but with romney there is almost tragedy to romney in the issue when he ran for president. it was so striking the major achievement what plan in massachusetts any had to run away from it in 2012. so republicans just don't do healthcare and it causes problems and they try to repeal it. and then to do healthcare the most prominent left and went to brookings. >> i am a bit romney assesses because partly because of healthcare and he's from michigan and has family history here where his father was governor and a profile him a long time ago looking at his childhood. and his father george romney was an archetype of the old-school modern republican. but he got along with the labor unions really well and had a higher minimum wage and advocate for civil rights. the goldwater wing of the party in the sixties. romney's not a healthcare crusader by any stretch. he doesn't want to do universal healthcare when he gets into office. i don't get the impression that matters to him but it's a moral principle like it is with democrats he is however has a sense of leadership in public service is

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the president was acquitted, but romney is still facing intense backlash among republicans senator romneyt the salt lake city airport in early january. >> why aren't you supporting president trump? >> traitor >> reporter: how often are you reminded of your vote? >> well, no question, there are a few people that are not happy with me. i understand that that's the nature of the job that i've got. >> reporter: was it worth it >> oh, absolutely. i mean, i sleep well because i know that i did what my conscience told me was the right thing to do. >> reporter: romney's vote earning him this year's profile in courage award the family of president john f. kennedy created the award named after the late president's book to honor public officials from both parties who they say risked their careers for taking unpopular positions for the greater good senator romney is like the senators in my father's book he was willing to risk his career and his popularity within his own party to do what's right for our country, to follow his conscience, and i think his courage is an example for all of us. >> and jack

republican senator mitt romney is this year's recipient of the john f.n courage award. given for the lone gop vote to convict donald trump and his first impeachment trial. jfk's daughter, ambassador caroline kennedy, says this. that senator romney's commitment to our constitution makes him a worthy successor to the senators who inspired my father to write profiles in courage. he reminds us that our democracy depends on the courage, conscience and character of our elected officials. the award comes despite the differences in historic political leanings of the romney and kennedy families. so you might remember that romney, unsuccessfully challenged jfk's brother ted kennedy to represent massachusetts in the u.s. senate back in 1994 before going on to be elected governor. doing the right thing, its own reward and it has no party. >>> president biden slamming georgia's new election law that suppresses the vote. now he's saying the justice department is reviewing it. our bottles are made to be re-made. not all plastic is the same. we're carefully designing ou

chairman peters: senator romney. senator romney: thank you, mr. chairman. i recall during the years of the last administration, particularly before the covid crisis occurred, that there was a period of great robust economic growth. and despite that that we were , generating nearly $1 trillion a year in deficits, which of course added to the debt. i get a text every morning that tells me what the debt is today. and today -- actually yesterday, it went over $28 trillion in national debt. there was a member of the last administration, maybe i'm paraphrasing, but basically, he said debt is good. when asked, are you concerned about all this debt and the $1 trillion deficits? and he said no, that's good. , do you believe debt is good at the level we have and at the level we keep adding to it even during good years? ms. young: senator, i would use a different word. not good, but ok. i think there are -- it's manageable. i would never say debt is good, but i think it is ok with the current -- with interest rates being as low as they are, and the tools the fed has,

senator romney: of course. what i'm saying is if a state had no net -- we have 21 states that revenue has gone up every year. even during the pandemic. 21. revenues have gone up. and we have reimbursed all their excess covid expenses. and we raised the fmap, so we provide a greater support for their medicaid. these are states in fine financial state. california, for instance, i understand their budget surplus this year is roughly $20 billion. and yet under the president's plan we anticipate giving california another $27 billion. that doesn't make sense to me. does this make sense to you? ms. young: yes, sir. if you consider the -- the regular budget did not account for a pandemic f we want states to step in and do a lot of these covid relief activities -- senator romney: all the covid relief was reimbursed through the cares act. anything not reimbursed is appropriately reimbursed. if the federal government agrees to provide all the funding necessary to reimburse covid expenses that a state has. and it fills the

and mika, i guess you could put in that club liz cheney, mitt romney, and a couple of other republicans. but my gosh, out of 535 members of congress there, half of them republicans, unfortunately two, three, four, those aren't good percentages. >>> coming up, health officials are sounding the alarm as coronavirus cases across the country rise again. could the u.s. be headed for a fourth wave? "morning joe" is coming right back. k mower, cuts the hassle out of yardwork. ♪ ♪ run with us, because the best job is the one that's easily done. nothing runs like a deere. search john deere z365r for more.

romney joked it happened at cpac. let's hope for the best.e is doing better but there's a lot of concern over the weekend. >>> serious questions are swirling around the youngest member of congress, an up and coming republican with an increasingly high profile. washington correspondent is working this story for us. sunlan there's troubling allegations of the past. >> reporter: madison, a freshman here in congress, captured national attention given that he is the youngest member of congress but tonight he is facing new allegations about his sexual conduct while in congress which was only four years ago and also the narrative that he has no carefully crafted about his background. >> if we don't start fighting for our country then who will? >> reporter: considered a rising star in the republican party. but congressman madison cawthorn's past and the persona is littered with accusations. >> i welcome scrutiny because i don't have anything to face. >> reporter: he faced sexual harassment at patrick henry college in virginia, accusations he has deni

congressman, republicans, and particularly mitt romney. he said there is money that states and localities don't. i want you to react to what he had to say. [video clip] >> i believe we make better legislation if we have two parties that work together. we have crafted a piece of legislation our party has not had any involvement in. we tried, we went to the white house and the president was very gracious in listening to us but did not accept our proposals. we have before us a piece of legislation that has the benefit of only one party. there are some errors in that and some things i think we need to fix. one is in regard to states and localities. the president -- at the time the president put his bill out, it was an assumption the states had massive losses. the data that has come out has shown the states did not have those kinds of losses. 21 states are seeing rising revenue. states like florida don't need more money, oklahoma does not need more money, utah does not need more money. california has record surpluses, billions of dollars in sur

romney said he fell while visiting family in boston. joked, "yeah, i had kind of a tough weekend. i went to cpac that was the problem." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: at first people were worried when romney regained consciousness because he was saying weird things like "blurf, murf and turf. but it turns out he was just asking for his kids. [ laughter ] "turf, get away from murf. well, guys, i saw that rudy giuliani has been suspended from youtube for the second time after spreading misinformation about the election yep, he won't be able to post anything for two weeks when he heard that, giuliani was like - [ screaming [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: meanwhile, everyone else in the country was like - [ screaming >> oh, wow >> jimmy: giuliani tried to file an appeal, but youtube was like - >> ain't nobody got time for that [ laughter ] >> jimmy: eventually they said, "okay, fine, you're a lawyer make your case." and giuliani was like -- >> i like turtles. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but when he realized he could post again in two weeks, he was like - ♪

so to them, mitt romney is basically mormon a.o.c. i mean, i don't know what mitt would have done if he had run into them. he would have had to try to blend in with them. ( rioter ) "let's find these traitors! it's time to kill the deep states! "i heartily agree, my good friends! and, afterwards, let's go to the local confectionary and enjoy some vanilla milkshakes." ( rioter ) what! great idea! this guy's all right!" but this isn't an impeachment trial of a few thousands insane qanon followers. no, this is the impeachment trial of donald trump. so once again today, the democrats focused on how donald trump incited the riot. and what was really helpful was that the rioters themselves provided the evidence. >> even after the attack, the insurrectionists made clear to law enforcement that they were just following president trump's orders. >> we were invited here! they didn't shy away from their crimes because they thought they were following orders of the commander in chief. >> we were invited here! we were invited! hey, we were invited

. >> the democrats don't have grand standers like mitt romney, little ben sass. >> mitt romney who in the face of the big lie told the truth, the election was not stolen. >> how many republicans will say that what the president is saying is simply wrong? and dangerous. that the continued attack on our election system and the calls that suggest that it's been fraudulent or stolen, that these things are not accurate or true. >> ben sass who says it's not all about you know who. >> i still believe as you used to, that politics isn't about the weird worship of one dude. >> it is an honor for republicans like them to be on the former president's enemy's list. a list that goes on and on. >> richard burr, bill cassidy, susan collins. >> richard burr who voted to convict saying the former president violated his oath of office. bill cassidy who warns his party if they can't quit trump, they're lose. >> if we idolize one person, we will lose. and that's kind of clear from the last election. >> susan collins who voted to convict over the former president's abuse of power and betrayal of his oath

saturn republican senators voting to convict him including mitt romney reza the guy who won't read all the voting voted twice to convict the president of his own party and for mitch mcconnell's extraordinary do not see a share as of today. it will be he will he will be making his appearance at the seat back and he will receive hearer's welker. and you know this is going to extreme and probably this is pretty much the kind of mainstream conservative movement in the united states and everyone all of the presidential contenders for 2020 brawl or just slowly ted cruz everybody that has sat the potty is donald trump you know is this is this is who are leaders. and these are people who have ambition for their own you know they would also like to see the back room from because they want to clear the problems out none the less none of them das say anything other than you know we will follow trump louis engine interesting thing is that mcconnell has flipped i mean i mean it is almost an inexplicable and then you have mitt romney the only republican to twice when along with the impeachment he ev

including mitt romney going to well right well the big vote twice to convict the president of his own. for mitch mcconnell's extraordinary. as are today. he will be making his appearance at. the seat back and he were received hearers welker. and you know this isn't an extremist party this is pretty much the kind of mainstream conservative movement in the united states and everyone all ringback of the presidential contenders 2020 people or just holy ted cruz everybody that has sat the potty is donald trump you know is this is this this who our leader it's. and these are people who have ambition for their own you know they would also like to see the back room from because they want to clear the problems out nonetheless none of them dance say anything other than you know really will follow trying to keep the engine interesting thing is that mcconnell has flipped that i mean i mean it's almost an inexplicable and then you have mitt romney the only crime republican did twice when along with the impeachment he even said that he would support him if he was the nominee for 2024 i mean wow you

saturn republican senators voted to debate him including mitt romney who has a governor world record for the big vote at twice to convict the president of his own party for mitch mcconnell's extraordinary do not see a share as of today. it will be he will he will be making his appearance at the seat back and he will receive here or as well for. you know this is not an extremist party this is pretty much the kind of mainstream conservative movement in the united states and everyone all ringback of the presidential contenders 2020 brought just slowly ted cruz everybody that has sat the body is donald trump you know is this is this is who are leader. and these are people who have ambitions of their own you know that they would also like to see the back room from because they want to clear the problems out nonetheless not of the. dass say anything other than you know we will follow translate into an interesting thing is that mcconnell has flipped i mean really i mean it it's almost an inexplicable and then you have mitt romney the only crime republican that twice went along with the impe

senator romney suffered a literal fall while playing with his grandkids.doctors told mitt he shouldn't be skateboarding, but the dude just loves to thrash, i guess. [ laughter ] the fall was particularly concerning because of all the republicans in the senate romney is one of the few who still has some of his spine. but he is okay and back to work. hey, you know how trump world and his cohorts were trying to spread the idea that the rioters who stormed the capitol were actually antifa in disguise? as his supporters? well, the director of the fbi testified before the senate today and said there is no evidence of that. not only that, it has become more obvious that the insurrectionists were reacting to the words of donald trump. because the majority of them have no connection to extremist groups or even to each other. they studied the arrest records. the research showed, among other things, that men who stormed the capitol outnumbered the women, six to one, which is why it's so hard to date at these things. [ laughter ] it was a real sausage insurrection. [

senator romney and i are working on that legislation with senators portman, collins and capito. we have had other republicans that expressed interest working on the issue. we've had conversations with democrats. some think $15 an hour may be too high for a nationwide standard. the left wing democrats need to compromise and realize that $15 an hour just doesn't have the votes in the congress. we kind find common ground if we focus on a wage that works or the the entire country and pair it with the e verify system to make sure that wage gains go to american workers. >> neil: all right, senator cotton. thanks for taking the time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> neil: all right. senator tom cotton. the corner of wall and broad. notice the down fall in the down jones industrials. what if i told you it was double that and because of good news? we heard the economy is firing on all cylinders here. the argument that many republicans are using ago a generous stimulus package, that aside that we crossed an important level on interest rates. for example, 30-year fixed mortgages are over 3%

senator mitt romney is proposing his own plan. new tax credits permanent and even larger, up to $4,200 a year for children under six. let's focus on all of this mor with elaine maag of the urban institute, who focuses on these issues. thanks so much for being here, elaine. tell us what is the state of childhood poverty in the united states? how has the pandemic impacted that? >> so it's not good. the urban institute estimates in '21, there are 14% of children living in poverty. that's roughly 1 in every 7 children or 10 million total. this is a change from epandemic where the poverty rate was about 11% and it's actually been trending down so the pandemic not only increased poverty but it reversed that trend. >> increasing in poverty during this critical time, what impact do you think president biden's plan could have on childhood poverty and especially when we look at black and brown children, communities of color who often face disproportione levels of poverty? >> the way the child tax credit is structured right now, the very low

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>> i think senator romney is in that camp. he's been pretty clear about his views of the future of our country. i think it's highly unfortunately that 146 plus or mine republicans would not vote to, you know, support the obviously election. i mean, what is going on here? these are how authoritarian regimes start, when you have blind i ddolatry to one leader. it's not right. if it were me, i would treat the former president, i would isolate him and stop pandering to him. >> how about senator mitch mcconnell who after giving that very forceful post-impeachment speech about his dereliction of duty and how he was responsible for stoking the crowd when asked, but if he's the nominee, would you support him? he said, oh, absolutely? >> yeah, well, i can understand the minority leader saying, i'm going to support the republican nominee. what i don't really understand is why he didn't vote to impeach him. they could have ended this whole thing and set the party on a new course and they didn't do it. so what's that say about all of thes

even the few non-psychotic republicans left are willing to admit this, utah senator, mitt romney said, that if trump runs in 2024, he'll probably win the nomination. >> will president trump continue to play a role in my party i'm sure he will he has by far the largest voice and a big impact in my party i'm not sure if he will run in 2024 now, but if he does i'm pretty sure he will win the nomination >> you think he would win the nomination >> oh, i think he would win the nomination if he runs. the polls show that among the names being floated as potential contenders in 2024, if you put president trump in there among republicans, he wins in a landslide. and i would probably be getting behind somebody who i thought more represented the tiny wingli represent. >> seth: so leave the party. the distance between you and joe biden is nothing compared to the gulf between you and donald trump you don't have to go down with the ship like the old couple that stayed in bed in "titanic." but he's right, on both accounts, trump would probably win the nomination and the wing of the party that romney

senator romney talked about a carbon tax. and he also has seen senators like senator mur could you ki how it is affecting her state of alaska and seeing villages and towns starting to lose land and coastlines change very gradly but it is happening across the country. one thing if you look at the supporters of aggressive action on climate change, they told me and say look at the coastal republicans and infrastructure, you mentioned earlier climate legislation might not be climate legislation per se but might be showing up in an infrastructure bill and a lot of measures and so forth, to combat climate change. and clean energy, electric vehicles and things like that. the infrastructure bill might end up being the climate change bill. >> we have two minutes left. the web site, die an, thanks for waiting. make it quick. >> i would like to know if somebody could address when they were testing the nuclear bomb when the bomb was tested on the decommissioned war ship and after a period of time they did not come down to the government

romney talking about the state getting more money, the state can use it to build more clinics for people to meet their needs. but they want to give it to the billionaires who don't need it and they keep giving it to them. you should put the debt of the united states when they put the tax cut for the rich. host: i'm pretty sure we did. caller: i hope so. every time they want to help the needy or poor, the people who really need it, they talk about deficit, but when the tax-cut comes for the billionaires, 87% of it went to the billionaires, nobody complained about deficit then. have a good day. host: jimbo from bakersfield, california. independent voter i am concerned about our sustainable -- unsustainable national debt. repealing the tax-cut could cover the cost of the relief bill. repealing tax cuts for the most fortunate among us is the first step to reducing the national debt and regaining our financial responsibility as a nation. another writes i don't want to see that debt clock again until all americans have a job, a place to live and food to eat. throw in a vaccination or two while

senator met romney is proposing his own plan. let's focus on all of this with our guest.dies these issues. think you for being here. what is the state of childhood poverty in the united states, and how has the pandemic impacted that? >> it's not good. in 2021, there are 14% of children living in poverty. that is roughly one in every seven children or 10 million total. this is a change from pre-pandemic when the rate was 11%. the pandemic not only revert -- increased poverty but reversed that trend. yamiche: what impact do you think president biden's plan could have on childhood poverty, especially when we look at black and brown communities who often face disproportionate levels. >> the way that the tax is structured right now, the lowest income families don't get the full benefit. if you don't work, you get no benefit. then you have to learn -- earn quite a bit of money. your refund is capped at $1400 per child instead of $2000 per child. the biden proposal would extend the full value of the credit to families with children, even if they are low income. that means we cou

don't come until we tell you to, all while changing the rules on children and republican senator mitt romneyeted: now, as we've seen, the data appears to show a rise in the number of unaccompanied children after the change of policy and that rise in arrivals means more children are in facilities like this and on that, the white house had this to say. it's not acceptable but i think the challenge here is that there are not that many options. the argument being the trump administration didn't maintain sufficient facilities at the trump administration is no longer in power and it also didn't change the policy on unaccompanied children, and pressure is growing. the democratic congresswoman alexandria 0casio—cortez has tweeted about the children situation, saying:. and these pictures i showed you earlier were released by another democrat, a texas congressman, henry cuellar, who wants to show people what's happening. and underlying all this concern from across the political spectrum is the question of whether the president has perhaps been naive because make no mistake, americans loath the child s

i want to be clear here, susan, before you weigh in on this on what mitt romney had to say in that the bill that the republicans posed, when meeting with the president, was a third -- actually less than a third, i believe, of the $1.9 trillion bill. it wasn't even in the ballpark of what the democrats were willing to take on, and really, what economists have suggested would help build -- rebuild, really, this economy. >> yeah, and i understand senator romney's point, and he gets to actually speak on principle because he has shown that he has them. but there's a lot of other republicans who went out there and voted to increase our deficit under donald trump by over $2 trillion with tax cuts and even before that under president bush, so that's a little hypocritical on the republicans to say, oh, now we want to spend money. that's actually why you're fiscally responsible so when there is a pandemic and there is a crisis, you can spend money. now, i happen to agree with the republicans on two big points here. i think that we should -- to fund schools the way we are in this bill, first, let

mitt romney, bill cassidy, lisa murkowski. susan collins. the warmonger, someone that loves to see the troops fighting, liz cheney. get rid of them all. >> that was the abbreviated list. you know who wasn't on it? the extremists. the rot on the right is that january 6th was done by antifa, left wing agitators. now a dozen of those charged in connection with the attack said that antifa had nothing to do with this. there is no evidence otherwise. that is compelling to any degree. they are also trying to pin it on nancy pelosi who some in the mob were hunting to assassinate that day. trump is blaming her for lack of security. on hate tv. and lying about his actions on that day. >> i wasn't watching tv. you know, we said to the department of defense, the top person days before. because that rally was massive. i said that i think he should have 10,000. i think i gave the number. i definitely gave the number of 10,000 national guard. they took that number from what i understand and gave it to the people at the capitol controlled by pelosi and reje

i wish republicans had more, democrats you never see a mitt romney do -- rogue. or ben sass of nebraska, how he represents them is crazy, he wanted my endorsement. moment he got through the primaries with my endorsement, he goes rogue. i sort of expected. you take a look at some people. democrats don't have, that they stick together. and what they don't have is they have -- they don't have good policy, they have horrible policy, whether defund police or open borders or sanctuary cities, that is protecting all starts of criminals and people that should not be protected and cause problem. they have horrible policy, they are vicious, smart, and they stick together but they have horrible policy, the policy more than makes up for it i think we'll have a tremendous success. steve: i want to ask about january 6, it has been reported when that was unfolding you were watching. actually you liked what you were seeing you felt it was your people fighting for you. do you get how bad it was, is there anything looking back on it now that you would have done differently that da

mitt romney paraphasing mccain in 2015 and barack obama saying it's a regional power, threatening its neighbors not out of strength but out of weakness. this was a particularly not well received statement by mr. putin himself. on the other hand we have the perception within the united states that russia is an exowe step shall threat. here is the supreme commander of nato at stanford at the time in 2015 at the same time other statements are being made saying russia is recrying a cold war settlement using force. his colleagues in the military proclaiming russia as a threat to the united states in the same year and most recently president biden when he was running for office last fall saying i think the biggest threat to america right now in terms of breaking up our security and our alliancess is russia. secondly i think the biggest competitor is china. but here seeing russia is much more of a peer power. there are these conflicting perceptions and that is one of the goals of the book and how i started this project. it is thinking about, well is russia strong or weak? and how would we kn

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who've expressed openness to raising the minimum wage, not to $15 an hour, but for example is mitt romney in comp -- tom cotton introducing a bill. that would raise the wage to $10 overtime and index it to inflation. so it's higher than the current 7.25 dollars but not as high as 15 the democrats are pushing. congresswoman uriah paul -- jira yapal was making the case there are five senate republicans on this bill but she questions whether they can deliver 10 republicans to pass the bill to raise them men wage in the senate. so that's a question of whether there is room for compromise their if it can bring more than five senate republicans on board or if democrats need to limited the filibuster. host: jim is in north carolina, independent caller prayed -- caller. caller: hello. host: you are on the air. caller: good morning. i want to make you comment. when obama was elected any of the house and senate and got involved with a lot of smaller items instead of going for the big push, they need to understand let's get done what's most important first and then the little infighting we have goin

. >> mit romney, little ben sass and richard burr the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney >> how he's blaming everybody else >> reporter: an adviser tells us former president trump and his wife received coronavirus vaccinations back in january. unlike president biden who got his publicly, the trumps got their privately. lester >> state of emergency tonight in parts of kentucky after a severe flooding in the eastern parts of the state for days of heavy rain emergency crews conducted numerous rescues and vaccinations of people trapped in cars and homes. the flooding expected to continue there through tomorrow >>> and two weeks after that devastating storm in texas, almost 400,000 people are still being told to boil their water thousands more still lining up for food and water. many waiting for broken pipes to be fixed. in just 60 seconds, our exclusive look why so many are dealing with lingering effects after months of getting the virus. our new series of "life after lockdown." >>> we start to look at the covid crisis on the other side of all this for so

i think mitt romney is a valuable reminder of the party's past. but there is no tussle. i agree. i mean, i don't think, you know, there's the much ballyhooed civil war on the republican side ended without the firing of a shot and i don't disagree with you that it's a fair point that there isn't a governing wing at the moment. as we get deeper into the president's term, as we head into infrastructure a topic that republicans in the house and senate like to talk about, they're going to have to literally put their money where their mouth is to see whether they're willing to take steps, as senator blunt said, to compromise, to do the not bad thing but compromise to see if they can move something forward and have some concept become governing law. >> eugene, i want to play you more of this lindsey graham interview, not because i care about lindsey graham but because listening to him talk about harnessing the magic is like listening to a drug addict talk about taking the good parts out of cocaine. listen to more of lindsey graham on axios. >> to me, donald trump is sort of a c

the reason for all of the venom directed at liz cheney, mitt romney, anyone who outs the lie, is that it makes it confusing for their supporters who need to march in lockstep. their position is to vilify access to voting in a way that they can muscle through legislation, and make it harder for people to vote. >> yeah, the big lie is a handy tool to add to a toolbox that was already full of ways to try to do voters suppression in this country. with all due respect to your party, nicolle, the one you used to hang out with, this has been something they've been up to for a long, long time, way before donald trump. the people who are most transient needed in the country is people who need access to the ballot box very, very badly. the rpgs want to shut off access to the ballot box to people who may have been having living on the edge in terms of the economics of their life and their family's security. they want to make it more difficult for someone who has lived in four places in three years to access a ballot. those are the people who need a ballot very, very badly. so it's going to be al

the democrats don't have mitt romney, little ben sasse, richard pwur, bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski, pat tpaoply. the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. in her state, she's been censured and in her state her poll numbers have dropped faster than any human being i have ever seen. hopeful live they will get rid of her with the next election. get rid of them all. >> i want you to know that i am going to continue to fight right by your side. we will do what we have done from the beginning. the republican party will unite and be stronger than ever before. i am not starting a new party. that was fake news. . >> we all knew the biden administration was going to be bad. but none of us even imagined just how bad they were be and how far left they would go. joe biden has had the most disastrous first month in president in modern history. that's true. in just one short month we have -- >> let's just turn him off. i can't. blah, blah, blah. blah, blah, blah. i can't. i can't listen to it. >> it really is hard. >> that was painful. that was a long fo

. >> the democrats don't have grand standers like mitt romney, ben sasse, richard burr, bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski, pat toomey. >> there you go. so in your daily life covering not just the white house but also capitol hill, what's the impact of that having the former president name names of republican members of congress like that. >> well, certainly the immediate impact because we always know that the next campaign starts when the last campaign ends is how much he's going to be an influence in these republican congressional primaries and we're already seeing the impact of that. recently in the last couple of days, he endorsed a former aide of his in the white house to run for a congressional seat in ohio against one of the republican members who vote theo impeach h in the house. you see that impact right away. that's why you're seeing a lot of republican leaders scramble to go stress to, you know, stress to the media, stress to the public that there is no civil war in the party. senator rick scott leading the national republican senatorial committee went on yesterday

called this thing a clunker in which when mitt romney calls it a clunker you have to take it back to shop and work on it more. kennedy: he's very serious about spending money and pretending not to be a republican which is fine. matt romley is the weirdest guy. that's been said to me many times. how does this soap opera and? >> unfortunately nancy pelosi calls the shots here in the house and she is going to ram this thing through because she scared of the aoc and scared of the squad so she knows she has to push it through and it's going to come down to joe manchin and hopefully the american people can put up enough of a fight to stop this and refocus it on the people who need it and delivering aid for covid. kennedy: republicans have to remember the cost cutters again and i know it's going to be tough for you guys but someone has to do it. congressman cline thank you so much. how do democrats plan to pay for all this new spending? we do taxes of course but today the nonpartisan tax foundation said the biden planned hike on taxes is -- will kill more than 150,000 jobs and reduce wages

the best they could do was kick off a few republican senators take mitt romney or lisa murkowski.imately, they would still have to go through reconciliation, it would delay the passage of the bill that it needs to go out to help some of the most disadvantaged, hard-hit workers and americans because of coronavirus. that is the white house argument. that said, biden's campaign message and inauguration message was all about unity and bipartisanship. this is about as bipartisan an opportunity as you can get in trying to get benefits and assistance to people who have been hard-hit by the pandemic. there was a lot of room for a bipartisan package if that is what biden wanted to do. he had a meeting with 10 republican senators, but ultimately, did not offer any compromises. ultimately, he went fully partisan on this thing. i think that it is going to pass. i think ultimately, the politics of this are going to be determined by the state of the economy in 2022. if the economy is good, if it is rolling along, i think biden is fine. i think for some reason, if we had a hiccup whether it is p