again advocating for ashli babbitt, the insurrectionist killed january 6th while trying to storm the nation s capitol. in a new video message on her 36th birthday, trump called for the department of justice to reopen its investigation in her death. the capitol police officer who shot babbitt said he did it as a last resort and has been cleared of any wrongdoing. let s discuss all of the happenings from the weekend. so much to start with, but let s go with, shall we, chuck grassley, alice? strump continuing to whitewash january 6th. he was doing so at that rally in iowa. and the most senior republican, republican from iowa, chuck grassley, there on stage, right there on stage with trump, was clearly right behind him every step of the way. what do you make of that given chuck grassley s past comments about, you know, the
alex, you re being insensitive. (laughter) you re right. (laughs) uh. (laughs) a.j., i don t want to talk to you. (laughter) uh, who s in charge here? you have command of the board. make a make a selection. all right. uh, let s go with, uh. i can t follow that. you can t follow that. not so gay paree for $200, alex. all right. (laughs) what is a guillotine? i ll take not so gay paree for $400, please. who are the vikings? uh, gay paree, $600.
what is thirty seconds to mars? uh, 30s rock, $2,000. who is the dave matthews band? and you add to your lead. you re at an even $10,000 now. let s go with, uh, nixon s enemies list for $400. what is united artists? uh, nixon, $800. who is namath? uh, nixon, $1,200. what is the washington post ? uh, nixon, $1,600. who is goldwater? uh, nixon, $2,000.
letter which says, quote, we will oppose including social security cuts for current or future pen fisheries in any beneficiaries at any time. that s signed by harry reid. senator durbin giving a speech saying no touching medicare or medicaid in any year end package. so, basically, the democratic position is no changes to social security, no changes to medicare, no changes to medicaid, yet the mainstream media all you hear is three words: grover, grover, grover. all you hear is about republican intransigence on taxes. where are the stories about democratic intransigence on entitlements? it seems to me that what they want to do is go off the fiscal cliff, pocket the increase on the wealthy, the tax increase on the wealthy, and blame republicans for the middle class tax increases. and if that s what they want to do, then republicans should say let s go with em. megyn: simon, what about the spending cuts? well, first of all, i was in a meeting with the president two days ago, private