>>> USA! USA!
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY TO NANCY PELOSI, SHE'S A HYPOCRITE.
SHE'S AN ANTI-AMERICAN. WE'RE GOING TO KICK THAT BITCH
OUT OF CONGRESS.
>> THERE'S A NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY ON THE RISE.
>> TODAY IS THE DAY AMERICAN PATRIOTS START TAKING DOWN NAMES
AND KICKING ASS!
>> REPUBLICANS HAVE ADOPTED THE APOCALYPTIC RHETORIC.
>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LOST CONTROL.
>> FOLKS LISTEN TO THIS AND MAY ACT ON IT.
>> USA!
>> IS HE IN THERE?
>> THE DEADLY CAPITOL HILL RIOT CAUSED DEEP RIFTS WITHIN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> SOME ARE NOW NOT JUST CONDEMNING THE MOB, THEY ARE
BLAMING THE PRESIDENT.
>> LIZ CHENEY, THE NUMBER THREE HOUSE REPUBLICAN PUTTING OUT A
BLISTERING STATEMENT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, LIT THE FLAME OF THIS ATTACK.
I WILL VOTE TO IMPEACH.
>> FROM THE TRUMP WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE COME UNDER SCRUTINY.
>> MANY ARE WORSHIPPING SAY
>> MANY ARE WORSHIPPING ING
>> MANY ARE WORSHIPPING IPING A
>> MANY ARE WORSHIPPING IPINAT.
>> NOW MANY OF TRUMP'S MOST LOYAL ALLIES ARE TARGETING GOP
HOUSE MEMBERS WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH.
>> LIZ CHENEY.
>> REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW ARE DIVIDED DEEPLY.
>> CIVIL WAR BREAKING OUT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SFWL
REPUBLICAN PARTY SF. REPUBLICAN PARTY SF.
>> TO BE A REPUBLICAN, MUST YOU EMBRACE REPUBLICAN ISM
EMBRACE REPUBLICATRUMPISM.
>> A RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE PARTY IS HIS. IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ANYBODY
ELSE.
>> MY GOD, THE SNOW HERE, IT'S LIKE WINTER WONDERLAND.
>> THERE'S PEOPLE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING IN BROOKLYN.
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLIZZARD WITH TWO CATS.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A LITTLE CAT ACTION.
>> FINALLY, TIME FOR THE CATS TO REALLY SHINE ON THIS SHOW.
>> HERE WE ARE AT THE START OF THE SECOND FULL WEEK OF THE
BIDEN ERA. WE SPENT THE LAST TEN DAYS
FOCUSED ON THE WHITE HOUSE. THE ACTION NOW IS GOING TO BE
SQUARELY ON CAPITOL HILL. BOY, IS CAPITOL HILL FUCKED UP.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF STUFF THAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> THE LEADERSHIP OF LIZ CHENEY IS BEING THREATENED JUST BECAUSE
SHE WAS WILLING TO STAND UP AND SAY, YES, WE HAD A PRESIDENT WHO
VIOLATED HIS ONLY OF OFFICE AND INCITED AN INSURRECTION.
>> LIZ CHENEY IS CONSIDERED A RINO.
>> MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE WHO HAS BECOME LIKE THE HEADLIGHTS OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> REPUBLICANS KNEW THAT MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE WAS GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM EVEN WHEN SHE WAS A CANDIDATE.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING TO STOP HER.
NOW HER PRESENCE HAS BECOME OUTSIZED AS MORE AND MORE
INFORMATION COMES OUT ABOUT THE TOTALLY INSANE SHIT SHE BELIEVES
IN.
>> WE DO NOT KNOW WHO Q IS. WE WITNESSED 9/11, TERRORIST
ATTACK, THERE'S NEVER ANY EVIDENCE SHOWN FOR A PLANE IN
THE PENTAGON. MANY OFFICIALS WILL -- EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THEM THAT IS OBSTRUCTING TRUMP POLICIES, THEY
SHOULD FEAR US.
>> THIS IS SOMEONE SO FAR DOWN THE QANON RABBIT HOLE, SHE MAY
HAVE CAUGHT THE RABBIT. SHE RAISED $1.6 MILLION LAST
WEEK.
>> KEVIN McCARTHY, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, SAID HE WILL
TALK TO HER. TAKE HER ASIDE AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH HER.
>> SHE KNOWS KEVIN McCARTHY IS BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE.
HE WANTS TO DISAVOW THE CRAZIES. HE WANTS IT SEE TRUMP IN THE
REAR VIEW. HE CAN'T.
THAT'S WHERE THE BASE OF THE PARTY IS.
THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM.
>> THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW.
THEY CAN'T LIVE WITH DONALD TRUMP AND THEY CAN'T LIVE
WITHOUT HIM.
>> THEY TOLERATE AND ENABLED DONALD TRUMP FOR FOUR YEARS.
THEY TOLERATE AND ENABLE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.
THEY ARE SHOCKED WHEN THEY BECOME THEIR COLLEAGUES.
>> YOU HAVE NOT JUST THE USUAL PARTISAN DIVISION.
YOU HAVE OPEN HOSTILITY AND FEAR.
>> DEMOCRATS WHO RYUN
>> DEMOCRATS WHO RYARE
>> DEMOCRATS WHO RYA ARE UPSET REPUBLICANS AREN'T WEARING
MASKS. I WILL CARRY A WEAPON WITH ME.
WE HAVE MEMBERS ASKING TO HAVE THEIR OFFICE MOVED FROM FEAR OF
PERSONAL SAFETY. THAT'S INSANE.
>> I WORKED IN POLITICS FOR 25 YEARS.
I HAVE SEEN DYSFUNCTIONAL POLITICS IN THE CONGRESS.
THIS IS LIKE SO BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION OF HOW BAD POLITICS
CAN GET.
>> WE HAVE BEEN ON A ONE-WAY TRAIN TO RADICALIZED CRAZY TOWN.
>> JOE BIDEN LOOKS DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND HE SEES
DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION.
>> A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS PLAYING OUT
ON CAPITOL HILL THIS MORNING.
>> MINORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL UNLEASHED A SKANL
McCONNELL UNLEASHED A SKACATHIN ATTACK AGAINST MARJORY TAYLOR
GREENE.
>> A TRUE PROXY WAR HAS BROKEN OUT WITH MITCH McCONNELL COMING
OUT CALLING MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE'S COMMENTS LOONEY LIES
AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT ARE CANCER ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
WE HAVE THE TRUMP WING AND THE McCONNELL WINGS NOW AT WAR.
A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY IN THE MIDDLE IS ROB PORTMAN,
REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM OHIO. PORTMAN SAID HE IS NOT GOING TO
RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. HE DECIDED TO GET OFF THE CRAZY
TRAIN.
>> HOW ARE YOU? YOU AND I SERVED TOGETHER UNDER
GEORGE BUSH DURING THE COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE DAYS.
NOW YOU ARE LEAVING.
>> I LEFT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
I DID STAY IN THE HOUSE 12 YEARS.
TO ME, THE REWARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH ARE GREAT, ARE
DIMINISHED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S HARDER TO GET THINGS DONE.
>> YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RIGHT
NOW.
>> I THINK OUR PARTY IS TRYING TO DOE FINE
TO DOE FE TO DOE F DEFINE ITSELF.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS FROM THE 2020 ELECTION, THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY DID QUITE WELL.
>> ABSENT TRUMP. EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS.
>> EVERYWHERE. FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ITSELF,
THE MESSAGE WASN'T THE PROBLEM.
>> THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, SHOULD
DONALD TRUMP BE IN THAT EQUATION?
YOU ARE AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE. YOU DID NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP IN
'16. THEN SUPPORTED HIM DURING THE
LAST FOUR YEARS, 88% OF THE TIME.
>> I THINK DONALD TRUMP'S POLICIES WERE AND WOULD BE FAR
BETTER FOR MY STATE AND THE COUNTRY.
MY HOPE IS THAT THE STYLE AND PERSONALITY DOESN'T DEFINE OUR
PARTY BUT RATHER THE POLICIES.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT DONALD TRUMP AND MARJORY TAYLOR
GREENE ARE BECOMING THE FACE OF THE PARTY.
IS THAT PROBLEMATIC GOING FORWARD?
>> IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE THE FACE OF THE PARTY.
THAT'S WHAT THE MEDIA MAYBE IS FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST WHAT SHE SAID.
SO HAS MITCH McCONNELL. I HOPE KEVIN McCARTHY WILL DO
THE SAME. THERE HAS TO BE CONSEQUENCES.
>> IT REALLY IS A CRITICAL DAY FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
LIZ CHENEY IS FIGHTING TO KEEP HER LEADERSHIP POST AND MARJORY
TAYLOR GREENE IS FIGHTING TO KEEP HER SPOT ON THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. HOURS FROM NOW, REPUBLICANS WILL
HOLD A MEETING TO DEBATE THEIR FATE.
>> WE ARE AN HOUR AND A HALF OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA IN THE 14th
DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT
THAT IS HOME TO MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WON HERE NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF THE VOTE.
THE SAME FOR MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE.
>> WE GET TO PICK WHO OUR REPRESENTATIVE IS.
WE DON'T WANT THE NATIONAL MEDIA OR DEMOCRATS TO DEFINE THIS
PERSON. THAT'S WHO THE VOTERS CHOSE.
WE WANT OUR VOICE AND OUR REPRESENTATION IN WASHINGTON.
>> I GET THAT. SHE SAID CRAZY SHIT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ARE UPSET WITH THE THINGS SHE SAID.
NOBODY SUPPORTS SOME OF THE REALLY OUTLANDISH THINGS.
SHE SHOULD REALIZE THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WANT ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS. THAT'S NOT THE MARJORY THAT
CAMPAIGNED HERE.
>> YOU SENT A LETTER THAT IS SAYING, WE STAND BY HER.
>> YEAH. WE WANT AN EXPLANATION.
>> YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH?
>> A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, FOR SURE.
>> THERE ARE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS WHO SAY, WE CAN'T HAVE
THIS WOMAN IN HERE, WE CAN'T HAVE HER BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE
OUR LIVES ARE BEING THREATENED.
>> I THINK THAT'S CRAZY.
>> YOU THINK THAT'S CRAZY?
>> PEOPLE LIKE MARJORY --
>> SHE DID RUN A CAMPAIGN WITH OMAR'S FACE NEXT TO AN AR-15.
>> SHE USED IT AS A CRUTCH IN HER DISTRICT.
>> THAT'S ABOUT ASEMI
>> THAT'S ABOUT ASE SEMIAUTOMAT RIFLE --
>> THE WAY I RECALL THE AD, IT WAS THESE CONGRESS WOMEN
WAS THESE CONGRESS WOWOMEN WANT TAKE YOUR WEAPONS.
IT WAS A JUXTAPOSITION --
>> DID NOT LEAVE A LOT OF MYSTERY.
>> I'M SURE SHE WAS NOT CALLING FOR VIOLENCE WITH THAT POST.
SURLY NOT. IN LIGHT OF JANUARY 6, I THINK
WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT OUR RHETORIC.
THE WHOLE STOP THE STEAL THING, I THINK REALLY SENT THE WRONG
IDEA TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. I THINK OUR REPUBLICAN SENATOR
CANDIDATES LOST IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THAT RHETORIC CAUSED
PEOPLE TO NOT COME OUT AND VOTE.
>> SHE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT STOPPING THE
STEAL. DEMOCRATS NOW HAVE THEIR KNIVES
OUT. THEY WANT TO HAVE HER REMOVED
FROM HER COMMITTEES. DOES THAT STRENGTHEN HER HAND IN
THE 14th DISTRICT?
>> IN A WAY IT DOES. IF SHE'S REMOVED FROM THE
COMMITTEES, IT WILL BE A STEP TO CONTINUE THE ARGUMENT THAT
CONSERVATIVES ARE GETTING CANCELED.
SHE WILL USE THAT TO HER ADVANTAGE.
>> TOP HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE PLANNING TO DELIVER AN ULTIMATUM
PLANNING TO DELIVER AN ULTIM ULTIMATUM.
>> YOU HAVE TO STRIP GREENE OF HER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OR
DEMOCRATS WILL BRING THE ISSUE TO THE HOUSE FLOOR.
>> ENCOURAGED VIOLENCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION.
IF THIS ISN'T THE BOTTOM LINE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HELL THE
BOTTOM LINE IS.
>> NEW MEMBER FROM ATLANTA FEELS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD
TAYLOR GREENE RESPONSIBLE. CONGRESSWOMAN WILLIAMS IS THE
CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN GEORGIA.
SHE HOLDS JOHN LEWIS' SEAT IN CONGRESS.
YOU HAVE A REMARKABLE PERSONAL STORY THAT YOUR GREAT AUNT WAS
THE FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF
ALABAMA.
>> ANY AUNTIE INTEGRATED THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
GROWING UP, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE UNTIL MY NINTH
GRADE ALABAMA HISTORY BOOK. I WAS LIKE, MOM, AUNTIE IS IN MY
HISTORY BOOK. IT'S NOT LOST UPON ME THAT I
HAVE THE LEGACY TO UPHOLD. NO MATTER HOW FAR WE THINK WE
HAVE GOTTEN, I THINK JANUARY 6th SHOWED US HOW MUCH FARTHER WE
STILL HAVE TO GO.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
>> JUST BEEN SWORN IN. SPEAKING ON THE FLOOR TO DEFEND
VOTING RIGHTS IN GEORGIA. IN THE SEAT ONCE HELD BY JOHN
LEWIS. I REMEMBER HAVING A PHONE CALL
LATER WITH MY COLLEAGUE. WE WERE SAYING HOW IT WAS
COMFORTING TO KNOW CONGRESSMAN LEWIS DIDN'T HAVE TO WITNESS
THIS. BECAUSE TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT
HE HAD FOUGHT FOR FOR VOTING RIGHTS, FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE FLOOR THAT DAY READY TO SPEAK TO
DEFEND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE FROM GEORGIA.
SO HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TARGET.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW? DO YOU FEEL SAFE IN THE CAPITOL?
>> I DON'T WALK ANYWHERE BY MYSELF.
IF I'M GOING TO THE FLOOR TO VOTE, SOMEONE COMES WITH ME.
INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, INVESTIGATIONS ARE STILL FORWAY.
INVESTIGATIONS ARE STILL FOR UNDERWAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I CAN TRUST INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
>> THERE WILL BE A VOTE TOMORROW TO STRIP MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE
OF HER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT.
>> I MEAN, SHE'S UNFIT TO SERVE IN THE BODY.
I WATCH THE CLIPS OF THE VIDEOS OF HER MOCKING AND FOLLOWING
STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.
>> I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. I'M A GUN OWNER.
YOU TRY TO TAKE AWAY MY SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YOU CAN'T DEFEND YOUR STANCE?
>> MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD A SCHOOL
SHOOTING. MY CLASSMATE WAS KILLED IN THE
PARKING LOT. I KNOW THE PAIN THAT THOSE
STUDENTS FELT AND THE FEAR THAT THEY FELT.
FOR HER TO MOCK THEM IS APPALLING.
SHE SHOULD NOT SERVE ON ANY COMMITTEE, LET ALONE THE HOUSE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
>> WE HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
>> WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR, TO HER IF SHE'S THERE?
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY IS THAT
NOT MAKING THIS ABOUT PARTISANSHIP.
THIS IS ABOUT THE INSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
COMING INTO THAT BODY EVERY DAY, SERVING THE PEOPLE OF THIS
COUNTRY. I MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH YOU ON A
VOTE, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T MAKE YOU FEEL UNSAFE.
SHE LITERALLY SUPPORTED THE NOTION THAT THERE SHOULD BE A
BULLET PUT THROUGH THE HEAD OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
>> WE ARE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE WEEKLY HOUSE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE MEETING. WE ARE WATCHING MEMBERS COME IN.
>> IT'S EXPECTED TO BE A VERY TENSE MEETING BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS. SHE MADE AN EFFORT.
SHE HAS --
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> THEY ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF SHIT TODAY.
>> THIS IS LIKE THE SHOOTOUT AT THE OKAY CORRAL.
THE OLD BUSH REPUBLICAN IN ME HOPES -- I'M THINKING WITH MY
HEART. I HOPE THEY GET BEHIND CHENEY
AND STICK IT TO TAYLOR GREENE.
>> IDEOLOGICALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH ONE
OR THE OTHER. McCARTHY STANDS WITH McCARTHY.
HE IS FOCUSED ON NOT ONLY THE PARTY BECOMING THE MAJORITY
PARTY, BUT HE WANTS TO BE ITS LEADER.
HE WANTS TO BE SPEAKER. HIS STANDING IN THE PARTY RIGHT
NOW IS INCREDIBLY FRAGILE.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS NOW ARE BRANDING THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AS THE PARTY OF Q.
NANCY PELOSI PUT OUT A PRESS
RELEASE TODAY.
>> DEMOCRATS SMELL BLOOD IN THE WATER.
McCARTHY HAS THIS INCREDIBLY DELICATE BALANCING ACT.
HE GOES INTO THE CLOSED DOOR SESSION AT A MOMENT WHEN
EVERYTHING FOR THE PARTY IS UP FOR GRABS.
>> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO YOUR PARTY?
WILL YOU APOLOGIZE?
>> THEY ARE AT IT RIGHT NOW. MEETING WHICH HAS BEEN
TUMULTUOUS UNDERWAY. WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY ARE
VOTING. THAT PROCESS IS BEGINNING RIGHT
NOW.
>> HERE IS OUR BREAKING NEWS. LIST CHAIN
LIST C LIZ CHENEY HOLDING ONTO HER
LEADERSHIP POST. McCARTHY REFUSES TO STRIP
ASSIGNMENTS FROM MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE.
>> TAYLOR GREENE SPOKE. SHE RECEIVED A PARTIAL STANDING
OVATION.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD HEAR WHAT SHE TOLD ALL OF
US. DENOUNCING QANON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
>> I REMAIN PROFOUNDLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOUSE REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP ACCEPTANCE OF EXTREME CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.
YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO
THIS INSTITUTION.
>> HOUSE DEMOCRATS TODAY PLAN TO STRIP MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE OF
HER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT.
>> WILL ANY REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS?
>> ONE WAY CONGRESSWOMAN GREENE COULD ALLEVIATE THIS SITUATION
OR TRY TO IS TO SPEAK PUBLICALLY.
>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLE WOMAN FROM GEORGIA.
>> I WAS ALLOWED TO BELIEVE THINGS THAT WEREN'T TRUE.
I WOULD ASK QUESTIONS AND TALK ABOUT THEM.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT I REGRET.
BIG MEDIA COMPANIES CAN TAKE TINY PIECES OF WORDS THAT I HAVE
SAID, THAT YOU HAVE SAID, ANY OF US AND CAN PORTRAY US INTO
SOMEONE THAT WE ARE NOT.
>> IT'S AN APOLOGY BUT IT'S NOT REALLY AN APOLOGY.
>> IT WAS, I WAS ALLOWED TO BELIEVE THINGS AND THE MEDIA
BEARS AS MUCH GUILT AS ANYONE ELSE.
THESE ARE DIRECT PLAYS FROM THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK.
>> YES. BUT IT'S ALSO JUST THE SAME
POLITICAL GARBAGE THAT I THINK PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARE TIRED OF.
>> DURING THE RACE, WERE YOU AWARE THAT SHE HAD THIS HISTORY
ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL WE GOT TO THE RUNOFF STAGE
THAT I SORT OF LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD A LITTLE MORE.
THAT'S INTERESTING. WOW.
THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
>> DID YOU WARN OTHER REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS ABOUT IT?
HOW AWARE WERE THEY?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY WERE AWARE.
YOU ARE TAKING THE SAME TAG NOW THAT, THAT'S IN HER PAST.
SHE CAME IN WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS,
WHICH IS VERY POPULAR HERE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
BY VIRTUE, SHE HAD TRUMP'S BLESSING.
SHE ADVERTISED WITH TRUMP. SHE HAD TRUMP STAND UP
SHE HAD TRUMP STAND -UP DOLLS WITH HER.
SHE DROVE A TRUMP BUS AROUND. SHE GOT OFF TO THE RACES.
>> YOU HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE MOST OF THE PARTY
LEADERSHIP. THAT DIDN'T MATTER AS MUCH AS
THIS FIRE AND BRIMSTONE THAT SHE BROUGHT TO HER CANDIDACY.
>> BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THAT POINT, THE FOLKS IN NORTHWEST
GEORGIA HAD SAID, SHE'S TRUMP'S CHOSEN ONE, SHE'S TRUMP IN
HEELS. I HEARD THE WORD, WE WANT TO
FIGHT HER PROBABLY MORE THAN I HEARD WE WANT A THINKER.
>> YOU SHOT A WATER MELON WITH AN
AN AR-15.
>> MARJORY GREENE IS A FIGHTER IN THE SENSE THAT SHE WILL THROW
A PUNCH OUT OF LEFT FIELD. IT MAY LAND ON HERSELF.
IT MIGHT LAND ON A FRIEND. IT MIGHT LAND ON THE ENEMY.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> SHE'S SWINGING?
>> SHE'S SWINGING.
>> IN AN HOUR, THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO FORCE A VOTE ON WHETHER
OR NOT MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE CAN KEEP HER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO STRIP HER OF THEM.
>> SHE'S PUT HER COLLEAGUES IN A VERY BAD SITUATION.
MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HER.
BUT THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE FOR HER TO STAY ON THIS
COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY SAID, WE
WILL PUT OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THIS PERSON WHO IS A BIT OF A
WILD HORSE. WHEN THEY COME UP FOR ELECTION,
IF SHE DOESN'T -- IF SHE STEPS OUT OF LINE, THEY WILL BE HUNG
ON THAT VOTE.
>> NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CONGRESS HAS A MAJORITY PARTY
BEEN TAKEN SUCH IF A BEEN TAKEN SUCH IFCRAZY ACTION.
>> THIS DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN. REPUBLICANS COULD HAVE DEALT
WITH THIS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT ANY VOTE ON THE FLOOR.
THEY REFUSED TO DO SO. THE REPUBLICANS DID THAT IN THE
LAST CONGRESS. THEY STRIPPED REPUBLICAN MEMBER
STEVE KING OF HIS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE HE MADE
RACIST COMMENTS. THEY WON'T DO IT TO MARJORY
TAYLOR GREENE BECAUSE TRUMP BACKS HER.
>> NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS HOUSE HAS THE MAJORITY
ABUSED ITS POWER IN THIS WAY. NEVER.
IF THIS IS THE NEW STANDARD, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUT
THE STANDARD.
>> MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE SAY THEY
DISAPPROVE OF REPRESENTATIVE GREENE'S ACTIONS.
HOWEVER DISAPPROVAL WITHOUT ACTION MEANS NOTHING.
THIS IS ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.
>> THEY ARE NOT THE SQUAD. THEY ARE ALEXANDRIA, RASHIDA,
THEY ARE PEOPLE, OUR COLLEAGUES.
>> MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTE.
>> ON THIS VOTE, THE YAY IS 230, NEY IS 199.
THE RESOLUTION IS OVER.
>> IT'S OVER. MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE WILL BE
BARRED FROM SERVING ON THE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE AS
WELL AS THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
>> THE HOUSE VOTE JUST CONCLUDED, ALMOST ENTIRELY ALONG
PARTY LINES, AS EXPECTED. THERE WERE 11 HOUSE REPUBLICANS
WHO VOTED WITH THE DEMOCRATS. ONE OF THOSE WAS ADAM KINZINGER
WHOSE PROMINENCE HAS BEEN EXPANDED DRASTICALLY IN THE
PERIOD OF TIME AFTER JANUARY 6th WHEN HE WAS ONE OF THE HANDFUL
OF REPUBLICANS TO VOTE TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT AND THEN
DID A VIDEO.
>> REPUBLICANS MUST SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
IT'S TIME TO UNPLUG THE OUTRAGE MACHINE AND CAST ASIDE THE
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THE RAGE.
>> THAT PUTS HIM IN THE VANGUARD OF REPUBLICANS WHO ARE TRYING TO
RECLAIM THE VALUES AND IDEAS THAT HAVE ANIMATED IT BACK IN IF
THE OLD DAYS WHEN IT WAS KNOWN AS THE PARTY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
>> HERE IS THE THING, CONGRESSMAN.
IS IT NOT THE CASE THIS VOTE IS A GIFT?
IN THE END WHAT PEOPLE WILL REPRESENT IS THE PARTY STOOD
WITH MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE TIGHT AROUND OUR NECK.
IT'S REALLY BAD. I THINK IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT,
THIS IS REALLY A GIFT TO YOU. THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT WE SHOULD
HAVE HAD THIS IN HOUSE, REMOVED HER FROM HER COMMITTEES, NOT HAD
A VOTE ON THE FLOOR.
>> MANY PEOPLE SAY MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE'S SPEECH WAS CLOSE
TO WHAT SHE DID LAST NIGHT.
>> IT WAS ALMOST IDENTICAL, I WOULD SAY.
>> A LOT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING, SHE'S CONTRITE, SHE
APOLOGIZED. I DIDN'T HEAR AN APOLOGY.
>> THERE WAS NO APOLOGY. IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU ARE
TRULY SORRY ABOUT AND YOU WANT TO KIND OF START FRESH, YOU
DON'T SPEND HALF OF YOUR SPEECH TALKING ABOUT CANCEL CULTURE.
RIGHT? IT'S FRUSTRATING.
SHE GOT A STANDING OVATION BY HALF THE CAUCUS.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
>> I DIDN'T DO A GOOD HEAD COUNT.
I WOULD SAY IT'S CLOSE TO THAT. MEANWHILE, LIZ CHENEY VOTED HER
CONSCIENCE. IT WAS FOUR HOURS OF ATTACKING
HER. IT WAS REALLY A DIS
IT WAS REALLY A DWEIRD WORLD.
>> YOU VOTED FOR IMPEACHMENT. YOU VOTED WITH DEMOCRATS TONIGHT
ON MARJORY TAYLOR GREENE. DOES THE CAUCUS HATE YOUR GUTS?
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF RESPECT I'M SPEAKING OUT.
THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE TELL ME, WHY ARE YOU OUTSPOKEN?
ISN'T YOUR BASE MAD? YEAH.
BUT I'M NOT A VIRTUAL CONGRESSMAN THAT JUST RESPONDS
TO WHAT INTERNET SAYS TO DO. I SWORE TO THE CONSTITUTION.
THAT COMES WITH A SPECIAL SET OF REQUIREMENTS TO LEAD PEOPLE TO A
BRIGHTER FUTURE. MY PRESCRIPTIONS MAY BE WRONG.
THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY.
>> THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE PARTY OF LINCOLN, THE IMAGE, THE
HISTORY OF IT AND WHAT IT IS NOW IS SO VAST, IT FEELS LIKE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET BACK TO THAT?
>> TOTALLY. I THINK WE NEVER THOUGHT WE
WOULD GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD BE THE PARTY OF TRUMP.
YOU CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE'S BETTER ANGELS.
I THINK THAT WILL CATCH.
>> LAST WEEK, FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH PUT OUT A TWEET.
TODAY'S REPUBLICAN PARTY IS WAY --
>> IT'S NOT CLOSE. IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.
IS HE WRONG?
>> I DON'T THINK HE IS WRONG. I THINK THE THING IS, WE KIND OF
HAVE THIS SENSE OF A FAIT ACCOMPLI.
WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT. I THINK THIS IS WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK OUT.
I MAY FAIL AT THIS. PROBABLY COULD FAIL.
OKAY. I'M AT PEACE.
AS LONG AS I GAVE IT A HUGE EFFORT TO TRY TO SAVE IT.
>> THERE'S A LOST COST QUALITY. DOES THIS FEEL LIKE A SUICIDE
MISSION?
>> IT DOES. I'M NOT HERE TO BE A HERO.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GOT MEDALS OF HONOR ON WHAT THEY
THOUGHT
THOUGHT WERE
THOUGHT WERE SUICIDE