as he perceives politica strong he goes on to say by the directing relevant committee to immediately investigate i federal funds are being used t subvert our democracy, b interfering in elections wit politically motivate prosecutions so, here we have a man, once described by the forme president as my kevin, comin to his immediate defense her by requesting committees, whic the speaker can do in republican-controlled house now, to get involved in investigating what might b behind the actions of a loca prosecutor in washington, d.c. we should be overly surprise by this. this house has stood up by committee specifically t explore what they believe is the idea of the weaponizatio of the federal government to g after conservatives, but now you have the speaker, you know ordering the united states house, the people s house, t get involved in that case that involves what is, right now, a private citizen who may or may not be facing legal charges in one county of the united states you know, s
another embarrassing vote on the horizon, the speaker may take some solace in the fact that you can count on the support of at least one man, donald trump. here he was yesterday, expressing his gratitude for the disgraced ex president. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me for the beginning, somebody wrote the before he was there and he was all in. he would call me and he would call others. and he really was i, was just talking to him tonight, helping get those final votes. so during the four-day speakership spectacle that we just witnessed, trump lobbied hard for the man he once referred to as quote, my kevin. trump worked the phones, attempting to get members of his maga base behind mccarthy. in fact here you can see marjorie taylor greene during one of those votes trying to pass the phone to congressman matt rosendale. the screen shows the initials d t in green later confirmed
candidates into congress. he nurtured this spirit of obstructionist nihilism. he nurtured trumpism. just his wagon. imagine being a grown adult who doesn t feel completely degraded and a mask related by the nickname, my kevin. right? who kind of embraces that. it is astonishing this groveling, this weakness. it s a weakness that i think everybody, no matter what the ideological position senses, right? like these kind of 20 crazy people are not wrong to think that kevin mccarthy has no backbone or principles. this is a man whose life was threatened on january six, making urgent calls to the president saying, effectively, i m really worried that i m going to get killed. i m very scared, and the president effectively saying, i guess the people who are trying to kill you just care more about a fraudulent election than you do, kevin. really, basically saying that you can die.
i never thought elaborate would eat my face, sobs a woman who voted for the leopards eating people s faces party. i mean this was what they were always going to do, was enough? exactly! not just what they were going to always do. with the people who careers kevin mccarthy has nurtured since, you know, since the obama years, we re always going to do. right? kevin mccarthy about all of these tea party tea party candidates into congress. he nurtured this spirit of obstructionist nihilism. he nurtured trumpism. just his wagon. imagine being a grown adult who doesn t feel completely degraded and a mask related by the nickname, my kevin. right? who kind of embraces that. it is astonishing this groveling, this weakness. it s a weakness that i think everybody, no matter what the ideological position senses, right? like these kind of 20 crazy people are not wrong to think that kevin mccarthy has no backbone or principles. this is a man whose life was threatened on january six, making urge
that these right wing rebels are ending up being to mccarthy and the larger republican party and we saw it play out in realtime yesterday with the speaker fight and we ll see it continue as they try to govern through the 118th congress. certainly a tough day for my kevin as donald trump referred to mccarthy. democrats had a blast. nerve her so much fun watching the republicans well, let s just say they re in disarray. take us inside the democratic side? right. my colleague was told having so much fun and admitted he shouldn t be having that much fun. others across the floor would break out in these chants of hakeem jeffries name over and over. it didn t stop from the beginning and it shows unity that democrats have going into, of course, a house minority. though they control the senate and the white house, they re heading into a 2024 election