leadership pay attention to them by being difficult. and this is a natural out it started in 2010 with the tea party, but those people much more focused on policy issues, fiscal matters, wanting to actually solve some problems. you don t see that much anymore. matt gaetz is a performative clown, online troll, and when you have people like this, who don t want to get a deal with you, they have no interest in finding a deal, and makes it difficult for kevin mccarthy. he s gonna have to see if you can pick off some of these people who are acting in good faith, but so many of them aren t acting in good faith, they want to be talking about. them i think also if you look at it more holistically, it s a new strain of republican politics that seems very much in the image of trump. not just the sort of showmanship. but the branding, this is all for sale acts backed of all. this trump sold highs, steaks, vodka. eli cranes selling bottle
grenade shaped bottle openers. and giant bullet bottle openers with former president trump on them. so, you might know mr. crane from that. even though we showed you visuals that have nothing to do at that. and maybe we ll show them to you later. but you also might not know mr. crane from all that. because he s a relatively new face. and while already well no members of this group of 20 representatives like matt gaetz and lauren verbal bert, have become faces of this insurgency. but what about the rest of the. folks take for instance animal luna. i m anna luna. unlike the crypts of congress i won t lie do face and tell you what you want to hear. despite luna s claims are not saying things that are convenient. things that people want to hear. some of misses luminous biography appears to be fairly convenient. as the tampa bay times puts it, much about luna is new. including her last name at our residents and st. petersburg.
mr. crane founded a business that sells things like hollowed out 50 caliber bullets. that i ve been made into bottle openers. and let s go brand grenade shaped bottle openers. and giant bullet bottle openers with former president trump on them. so, you might know mr. crane from that. but you might he s a relatively new face. and while members of this group of 20 representatives like matt gaetz and lauren boebert have become faces of this insurgency. but what about the rest of the. freshman florida congresswoman ana paulina luna. despite ana luna s claims of not saying things that are convenient. things that people want to hear. some of luna s biography
policy animate this group of people. but we ve seen that all of them are very into being the rebels here. and very much enjoy being in the spotlight. and they like to ensure the spotlight stays on them and their insurgency. it s good for their brand. it gets them on more fireeye tv shows. it raises the more money. it probably moves more grenade shapes bat bottle openers. but what does it mean for how this ends? how do you negotiate with a group whose only priority seems to be themselves? joining us now is brandon advisor to former republican speakers, job fair and paul ryan. the man who i m delighted to say is making his debut appearance on this show. boy, what a time, brandon, it s great to see you my friend. thanks for being here. great to be with you, alex. all right, honestly, brighton as you do the research into this group of 20 that s affectedly hostage. it makes the tea party
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