The honorable Hakeem Jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. John boehner of The State Of Ohio Has received one. Look at that smile. Its going about that way. Democrats totally united while republicans are Casting Protest Votes with the speaker. And tonight, the nomination of the unqualified jim jordan is circling the drain. My friend and colleague Rachel Maddow joins me right here on that embarrassing spectacle. Her new book, prequel, American Fight Against Fascism and so much more. But we begin tonight with the profound difference between the normal way of becoming House Speaker and what jim jordan is doing. Using maga tactics to threaten his way into the speakers office. It has been 15 days since Kevin Mccarthy was deposed by his partys maga wing and jim jordan is still trying to fill his tiny, tiny little shoes. But here is the thing, House Speakers, at least the recent ones, get the job in very traditional ways, by building relationships, rising through the ranks, with
julie, it s a sad, sad day. julie: we got to argue both sides here. this president gets insulted tremendously. we re not talking about the american people. we re talking about the media. the media has a responsibility to report the news. oftentimes we all fall into that crack of exposing our opinions. we re not supposed to. at least some of us. others are opinion journalists. nonetheless, you have a cable news anchor who goes on and insults the president every day. sarah huckabee sanders said when the president hits back, he s going to hit back hard. yeah. i mean, look. if you re the white house and you re complaining that reporters are asking you about a stupid tweet or two that the president said, the solution is to have the president not send stupid tweets that are personal insults to a cable television host. i mean, yes, if we re gonna go by playground rules here, mika started it by going after the president in very personal terms. she talked about his hands and