i think it s pretty much in line, we talked about this before. by and large, if you look at all the questions, whether the election was stolen, whether trump s behavior after election day was acceptable, roughly 75% of the republican party is still with him. between a fifth and a quarter of the republican party that is deeply uneasy with everything that has been happening in the last few months. the turn aaway i believe that one of the key questions in american politics for 2022 and 2024 is what does that one quarter of republicans do? because they are being sent a message every day and every possible way from kevin mccarthy and other party leaders, they are now the subservient faction in the party. they are disciplining liz cheney but not margie taylor green.
against the mandate before there is a mandate when everyone s just trying to do the persuasion thing? well, look, my heart goes out to people in her state where she s watching what are essentially preventable deaths begin to occur and pile up. because we have actually a very dangerous variant in delta, but the great news is we also have something that stopping it in its tracks, and we all have to take a deep breath and be big enough not to bait one another to turn it into a political fight. i think the notion that margie taylor green and others have started, if the government is behind something, therefore, by definition, facism, is a worn out and dangerous trope that is essentially trying to fight a political battle where i say the
broken it up. it s one seat more partisan than the benghazi. there s a little bit of a firewall built in for democrats there. i am curious. the idea that in consultation with kevin mcmarty. they re doing that to prevent margie taylor green? is this an insurance policy against her being on the committee? i don t think it s just her but i think it allows as little veto by the speaker. i m not sure she s a pick that leader mccarthy would choose. she s not someone who s got close relationships with leadership. he has handled that relationship as carolly as he could. i think if i m kemp mccarthy, i m going to want to pick allies, partisans, warriors, potentially, to be sure. that seems to be the way the republicans want to handle this. you want to pick people you know