this, this is the republican party, as david just said. we cannot separate these bad apples, and say that it s not the entire orchard that is foiled here. it is the entirety of the republican party, and you can t pull these people apart. this is who they are. this is the ideology that they believe in. joyce, i really enjoyed following you on twitter yesterday, as you were providing realtime commentary of the hearing. greene didn t just accuse pelosi of treason on video. she also led a petition to have her impeached for the crimes of treason, back in 2019, and she actually got nearly 100,000 signatures, yet somehow, does she not know that we have eyes and ears to remember these things, because she is basically on that standing. it s hard for me to imagine that it is not a lie for her to say that she does not recall, when she led and spearheaded this effort. you know, people can have failures of memory. and something that you re used to doing, as a prosecutor,
exactly that the former president said that he knew covid-19 was deadly and worse than the flu, but that didn t come out at that time, even though he was publicly down playing it when he talked to bob woodward privately. should this audio from mccarthy been released when the recordings actually happened? i think withholding it certainly does a disservice to the reputation and integrity of a free press. look, nothing should compel its release. that s one of the remarkable freedoms we have in the united states. but it begs the question for reporters who are covering the future of our republic, our democracy, similar to reporter who is cover a famine or a war, there is a common humanity that has to rise above the reporting. and then the case of withholding information that can directly impact the view of the country towards its future, you do have to question whether or not profits are being put ahead of the critical information needed.
were able to find them later on, but by the person who had them in their possession at the time of trump s second impeachment? why did they come to light so late in the game? i m more inclined to put blame where blame is due, on whoever made the tape, on the people who sat in on these phone calls and were aware of them and didn t disclose this information to impeachment managers when it could have made a real difference because if trump had been convicted during the second impeachment, he would have been forever barred from running again for office. that s something that could have really changed the future and the trajectory of this country. david, you were the politician out of the four of us or former politician, i should note. how common is it that a recording like this is made. the fact this was a republican leadership call, highly sensitive, i would argue. it s got to be troubling for the republican party to know that their phone calls, even their own members yeah. ar