when and if it comes about will be the troll caucus on steroids. it s not going to be handful of fringe figures saying outlandish things. they will be the center of gravity, a real legitimate knving force in american politics with an actual say over how government functions. those are the stakes here for our democracy. a year out from these elections. kevin mccarthy is letting us know which side he s on. i m joined by oleave yeah beve yeah beavers. her latest is called gop can t escape and joan freeman, who we mentioned yesterday on the program. olivia, let me start with you. it was so striking to go back to that rangle vote, because when this happened yesterday, i thought, oh, this doesn t happen often. when s the last time? and there you have this beloved elder statesman who really did, you know, engage in ethical
so it s a grift and grievance tour that he s on. but i m so glad you had those officers on earlier this evening. i was watching it, and they were so powerful in saying what we need is accountability. and i think ambassador bolton is also right, that republicans are going to move on. the problem is the loudest voices, which are these and often some of the violent voices we saw on january 6th are the ones that are given too much news influence. but i think he s fading even the grifters around him are telling him and these are crazy people in their own right saying you re getting too crazy. so i think he s a fading character but unfortunately one that s given too much power within the party. paul, how do you see it? yeah, first of all i think barbara makes a really powerful point. trump is he s in an
but i doubt that s going to happen. and i don t know what the future of the republican party is. i ve been listening to michael steele now for a about week and a half, two weeks, wherever he s on, talking about the future of his party. i don t think there is a future for his party, the way it s currently constructed, with the basis of their beliefs. it s not there. it s just not there because it s not real. michael? yeah, no, i think mike makes an excellent point, which is why there is a battle line clearly drawn inside the party by the likes of liz cheney and mitt romney and adamkinzinger, myself, and a host of republicans who are not so much fighting for the future of the party, but fighting for a set of principles that are important, whether they reside inside of this things called the gop is another matter. so, you know, the battle line is not over, oh, gee, do we have a republican party tomorrow? that s not what it s about. it s about, do we, as citizens,
going on in congress. they knew this was in the offing. i don t know if there will be prosecutions in the end. but we know senior officials at the justice department, including a senior attorney concluded there is enough there to . judge jeanine: we have got this guy mifsud, and we are not sure which side he s on. but we note cia the fbi should only be handling domestic issues, is that correct? and the cia handles international issues. the characteristics a is not allowed to spy on americans, and the fbi can t target americans in the united states for political purposes which they seemingly did here. when you look at the fisa-gate