The speaker warned him off of that. Made very clear that the individuals that would be voting for this bill were many of the individuals that helped republicans secure and maintain the majority, told them it Wasnt The Best idea. That said, there was still a House Freedom caucus meeting that was scheduled with tom price and nick mulvaney. They allowed that to happen after it was clear after the meeting there would be no movement with the conservatives, the House Freedom caucus members. The call was made. President trump called the speaker and told him clearly it was time to pull the bill and that is exactly what happened and the ramifications of that arent just micro, not just this week or this bill. They are health care, period. Obamacare stands not just for now, not just for the next couple months butter for the foreseeable future. A lot of republicans talked about if this goes down maybe kind of go piecemeal, piece by piece, try to do this in smaller chunks than all at once but is th
the tuesday group, you know, the governing majority they call themselves, rarely speak up for themselves, try to urge the party to go in a different direction. that s what i m going to be looking for. the reality is republicans don t think we ve had bad elections and that s the real rub here. republicans took away the 2016 election, you can ignore the middle, you can offend whoever you want, as long as you turn out enough base republicans. they interpreted that, again, as it s working for them, at least in the house it s working for them. they don t care who you offend. they don t care if the elites in washington think you should be protecting the intelligence community. they think the elites are attacking their constituents or at least the constituents think that. they have internalized the elections as wins for them, and that s the paradox we re facing. obviously they weren t good elections, from where they lived, in their district, the
pennsylvania. let me just put up the graphic of the ten republicans who voted to impeach donald trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results now two of them will no longer be in congress. as you heard, it is congressman kinzinger as of today. so charlie, do you see this as a win for trumpism over truth? well i think this is bad for congress. that we re going to lose adam kinzinger. he s been a good friend of mine. we served together as the tuesday group now called the republican governing group. he s a strong principled voice and i m sad that he s leaving. i m not surprised. we were very much aware of the illinois redistricting or jerry mandering that would collapse his district to there in the hoods and it is a sad day for the institution but at the same time i think he will carry on the fight. he s a young guy and has a bright future ahead of him and
of less than three years, two republican speakers of the house of bales. pay up and quit. john boehner dated in late 2015. that s how we got paul ryan. i think that speaks to the fact that it s very difficult to control the faction-ridden house of representatives g.o.p. caucus. you ve got the freedom caucus. you ve got the tuesday group. you ve got a bunch people. you don t have a huge majority, and it s tough to get to get 218 votes. bret: eli. you look at the election of trump and to this date, you are saying that s the ark of the transformation of the republican party. paul ryan is an emblem of a republican party that was against deficits, was for lower taxes, was certainly, there s always a popular appeal but it s not the same kind of populist as trump. now the g.o.p. is really trump s
to the multinational corporations at the expense of the middleclass. and the republicans know that if there s any real sunlight on this, this bill is going to dry up. and that s why they re moving with the speed of light. i m telling you this debate is far from over. democratic senator widen on the final version of the gop tax bill. it is now heading to the house for a vote on tuesday. charlie dent of pennsylvania is a member of the house appropriations committee, co-chair of the tuesday group, and good friend to us. good to see you again. thanks for joining me. thank you, alex. i would like to know how you will vote on tuesday. do you know? i m still reviewing the bill. it was passed out of the house. but so far i like most of what i see in this bill. the tax code is far too complex. it s over 70,000 pages long. two-thirds of my constituents do not itemize. rates will be lower. child tax credit will be doubled