,. these texts confirmed that meadows was at the center of the storm, but his memoir essentially says, nothing to see. washington c bureau chief joins us now. david, compare the image he presents of himself to the image we now have triangulated through the many texts that were being sent to him that when he was sending back. if you read meadows memoir, and i m not suggesting that you spend the time doing that, you will see that nothing happened other than they mounted a few legitimate legal challenges after the election of 2020 and the courts didn t have the guts
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it or not, for holding one of the toughest seats in a swing district along the border between texas and mexico. he is one of six republican incumbents to retire in the last two weeks. and the third house republican from texas not to seek re-election. hurd s departure leaves his district the largest in texas and a majority hispanic one as well vulnerable to democrats looking to make headway in the lonestar state. joining me now is the dc bureau chief for the texas tribune abby livingston. i know you cover this and know this better than anyone. let s start with what the reaction has been to hurd s surprise retirement. i saw your tweet. it is blowing up as you said, with all kinds of strategists calling you. tell us more about what you re hearing. i mean, it s borderline panic both in texas and in national republican circles. the official line from the house gop campaign committee is they ll fight hard for this seat and it is a seat that they can win in good circumstances. but hurd is a
scream. right? that s what the beef is. for some, yeah. i have heard this since we left and, of course, reporters are skeptical by nature. they re grouchy by nature. bill: who is doing it? i don t know. i don t think jay carney ever would. but remember, jay carney was the dc bureau chief of time magazine bill: but rahm emanuel used to do that all the time. call people up and scream and yell. he would scream at you to your face. bill: he would never do that to my face because he saw when barney frank got. the harsh language and cursing people out in an e-mail, i think, goes bill: have you ever cursed anybody out? no. bill: ever? no. bill: okay. so are you saying that the obama administration, in your opinion, is much harsher on the white house press corp. than you and snow were representing bush? i do, and i thought about this today leading up to this. i think partly it s because it came from the top, which is i always thought to myself, if
scream. right? that s what the beef is. for some, yeah. i have heard this since we left and, of course, reporters are skeptical by nature. they re grouchy by nature. bill: who is doing it? i don t know. i don t think jay carney ever would. but remember, jay carney was the dc bureau chief of time magazine bill: but rahm emanuel used to do that all the time. call people up and scream and yell. he would scream at you to your face. bill: he would never do that to my face because he saw when barney frank got. the harsh language and cursing people out in an e-mail, i think, goes bill: have you ever cursed anybody out? no. bill: ever? no. bill: okay. so are you saying that the obama administration, in your opinion, is much harsher on the white house press corp. than you and snow were representing bush? i do, and i thought about this today leading up to this. i think partly it s because it came from the top, which is i always thought to myself, if