President that voted to impeach him. The fact that this is happening just hours after leaders of that party paid tribute to one of the victims of the Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. Where his remains lie in honor, they decide what to do with freshman congresswoman margry Taylor Greene. Shes the Qanon Conspiracy Fan who called School Shootings false flag operations and questioned whether the plane hit on 9 11 and what caused the California Wildfires like social media posts calling for the execution of Top Democrats and fraud lies to the hilt. Democrats want republicans to strip her of her Committee Assignments including a seat on the house education and labor committee. Theyre threatening to bring the matter to the house tomorrow if republicans dont and its not just democrats upset about her there are republicans, conservatives like kevin cramer. She is very extreme to say the least. The antisemitism, ive never seen anything quite like it. The antisemitism, School Shootings arent real. She runs the gammitt. Forest fires are started by jewish lasers. I makes me wonder how she did get elected. Mitch mcconnell called her views cancer for the Republican Party but never named her in the criticism. Over on the house side, the members and leaders being called on to do something about it appear not to be too concerned. The congressman spoke at the meeting telling her colleagues her social media posts dont reflect who she is as a person, which to be fair, she said Behind Closed Doors and if thats not who she is, what was she doing posting and liking it . Exactly who is this person . The socalled plane that crashed into the pentagon, its odd there is never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. There is an islamic invasion into our Government Offices right now. Kennedy getting killed in the plane crash is another one of those clinton murders, right . Again, this is a first term lawmaker, someone who would Ord Ordinarily a back venture or as Mitch Mcconnell warned, a cancer on it which House Republican leaders dont seem inclined to stop right now. Something Kevin Mccarthy signalled this afternoon in a statement that said in part quote past comments and endorsed by Marjorie Taylor greene on School Shootings, public violence and Conspiracy Theories do not represent the values and believes of the House Republican conference and her past comments now have much greater meeting. Margry recognized this in our conversation and i hold her to her world and ad and actions go forward. How did congresswoman greene show her appreciation for the pass . She attacked him in an interview tonight with the washington exa examiner. Kevin mccarthy and those are proving they are all talk and not action and about doing business as usual. Whats the difference between them and democrats . There isnt a difference. That attitude to party leader for saving her skin would once upon the time end the career of a downryoung representative. The main focus of criticism tonight isnt the anti s antissemitic congress woman, its the deadly insurrection on them and the Vice President a less than a month ago, that guy. Its that guy so many republicans still continue to defend the one whose name congressman matt gaetz invoked the other week when he went to wyoming for a rally against liz cheney. So i had a chance to communicate with President Trump yesterday. [ cheers ] he sends his love. He loves youall so much and President Trump is going to keep fighting for this country with every breath that he has. Now, republicans have a choice. Does the party still belong to him and the congresswoman hes such a fan of or not . Brian noble is at the capitol for us. Whats the latest . Is this meeting still going on . Reporter it is, anderson. For the better part of four hours these republicans are attempting to hash out issues within their conference. Were told essentially any member of the Republican Party in the House Of Representatives that wants to get up and Say Something about either of these two issues has been given the opportunity to do so. So far, there have been far more of these republican members that have come up to criticize liz cheney, who is the third Ranking Member of the house Republican Party for her vote to impeach President Trump. This could end up in some sort of a vote tonight, which will determine cheneys fate. Now we know that Kevin Mccarthy, the House Minority leader and Steve Scalise, the number two ranking republican have both voiced their support for cheney to stay in that post as the number three republican, but she has taken a lot of incoming fire tonight from many of these republicans angry with that vote. So were not going to know the outcome until the vote cast if there even is a vote. That is up to Kevin Mccarthy. Cheney would like the vote to take place which would indicate she believes she has the support of the conference behind her. Were still waiting to see what the outcome will be. Its incredible. The Republican Party now is looking about voting about liz cheney, not about Marjorie Taylor greene and her Committee Assignments. Is that just completely off the table as far as republicans are concerned . I know democrats could take her off and seem to want to. The republicans, has mccarthy decided they wont remove Marjorie Taylor greene from Committee Assignments . Thats what it looks like. This meeting is all about liz cheney. They talked very little about Marjorie Taylor greene. Wow. She got up and did speak herself for a few minutes and actually got somewhat of a Standing Ovation from a good portion of the conference that were told. You know, there was one congressman of illinois who has been of course a big critic of President Trump who got up and really attacked Kevin Mccarthy for Focussing More On Cheney and dealing with that and not doing anything to handle the situation with Marjorie Taylor greene but Kevin Mccarthy attempted over the past 24 hours to find a way out of this. He asked hoyer, the democratic Majority Leader if there could be a compromise perhaps put taylor green on another committee. Democrats are not interested in that. They dont want her serving on any committee and pushing forward so mccarthy essentially put his Hands Up In The Air and said i wont do anything about it and its also important to point out, anderson, in the statement that you read from Kevin Mccarthy, youll note that he never says that Marjorie Taylor greene apologized for the past statements that shes made about some of these wacky Conspiracy Theories. He says she recognized what she said and how it could be a problem, but she never apologized and were told that is actually what happened, that she never volunteered to apologize for the comments that she had made, which had been a specific request of democrats who had any hope of whether or not she would stay on these committees. So its pretty clear, there may be a reckoning with liz cheney tonight but Marjorie Taylor greene, republicans arent interested in doing anything to hold her accountable. Just incredible. Liz cheney is a conservative and, you know, outspoken in this case about the impeachment. Ma Marjorie Taylor greene, you know, has embraced qanon hoax. Shes been all in on it. She wasnt just a fringe player. She was all in on this. Doesnt believe the plane hit the Pentagon On 9 11. Believes the childs are behind lasers in space causing wildfires in california. This would be stunning. We are just getting word, ryan, i was told in my ear we do expect a vote tonight, not on Marjorie Taylor greene as you said, on liz cheney. No word on exactly when that will take place. Ryan, appreciate the reporting. Well continue to check in with you as warranted. Perspective from cnn political analyst Maggie Haberman and dana bash. Dana, i mean, this is the Republican Party deciding, at least in the house, deciding who they want to be. They sure are, anderson. The shock and surprise and disgust that you are i dont mean to put words or feelings into you or into your reaction, but its what everybody is feeling because people who have shouldnt say everybody. Everybody who is focused on the facts and focused on what is right or let me just put it this way, focused on the conservative principles that republicans have espoused for so long and that being their guide post. Things like lower taxes, things like Less Government in their lives. Thats not what is going on here at all. I mean, this is about somebody who voted her conscience because she thought that a president , regardless of party incited an insurrection on the building where she worked versus somebody who has repeatedly said things that are antissemitic and completely conspiratorial and effectively getting a pass. She did get a round of applause, some people did stand up when she, Marjorie Taylor greene spoke and liz cheney just like ryan just said, im hearing from sources, shes getting pounded. Some people are coming to her defense but for the most part, shes getting pounded. There is most likely going to be a vote on her leadership role because she wants one and has been working the phones for a long time with members of her conf conference. Maggie, do you have any sense how donald trump sees this without the white house or press ko core . Hes talked to her and shes certainly all in on him and Kevin Mccarthy kissing his ring at maralago. This must be what he wants. He still is the party leader, anderson, until there is another president ial nominee of this party or until the party starts to swing more in the direction of Mitch Mcconnell, the Senate MajorityLeader SenateMinority Leader now trying to carve a different path. Marjorie Taylor Greene says that she has spoken to President Trump. We dont know that from his folks but it would certainly be in keeping hes been talking her up privately to a bunch of people and keeping with how he remade this party in his image and what im struck by over and over, anderson, watching this, if Kevin Mccarthy wanted to at this point, there is not a magic w wand he can wave to marginalize Marjorie Taylor greene. She has support of other republicans in the caucus and conservatism as its been practiced. That makes donald trump very happy. The longer he can keep his grip on the party, i think the Liz Cheney Vote will tell us a fair amount but the longer that donald trump can keep his grip on republicans, the longer he remains a factor and thats always what he wants. Do we know to what degree, maggie, the former president is remaining a factor . Has he been in touch with mccarthy today . Does donnie junior call him up . Do we know. There is a relationship they have spoken while things were fairly tense between Kevin Mccarthy and the former president. I dont know whether the two, Kevin Mccarthy and the former president had spoken today but they had been in touch after the former president was very angry with Kevin Mccarthy on the house speech floor and said President Trump did bear blame for the insurrection on january 6th. There are clear lines of communication. There are a bunch of aides they share in common so i dont think their wishing are unknown to each other. Dana, if the Republican Party continues to choose to embrace the qanon wing essentially, which is, you know, also part of the trump wing, is that does that hurt i mean, they obviously think they dont think it hurts them, obvious ly they think thats where the energy is and votes are. Hard to see a lot of folks in, you know, the suburbs and voters who are, you know, more or dont believe in these hoaxes following along with that. Absolutely. And although, i understand maggie, what youre saying about the fact that Kevin Mccarthy cant wave a magic want and make conspiracy theorists go iaway, what hes not doing is trying to show leadership saying were not going to stand for this because it could be he could end up the next liz cheney. It could be that would be the outcome of that but hes deciding not to do that and i would argue one thing. It late at this moment. Oh, agree. Many points, i think the ship has sailed at this point. I agree. One thing that a source told me this evening who is familiar with some of the conversations before having with mccarthy kind of his Kitchen Cabinet is that what he could have done, like tonight was to say to her okay, lets go down the list of all the things that youve said. Do you still espouse the idea of these laser beams . Do you still believe its possible that a plane didnt really go into the Pentagon On 9 11 and keep going down the list and put her on the spot. Get her on the record whether its in front of the conference, which as we know now is still on going and the majority of the focus is on liz cheney, not on her or get her to do it in public and that didnt happen nor is it happening and the democrats have to put all the republicans in a box. Theyre going to have this vote on record. Do you like margry Taylor Greene to stay on these committees or not and those who say yes we do, that will be used against them in ads. Maggie, i want to read something carl rove told the new york times, your newspaper saying he said quote, the beneficiaries are democrats so the more we have purity tests and everyone has to think and act alike when it comes to former President Trump, its only helping democrats end quote. As long as the former president is playing a role in politics, will those purity test that rove is speaking about ever go away . I dont think so, anderson. Look, to your point, when you were mentioning Kevin Mccarthy at the top of this segment going down to maralago in your words kissing the ring, he was in palm beach anyway but the fact he made this stop to see the former president appear for this picture that where President Trump used that picture and put out a statement saying that, you know, my own endorsement is worth more than its ever been et cetera, et cetera. Mccarthy needs it to stop and went there to tell former President Trump essentially is mccarthy wants to be speaker, which we know and he needs the former president s help in trying to actually target democrats, not other repu republicans. Right. Has President Trump taken that message and adhered to it . I think how he behaves Going Forward depends on what we see next week in the senate trial. Yeah, you know, i think it was matt gaetz went the next day after Kevin Mccarthy it was that day. That day. Three hours later. Right. Three hours later gaetz was in wyoming to trash liz cheney where he putt donald trump junior on Speaker Phone on the microphone. Donald trump will keep one foot in each camp and torment until he thinks theyre on his side. And how much matt gaetz and other folks, what they really think of Kevin Mccarthy and his power. Man Maggie Haberman and dana bash, thank you