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of congress and 16 years before that as being a staffer. if you want to know a closed process all you had to do was work under the rules of speaker pelosi over the last over the last couple of years. we saw a very top down approach. kevin already agreed to open it up more than what many these su insurgents know. some haven t been sworn in for the first time. all right. thank you so much, congressman. let me bring in dave joyce, a current congressman, congressman joyce, always a pleasure to have you on. your friend kevin mccarthy whom you support for speaker and voted now for him four times in a row. his vote count is heading in the wrong direction from 203 to 202, now 201. what s next? well, they re up to 20 1/2, i guess, with a present vote. it s amazing what primaries do for folks and their voting
acquiesced and played along with things that they normally wouldn t have, largely because of donald trump who was at the time for four years president and also, of course, a force in the republican party. you saw this firsthand. your relationship with kevin mccarthy fractured. he told you about his call with trump the day of the insurrection, almost two years ago today. and trump had refused to call off the rioters from the capitol and trump said something to kevin mccarthy like, maybe they care more about this than you do, kevin. kevin mccarthy wouldn t share that conversation. reportedly you told the story and reportedly he got mad at you. then mccarthy pops up al mar-a-lago. i got to tell you, this feels like we re going into where are you going here? my point is how much do you think kevin mccarthy is responsible for this madness by acquiescing? we talked to congressman dave joyce earlier.
our reporting, cnn s reporting that the more moderate republicans in the house are going for the sic option for the conservatives that don t want him in leadership once the republicans take over the house. also, concerns within the party about just how much power in the standing that mcconnell has in the senate among republicans. what do you make of all of this? it s very interesting in the house right now. we often hear that the republican moderates are going to flex their muscles. it seems every six months there s an krisissue that comes where moderates starting to talk about flexing their muscle and they don t even know where the gym is. this time, they re organized, they re active. congressman dave joyce is supporting an ot i m sorry. an ok button he s wearing that means only kevin. mod erates are in this for a log fight, and they re going after the freedom caucus part of the republican conference in a way they usually talk about, but
tim scott said nothing when asked today about the former president s statements. senator roger marshall tried a new verse of the song didn t see that tweet. i don t hknow what president trump said about the constitution. i don t think that is the issue and what you should be talking about. when told about the comments by cnn senator marshall still did not condemn them saying, quote, i don t know if that has been taken out of context or what or where it came from. again in case you didn t know it came directly from the mind and social media account of the former president. congressman dave joyce of ohio tried a variation on the theme and then would not rule out voting for the former president in 2024. well, yt in 2024. well, you know, when president trump was in office i didn t make a habit of speaking out on his tweet dujour and i don t know what came out on whatever his new social platform was but people are not interested in looking backwards. donald trump was your nomine