by the other side. one of them is republican congressman paul gossar, a libel pundits are piling on him for associated with white nationalists. new york times headline, far right extremist finds an ally in arizona congressman. do these kind of media attacks work. work to do what? to paint the right in league with the white supremacist. the individual member of congress can be based upon his individual choices and actions and should not associate with someone who does not represent his views. if he does represent his views he should be held to account to explain. like i held leslie to explain whether those principles he agrees with. howie: leslie, who can now hear me again, which is great, suddenly conservative pundits are piling on congresswoman cori
politics now, conservatives are gathered in dallas today for the second cpac convention of 2021. for years the event was a place for conservative voices and conservative ideas but this year the culture wars and the big lie rts focus. the gathering comes as kevin mccarthy has struggled to keep the more extreme members of his conference in check. it doesn t appear he even wants to. joining me now, cnn political director david chalian. so there was a time that there was sort of a limit for republican members of the house, steve king, you defend white supremacy, you re going to get your committee apointments taken away. but we have marjorie taylor green and boebert and paul gossar hanging out with white supremacists but the standards have changes under mccarthy. we have to look at kevin mccarthy through a singular lens in that he wants to be speaker of the house. so everything he does that is through that. so he s his actions sort of
“My colleagues, nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale … that would tip the entire election,” says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, pictured Wednesday afternoon back-to-back with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the House chamber during the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Congress has certified Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, making him the nation’s 46th president, following lawmakers’ debate Wednesday that went past midnight after being interrupted by rioters who stormed the Capitol in the afternoon.
The rioters forced a lockdown of the Capitol that suspended lawmakers’ debate in a joint session of Congress over counting and certifying the electoral votes by which Biden defeated President Donald Trump. The expected outcome officially would make Biden president-elect and pave the way for his inauguration as president Jan. 20.
House GOP members are calling for California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s removal from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence after it was revealed he maintained a political and alleged sexual relationship with Chinese spy Christine Fang.
“The House Intelligence Committee is instrumental in overseeing our national effort to counteract our chief global rival’s espionage initiatives; for one of its members to have had an undisclosed relationship with a foreign asset in the manner described by recent reports is unacceptable and dangerous,” the members wrote in a letter addressed to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
More than 15 Republican representatives signing the letter, including Reps. Jim Banks, Chip Roy, Steve Scalise, Liz Cheney, and Paul Gossar, stated that Swalwell’s relationship poses a “national security risk” that should lead to his dismissal from the committee.
they want to carry it on. we have seen the results of a man donald trump who thinks the opposite. the world reaps the benefit of that. great stuff, laura. thank you for joining us on your vacation. i appreciate it. thank you for letting me keep your chair warm here. your comments were obviously laura: have a great show. everybody make their views heard to congress. don t take your eye off this ball. this is for the shooting match. our country at stake. this is great. thank you, laura. i want to bring pack congressman ken buck and paul gossar. congressman buck, this is extension of the next six years and what the election will be about. at least the republicans in the senate, do you see them being helpful to the president and the republicans in the house of representatives being more helpful to his agenda as well. at this point the only agenda set for the american people. i think the american people