forward. at the same time, there are a lot of questions about what legislatively can happen. there s a major disaster relief package that is pending in congress right now, and that there s squabbling is raising questions about whether they can actually get this through before lawmakers leave town for the memorial day recess. i caught up with some republicans yesterday who are concerned about the stalemate and say both sides need to rise above this tension. what s the reaction to the president today telling the speaker that he they should drop all the investigations before even agreein to legislate? i think that s irresponsible, but you know, it s what you would expect. i certainly understand why he says it, because these investigations are phony. number two, i think he should find a way to work with democrats. but they have to tone down the rhetoric. you can t have the speaker calling him a criminal. pelosi hasn t gone as far as calling him a criminal. last night, she put out a
press. not the press. the point is everybody weighs in. if anyone says anything that doesn t toe whatever party line or narrative you want, everyone attacks them. so no one is going to say that. the country is desperate to just find you talked, your family friends, they want a break from it. they want to laugh about it. how do you help people laugh about it? i mean, they re laughing, the live audience. hopefully the audience will laugh, too, because i have always been a real centrist type. a real joe biden, the new name for centrism. so a real head kisser. no, but i mean, i do feel like what are we going to do? are we going to keep going this way? it s going to lead to a civil war. you re never short of fodder. every day gives you new material. yes, of course. and it s real, but it seems comic, but it s all too real. it is. it s sad this is how it goes for
only hear the one-dimensional message, they are the 40% that hear it one way or progress i was that nev progressives nev enough. a lot are hearing in stereo. they are capable of processing that pelosi hasn t ruled it out but she is going to pursue investigations. i hear what you re saying, articles of impeachment are discreet investigations around discreet crimes. in this case the conduct is ongoing. they are now obstructing congress. there s nothing i hate this all being put on democrats. the reason it s all on democrats is because republicans are awol. also, the speaker knows if you launched impeachment now in the house, it would die in the senate. right. there s not one republican senator who has articulated anything close to being interested in voting impeachment should it come. make it the chorus not the lead singer. i believe not yet. not yet. we re waiting for a which congressman of the house
the only reason the democrats have the house right now is because their ran very moderate candidates with a very moderate message in red states and purple-leaning districts. we know that happened coast to coast. and if that happens, i think pelosi s going to lose her gavel the next time the election comes around. different districts need different representation. aoc doesn t realize that and it s shocking she doesn t. shannon: the headline is pelosi hasn t learned her lesson from 2010. in 2009 they had these great majorities and they re getting things done. well, they say this time around, 29 house democrats hold districts that trump won. others hold seats that had long been republican but swung to hillary clinton in 2016. members recognize their voters are different and don t want all
the 2016 election. shannon: much of this will run into 2020. it will. and the political risk for democrats is that they keep making these grand promises about trump russia conclusion and now tax fraud. and yet we re two years into the administration and they ve come up with nothing. i think this is yet another fishing expedition, another witch-hunt. i think most americans would like to see democrats focus on legislating, not investigating. shannon: there are a number of folks in the house a little miff. pelosi has said, behind closed doors, we re either a team or we re not. people aren t sticking together. ocasio-cortez saying there is a list and she is keeping watch and there will possibly be primaries. john, what do you make of that? well, it s really interesting.