ralph reid knows me well enough to know -- i prefer is a little bit shorter. i am a christian, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. and i am honored to stand before you today. >> well, we know why pence got the traitor treatment, right? because, on january 6th, in his role as vice president, he upheld the constitution and the will of the american people. and did not bow to trump's insane demands, that he overturn joe biden's election victory. and for that, on january 6th, he was met with these chants. >> hang mike pence! hang mike pence! hang mike pence! >> trump supporters bringing a gallows to the grounds of the capitol. let me say that, again. a gallows was brought to the capitol. there it is, on your screen. you know, don't take my word for it. there it is. to capitol hill to hang the vice president of the united states, if the attackers who stormed said-capitol building could get their hands on the vice president. mike pence had to be safely evacuated from the house floor, as rioters broke into the chamber. mike pence put country, above trump'

. >> i want to thank my friend ralph reid for those overly generous words.ply humbled by them. ralph reid knows me well enough to know the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter. >> joining us now from kissimmee, florida, ali vatali. you heard me tee up there, what is your sense of what you're hearing this weekend in orlando? >> alicia, i have been to these conservative gatherings since trump left the white house and they're all in many ways trump loyalty tests. on its face it is billed as a strategic plan for republicans both in the house and in the senate but also looking more immediately at the 2021 race in virginia. what we're seeing is a continuation of the trump years in terms of messaging. instead of focusing on hard policy, it's a continuation of stoking culture wars. a lot of mentions, for example, going against the idea of critical race theory, for example. which is basically the idea that just says that america is a systemically racist country. a lot of deriding of that theory of thought here on the ground. but what this also is is not just

. >> i want to thank my friend ralph reid for those overly generous words.me well enough to know the introduction i prefer is a little bit short. i'm a question, a conservative, and a republican in that order and i am honored to stand before you today. >> you have georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger who personally stood up to donald trump and rebuffed his attempt to overturn the election and his favorite now planning a big purge. refusing to accept reality which is that he lost a fair and secure election, donald trump has convinced his party supporters that if you did not vote for him, you vote does not count. and there are really alarming numbers that completely back up that fiction among debates. that is next. s next do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold their policy to he

>> and ralph reid knows me well enough to know the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter.and a republican. in that order. and i'm honored [noise] to stand before you today. >> they were buying the pious mike pence act at that gathering today. the trump up sucking was on full display. fealty was on full display at this faith and freedom conservative conference, today, in florida. >> if we are going to defeat the woke assault that all of us need to wake up. >> it's very simple. go back to the remain in mexico policy and build president trump's wall! [applause] >> were going to fight against this warp mob and these radical democrats who are trying to absolutely destroy this country. >> let me ask you something, do you miss president donald trump? [applause] [laughs] i do too! >> still with us al franken and bill kristol. bill, not even a supply can can catch a break these days. i heard you, bill, on another broadcast tonight make the best point that i'm going to ask you to repeat now. it would have cost mike pence nothing other than a few seconds of his remarks to do what? >>

. >> ralph reid knows me well enough to know the introduction i previous is a little bit shorter. i'm a christian, a conservative, and a republican,that order. >> reporter: as for president biden we know he will have some key meetings tomorrow and trying to decide which path to pursue. we know he will be engaging with people from both parties to see if this bipartisan option is something that would be his number one option and choice or if they will have to go it alone, emerges as the one more likely, a combination of the two. >> infrastructure for sure is front and center. thank you for that. let's get more for that issue and those discussions. amanda golden is on capitol hill for us. so, amanda what do we know about this bipartisan proposal that's being presented this week? >> reporter: the details should be emerging tomorrow from that bipartisan group of 21 senators that have been in ongoing negotiations with the white house and of that group of 21 it does appear that 11 of the republican senators are currently supporting this framework. as we see the details tomorrow and be br

ralph reid knows me well enough to know -- >> if you are mike pence and you want to run for presidentcurrent climate in the republican party with the republican base where moik pence's future lies. this is somebody who defended donald trump publicly over and over and over again in extraordinary moments and then fulfilled the basic function of his job, which was to essentially just rubber stamp a free and fair election and is called a traitor for doing so. unless there is a sea change, unless the republicans whip back to a place where people like mitt romney and mitch mcconnell in his more private moments want them to be, it is hard to see where mike pence fits into that equation. >> there is no wiggle room. there has to be complete fidelity to trump. you know who wasn't booed that the conference? governor ron desantis of florida. he has never wavered. you have to wonder what he would have done if he was in the former vice president's position. >> we know what other republicans in the house would have done. this is congressman louie gohmert spewing some pretty ridiculous conspiracy the

ralph reid knows me well enough to know. i'm a christian, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. and i am honored to stand before you, today. >> in case you have any confusion about why they are screaming traitor at mike pence, it's not because he continues to stand by the former president, who disgraced himself and the country by praising insurrectionists while they were still attacking the capitol saying they were very special people and he loved them. no, in the view of many of the former president's supporters, pence is a traitor because he did his constitutional duty on january 6th overseeing the certification of the election. mike pence, still, wants to be president, though. and still hopes that he can, somehow, regain the approval of the former president, he, so adoringly, supported. and his supporters, as well. and so, gyet again, today, he praised the man who didn't even call to check on him or his family's wellbeing when they were trapped at the capitol on the day of the attack. as for what happened durin