republican also. so it doesn't really matter, because in my opinion, trump is going to do whatever he wants to do anyway. his agenda is whatever he wants his agenda to be. in my opinion because of the dictator that he wants to be, in my opinion it doesn't matter if congress leans republican or democratic because in my opinion , trump is just going to do whatever he is going to want to do and the people he will have around him are the ones who will dictate to him, not congress or the american people. host: emily brooks, is it a rubber stamp should they turn the house republican? guest: there is a lot of stuff that trouble due by executive order in bypassing congress in not having to wait for consensus are enough to get past the senate filibuster. there are certain things that he will need congress to do, especially if he wants to preserve things into the future and preserve his legacy and cement those into law and is run -- one reason why making the tax cuts richer -- permanent are important to get byp

secretary of education cardona received 14 republican votes. secretary cardona supported mandatory covid vaccines for schoolchildren of all ages. he doesn't believe parents should have to have any say in their children's education. it's up to the teachers. he has also directed his department to destroy -- and i will repeat, destroy title 9 and allow men to compete in women's sports. in my opinion, that is a total disgrace. and he had 14 republicans who eliminate he for him here on this -- who voted for him here on this senate floor to confirm him. secretary of interior deb h haaland received several republican votes. many senate republicans had no issue voting to confirm these democrat nominations and that is their prerogative. even though many were unqualified, radical and in some cases completely out of their minds. i'm not going to get into that point. but yet many republicans have been quick to voice concerns about the competency and qualification of some of president trump's picks. it makes no sense. i've heard concerns about nominees' per

the newly elected republican -- sen. thune: the newly corrected republican conference chair is senator tom cotton. sen. cotton: i'm grateful for the confidence that my peers placed in me. we all remember what it was like when president trump was in office and we had republicans in charge of the senate we had low prices. we had high wages. we had a secure border we had a strong military. we had a peaceful, stable world. starting january 3, that's what we'll be working to build again work president trump, with mike johnson and the rest of the house republicans on behalf of the american people. thank you all. sen. thune: the newly elected republican policy chair is the senator from west virginia, senator shelly moore capito. sen. capito: thank you and congratulations to senator john thune, he'll be a strong voice as he has been in the past as the whip, i look forward to serving with him. i want to thank the others who ran we had a strong, healthy discussion. we've all come out united and friends. one of the people that was

the republican is trying to hold onto a district that is the most democratic seat held by republicans was the most republican seat held by a democrat. this is the inverse. biden would've carried the district by about 14 points, and so it is an uphill climb for the freshman republican. he's a former nypd officer, a local politician and he's got some strengths, but he's also had some embarrassing stories come out about some personal relationships and campaign-finance spending. he faces challenges. we see him as a slight underdog against laura guillen who also ran against him last time and lost very narrowly but is running a better funded, more supported campaign this time around. so that is new york four. finally pennsylvania one, this is a seat that has bedeviled democrats for a decade or more. it is a democratic leading seat in the hilly suburbs and yet republicans have been able to hold onto it and before then, his brother was able to hold onto it despite it being a democratic leaning territory. we see ryan fitzpatrick at the clear favorite in that race. he faces a democrat named ash

. >> republican senator john thune spoke about growth in the republican party in the biggest issues at the start of the congress, replacing mitch mcconnell. >> got the team assembled. >> good afternoon. it's a new day, biden-harris-sc. this republican team is united. we are on one team. we're excited to reclaim the majority and to get to work with our colleagues in the house to enact president trump's agenda. we have a mandate from the american people. a mandate not only to clean up the mess left by the biden-harris-schumer agenda but also to deliver on president trump's priorities. we will make sure the president and his team have the tools and support they need to enforce border security laws and to remove the 1r50eu7b89 criminals wreaking havoc in every one of our states. we will work to make america prosperous again by streamlining the bureaucratic machine and overturning costly biden-harris regulations. we will work to restore american energy dominance. not just our energy security but energy dominance. which will lower costs and bolster our national security. i'm excited to get t

republicans know this is coming, and so in the face of that oncoming change republicans took this billing various changes to the laws of dentistry, they took the laws of dentistry bill and they turned it into something very much not that, which is probably good news for drunken dentists, bad news for mannequins l but also big news for what republicans are apparently trying to do in north carolina on their way out the door. this is footage from the north carolina state legislature. people being cleared out of the gallery in the state legislature for protesting against what the republicans are trying to do with this bill that started off as a dentistry bill and turned into something much more radical. republicans took this laws of dentistry bill, gutted it, took out the dentist stuff, then decided to call it their hurricane relief bill. you remember all the horrible storms in western north carolina right before the election. they said it would be their hurricane relief bill. what the bill actually does is it changes the state government in north carolina. so, all of the state government

because i knew i was republican. i registered republican on my 18th birthday. like i couldn't wait to register. i knew like i was that weird kid, right? i guess. but it made perfect sense to me. but these were the early days of voter data where you could look that stuff up and. so they thought i was was a spy. and so my first, my first. and there are spies in campaigns by. the way that does happen, of course i had no idea. so i walked and wanted to volunteer for my congressman men. and they were like, why would a mexican kid from a democratic family want to work for a congressman who's pretty anti-illegal immigration? like, what's going on. and my first job in politics was to take off stamps from envelopes that had been stamped. they wanted to make sure they wanted to make sure. i, of course, had no idea. thought i was saving the republic right. so i'm like peeling stamps off. and they put me in a storage closet, isolated me from everybody, and i would be there for hours just trying to peel them off perfectly so that congresswoman could use them again. and afte

republican. caller: i am glad that donald trump got elected president because he represents family values according to what god says in the bible and i am glad that the unborn have a voice. host: all right. we will leave it at that phone call. we will pick up with another conversation tomorrow morning on washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. there are several uncalled races in the presidential contest, the senate and the house for the balance of power in congress. go to c-span.org/results for real-time updates on where those races stand to follow along with the balance of power. thanks for watching. >> cpais your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers. we are just getting started. building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these ot

republicans would do the same local republicans would write the republican national committee and it was largely private individuals. so in the case of the democrats, samuel tilden, who was incredibly wealthy, one of the wealthiest men in america, financed much of his own campaign. democrats had other children. august, belmont, who had long for a long time been the chair of the democratic national committee for horse racing fans. belmont is well known as the namesake for the belmont stakes. one of the races still today, part of the triple crown. belmont was also very wealthy and helped finance these campaigns. so money was becoming increasingly prominent during these campaigns, largely financed by individual sales. there were, of course, no campaign finance laws like we have today. and so an individual could pour as much money as they wanted into a campaign. and large that money would go to help state and local organizations fund their campaigns during the election. okay. now we're going to get into the hard part. sure. november 6th, 1876, here is the popular vote. samuel tilden rece

the republicans went right back so republicans consolidated earlier than i would expect, democrats are shakier than they will be in a couple of weeks and independence moved towards biden not by the numbers he needed but in the right direction and the fundamentals still look, the movement is marginalbut the directions of each of idthose three categories are heading in the right direction . >> you talk about consolidation and we zoom out to the 20, 30 years, where there just are the rockefeller republicans, there are the conservative democrats. in this book you explore this trend of the latino vote. to what extent are any gains republicans are making simply a product of republicans consolidating conservatives? >> i don't believe the movement to the republican party is part of a broader conservative movement. the movement is much part of a much bigger populist movement and it is antiestablishment and this is one of the things i bring up in the book, one of the things happening is a crisis in our institutions, they are collapsing . and it's broad whether it's the media, government, churche

or republican women. or republican women. >> why wasn't the gender gap bigger? the republican meaning women came home -- the same kind of women who had not been there for republicans in the way they should have been, came home to the republican party. ok, sean? what do you think democrats think happened? >> well, so kind of like the stages of grief, and right now, there's anger and denial and both parties go through it after a tough election last what i am seeing is a lot of falling back on the narratives that have really defined the democratic party really since obama, you know, that it is about race, it is about gender, and it is tough because i do not deny that there's racism and sexism in america and a lot of it but that is more or less a constant. it's not like it all of a sudden pops up like, hey, this is the election where it matters. i think you need a better story to tell and it denies the obvious things in the face. joe biden had a 40% job approval. presidents do not win when they have 40% job approvals. she was the vice president in an administration

republicans were just shocked.ean, you know, being under investigation by the chamber's ethics committee. you know, we learned about this report that was supposed to come out within a week. it just kind of sent shock waves across washington. i think bigger picture, it's, once again, raised questions about is this second trump administration as some people have projected, is it going to be any more professionalized than his first? and, you know, with these most recent round of picks, the concern is that it's not. >> gaetz's can't be overstated how disliked gaetz is on the hill and including fell republicans. if he is defeated, maybe it allows the rest even with suspect qualifications to get through. white house reporter for politico, maya ward, thank you for being with us on a jam-packed show. we appreciate it. >>> next up, president-elect trump made a comment yesterday about a possible third term and house democrats are already taking steps to make sure that is never a possibility. >>> plus, we will be joined by a

not a lot of republicans. enough to measure and they are moving and have been moving since 2016 to the left. what is fascinating is a republican whose been working in voter groups for decades is culturally for clothes for republicans and bring them home on voting day on tax cuts and free market measurement and a lot of them specifically women who say they are pro-choice and pro-life party and i'm not comfortabl' with it. tax cuts come on, tax cuts and they come back home to support tax cuts. that changed in 2020. we doubled down exclusively. he never saw a tax cut he was all culture culture culture. we were shrinking those college educated women. the exact reverse is happening with the working class as the education divide as theyti callt reshapes the contours of the country. those with a college degree are rapidly consolidatingda under te democratic parties banner and those are equally consolidating under the republican banner. the divide is getting bigger and it's manifesting not just in terms of the economi

republicans, i don't know what republicans think happened. whether elon musk spaceship gave them a victory or joe rogan with you delivered a victory. i don't know. i want to hear from everybody. everybody what do you think democrats think happened? >> i have been giving democrats i've a break. a break. i have tried to reach out to a few. i don't know they have answers. in reaching out it is not an regio accusatory way. neither if they are sharing polling numbers, that weren't surly accurate although we can talk about that as a separate question. fairly accurate also it would with certainly was not intentional. really media i don't know they have answers. in the immediate aftermath, the they didn't really have any harris campaign you might have seen did not have any guidance for surrogates. i don't think they really know. really no in their mind or in there their power they did our everything in their power. they were putting people on buses in new york to go to philadelphia. they had the operation running. it was not sufficient. if they do th

republicans, i don't know what republicans think happened. whether elon musk spaceship gave them a victory or joe rogan with you delivered a victory. i don't know. i want to hear from everybody. everybody what do you think democrats think happened? >> i have been giving democrats i've a break. a break. i have tried to reach out to a few. i don't know they have answers. in reaching out it is not an regio accusatory way. neither if they are sharing polling numbers, that weren't surly accurate although we can talk about that as a separate question. fairly accurate also it would with certainly was not intentional. really media i don't know they have answers. in the immediate aftermath, the they didn't really have any harris campaign you might have seen did not have any guidance for surrogates. i don't think they really know. really no in their mind or in there their power they did our everything in their power. they were putting people on buses in new york to go to philadelphia. they had the operation running. it was not sufficient. if they do th

and that will help the republicans so much.he appeared at a campaign rally with donald trump. the down ballot affect will actually help him. i expect donald trump to enact that state, as well. >> leslie, bringing this to a bed set for you, as well. is this a tough spot for democrats this year? >> this is an area where i have a concerned about jon tester, the senator in montana. a very red state. i don't agree with the casey mccormick race. the numbers really show casey ahead, and i think he is going to keep that. i do think that pennsylvania is going to go to democrats. there are some races that are very surprising and red states for democrats where you see, in florida, for example, rick scott is only one, two percentage points against his democratic opponent. you see that in a dead heat depending on the poll between colin ha or ted cruz. they may be some surprises, but the senate is almost equally divided. democrats only have a 1-seat advantage in republicans have been in the situation before. my side has the majority right no

republican also. so it doesn't really matter, because in my opinion, trump is going to do whatever he wants to do anyway. his agenda is whatever he wants his agenda to be. in my opinion because of the dictator that he wants to be, in my opinion it doesn't matter if congress leans republican or democratic because in my opinion , trump is just going to do whatever he is going to want to do and the people he will have around him are the ones who will dictate to him, not congress or the american people. host: emily brooks, is it a rubber stamp should they turn the house republican? guest: there is a lot of stuff that trouble due by executive order in bypassing congress in not having to wait for consensus are enough to get past the senate filibuster. there are certain things that he will need congress to do, especially if he wants to preserve things into the future and preserve his legacy and cement those into law and is run -- one reason why making the tax cuts richer -- permanent are important to get byp

what we are noticing a lot of republican open seats, and there are 23 republicans who opted not to seek reelection this year, is the direction that republicans are headed overall depends a lot on who comes through the primaries. there are open seats work candidates allied with trump ended up availing and people like brandon gill in texas 26th district, and we saw districts with more conventional conservatives who would have fit in the party in the pre-trump era prevail. people like julie put your check -- padorczack in north dakota. host: james in north carolina. caller: it reminded me when you are getting so excited about how much the democrats have outraised republicans. i was wondering if you care or if you thought about all the money people like george soros that hate our country and is really a bad guy that funds the democrat party in these deeply states -- deep blue states where they burn their cities down in 2020? this morning i saw on the ticker thing speaker johnson said there are serious issues with the democrat party taking money from our adversaries. the democrat people are

in today's republican party? it seems strange on the face of it that the, the former leaders of the republican party are now stigmatized as republicans in name only. that's weird. how did that happen? but i think the reality is that the moderates that i was writing about were dwight eisenhower style republicans who believed in the legitimacy of the new deal order. so they were in some sense, new deal order republicans. then along comes ronald reagan and brings and what we now refer to as the neo liberal era. and even the democrats came around to that. i mean, bill clinton was someone who actually operated under the term set by ronald reagan . i'm from now maybe moving us into a kind of populous era which is different from the other. so in that sense, all previous models of republicans are outmoded and they're gonna have to decide whether they find a better home in trumps populous republican party or with the democrats. as we know, donald trump once to deep court, undocumented immigrants. he wants to stop immigrat

dealing in two republican districts. republicans are leading in two democrat districts. if that holds democrats will most likely be in the minority. that will be a huge let down for the party. they thought they would carry districts from iowa, nebraska, new york, california. they left a bunch of republican wins, pick up opportunities, on the table and that's going to cause a lot of hand wringing, blame game of sorts potentially at the top of the ticket too, democrats outperforming kamala harris' performance in battle ground districts. at the moment those votes are yet to be counted. the republicans will have majority in the senate, 52 at least. a couple are yet to be called potentially adding one more. we'll see how pennsylvania senate race turns out. another question for republicans, who will lead the new majority? mitch mcconnell, longest serving senate leader in the history of the senate is stepping aside from his leadership post. that means several candidates are vying to replace him. john cornyn, john thune, and sen

the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: mr. president, last tuesday, the american people spoke, and they spoke decisively. they made it clear they've had enough of the failed biden-harris-schumer agenda and chose president trump and vice president-elect vance to lead our countries, along with republican majorities in the house and senate. i congratulate president trump and vice president-elect vance on their tremendous victory. it is difficult to overstate what president trump did from in election. republicans have improved our margins, in three out of every four counties in the united states and grew support with nearly every demographic group. president trump won more hispanic support than any republican president ever before, and younger voters played a crucial role in his victory. the republican coalition is broad and strong and growing. mr. president, the american people handed president trump and senate republicans a decisive victory, and now the real work begins, delivering on our agenda. that starts with ending the bide

mean that more than one republican voted to complete the report and it could mean only one republican voted against completing the report. when the committee meets again on december 5, the matt gaetz report will be presumably completed and the democrats will call for another vote to release this again and then, perhaps one of the republicans who voted today to complete this report may then vote to release the report. and so, the ethics committee votes on december 5 will be the decisive vote on matt gaetz nomination for attorney general if one republican, just one republican, votes to release this report. as you heard on this program last night, the evidence in this report is not survivable by any presidential nominee for any office at any point in the history of this country. >> she was invited to the party by joel greenberg by a friend. >> the one who's now in prison? >> that's correct. >> when she arrived she testified that she had sex with gaetz within minutes of arriving. she was introduced to him. he took her to a room in one of the rooms upstairs. >> this was a prearranged and p

house republican priorities. then maryland democratic congressman glen viy talks about ethics communication into former congressman matt gaetz and reporter gives us inside on what president elect trump's second term would marine. join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern wednesday belonger on c-span. c-span now or online at c-span.org. ♪ ♪ >> visit c-span.org/results for comprehensive coverage of the 2024 campaign results, get the final electoral college breakdown, the presidential race and see which state is carried. plus, watch acceptance and concession speeches on demand any time. stay up to date with c-span, unfiltediew of politics at c-span.org/results. >> on the senate floor alabama republican tommy tuberville talks about president trump's cabinet and nomination nominees telling republican colleagues to get on board or get out of the way in the upcoming confirmation process. his remarks are 15 minutes the it is clear that this body clear message to the uniparty here in washington, d.c. mainstream media, gl

bush has been reelected and the republican has a republican senate. a government trifecta and even with that and the political capitol he gained in the reelection and the takes afterwards of how america hates the libs and republicans are ascending, he could never even get his plan to privatize social security to a vote on capitol hill. didn't get a vote. because it was so radioactive. it was an unpopular idea that no one had asked for and no one really voted for. that 51% of the country who voted for bush, they weren't say please, privatize social security. outside of the heritage foundation, of course. that fy contributed democrats taking back the house and senate in 2006. i think you can see where i am going. there's something brewing similar. with donald trump. something similar that recalls what happened. the president-elect played out something in a video yesterday regarding his plans which are embodied in project 2025 on how he will essentially overhaul the education system, and that plan is to abolish the department of education. it's a goal ve

democrats have to flip five republican seats, but the problem is republicans are leading right now inf the democratic districts. democrats are leading into of the republican districts. so, the math is collocated for them to get to the magic number of 218 votes with democrats. that's where republicans believe once again they can hang on to power, and if they do hang on to power it will be yet another very, very tight majority, a razor thin majority. the speaker of the house mike johnson assuming he is elected again, the speaker of the house will have very little margin for error. that is complicated. republicans, the majority and the last two years, how that be different if republicans had the house, barely had the senate, barely, and also have the presidency? that would be a big question. in the senate republicans have 52 seats at least. they may have added one more, pennsylvania, that seems it could come in their column. dave mccormick is leading in that race right now. there is still outstanding provisional ballot that need to be counted , that potentially looms, the seat held by a

one week ago today americans elected a republican president, a republican senate, and a republican house with a mandate for change. a mandate for more affordable cost of living, secure borders, less crime in our states -- less crime in our streets and a return to american dominance on stage. a man made to put america first. i have always said we run to win and we win to govern. voters gave us the winds we asked for. now the time for governing is here. the speaker and majority leader put together an agenda that will allows to hit the ground running and begin delivering on president trump's america first agenda. as the whip i will work with every corner of our conference to ensure every voice is heard, every constituent is represented, and we get these policies across the finish line. our members have worked hard over the last two years to show what a house majority is capable of. we passed legislation to lower costs for families, secure our borders, and reverse the damage the harris biden has inflicted on our country, all of which collected dust on chuck schumer's desk. now that we have t

what we have seen is republicans, you talk about early vote, recent republicans winning early vote in arizona, back to normal the way it used to be. republicans winning early vote in nevada, never happened since early vote taken place. >> not who they voted for. >> we see registration numbers, we see north carolina-- >> republicans will be-- >> that is fair. >> good point. before you, especially congressman kensinger, we don't know early votes are coming in and where they are going. it seems policy, but part of the conversation for what motivates voters, it is character, recollection of what happened recently, and rhetoric and what is being said. when you look at his comments from today, congressman, the idea of someone could shoot through reporters to get to him, he shouldn't have left in 2021, talks about that as well. how do you think that is weighing on voters' minds in places where they traditionally would not have been looking at democrats? >> everybody's mind is basically made up at this point but that doesn't help donald trump. look, some of his base loves it because it is lik

are republicans going to go for this? i mean it's such a huge expensive undertaking that will disrupt the american economy, disrupt american society. are they really ready to do it? >> i think it's going to depend on "a," what the nitty-gritty detail looks like. and "b," what the final milwaukeep make-up looks like. we'll have to see how similar this new undertaking by trump will mirror that. you noted something, jonathan, that's important. this conference has become trumpier over the careers, but there are still some moderates and trump detractors who are in the conference. you're talking about moderates, there are still some of those moderate vulnerable republicans in new york who won re-election, some of them in california as well. just as of last night, jonathan, decision desk hq calling the race for two key republicans. ease are the remaining two republicans who voted to impeach donald trump in 2021 after the january 6th attack on it capitol. they are going to be back in washington for the next two years despite that

-- the republican leader. we all know a lot has changed over the last several weeks, but one thing hasn't changed, and that is keeping the people of america safe and secure. and we must ensure that our military men and women have the resources they need to remain the strongest and most effective force in the world. and our adversaries are watching . right now, congress has the opportunity, the responsibility, really, to step up and show the world that we stand with our allies and partners. the national defense authorization act is critical to that effort, and i am encouraged by the progress we've made over the past month in ndaa negotiations between the senate and house and i hope soon to produce a compromise bill. i want to thank my colleagues on the armed services committee, as well as leader schumer and our colleagues in the house. we have an ndaa that makes our country safer and stronger. i also want to commend the staff of both the house and the senate republican and democrat for their diligence during th

we defeated more republican incumbents than house republicans have defeated democratic incumbents. but we are still going to fall a few seats short. the question that has to be asked, if you believe that that's an overwhelming mandate, then of course the american people will expect that you will do the basics in terms of governing. that you will be able to avoid a catastrophic default on our nation's debt. that you can fund the government. that you can meet the needs of the american people. if you believe that that's an overwhelming mandate when notwithstanding, notwithstanding the adverse political environment that happened with a trump wave sweeping every single battleground state in america, democrats will have actually increased the number of seats in the new congress, not decreased. and we are still counting in california. reporter: foreign relations. as a minority what is is your strategy for future support of ukraine? the war is happening and conflicts in the world are happening. even increasing. mr. jeffries: we'll have to continue to provide the type of leadership necessar

what is the republican party making inroads?ocratic party is leaving the traditional hispanics they counted on to vote. the democratic party is going increasingly to the left. they have this woke ideology. all that stuff that does not make sense to us because frankly it does not make sense. when the democrats are looking at why did they leave us, all they have to do is look in the mirror. we were leaving you and your craziness and a lot of aspects. the fact we deny what is -- the fact you deny what is common sense. where people of faith and hard work. we believe in the american dream. we believe in opportunity. you have become something else. they are going to see this migration more and less they change their ways. they are going to say because -- when you call us sexist and we are racist and we are misogynistic etc., that is not going to make us come back to the democrat party. you are insulting us and insulting our intelligence. that hardly ever works. marianna: do you think that played a larger role for these latino voters?

let's say there are 222 republicans. that means he cannot lose more than four republicans in order to become elected speaker of the house. i caught up with one of his main detractors. marjorie taylor green who pressed johnson. yesterday criticized him for not having a bigger house majority. >> we should have a major majority, a super majority. we don't. and we don't have that, i think, based on the performance of this congress. this congress has had a lot of failures in the eyes of our voters and the eyes of the american people. the american people gave a mandate last tuesday of the times of policies they want, the agenda they want. that's president trump's policies that he laid out on the campaign. >> is speaker johnson to blame? >> yes, his leadership, unfortunately, he fully passed the biden- harris agenda. >> reporter: now, johnson told me yesterday he's not concerned about the votes in the house. he thinks he will ultimately get there. he believes donald trump will help him get there. it shows a razor thin house rep

they elected republican president, a republican house and a republican senate with a mandate to get this crisis under control and end the democrats' open borders insanity once and for all. that's exactly what we're going to do. with president trump leading the way our republican trifecta is ready to hit the ground running on day one to secure our borders and ensure criminal illegal aliens are removed from our communities. january 20 cannot come fast enough. now our majority leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise: i thank the whip. laid out the bills we have -- we are bringing to the floor again this week. last yesterday we passed an important bill for our nation's veterans by juan ciscomani named after elizabeth dole. it was good to get that passed out of the house and over to the senate. going to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we got an overwhelming mandate from the votes of the country to number one, reject the far left policy we was seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years. but especially to put the country on a different path. and we laid out during

and this is where senate republicans are now. this is turning into quite a prisoner's dilemma situation between them and president trump because they either confirm matt gaetz, based on our reporting, most of them don't want to do. he is far short of the 51 votes in the senate that he needs if republicans were to all vote the way they want to. so they seem to be trying to encourage trump subtly to either withdraw the nomination or prevent it from coming to a vote. if they vote him down, they would weaken the new president-elect of their party right out of the gate. and right now, they're in the afterglow of the election. it's been literally one week and a few days since donald trump won the 2024 election. it would be highly unusual to see this party division. they don't want that. they think donald trump doesn't want it as well. and one person i spoke to thinks donald trump is testing the senate. he likes to see how far he can go before they push back. this is shaping up to be a test of if they will do what many of them deep down

republicans hate. significant amount of people in this country, so cruelty for them and corruption for him and his family. they are going to hoover up whatever government resources they want. so that is what it is going to be. everybody who voted for trump that thought he was going to end inflation, good luck. you have a great thing coming for you. godspeed. host: recently at mar-a-lago, president-elect trump made comments about what he would like to see economically as the result of his incoming administration. caller: i watched -- [video clip] >> a watched -- i watched a liberal commentators say, whether you like it or not, there seems to be a beautiful light shining over our country and even the world. i said, this guy did not say that. we have to defeat inflation. the costs are too high. when i went around, i heard something, the word grocery. it is sort of a strange and simple, nice word. i'm going out for groceries today. they talked about that more than any other item, the groceries are too high

we are joined by charlie, senior advisor to are republican legacy republican from pennsylvania.t is the mission and how are you funded? >> we are a 50134, not even advocating for the election. we are a group of republicans. they are an abomination. the mega movement wanted to divide further.bjmpen it rejects autocrats like vladimir putin, kim jong un, we are in ace very different placen the national engagement. we understand the need relations but at the same time absurd across the board. where republicans should be and we have to have that conversation. >> we will talk about discipline, when was the realization? >> are former senators and bill : is missouri and lane, original encounters and that it was time create a strong voice. the republican party is not divided but it is divided. many do not like the direction. >> what is the ultimate goal? are you going to run another candidate in the next cycle? >> we are trying to create support cannot just at this but beyond this election. how we get this party into a better place. 170. we need to get to a better place to carry the conv

they elected republican president, a republican house and a republican senate with a mandate to get this crisis under control and end the democrats' open borders insanity once and for all. that's exactly what we're going to do. with president trump leading the way our republican trifecta is ready to hit the ground running on day one to secure our borders and ensure criminal illegal aliens are removed from our communities. january 20 cannot come fast enough. now our majority leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise: i thank the whip. laid out the bills we have -- we are bringing to the floor again this week. last yesterday we passed an important bill for our nation's veterans by juan ciscomani named after elizabeth dole. it was good to get that passed out of the house and over to the senate. going to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we got an overwhelming mandate from the votes of the country to number one, reject the far left policy we was seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years. but especially to put the country on a different path. and we laid out during

republican senators on the ethics committee voting against republican senators under investigation. you have seen it happen in the house of representatives on the ethics committee so i believe on december 5 there is a strong chance that at least one of these republicans on the ethics committee will vote to release that report. >> i think there is as well. i went to the floor the day after he announced he was going to name matt gates and spoke on the floor for five minutes which is what we are limited to about the need to release the port. it so happened that my guest, the chairman of the ethics committee was the speaker that day and i noticed that and in my remarks i guided them toward him and the need and importance for the respect of congress to release the report. i saw him the next day in the gym and talk to him about it and he was not exactly sure where they were going to be. he sounded a little bit like he was considering the idea of giving it to the senate so that i think there is a possibility. mike did a good job prosecuting santos but it took eight months to get rid of geo