priorities. speaker kevin mccarthy has basically spent his first few weeks in power delivering on the concessions he made to the party s far right hard-liners. he s rewarded them with top committee posts and holding the economy hostage over the that ceiling unless democrats agreed to, i guess, unspecified spending cuts. now instead of putting forward any real policy, mccarthy seems more focused on payback, denying committee seats to several high-profile democratic lawmakers. who would have thought that be so unpopular with the american people? let s turn now to msnbc contributor and executive editor for the new yorker.com and molly jong-fast, the house that the fast politics podcast. good to have both of you with us. molly, a start with you. that pulled up voted and it has only taken three weeks for the gop led house to run that support into the ground. i can t think of a faster plummeting of a poll for a
now instead of putting forward any real policy, mccarthy seems more focused on payback, denying committee seats to several high-profile democratic lawmakers. who would have thought that be so unpopular with the american people? let s turn now to msnbc contributor and executive editor for the new yorker. com and molly jong-fast, the house that the fast politics podcast. good to have both of you with us. molly, a start with you. that pulled up voted and it has only taken three weeks for the gop led house to run that support into the ground. i can t think of a faster plummeting of a poll for a party just brought it to power. it was not a red wave. it was a red dribble. it was about remember they won, four, five seat majority, so it s not a huge mandate, although people are treating it that way. i would say if you look at these midterms, you would see in these swing states, this maga robe did not perform. swing states, kari lake, these kind of candidates did not win. now, kevin mccar
joining me now is kurt bardella, democratic strategist and former gop spokesperson for the house oversight committee. and katie hill, former democratic congresswoman of california. welcome to you both. kurt, it is interesting talking to you about this, because you have an interesting perspective after working for the house oversight committee, so tell me what you think the goal with all of this is, with these investigations. whether it s james comer, or jim jordan, why are they doing this, and how will they go about it? well i think that the real goal is purely political, it is partly to cover up the ascension and the feeling that exist within the republican conference that barely was able to even pick a speaker of the house, and so they use these investigations and the bombastic posture and rhetoric to try to smooth over the eternal dissensions, because they know that they don t have a governing majority. they know that they can t even agree amongst themselves on any kind of substan
added he expects santos to face the house ethics committee if he is called in. bret? bret: aishah hasnie live on capitol hill, thank you. stocks were up today because of optimism ahead of a key inflation report. the dow gained 269. the s&p 500 finished ahead 506789 the nasdaq rose 189. up next, as promised, our common ground segment with the house and senate intelligence committees. and, later, the republican led house has a long list of investigations in mind. name is joshua florence, and one thing i learned being a firefighter is plan ahead. you don t know what you re getting into, but at the end of the day, you know you have a team behind you that can help you. not having to worry about the future makes it possible to make the present as best as it can be for everybody.