weaselly and weak these men are, and that they can t hold on to a thought for a week for fear of donald trump or constituents that might be blindly following him. this pathetic turn the republican party has taken, and it is lasting now for years, it is exhausting. it is a shock opera. what legal accountability, what legal possibilities are there that these men are quoted saying they want this guy out of office and then they re sucking up to him at mar-a-lago a week later? or is it just more shop opera? i think it is at least with these men it is just shock opera. you know, i think perhaps with trump there should be, i mean i think there can be a legal recourse. i agreed with senator mcconnell on february 13th, 2021, when he gave his speech after acquitting trump. he said that, you know, the criminal law could apply to trump. but, you know, as for this cowardice in terms of these men
now, he did vote in favor of acquitting trump s disgraceful actions, but it s the kind of talk that usually gets republicans on trump s bad side. and right now the trump-mcconnell feud is starting to reach new heights. politico is reporting the former president has been lobbying to oust mcconnell from his leadership post. but only two candidates have said so and no sitting senators said they would do so. the grand total is zero. joining me now is a former republican congressman. he was republican but is no longer affiliated with the republican party. david, is mitch mcconnell sending signals there will be a criminal investigation at some point of donald trump for the insurrection?
disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. now, he did vote in favor of acquitting trump s disgraceful actions, but it s the kind of talk that usually gets republicans on trump s bad side. now feuds are starting to reach new heights. politico reports that they ve been trying to oust mitch mcconnell from his leadership post, but only two candidates have said so and no sitting senators said they would do so. the grand total is zero. joining me now is a former republican congressman. he was republican but is no longer affiliated with the republican party. david, is mitch mcconnell sending signals there will be a criminal investigation at some point of donald trump for the insurrection? look, it s early enough. i think mitch mcconnell hopes
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the QAnon-loving construction heiress who recently won a deep-red congressional seat in Georgia, is getting quite a bit of attention for her nutty, violent, and racist views that she has long enjoyed sharing freely on social media. There is no doubt that she s a doozy, from her 2019 video demanding that her followers flood the Capitol and use violence if we have to to her 2018 Facebook post blaming wildfires on Jews with space lasers. Democrats in Congress have been making hay over Greene s committee assignments, using the presence of someone who stalked a school shooting survivor on the House Education and Labor Committee to embarrass House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and highlight the way that extremism has been mainstreamed in the GOP.