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he can afford to lose mike johnson. mike johnson is expendable. he can afford to lose congress. he can do this the other way, the way the hard-core members of his base would be happy to have him do it. >> quite clearly he doesn't want any actual republican legislation to pass, which is why he's killing all of it. >> you don't need a republican legislature if you have the courts. >> he has no interest. the governance doesn't seem to be of the essence here. >> that is an argument that applies to anything he cares about most of all, which is keeping himself out of prison. he doesn't need a republican house or senate for that, just means the attorney general, the sweet sweet, the worst version of bill barr. >> the other part of it, john, that should not be ignored, he was asked about marjorie taylor greene. he just said, i don't think we have time, i'm sorry. we will keep you guys here for a long time tonight. let's play it. >> marjorie taylor greene's motion to vacate, would you stand behind speaker johnson ? >> we are getting on very well with the speaker and i get along very well
he can afford to lose mike johnson. mike johnson is expendable. he can afford to lose congress. he can do this the other way, the way the hard-core members of his base would be happy to have him do it. >> quite clearly he doesn't want any actual republican legislation to pass, which is why he's killing all of it. >> you don't need a republican legislature if you have the courts. >> he has no interest. the governance doesn't seem to be of the essence here. >> that is an...
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he can afford to lose mike johnson, mike johnson is completely expendable because he can't afford to lose congress, he can do this the other way, the way the hardcourt members of his base would be happy to have him do it. >> clearly he doesn't want any legislation to pass which is why he is killing all of it. >> you don't need a republican legislature if you have great -- >> the governance doesn't seem to be the essence. >> it's an argument that applies to the thing he cares most about all is keeping himself out of prison. he just needs that attorney general, the worst version of bill bar. >> the other part of it that should not be ignored as he was asked about marjorie taylor greene, i don't think we have time to play the sound. i'm sorry, we don't have time. we will keep you guys for -- we do have time, let's play it. >> we are getting along very well with the speaker and i get along very well with marjorie, we have a speaker, who was voted in and it was a complicated process and i think it's not, not an easy situation for any speaker, i think he's doing a very good job. about as g
he can afford to lose mike johnson, mike johnson is completely expendable because he can't afford to lose congress, he can do this the other way, the way the hardcourt members of his base would be happy to have him do it. >> clearly he doesn't want any legislation to pass which is why he is killing all of it. >> you don't need a republican legislature if you have great -- >> the governance doesn't seem to be the essence. >> it's an argument that applies to the thing he...
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>> well, i think that was really directed at mike johnson. it wasn't directed at joe biden. he's been doing everything in his power to try to dislodge the foreign aid package he sent us several months ago, but now it's mike johnson who's fallen captive to the pro-putin maga wing of the party, which might be dominant in the republican caucus now. but he does seem to be trying to extraicate himself from it with this succession of single issue bills so we could get an up or down vote on ukraine, so the big majority in the house pretty much every democrat and maybe as much as 50% of republicans and certainly 30 or 40% of republican, but we would definitely have a big majority to do it, but that's what marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz and the extreme right of the party is so upset about. it was donald trump who was calling the shots on that one. >> let me ask you about that because you had congressman massy joining marjorie taylor greene efforts. do you think more republican will join them? >> i've heard there are a couple others in the wings they've got ready to demonstrate
>> well, i think that was really directed at mike johnson. it wasn't directed at joe biden. he's been doing everything in his power to try to dislodge the foreign aid package he sent us several months ago, but now it's mike johnson who's fallen captive to the pro-putin maga wing of the party, which might be dominant in the republican caucus now. but he does seem to be trying to extraicate himself from it with this succession of single issue bills so we could get an up or down vote on...
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>> i think that was really directed at mike johnson, not joe biden. he's been doing everything in his power to try to dislodge the foreign aid package he sent several months ago. it's mike johnson who is fallen captive to the pro putin when of the party which might be dominant in the republican caucus now but he does seem to extricate himself from it with the succession of single issue bills so we would get an up or down vote on ukraine. of course, the big majority in the house pretty much every democrat and maybe as much as 50% of republicans but certainly 30 or 40%, but we would definitely have a big majority do it. that's what marjorie taylor green and matt gates and the extreme right is so upset about. for all we know it's donald trump who is calling the shots on that one. >> let me ask because that was the other development the fact that congressman massey joining archery taylor green's efforts. are you hearing more republicans join them? >> well, i've heard there are a couple others in the wings that they've got ready to demonstrate their moment
>> i think that was really directed at mike johnson, not joe biden. he's been doing everything in his power to try to dislodge the foreign aid package he sent several months ago. it's mike johnson who is fallen captive to the pro putin when of the party which might be dominant in the republican caucus now but he does seem to extricate himself from it with the succession of single issue bills so we would get an up or down vote on ukraine. of course, the big majority in the house pretty...
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to dislodge the foreign aid package he sent several months ago but it is mike johnson who has fallen captive to the pro- russian wing of the party which may be dominant in the republican caucus now but he does seem to be trying to extricate himself from it with a succession of single issue bills so we will get a up or down vote on ukraine and of course the majority in the house, pretty much every democrat and maybe as much as 50% of the republicans but certainly 30-40%, we would definitely have a majority. that is what marjorie greene and matt gates and the extreme right of the party is so upset about and for all we know it is trump that is calling the shots on that one. >> let me ask about that, that was the other development, the fact that the congressman was joining marjorie taylor greens movement to oust johnson. do you think more will be added? >> i heard there is a couple of others in the wings but of course under the rules which speaker mccarthy backed and the entire caucus was behind, any member of the caucus can file a motion to vacate the chair meaning to topple the speaker
to dislodge the foreign aid package he sent several months ago but it is mike johnson who has fallen captive to the pro- russian wing of the party which may be dominant in the republican caucus now but he does seem to be trying to extricate himself from it with a succession of single issue bills so we will get a up or down vote on ukraine and of course the majority in the house, pretty much every democrat and maybe as much as 50% of the republicans but certainly 30-40%, we would definitely have...
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really appreciate it. >>> so with his job under threat republican speaker mike johnson willak travel to mar-a-lago on friday to meet with donald trump as we just discussed. there they will discuss the subject ofed election integrity. asked by nbc to describe what that term meant to him, speaker johnson replied free and fair elections. remember that in 2020 johnson was one of the key architects in the house trying to overturn biden's victory. he spearheaded a legal effort by more than 100 house republicans to support a texas lawsuit before the supreme court that would challenge the results in four key swing states, none of which is the state of texas. this right-wing obsession with imagined election fraud has takenle a very real toll on actl american elections. nbc's reports election worker turnover has reached historic highs ahead of the 2024 election with many citing threats and increased scrutiny as their reason. i feel it's essential as we talk about misinformation, disinformation, the real world effects of it, the narrative of election fraud and thehe narrate elections need to ha
really appreciate it. >>> so with his job under threat republican speaker mike johnson willak travel to mar-a-lago on friday to meet with donald trump as we just discussed. there they will discuss the subject ofed election integrity. asked by nbc to describe what that term meant to him, speaker johnson replied free and fair elections. remember that in 2020 johnson was one of the key architects in the house trying to overturn biden's victory. he spearheaded a legal effort by more than...
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these people learn nothing, and it's true for the mike johnson press conference tomorrow, but it gives the stamp of the whole party not just the rnc but the legislative wing of the party on trump's lies about 2020 again, and it continues to radicalize people. i remember in that period between november and january 6th there were two things to me really alarming. one was watching maga media like news max and far right stuff like fox and how apocalyptic they were about election fraud, and the other was getting text messages and e-mails from the rnc from these candidates and trump. and i'm reading all this stuff going, man, if people really believe this what are they going to do? and we saw what they were going to do. there are real world ramifications to this. it's not like you're sending out a voice mail and nothing happens. words have consequences. >> yeah, and they have consequences for our democracy. i do wonder, though, as a matter of political theater it's kind of the fool me once, shame on you, full me twice, shame on me. i can understand trump may have been able to convince a sect
these people learn nothing, and it's true for the mike johnson press conference tomorrow, but it gives the stamp of the whole party not just the rnc but the legislative wing of the party on trump's lies about 2020 again, and it continues to radicalize people. i remember in that period between november and january 6th there were two things to me really alarming. one was watching maga media like news max and far right stuff like fox and how apocalyptic they were about election fraud, and the...
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speaking of which, speaker of the house mike johnson will head to mar-a-lago for a press conference with former president trump all about election integrity. joining me now is tim miller, writer and former spokesman for the republican national committee. i wonder as a former rnc official where it sort of makes you feel when you hear these robocalls that basically suggests the institutional stamp of approval on 2020 and 2024 are big lies. >> yeah. a couple things. first i should say on the facts people that aren't citizens can't vote. in addition to the 2020 lies, they're offering a patent lie about 2024 to try to raise money and trick old people. i wrote about this a little bit in my book. i hate to do the book plug thing, but this was exactly relevant to it, which was i was in charge of approving the mail and email that would go out on behalf of the communications department and even back then i remember looking back and the sorts of mailers, they're always, you know, some bit of hyperbole, some exaggeration. the language is more aggressive. you're trying to get people to give money. th
speaking of which, speaker of the house mike johnson will head to mar-a-lago for a press conference with former president trump all about election integrity. joining me now is tim miller, writer and former spokesman for the republican national committee. i wonder as a former rnc official where it sort of makes you feel when you hear these robocalls that basically suggests the institutional stamp of approval on 2020 and 2024 are big lies. >> yeah. a couple things. first i should say on the...
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really appreciate it. >> thank you alex. >>> so with his job under threat, republican speaker mike johnson will travel to mar-a- lago on friday to meet with donald trump as we just discussed. there they will discuss election integrity. when asked what that meant, johnson said free and fair elections. he spearheaded a legal effort by more than 100 house republicans to support a texas lawsuit before the supreme court that would challenge the results in four key swing states. none of which was the state of texas. this right wing obsession with imagined election fraud has taken a real toll on actual american elections. nbc's jane tim reports that election worker turnover has reached historic highs ahead of the 2024 election with many citing threats and increased public scrutiny as reasons for their departures. joining me now is jane tim, thanks for being here. it is essential the narrative of election fraud. and the narrative elections need to have more integrity. the real world effects that need to be examined. we are talking what election denialism might do to election workers for years. bec
really appreciate it. >> thank you alex. >>> so with his job under threat, republican speaker mike johnson will travel to mar-a- lago on friday to meet with donald trump as we just discussed. there they will discuss election integrity. when asked what that meant, johnson said free and fair elections. he spearheaded a legal effort by more than 100 house republicans to support a texas lawsuit before the supreme court that would challenge the results in four key swing states. none...
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it is true for the mike johnson press conference tomorrow. it gives the stamp -- not just the rnc but the legislative wing on the party on trump's lies about 2020 again. continuing to radicalize people. between november and january 6th there were two things to me that were really alarming. one was watching media like the far right stuff on fox and how apocalyptic they were about the election fraud. the other was getting my text messages and emails from the rnc. and from trump. i was reading all the stuff going if people really believe this what are they going to do? we saw what they were going to do. there are real-life ramifications to this. not just you are sending a voicemail and nothing happens. words have consequences. >>> they have consequences for democracy. as a matter of political theater it is the fool me once shame on you and full me twice shame on me. i can understand that trump may have been able to convince some section of his supporters the election was stolen in 2020. they seem to be laying the groundwork is a failsafe for the
it is true for the mike johnson press conference tomorrow. it gives the stamp -- not just the rnc but the legislative wing on the party on trump's lies about 2020 again. continuing to radicalize people. between november and january 6th there were two things to me that were really alarming. one was watching media like the far right stuff on fox and how apocalyptic they were about the election fraud. the other was getting my text messages and emails from the rnc. and from trump. i was reading all...