from kevin mccarthy. i don t think it is that surprising to the white house. in the end, the result will be the same. obviously, mccarthy was trying to make a point. . maggie, if we could put up some of the things mccarthy traced in out hours of speaking out loud, baby carrots, mcdonald s, red dawn. wolverine. i m all for it. this may not have been much about the build back better plan or red dawn about something else. it is new to see this on a house floor speech. clearly it was not only about the bill. it was about a load of grievances, food. i clearly missed a bunch of it. he wants to be speaker. the republican party has been defined by this ethos now that trump put in place which is fight, fight, fight, fight, fight. so look like you re fighting. even if it s not going to delay passage of this bill, look like
and some breaking news. kevin mccarthy finally done talking on the house floor. finally done making history as well. the republican minority leader delivering a more than eight-hour-long speech, essentially a filibuster with the goal of preempting president biden s social spending bill. it worked, at least for a while. democrats scrapped their plans for a vote last night. speaker nancy pelosi calling the speech nothing more than a temper tantrum. mccarthy breaking her record, giving him the longest house floor speech. his airing of grieve answers went far beyond the build back better plan, the biden agenda, he talked about afghanistan, defunding the police. carrots. you name it. . i don t know if this speech is going to make a difference. . well, it did make a difference in sleep schedules but probably not outcomes.
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level playing field to distract and divert from what was the issue at hand which was to combat anti-semitism and they left a lot out, too. martha: you voted against it. 23 republicans voted against it. alexandria ocasio-cortez, the freshman congresswoman who has come out in defense of ilhan omar tweeted this out after the vote. where is the outrage over the 23 g.o.p. members who voted no on a resolution condemning bigotry today? oh, there is none? did they get called out? raked over? ambushed and called ou halls and relentlessly asked why not? no. your response to that? i would encourage her to listen to my house floor speech. i would encourage her to call me directly or sit down next week for a meeting when we are back here in washington, d.c. and i will tell her all about it i was talking to you about the double standards and moral give len sismt you are going to start naming religions as doug collins pointed out on the house floor. why are you leaving out mormons and joseph have
guatemala. i wish i had brown skin and brown eyes like antonio. julie: kylie shimkus with serious xm 115 here with reaction, a record-setting speech. reporter: very impressive showing in terms of stamina from nancy pelosi who spoke for eight hours demanding protection for dreamers be part of the budget deal, nancy pelosi broke the record for longest consecutive house floor speech and supporters cheered her on at home using hashtag go nancy go. she responded to that support on twitter, seeing these go nancy go message is truly very moving but let s not lose focus on who really matters here, thank you to our dreamers and thank you to your parents for allowing the pleasure of having you be part of our american family every day. some people used hashtag to criticize her like liz who says does anybody know the longest consecutive time nancy pelosi has spoken in defense of