World. And welcome to hannity. History on Capitol Hill Tonighel ,republican lawmakers joininawg all 208 House Democrats to remove Kevin Mccarthy as house speaker. To the first time in our nations history. And mccarthy will not seeks speakership again. Now, sources telling mt agaie au hour, some House Republicans have been in Contactblican Withd have started an effort to draft former president donal ad to bee the next speaker. N toldi hat pres that President Trump might be open to Helpingid Ort Term the republican party, at least in the short term if necessarys ,if its needed anyway. But heres former Speaker Mccarthy. Earlier tonight. Loo lets take a look. I believe i can continue to fight maybe in a different manner. I will not run for speaker again. Ill have the conference pick wie. Today s i think today was a political decis. Thingshe democratwa and i think that i think the things they have done in the past hurt the institution. And they just started removing ine and theycommitte jus
They needk information? no, i think that s pretty overstated. also, anyone who spent any time in the intelligence community will tell you there s a lot of people working on any one issuew and there s a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge from people who aren t political appointees who stay in these agencies for decades and decades for their career. the notion you re going to have this t crisis situation where yu can t bring back a director to find something out is preposterous. you hear it described in a press report as a courtesy. that s why a lot of individuals hold their clearances. it s a different idea to have that courtesy when you re a person in private life versus someone who is clearly trading on that recent access, not just on media appearances. the whole thing about it being silenced is clean-out ridiculous. he s on tv practically every five minutes. you re seeing breennan and the anti-trump folks getting plenty of air time and additional play here. david, i under