question now of if he's willing to simply ask questions, learn about the issue learn about donahue's role here, or if there's no way he gives ground here. and that's one of the key questions we'll be looking at as we see how this plays out. worth noting that tuberville's hold on. hundreds of nominees lasted months. >> yeah it did. we saw the effects of that. the military doesn't make the decisions here, though. oren they offer certainly counsel to the administration but ultimately it is a civilian leadership. it is the white house. it is the president who decides how to proceed as was the case when it came to the withdrawal of the biden administration from afghanistan. donahue is well respected. i probably why he was the guy in the picture as the last one there. is there a specific gripe that mullen has about him,

joining me, republican senator mark wayne mullen of oklahoma.come to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me on. >> thank you for being here. i want to start with former florida congressman matt gaetz who former president trump announced as pick for attorney general. you said you trust his decision making, but you've been critical of gaetz as well. here's a little bit of what you've said. >> we've all seen the videos on the house fall we walked away, all the girls he slept with. he walked up to me and said she's a fine -- and put the b word in place there. that's the type of person matt gaetz is. >> you clearly have questions about his character, do you believe he's qualified to serve as attorney general? >> there's no question we've had our differences, that's no secrete. moving forward, i do respect president trump's right to appoint the individuals. but congress has to advise and consent and he'll go through the scrutiny as every other individual. i'll give him a fair shot like every individual and the senate has to confirm him. it's a toug

. >> that was republican house speaker mark johnson, and wayne mullen both signaling their support foring advice of senate consent. and using september resources. it's not enough that republicans have majority in the september. the president-elect is still pressuring senators to abdicate their constitutionally- prescribed role, so that he can ensure picks like matt gaetz and rfk jr. can be to his cabinet. trump could begin his term, not by governing but by ruling. leah, class is in session. can you please explain to our viewers, what they are. and what the prospect is used to confirm some or all of his picks is sounding the alarm bell for law scholars. >> reporter: recess appointments refers to the president's ability to make appointments to positions that would otherwise require senate confirmation, during recess of the senate. historically, recess were used when transportation wasn't great, back in the 17, 1800s and you couldn't get senators to washington, d.c. and in that situation, where you didn't actually have the senate back in session, presidents could fill positions, with rece

you play the clip of mark wei mullen earlier. he is saying if the allegations turn out to be true that would be problematic. right now we are hearing they're going to reserve judgment, but again, a lot of them including folks on the senate judiciary committee, including john cornyn, the top republican have said they want to see this report. they want to see the body of work. they want to read through the allegations and the findings that the committee has brought together. over a roughly three-year investigation. it has been on and off since then. right now i think his chances are dicey, but also, senators want more information before they ultimately cast that vote. >> mychael, you had a scoop yesterday on a new bathroom policy that touches on some real hot button politics. talk to us. >> speaker mike johnson coming out yesterday and officially making a new policy that transgender women are not allowed to use bathrooms -- women's bathrooms. essentially it said same sex facilities including restrooms and locker rooms are reserved

stuart: republican senator mark wayne mullen just blocked the promotion of an army general.s the problem? ashley: good question. senator mullen has not responded to questions on why he's blocking the promotion but the republican from oklahoma blocking that of u.s. army lieutenant general christopher donahue and he commanded the military's 82'nd airborne division during the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan and very last american soldier to leave the country back in 2021. the pentagon said it's aware of hold on donahue has been nominated for a fourth star by president bide ton lead the u.s. army in europe and africa. president elect trump and his allies lambasting the u.s. military withdraw from afghanistan and vowed to go after those responsible for it. we should point out under senate rules it takes one lawmaker to hold up even if the other 99 moverring along quickly and we'll find more as it develops. stuart: a major ruling on tiktok as soon as next week. what's at stake? >> the whole app and whether or not byte dance, the parent company, will have to divest from tiktok by ea

this move from mark mullen to fire officials who oversaw the chaotic pullout in 2021. cia officer. welcome, my friend. how do you characterize this move and do you foresee more action against those in charge of the afghanistan withdrawal? >> well, it's a little perplexing. first and foremost, chris don hugh is someone who is beloved in the u.s. military and finest general officers and someone who has an immaculate reputation and seen as apolitical and was given the enviable task after the taliban overtook kabul to unscrew which was a terrible situation. he was not involved in any of the planning. and so the idea that somehow this general is responsible for anything that happened is -- is a bit preposterous. look, i talked to current u.s. military officials and former senior officers and they were very angry about this and perhaps it's a harrebinger of things to come where trump will take the burn it all down in the pentagon. >> tulsi gabbard as former cia officer, what's your reaction to the prospect of her having that role and are democrats' concerns of her being a, q

it's interesting that senator mullen, a republican who used to be in the house until a few years ago, to say. i say that not because i question his position, he's had that position since wednesday, that he wants to see the report. he had some not nice things to say about matt gaetz, saying that he would likely vote for gaetz if that's who president-elect trump wants. but speaker johnson was also on the sunday shows this morning, saying that he does not believe that ethics report, as he told us previously, should be released to the public. not only that, he doesn't believe that the senate needs their hands on it. he said there are other things they'll have in their possession, background checks from the fbi, potentially elements of the department of justice's investigation into gate as couple of years ago, as well. but not the house ethics report. he said it's not relevant. you're going to hear calls from senate republicans find gaetz unqualified to lead the agency that once investigated him. that being said, as we have seen before, there's a difference what they think now, what they s

senator mullen, you heard two different statements that were quite different. he is in the senate. is a deliberative body with names to consider, they take this process very seriously. time will tell. >> i will say, to bill's point, i do believe that trump does have a mandate, shore. but you know, he wins the popular vote, 312 electoral votes, but at the same time, i think a lot of americans put him into this position to be the next president because they were upset about things like the border, like inflation, those are the issues that they want him focused on, not putting in extremist people into positions of power, like matt gaetz as attorney general. i do think, though, that he will have every right to do that, but i am hopeful that -- i think there are senators out there like john fetterman who recognize that some of trump's other cabinets nominees are people who are qualified, like ratliff at cia, or rubio at secondary estate, and they will be willing to go along with those nominees but this might be a bridge too far. >> i remember john radcliffe, maybe no one has even mentio

when you see senator mullen, it was quite different. he is in the senate. it is a deliberate process by the aims-- it it aims to consider these nominees. they think that process very seriously, time will tell. >> i will say too , to bill's point, i do think trump has a mandate, sure. you know, he won the popular vote, 300 electoral votes, but at the same time, i think a lot of americans put him into this position to be the next president because they were upset about things like the border, like inflation. those are the issues that they want them focused on, not putting in extremist people into positions of power, like matt gaetz as attorney general. and i do think though that yes, he will have every right to do that. i am hopeful that-- i think there are senators out there, like john fetterman that recognize that some of trump's the other cabinet nominees are people who are qualified, like radcliffe at cia, or rubio as secretary of state they will be a willing to go with these nominees, but this might be a bridge too far. >> yeah, i remember john ratcliffe

i happen to be a big fan of senator mullen but, obviously, this is not a good look.ard back, but most members of congress are always kind of quiet on this topic. but this week representative dan crenshaw, he just went off. take a listen. >> a couple of cases like where nancy pelosi has some very suspicious timing of her trades, yeah. that has happened. but nobody else can find any if other -- point any other examples out. sure, why not, don't let us trade stocks. how about we'll just keep whipping ourselveses. how about we don't make any money either. just cut our paychecks. haven't gotten a pay raisins 2008, even a c.o.l.a. increase. actually, no, this is a great idea. let's make congress a place where only the millionaires can actually afford to do the job. if. charles: all right. i like representative crenshaw a lot, in fact, i had him on my show before he was elected. but his frustration on this false on deaf ears, at least with me. these folks are public servants. yes, they deserve a raise, maybe even a housing allowance because they do need two homes. but this

mullen is an elder law attorney. he lived on this expansive property where his wife bred and raised horses and the couple worked on their farm. sergio dominguez lives nearby. >> he was kind. he would wave to you. you'd see him walking his dogs out. looked like a nice, humble guy. >> the killing happened just two hours after sheriff's deputies initially encountered the suspect at the farmhouse inn in forestville, where staff said he had been acting erratically. ezra wallach has been covering the case for the sebastopol times. >> he was harassing people at the hotel. he at one point grabbed one of the employees, and people at the hotel reported that he was acting manic. he was asking the same questions over and over again. >> deputies spent an hour with adrian yanez, but let him go. >> he had no warrants. he was not on probation. he did not qualify for a mental health hold. he was not determined to be under the influence, and there was no legal reason to arrest him or detain him any further. >> later that same afternoo

mark wayne mullen who you talked about earlier, being the best example.aying that he deserves the opportunity to go through the confirmation process. even senator cramer has softened his tone. senator cramer will be with president trump today and get the full court press. it's one thing for the senate republicans to talk a big game behind closed doors, but when donald trump looks at them or talks to them on the phone, or has a meeting with them face-to-face and says, you need to vote for my guy, well, that's a much-different conversation. and that's why i still say that up until we see differently, every single one of these nominees has a path to confirmation. >> i think i would agree with that. ashley, what does donald trump get, exactly, out of forcing republicans to swallow matt gaetz? >> well, he gets another loyalty test. in certain ways, this seems counterintuitive, because he's making his own party take a potentially tough votes on gaetz, but it's like a schoolyard bully, seeing just how far they can push their victim or their target. you've done t

mullen is an elder law attorney. he lived on this expansive property where his wife bred and raised horses, and the couple worked on their farm. sergio dominguez lives nearby. >> he was kind. he would wave to you, you'd see him walking his dogs out. looked like a nice, humble guy. >> the killing happened just two hours after sheriff's deputies. initially encountered the suspect at the farmhouse inn in forestville, where staff said he had been acting erratically. ezra wolak has been covering the case for the sebastopol times. >> he was harassing people at the hotel. he at one point grabbed one of the employees, and people at the hotel reported that he was acting manic. he was asking the same questions over and over again. >> deputies spent an hour with adrian yanez, but let him go. >> he had no warrants. he was not on probation. he did not qualify for a mental health hold. he was not determined to be under the influence, and there was no legal reason to arrest him or detain him any further. >> later that same afternoo

the statement was signed by congress members, kevin mullen and and as state senator josh becker and state assembly members, mark berman and i and the pan, a scathing report released last week detailed the sheriffs alleged abuse of power, including retaliation, intimidation and racism. last week, however, corpus declared during a council meeting she would not step down. she also promoted her chief of staff. >> who she has a queue. she she is accused of having a relationship with. >> 2 assistant sheriff today. county supervisors responded to those federal and state representatives calling for the recall saying they are grateful for the support. almost 2 weeks after election day. alameda county district attorney pamela price. >> has finally conceded defeat in the recall with more than 580,000 votes tallied more than 63% favored getting rid of price before her term was up price as well. the outcome is not what you hope for 2 respects. the voters decision and says she would not have done anything differently. >> i'm heartened. knowing that when i leave this office, i will do so immensely. prou

here's what senator markwayne mullen said it shows -- two people flirting with each other.mmittee going to speak with the victim to ask if this was a misunderstanding? >> well, that's the -- that will be the discussion of the republican chairman of the committee next year. i hope that we will. but i suspect that they, again, will roll over for mr. trump. frankly, i will raise those questions. remember that we've just fought over a decade of fights and overhaul at the military and its treatment of military sexual trauma. it's an insult and troubling that mr. trump would nominate someone who has admitted that he's paid off a victim who has claimed rape allegations against him. this is not the kind of person you want to lead the department of defense. >> to move to a vote you took this past week, you've said you have discussed at the brutal tactics used by the netanyahu government in gaza. but you voted against all three resolutions of disapproval this past week that would have paused very specific offensive weapons shipments to israel. your colleague, senator van hollen, said

to resign are growing louder today, a group of elected leaders, including congress members kevin mullen and anna eshoo, are calling on sheriff cristina corpus to step down. this comes less than a week after the release of a 400 page report accusing the sheriff of fostering a culture of intimidation and retaliation and having an inappropriate, intimate relationship with her chief of staff. corpus says the report is, quote, politically motivated. one sided and filled with lies. next at three. he's a political outsider ready to shake things up from the inside at city hall. and today, san francisco mayor elect daniel lowry unveiled the transition team that's going to help him do that. after the break, he'll join us live to discuss his vision for the city. in his first interview on tv a cherished tradition set in 1915 san francisco. delight in a fun-filled holiday experience. ♪ tickets on sale now at sfballet.org it includes the ceo of openai, which makes chatgpt. now, what does this team tell us about what lori is focused on and how he intends to fix the city's many challenges that were foc

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and he was almost intimate and directly telling mullens who to vote for as he calls a european path of freedom. and democracy is great. however, that didn't really go well with the french patriots party who slammed him for trying to interfere emerald open elections. yeah, it's interesting because of course russia has been accused of meddling in the elections where people themselves saying about the election. now the voting numbers did show that most of all those regions supported the opposition candidates. while sunday's lead was mainly through multiple vans that are living abroad, the diaspora, the turn out to abroad repeated repeatedly and reported the increased as well. and footage for employees patients abroad. really go to the complete opposite. when you look at the footage from the country itself, now, while my boyfriend's in mobile face difficulties voting inside their own country, the country's central authorities refused to open any pulling stations in the region of trans semester. now they that forced locals who have the ability to travel somewhere else to go past their both

that before the 2nd round of elections, 1st president or monument my call sent a message of hope to mullens. any almost was in pain and in directly tollen mullins who to vote for, i mean, he calls it a european pad of freedom and democracy. you know, all of this comes amid moldova, repeatedly accused in russia, of interfering in these elections. the kremlin has denied those accusations. so at this point it seems that the only in interfere is that can happen is one that comes from countries that are not european ones. 6 run them for you. integration was held recently and some do has been repeatedly pushing for this pro at you integration for quite some time. now, almost half of the people voted against joining the you in that referendum and even former mold oven president refused to vote in the referendum. he said that this is a referendum on change and called the cost of fusion. another political leader also pointed out that while police stations were empty, they saw fit, this has increased, inc. turnouts of your in falling station. so that's the overall picture here. while the west is happ

. >> that is senator mark mullen from oklahoma. it's the same senator who once said this . >> he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. there is a reason why no one in the conference came to defend him. we had all seen the videos. he would brag about how he would crush medicine and chase it with an energy drink so that he could go all night. >> let show what he said now about gaetz. >> i completely trust president trump's decision-making on this one, but at the same time he's got to come to congress and sell himself or to the senate and sell himself. a lot of questions are going to be out there. he's got to answer those questions. hopefully he is able to answer the questions right. >> now allegations all maybe mute either because republican senators will simply bend to the new president or the president-elect may try to get the confirmation process altogether, maybe name him an acting official if he can figure out a way to do that, something which he has talked about. >> it is easier to make moves. >> so you are going to sh

. >> to be very clear, mullen was asked about the qualifications of trumps cabinet picks.r gender identity. none of this is new from republicans but unfortunately some democrats seem to be taking the bait and internalizing the gop talking point that defending trans rights cost them the election. days after trumps victory, ann slezer said, the democrats -- congressman seth moulton also chimed in claiming democrats are, quote, out of touch on the issue. he told the times, i have two little girls, i don't want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athletes, but as a democrat i am supposed to be afraid to say that. moulton then double down on that view during this interview on msnbc with alex witt. >> i stand by my position, maybe i didn't get all the words exactly right but the point is, that the backlash i've received proves my point that we can't even have these discussions as a party. >> there are many theories as to why vice president harris lost and everyone has their own prescriptions for what the democratic party needs to fix in order to b

. >> so republican senator mullen was on and he said gaetz will have to sell himself with a lot of questions comments stood out is because he spoken about this before and here's what he told him. >> he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. there's a reason why no one in the conference came in and defended him because we had seen the videos he was shown on the house floor, the girls he had slept with, he brag about how he would crush medicine and chase it with an energy drink to go all night. >> it's like here we are and we have to hear the stuff and talk about all of this stuff and frankly it's beneath everyone but this is the situation that we are in. so do republicans get past all of that or pass the health ethics ? >> proceed julie you can't afford to lose republicans you lose 3-4 then you can't get confirmed so they have to work on working the votes so from the president-elect's perspective i think he wants someone to come in as a wrecking ball. based on his experiences with the doj and prosecutors at large i think that he will probably argue that prosecutors have too much power

. >> speak of fools, republican senator mark wayne mullen, mitch mcconnell's real leggy acy is t he was in action when we needed him and putting special interests above american interests. my advice going forward is that the republican doesn't need to pick one of the johns, john thune, john cornyn, john barrasso. i think there are going to be better options and senator tillis trying to get another blank check for a corrupt country. it's disappointing and a certain hubris to all of it. >> i remember the speaker, the hearings or the votes when kevin mccarthy was trying to be speaker and the anger and frustration that his colleagues showed toward matt gaetz -- >> didn't they get -- >> he rolled up on him like he was on the street. i've never seen anything like that on the floor of the house, and so it's clear that -- >> i don't think i've ever said let's stay in the house republican caucus vote. >> there clearly is no love lost with respect to the republican senators and members of the house for matt gaetz, no love lost, but to both points, donald trump has a fairly high threshold for pain

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. >> we will ask you about trump's pick to lead the justice department and mark wayne mullen told cnn last year there is a reason nobody in the party defended him when he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl and let's listen to that. >> he was accused of sleeping with an under aged girl and there was a reason why nobody in the conference came to defend him. we had all seen the videos that he showed on the house floor of the girls he slept with and he would brag about how he would crush ed medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night. >> congressman, maybe you are in involved in any of these conversations and did you observe behavior where he showed his phone to other members of the house floor? >> look, i didn't deserve or observe that behavior but democrats and republblican shar opposing matt gaetz and couldn't be a more irresponsible pick for attorney general. somebody today was going to have a major ethics investigation released to the congress and public of all the things we believe he has done. the fact that he is now trying to avoid that investiga