chase would be charitable. jim jordan select subcommittee on the so-called weaponization of the federal government has had six months now to uncover evidence of a deep state mouth as msnbc s steve bennett writes, the process hasn t gone especially well. joints crusade has produced nothing. the far-right chairman has cameron complains from disappointing conservatives that expected him to deliver. he has seen many headlines deriving his select committees as a dud. the thing is, there are actual instances of government weaponization the jordan could be looking into. they just would not be, well, politically convenient. consider how former president trump pressed the irs to investigate two fbi and officials investigating his campaign ties to russia. former fbi director james comey, and former deputy director andrew mccabe. that is according to sworn
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vote. and you vote differently the second time. if he voted that way the first time in order to keep that legacy, he has to vote the same way the second time. and as phil said, the process hasn t changed. this is another attempt to ram a bill through in a completely partisan way. and mccain has been clear all along that he has very, very serious issues with that. and he does not want the senate functioning this way anymore. except when he was running on repeal, when he knew this was how this process would go down. all that information was available. there s a lot of room of mirrors to this debate. and i will say, we have a week to go. we ll see if we can pull this rabbit out of a hat. but this goes back to met to transition. the moment donald trump won the election, they should have started conversations about how we re going to do this together. with the president, with the speaker, with the majority leader, they should straarted then. we shall see. up next, rocket man, madman,
this with a president. this is the first time that the test of performance during 100 days is really your ratings. donald trump s ratings are very high. people pay attention. so if it s the same measure that you would use in the media, he s had a phenomenal 100-day run. you re talking about tv ratings, i assume. not political ratings. and it s less about judging who s a sinner and who s a saint and more about watching the event. lots of people are watching the event. i think in terms of performance at the white house, the trains have been running on time, so the white house performance itself has been very good. the luggage doesn t get lost, the trips to mar-a-lago have gone well, the teleprompter works. the white house is functioning well. in terms of policy, the process hasn t been that good because unintended consequences ended up defining more policy than the policy itself. and that means you need a better
griping that tom macarthur negotiating the amendment has done so much without the wider group s blessing. others have reservations about the amendment itself. you ve gone from yes to ma e maybe. yes. i m a no. do you think it puts more pressure on the moderates to come along? i always vote my conscience and what s best for the district i serve. my concern of what s going to happen with seniors, allowing them to charge them five times as much wasn t addressed in any of these. the con verns i have have not been addressed. are you a no now? i haven t decided. i need a thorough explanation and analysis of how this works and how it continues keeps our commitment to those with pre-existing conditions. i think the bill has gotten better. if this is the final form we have, i certainly would support it. fascinating to watch, nick, isn t it? it s a flip of what we saw a month or so ago.