I m fine. i m worried about the people out there who don t have a circle of friends and followers who don t come right to their defense. julie: howie kurtz joins me now. the story isn t over yet. roseanne barr tried the appleby en defense. she criticized others and apologized for the racist tweet that prompted abc to axe her sitcom. she had taken a popular sleep medication after describing an ape reference. here is the pharmaceutical response. barr, whose slur against jarret was denounced apologized to her target. valerie jarrett, i wanted to apologize to you for hurting and up setting you with an
Monologues. this all stems from a debate over abortion legislation last wednesday. lisa brown was censored for saying this. finally, mr. speaker, i m flattered that you re all so interested in my vagina, but no means no. republican leaders insist they were offended by her rape reference, not the word vagina. she was not allowed to speak again. they wouldn t allow her to debate a teacher retirement bill the next day, totally different subject. barb byrum was also silenced. she tried to suggest an amendment to ledge legislate vastectomies and she got shut down. we ll open the board. members may vote at their desk. the amendment is not adopted. are there further amendments? representative, you are out of order. you should recognize me. i represent the same people as you do. would the clerk please read in the next amendment? michigan republicans say both
Flattered that you re all so interested in my vagina, but no means no. republican leaders insist they were offended by her rape reference, not the word vagina. she was not allowed to speak again. they wouldn t allow her to debate a teacher retirement bill the next day, totally different subject. barb byrum was also silenced. she got shut down. we ll hopen the board. members may vote at their desk. the amendment is not adopted. are there further amendments? representative, you are out of order. you should recognize me. i represent the same people as you do. would the clerk please read in the next amendment? both women simply violated
Flattered that you re all so interested in my vagina, but no means no. republican leaders insist they were offended by her rape reference, not the word vagina. she was not allowed to speak again. they wouldn t allow her to debate a teacher retirement bill the next day, totally different subject. barb byrum was also silenced. she got shut down. we ll hopen the board. members may vote at their desk. the amendment is not adopted. are there further amendments? representative, you are out of order. you should recognize me. i represent the same people as you do. would the clerk please read in the next amendment? both women simply violated the rules of decorum, and the leader of the house accused both
Clinton are saying about rumors she ll run for congress. they are responding after democratic insiders said chelsea was eyeing the new york congresswoman s seat. we ll find out about that. ok. thank you very much. recently, joe biden, the vice president of the united states hit the road promoting the president s jobs bill and made some controversial comments without the bill, both rape and murder rates would go up. last week, those comments were confronted. do you regret using a rape reference to describe republican opposition? no, no, what i said, let us get it straight, guys. don t screw around with me. you didn t use a rape reference? listen, then. i m listening. i said rape was up. three times. there are the numbers. go look at the numbers. murder is up. rape is up and burglary is up. that s exactly what i said. that feisty exchange was met with backlash. now the reporter is under