is the republican party still a conservative party? ms. cheney: i would say no for a couple of reasons. one is the most conservative of all the conservative things we believe is fidelity to the constitution. the party has gone down a path a way from that. secondly, national security policy. the party has far too many members that prefer isolationism. the fact it is republicans that are threatening aid to ukraine and republicans cannot pass aid to ukraine and israel, have a lot of procedural explanations for why they can't get aid to ukraine past, in the meantime vladimir putin is watching with glee. that's not the party of reagan. it's not the party that is effectively advocating what i believe is the right position on national security policy, which is peace through strength and making sure -- and the lenski has said -- and zelinski has said democracies have to be armed. gerald: another part of the republican formula is it was a party in which business people in the country were comfortable. it is now not so much that party, there is a mu

and, it's even larger than the republican party itself. this is about a set of harmful individuals who are running for the highest office in the land. and, at the same, time who are committed to diminishing whitewashing and rewriting as well as a racing the horrors of american shadow slavery. my friend, writer molly john fastiv enedy fair said it best. referencing haley, earlier today, quote, moral, clarity dies in euphemism. this moment, not only in terms of haley's response but in the long reflection points where we find ourselves around american democracy. demands the loan clarity that mueller jumped fast wrote about. it is imperative as central throughout tomorrow, as anything else about the fight being currently adjacent but it's worth asking whether the so-called backlash will even hurt her. or will it lead need voters in her party at all? >> joining me now to discuss all of this is christina greer, political scientist and host of the black's questions podcast. and my friend and colleague susan depressing, republican strategist and m

the michigan republican party should be ascendant, but we have seen it's actually in horrible shape. >> yeah. it's funny when you think about the fact that trump made these huge inroads for the republicans in 2016. michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. all three states have republican parties that are doing worse than when he came around. they're doing worse than they were doing before trump took office. i don't think that's an accident. i think that shows youing? about trump's effect on the republican party, which is on net it's shrinking. >> and just to make an observation, i know this from being from pennsylvania, it seems as though they're doing the same thing they're doing in michigan, which is it's not about expanding the party, it is as you note, it's about shrinking the party. so it's all about donald trump and his election lies. that's the main focus and the thesis of the gop in pennsylvania and michigan. >> absolutely. and it follows a trend actually we saw in 2022 where election deniers did not do well in their races. i don't know that putting them in charge of the state party

it is clear the republican party - that is? it is clear the republican party is i that is?tity crisis right now on foreign policy. it is a product of the past 20 years of american foreign policy where you have seen costly and misguided wars in the middle east, you have seen it ukraine as an issue become politicised in the last administration, ukraine and russia through the impeachment trial of donald trump, the first impeachment trial. you are seeing all of these issues that have been simmering within the party for the past 20 years starting to resurface. obviously there is a big question in 2024 of which side will win here, the old guard or the new guard, and right now they are still in the middle of this brawl on quite figured out. , ., ., ., out. they have not and we saw that on the _ out. they have not and we saw that on the debate _ out. they have not and we saw that on the debate stage - out. they have not and we saw that on the debate stage on i out. they have not and we saw| that on the debate stage on the most recent debate in alabama. nikki haley seemingly represe

matter is the american people, and the american people will choose either a president from the republican party or the election of the president from the democratic party, so you need to work with a bipartisan... congress and the two-party system for now, mr. dmytro, i would just like to go into more detail, people, i think that the political leadership of ukraine is aware of this, and is already conducting sufficiently correct negotiations, both with representatives of one party and with representatives of the other party , and as with the current leadership of the united states of america with white. as well as with representatives of congress, who are supposedly the opposition, but in principle already rule the lower house, yes, we are talking about mike johnson, because on december 4, it may depend on them what the decision will be adopted regarding ukraine, everything depends on the american people, everything depends on the wisdom of both our political class and the american one, and again, i think that everything is the same, but america will be... from its own interests, and we have to

so many votes that he will definitely reach the final competition from the supporters of the republican partyalso know that republicans. in the us congress, in the house of representatives , they know that this plan will not reach the final result, just as it did not reach the final result during the trump era, but this is a negative propaganda against biden, we know that they are actually mr. biden's son, hunter, should be indicted for corruption and tax issues legal debates and until these 10 months until the us presidential election, both sides are keeping each other busy in order to win the american public opinion. they should oppose each other, in this way they can gather votes by opposing the other party. well, the electoral conditions of america and iran's political society are very bipolar , and like the situation that happened on january 6, 2022, which was something new for the american society, we may see it again in the future. to be trump's lead in the polls doesn't seem strange considering all the conditions he had, well see, not because those in the body of the republican party

there once was a time when the us republican party was synonymous with oftentimes hawkish foreign policy: a muscular defense abroad meant peace at home — or so the argument went. just last month, the world lost a long—running proponent of a strong us foreign policy, with the passing of former secretary of state henry kissinger. for decades american boots could be found on the ground in far—away wars — and with that came the influence that republicans in washington wanted. but times are changing. while the trump era was tough on china, it was also characterized by a more isolationist approach. and now, with the 2024, presidential election just around the corner, republican candidates are setting out their particular brand of foreign affairs. and a split is emerging, between traditional republican values and a new school of foreign policy, with far less support for allies caught up in conflict. for the next 30 minutes we're taking a closer look at the foreign policy of the grand old party and how it's impacting current armed conflicts across the globe. well, this week, it has become clear

this is the republican party. i am a hard-core conservative but i opposed trump. could never, ever get elected as a republic at again. this is what this party is. it is not going to change. it must be defeated. and a story. happy new year. >> and with that, happy new year. joe walsh, exclamation point on a great conversation. thanks to you both. coming up, i will be joined by congressman james clyburn of south carolina who is a key member of the democratic leadership team. as well as one of joe biden's critical allies in the 2020 democratic primaries. i'm charles coleman junior, that's what's next on velshi. what's next on velshi and he gets the summer house. what? save 35% off your first autoship order. at chewy. ♪ on your period, sudden gushes happen. say goodbye gush fears! thanks to always ultra thins... with rapiddry technology... that absorbs two times faster. hellooo clean and comfortable. always. fear no gush. welcome back to velshi. i'm charles coleman junior, in for ali today. as we get set to ring in the new year, i am super excited to welcome my next g

we did not consider the republican party to be in anti-democratic party. we thought it had made a major error in the gatekeeping area and allowing donald trump to be a nominee, but we did not consider the party to be anti-democratic. since 2021, the republican party has violated the basic tenants of democratic behavior for a political party. unambiguously rejecting political violence and three, -- when mainstream political parties -- when they do not do those things, democracy gets into trouble. since 2020, the bulk of the republican party has not been committed to those things. it has to do with our institution. you can find throughout, a plurality, a minority, 25, 30 -- a third of the electorate. but only in the u.s. does that -- is that people to govern on its own. they begin to threaten democracy and that we think it is due to a counter majoritarian institute that like -- it allows minorities to occasionally govern over a majority. most of these institution are constitutional. the structure of the u.s. senate -- some are not constitutional but these ad

what does the republican party stand for? what unites the republican party right now?the republican party is going through the same thing the democratic party went through. if you are honest with your own party, the reason we are going through this is because we haven't solved problems on both sides. why is the rise of a bernie sanders? why is the socialist movement rising? why of the populist movement rising? it didn't start yesterday. ross perot and others. part of the challenge and part of the frustration is what americans currently feel. compounded upon all of that is 2008. it's not the financial crisis. it's the ability to raise money online. it's the internet itself, the ability to react. twitter and x can have a lot of bots and members would react to it. the drawing of the lines. there's less competitiveness. it's more within the primary. all that compounded on itself, i would say, internally for a party, a party usually has a party usually has ahead to it. the only person to become the head of the party is when someone gets elected president. the outside party

, the trump republican party and the democratic party, and all together will unblock, in particularmilitary financial support for ukraine, israel, and solve the problems, but i see that... today, yesterday, the politician quotes a large number of senators, including republicans, who say so that even if we go on christmas vacation a week later, congress is unlikely to finish work on this year, that is, we have come close, we have made progress, but this year the border rules, not logic, so we should not expect anything for the whole of january. i look, the first source, indeed, there is a probability of reaching a compromise in the senate, but it is still a probability, and it is, of course, not one hundred percent, it must be understood that even after reaching a compromise in the congress, this decision must be supported by the house of representatives, and there... the situation is even more complicated, given the influence of far-right republicans, trumpists, and i looked today, there are some comments that claim that they are not at all interested in reaching a compromise and, w

this is just sort of absurdity that highlights the lack of any reason the republican party has to be in power now. there is no policy in the party, as congressman was saying. there is no reason that you say, why should i vote for republicans? except to defeat democrats. that is not really, that's not a policy, that is just a homeroom election. i think it shows a complete collapse of the party as a governing force in america. >> you know, jennifer, to stewarts point, speaker johnson january six comments, and his plans to proceed with an impeachment inquiry into president biden, seems to me a combination of two things. a manifestation of trump's iron grip on the republican party, but also, an example of, because of what johnson is doing, an example of trumpy the system, being a symptom and not the disease afflicting the gop. >> well the gop now is not a political party in any sense of the word. it's a cult. it's a cult following. the following is being done in service of a man who wants a dictatorship. finally, finally, the mainstream media has kind of clued into this. this is an exampl

well, look, not because those who are in the body of the republican party, they mostly think that the recent poll that came out, 75% of republican party supporters think that all these things that are being done against mr. biden are a hoax. what mr. biden's government is doing is what mr. biden is doing against trump , and also the final point related to the gaza war . the competition between the democrats and the republicans was close, which means that a few 10,000 votes completely changed the result, and now , because of biden's full support for israel and his opposition to the ceasefire, the muslim population and the american arab population announced that next year and this will make it likely that mr biden did not vote in some key states . thank you. i talked with yousef azizi, an expert on american issues in washington dc . we will come to the end of tonight's program. good night, god bless you. this is israel's operation and i'm not here to dictate timelines or terms. our support uh to israel's right to defend itself is iron clad. the hospital or jama al-khir, the hospital, a

back your party, the republican party is a great party.'ve done great things for our country. you're not a cult to a thug. you're a great, grand old party. and recapture that, because the public -- america needs a strong republican party, a strong democratic party, too, but a strong republican party. so hopefully, as soon as we get through this, shall we say, cancerous situation that we're in, the malignancy of trump, that they will emerge in a strong way with the leadership that i know is there in the republican party. francine: up next, nancy pelosi's harsh assessment on china and why she thinks the world's two biggest economies must cooperate on climate change. mrs. pelosi: we don't have shared values, but we have a shared planet. and we have to work with the chinese to save the planet, because now i think the biggest emitter, if not us, they're second, and they're part of the solution in all of this. francine: from taiwan to tech curbs, human rights concerns to covid, china's relationship with the us has been rocky. in recent months, w

but it is a window into who is leading this party, this trend in republican politics, particularly since the tea party and since accelerated with the maga movement, where a specific type of person is elevated, implementing cruel and undemocratic policies with seemingly no vetting going on. and it should come as no surprise that this is happening in florida. it may seem like these extreme republicans are taking over the country in scorched-earth fashion. but remember, this plan has been in the works for a long time. the tea party rebranded republican conservatism, giving it a new identity that was bankrolled by republican business elites and fueled by fears of a black president. it created the folks we have leading the florida republican party today, like ogt party candidate ron desantis and rick scott, who was giddily obsessed with sunsetting social security and medicare, the retiree health program that his company defrauded, earning a record federal fine before he was elected governor, and then senator. fast forward to 2023, and you cannot find a florida republican who isn't hawking mag

more on that next. . >>> the leader of the republican party in florida refusing to step down tonight, as he is being investigated for alleged sexual assault. but that hasn't stopped members of the state's gop from taking matters into their own hands. florida republicans have now censured and stripped christian ziegler of his authority even reducing his salary to a single dollar. all because of a scandal that has now pushed ziegler and his wife into the national spotlight. not in the way they wanted. this is what we know so far. christian ziegler is under investigation by police related to an allegation of sexual battery from october. police documents show that bridget ziegler, his wife, told police the woman accusing her husband is the same woman that the couple previously had a consensual sexual relationship with. that admission from bridget ziegler has prompted outrage among a right wing group she's cofounded called moms for liberty. it's widely known for pushing anti-lgbtq policies in schools and critics are now saying she's a moral riphypocrite. they're pressuring her to resign fr

on the mainstream, way out on the mainstream, and she is like a serious spokesperson for the republican party. >> she is like running the republican house. >> she is talking about the vice president. her whole book is in homage to how she should be vice president under donald trump. mccarthy empowered her. mccarthy lifted her up, and the fact that she is staying loyal to him, some supporters may see as admirable, but is scary to me that she gets the amount of attention that she gets. >> the whole thing, every time you go through it, like a horror movie in the beginning, it's such a clichÉ, the devils bargain. the devils bargain is called a devils parking for a reason. it is a troop under the western buttery cannon, which you are offered a thing, and then you'll pay back recently and. we watched them do it over and over again. eventually, the devil comes calling as, he has for kevin harvey. i mccaskill, thank you so much. >> you bet. >> still to come, after the passing of tv legend norman lear, rob reiner joins me on why lear's has significance today. i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on d

plus, emergency meeting on florida to replace a republican party chairman of amid disturbing rape allegations. and how one senator's crusade against aircraft carrier poetry just came to a bizarre and. >> we are so woke in the min military. we've got people doing pawns on aircraft carriers over the land loudspeaker. >> when all in starts, right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the first notifications for jury duty have gone out. what is arguably the most important criminal trial in history of democracy. john allen goes hand to what looks like a form for prospective jurors in donald trump's federal election interference trial to begin march 4th of next year, just a few months from now. he has potential jurors of they will be able to attend, quote, five days a week for a period of approximately three months, starting on that date. and it tells them to prepare for more detailed series of questions, starting with february. the person to receive the summons told nbc news the document does not refer to trump by name, based on the days and the length of the trial, you can easily i

that says a lot about nikki haley and certainly says a lot about where the republican party stands rights how little she may understand voters. listen, i've talked to republicans in places like new hampshire. they do not deny that racism was a part of the civil war. it was the key, what slavery was a key driving force of that. it wasn't states' rights. it was states' rights to have enslaved people and so this may not play out the way she thinks it does and just shows how she underestimates the people of the united states while trying to cater to the gop she's trying to lead. >> you know, i did not have a question about the origins of the civil war undoing nikki haley's rocket to second place in the polls a couple weeks before iowa, yet, here we are. molly, if we look back at her history, as kim just note this isn't the first time she said something like this. the hill reports that as she ran for gerr in 2010 that an interview with the now defunct activist group, palmetto patriots, she described the war between two disparate sides fighting for change and said the confederate flag was not

mccarthy: the republican party is going through the same thing the democratic party went through, the reason we are going through this is because we haven't solve the problems on both sides. why is the socialist movement rising and why is the populist movement rising in republicans? it didn't start yesterday. ross and others. part of the challenge and part of the frustration is where america feels. compounded on all of that is 2008. it's not the financial crisis, it's the ability to raise money online. the internet itself has the ability to react. twitter, x will have a lot of thoughts and members would react to it. the drawing of the lines, there's less competitiveness. it's more within a primary. all of that is composited on itself. internally for party, a party is usually at the head of it. the only person ahead of the party is when somebody becomes elected president. the outside party drive to see who that person is. the last two presidential elections were not won by america voting for aspiration or what they wanted their president to be, it was voting against somebody. anytime a

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and coming to that end, christian siller hasn't resigned his post as republican party of florida. robably mentioned to other republicans who want to kick him out who voted to kick him out, but he's accused them of hypocrisy, saying, look, donald trump was found liable for recently for an incident that happened in 1996. how can you not calling on him to resign? he paid off a star that he had sex with while his wife was pregnant. and that's now the subject of a criminal matter in new york city. how come you not calling on him to resign? republicans are saying these matters are very different. however, the point still stands broadly and aggregate that christian ziegler is drawing the measure of comfort and a measure of inspiration from the way donald trump handles things. trump is the only major republican party figure in florida. he is a florida man. not to denounce ziegler, or call on him to resign. and brigitte ziegler, to a degree, is also following that sort of same playbook. so in a few weeks, a few months, who knows what's gonna happen. >> that's interesting that he's not sayin

why do you think of for the first time in our nation's histry the republican party won that race and y's leadership over the last 20 years as to why he's not an aberration. >> ms. cheney: i think he's an aberration. >> stephen: really? >> ms. cheney: i think what donald trump has done is first of all, he tapped into a sense among a lot of people in this country that their voice isn't heard. but he then lied to them and he prayed on their patriotism and told them you know what, i'll speak for you. >> stephen: very specifically through things like racism. like mexicans are rapists, they are killers. they are here to get us. that's a very racist ideology. undermining of the media is a very fascist thing to do. >> ms. cheney: no question he's using a fascist playbook. but it's also true right now if you want to talk about for example the disgusting anti-semitism that is on the rise across this country. the left has a huge problem with anti-semitism. what we are seeing on university campuses for example. the unwillingness to stand against it. >> stephen: i would agree anti-semitism is a di

there's no love right now for liz cheney in the republican party. there's still an appetite for someone to i try to take on trump. >> she's also not rolling out voting for joe biden. she's made it very clear. she's been incredibly kipt about this. i interviewed her after she was thrown out of leadership. the republican party more than two years ago, she said then that her single biggest goal was to ensure that donald trump never gets anywhere near the oval office again. >> do you think she's really seriously thinking about it? >> i think she's keeping the door open. i think she's selling a book, but she has made it very clear. she will do the cold math and calculous. if she determines that her presence in the race will do more help to donald trump than harm, she's not going to do it. >> that's a really good point. everybody, such a discussion. coming up, time is running out for ukraine. will congress approve new funding to help them beat back russia. the president zelenskyy is making a personal appeal to senate republicans. we'll go live to capitol

take us through it. >> an important distinction to understand, the colorado republican party was also party to this lawsuit by the colorado voters to remove and disqualify donald trump from the ballot. they have not filed an appeal at this point. but the colorado republican part a's decision to appeal itself is notable because that forces the colorado secretary of state to put donald trump's name on the ballot indefinitely. the only way donald trump's name would be removed from the ballot, from this point forward in the state of colorado, is if the u.s. supreme court agrees to take up the appeal and affirms colorado supreme court's decision. which of course, would have far reaching impact not just in the state of colorado but likely in all 50 states. jay suck alow, you'll recall, former attorney for president trump is the lawyer representing the colorado party. in this appeal, he writes, unless the colorado supreme court's decision is overturned, any voter will have the power to sue to disqualify any candidate. this will not only distort the 2024 presidential election but will also mi

there has to be normal republicans fighting for the future of the party. i did not vote republican last election and i do not intend to vote it this election. there is one issue on the ballot and that is democracy and that is the only issue in 2024. >> there is a lot to get through on that. i want to do an observation. you may remember this, the republican national convention when romney and were the nominees. there was a ticker around the stadium. that ticker was the national debt going higher and higher and you could watch it. fast forward to when donald trump is passing his tax cut, which astronomically and historically raised the national debt and the republican party is like that's no big deal. now we have come full circle now that biden is president it has become an issue. it is constant flipping. >> we all have to recognize that debt is out of control and all of us have to jump off the bridge and do things we do not want. it is pretty bad. the republicans do not have a right to own the issue. when i was in we skyrocketed the debt even more than what

would've even had people like that. >> well the interesting thing about what's going on in the republican party conservative movement is that there are a lot of different factions. i, in no way experienced anything like this before. and i had been a prominent republican conservative figure for the past five years of my life. i've seen people all across this country, white, black et cetera that have accepted me for who i am as a, blackmon as a game, in all of this stuff. i had no idea that this really existed out there, until i was confronted with this kind of racial hatred. >> you are saying you had no idea that there was a faction of the republican party that exposed racist and anti-lgbt views. >> no no no, i absolutely know that these people exist. in fact, if we want to have a conversation about white supremacy, let's have a conversation about the white supremacy that happens on both sides. >> i'm just wondering from based on what you're saying, a lot of times on the left they say there are people in the republican party who have these views. a lot of republicans say that's not true. your ma

well >> the interesting thing about what's going on right now in the republican party, in the conservative. there are a lot of different factions. i in no way experience anything like this before. and i had been a prominent republican figure, conservative figure, for the past five years of my life. i have seen people all across this country, white, black, et cetera, that had accepted me for who i am as a black man as a gay, all this stuff. i had no idea that this actually even existed out there, until i was confronted with this kind of racial hatred. >> you're saying you had no idea there was a faction of the republican for party that espoused racist and anti lgbt of use? >> no, i absolutely knew that these people existed. in fact, if we want to have a conversation about white supremacy, let's have a conversation about the white supremacy that happens on both sides, okay. >> but i'm talking about, i'm just wondering just from what you are saying. you know, a lot of times when on the left they say, there are people in the republican party who have these views, a lot of republicans say that'

party. this is simply on a cultural bias, and not any other policy. this is a republican criticized party. i have much more authority to do that. once i shed that, people don't listen to me as much. there has to be a normal republican fighting. i did not vote republican last election. i don't intend to in this election. i serve one issue on the ballot. that is democracy. that's the only issue on the ballot. >> [ applause ]. >> there's a lot to get through on that. this is another observation. this is the republican national convention. we had another ticker around the stadium. this is part of the national debt getting higher and higher. i remembered that. fast forward to her donald trump, is passing his tax cut. astronomically, going to raise the national debt. that's no big deal. >> we have come through the circle. it has become an issue. >> we have to recognize everything out of control. we are jumping out of the bridge proverbially a plea deal. the republicans don't have a right for this. i was the least guy looking at the debt. it has been done under that administration. this is when it

what is donald trump saying about these cases. >> the republican party was also party from the lawsuit. we still expect donald trump and his legal team to file their own appeal, but this from the colorado republican party automatically triggers that donald trump will remain on the ballot in the state of colorado unless the u.s. supreme court, number one, takes up the case, and affirms the decision, or declined to hear the case, allowing it to stand in the state of colorado. of course, we expect the u.s. supreme court here to likely take up the case, but it's a matter of when at this point. of course, there's the political timeline that is important, that undoubtedly they will be looking at here, but at the same time there's also a distinction between primary ballots and the general election ballot. part of the defense of the colorado republican party in their appeal filed last night was the claim that under the first amendment that political parties have their own rights to determine who their candidates for office are. the colorado republican party's legal team also made the case it i

allegations in court, that puts chris christie out of step with the quote unquote law and order republican party is stunning, and i think it's also incumbent on us to remember the fact, as much as it's bizarre the party doesn't want to seem to fix this or contained with her anti-small d democratic values, voters don't care. when i talk to them, those who are still hung up on the big lie don't care to hear the truth of that situation, that trump actually lost the election. this is where the party is. so, chris christie is out of step with the party. and that is probably why people are saying he should drop out of that performance, because he's clearly not nobody that represents where republicans are at right now. but that's a larger problem for the party itself. it's the same one they've been contending with, frankly, since 2015 and 2016. >> matthew, what do you think chris christie's strategy is? i spoke to a big chris christie dinner when he first entered the race. i spoke to them recently, they said listen. we don't expect him to get that nomination. we expect him to pull a chris christie and

this guy runs the republican party? shock waves in florida republican politics i feel it should be? >> it is. this scandal has rocked the florida republican party. i think it's important because there's a lot of scandal and hypocrisy. frankly some head turning facts here. but it starts with a serious credible allegation of rape, which means there is a victim that filed this complaint. i think we have to keep that in focus. what is the allegation? the allegation, by the woman's admission, is that she was engaged in a three-year relationship with these, with the party chair and his wife, who's elected school, member who has sought to ban lgbt books and is ahead of moms for liberty. that's where the hypocrisy comes in after criminality. there are other seriously credible allegations. obviously unconfirmed in news media a roundtable courting,'s video recordings, perjury charges, and the important thing here, this is where it goes to ron desantis, those will be very hard to administer judges because the sarasota republican c

so what is republican party today? i mean, this is i mean, this is your party. sure. you were proud on your first day to become a u.s. representative and. i'm sure you had giant dreams of what you could accomplish in that position, only to find the party to be what it is today, only to find yourself ostracized for telling the truth. so what is this party? well, look, i'm saying this not in any bragging way. i could have been the star of the gop if i wanted to. i came in as the youngest member of congress or next the youngest member of congress. i was the second post-9-11 veteran. you know, i was all over tv as freshman and and then i was proud of it because, look, i'm a center right? i'm much more moderate today than i was as a freshman. but that's a function of age and kind of growing and maturing and seeing things. but i think this country, a solid conservative and a solid progressive movement, because what happens is that tug and pull, that tension actually ends up kind of moving the country along. generally at the rate it should. not too fast, not too. and but the