JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT.
GOOD KNIGHT FROM NEW YORK.
KENNEDY: GET OUT NOW,
REPUBLICANS SOUND LIKE PHANTOMS
FROM A HORROR MOVIE BUT THAT'S
THE NEW BATTLE CRY FROM FED UP
WITH REPUBLICANS WHO WANT HOUSE
SPEAKER PAUL RYAN TO STEP DOWN
IMMEDIATELY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I AGREE.
PACK THE BAGS, PAUL AND DON'T
LET THE DOOR HIT YOU.
A NUMBER OF UNNAMED GOP
LAWMAKERS WANT HIM GONE SO HIS
SUCCESSOR CAN TAKE OVER BEFORE
THE MIDTERMS.
ONE SENIOR REPUBLICAN HOUSE
MEMBER THINKS HE'S GOING TO BE
GONE BY THE SUMMER.
AND THERE'S WORRY AMONG DONORS
THAT IF HE STAYS THAT COULD
FURTHER DIVIDE THE PARTY.
BUT JUST THIS MORNING PAUL STUCK
HIS FINGER IN EVERYBODY'S EYE
SAYING HE HAS NO PLANS TO STEP
DOWN NOW.
>> THERE'S NOT THAT'S COME CLOSE
TO BEING ABLE TO RAISE THE KINDS
OF FUNDS I HAVE AND STILL CAN
RAISE FOR THE MAJORITY.
IT'S OOB YOUSLY
IT'S OBV YOUSLY
IT'S OBVIOOUSLY
IT'S OBVIOUSSLY
IT'S OBVIOUSLYY
IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR INTEREST
TO KEEPING THE MAJORITY THAT
EVERY PLAYER IS ON THE FIELD
MAKES NO SENSE TO TAKE THE
BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OFF OF THE
FIELD.
>>
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KENNEDY: NANCY PELOSI IS ALSO A
FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
IS IT BETTER FOR RYAN TO FINISH
OUT HIS TERM OR DOES HE NEED TO
HIT THE ROAD AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
LET ME ASK SOMEONE ON THE FIELD,
FLOFERRED REPUBLICAN
FLORERRED REPUBLICAN
FLORIDRED REPUBLICAN
FLORIDAED REPUBLICAN
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FLORIDA REPEPUBLICAN
FLORIDA REPUBUBLICAN
FLORIDA REPUBLILICAN
FLORIDA REPUBLICACAN
FLORIDA REPUBLICANAN
FLORIDA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
MATT GATES.
SHOULD HE STAY OR GO?
>> SPEAKER RYAN SHOULD DO
WHATEVER HIS HEART LEADS HIM TO
DO.
KENNEDY: YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
>> I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
IF WE TAKE PAUL RYAN OFF OF THE
FIELD RIGHT NOW, INSTEAD OF
FINISHING STRONG, WE WILL
SHATTER INTO A BUNCH OF FACTIONS
FIGHTING EACH OTHER FN POWER.
PAUL RYAN CAN BE A CARETAKER OF
THE SPEAKERSHIP, GO INTO THE
MIDTERM STRONG AND I DON'T THINK
PUSHING HIM OUT EARLY IF THINK E
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO IS IN ANY
WAY DISSED A VAN
WAY DIS AD A VAN
WAY DIS ADVA VAN
WAY DIS ADVANVAN
WAY DIS ADVANTAN
WAY DIS ADVANTAGEOUS.
KENNEDY: I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT
FOR YOU.
IF PAUL RYAN HAS DONE A BANGUP
JOB, HIS CAUCUS SHOULD NOT BE
FRACTURED.
YOU SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND SAY
THIS IS THE PERSON WE STAND
BEHIND.
YOU'RE EXCITED FOR FRESH BLOOD.
SOMEONE IN THE UPPER ECHELON OF
YOUR PARTY IN THAT CHAMBER IS
READY TO BLEED.
WHY DON'T YOU GET BEHIND THAT
PERSON NOW SO YOU CAN COALESCE
AND CRAFT AN AGENDA.
>> I THINK IT'S THE SENATE
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WE'VE PASSED FUNDING FOR THE
WALL, PASSED REMOVAL OF
SANCTUARY CITIES, PASSED A
REPEAL OF OBAMACARE.
THE SENATE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
IT'S NOT PAUL RYAN'S FAULT THAT
WE'VE HAD A LESS THAN EFFECTIVE
REPRESENT.
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INFECTION.
IF PAUL RYAN CAN MAINTAIN
STABILITY, MAINTAIN SOME ORDER
WHILE WE ADVANCE THE PRESIDENT'S
AGENDA FOR THE REST TO HAVE
115th CONGRESS, I THINK THAT'S
ALL THE BETTER.
THIS IS A GUY WHO DIDN'T WANT TO
JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.
HE TOOK IT BECAUSE THERE WAS
NOBODY ELSE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
GET TO 218 VOELTZ.
KENNEDY: 218 VOTES.
KENNEDY: AND HEN COMPLETELY
ABANDONED HIS PRINCIPLES AND
PUSHED THROUGH A $1.3 TRILLION
BLOATED DISGUSTING OFFENSIVE
SPENDING BILL.
>> I AGREE.
I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT.
I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERY
DECISION THE SPEAKER HAS MADE.
BUT ANY OF THE PEOPLE THE
REPUBLICANS WOULD BACK ALSO
VOTED FOR THAT VERY BILL.
KENNEDY: I HAVEN'T CITED ANYONE
THOUGH.
>> YOU'VE CITED MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE WHO WANT TO REPLACE RYAN.
THOSE MEMBERS VEETED FOR THE
BILL
THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO STEP IN
TO BE SPEAKER NEXT VOTED FOR THE
BILL
KENNEDY: YOU HAVE SOME POWERFUL
ALLIES AND QUITE A FEW OF THEM,
MANY OF THEM DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE
BILL.
WHY DON'T YOU GET TOGETHER AS A
COALITION AND FIND SOMEONE WHO
IS ACTUALLY PRINCIPLED, WHO IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO STAND UP FOR
LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND FISCAL
CONSERVATISM AND RUN THE WHOLE
THING?
>> WELL, IT IS NOT THE EASIEST
THING IN THE WORLD TO FIND A
PRINCIPLED CONSERVATIVE IN
WASHINGTON.
SOMETIMES THAT'S THE LAST PLACE
WE LOOK.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS
VOTED FOR THAT TREACHEROUS BILL.
SO EVEN WITHIN OUR OWN
CONFERENCE THE PHYSICAL
CONSERVATIVES ARE OUTNUMBERED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T AS LIBERTARIAN
LEANING AS WE ARE AND WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO FINE SOMEONE
WHO WHO CAN UNIFY THE
INSTITUTION.
PAUL RYAN HAS DONE THAT.
KENNEDY: NO HE HASN'T.
>> LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN
DONE IN THE HOUSE.
KENNEDY: LOOK AT WHAT YOU
HAVEN'T GOTTEN DONE IN THE
HOUSE.
>> COMPARE THAT TO THE SENATE.
IN THE HOUSE WE'VE BEEN SO MUCH
MORE PRODUCTIVE ON IMMIGRATION,
BORDER SECURITY, ON HEALTH CARE,
AND EVEN ON TAXES WE'VE GOTTEN
MORE DONE THAN THE SENATE.
EVERYTHING WE DO GETS WATERED
DOWN OVER THERE BECAUSE THE
SENATE DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE
TOUGH VOTES.
THAT'S NOT PAUL RYAN'S FAULT.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY THE PRESIDENT WORKED WELL
WITH THE SPEAKER.
KENNEDY: ARE YOU RETIRING?
>> NOT YET, KENNEDY.
KENNEDY: AKNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE HEADING FOR THE EXITS,
INCLUDING DENNIS ROSS.
>> DENNIS HAS BEEN A GREAT
CONSERVATIVE AND I'M REALLY
GOING TO MISS PIM.
BUT LOOK, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
LEAVING WASHINGTON BECAUSE THIS
IS A PLACE WHERE WE'RE NOT
GETTING ENOUGH DONE AND WE'VE
GOT TO HAVE FIGHTERS WILLING TO
STAY HERE AND ENSURE THAT WE
DON'T ENGAGE IN THE GREATEST
WAVE OF GENERATIONAL THEFT AND
THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE
REPUBLICANS ACTING LIKE
REPUBLICANS AGAIN.
KENNEDY: IF THE PRESIDENT IN
FACT FIRES BOB MUELLER, WHAT
WILL THE REPUBLICANS DO?
HOW WILL THEY LINE UP?
>> I THINK HE SHOULD FIRE ROD
ROSENSTEIN.
AND I THINK IT'S TRAGIC THAT IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE AN
INSTITUTION THAT COULDN'T COME
TOGETHER TO PASS A REPEAL OF
OBAMACARE OR FUND A BORDER WALL
IS ALL OF THE SUDDEN UNIFYING
AROUND BOB MUELLER.
IT'S SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND
DEEP AND DANGEROUS WATERS IN THE
SENATE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP
HIM IN THE HOUSE.
KENNEDY: DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PROTECTING
THE PRESIDENT?
>> I HOPE SO.
I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE POINTED OUT
THE HYPOCRISY IN THE MUELLER
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, WITH ROD
ROSENSTEIN THINKS HE CAN OVERSEE
IT WHEN HE WROTE THE MEMO TO
COMEY.
KENNEDY: VERY LAST QUESTION.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
JOHN BOEHNER WHO WAS
ANTIMARIJUANA JUST SEVEN YEARS
AGO HAS COME OUT PRO-CANNABIS.
WHAT ARE YOU FEELINGS ON THAT?
>> WELCOME ABOARD, SPEAKER BANE
ESH.
BOEHNER.
BUT I HOPE THAT PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE TO LEIGH CONGRESS BEFORE
THEY WAKE UP TO THE REALITIES OF
CANNABIS REFORM.
KENNEDY: I HOPE HE CAN INFLUENCE
PEOPLE IN POWER RIGHT NOW TO
RESCHEDULE THE DRUG SO WE CAN