Lets go outfront. Good evening, i am erin burnett. Outfront. Breaking news. House republicans meeting Behind Closed Doors to debate the fate of liz cheney after she voted to impeach trump. That meeting lasted more than two hours. As her fate is up in the air, one thing the minority leader Kevin Mccarthy made clear already tonight is that he is picking a side. Marjorie Taylor Greenes side, a side of Conspiracy Theories, too fringe for fringe. A woman who days ago said she still truly believes that the election was stolen and fraudulent. A qanon supporter. Mccarthys words tonight, past comments by Marjorie Taylor greene on school shootings, Political Violence, antisemitic Conspiracy Theories do not represent the values or beliefs of the republican conference. Well, that is clearly not true because mccarthys actions speak much louder than words, he is siding with greene. Nowhere in his statement does he mention pulling her from both committees. By the way, theyre plum committees, educatio
Leadership position because of her recent vote to impeach donald trump. The Secret Ballot vote 14561. The full house will vote tomorrow under the control of the democrats, remember, On Whether To Kick Greene off her committees budget and education. Greenes past comments include but arent limited to her view that School Shootings were staged, clintons murdered john f. Kennedy jr. , theres no evidence that plane hit the Pentagon On 9 11. Goes on into violence against democrats and rabid antisemitism. Marjorie Taylor Greene is totally out of control. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer. P last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. Republican Leader Mccarthy issued a statement after his meeting with greene this evening condemning her past statements, and went on to accuse the democrats of course of fuelling the controversy by scheduling the
The lasers and things brought up about her. Ou he has said qanon before, he knows what it is. Through it all, the Qanon Congresswoman from georgia has remained publicly defiant. Greene has been using this opportunity to fundraise. Quote, we owe them no apologies, we will never back down. In an interview with the washington examiner, she said this about democrats. How stupid they are, they dont even realize theyre helping me. Im pretty amazed at how dumb they are. While this was unfolding in the house, democrats and republicans over in the senate have settled on a power sharing agreement. This means democrats officially get to take over the committeesk and can now push forward with the president s agenda. The senate is also six days away from the start of that second Impeachment Trial for the now former president. S axios has new reporting on the effort to make the case to convict the former president. Quote, during a call wednesday n morning with the house wi democratic caucus, lead im
That was so controversial they forced a secret vote on whether to keep her in power, a vote cheney ultimately won by a lot. Meanwhile congresswoman greene who built her public reputation as a supporter of anti semitic Conspiracy Theories and straight up Political Violence she got the opposite treatment. Republicans publicly rallying around her after she reportedly apologized for some of her past statements. Democrats are not so forgiving. They are going to force a vote on the House Floor Today that could strip greene of her committee assignments. I want to start with Garrett Haake on capitol hill. What are we going to see with this vote today . Reporter some of that will depend on how congresswoman greene chooses to handle herself going forward. Ill be curious to see if the apology she made Behind Closed Doors to republicans is the kind of thing she might repeat on the house floor in public. We do expect this vote to go forward this afternoon stripping her of committee assignments. Dem
That question is actually more difficult than you might think. They embraced the ones about the election. Not to mention, of course, the many deranged Conspiracy Theories pushed by President Trump about ted cruzs dead, muslims and much, much more. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not the only Republican Office holder who has been pushing but the only one republicans are contemplating admonishing. Senator thune, i regret to inform you when it comes to embracing Conspiracy Theories and dangerous lies in general, House Republicans have already made their decision. Ryan nobles is on capitol hill. Lets start with congresswoman liz cheney. What are you learning about how this meeting might go . Might she have enough support to hold on to her Leadership Position . Reporter right now that is an open question. It is very difficult to find a republican in the House Of Representatives who is willing to predict the outcome of what is expected to be a very tense meeting behind closed doors. On one hand, y