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are you just doing it in a bigger platform with the entire house of representatives? no. there is a very clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done in weaponnizing the judicial system. they are undermining the people s faith in our institutions. our system of justice system. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying that the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. now, a few hours were that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the case. as speaker of the house, one of the most important things johnson does is decide who from his party sits on house committees. among the most important committees for the rule of law in this country is the house intelligence committee. today speaker johnson appointed scott perry and ronnie jackson to the two open seat on that committee. when
now. we will have the aclu on later on in our hour to talk about that and whether there might be a lawsuit coming for the biden administration. thank you, my friend. today has been a lesson in how every accusation from the republican party these days is actually a confession. are you weaponize thing the house the same way? no. you say democrats are weaponize in the doj to get what they want. are you doing it on a bigger platform in the entire house of representatives? no, there is a clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done. they are undermining people s faith in our institutions, the system of justice itself. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. a few hours before that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the cas
that. thank you, my friend. today has been a lesson how every accusation from the republican party these days is really actually a confession. are you weaponizing the house the same way you say the democrats were weaponizing the doj to get what they wanted? are you just doing it on a bigger platform from the entire house of representatives? no, there s a very clear distinction in what we re doing and what they are doing. what we re doing, neil, is the opposite. we re trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. now, a few hours before that interview speaker johnson made a huge decision, which shows that is plainly not true. one of the most important things johnson does is decide who from his party sits on house committees. and among the most important committees for the rule of law in this country is the house intelligence committee. to
i ve given my life to the law. i care deeply about the law. and i think that the law fare we have seen against president trump will do great damage well beyond our time in public service. now, republicans with zero irony are still pretending to be the party of law and order. even though they re literally the exact opposite. and their extremism is rotting their party away from the state level on up. plus, trump and maga republicans once again threaten retribution against his political rivals, vowing to unleash a biblical flood of partisan indictments to avenge trump s felony conviction in new york. and we begin tonight with one of our two major political parties. the maga party. the national republican party and their political stars are pretty extreme. they spend their time on capitol hill relitigating the origins of the covid virus, bickering about the vaccines, calling for the jailing of anthony fauci, and falsely accusing president biden of persecuting donald trump