about the former president s state of mind during that period and they say it appears that you had one or more conversations with the president during this period. of course mccarthy has discussed that he had multiple phone calls with the former president in various television interviews. so these are things that the committee believes he can shed light on if he sat down with them voluntarily. of course, he s the third republican to be asked for voluntary cooperation, wolf. and manu raju asked the minority leader about the possibility of testifying just a few months ago. listen to what he said. would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission sure. next question. so there you have it. he said he was willing at that point. we don t know what his answer is going to be this time, wolf. and look, if he refuses to testify, it s not clear that this committee is willing to
she said this about speaker pelosi s decision. i agree with what the speaker has done. and also of course mccarthy wants to become speaker next year. do you think he deserves to be speaker in the aftermath of his actions here? i think that any person who would be third in line to the presidency must demonstrate a commitment to the constitution and a commitment to the rule of law. and minority leader mccarthy has not done that. so let s talk about it with our team. david, was it a mistake for pelosi to do this? no, listen, i think you got to go back to the rubicon that was crossed. when there was an opportunity to create a 9/11-style commission, five republicans, five democrats each with the ability to veto subpoenas and so on, a real fact finding commission, the republicans opposed it. and they opposed it, and it was very clear and it was reported at the time because they felt like the results of it would be an embarrassment. and it would be a particular embarrassment to the
just going to be partisan, it s partisan because the republicans wouldn t do the bipartisan committee. well, and of course mccarthy back in january when this was more fresh on people s minds, called for a commission himself to investigate it. he then later flip-flopped, and so much has happened that a lot of us have forgotten the fact that he didn t have any principled objection to a committee in the past. i do think that it would be useful if the commission were to try to hear from president trump and maybe try to appeal to him, say, look, make your case. he likes the stage. in the past, that has not worked out in terms of getting him to actually testify in places. but maybe now with his microphone reduced, this will have more appeal to him. yeah. we ll have to see. of course he didn t speak at his impeachment trial. today white house press secretary jen psaki discussed these reports about kamala harris, the vice president. these growing reports of dysfunction and infighting.
is voting somewhere, right? well, anyway, that somewhere is in washington, d.c. congressman eric cantor s stunning loss last week has launched an equally fierce campaign for his leadership job and, therefore, another leadership post. this afternoon in an election which may not feature white smoke but echos the secrecy and jockeying for power of a papal conclave, house republicans will gather behind closed doors to elect a new republican majority leader and then decide whether, and if it s congressman kevin mccarthy, the current majority whip, then they have to hold another election for his job. of course mccarthy is being challenged by raul labrador, a very late challenge. congressman, you tried to oust speaker boehner. wouldn t it be awkward trying to vote for him? i think that s the great part about this. i can work with speaker boehner and make speaker boehner stronger. when people that trust me see that things are coming out of