i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote that out when he was there, and he was all in. given mccarthy maybe the speaker, but this is donald trump south. it s built on the back of trump republican acolytes whose job depends on the support of trump s own base. the dynamics that were on display during the four-day speakership battle have continued to play out in six months since. chaos caucus republicans, many of whom are trump loyalists, and some of whom participated in the attempt to deny mccarthy the speakership, brought the entire country to the brink of economic default just a few weeks ago. and encouraged by trump to stonewall efforts to reach a deal on the debt limit. but mccarthy s speakership so far will likely be remembered for republicans many efforts to avenge donald trump to take action against his critics, and to rewrite the narrative of his first presiden
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tennessee. on wednesday, a violent criminal ezekiel kelly had a rampage all over town. he even live shooting on the facebook page. he laughed, smile. ultimately he was apprehended by police and here he is smiling in his mugshot. you probably won t be surprised to find out that kelly should have been in prison all along as he was discharged with attempted charged with attempted murder in 2020. that s only two years ago. he only served 11 months of what was a three year sentence which should have been much longer. 11 months for trying to kill somebody? this horrific case is not an isolated incident. america needs to work this out. we need law & order so every american is safe and secure so every american can actually pursue happiness. also this week, in memphis, this one henderson allegedly abducted and murdered a kindergarten teacher and mother of two while she was out for a jog prior to this murder henderson had racked up quite a record with at least half a dozen violent
reelection. in january, republicans quickly approved the so-called subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government, chaired by jim jordan and seemingly created to legitimize trump s many grievances. days after that, mccarthy block democratic congressman adam schiff, and eric swalwell, from being appointed to the important and powerful intelligence committee. both men had served as impeachment managers and earned the former presidents i are. since then, schiff has been censured by house republicans. house republicans have also spent time calling for the impeachment of the attorney general, merrick garland s, and the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. attempts to introduce articles of impeachment against president biden, even incited an argument on the house floor between republican congresswoman lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene, which led to greene being ousted from the right-wing republican freedom caucus. there s even an official attempt to expunge t
does it work? i m not talking about the last 24 hours, but ultimately, does it work? it might work. look, you can look at this two ways. one is in the clips you just showed, that this is a kind of hot potato merrick garland maybe doesn t wants. but on the other hand, merrick garland s, and has always been, and institutionalist. arguably, as a former judge, on the d.c. circuit, he is hyper aware of the separation of powers issues involved here. so in a way, we shouldn t be surprised that he appointed a special counsel. he s been incredibly careful, very cautious in what he says, especially at press conferences. so, why not appointed special counsel and then try at least to remove the appearance of impropriety? now, critics will say look, a special counsel is still technically parts of the doj. so, you can never completely remove impropriety. this is the biden administration. their criticism, but it s also understandable that merrick garland probably just wanted this to be as impartial