dangerous rhetoric. we re talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that s because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. when we re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? there are efforts to stop people from voting. that s not right! this is not russia! this is the united states of america! and i will fight until the death to make sure every citizen, whether they re green party, whether they re freedom party, whether they re democrat, whether they re republican, whoever
obstruct justice, people under investigation. they re going to have to vet on vote on all of this, and they have to vote with mccarthy and it is going to make him susceptible to losing in a general, or they re going to vote against him, with the democrats, and they re going to be susceptible to losing in a primary. so he s really, i think, put them in the most turmoil. there are real threats to the country in this republican-controlled house. and the way that mccarthy gained the gavel. i wonder if you can take me through what you think the first challenges will be for the country, you can start with the debt ceiling. so, yeah, janet yellen sent a letter to congress last week, we re approaching the debt ceiling. so your viewers know, this means we re essentially meeting the obligations that we have already budgeted for and spent. we re not spending new money because we re extending the ceiling. we re meeting the promises that we made. and so if you don t like that we spent that mu
committee expected within a week. they appear to be prepared for push back. adam schiff telling nbc news in some cases we re making requests where we think they ll be complied with. in other cases we re going straight subpoenas where we think we re dealing with recalcitrant parties. with us tonight to talk about it, wawneta tolliver, and stuart stevens, vet on of the mitt romney and george w. bush. the title of his book is it was all a lie how the republican party became donald trump. good evening and welcome to you both. and stuart, with your past and your party and politics in mind do you agree with liz cheney who just this week said that there may not have been anymore important congressional investigation than the one under way right now? yeah, 100%. look, this is an attempt to overthrow the peaceful transition of power which is the essence of democracy.
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