>>> THERE IS MORE DRAMA TONIGHT
AMONG HOUSE REPUBLICANS.
A GROUP OF CONSERVATIVE
LAWMAKERS IS DEMANDING THE
MINORITY LEADER KICK LIZ CHENEY
AND ADAM KINZINGER OUT OF THE
GOP CAUCUS.
THE AP REPORTS, THE EFFORT BY
THE HARD RIGHT HOUSE FREEDOM
CAUCUS FACES UNCERTAIN
PROSPECTS.
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE
EXHIBITED LITTLE INTEREST IN
ACTING QUICKLY AGAINST THE TWO
MAVERICKS WHICH COULD FUEL A
FIGHT WHICH COULD DISTRACT THE
PARTY FROM ITS PREFERRED FOCUS
ON ISSUES SUCH AS INFLATION,
CRIME, AND IMMIGRATION.
MICHAEL, I KNOW YOUVE BEEN
WAITING FOR THIS, A SAMPLING
FROM THE FREEDOM CAUCUS PRESS
CONFERENCE TODAY.
LETS LISTEN.
>> RIGHT NOW, AS LONG AS THEYRE
MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE, THEYRE ENTITLED TO
COME TO EVERY MEETING WE HAVE,
HEAR EVERY STRATEGY, AND YOU
KNOW WHAT, THEY CHOSE TO LEAVE.
>> EVEN OUR INCOMPETENT
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN HAS -- COULD
TEST THESE MEMBERS POSITIVE FOR
TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.
THEYRE A CANCER TO OUR PARTY
AND TO OUR CAUCUS AND THEY MUST
BE EXPELLED FROM OUR CONFERENCE.
>> A CANCER TO OUR PARTY,
MICHAEL.
DO YOU SEE THE LEADERSHIP GIVING
CHENEY AND KINZINGER THE BOOT?
WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE?
>> NO, THE CANCER TO OUR PARTY
WAS STANDING BEHIND THE BANK OF
MICROPHONES, IM SORRY.
I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL THESE
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
JUST GO AWAY, PLEASE.
JUST STOP IT.
THE REALITY OF IT IS, THE ONLY
MEMBER OF THIS PARTICULAR
CONFERENCE THAT HAS STOOD UP,
THE TWO MEMBERS THAT HAVE STOOD
UP AND MADE IT VERY CLEAR, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY,
THIS IS ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY, NOT
ABOUT SOME SILLY ANTICS STANDING
IN FRONT OF A BANK OF
MICROPHONES, ARE THE TWO MEMBERS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, LIZ
CHENEY AND ADAM KINZINGER.
147 MEMBERS OF MY PARTY IN THE
HOUSE VOTED TO OVERTURN A
NATIONAL ELECTION FOR THE
PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND THESE --
>> THERES NO SIGNS, AS YOU
KNOW, MICHAEL, THAT THEYRE
GOING AWAY.
>> NO.
>> AND WE SAW IT TODAY, THE
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVING THIS
PUBLIC TEMPER TANTRUM BECAUSE
THERES NOW A HOUSE MASK
REQUIREMENT SO THEY ALL GO
MARCHING IN WITHOUT THEIR MASKS,
RIGHT?
JUANITA, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, I
KNOW YOUVE BEEN IN POLITICS A
WHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, I
DONT KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS A
SMART STRATEGY FOR THEM.
>> THIS IS PATHETIC.
ALL THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ITS
GOING TO JUICE THE DONATIONS TO
THEIR COFFERS.
THIS ISNT ABOUT THE HEALTH OF
THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE
PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH IN THE
FRIGGIN CAPITOL.
THEY DONT GIVE A DAMN.
HOW DO I MAXIMIZE THE PR
SPECTACLE AND HOW DO I MAXIMIZE
THE CASH, WHEN I SEND OUT THE AN
EMAIL, SAYING, LOOK WHAT I DID
TODAY.
FOLKS AT HOME WILL BUY THIS
FILTH AND THEYLL PAY FOR IT.
A LOT OF THESE FOLKS WILL GET
REELECTED.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS
IS THE HARM, THIS IS THE CANCER,
THIS IS THE VIRUS IN OUR BODY
POLITIC THAT WE HAVE TO
ERADICATE, WE HAVE TO FIGHT
AGAINST.
BECAUSE IT DOESNT GET BETTER
FROM HERE.
>> ITS PART OF THE REASON WHY
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
INVESTIGATING JANUARY 6th,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> AND NOW WE HEAR, JUANITA,
THEYRE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
SECURING TESTIMONY FROM FORMER
TRUMP OFFICIAL.S.
THE WAY POLITICO PUT IT TODAY,
ITS MEMBERS SCORED A KEY WIN
THANKS TO A LEGAL OPINION FROM
PRESIDENT JOE BIDENS JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
THAT MEANS THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY
RESISTANCE FROM THE COMMITTEES
WORK FROM FORMER TRUMP EMPLOYEES
OR CURRENT EMPLOYEES IS NOT AN
IMPEDIMENT, THATS FROM
REPRESENTATIVE BENNIE THOMPSON.
SO THE CELEBRITY COMMITTEE IS
STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES.
BUT WHO MAKES SENSE TO YOU,
JUANITA, AS WITNESSES?
WHAT DO COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE
TO BE CAUTIOUS OF?
>> I FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO
MAKE THE MOST SENSE ARE THE
PEOPLE CLOSE TO TRUMP ON THE DAY
OF THE INSURRECTION.
HIS CHIEF OF STAFF.
ANYONE WHO WAS IN CONTACT WITH
HIM AT THE RALLY, AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD
BE FRONT AND CENTER.
I DO THINK THE COMMITTEE SHOULD
BE CAUTIOUS HOW MUCH OF A
DISRUPTION, IF THESE PEOPLE DO
DECIDE TO SHOW UP AND TESTIFY,
THAT THEYLL CREATE.
BUT ALSO THE REALITY THAT EVEN
THOUGH THEY DONT HAVE THE
PROTECTION OF THE DOJ LIKE THEY
DID WHEN TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE,
THEY WILL STILL FIND ANY AND
EVERY WAY TO WIGGLE OUT OF
PROVIDING TESTIMONY BEFORE
APPEARING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.
SO PIN YOUR HOPES ON GETTING
THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THERE BUT
INSTEAD BE PREPARED FOR WHEN
THEY DONT SHOW UP.
ALSO I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER
SITUATION WHERE YOURE GOING TO
HAVE POTENTIAL REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN
CONGRESS BROUGHT IN, WHETHER
THATS McCARTHY, WHETHER THATS
JIM JORDAN.
ANYBODY WHO WE KNOW HAS BEEN ON
THE RECORD SAYING THEY SPOKE TO
TRUMP THAT DAY, THEY SHOULD ALSO
BE EXPECTED TO TESTIFY.
AND I APPRECIATE BENNIE THOMPSON
SAYING, OH, WERE NOT GOING FOR
ANY WRITTEN STATEMENTS OR
COMPELLING THEM TO APPEAR, WERE
GOING STRAIGHT TO SUBPOENAS HERE
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE DOJ HAS OUR
BACK ON THIS.
>> LEADER McCARTHY, I THINK
WEVE GOT THIS SOUND FOR YOU,
MICHAEL, WAS ASKED ABOUT
POTENTIALLY BEING SUBPOENAED.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> Reporter: IS IT YOUR
POSITION, THE CONFERENCES
POSITION, TO FIGHT ANY SUBPOENAS
THAT MAY BE ISSUED AGAINST
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS INCLUDING
YOURSELF?
>> I THINK IF THEY HAD, UH, THE
FIVE MEMBERS THAT, UH, WE, THE
REPUBLICANS, WANT TO PUT ON
THERE, WE WOULD GLADLY GO.
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
DCCC.
WE SEE IT AS A SHAM, ITS NOT
SERIOUS.
>> I GET THATS A NO, MICHAEL?
>> KEVIN, KEVIN, KEVIN.
KEVIN.
IF YOU HAD TAKEN THIS SERIOUSLY
AND ACTUALLY ADDED FIVE
REPUTABLE REPUBLICANS, AND THERE
ARE THOSE WHO SERVE IN THAT
BODY, AT LEAST TWO OF THEM ARE
CURRENTLY ON THE COMMITTEE, IF
YOU HAD TAKEN IT SERIOUSLY, YOU
WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A DIFFERENT
POSTURE, BUT YOU DIDNT.
KEVIN IS JUST DOING WHAT KEVIN
DOES HERE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK JUANITA IS
EXACTLY RIGHT, DEMOCRATS DONT
NEED TO PUT A LOT OF HOPE IN
THESE GUYS SHOWING UP.
BUT HERE IS THE RUB.
I WOULD ENFORCE ANY SUBPOENA
THATS ISSUED BY THAT COMMITTEE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BEHIND THEM.
IF YOU THINK, "IM A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS," NO.
YOU HAVE THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
TELLING DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW, THE
PREP GOVERNOR OF TEXAS SAYING,
WHEN YALL COME BACK FROM
WASHINGTON, IM GOING TO HAVE
YOU ARRESTED AND HAULED INTO THE
HOUSE AND SENATE CHAMBERS TO
VOTE.
GUESS WHAT?
TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY, BABY.
GUESS WHAT, YOURE GOING TO HAVE
A DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN THAT HAVE
COMMITTEE ENFORCING THOSE
SUBPOENAS AND THOSE REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS, THE SERGEANT OF ARMS
WILL HAUL YOUR BEHIND IN FRONT