Senator john mccain and dealing with mounting pressure from democrats to condemn it. The reaction from Lindsey Graham in an interview airing later this morning. It was a pretty disgusting thing to say. If it was a joke, it was a terrible joke. I just wish somebody from the white house would tell the country that was inappropriate. Thats not who we are. And the Trump Administration and john mccain can be criticized for any political decision hes ever made or any vote hes ever cast, but hes an american hero. And i think most americans would like to see the Trump Administration do better in situations like this. It doesnt hurt you at all to do the right thing and to be big. Graham stopping short saying President Trump should apologize on behalf of that staffer. Ill leave that up to him. But if something happened like that in my office, somebody in my office said such a thing about somebody, i would apologize on behalf of the office. Well bring in melanie and julie from the hill. Great to
his words have power and carry weight with the fringe of his constituency. i urge my republican colleagues to impress upon the senator from alabama the destructive impact of the words and urge him to apologize. sadly tuberville and senate colleagues won t step in and stop him. mitch mcconnell refused to mention tuberville when asked about his comments, simply giving a generic response condemning white supremacy. and republican whip john thume said he is not sure exactly what topical was trying to say. let me be clear, senator. i know what tuberville was trying to say. we all do. and you do yourself a lot of favors if you admit you did too and put an end to his insane nonsense. stick around, the second hour of ayman begins right after this. (vo) it s time to switch to verizon. sadie did. and now she has myplan. the first unlimited plan that lets her choose exactly what goes in it. now she gets to pick only the perks she wants and saves on every one. all with an incredible new iphone
nomination for republicans in 2024. now mace also sits on the house oversight committee and she s been outspoken, vocal on investigating the biden family. on the other side of the capitol in the senate, those republican leaders have been completely mum about this much like they were when the former president was indicted in new york. we have not heard from mitch mcconnell or john thume. hours before the indictment came out yesterday, he told me that the american people are, quote, tired of the drama of the former president. he did say we should watch this play out before commenting. reaction in the house is very strong, particularly from trump allies. members of the house freedom caucus. is this loyalty test and a loyalty that in the house, for example, cannot be broken no matter what happens or doesn t happen? yeah.
25th amendment and disgrace. there s no other way to put it. this afternoon, he delivered the closing speech at this youth summit, the american first agenda summit. it s where people like kevin mccarthy, lindsey graham and ted cruz gathered and spoke. who wasn t there was just as notable. they write this, nearly the entire senate republican leadership, mitch mcconnell, nor john thume were on the agenda. the divide is stark. mcconnell wants nothing to do with trump, going out of his way never to utter the word trump in possible. trump has attacked mcconnell relentlessly. trump urged other republican senators to channel him for leader. that went exactly nowhere. mcconnell now faces a senate map where trump-backed candidates may cost the party dearly in november. karma is a you know what.
eastman where eastman and jacob as two senior government lawyers make sure that the eastman plan is not just illegal but unconstitutional. that it would lose 9-0 in the supreme court. watch. dr. eastman knew his theory didn t hold water. mr. jacob, you discussed and even debated this theory at length with dr. eastman. did dr. eastman ever tell you what he thought the u.s. supreme court would do if it had to decide this issue? yes. we had an extended discussion an hour and a half to two hours on january 5th, and when i pressed him on the point, i said, john, if the vice president did what you were asking him to do, we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? and he initially started, well, i think maybe you would lose only 7-2, and after some further discussion acknowledged, well, yeah, you re right. we would lose 9-0. so jackie, again, we don t