>> KELLY O’GRADY THANK YOU.
MEANWHILE POLICE SAY THAT
WISCONSIN CONGRESSMAN SCOTT
FITZGERALD JOINS US NOW FOR
REACTION.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TOIPGHT
BRING YOU A PIECE THAT WALL
STREET JOURNAL HAD IN EDITORIAL
BOARD THIS MORNING THEY SAID,
QUOTE, THE IRS MAKES STRANGE
HOUSE CALL ON MATT TAIBBI FEAR
OF MANY AMERICANS IS THAT FLUSH
WITH ITS NEW $80 BILLION IN
CONGRESS AND IRS WILL UNLEASH
FEARFUL POWER AGAINST POLITICAL
OPPONENTS.
TAIBBI DECIDES TO KNOW WHERE
THEY PURSUE WITH A STRANGE HOUSE
CALL.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE THREATS OR
INTIMIDATION TO YOU?
>> IT DOES.
I MEAN, MEMBERS OF BOTH
JUDICIARY AND THE COMMITTEE ON
WEAPONIZATION HOW IRONIC WERE
BRIEFED LAST NIGHT AT 6 P.M. AND
I’VE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU
WHEN CONGRESSMAN JORDAN KIND OF
LAID OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO MR. TAIBBI WE WERE
OUR JAWS HIT THE FLOOR.
WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
AND IN SOME INSTANCES I THINK
MOST OF US WERE ALMOST LIKE
YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
I MEAN, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH THEIR MINDS
KNOWING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
SHOW UP AT THE DOOR OF ONE OF
THE MOST HIGH PROFILE JOURNALIST
IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW?
AS A RESULT OF THE TWITTER
HEARINGS, IT WAS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE WHEN WE WERE
BRIEFED LAST NIGHT.
TAYLOR: AND THIS ISSUE OF
WEAPONIZATION FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES DOESN’T JUST RELATE TO
THE IRS.
WE’VE BEEN SEEING THIS OVER THE
LAST SIX OR SO YEARS.
FBI, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, OTHER
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AS WELL.
AMERICANS REALLY FEEL LIKE
AMERICANS CITIZEN THAT ARE
POLITICALLY CONNECTED IN SOME
WAYS FEEL LIKE THEY’RE BEING
UNFAIRLY TARGETED.
WHAT IS THE COMMITTEE DOING
ABOUT THIS CONGRESSMAN?
>> YEAH.
WELL LIKE AS YOU MENTIONED, THE
LETTER HAS BEEN FRRDED FORWARDED
BUT COMMITTEE ON WEAPONIZATION
IS CERTAINLY I THINK GOING TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS
NOT A MORE DELIBERATE WAY OF
ACTUALLY BRINGING SOME PEOPLE IN
LET’S PUT IT THAT WAY.
TO QUESTION JUST WHAT WAS GOING
ON WHAT ABOUT THE TIMING WHAT
ABOUT THE FOUR-DAY DELAY IN
ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO HIM
AGAIN.
AND WHAT ARE THE IRS PROCEDURES
WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY
SHOWING UP AT SOMEBODY’S HOME
LIKE THIS?
SO I THINK THERE’S A LOT MORE
GROUNDWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
BUT CERTAINLY THERE WAS A ROOM
FULL OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS LAST
NIGHT THAT WERE OUTRAGED,
SHOCKED AND SURPRISED, AND
YOU’RE GOING SEE SOME DELIBERATE
FOLLOW-UP THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT
IT.
>> CONGRESSMAN TOIPGHT SHIFT
GEARS FOR A SECOND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS THREATENING TO
VETO HOUSE GOP LED BILL TO
INCREASE DOMESTIC ENERGY
PRODUCTION.
THAT BILL SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD
HELP PEOPLE CONGRESSMAN THE
PRESIDENT SAYS, NO WAY TO MORE
DRILLING YOUR REACTION TO HOW
THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO DEAL WITH
THIS.
L >> WELL, AS A MEMBER THAT WAS
DIRECTLY EFFECTED BY HIS
EXECUTIVE ORDERS RIGHT AFTER HE
WAS SWORN IN, THE KEYSTONE
PIPELINE WAS BEING BUILT BY A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
AND AROUND BROWNSVILLE,
WISCONSIN.
AND I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW
DRAMATIC IT WAS WHEN 1200 PEOPLE
LOST THEIR JOBS.
LISTEN, HR1 IS COMPREHENSIVE.
IT DEALS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
AREAS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION THAT
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED ON NOW FOR TWO YEARS.
BOTH IN A MINORITY NOW THAT
WE’RE IN THE MAJORITY AND WE’RE
CONFIDENT, I THINK, NOT ONLY ARE
WE LAYING OUT A PLAN TO MAKE
SENSE TO THE VOTERS WHEN WE
ULTIMATELY GET BACK TO THE
POLLS.
BUT PUT THE PRESIDENT IN A
DIFFICULT POSITION BECAUSE
THERE’S GOT TO BE A FEW MEMBERS
OF HIS OWN PARTY THAT ARE A
LITTLE LEERY OF JUST OUTRIGHT
REJECTING WHAT’S IN HR1.
SO I THINK IT’S --
IT’S LONG OVERDUE.
AND I THINK THAT THE WAY WE’VE
APPROACHED IT AS A REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY IS WELL THOUGHT OUT.
>> WELL CONGRESSMAN PRESIDENT IS
OUT ON THE ROAD TOUTING HIS
GREEN ENERGY PLANS BUT HE’S GOT
NO TIME FOR THE ENERGY THAT
PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE TODAY WE’VE
GOT TO LEAVE IT THERE
CONGRESSMAN THANKS SO MUCH FOR