Party, the one that elected the worlds most infamous Internet Bully as commander in chief. And now theyre atop the smoldering heap of the once grand old party. And Marjorie Taylor greene, just one day after being voted to kick her off of two committees, she had a Press Conference with no contrition. Instead, she said she had been freed. So if i was on the committee, i would be wasting my time. Because my conservative values wouldnt be heard, and neither would my districts. It would be a waste of my time. She says now with no committee business, she has plenty of time on her hands. Which would seem to be the opposite of why her constituents voted for her. But she said hes only in it for the trolling anyway. Which prompted Adam Kinzinger to note, this is why i voted yes. She just has a huge desire to be famous. And shes right. Kinsinger is just one of 11 house members who voted to strip greene of her assignments, and also to impeach the animated troll doll who was in the white house. And
White house is underscoring this troubling statistic. 2. 5 million women have been driven from the workforce since the pandemic hit. On the medical side of this whole thing we now have news on Johnson Johnsons oneshot vaccine. Its moving closer to authorization for Emergency Use so that is a step in the right direction. Also that i had Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene once again defending her controversial rhetoric one day after her colleagues voted to remove her from her committee assignments. Going forward ive been freed. I do. I feel freed because you know whats happening on these committees . You see, we have a basically a tragically controlled government right now, the democrat. How does her party move forward now that trump is out of office . Her response. It doesnt. And i want to tell you, republican voters, support him still. The party is his. It doesnt belong to anybody else. Lets start there with our cnn Congressional Correspondent jessica dean who had quite an
Mccarthy warns democrats the tide may turn against you in the future. You will regret this. You may regret this a lot sooner than you think. If thats the new standard, if people are held to what they have said prior to even being in this house, if the majority gets to decide who sits on other committees, i hope you keep that standard because we have a long list you can work within your own. Harris sooner than you think, he says. Also in focus this hour claims of hypocrisy against a major book publisher, rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel reacts. A new battle over whether taxpayers should be on the hook for 650 billion in student loan debt. Steve forbes will weigh in. First lets bring in florida congressman matt gaetz of the House Judiciary Committee to talk about our top story. I understand you did not vote with those 11 republicans to remove Marjorie Taylor greene from her committees, why . It wasnt an attack on Marjorie Taylor greene it was attack on the voerts. She got more votes than i
Allocated but hasnt gone out to anybody yet. So this bill will pass with basically democrat support, so reconciliation that allows them to squeak it by on 51 votes. And the compromise and unity that we heard so much about are not a priority at this white house so far. Republicans say this is a liberal wish list. President biden says that he will be the most progressive president in history. He told us that on the Campaign Trail and a promise that hes making good on and progresses are thrilled with it. Heres one progressive senator that said biden has been very good at the ending the garden so far. So are these passages about covid or about expanding the government here in the United States over the longer term . As this plays out, in the background of all of this about the money, theres a shift going on in the country. Take a look. Cases have dropped 47 since the daily average peak january 8. Very good news about where this virus is headed. Think about this. The governors that have rea
smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. rs and ds are tied at 27. it tie as record for an independent showing making them the largest political bloc in the c