that s relatively harmless as a tweet or far more serious or policy in actions or owning the libs seems to be at the core principle here. peter baker, i wanted to get you in on this as well. there does seems to be from kevin mccarthy who certainly measuring the drapes in the speaker s office. it s not a sure thing. he seems to be taking the party and as trump s fashion as possible. he seems to be putting himself in that quarter but what s the alternative here? is there a struggle of the soul of the republican party right now? does mitch mcconnell side have a shock? that s a really good question. the very least most republicans even though they are not fans of trump, paying some to his base
what i found, we need to talk abt. we can t normalize not talk about it. we need to talk about these fears and concerns like will can engage in this process, trying to make the country and themselves better. congrats about the book. the five influential defense. i will give you a quick sense to why? occupy wall street, the parkland shooting gorge floyd murder and climb change. - climate change. that s right. that was a gift from other generations to younger americans and that completely shapes the way the economic and security and the difference between the rich and the poor, something that hispaniced him very rerl in live. we talked about the chaos around trump and the parkland shootsing and the difference. so many people made by challenging other americans to stand up and do something about
mcconnell s adviser josh holmes. he s a subsidiary of mcconnell world. there is no way you can tell me this was all a coincidence. those sentiment were echoed by four others who spoke on the condition of anonymity. although minority trump nor desantis have announced 2024 campaigns, the governor has seen his political prospect rise since the pandemic began. the subject of trump, one ex adviser says i don t think he likes people being more popular than him. that s part of it. joining us now senior national political reporter for nbc news, mark caputo.
the omicron variant, the last wave of the covid pandemic. we ll play for you the latest outlook from dr. fauci. senate democrats will begin to debate the new voting rights protection even in the face of almost certain failure. we ll discuss why chuck schumer is still forging ahead. former president trump asked what republicans should do if they take back congress and surprisingly he had little to offer by way of specifics. there is an update in the behind the scenes feud that erupted between trump and ron desantis, we ll explain how mitch mcconnell factors in. this morning, exciting news, it s another big day for the forbes and know your value partnership. last week we launched our 50
of adjustment, he gave them the power they should have never had. i am not a fan of him and i think he s hurting the party very badly, mcconnell. peter baker, you cover donald trump closely for the past four or five years. he s upset here that mitch mcconnell over turning the results of the 2020 election. what s your sense of the dynamic here between donald trump and governor desantis in florida and what may happen down the road here in 2024? the republican party is trying to figure out where it s in this process of the trumpification. is there another light and who ll succeed him? we don t know if trump is going to run. he s making noises like he is. a lot of people are convinced that he will run. everybody out there is angling