really telling, jake, because it shows that trump is still in command of this party. republicans were afraid to speak up against him. and meanwhile, gop leaders have been absolutely silent, even though they had quite a lot to say in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, and that includes kevin mccarthy, the house gop leader who was cited yesterday in the testimony as being one of the people who was deeply concerned by the idea of trump coming to the capitol on january 6th. yeah. and it s interesting because donald trump has really been taking it on the chin from conservative media after yesterday s hearing. i m not talking about the dead enders on the other chandal, but people in conservative editorial boards and such. tell us more about that. really tough headlines for trump. i want to tick through a few of them. the wall street journal editorial board said, republicans should not look away from the compelling evidence. the conservative washington examiner called tru
really telling, jake, because it shows that trump is still in command of this party. republicans were afraid to speak up against him. and meanwhile, gop leaders have been absolutely silent, even though they had quite a lot to say in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, and that includes kevin mccarthy, the house gop leader who was cited yesterday in the testimony as being one of the people who was deeply concerned by the idea of trump coming to the capitol on january 6th. yeah. and it s interesting because donald trump has really been taking it on the chin from conservative media after yesterday s hearing. i m not talking about the dead enders on the other chandal, but people in conservative editorial boards and such. tell us more about that. really tough headlines for trump. i want to tick through a few of them. the wall street journal editorial board said, republicans should not look away from the compelling evidence. the conservative washington examiner called trump unfit t
and he s kind of a leading brand of that kind of republican conservatism, isn t he? right. he seems to be standing to thwart progress. hillary clinton said thatterry is there to represent progress. ken looks like he is trying to thwart. john, two conservative editorial boards in the state have refused to endorse ku cuccinel cuccinelli. let me read why. on social issues such as abortion and homosexual rights, cuccinelli not only takes stands we find objectionable, but pursues his divisive agenda with a stride en see that was unbecoming in an attorney general and would be unbecoming in a governor. so what do you think about that? as a reflection of the fact that cuccinelli represents so much of the tea party s philosophy as erin said, on economics through to social issues? yeah, it s pretty amazing that, you know, they would go
debate play into this. marco rubio is doing seven sunday talk shows to talk about this bill having private meetings as well with conservative republicans. his chief of staff was tweeting out the details. how critical is he to the success of this? well, look. it s going to take all sides to achieve success, but certainly senator rubio has played a very significant and positive role, and i know that for his own politics as well for the success of the effort he wants to bring the broadest cross section of his party and those that he appeals to the this cause and we welcome that. senator menendez, always good to see you. thank you for coming on the program. chris, how does senator rubio sell this to conservative members of his party? he has been on the offensive here for several months meeting with conservative talk show hosts, conservative editorial boards, making the case that it s a conservative case,