There was none of that for congresswoman Marjorie Taylor green who for years has spread lies and conspiracies rooted in bigotry. Greenes no longer the outlier in her party and the pervasive spread of lies, much of it on social media, has trickled down to exploit fears. When President Biden was sworn in i was just crying. I mean, i couldnt stop. It was that ugly cry that you do, just kept going. I was like, oh, my gosh, im seeing the funeral of our country. I went into panic mode. I called my mom and i told her, were all going to die. Were going to be owned by china. I might have to pull my daughter o you the of school because theyre going to take her. I was scared to death. Thats someone who does not believe the lies anymore but she wasnt forced to confront reality until trump left office. The spreads of qanon and likeminded conspiracy groups have left those outside the party looking in. So today republicans will have to go on record about what kind of party they want to have. More fro
masks to anyone in the country who wants one. this is off the back of a letter we saw from about 40 members of congress in both the house and senate that are urging the administration to expand rapid covid testing as the white house has responded, but press secretary jen psaki last week said that they acknowledge that they re behind where they want to be in a statement, and axios last night asked the white house. they said we re honest about the challenges we face and we re addressing them to members of congress. we ins people may be frustrated with them. and then they went on to list some of the praise they ve received from twitter. there s also been some of talk about the need for possible additional covid relief bill. i asked the deputy white house press secretary about this yesterday. she sort of danced around the issue. the white house hasn t come out
colleagues. and similarly, when marjorie taylor greene was spouting her conspiratorial qanon and anti-semitic stuff. so, you know, it i think the precedent has been broken here, it s been broken by mccarthy. it doesn t surprise me, though, that he is being led, already, by these extreme elements and and it s one of the reasons why he could never be allowed to become speaker. more importantly, though, if i can say, erin, then whatever he might do, vis-a-vis democrats and committee assignments is the fact that he will do whatever donald trump wants him to do and if donald trump wants him to overturn the next election because trump loses again, mccarthy will do it and that is a real and present threat to our democracy. before we go, chairman, i need to ask you one more question. and this is something you are behind, which is a push for the biden administration to expand access to rapid covid testing. and you know, they they have said announced plans to purchase 500 million tests.
my next guest has a new message as omicron cases surge amidst the holiday season. congresswoman kim schrier wrote, the u.s. is failing at rapid covid testing. this is a disgrace. she says, this is a time when the united states ought to be providing inexpensive or, even better, free rapid covid tests to anyone who wants one. joining me now is washington congresswoman kim schrier, she s also, notably for this conversation, a pediatrician. i m glad to have you here. the president has promised americans he is going to make 500 million free coronavirus tests available. but as you mentioned in your op-ed, you first pushed the trump administration, and then the biden administration, to invest in the rapid at-home test. dr. rick bright, who i was speaking to in the last block, saying the same thing about the