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President biden will actually sign three Executive Orders to undo President Trumps harsh Immigration Policies including those separated from their families at the border. Well talk to a Biden Administration official about that. And House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy just finished speaking in texas. He didnt get any questions about what he will do with congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene and her inflammatory statements as Pressure Mounts for Mitch Mcconnell. Well get reaction. We have a lot to unpack. Joining to us start off our coverage, cara lee is covering the white house for us. And Jonathan Swan is here as well. Great to have both of you. So lets get right to it. Run us through the key arguments made by the House Impeachment Managers and the president s legal team. Sure. Well, on the house Impeachment Manager Side of this, you have them making the argument that the president has singular responsibility for inciting this riot on january 6th in the capitol. They say he has the unique ability to provoke and quell violence saying he is uniquely suited to do that and could have tamped it down if he wanted to. And they noticed that both parties urged the president to intervene privately and publicly. Now for the Trump Legal Team side of things, they are answering this charge from the house that he reiterated false claims of Election Fraud. That that was part of what drove this. And theyre saying that is actually not factually correct. So there is a little holding on to that argument that the former President Trump had been making for all those weeks since the election. That this election was stolen from him which wasnt. They also go on to make an argument that he had freedom of speech privileges, and that what he was saying, what he was exercising his freedom of speech rights, and also that the senate lacks jurisdiction over this because he is no longer holding elected office. So making that constitutional argument that weve heard so many former president s allies make. Lets go back, they arent saying that it was stolen from him by widespread fraud but more that he believed he won. And in your extraordinary reporting, on what you call the craziest meeting of the trump presidency, reading it, thats truth in advertising. I mean, that is a key takeaway. That trump seemed to truly believe the election was stolen. But also, jonathan, he was desperate to find a way out of the loss, right . Yes. He was absolutely desperate. And he pushed his advisers so far that, what weve recorded, it almost resulted in a fist fight in the oval office with general flynn on his feet yelling at trumps lawyers. There was a lot of yelling and screaming. And it was four hours long . A couple different locations . Yes, yeah. The attempted Military Coup migrated its way to the president s personal residence, his living room, where the former ceo of overstock. Com was Wolfing Down Pigs in a blanket and little meatballs on tooth picks while he was trying to tell the president how to subvert democracy. It was quite a collection of characters. But to what carol was talking about before, there is been a really tense fight behind the scenes with trumps legal team over the language here. Trump still hasnt let this go. He was insist tent upon them arguing that there was Election Fraud. And his initial team. Lawyers did not want to do that. Their view was, this is crazy. We should make a procedural argument. And do you really want to be in court actually, sorry, not in court but you know, putting evidence forward having to prove the baseless claims of fraud . I dont think that has gone so well so far. They havent got a particularly good track record with these cases so far. So that actually was part of the reason that they quit, his first team. They have this quick Replacement Team of lawyers to do the impeachment. When you know what you know, and again, if people havent read this in axios, it goes down to who sat where in what color chair. This is a deeply reported story. What is your key takeaway as you look at the arguments on both sides with the upcoming Impeachment Trial, jonathan . I think both sides know very well that the arguments almost dont matter at this point. The sense i have from my reporting is that almost without, unless trump wheels in rudy giuliani, i dont know what else he could really do. One thing i picked up from some people who were involved in the first impeachment of trump, while theyre not happy hes been shut down on twitter, from the legal vantage point, thats quite helpful. One of the big things they were worried about in the first Impeachment Trial was trump live tweeting which was providing new exhibits of evidence in realtime. That is obviously not going to happen this time. I dont think anyone believes there are 17 republican senators willing to convict. So it becomes from the Trump Defense point of view, thats why you see these selfindulgence arguments about Election Fraud. Theyre not designed as anything to do with the case. Theyre really just appeasing Donald Trumps ego. Well, there is been a lot of appeasement going on for four years now. These come as politico reports on an election post mortem produced by Donald Trumps main pollster. It says the former president suffered from Voter Perception that he wasnt homicide or trust worthy, and that he was crushed by his dishamming of the coronavirus pandemic. The report notes that he was done in by hemorrhaging support from white voters. I mean, it is hard not to look at those cold hard facts and not see some recognition from what were hearing out of Mitch Mcconnell these past 24 hours, right . Yeah, look. The interesting thing about this is that when you look back a year ago, when the coronavirus pandemic first hit and became a big issue, people around the president , his political advisers at the time said that will be the issue on which he is elected. And there were all these efforts, if youre looking at the post mortem effort, all these efforts by people around the president to get him to take it more seriously. To get him to engage in ways that gave assurance to the public that he was on top of this. He kept showing up at the Coronavirus Briefings at the podium and undermining his own argument, his own stature in terms of his handling of the crisis. That continued to feed. And clearly from this post mortem, it was something in the end that they were right from the beginning that it would wind up doing him in. As the election went on, he started dabbling in this idea that there would be fraud in the election. Putting out all these various theories that left people scratching their heads. And it shows that he lost some of his core base of support, what put him over the top in 2016. Carol lee, with the beautiful snow flakes swirling behind her at the white house. Jonathan swan, go home. Save yourself before you cant get home anymore. Thank you both for being with us. Meantime, we are getting these new and actually terrifying details about the January 6th Capitol Riots from democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. She told viewers on instagram that she thought they would die and it was made worse by another traumatic experience in her past. We cannot move on without accountability. We cannot heal without accountability. Overnight, new york congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez opening up for the first time about her experiences during the capitol riot. All of a sudden i hear boom, boom, boom, boom, boom on my door. Then i hear these huge violent bangs on my door and then every door. She hid inside a bathroom within her inner office. Like this. Like im here. And the Bathroom Door starts going like this. Like the Bathroom Door is behind me, rather, in front of me. The door hinges right here and i hear, where is she . Where is she . And this was the moment where i thought everything was over. I just i mean, i thought i was going to die. When ocasiocortez came out of bathroom, there was a Capitol Police officer there. She and her legislative director ended up barricading. They in the office. Staff members pushed furniture against the doors. She said im looking for where im going to hide. I said dont worry, im a mom, im calm. I have everything here we need. She said i hope i get to be a mom. I hope i dont die today. Describing the impact of the riots, revealing for the first time that shes been a victim of sexual assault. These are the same tactics of abusers. And im a survivor of sexual assault. And i havent told many people that in my life. But when we go through trauma, trauma compounds on each other. And joining us now, democratic congresswoman jackie spear of california. Thank you for being with us. Its well known that you know about trauma, surviving an Assassination Attempt back in 1978 at jonestown. Your boss did not survive. What are your thoughts when you hear what your colleague had to say, her revelations about the siege and what it triggered in her in. Well, alexandrias description is not unlike, i think, a number of members who were caught in that. I mean, there were 30 of us in the gallery when the pounding started on the doors of the chamber. And then a shot rang out. And i was thrown back in time to 1978 when i was lying on that air strip. And shooters came and shot us at point blank range. Her description is painful and i think it is important for the American People to appreciate how painful it was for her and many others as they had to try and survive what they thought was probably the ends of their lives. When you said you went back tom day, in 1978, was it total fear . And do you agree that there is no healing without accountability . Well, first of all, i was on that Gallery Floor and told to lie down on there. And then i heard the shot ring out. Of course, it took me back in time and i remember lying my cheek on the cold marble floor and thinking, can this be happening . Am i going to die in my own country in this Sacred Temple of democracy when i survived in the jungles of guyana . So i agree that accountability has to be part of this. I cant imagine we would allow those who committed trespass, who came into the capitol, who violated the law, that somehow they should go free because the courts may be overburdened. This was a direct hit on the democracy of this country. This was an attempt to overthrow the government. To render the vote null and void so donald trump could continue as president of the United States. This was no different than the coup that was attempted successfully in myanmar. I think there has to be accountability. And i must tell you im sorry, i was going to say that leads us to impeachment. And i know you just heard this. Trumps lawyers say you cant impeach a former president anyway. And by the way, trump believed he won and therefore, it was his right to express his belief that the Election Results were suspect. Youre a lawyer. What do you make of that argument in. Well, first of all, he was impeached while he was in office. It is the trial which is taking place now. And just because he is no longer in office is irrelevant because the impeachment occurred. The trial must go on. And he must be held accountable. Now, for those who say he was basically expressing his First Amendment rights, you cannot call out fire in a crowded theater. And here he was calling out Tens Of Thousands of people to go to the capitol and to fight and to not be weak and to take back our country. So those were words like fire is prohibited in a theater. He was prohibited from calling on these individuals who are white supremacists, anarchists and antisemites to go to the capitol and overthrow the country. Thats what he was asking them to do. Before you go, i have to ask but the letter you wrote to President Biden asking he issue an Executive Order to ensure u. S. Military screens troops Social Media Lengths for extreme. I groups, any links to extreme. I groups. You point out that these groups like to target members of the military. Help us understand how big a problem this is and what specifically needs to be done about it . So first of all, we dont know how large it is. We have incidents that have taken place, many of them in 2020. Where Service Members shot and killed federal officers and local sheriffs, one of whom was a member of the boogaloo boys. There is a 2017 report that says that 73 of all the lethal Extremist Activity have happened in this country by the far right. So it is time for us to open our eyes and recognize what is going on. The fact that we do not look at social media of potential recruits into the Military Flab Flabber gasts me. That we do not have as part of the intensive review that takes place for security clearances, they do not look at social media but they will ask you questions like, have you ever had a Mental Health episode, have you ever had a financial exposure to a certain problem. I mean, its a very invasive review and yet they dont look at social media. So i believe the president needs to act and i believe the secretary of defense needs to act. They both have the authority. One through Executive Order and one through regulations to make sure that social media becomes part of the review. Private Sector Companies do it all the time. It is a real blind spot within the government. Thank you. So. We appreciate your time today. And there is some good news to tell but on the coronavirus front. Starting next week, some local pharmacies will start getting vaccines. What this means for a Distribution Process that has gone less than smoothly. But first, some sad news to report. This is captain sir tom moore, best known as captain tom. He has died after a bout with pneumonia and testing positive for covid19. The world war ii veteran gained International Attention last year when he walked 100 laps around his garden before his 100th birthday. A fundraiser that brought in 43 million for the u. K. s National Health service. As you can see in this video, he was then knighted by the queen. Captain sir tom moore was 100 years old. Youre watching msnbc. 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Joining me now, Infectious Disease specialist and epidemiologist School Of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital as well as the former member of the bidenharris Transition Covid advisory board, good to see ta with this plan to get doses directly to pharmacies starting next week. How important could this be as the pressure frankly is mounting with all these new variants to get more people vaccinated quickly . I think it is important for the General Public to understand, this does not mean that every single Retail Pharmacy will have Vaccines Available for everyone who walks in the door. There is still going to be a limited supply and a limited number of such sites that are providing this. It is a good step in the right direction to expanding access and depending how this initial, you could say, pilot phase of Retail Pharmacy rollout goes, that will also inform whether thats the best strategy to further expand access. Theres another bit of good news. Moderna is asking u. S. Regulators to increase the amount of Coronavirus Vaccine that they put into each vial by as much as 50 . Is there any reason that you can see not to do that . If it gets vaccines out faster . I think some of the concern previously was that you dont want to have. So liquid in the vials that it stresses the glass and that you have breakage. So you do want to make sure the vaccine arrives intact. But if they have been able to overcome and make sure that that is not going to be a problem, i think having a couple more doses in one vial is certainly helpful here. So i dont want to get too. Into politics here, doctor, but theres a new report from axios that explores what former President Trump was doing in the month of december. He was focused on overturning the election, and the report says, quote, trump was no longer focused on any semblance of a governing agenda. Instead, spending his days taking phone calls and meetings from anyone armed with conspiracy their business the election. Were only two weeks into this new administration. At what point do you think well really see that there has been a change . And how much do you think were still feeling the impact of what the former president didnt do . We are going to be feeling the impact of the prior administrations policies for the next coming months, if not the next year or so. For families who have lost loved ones to the pandemic, that is a loss that they will continue to suffer for the rest of their lives. That that, i think weve already seen some very concrete changes here. The announcement of three times a week, monday, wednesday, friday briefings by scientists, not politicians, so dr. Welinski, dr. Anthony fauci, the doctor from Infectious Diseases. Those things messaging the science first and foremost to the public. I think it is a very, very concrete change. We are also seeing the cdc Ramp Up Genomic surveillance which helps us detect the new variants that are emerging from different parts of the world that we have here in the u. S. So whether it is on the science or the communication fronts. I think were seeing very tangible shifts here. We talk about those variants and weve seen them in people in maryland. The case that they had with the South African strain of it. That was a person who hadnt traveled. That suggests theres already some community spread. We spend so much time and attention now and understandably so. Is that an indication about expanding mass testing and keeping track of that. We absolutely need to use all the tools at our disposal and that includes accelerating vaccinations. It also means we need to double down on mask, on social distancing. We need to be doing mass testing, especially in places like schools where that would allow schools to reopen safely. Weve seam it has been done where the resources have been done in reopening schools. So we really are in a situation where with the rise of these variants, some of which are more contagious, some appear to be more deadly, and some may be, the vaccines we have may be somewhat less protective against them. It all speaks to the urgency of using everything we have at our disposal. Doctor, it is always good to see you. Thank you for taking the time. Appreciate it. Putin critic Alexei Navalny is heading back to prison. A moscow court just moments ago handing him a three and a half year sentence and the white house is responding. Weve got those details after the break. Youre watching msnbc. Break. Youre watching msnbc. The experts at Safelite Autoglass came right to me. With service i could trust. Right, girl . Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. At philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schmear of cream cheese. The recipe we invented over 145 years ago and me. 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He was chief architect of the daca immigration program. Biden has now six confirmed members of his cabinet. And more breaking news, this time out of russia. The kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for violating his probation. He will serve two and a half years in prison. His lawyers say they will appeal. He survived being poisoned last year made an impassioned speech in the courtroom arguing, you cannot lock up the whole country. This weekend, thousands of his supporters were arrested across russia during protests. And last hour, the white house responded to this sentencing. We reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately unconditionally release mr. Navalny as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights. From the Protest Movement overseas to the one here in the u. S. , as black History Month gets underway at msnbc, we are continuing the conversation in a special series called, can you hear us now . The next chapter. Joining us now is nbc news correspondent trymaine lee. Today in russia, they specifically addressed the new wave of activists and weve seen it here. What they can do, how these folks who are new, young, energized can be a catalyst for change. Thats right. In this country we have such a long tradition of holding truth to power and black people in america especially have used public protests and organizing to force americans to be the democracy that it always has been. Now that tradition and legacy of the past going generation to generation and certainly that influence across oceans and different countries. Tonight we touch on all of those topics and more and i want you to take a listen to what jean had to say. People of the new generation, people coming up who havent experienced the civil rights movement, havent experienced all these things, are seeing it unfold yet again. Seeing that we havent dealt fully with things that are part of the american ethos that we try to sweep under the rug. When i saw what i saw in the street, it was people who not only understood the importance of activism like my grandfather, people in my family, people who came up marching and understand that we have to stand up. Protest is certainly one of the most american forms of expression and the influence goes down from generation to generation and clearly overseas. We saw it over the summer and the ripples playing out today. Thank you so much. Hook forward to watching, can you hear us now . The next chapter. You can see it tonight, 8 00 eastern on nbc news now. Just about an hour from now, President Biden will roll back President Trumps Immigration Policy with three Executive Orders. A priority, reuniting those families separated at the border. Ill be joined by the White House Communications director here on msnbc. E communications here on msnbc. Claritin. And 24hour relief from symptoms caused by over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens. Try claritin cool mint chewabls for powerful allergy relief plus a cooling sensation. Live claritin clear. In a little over an hour, President Biden will sign three new Executive Orders to undo trump policies including one aimed at reuniting Migrant Children separated from their families at the mexican border. The news comes as hundreds of immigrants have been deported under the Biden Administration so far. Despite his Campaign Pledge to stop removing those people in the u. S. Illegally at the beginning of his term. Joining us now, it is good to see you. I want to start with what the president is about to do. Look, i think a lot of the supporters of the president had the expectation that he was going to start quickly to undo some of the things that were done by the Trump Administration. These new Executive Orders though review but dont necessarily immediate reverse those orders. So what do they accomplish . Look, weve said from the beginning that changing things was going to take a little time. So we are working around all the agencies to make sure that we are reviewing the different policies, and that the things that can be done to make sure that we are reuniting our kids with their parents, to make sure that we are evaluating our policies, to make sure that we are working with our partners in Central America to discuss the root causes of migration are happening. Unfortunately what the Trump Administration did is very extensive and it will take a bit of time. We are taking action to make sure that we can take care of people and reform our Immigration System in the way that we said we would from day one. So lets talk about a specific thing thats causing some controversy about those families separated. But reunited outside the United States. They cannot return to the u. S. Under this new task force. And i want to play what lee geller from the aclu said about that on msnbc. That would be troubling to us. I think anybody that was subjected to this barbaric policy nodes to be given relief. It is one thing to stage things with people needing the most immediate relief. Families subjected to this policy are not allowed to come back to the United States, that would be deeply troubling to us. Well have to wait and see. We would push very hard on that. The United States government owes them a safe place to live and restitution. The argument as you know is that many of these families, even though they may be reunited, are waiting in dangerous, squall i had conditions. Does the u. S. Government owe these families for what was done to them . This is exactly why were putting together a task force to make sure that one, we can find the kids that were separated from their parents. There are many that we dont even know exist. So we need to figure out who these kids are. What about the families that are reunited . In order to do so, we need to make sure that we have agency representatives, and that we bring these folks together, we talk to the families that have already been reunited and to the stake holders to make sure were doing this, but the ability to address these are there. I think youve seen from President Biden from day one that hes taken action in ways he promised in the campaign, on daca, on ending the muslim ban, and this continues that same promise. It is also not the last thing youll see from this administration on immigration and you will see more down the road. But this fulfills a lot of the things we said we would do from the beginning. In terms of those families who have been reunited, waiting in potentially dangerous conditions, or in dangerous conditions, is a safe place to live back in the United States, is restitution on the table . We want to make sure that we address the harms that were done to these families. And this is why this task force will be working on the recommendations available about what are the things that we can do. We expect them to give often their report back to the president in order for us to make those determinations, and to work across agencies throughout the entire government to figure out what that looks lying. I want to give you a chance to answer to critics who say great, hes signing these Executive Orders but none of this Mat Ferries Mass Deportations are still happening. What do you say to them . We made a commitment to stop deportations the first 100 days. We are seeing this is still in motion. There is a pause on that for the time being but our commitment is there. We are also trying to work with our champions in congress. We sent a bill to congress on day one, just like President Biden promised and were looked forward to working with senate and the congress to make sure we can pass a bill that restores immigration to a place of human an, decency, justice and also the border. If i recall correctly, you worked for the campaign on bringing coalitions together. It will take one heck of a coalition to do what has been tried and failed for a long time, which is get immigration reform. We appreciate your time. Thank you. Strong words from Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell calling the, quote, looney lies of Marjorie Taylor greene a cancer on the part of the Republican Party. Will mcconnells words sway the House Majority leader . And she introduced a resolution to strip greene of her committee assignments. Thats next. Youre watching msnbc. Assignments. Thats next. Youre watching msnbc. R from gl. That means expensing nothing but pizza. Your expenses look good, and your books are set for the month . Going up against this guy. And pitching your idea 100 times. No, no, no no. I like it. He likes it . And you definitely love that. Intuit quickbooks helps Small Businesses be more successful with payments, payroll, banking and live bookkeeping. Now to what Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell calls looney lies. Hes talking about conspiracy theorist marmingory taylor greene, putting pressure on House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy to shut her down. And mcconnell didnt just issue that scathing statement. He followed it up with another statement of support from embattled congresswoman liz cheney who voted for impeachment. House minority leader Kevin Mccarthy has been vague at best about what hell do about it all. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent covering congress, leanne caldwell. Put this into context. That Mitch Mcconnell isnt just taking sides on this issue but an issue not even about the senate. Thats right. It is really remarkable that Mcconnell Last Night put out unsolicited statements about representative Marjorie Taylor greene, and then on the flip about representative liz cheney who is coming under fire from the more conservative faction of the republican conference because of her vote to impeach donald trump. What mcconnell is doing is he is seeing a huge vacuum in Republican Leadership with the president out of the picture. He sees that Kevin Mccarthy is really struggling to gain a grasp of his House Republican party. By giving a lot of mixed signals at best, by condemning, criticizing liz cheney, and staying completely silent about Marjorie Taylor greene. Mcconnell says that he was asked about it today and he said two things. The first is that he decided to put out those statements because he wanted a say in the future of the Republican Party. But then he was asked if he should have spoken up sooner about the claim of Election Fraud being put out by the president. And listen to what emto say. Sa. You spoke out about Donald Trumps conspiracy about the election being stolen much earlier than you ultimately did. With regard with the former president , were going into an Impeachment Trial next week. Well listen to what all the lawyers have to say with the arguments and work our way through it. Reporter mcconnell didnt take a lot of personal responsibility there but he does have a very different tone on impeachment than during the last impeachment saying once again that hes going to listen to the arguments and hes not ruled out convicting donald trump, chris . On call for us on capitol hill, thank you. Tomorrow, the House Rules Committee will consider a resolution to strip conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor green for committing assignments although attempted to walk back some of her controversial comments but she has yet to denounce inflammatory comments she made in her own words. We had witnessed 9 11, the Terrorist Attack in new york and the plane that crashed in pennsylvania and the socalled plane that crashed into the pentagon. Its odd theres never any evidence shown for a plane. Im not going to dive into the 9 11 conspiracy. The socalled plane. Joining me now, congresswoman who introduced the resolution, florida democratic, we wont dive into 9 11 conspiracies either. Thank you so much. But can we talk about your strategy . Is it simple as, look, we dont think Kevin Mccarthy is going to do anything about Marjorie Taylor green. Were going to do what we need to do. Tell me whats going on here. Chris, congress is a collegial body above all else. While it takes all kinds of different opinions to form policy, when you have someone like Marjorie Taylor green who actually promoted violence against fellow members when she liked and promoted statements about putting a bullet in nancy pelosi. When she actually stalked a teenager from my community who was the victim of the parkland mass shooting. When she continues to promote dangerous insurrection infused statements that help lead to the riot and attack on the capitol, then you forfeit your right to make policy in a collegial body. If Senator Mccarthy has not removed her from her two committee assignments, house of representatives should do that and i would file the legislation to move that process forward. Are you hearing anything on the hill that suggests to you that he will . I havent heard anything on the hill on the republican side. What do you think of senator Mitch Mcconnells comments . Do you think he has enough clout to push, put some pressure on, to sway some colleagues . I was glad to see that Mitch Mcconnell spoke out against her and her dangerous statements and actions because she hasnt even shown any remorse at all and we need to make sure we do have some pressure put on her but in the United States senate, Kevin Mccarthy and nearly all of the republicans in the house of representatives have been completely silent on this. Wheres the criticism . Wheres the backbone . These are a selection of cowards who care more about holding on to their own power and fear getting a primary if they criticize her than standing up and doing whats right and making sure that we can solve the really Serious Problems both in terms of the Public Health and our economy that we have in front of us. Having a danger and cancer as Mitch Mcconnell said not just in the United States but to make Budget Policy is unacceptable and mccarthy should move forward and remove her from the committees. If he doesnt, the house of representatives will. Theres another side to this coin too, right, and Mitch Mcconnell put out that second statement on liz cheney and what happens to her . We already know shes getting tremendous pushback in wyoming where shes elected but the way shes treated by other members of this collegial body will tell us a lot about where the Republican Party is going to be Going Forward and, you know, there are more than a few people who have suggested, certainly on the democratic side, let Marjorie Taylor green be the face of the Republican Party. Thats good for us. But are you in that camp . I care about the United States of america and The Americans well being and being a body of this member in my ninth term, being able to reach across the aisle in a collegial way. When you have someone dangerous as Marjorie Taylor green and doubled down and said shell never apologize, shell never back down. When you have someone like that who is dangerous, were not talking about someone who just makes some kinds of comments with whom we disagree but engages in dangerous conduct and statements. She stalked a teenager. She promoted the idea nancy pelosi should have a quicker end by having a bullet put in her. She supported the and fanned the flames with the attack on the capitol. She does not deserve any more minutes on the house of representatives. Green trying to, quote, distance herself from those thing and said the rnc will remain neutral during the 2022 primary short of a, quote, david duke situation. We can say during david duke situation, President Bush was very firm about do not vote for david duke for congress, even Reince Priebus at the time said the rnc would never support his candidacy. Marjorie taylor green is the david duke of this day. How do they not see that she is equally if not more poisonous to the United States of america and our way of life and our beliefs . 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