adam kinzinger today. as republicans i think we are almost in a worse position than we were the day after january 6th. on january 7th there was kind of a sense among gop members of congress of silence, let s wait, see where this goes. obviously, a few people were outspoken, incredibly, liz cheney for one. i was trying to be outspoken as well. and then kevin mccarthy went to mar-a-lago, and he took he basically took the paddles out of the ambulance and resurrected donald trump s political life. by the way, history books will record that the reason donald trump is still a force today, i promise you is one man kevin mccarthy who went down and resurrected him. so, john heilemann, that dynamic is precisely right, and it forces us to throw away any usage of the term hostages. donald trump didn t take the party hostage. donald trump killed himself basically in his connect after the election leading up to 1/6,
collaboration, not directly, but indirectly between the department of justice and between the january 6th committee so we get both a full accounting of what happened and the people who perpetrated the offenses of trying to overturn the election, of trying to obstruct a lawful an official proceeding of the counting of the votes, they can be prosecuted if the evidence warrants that. and so, congressman raskin s three rings are accurate as it relates just to january 6th, but when you start looking beyond that, nicole, that s, i think, where the real criminal liability may lie for those in the white house and at the top levels of government. well, and just to be fair, i mean, liz cheney has made clear in the records request for mark meadows, which led him after turning over tens of thousands of documents, including all the text messages from the ex-president s son and sean hannity and whatnot to then be held in criminal contempt of
dick cheney actually thinks. liz cheney is out to is out to change the republican party in a fundamental way, where she says anybody who is with donald trump, anybody who says that who adheres to the big lie, all of those people are not real republicans. her position seems to be a position i know a lot of the viewers of this network hate her other positions on other things. but she is not just anti-trump, she is anti-trumpism. right. i think one of the questions that you would have to ask karl rove, is he thinks donald trump is toxic politically for the republican party. he wants trump going to be abecause he thistle cost seats in the house and seats in the senate. i am not sure that he has the same few about the rot at the core of the republican party that liz cheney and maybe her father do. i mean, let s be totally blunt if we are having this conversation about these two men. i don t know that we could ever know because of where karl rove is employed. a lot of what liz is
i don t think there is anyone our viewers hold more responsible than the bushehra policy but dick cheney was there for his daughter to show respect. america was attacked a year ago today and in that building where the memorial went down one republican, with dick cheney. that s how bad the republicans are, claire. what i have to say about karl rove, and kick complainy and liz cheney and the other republicans that are standing up to donald trump is that the only way you get rid of a really bad leader a corrupt leader, a leader that doesn t respect the truth or the constitution or what is in essence america is by good leaders. and i don t have to agree with republicans on everything. i don t agree with them on much. but up until now, there had been an unwritten law that there were
in and day out. i agree with way you articulated it. as you know, officer sicknick s family was here during the remembrances shared by members. it was important for us to be able to have the opportunity to thank his family for his sacrifice and the sacrifices by all the capitol police officers who risked their lives to save members of congress and the staff who were in the capitol that day. i want to underscore something that former senator mccaskill said. i was in the house chamber this morning with the speaker and my colleagues for a moment of silence to honor the capitol police officers who sacrificed so much. and the only republicans in the chamber were of course liz cheney, a brave ref representative and colleague of mine to the north, wyoming, and her father, vice president cheney. that tells you a lot about the current status of the republican party in the united states. i pray that people of good faith on both sides of the aisle will