we then caught up with green a second time and i asked her why she would not hold bannon in contempt. what was the rationale behind your vote? rationale behind me vote is i m not self-absorbed like the rest of these jerks here in congress. they re ignoring inflation. people can hardly by food. because they re self-absorbed. all they care about is congress. they don t care about the american people that pay all the taxes. all you want to talk about is your trump derangement syndrome and all you want to talk about january 6th where there s a riot here. why protect steve bannon? because i care about american people. the interview ended soon after when pete sessions of texas walked into the middle of our conversation. you doing okay? let s get out of here. but not steve bannon. hey, what about all the people rotting in jail? why don t you worry about them. and that was that.
democratic congresswoman madeleine dean of pennsylvania joins me now. the vice chair of the house judiciary committee. thanks so much for being with us. what s your reaction to those remarks we just heard from green? well, sadly, i ve had to put up with marjorie taylor greene a bit this week. she came in and observed while we had merit garland in front of the judiciary committee. she s not based in the fact or the truth or any sense of the rule of law. any sense of the constinstituti congress. those who voted against the resolution to hold steve bannon in contempt are literally voting against their own interests. against the institution of congress. against our subpoena power as a co-equal branch of government. so miss greene is sadly very misled. does not understand literally
her oath of office or what democracy is all about. and congresswoman, i don t want to spend too much time on her, but are you concerned about being around her? about your colleagues being around her? what do you make of this? she has this confrontation with congresswoman liz cheney and congressman jamie raskin. seems to happen so much. she frequently comes in to committees without a mask. has to be told to put a mask on, like a child. it s disturbing. she s seeking the hot spotlight through negative attention and small people like that need to be ignored more. we have really important business to do in congress. you see democrats doing just that. whereas the majority of republicans are disregarding the rule of law. they would move forward and defund our government. they would allow us to default on our obligations and pull