republicans like me ands. many others in the suburbs. he hemorrhaged professionals inin the suburbs. he did gain some working-class folks but he lost the suburbs. so we need to find candidates like senator scott from south carolina in response to president biden state of the union laying out what he wanted too do going forward but he did vote to certify the election on january 6 and there are many other voices and new party to come in to do much better than donald trump that we need to hear from. i don't think either party's future will be with a white man.y each party has different voices and talents to be in control of the house or the senate or the white house and you have the standard who lost the popular vote twice, you need to turn the page but as a republican there's candidates i can support on the state level, governors to do the right policy so you vote for individuals hoping they can be leaders and be positive and get us back on track that's where i am putting my hope over the next few years and we d

republicans? >> so i actually just heard from a republican source with knowledge on the hill who says that they believe the vote is going to be about 20 -- >> about 20 republicans voting in favor? >> 20 republicans for. last night we were hearing it could be 38, 40 and the source says, i think kevin spent some time making calls to anyone he heard was thinking about voting for it so we lost some from that. quote, kevin is pulling out all the stops. that would be kevin mccarthy. bottom line, yesterday donald trump made a statement that said, quote, hopefully mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are listening. that's who's still running the show. they were listening. mitch mcconnell came out against it today. clearly kevin mccarthy has been lobbying all day against it. >> you know, governor kasich, the fbi released new video today from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. i want you to take a look at this. watch this. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> what does it say to you,

bush on the republican side. what is different about donald trump and the influence he has within the republican party? guest: excellent question. there is no parallel for a former president to have the kind of a death grip on the political party. jimmy carter was not a kingmaker in the democratic party after he was defeated by ronald reagan. george h.w. bush was not a kingmaker. his son was later elected president. people did not go to kiss the ring. what is extraordinary about this, the republican party had a chance to take an offramp after the election. we supported the president when it came to policy, let's move on. he does not have any more judges to appoint. he does not have any more taxes to cuts or regulations to cut -- to cut or regulations to cut. the republican party could have done that after the election, a much more dramatic chance right after january 6. for about five minutes it looked like they would take it. when kevin mccarthy gave his speech already suggested the president was responsible for

you know the wicked democrats republicans you know that you know we're not republicans so this was very much about showing support for the president and you know very the. i've heard believers of the conspiracy theories and. on the phone it's claims of election fraud and they were coming down pennsylvania avenue where you had just come from right there actually coming from all over there were people streaming in from this mine as well and this this whole area was getting filled up with people inside the capitol a number of republicans were challenging the results of the key state that biden had one building off trumps baseless accusations of fraud what does it say to the nearly half the country that believes this election was rigged if we vote. not even to consider the claims of illegality and fraud in this election. outside the crowd had become more and more agitated pushing to get inside hoping to somehow overturn the election anybody thought you have to make a choice you have to choose the right guy and. you know. we started getting some alerts about the cannon house office building

by republican senate the republican senate committee on market kellyly in arizona. to the tune of even releasing an addict so early in the cycle. the sad in the recent weeks from the national republican committee. >> market kelly has learned to speak politicians, washington and like on immigration. >> is a humanitarian crisis and it is tragic. >> the tragic on the southern porter is a crisis mark kelly helped to create, he defunded security and border wall construction on sanctuary cities that refused to import immigration laws instead stimulus check to it illegal immigrants and when joe biden cancel that emergency declaration of border security, market kelly - now the porter is a disaster. what is mark kelly say when he goes on to arizona printed. >> is a mandatory and prizes and is tragic . >> mark kelly says that one - just the opposite in washington. >> nathan gonzalez on market kelly immigration issue and what is the point of releasing an addict 5130 days before election day. >> couple of things, first of all db reviewers a sneak peek. if you are watching a vid

republican line. go ahead with your question or u comment. >> good morning.troyin when you keep repeating democran talking points you are destroying the republican party. we have a party there's evidence that the swing states violates the constitutional laws if had their states and also their state laws.arac how are you goingk toob explaiv thatot joe biden got 450 electod votes and barack obama got 960 bed he got 12 million more votes than joe biden.preme most of the cases were split decisions, the one in wisconsin should have been won. all this stuff isn't some figmentnt of donald trump's imagination. the end result, the people that voted for him, the 75 million people that voted for him, 74, supported donald trump's policies andare what this coun became under his leadership.t you on the other hand think you are the majority and you aretil not. i'd like to know how you cannot see that thehe laws were brokens but we should follow the thi constitution appointing someone who broke the laws to become pre

, the republican governor there, doug vetoed a republican sports bill. republican-held senate upheld the veto. josh holly was the only republican to vote no against lunatic hyper politicized hate crime bill which of course h kansas republican senator jerry moran was instrumental in putting together. moran recently got endorsed by trump, by the way. republicans also took the idiotic position of condemning the left and maxine waters' intimidation of the chauvin jury and then celebrating the outcome of that trial and promising more soft on crime policies which is the same exact thing the democratic party wants. and i don't think it was an accident that on wednesday night when tim scott responded to joe biden, he had one short insubstantial throw away line about immigration because congressional republicans right now are talking with thede democratic party about putting together an amnesty deal. >> tucker: it's also stunning to me that at a time when corporate america -- not all corporations but the biggest ones for sure -- have aligned as one against republ

however, republicans are rejecting that. where the rates were lower in 2017, they are suggesting user fees. even a gas tax increase for a vehicle's mild travel -- miles traveled. and rolling back some of the spending. i talked with representative fisher of nebraska, immoderate, and that is -- a moderate. that is their proposal. host: the other headline from inside the washington times has the house republican leader, kevin mccarthy, officially saying he is and/or sing elise stefanik from new york to -- and/or sing elise stefanik from new york to replace liz cheney. that taken place the same day that leader mccarthy will be at the white house meeting with president biden. the news yesterday from fox news says something morning futures with maria bartiromo, here is kevin mccarthy. [video clip] >> what can you tell us about next week? do you have the votes to oust liz cheney? >> everyone in leadership serves at the pleasure of the conference. as you know, there is a lot at stake. democrats are destroying this nation. we've watc

republican. caller: these pollsters that call 1200 people and anybody in their right mind does not answer a phone call from somebody they don't know, to tell all 350 million americans what we believe, i have never been asked about abortion. i am against it. especially this overturning biden has done enough trump stopping the use of aborted babies for experiments that they are doing. that is disgusting. it reminds me of nazi germany. george soros made the comment that they are in chaos. when you look at the cities where shootings have occurred, all controlled by democrats. our border is chaos. biden flew four plain fools -- airplane full of immigrants into chattanooga. host: i didn't hear about that. guest: her skepticism on polling, she's not the only one who feels that way. there has been a level of soul-searching about the effectiveness of paul's, hand how we use polls that is healthy and we should be doing that. for years, we hear people like that calle, the goal is not to call everyone but to

republican in the crowd. and that is currency for republicans seeking election. recall particularly in the house, we have relatively gerrymandered districts where it's a supermajority of republican voters that continue to elect these individuals. donald trump remains the leader of the republican party until donald trump decides he's not. >> let's look forward to next week, a vote to oust cheney could happen as soon as wednesday. you tweeted and said cheney should insist on a roller coaster -- on a roll call vote. no secret ballots. talk about why it's so important to do as you say, to have this as out in the open as possible. >> yeah, this interesting. the house republican congress rules are not in liz cheney's favor. that does not mean she can't make motionses to waive a rule or try to have this vote by roll call where each member has to stand and be accounted for. most elections are by secret ballot. now the first question is how is liz cheney's seat vacated? does she decide to resign before a vote? does sh

republicans say, mr.den, trying to appeal to middle class voters in places like the midwest like this, the republicans are saying, his staff, too liberal. >> the old nickname for joe biden is middle class joe, this is something he would normally be for. >> they may override the president on this, overrule him and that's what i -- my concerns are with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. and what is basically socialism camouflaged as infrastructure. >> back with us, cnn's lauren fox and sun min kim of the "washington post," the senator making the point that republicans have a counterproposal they think the president should love. let's take a quick look. top line numbers, the republicans are saying they have this new $928 billion proposal, it's $56 billion for airports, $506 billion for roads and bridges, $22 billion for wear, those look like big numbers. however if you learn washington budget speak and things like baseline. $928 billion is not really $928 billion. >> right, it's the keyword baseline we're watch

republican race war.d, a renowned chef is here to talk about his plan to change that. i'm jonathan capehart and this is "the sunday show." >>> this sunday, the republican party is at war with itself. congresswoman liz cheney awaits a vote on whether she should keep her position as the number three house republican this week. her dissent is all but certain, thanks to the final push from house minority leader kevin mccarthy. or should we say speaker mccarthy? that's clearly the job he wants. and one he thinks he can

when democrats accepted all the changes requested by house republicans, the senate republican leader said his conference was undecided but willing to listen. once again, the goalposts have shifted. now the republican leader believes we do not need a bipartisan commission. let me be very clear. to my republican colleagues, there is no good justification for opposing the commission. the commission is not partisan. it will have a 50-50 split of democrats and republicans with subpoena powers requiring cooperation from both sides. it was negotiated on a bipartisan basis by the chairman and a ranking member of the house homeland security committee. it won the support of 35 republicans on the house floor. the commission is not duplicate of. the -- duplicative. we need a dedicated, bipartisan commission to look at the whole picture. the fact our committee can investigate did not stop congress from establishing a 9/11 commission. a january 6 commission is necessary for the same reasons the 9/11 commission was necessary. the real reason it seems republican leaders are suddenly opposed to this

he wants to work with republicans. but the message from republicans today is pretty clear, they are very much united behind former president trump. they are going to make a lot of these things very difficult and it remains unclear if they can really come together on something like infrastructure. and what this means for the rest of his agenda going forward. >> and it is important in the moment, in the moment, because it tells you a lot about today's republican party because senator schumer, i know he's a democrat, so republicans roll their eyes, but republicans are showing feelty to trump. leader mcconnell reprimanded, said what the president did on january 6th was reprehensible. then he did the math. he saw the support of the former president in the republican party, 50/50 senate, i want to be majority leader again, i don't want to make donald trump mad. and steve scalise saying let's have congressional committees have much more aggressive investigations of the origins of the coronavirus, looking into the lab theory.

i'm a proud conservative republican and i will fight for the republican conference. scott. reporter: is president trump the leader of the republican party? ms. stefanik: i believe voters determine the leader of the republican party. president trump is the lead they look. to he's an important voice in our republican party and we look forward to working with him. reporter: as long as you have some members who support the former president and some who don't. ms. stefanik: we are unified. republican voters are unified in their support and desire to work with president trump. we are unified as republicans, as i said, this is the slimmest majority that nancy pelosi has in a generation. we picked up a number of seats despite expectations. we are going on offense and we are going to win on the issues because people are understanding that joe biden's pledge to -- of bipartisanship, he has broken that pledge since his first day in office. there has been no bipartisan outreach. it has been party line, partisan, far-left votes and the american people are seeing the disastrous results i

they're not growing the republican party. in the "washington post" poll, it was 24%. they're not growing the republican party. it's hard to understand how as a party, if you are focused on things that quite frankly the majority of americans don't believe, which is that the election was somehow stolen, you're not a party of big ideals. there's a bigger thing afoot here. i don't often disagree with president biden. president biden said there's a mini civil car going on in the republican party. chuck, the civil war is over and the conservatives have lost. we've got to break down what is the big lie. we talk about the big lie all the time. what is fundamentally the big lie? it's promoting something that undermines democracy, that actually says the will of the american people is sort of thrown out and is fomenting attacks on our government. right now, our greatest national security threats are actually from this fomenting of these lies. there's something bigger at stake here than just partisanship. all this talk about civil war, i

not one-republican vote, anderson. and guess what all of those republicans are doing now? they are going back in their districts, and they are putting out these flashy newsletters that are saying look at all this money that i brought back to my district and all of you folks in my district through this bill, that by the way, i didn't vote for. it's just absurd. and the vote that kevin mccarthy is -- is allowing the caucus to take next week. where they are ostensibly going to get rid of liz cheney. is basically kevin mccarthy saying to the american people, guess what? the republican party is no longer about you or this country. it is, solely, about donald trump. >> yeah. congresswoman kathleen rice. i appreciate your time. thank you. >>> joined now by john kasich. republican who was a member of congress from ohio before serving as governor. abby phillip, our senior political correspondent. governor kasich, i mean, what do you think the consequences are going to be if and when liz cheney is ousted in favor of elise stefanik or somebody else? >> you know, anderson, they better

and i just wonder why smarter republicans, perhaps some of the republicans that are trump republicans that may still have a real republican bone in their body wouldn't want to get trump off their back by allowing this commission to go through. because it would not just implicate donald trump, many times over, but these lawmakers who might have been involved in some way, who may have given tours so people could do some sort of surveillance to see where they could go, to try to hang mike pence or -- >> we don't know if that, in fact, happened. >> we don't know -- >> so we need a commission. >> wouldn't you want those people out of your party, finally? as jonathan just mentioned, family members -- >> well, you know, let me just say as we're looking at this, it's so strange, growing up a conservative and still being a conservative, but not being a republican. you look at these mobs, look at these people breaking the law. this is what we conservatives fought against and railed against since the 1960s. >> law and order. >> we railed against chaos, we railed against the breaking down och soc

no, maybe republicans. because it turns out that on the wish list there, there were a whole lot of things that republicans are now happy to embrace for gain. they have not been shy when it comes to touting things that are in that bill. a fund for restaurants in there. the associated press pointed this out today. the fund offering up to $28 billion in grants for the restaurant industry. that money was in the covid bill. that bill that was the far left wish list and all that. it was in the bill and it's very popular with a lot of people across the country. senator wicker proposed the idea but voted no on the whole bill, tweeting independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion. he voted no and then celesceleig a win. congresswoman hawthorne tweeting -- >> grants that came from the bill that he said was so terrible that he voted against. so sure, republicans could have hated some parts, liked others. but here's the reality. when it comes down to it, only one thing counts, did they vote to send that mone

the republican party in 2016.istory will show, was the turning point. liz cheney missed the turning point. liz cheney holds the position of house republican conference chair. if you don't know what that job is, no one else does. it is a job that has absolutely no function, never has had any function, it's just a way of giving a fancy title to a member of the party in the house. many republicans now want to take that title away and give it to 36-year-old congresswoman from upstate new york, elise stefanich who promises to continue to publicly lie as much as possible about the last presidential election. republican congressman anthony gonzalez, who like liz cheney voted to impeach donald trump for inciting the invasion of the capitol on january 6th says quote, if a prerequisite for leading our conference is continuing to lie to our voters, then liz is not the best fit. liz isn't going to lie to people. today president biden said this about republicans in congress. >> president biden, you said earlier you don't under

the republican offer has come up. your proposal went down in the republicans direction.his new republican offer? >> well look, i think there is some good news that republicans have come up in a few key areas that come up on rail, they've come up a little bit on what they want to invest on roads and bridges. it's still a little bit short, but its progress. i think there is a problem of major problems. number one, there are certain areas where they're proposing not to make any investments at all. to give you a couple of examples of that, there are 400,000 schools and childcare centers across the country that still get watered through lead pipes today. the presidents plan calls for investing about 100 billion dollars to replace those pipes to protect the health and safety of our kids. the republican proposal offers zero in those areas. similarly, if you just read we proposed investments in renovating and updating our veterans hospital, the average hospitals above 50 years old, the republicans are not offering anything in those areas and i want to know there's another big is

what are republicans so afraid of?these republicans like kevin mccarthy want to be is under oath in front of a bipartisan commission to explain things like phone calls with donald trump. we know other members of congress were talking to jared kushner and ivanka trump as the insurrection unfolded. we still to this day don't know fully to the extent to which members of congress may have played a role in helping these insurrectionists by giving them tours. republicans are complicit in this. they are accomplices. they're doing everything they can to ensure there's no bipartisan commission because they know the commission is going to find that they were a part of this. and so they're leaving democrats with no choice, but once again, to go it alone. as they whine and complain about what might end up being a select committee a more partisan process, let me remind everybody that republicans didn't hesitate to have hearing after hearing to investigate hillary clinton under the guise of benghazi, having her testify for 11 hours.

there are democrats, that many republicans, ex-republicans, would feel very comfortable with. they are the amy klobuchars, the abigail spanbergers of the democratic party, who are strong on defense, who are moderate on economic issues. or they could try taking a stab at a third party. third parties are really hard to establish in america. but if the republican party continues down this road, and continues in floating, i wouldn't rule out the possibility that a third party, at least in some states. perhaps, in some state-and-local elections could take hold. and what they have done is handed her an enormous platform. >> that's an interesting way to think about it. that it could be more successful, in certain places, than in others. i am thinking of it nationally. but you are right. that if you look at it state by state, that is a different calculus. elise, here is a little of what congresswoman liz cheney told our own savannah guthrie in an exclusive interview. >> are you the leader of the opposition in exile right now in the republican party? >> i -- i intend to be the leader -

this will be bipartisan because it will be popular with republican voters, republican mayors, republicanht? some people call it an infrastructure plan. it's broader than that or a new way of thinking of infrastructure. transportation, sounds like republicans can support it. safer drinking water, high speed broadband. affordable and sustainable housing. may be debatable. work force development seems bipartisan. home community based care foraging relatives and people with disabilities, republicans are definitely taking issue with that as infrastructure. but the first four things on that list are entirely bipartisan. not only that, i might have thought in prior years or decades that that's a republican bill. >> right. and, ali, even to get to your second slide, things like work force development, not a single republican in the senate will disagree with this proposition. if we're going to do an infrastructure bill, we've got to do some significant training of the work force to do it. bridges and roads don't build themselves. we need to equip workers and we have a lot of adult workers unemplo

s >> well, it is a center-right group that is a group of ocrats republicans, former republicans, andependents who don't want to be democrats, basically, but want to sort of restore center-right party, the to republican party. some of the people maybe want to start a third party. i'm squarely in the camp of wanting to restore the a ofpublican party, really under the grip t of the former president, in light of all the t january 6 actions, which reallyw precipitated a lot of this, because that really became a thi break with -- it was not a partisan issue at all, as the liz cheney situation, she personally has pointed out. it is really a break with constitutional principles, the rule of law. and we have to restore that, an not make the republican party a cult of personality, but get back to the principles, but also very much forward-looking in nt terms of the many challenges we have on the domestic and foreign policy front. international competition, post-pandemic, how are we going to dealan with a lot of these issues that we to are left witha post-pandemic. so it really is an effort to

republicans crushed those dreams.the state of texas. >> in 2012, barack obama beat mitt romney by 16 points in 2016, trump beat hillary clinton by 16, and as president ally elections are getting closer and closer that texas republicans would be more moderate. that is not what we have seen. texas republicans have passed a heartbeat bill, banning most abortions. a permitless carry bill will allow texans to carry a handgun without a license or training. republicans are pushing an election overhaul with new voter restrictions and another bill is claiming to deal with systemic racism in schools and the power grid bills have not yet passed. brendan steinhauser is a veteran republican strategist, he said when predictions of the republican downfall went up in smoke, the republicans decided to move more to the right and toward trump. >> there's no incentive to do anything but appeal to the base. >> reporter: he helped run the campaign for michael wood, an anti-trump republican candidate, wood did not come close to winning. whe

bush on the republican side. what is different about donald trump and the influence he has within the republican party? guest: excellent question. there is no parallel for a former president to have the kind of a death grip on the political party. jimmy carter was not a kingmaker in the democratic party after he was defeated by ronald reagan. george h.w. bush was not a kingmaker. his son was later elected president. people did not go to kiss the ring. what is extraordinary about this, the republican party had a chance to take an offramp after the election. we supported the president when it came to policy, let's move on. he does not have any more judges to appoint. he does not have any more taxes to cuts or regulations to cut -- to cut or regulations to cut. the republican party could have done that after the election, a much more dramatic chance right after january 6. for about five minutes it looked like they would take it. when kevin mccarthy gave his speech already suggested the president was responsible for

i became a republican, my parents were, i fell in love with republican politics. i appreciated and recognizing the optimism with ronald reagan and i consider it one of the better political leaders from this entry that came out of the republican party. so, i looked at all that, and the policies i believe in. i got elected in 2010. what i started to see was a party that stuck to its policies but begin to be infected by, in essence, grievance driven policy -- policies. the truth is, i'm way more of a conservative than probably some of my folks out there that think i am a rhino. which is ironic since i was a republican for donald trump was. but it's interesting because, what i think has happened in the republican party's policy has been replaced by personal grievance. cultural war is motivating. when you get angry about cancel culture, about what they are teaching in schools and all this kind of stuff, all you want to do is just destroy the other side of the aisle. and that is what the problem is. leaders, for the last 10 years, have learned that fear and conspiracy d

, traditional republicanism? and the organization. and they're taking a multipronged attack to the situation which is to say there is no simple solution. we have to keep fighting for our principles and go where there's opportunity to either grow with that philosophy or perhaps get involved in races or other things. but it is important to keep having that voice heard, because it resonates with others. and there is a group on the ground that doesn't buy into trumpism but feels they don't have a home at the grassroots level. so this organization i think is going to do something tremendous by offering people a place to go and using their vast network. >> and to what effect, david? how successful can it be, this group? >> i applaud what my former colleagues are doing. but ultimately i don't think it will be successful, because i don't think the numbers are there. even if you get to a post-donald-trump gop, it's still the party of kevin mccarthy and josh hawley, and marjorie taylor greene and ted cruz and the large maj

former republican presidential nominee and current republican senator mitt romney being booed down androwly avoided being censured by utah's republican party. it is one more example of the republican base's ongoing loyalty to president trump. my next guest surprised a lot of people by decisively winning her seat again in 2020. joining me now for her first national tv interview in quite a long time, susan collins of maine, joins us live from bangor. it is an honor to have you. thank you so much. >> thank you, jake. great to join you. >> so you just heard from top white house adviser anita dunn laying out a case for the president's infrastructure package. the $600 billion republican proposal offered by senator capito and other is a fraction of what biden is offering. you say that biden's plan has $938 billion in traditional infrastructure. so are you willing to go that high on a compromise, $938 billion, $1 trillion? is that a good point for discussion? >> well, at this point, i think now that the republicans have put forth a reasonable offer, it's up to the president to do a counteroffe

eight of which were led by republicans. so it's hardly the democratic majority is only doing what we want. three republican amendments were adopted by voice vote last night. i mean, who would have ever thought that the senate would adopt an amendment from senator rand paul by voice vote? we did it. so, look, we're moving forward in a very bipartisan way. we'll consider at least another three amendments of the bill today and if both sides continue in good faith to schedule amendment votes and debate and there are no 11th hour decisions to delay or obstruct, there's no reason we can't finish this bill by the end of the week. that's my intention. taking a step back, the depth of bipartisan on this bill reveals two things. one, members want to work together if given as can chance. this bill came through the regular order, senate committees drove the process and here on the floor members have participated in robust debate and a robust amendment process. but, second, and maybe he even more importantly, it reveals that democrats a

the base of the republican party. this is going to cost her politically tremendously. she won by a wide margin, when she ran last time, if she decides to run again she's going to have a serious primary, and you can be sure that donald trump will be campaigning against her, so she does this at great personal political risk. but as you point out in this op-ed, she did not pull her punches. i mean, she referred to -- and let me say this -- the dangerous anti-democratic trump cult of personality. that's not going to win her any friends among those republicans who support donald trump. >> congresswoman love, what do you make of what's become of your former colleagues in had the house? >> it's absolutely crazy. here's the funny thing, they're not even seeing what she actually does for the republican party. what she is pretty much saying is republicans out here who disagree with what the former president was saying, who are absolutely just really upset and they can't believe what happened on january 6th, it's okay to be a re

republicans are -- donald trump may help in a primary, but it's going to hurt republicans in a generalecause there are still -- this is convention, right, there are a lot of delegates that are very just hard core on donald trump's side. you want to ask any delegate how conservative they are, the first answer they'll say is, you know, i supported donald trump. where the rest of the world, the majority, i think, center right, center left, you name it, they're like, look, we've got some policies we have to live by and the president has not lived up to those policies. i think that the republican party really has to do a better job with stopping this infighting and starting to talk about the policies that they can capitalize on, especially when it comes to all of the things that the current president is trying to bring forth, and how we're going to pay for that. >> it's an excellent point, except phil mattingly i'll close on this, in the sense you can have principle and talk about policy or you can think the democrats have a five or six vote margin in the house and if we have a good year ne

it revealed a republican party rot edge to its core, but why stay a republican?t now in the republican party lying is a litmus test to leadership. not just lie to go yourself, but lying to the country about something that happened in our election. number two, i think we learned that the civil war and the republican party is not ending with liz cheney ace ouster. a civil war within the party is just beginning. number three, that civil war within the party is going to have enormous consequences for this country the last person to fight a civil war in this country, ulysses s. grant said the next time there would be such a contest for america's existence, it wouldn't be north and south over the mason/dixon line, it would be between patriotism and intelligence on one side and ignorance and superstition on the other. the question for every republican in america today is, where do i stand? >> where do your former colleagues stand? somewhere does your former boss john kellie stand or jim mattis? where do your former colleagues who nose better than any human beings on the

utah republican party convention. >> you might call me an old-fashioned republican. i am. oh yeah, you can do all you want but i've been a republican all my life. now you know me as a person who says what he thinks and i don't have the fact that i would not a fan of our blast presidents character issues -- [noise] are you embarrassed? >> today, trump praised romney's hecklers staying on brand and called the senator, quote, a stone cold loser. well of this was unfolding, president biden was on the road trying to sell his infrastructure and jobs plan to voters. president has his sights still set on getting republican support on congress if he can, but the parties leader in the senate says that's looking less and less likely. >> there's overwhelming bipartisan support for this. you look at polling, data republican voters just need to get republican colleagues. >> >> don't think there will be any republican support. none, zero. the 4. 1 trillion grab add it, which has infrastructure evidence. a whole lot of other stuff. >> with that, let's bring in our league in guy on t

she is now out as house republican chair. what is this -- what does this move signal to you about the state of the gop? guest: it signals to me that the gop wants to unify around a conservative movement and a populist movement and liz cheney does not fit in either. she was not able to stand message with respect to communicating the values of the people she sought to lead. the conference wanted someone who could do that. host: this is what she had to say. [video clip] >> we must go forward based on truth. we cannot both embrace the big lie and the constitution. going forward, the nation needs a strong republican party. the nation needs a party that is based upon fundamental prin ples of conservatism. i am committed and dedicated to ensuring that that is how this party goes forward and i plan to lead the fight to do that. -- i will do everything i can to ensure that they former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office. we have seen the danger he continues to provoke with his language. we have seen his lack of co

that's what the republican party is today, or what's left of the republican party.tually think we all should care whether or not there is a functional, coherent republican party and i am certainly not agreeing with its views when such a party reemerge is but i do think that a two party system is a good system. it results in healthy competition, kind of push and pull and orderly transitions of power and it has worked quite well for us over the decades and centuries, really, and so i think we should say that this republican party is a cult of personality. it's not a party at all. >> we saw this coming, i mean bill, eugene, we have talked for the last few years about this and you have warned about it. in fact, you wrote to me, to donors, business leaders, trade association heads, operatives, commentators, and other powers that be an gop circles, don't just call need to chemistry and meant. call them. call the republican members of congress have supported. do you believe there is any currency in that that you wrote today? do you think calling anybody in the republican p

the republican party now fully in the grip of donald trump. today intensified its campaign to change our history. the effort gained momentum this morning with the expected purge of wyoming republican congresswoman liz cheney, from the house republican leadership, for daring to say that donald trump did not somehow win the election. inside the meeting today was over with the flash of a voice vote and afterwards cheney made it clear, she is not going to stop speaking out about the former president. >> i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office. >> and in an interview with our friends savannah guthrie, cheney spoke about her role and whatever her party is now. >> are you the leader of the opposition in exile, right now in the republican party? >> i intend to be the leader, one of the leaders, in a fight to help to restore our party. >> the trump political team is actively looking to coalesce around a primary challenger to you. what is your message to them? >> you know, bring it on

republican line, good morning. -- basil will get the last call, republican line, good morning.aller: donald trump was successful because he understood construction. he understood how to solve the problems. we have politicians who never did a lick of work. if you put a group of politicians and white collar people in an area to build and a group of tradespeople to build, which one do you think will build the city? we need people who understand construction and how to do it at how to get it done. not talk about it and pass infrastructure bills. how in the heck are you going to get it done? donald trump was a builder. we have no builders in office today. we have only people who come up with ideas and concepts but not how to do it. we have to wake up. it is tradespeople who built this country. host: i will leave it there. 30 seconds left. to his point and a quick follow-up on what you are looking to next. guest: the road builders and the construction stakeholders have applauded negotiations and ongoing talks on capitol hill and have expressed optimism with the passage of a highway b

it got just 35 republican votes and now goes on to the senate, where it needs the support of ten republicans to survive. minority leader mitch mcconnell will not be one of those republicans. house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, voted no on the bill, tonight. in the house. and went so far as to lobby senators on it earlier today. seems both of them got the message, from the man who incited the rioters, themselves. the former president's statement, late-last night, reads, quote, republicans in the house and senate should not approve the democrat trap of the january-6th commission. it is just more partisan unfairness and unless the murders, riots, and fire bombings in portland, minneapolis, chicago, new york, are also going to be studied, this discussion should be ended immediately. republicans must get tougher and much smarter and stop being used by the radical left. hopefully, mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are listening. well, they were. it was a call and response. just over-12 hours after the former president sent out that statement, i guess. mcconnell said he'd oppose a commission if

we get the republican play book here. they want to move onto attacking the biden administration and pretending the biden administration are a bunch of communists. they wanted that messaging. but we're going to keep talking about this because this was an attack on our country. what i don't really get to be honest with you is where your fellow democrats are coming from. this is joe manchin criticizing republicans for opposing the commission. this was just this morning. he said there's no excuse for any republican to vote against this commission since democrats are agreed to everything they asked for. mitch mccomhas made this his political position so they continue to live in fear. that sounded pretty good, and then he said this later today. >> would you be willing to break the filibuster in order to get this passed? >> you have to have faith there's ten good people. >> that seems laughable to me. the tae. to destroy our government happened january 6th. have you had a conversation with manchin and what is his deal? >> first,

yeah, i have -- i am not completely republican. i have republican views. i am pro-life and i have some conservative views and some democratic views. host: you voted republican? caller: no, the last president i voted for was obama. host: we are talking to republicans only this morning. we ask that you play along. we are going to open up this conversation to everybody in our last hour of "washington journal " between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. eastern time. you can call in, send as text messages, tweets, go to facebook.com during that last hour, but let's just talk to republicans only this morning while we make her -- while we wait for more calls. we will go to the house floor and the wyoming congresswoman coming to the floor to address her colleagues ahead of today's votes and here's what she had to say. [video clip] >> today, we face a threat america has never seen before, it president -- a president has resumed his aggressive efforts to convince americans the election was stolen from him. he risks inciting further violence. millions of americans have been misled

by the majority of the -- of the republicans. in silencing opposition. >> you know, there was a poll, i think it was in april, cnn. 70% of republican voters said they agreed/believed, you know, this -- the election lie. >> no, that's absolutely true. and i think there were on january 6th, a lot of sincere people in that crowd who believed the election lie. the real responsibility here is people, like mccarthy. you know, he had a glimmer of recognition of the truth, in the immediate aftermath of january 6th. and then, he, quickly, you know, lost that. he obviously knows what the truth is. and he's choosing to suppress it, for what he thinks are important-political reasons. but it is. it's an act of irrationality. it's, you know, the basing a party on a lie. a founding lie. and that, i think, is -- is trouble for the party, in the future. >> president biden weighed in today on the republican skizm. i just want to play that. >> it seems, as though the republican party is trying to identify what it stands for. and they're in the mids

i'm a republican, a former republican because there was no room in the republican party for a conservativenow. >> yeah. and, look, that work is a private enterprise, so is the publisher who decided not to public josh hawley's book. i'm okay because the first amendment doesn't cover private enterprise. but you do enjoy debate. i think we kind of are in the same place on cancel culture. we think you should be able to debate things in the arena of ideas and move forward. your argument these days is certainly among trump supporters in what's left in the republican party. that's not embraced all that much. it's toe the line or do it somewhere else. >> ali, i've said this probably 939 times. it is a cult. if you want to be viable in the republican party right now, you have to get down on your knees every day and kiss donald trump's feet. and, ali, it's the same way in conservative media. if you want to succeed on fox news or you want to succeed in conservative talk radio, sadly i found out again you have to get down on your knees every day and worship donald trump. i can't do that. i won't do th