start for republicans. there is the ongoing scandal surrounding congressman elect george santos. he is facing calls to resign before he even takes office, over lying about his background. he s also facing federal and state investigations into his campaign. santos apologized this week, admitting that he embellished his resume. that said he will not step down. nbc news has reached out for comment to santa s but has not received a response. and then there is the fight over who will be the next speaker of the house. the gop has will start with a razor-thin majority meeting that kevin mccarthy will need everybody can get including santos s. joining me now is former congressman and executive director of the serve america movement, david jolly. also with, me democratic strategist bassetts michael. thank you both for being. here david, explain to us how the desantis scandal is colliding with the five respeaker, a crucial vote for kevin mccarthy? yeah, interestingly. in terms of how a house s
500 votes. ouch. there s a lot on back here, so let s bring in democratic strategist, former executive director for the democratic party, basil smikle. and former publican congressman david jolly. he is now chairman of the serve america movement, and an msnbc political contributor. thank you both for joining me. david, of all the things that could have come between lauren boebert, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gates, why a man named kevin? yeah, mehdi, this thing has been brewing for a while, even before the speakership race. lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene, trying to go their separate ways, to be honest, they inside skating, lauren boebert got very tired of always being tied to marjorie taylor greene. boebert wants to chase this raw hard right conservatism, and doesn t take greens flirtations with white nationalism and antisemitism as furthering her cause in her district in colorado. but they both are way out there on the right side of the spectrum here. and it is that
just like i don t believe in russian jewish are you a hard no? boebert was referring to an absurd antisemitic conspiracy theory that greene posted on her facebook page in 2018. green fired back, this time on twitter, saying quote, i have supported and donated to lauren boebert. president trump and supported lauren boebert. governor mccarthy has supported and donated to lauren boebert she just barely came through by 500 votes. ouch. there s a lot on back here, so let s bring in democratic strategist, former executive director for the democratic party, basil smikle. and former publican congressman david jolly. he is now chairman of the serve america movement, and an msnbc political contributor. thank you both for joining me. david, of all the things that could have come between lauren boebert, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gates, why a man named kevin? yeah, mehdi, this thing has been brewing for a while, even before the speakership race.
of representatives. he is now the chairman in the serve america movement and msnbc political contributor. david, you said that this report made clear how trump betrayed this country. you ve also been saying that for six years. what are your biggest takeaways and as this reporter change anything? yeah, as everyone is said, it is now a record for history. i do find it compelling that the committee led their narrative was the fact that this is a betrayal of the nation and not pointing the finger first at trump, but in bringing out testimony at one of the defendants who is a member of the proud boys to acknowledge that he felt like he had betrayed the nation. that is and followed up by the testimony of a marine who is facing conviction who said, my entire family has been a part of the marine corps and today i am embarrassed by my actions of betraying the nation. once that predicate is laid, the committee then assigned
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