contempt of bannon. that was her explanation but the bottom line is republicans were never going to get on board with this investigation and everyone holding steve bannon in contempt of congress. william, it s clear that nine voted for but 202 voted no. that s evidence and that s evidence of description that joe scarborough has been using on this show over and over again as a no nothing party. they are advocating their responsibility, 2002 republicans in the house of representatives basically seated at the power of the house. we need to understand that for what it s. it connects for what jean was talking about the last hour about the republican party refused to take on the responsibilities of their oath. nine voted to hold bannon in
eugene robinson. good morning to you all. anna, i will begin with you. you cover congress so closely. 229-202, nine republicans voting in favor of contempt for steve bannon. did any of those votes surprise you? yeah, i think you played some sound earlier of nancy mace, certainly that was interesting, and the fact she actually worked for donald trump before she was a member of congress, and then there was brian fitzpatrick, the republican from pennsylvania,a key district there, was a surprise, i think, by most folks to the fact that he voted for that. other than that, a lot of these members were folks you would expect. adam kinzinger and anthony gonzalez, a republican who is retiring. so there weren t a ton of surprises. only nine republicans who voted for this, but those would be two that really stuck out to me. sam stein, not going to debate the right or wrong here because some of it seems quite