two years, i was just marjorie taylor greene, and matt gatez, that number has grown and there were grow more powerful. what is the there is still 100 and i believe 30 of them in congress that voted against the certification of the election in 2020 it s growing. trumpism is still alive and well. people who are trying to write trump s obituary because of the midterms and the ridiculousness of his recent announcement running for president again and him hawking digital nfts and like rent, he is clearly still in control of what s going on here. kevin mccarthy went out of his way to thank him and acknowledge how much of a role he played in all of this. so why would this not grow? one of the concessions that mccarthy gave away was that his speakers pack, his leadership pack, could not get involved in primaries. that right there helps those, the crazies in close primaries, have a leg up because they want have to compete against the money from the leadership
extreme right. his moves to form of frankenstein like right-wing coalition, his inclination to embrace and elevate once fringe a man who as reported by reuters was convicted in 2000 of seven of racist incitement against arabs and backing a group considered by israel and the united states to be a tears wrist organization. no one realistically held that hope that netanyahu would somehow moderate or returned to sanity after securing power. i hate to say it but, i was right. in fact, just before the new year, netanyahu tweeted out his vision for his government, one where the jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the land of israel. one could argue such religious superiority cement israel as an apartheid state and ends any chances at a viable two state solution. the fact, as the new yorker puts, at the last few weeks have seen netanyahu s government take a turn towards theocracy. and his conservative coalition
country. and no matter what s young [applause] kind of haters are trying to divide us, we re not gonna let anyone take that away from us, not now, not ever. i don t think you could ve tested a more contrasting speech to go before kevin mccarthy if you tried in hollywood or anywhere. put aside policy for a moment, just the oratory skills of leader jeffries were quite remarkable in that display. what does it say about his leadership, his skills, and what role he will play in the next crucial few years? it was a beautiful speech. powerfully laid out what our priorities are and what our values and principles are. and all the more powerful in that he delivered that speech about one in the morning after very long days work. the other thing i think that s equally important to his great ability as a communicator is his ability as a leader. time after time on those 14 votes there were 214 democrats, 212 democrats voting for hakeem jeffries. we are working together we have a big tent in ou
of government, really to empower itself. including protections among others. so i can commend the white house, i can commend the senate for the strategy president trump has touted, he certainly used the number of judges he confirmed while he was in office. it s part of his talking point. talking points in his dumb speeches, we see time and time again. biden has already surpassed that number that trump confirmed in his first two years. should democrats use that to campaign more aggressively? is that something that should be a campaign speech for democrats but throughout the country? absolutely. and i have to tell you that for the 27 years that i spend in the republican party, one of the premier campaign issues was judges. and of course, roe v. wade was
bill to and schumer tells the have post a plan to, quote, achieve balance on every one of the courts. every one of the courts of appeals. now this comes as the conservative supreme court wields power like we see never seen it before. a new harvard law review article says the court has rapidly been accumulating power at the expense of every other party of the government. the inability of congress to pass bipartisan laws on key issues has left the governing of two the dutch dish dairy, and this year s just sherry is how dysfunctional that branch of government has become. my saturday night panel is back with me to discuss this, and cristobal, i ll start with you, you brought this up just before winter break. what do you make of the