republicans to get control is seven. we now have 20 uncalled races. you are looking at all of them right here. if democrats can find 14 victories on this list, they will be chain control of the house. so, to recap, jamie her about lure got picked off during a primary because, in part, because she had supported the 1/6 committee. and now and impeaching donald trump. and impeaching donald trump. and now, the person who kicked her off has lost that race. so that then contributes to this broader narrative and this broader question about when he goes and win no, it does not when. it is not winning all these races, but it s voters rebuking this idea that things have to be this way, right? that you can t ask questions, you can t hold people accountable for the things that they do. so, that s gotta influence whether it s given mccarthy, or someone else. jonathan capehart, you know,
security. if you give me your votes. that kind of trading by kevin mccarthy to get the speakers gavel is something that we have to pay attention to. look, if the republican majority where, you know, 35 seats, governed mccarthy could thumb his nose at the house freedom caucus. he could thumb his nose at a lot of the members of his caucus. but if it is down to single digits, and especially, if it is down to one or two seats, if given mccarthy wants to be speaker of the house, he s gonna have to give a lot away in order to get those votes. what more does time and have left to give, jonathan? you know what? we don t know. that s the thing. the scary thing is, let us say he does do it. when we find out, it s most likely gonna be a doozy. i just don t see how anyone can make the argument that trumpism and trump was not defeated in this particular election crucially, except for donald trump, donald trump jr., stephen miller, and a bunch of
given mccarthy s comments in january appear very different apparently to how he feels now. yeah, look, i think it s unlikely and it s unlikely that any of the other republican members of congress that they need to hear from will testify about their contact with trump on that day, again no critical mass developed in the republican caucus to demand that the party turnover every stone, understand exactly what happened, and exic se excise those who participated in the insurrection. it was quite the contrary it s kingz and cheney who have been isolated and history says only four times since the civil war has the party out the white house not gained the seats
more when senator jon ossoff joins us later in this hour. the new york times released new audio today of kevin mccarthy saying what he really thinks, and of course, will secretly recorded audio of the conference call the republican house leadership because kevin mccarthy never says what he thinks and public, only the secrets mccarthy tapes can show us what he really thinks. the possible suspects from taping the call include all of the members of the republican leadership at the time, january 10th 2021. which included then house republican conference chair, liz cheney. and the suspect list includes many others because, as the new york times notes, several staff members for all of the members of congress who participated in that call, we re also listening in on the call. and then a position to tape it including and this is very important for a life of government these office. including kevin mccarthy s staff. it could be mccarthy s staff, the tape could be coming from inside the mccarthy