happy new year, my friend, we are actually gonna be talking just about the choices that democrats made and the unity that was on display. we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez cortez at the top of the hour thank you for a great show, as always, buddy. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles sumner preston brooks, entered the senate, and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane. and he walked over to the anti slavery senator, charles sumner. he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in our country s history, that one member of congress against another. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the civil war, they were at least 70 instances of political violence by elected representatives a
director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of
ahead of us. how have you been thinking about both the highs of what you have accomplished as a democrat and the lows of what is happening, as someone who is presumably interested in governance? i think, alex, there is a heavy dose of sadness and disappointment, but not just in terms of how democrats perceive today s proceedings. the american public, when you think about, again, this institution and the congress as an institution, the sort of democracy writ large and the notion that the republican dysfunction and chaos and crisis is hasn t golf this institution in the way that it has over the course of the last 24 hours, clearly is a worrying sign, a dispiriting, sinai, think for our republic and so i certainly as i said, democrats are united in trying to get things done for the american people. we want to govern. we are prepared to govern. as we have done in the past and i am just hopeful that the republicans will ultimately learn to do the same. but unfortunately, it doesn t
to be with you. i think you articulated well the historic unity that was on full display in the house democratic caucus and under the strong leadership of our colleague and our leader, democratic leader hakeem jeffries. the house democratic caucus is unified, united and focus on delivering results for the american people. and i can think of near no clearer juxtaposition then the chaos that was on full display in the republican caucus today, given today s unprecedented and historic proceedings, which you described so well. i think it is important for your viewers to just consider, again, the unprecedented nature of today s proceedings and the reality that because of the republican dysfunction, for the first time in over 100 years, the house, literally, was not organized on the first day of the session of congress. i think that is a sad day for the american public and it s a sad day for the house of representatives as an institution. ultimately, house democrats are ready to govern, we ar
if he went, there s gonna be a mechanism to remove him. that is for sure! yeah. that is something conservatives have won. so, you know, we lost the entire congress if he gets there? i don t know! i think that s a point of debate and that s something that a lot of people in the house are talking about. and then we get to do this all over again. rinse, repeat. , jake sherman, founder of punchbowl news. and i spending a lot of time over the next couple of. dave thank you for your time my friend! [laughter] thanks alex. we ll be right back! we ll be right back i m down with rybelsus®. my a1c is down with rybelsus®. in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill. in the same study, people taking rybelsus® lost more weight. rybelsus® isn t for people with type 1 diabetes. don t take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2,