today what looks chaotic and kind of seems counterproductive to many is actually in it s own way refreshing. because it s democracy in action. now, it does remind us, this isn t china. party fall in line with whatever the dear leader decrees. in the gop unlike in pelosi s party, there is a lively debate about policy and tactics. so, everyone has a chance. in this process, to have his or her voice heard and have their vote counted, ultimately. and, plus, what s crazier? what we witnessed in the past two days in the house, or what we witnessed right before christmas, with congress jamming 1. 7 trillion of spending in a giant omnibus bill that by the way no one read. my message is simple. don t get distracted by what s happening in d.c. things will settle out. life will go on. the exciting stuff by the way is not happening inside the beltway
0 because of the crazy people you had on. sean: we love you. all my best to my adopted nephews, marcel, your kids are great. and you re great. sean: and anthony. tell them i said all the best. that s all the time we have. call my radio show between 3:00 and 6:00. 1-800-941-sean laura: i m laura ingraham and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. thanks for watching us. newt gingrich on the latest madness on capitol hill. but, first, the future isn t here. that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right, six votes later, republicans who are supposedly the majority party in the house still couldn t reach the requisite 218 votes needed to elect a speaker. but, i was thinking about this today what looks chaotic and kind of seems counterproductive to many is actually in it s own way refreshing. because it s democracy in action. now, it does remind us, this isn t china. party fall in line with whatever the dear leader decrees. in the gop unlike in pelosi s party,
a nickname for nancy pelosi after one defeat after another in 2019. remember this, 2019 started with pelosi getting the speaker s gavel in the middle of a trump initiated government shutdown. this senseless shutdown is inflicting great pain on every part of our country. let s pay the employees. maybe he thinks it s okay not to pay people who do work. i don t. and my caucus doesn t either. now, there were questions at the start of the year as to whether or not pelosi would be able to fend off a challenge to her leadership from inside the democratic party. some in pelosi s own party questioned whether the speaker was the right person to lead the democratic house in the era of trump. freshman congressman dean philips of minnesota recently told the new york times, quote, i was one of them. i thought it was time for new leadership, and i ve got to tell you thank goodness thank goodness we have nancy pelosi speaking for the house of
but then she lost the majority in 2010 and who lost? the people in the center. i want but people lost. in pelosi the sequel i think she s much more cognizant of the need to build the broader tent but the squad, who i don t know, bring energy and creativity to the caucus and the challenge is not to dismiss them but to embrace some of their ideas and some from the center and the blue dogs and build, not just a bigger tent in terms of people getting along but a showcase of ideas. if she can do that keep the majority which will be a gigantic legacy for the only person who happens to be a woman who has been collected for a complete second tour of the speaker but you might pull it off. chris: josh, things much or more orderly in the senate than in the unruly lower chamber, the house. what you think is going on with house democrats?
democratic primary voters do. the whole feud between aoc and pelosi started back in november before aoc was sworn in when she was arranging sit-ins in pelosi s office. in a battle between etiology and elect abilityability, etiology s every time. in terms of the primary stage on the left, there is no moderate. sinejoe biden was trying to fige out who he was on the stage, trying to put in a caveat here and there. but i don t know that it will be impactful to have the division between pelosi and aoc on prospects if they ear prospects. if you re stier, you ve won. everyone taking the same position on it.