same time, speaker mccarthy has reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar. both of whom have had close ties to the far-right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know has prepared masking rules to the holocaust, she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook, along ramble about california wildfire, solar power spottings, of what looked like laser beams and the rothschilds, a jewish family -- antisemitic tropes. congressman gosar, was responsible for a violent anime style video, showing a character with his head killing the house speaker, nancy pelosi, and alexandria ocasio-cortez, who spoke out today. >> i had a member of the republican caucus, threatened my life, and you all, and the revoking caucus rewarded hem. with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don't tell me, this is about consistency, don't tell me that this is about and condemnation of antisemitic remarks. when you have a member of the republican caucus who's talked about jewish space lasers, and an entire amount of trips, and also e

paul gosar is on house oversight and i believe natural resources. the same two committees that i serve on, by the way, very selectively put this individual on the exact two committees. >> you think that was intentional? >> i do not know. i cannot speak into kevin mccarthy's mind. but it certainly should have been a consideration as speaker of the house that he should have taken into account. >> because gosar posted the video attacking you? >> absolutely. but beyond that, he also appointed marjorie taylor greene to oversight and homeland security. so this idea that they did it to one and the other is, you know, i think is something that can be dispensed with. but when it comes to representative omar's role on the house foreign affairs committee, she has modeled what coming together with a community looks like, what apology looks like. one of the leaders of the large group of jewish members in congress stood up and several jewish members of congress, jan schakowsky, dean phillips stood up in defense saying she has engaged in a process of reconciliatio

after giving marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar brand-new committee assignments. the congressman george santos, who lied his way into congress, apparently, no penalties, as of yet, today, he called on congress to fight bigotry and antisemitism as well, which laudable but pretty rich coming from a guy who repeatedly claimed to be jewish and then said he meant, -- -- plus, we wait for the release of up to 20 more hours of footage related to the police beating that led to the death of tyre nichols, the conversation across the country is now about how policing has to change, but the question really is, will that change come from washington, or will it be in a classroom that we talk about instead. or from a local level or police chiefs and officers themselves, and there is an investigation in ohio of and online home schooling network preparing allegedly searing messages of white supremacy and hitler quotes as educational resources for the students. why the state may not be able to do a thing about it, that's going on tonight. i want to begin with the party line vote to

for example, conspiracy theories, andy biggs, lauren boebert, paul gosar, and anna paulina luna, and scott perry, the chairman of the far-right freedom caucus, also a subject of the january 6th investigations, have all been appointed to the oversight committee! it's considered one of the most powerful panels in the house. is expected to launch numerous investigations into the biden administration over the next two years. meanwhile, this process -- it's also allowed republicans to exact political revenge on democrats for previously marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar from their committee assignments after they each made threatening posts against some of their democratic colleagues. now, last, week speaker mccarthy blocked representatives adam schiff and aaron swalwell from returning to their posts on the house intelligence committee. schiff and swalwell are outspoken california democrats who previously served as impeachment managers during the impeachment of donald trump. republicans also sought reputation against minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar, citing remarks he made in the pas

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and it was very clearly about revenge for paul gosar and marjorie taylor greene.s so despicable about it is remember that paul gosar posted and was pushing content that was violent against alexandria ocasio -- >> cortez. she mentioned that today. ? ex >> exactly. >> she said no one apologized for that. >> not only didn't he apologize, he got rewarded with a plum committee assignment. it's pretty clear what's going on here. and let me just say, remember, the squad, women of color, congressional women of color, have been a target of the republicans. >> trump literally made the same anti-semitic tropes. but the difference is he didn't apologize for them. marjorie taylor greene made the same tropes. the difference is she also said tropes about black people and muslims. now, she did apologize. but i think that's why they're saying okay, this is just about kicking her off foreign relations, because they are not on the record having the same position about mebsz of their own conference. >> marjorie taylor greene to have that crazy thing about all these wealthy jews who a

i have no idea what political party he associates with, but after paul gosar sent out a video with anandria ocasio-cortez, it was paul gosar's own family members who tried to warn the country about their brother. again, he said he didn't choose his words loosely. quote, i believe he is dangerous, unhinged and reckless. these are the people that want to have guns in the hearing rooms. what as a security expert is wrong with that? >> just about everything. i find it surreal that we're having this conversation. i feel since republicans took over the house, we're being brought down the rabbit hole and we have arrived at the bar and everybody is armed now. this is just absurd on its face. but it's clear that the republicans are trying to appeal to the maga crowd. it's not just an embrace of the second amendment. i think what they are trying to do is to show their embrace of a gun culture in this country. which representative boebert in terms of trying to increase the number of individuals who own guns here. but it's sending a signal domestically and internationally that we're a society tha

this comes after democrats voted to remove republicans marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar last year for promoting violence against democrats. joining me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, nbc washington correspondent yamiche alcindor and eugene daniels, white house correspondent. welcome all. ali, do we know if republicans have the votes? we suspect that speaker mccarthy, after everything he has been through last week and the week before, would not have brought there to the floor if he didn't know he has the votes to boot omar off the committee. >> reporter: you gotta imagine that that was part of the calculus here. mccarthy does have the votes. he had to lean on two members in order to get them on board. they initially were ready to vote against kicking omar off of these committees. he made some concessions there. this idea that there's a due process method for a member to appeal a committee decision like this one in the future. i just finished talking with congresswoman mace as well. she was a no vote. they didn't need her to be a yes on this. they will have her

. >> reporter: 218-211 vote a response to 2021 when democrats booted republicans paul gosar and marjorie taylor greene from all of their committees over their rhetoric. but speaker kevin mccarthy claims this is different since omar can serve on other committees, just not foreign affairs. >> no, that's the clear part how it's not tit for tat. we're not removing her from other committees, we just do not believe when it comes to foreign affairs especially the responsibility of that position around the world with the comments that you make. >> reporter: then speaker nancy pelosi set the precedent in 2021 but told cnn at the time she was not concerned the gop might retaliate. >> we would not walk away from our responsibilities for fear of something they may do in the future. >> reporter: now democrats say the vote was an act of pure political vengeance. >> but what's going to take place on the floor today is not a public policy debate. it's not about accountability. it's about political revenge. >> reporter: but omar has apologized even signing onto a resolution recognizing israel as a legiti

marjorie taylor green regularly trafficking an anti-semitic conspiracy theories, paul gosar insighting violence against specific members in the body. he appointed all three of them to house committees not just one but multiple. marjorie taylor green who was engaging in 9/11 conspiracy theories, kevin mccarthy appointed her to the homeland security committee. >> so now i can think about this morning where does this go from here? some representatives says this is about consistency. but where does this go from here? >> i think a lot of the republicans were concerned because they are against gosar and green being removed from the committees saying you can't punish them for what they said. then they're voting for this measure. that's why you saw a struggle. and i was on the hill yesterday. i heard from republicans was basically what won them over is they believe mccarthy essentially strengthened the appeal process for members like omar and others. >> they said that was a key issue for her. >> yeah. >> part of that is already available to them. they can appeal it to the ethics committee. the

insisted the move was not revenge after democrats booted conservatives marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar from their committees in the last congress for controversial statements. >>> arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders will deliver the republican response to president biden's state of the union speech next week. republican congressional leaders made the announcement yesterday. the 40-year-old is the nation's youngest governor. she was also the first woman elected governor of arkansas in november. sanders was white house press secretary for then president trump from 2017 to 2019. >>> overseas russian president vladimir putin used the anniversary of a key world war ii victory over nazi germany to justify the military action in ukraine. putin marked the 80th anniversary of the battle of stalingrad to rally the russian people. he predicted victory and criticized germany for helping arm ukraine. putin said he was ready to draw on russia's entire arsenal including nuclear weapons. in his nightly address to the nation, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy urged european leaders visiting

paul gosar, marjorie taylor greene, to the house oversight committee.sar, that's pretty amazing. >> paul gosar is someone who's beyond election denialism. he's trafficking's very racist, some threatening sort of memes, attacking alexandra ocasio-cortez. >> listen, this comes down to the fact that kevin mccarthy needs votes. so, he's going to try to keep that right flank happy at whatever cost he's able to. this big test is coming with the debt ceiling. and again, as many of us have said on the airwaves before, those, that right flank is never voting to raise the debt ceiling. there's no concessions that you could conceivably make them that are going to conceivably bring those votes over. now is high time to be working with your moderates and seeing where you can get those things done. >> alyssa farah griffin, thank you very much. david axelrod as. well coming, up what it alex murdoch really say to investigators about the killing of his wife and son? we speak to defense attorneys in south carolina about a crucial audio recording. -- his answers to a defe

. >> reporter: 218-211 vote, a response to 2021, when democrats booted republicans paul gosar and marjorieeene from all of their committees over their rhetoric. but speaker kevin mccarthy claims this is different, since omar can serve on other committees, just not foreign affairs. >> this is the message you want to send to voters? >> no, and that's the clear part, how it's not tit for tat. we just do not believe when it comes to foreign affairs, especially the responsibility of that position around the world with the comments that you make. >> reporter: then speaker nancy pelosi set the precedent in 2021, but told cnn at the time she was not concerned the gop might retaliate. >> we would not walk away from our responsibilities for fear of something they may do in the future. >> reporter: now democrats say the vote was an act of pure political vengeance. >> but what's going to take place on the floor today is not a public policy debate. it's not about accountability. it's about political revenge. >> it's not just -- >> reporter: but omar has apologized. even signing onto a resolution recogn

some democrats saying, it is just political revenge for the removal of marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar from their committees during the less conference. nbc's ryan nobles has more. >> tonight, democratic congresswoman ilhan omar divided. >> my leadership and boys will be diminished. if i am not on this committee for one term. >> after republicans took the dramatic step, but to remove her from the foreign affairs committee. how speaker, kevin mccarthy, says it is in response omar's past comments. with both republicans and democrats of condemns antisemitic. including support for israel was all about the benjamins. and that israel has hypnotized the world. comments omar has apologized for. >> when it comes to foreign affairs, especially the responsibility of that position, around the world there conference that was make. she soon served than. this news showed out after mccarthy came to democrats, adam schiff, and eric small will, on the intelligence committee. democrats call retaliation after they took to republicans from all their committees for incendiary rhetoric to the last conference

do you think the american public actually conflates paul gosar and marjorie taylor greene with ilhanose who pay very close attention, yes, but basically, they are going to get away with it, michael. i don't like saying it, but that's the reality because this news is not as big of news as other things, like the classified documents, and more importantly for democrats, like the job numbers that came out today. so they get away with it in the sense of the public probably won't really care about it too much. but when they want to bring it up and do pointed things to the republicans, the democrats will have it in their pocket, which is rightfully so because it is disgraceful that she was removed from this committee. i have very little in common with the congresswoman politically, but this shouldn't be about politics. she is qualified to be there, frankly as were the other two congress members who were removed from committees. to see on the floor, to see these republicans actually vote to kick her off, they have no shame. i mean, and of course, we say that all the time, so i don't know. >>

mentioned thewo republicans that were kicked off committees two years ago, marjorie taylor greene and paul gosarere kicked off because they were accused of making violent threats online to democrats. that included ilhan omar. they have returned to their committed that committees. nancy pelosi, when speaker of the house, sped -- set up a special committee to investigate january 6 and refused to let two republicans on that committee, citing they were election deniers. kevin mccarthy has kind of done the same thing, using the same authority to remove democrats from an intelligence committee. i guess you could sayhat is what critics are saying. the message that house republicans are getting around is one of revenge. giving the democrats a taste of their own medicine. laura: thank you. in other news, two members of the european parliament have had their legal immunity waived by lawmakers who suspect their involvement in a major corruption scandal. the allegation is that -- and morocco tried to influence european parliament by bribing politicians to do their bidding. the lawmakers and countries deny t

argue the move was political revenge after they booted conservatives marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar in the last congress for threatening statements. but now they sit on high-profile committees. >> i had a member of the republican caucus threaten my life, and and the republican caucus rewarded him. >> reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy says it wasn't tit for tat. >> if it was tit for tat, we would have picked people, took them off all committees and said nothing about it. >> reporter: the progressive squad member has apologized for her remarks. greg meeks is the ranking memberen house foreign affairs. >> there's a lot of people in congress i don't agree with, but that should not be grounds of removing her from the committee. >> reporter: congresswoman omar can appeal her removal. one of the republicans who voted against her was new york congressman george santos, who just this week recused himself from two committees since he's under several investigations, although some lawmakers are still calling for his resignation. norah. >> nikole killion with those new developments. thank you. >>

democrats say it's retaliation after the previously stripped republicans marjorie taylor green and paul gosar of their committee assignments over incendiary remarks. omar claims it's also about race and religion. there is this idea that you are a suspect if you are an immigrant or if you are from certain parts of the world or a certain skin tone or a muslim, i had a member of the republican caucus threatened my life. and you all and the republican caucus rewarded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don't tell me because i didn't get a single time has expired. threatened. thank you. house speaker kevin mccarthy denies that omar's removal was a tip for tat, he says omar can still serve on committees just not foreign affairs. new details overnight about the man charged with keeping a massive stockpile of guns and ammunition in his high rise apartment in hollywood near sunset boulevard, police said. some of the rifles were pointed outside of the window. the man accused of arming himself for what police feared could have been a possible mass shooting plot i

argue the move was political revenge after they booted conservatives marjorie taylor greene and paul gosargress for threatening statements, but committees. >> i had a member of the republican caucus threatened my life, and you all and the republican caucus rewarded him. >> reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy says it wasn't tit for tat. >> with it was tit-for-tat, we have picked people, took them off of all committees, and said nothing about it. >> no longer recognized. >> reporter: progressive squad member has apologized for her past remarks. congressman greg meeks is the ranking member of house foreign affairs. >> don't agree with everything that she says, but there's a lot of people in congress i don't agree with, but that should not be grounds of removing her from the committee. >> reporter: congreswoman agnst her was new york congressman ge santos, who just this week at from two commtees sinces unrl investigatiolt wmakerare still calling for his resignation. norah? >> norah: nikole killion with those new development's. thank you. well, tonight, a northern new jersey community is shaken by

argue the move was political revenge after they booted conservatives marjorie taylor greene and paul gosargress for threatening statements, but now they sit on high-profile committees. >> i had a member of the republican caucus threaten my life, and you all and the republican caucus rewarded him. >> reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy says it wasn't tit for tat. >> if it was tit for tat, we have picked people, took them off all committees, and said nothing about it. >> the gentlewoman is no longer recognized. >> reporter: the progressive squad member has apologized for her past remarks. congressman greg meeks is the ranking member on house foreign affairs. >> don't agree with everything that she says, but there's a lot of people in congress i don't agree with, but that should not be grounds of removing her from the committee. >> reporter: congresswoman omar can appeal her removal. one of the republicans who voted against her was new york congressman george santos, who just this week recused himself from two committees since he is under several investigations, although some lawmakers are still

taylor greene for her own history of embracing conspiracy theories, including anti-semitic ones, and paul gosaror posting an animated video in which he kills a democratic colleague. >> it's a double, triple, quadruple and beyond standard >> reporter: tonight, mccarthy insists today's move is quote "not tit for tat." >> so, let's bring in rachel scott, live up on the hill tonight. and rachel, this was a straight party line vote here? >> reporter: yes, david. every single republican but one voted for that resolution. one republic decided to vote present. house speaker kevin mccarthy making it clear that omar can still serve on other committees, just not foreign affairs. david? >> all right, rachel scott who covers congress for us every night. thank you, rachel. >>> the fbi's reportedly preparing to search the home of former vice president mike pence, where classified documents were found. sours tell abc news the department of justice is working with pence's legal team to schedule the potential next search. it was his legal team that discovered the documents initially, saying they were, quote, ina

you may remember paul gosar, the representative from arizona for a video he had published about alexandria because io cortez, a congresswoman -- alexandria because io cortez alexandria-- -- alexandria ocasio cortez. he was censured for that. others have nothing to do with that. laszlo, r congressional correspondent caught up with two members of the senate ethics committee. this is a very secretary of -- very secretive part of congress. they're not matter of public record. much of the work being done by the senate ethics committee, a bipartisan body, is done out of public view, behind closed doors. matt was able to talk to 2 of them and, put the question to them "why is this the case? you do not do anything when it comes to putting the screws to members of congress." the democrat from delaware did not want to talk about it. he reserved his right to not talk about it. senator rich from idaho, republican he talked in great detail to us about the work they do. he made the case "we look into these seriously. this is a bipartisan affair. he noted there were seven letters that went out about were

revenge against democrats for stripping marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar of their committee assignments 2021. but let's be clear, the reason why a majority in congress including some republicans voted to remove gosar and greene was for threatening violence against democrats, not only did greene spread dangerous and racist qanon conspiracies, but on social media, she endorsed executing top democrats while also suggesting that the sandy hook and parkland school shootings were staged. gosar was expelled months later for posting an anime video depicting him killing congresswoman alexandria cortez and attacking president biden. neither publicly apologized nor need they apparently because they, and not the supposed speaker, are now this charge. and joining me now is democratic congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota. i did remark when you came in, you are surprisingly nonplussed but what is happening. what do you make of this revenge tactic by kevin mccarthy? >> yeah. they've been on a vengeance tour. and, you know, they've been very clear last night when the rules debate was happening in the r

marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar with made lethal violent threats against colleagues. whatever you think of adam schiff or rick swalwell or the wave they act they didn't threaten colleagues. sadly what hurts me about that as that's an example of adam schiff and eric swalwell were experienced intelligence oversight members and now we don't have the benefit. >> congressman turner to blame for that? he that? you said you were excited to work with congressman turner. >> congressman turner is not to blame. i think of him as an old-school hawk. he wants to make sure the idea of peace and strength the removal of adam schiff and eric swalwell is a leadership decision. >> congressman jim himes think you the democratic ranking member of the intelligence committee. go ahead and call in republicans (202)748-8001 democrats (202)748-8000. a long day on capitol hill. c-span coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> i'm bringing a guide by the name is mark a constituent who owns an organization called the childcare learning center at stanford which is one of the best early childhood ch

there is always going to be payback because in 2021, democrats stripped marjorie taylor greene and paul gosartheir committees and of course famously kevin mccarthy just not too long ago removed schiff and swalwell from intel, which he can do. nonetheless, the squad steamed. watch. >> this is about targeting women of color in the united states of america. don't tell me because i didn't get a single apology. >> time has expired. >> my wife was threatened. thank you. >> the gentlewoman's time has expired. >> ilhan omar is right where she belongs. >> the gentle woman's time has expired. >> she is needed on the foreign affairs committee. [gavel] >> clarity conviction and truth. >> is no longer recognized. >> the g.o.p. is now doing what it is best at. weaponizeing hate against a black, beautiful muslim woman. >> the gentlewoman's time has expired. >> i will not be silenced. >> the gentle woman's time has expired. >> that our country is failing you today. through this chamber. you belong on that committee. >> the gentlewoman is no longer recognized. >> brian: how many times do they have to gavel th

marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar in some of the social media posts involving violence that theysome conspiracy theories around 9/11. temperatures are high on congress. it's a very polarized congress. if you think about mccarthy, his own caucus is polarized so he has to kind of balance the needs and desires kind of a far right caucus and then a more moderate part of his caucus as well. what was interesting today was he did come out and say maybe there needs to be some sort of committee to figure out what a code of conduct should be among folks on the hill rather than this kind of revenge and tit for tat we've seen that seems to have enflamed some of the division. a lot of speeches on the hill today from democrats. very fired up about this. so maybe going forward, this committee can kind of calm things down a bit. >> it's interesting. mccarthy, the speaker, was saying he wanted her off this committee because of what she had said, but he decided to have marjorie taylor greene on a committee even though she was accusing the american jewish committee of engaging in you know, laser sp

did remove two members of the republican party from their committees in the last congress both paul gosarnd marjorie taylor greene. it's important to point out, however, that just a few days ago, last week, kevin mccarthy removed two members from the house intelligence committee. so obviously going forward, the question is going to be is this going to continue to be an issue for republicans and democrats as they take control of the house of representatives. >> what appears to be a tit for tat move here. thank you. >>> with me is heidi przybyla and white house bureau chief for "the washington post." after some wrangling it appears that speaker mccarthy has enough votes to oust ilhan omar from the foreign affairs committee. what do you make of his hold of his caucus given what we saw a few weeks ago as he was fighting for that speakership role? >> kevin mccarthy is trying to find his feet as the speaker and he has been able to corral his members for a number of key votes. this is one of the votes that was going to be a test of his speakership, whether or not he was going to be able to flip

in 2021 democrats gave the boot to marjorie taylor green and paul gosar from their committees.he gop says what is good for the goose is good for the gander. >> this is raw politics. that is what this is. when the doors opened there is a question. you have to decide what you're going to do but i have strong disagreements with representative omar. i would prefer if it were just, just starting from scratch, i would not choose this path. >> reporter: democrats contend this vote is cancel culture. nancy mace of south carolina just announced she will support the resolution so the gop should have unanimous support on their side right now. looking at the scoreboard. the board is still open this is a party-line vote. ilhan omar spoke on her own behalf just before the vote. she said quote, the debate today who gets to be an american. neil? neil: chad pergram on capitol hill, chad, that he very of. meantime governor ron desantis taking on the woke crowd, woke curriculum. he seems to be making some traction there. i will explain after this.unti ♪. i'm bill lockwood, current caretaker and o

both congresswoman green and republican congresswoman paul gosar attended events hosted by the very same holocaust denying white supremacist that trump had over for dinner. but instead of punishing them as he did ilhan omar, speaker mccarthy rewarded both gosar and green in this congress by giving them back committee assignments that had been previously taken away. it is clear, then that today's vote on congresswoman ilhan omar was not about condemning anti-semitism. she seems to have been sought out for different reasons and today congresswoman omar made clear that despite the efforts to boot her out of power, she was not going anywhere. >> is anyone supposed that i'm being targeted? is anyone surprised that i am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about american foreign policy or that they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced? my leadership and voice will not be diminished if i am not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger, and my leadership will be celebrated around the world as it has been. so take your vote or not, i am here to stay, and i

. >> well, they have also said, people like paul gosar, marjorie taylor greene, the purpose of havingotage is they want to help clear people who are charged with crimes. for having broken into the capitol. they have all tweeted something to that effect, gosar, gaetz, and greene. are we in danger of not just that, of them trying to twist this footage, cut little pieces of it that they think will help criminals get out of jail or out of trouble, but also i'm concerned that these are the people that the russians listen to. including tucker. that he can put on something that is false, not real, but that he's very useful to our enemies, including knowing where the security cameras are on capitol hill. >> look, tucker carlson is a pro-putin, pro-orban, pro-autocrat propagandist. while we have the president of the united states in ukraine expressing solidarity with the forces of democratic freedom, kevin mccarthy is releasing these tapes to one network, not making it public for everybody, not giving it to cnn and msnbc and "the new york times" and "washington post." giving it to fox news and

. >> paul gosar, racist, threatening memes.omes down to the fact that kevin mccarthy needs votes. he is going to keep the right flank happy at whatever cost he is able to. the big test is coming with the debt ceiling. many of us said on the airwaves before, the right flank is never voting to raise the debt s ceiling. now is time to work with the moderates and seeing where you can get something done. >> coming up, what did alec murdoch say to investigators after the killings of his wife and son and vladimir putin's mercenary leader reaching out to cnn with answers to brutality in the war in ukraine. the response ahead. humpty dumpty dodoes it with a great fall. wonderful pistachios. get crackin' there's a different way to treat hiv. it's every-other-month, injectable cabenuva. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable. it's two injections, given by my healthcare provider, every other month. it's one less thing to th

. >> representative cortez whose life was threatened in a tweet by republican called paul gosar, says this. >> i had a member of the republican congress threatened my life. and the republican caucus rewarded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. do not tell me this is about consistency. don't tell me that this is about an active condemnation force antisemitic remarks. when you have a republican caucus member talking about jewish space lasers, and in -- an elevated her to the highest committee assignments in this body. this is about targeting women of color in the united states of america. don't tell me because i didn't get a single apology when my life was threatened. thank you. >> after that vote in the house, the congressional black caucus went to the oval office to meet with the president in the vice president to discuss vice president kamala harris's statement at the funeral of tyre nichols in memphis on wednesday that they must find a way to pass the george floyd justice and policing act. >> we have an agreement and how we will continue to w

political retribution over the removal of far-right congressmembers marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar from their committee assignments in the last congress due to their violent and racist rhetoric. in 2021, congressmember gosar became the first lawmaker to be censured in more than a decade for posting an animated video on social media where he murders congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez and attacks president biden. this is congressmember ocasio-cortez speaking from the house floor thursday. >> i had a member of the republican caucus threaten my life and you all and the republican caucus rewarded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don't tell me this is about consistency. don't tell me this is about a condemnation of anti-semitic remarks when you have a member of the republican caucus who is talked about jewish space lasers and an entire amount of tropes and also elevated her to some of the highest committee assignment in this body. this is about targeting women of color in the united states of america. don't tell me because i did not get a

i argued it was wrong when nancy pelosi denied paul gosar and marjorie taylor green spots on the committeeose choices, not the speaker. on the january 6th committee i argued it was wrong that nancy pelosi populated the committee with her handpicked people rather than allowing the minority to pick them. if i was voting on this r resolution today i would vote no. minority gets to make those choices. you can police people like eric swalwell and adam schiff and say you can't be on the intel committee. they can't be trusted with classified information. that is different. in this case, the decision gets to be made by hakeem jeffries and steny hoyer and the people on the democratic side of the aisle. you can't police stupidity and ignorance. if the democrats want to put her on that committee ask the democrats about that. don't donate to the democrats who do that. the overwhelming majority of jewish americans why do they donate to the democrats so much? so i don't think it's on kevin mccarthy and the house republicans. it is on the democrats. i don't think she should be denied a seat on the commit

bipartisan votes in the last congress to remove two republican members, marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar of their committee assignments, for making perceived threats against fellow members. >> i had a member of the republican caucus threaten my life, and you all, and the republican caucus, rewarded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress now i didn't get a single apology. my life was threatened thank you. >> reporter: speaker mccarthy defending his decision to push for omar's ouster, following his earlier move to block democrats adam schiff and eric swalwell from returning to their seats on the house intelligence committee. >> if it was tit for tat, we would have picked people, took them off the committees and said nothing about it we don't believe in that >> the speaker went on to say yesterday, that he wants to revamp how members are removed from committees to try to provide more due process, and what has become a purely political action meanwhile, democrats are still frustrated to see members like marjorie taylor greene, who compared president biden

affairs committee essentially in retaliation, for the democrats removing marjorie taylor greene, and paul gosar from their committees after they employed language that was threatening to fellow members. republican, chip roy, gave the game away with a convoluted baseball metaphor i think managers ought to pick their teams, we ought to stop playing the stupid expletive. but, you know we do, and so my view is you hit my guy, you come to the plate, we will pop your guy and other words, an eye for an eye, one for one. you take our people off committee, no matter what they did, we take someone off their, no matter what they did. that's it, that's the whole thing. initially, a number of republicans, including multiple members of the republican party, congressman victorious parts of indiana for instance, condemned the move to oust congressman omar. democrats did not mince words in response to this action. >> you want to introduce a resolution against someone guilty of antisemitism introduced a resolution against someone dining with antisemites. someone dining with white nationalist. member of your conf

paul gosar justin december retweeted something from trump saying it's time to recall the constitutionrtant to remind folks that the temperatures on the hill are trying to turn down. we saw in fulton county, georgia in the investigation that could include former president trump. the grand jury came to the conclusion that remains one of the bottom lines, we find that no widespread fra took place in georgia. however, the republican party chairman is still raising that false claim. am: critical issues. we are glad you are covering it all. lisa, thank you so much. ♪ amna: the film with the most oscar nominations this year, everything everywhere all at once became ace of rise breakout -- became a surprise breakout hit for audiences and critics. this weekend at the directors guild of america awards, the film director won. she now has a chance to make history as the first asian woman to win an oscar for best actress. jeffrey brown speaks with michelle for our series. >> are you with us? jeffrey: everything everywhere all at once, while title and a wild and hard to characterize movie. a woman

and of course, paul gosar, who once spoke at a so-called pro hitler white nationalist event and followedg congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. but of course marjorie taylor greene who famously rang about jewish space lasers. and then there is donald trump who has a long and storied history of making antisemitic statements like repeatedly evoking the jewish dual loyalty trump. and just a couple of months ago, trump dined with a known holocaust denier. so here's my real question, why? why are republicans in congress so obsessed with demonizing congresswoman ilhan omar in particular when scores of lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle, have made antisemitic remarks in the past? why is conservative news media so obsessed with attacking congresswoman omar despite her repeated apologies? retired jewish congressman john yarmouth said this week that he knows congresswoman omar is not antisemitic. rather her past remarks, though ill-advised, were rooted in the desire to call out policies of the israeli government. what's more, he said that he himself has echoed many of the criticisms that cong

you know, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, paul gosar, there were the same notions of, hold on anot going to be on committees. what are they really going to be doing at that point in time? and you mentioned the. people congresswoman elise stefanik talked about this earlier today. listen to what the fourth ranking house republican had to say, because she goes back to talk about, look, this is about the process and the people. >> we're like, all my colleagues, particularly in new york state. i supported george santos as the nominee. and the people of his district voted to elect him. now, we just got out of conference and george has voluntarily removed himself from committees, as he goes through this process. but ultimately, voters decide. >> -- resign [inaudible] >> again, this process is gonna play itself out. >> actually, on the point. it is about the voters, but the voters did not vote for this particular person as he really is. and just on that point, i want to show everyone this new polling that we have out here. it's from newsday in a cnn college poll, one question is, should

both congresswoman greene, and paul gosar, attended events hosted by the very same holocaust denyingbut instead of punishing them, as he did ilhan omar, speaker mccarthy rewarded both gosar and green, and this congress by giving them back committee assignments that had previously been taken away. it's clear that, that today's vote on congresswoman ilhan omar, isn't about condemning antisemitism. she seems to have been sought out for different reasons. and today, congresswoman omar may clear, despite the -- to build our power. she wasn't going anywhere. >> is anyone surprised that i'm being targeted? is anyone surprised that i'm somehow deemed unworthy to speak about american foreign policy? or that they see me, as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced. my leadership and voice will not be diminished. if i'm not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger, and my leadership will be celebrated around the world as it has been. so, take your votes are not. i'm here to stay, i'm here to be a voice against harms around the world that advocate for a better worl

kari lake was invited by paul gosar to the prayer breakfast. why? why do they hang on to? losers ridges that get you? kari lake and baking a cake? >> it used to be lost an election, you not cough into the shadows for a bed, you lay it low, maybe take on emeritus her pen leadership status. this is not the case in the republican party anymore. you run on the politics of grievance. that's what's been motivating and fueling a lot of the base. and now that defiance is a defining factor. it doesn't matter if you lose because the grievance then becomes, the system was rigged. so i was going to lose anyway and that's why you still need being around. that's why you see someone like donald trump still as the potentially leading candidate for the gop nomination right now because that's what resonates with the base, that's why you see kari lake who lost her bid for the governorship still left the center of that power right now with the party. and that's why you see people like show bolsonaro who lost his reelection bid for president in brazil, also embraced by the republican party rig

his co-sponsors in addition to boebert and greene, january 6th rally planners andy biggs and paul gosarrise. in fact, the hard right gosar is doing the most to carry vladimir putin's tainted water. he tweeted, quote, ukraine is not our friend. and russia is not our enemy. joining me now is congressman john garamendi of california who just returned from a trip to polish ukrainian border and former rnc chair michael steele, host of the michael steele podcast and msnbc political analyst, and one of the best dressers i have seen this evening. michael, had to compliment that first. first, congressman, you just got back from the ukrainian/poland border. what is the mood on the ground for ukrainians? it has been almost a year. they have seen pretty consistent support from the united states. but they are still facing an army that is much larger than the one they can put together. what's the mood on the ground in ukraine? >> well, within ukraine, it's we are going to win. we will not allow russia to dominate us. the boot of putin will not be on our neck. we are a democracy, and we're going to fi

affairs committee as political payback for the previous the motions of marjorie taylor greene and paul gosarsan committee to investigate the so-called weaponization of the federal government and idling out plump assignments, including under the house rules committee. and it worked. kevin mccarthy gave the maga wing party enough to win this because gavel, if you can call it a win. and matt gaetz -- >> bravo, speaker mccarthy. this is not an agreement at the beginning of last week, but as the week progressed, speaker mccarthy to his great credit understood that this was important to a great many of us. >> so speaker mccarthy is not delivering for the maga wing of his party, even if it is bad for congress and bad for democracy, even if it is bad for kevin mccarthy because as he said himself, he promised. kevin mccarthy is a man of his word, except for the time that he said trump bore sponsor buddy for the deadly attack on the capitol and then turned right around and pledge loyalty to trump done at mar-a-lago. and also that time that he told liz cheney that he talked about resigning and then nev