represented texas 23rd district, which is on the border between the u.s. and mexico in the house of representatives, for three terms before choosing to leave in 2021. while in congress, he famously drove 1,600 miles from san antonio to dc with beto o rourke, streaming their bipartisan road trip on facebook live after their flights were canceled due it a snowstorm. after 19 children and two teachers were killed in uvalde mass shooting he called for universal background checks and a red flag law and he s calling for a republican party and he s thinking about his own presidential run and has made stops in iowa, new hampshire and congressman hurd joins me now. welcome back to meet the press. thanks for having me. and, chuck, can i join you in
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try to potentially offer them more concessions. what he might end up having to do is give them even more power to depose the sitting speaker, the motion to vacate congressman hurd was talking about. even then, anderson, it is unclear whether that will be enough to deliver on the votes. congressman hurd, say there is a messy speaker vote with the fractured caucus. is it a stain on the gop s ability to govern? would it ultimately weaken mccarthy whoever the speaker turns out to be in the long turn especially with the rule making so easy to get rid of the speaker? yes. it absolutely is. this is already a victory for hakeem jeffries and his time as minority leader hasn t even started. and this is going to the reason we didn t see as many republicans win in this past election is because the american public was concerned about whether we re going to be able to show that we can govern. and the fact that straight out of the door we re going to have
because nobody wants to see people dying on the streets in el paso because they froze to death. i think that s all true. listen, i think they want to see lawmakers come together. there s a lot of blame to go around but it s up to lawmakers to work together this is a bipartisan issue. thank you congressman hurd for joining us. always a measure sure. the house january 6th committee set to vote on criminal referrals against donald trump. donald ayers is going to join us live with his reaction next. plus, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy proposed a global peace message but fifa blocked him. why they refused to show his message. he whoa! of listerine to your routine. new science shows it gets in between teeth to destroy 5x more plaque above the gumline than flossss. for a cleaner, healthier mouth.
the country. as i crisscross the country, you hear people are concerned. what s going to happen in 22? republicans are taking back the house. we re taking back the house because of democratic incompetence. imagine if we were a party that people looked to and said, hey, we actually believe in your ideas and we like you people. it s not just a vote because we don t like the other side. that is what we ll have to deal w if the republican party starts appealing to a broader audience, you ll see some south texas a lot more latinos voting for republicans and probably in record numbers. why? because the border is in chaos. why? because 40% of folks that live along the border have some connection to law enforcement. so when one wing of your party on the democratic side talks about defunding the police, these things have impact. so this is the opportunity for the party to go to. oftentimes what do we do in politics, we fight the last election, not the next election. thank you very much, cong