democrats at this time. the whistleblower doesn t make committee rules, sir. that happened. jim jordan s weaponization of government hearing goes off the rails. his so-called fbi whistleblowers are getting paid by a trump supporter and recently had their security clearances revoked. that s just one example of how toxic the republican brand has become as speaker kevin mccarthy allows the most extreme members of his caucus to run wild. also tonight, the rapidly growing field of republican presidential candidates and the misplaced perception that any of them can take the nomination away from donald trump. i m michael steele in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with the republican party. the party of abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, the party i chaired for two years. the face of so many losses, you would think that maybe just maybe the party would take a beat and reconsider the brand. alas, the modern maga republican party looks failure in the face and says, please, sir,
from the house. that s not the way we have operated in the past. there have been plenty house and senate democrats who found themselves indicted and stuck around. i think that s what kevin mccarthy is thinking about, you have to have some level of due process. i think kvin mccarthy would be happy for george santos to go away, because of how bad a reflection he is on the republican party. the ethics committee has said please continue, do your work. we need a resolution from you. we need an answer from the ethics committee. when you tell us you think he s violated some house ethics rules, i think he will be gone. i think they will actually find a way to get rid of him. but they need some level of process. that s what he is thinking about, because look, kevin mccarthy got the speaker s gavel. i don t think any other vote is necessarily going to be as close or important as that one. they could probably spare george santos. as far as it goes for the staffer, every staffer serves at the plea