>> Steve: TERRIBLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ASHLEY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO TODAY AT NEWSPAPER THEY ARE OFFICIALLY GOING TO START THE
OFFICIALLY GOING TO START THE
11TH U.S. CONGRESS HE HAS
ALREADY MOVED INTO THE SPEAKER’S
OFFICE AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING
THE PHONES NEGOTIATING
WITHHOLDOUTS.
THERE ARE, SOME ARE SAYING,
BETWEEN 14, 15, OR 16 DIFFERENT
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE SAYING
ABSOLUTELY NOT TO KEVIN
McCARTHY.
IS HE ONLY AFFORD TO LOSE FOUR
REPUBLICANS.
WON’T GET IT ON THE FIRST
BALLOT.
ING.
>> Ainsley: THE GAVEL WILL BE
REMOVED FROM NANCY PELOSI.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID OVER
AND OVER THEY ARE SO EAGER TO
START THE INVESTIGATIONS AND
LOOK INTO THE DOJ AND FBI AND
ABUSE OF POWER ALLEGEDLY.
THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO LOOK AT
HUNTER BIDEN.
>> Steve: THEY HAVE LOTS TO DO.
>> Ainsley: THE ORIGINS OF
COVID.
FIRST THEY HAVE TO ELECT A
SPEAKER AND THEY DON’T HAVE THE
VOTES.
IF HE DOESN’T GET THE NUMBER OF
VOTES HE NEEDS ON FIRST "TIME."
>> Steve: 218.
>> Ainsley: SECOND VOTE.
FIRST TIME THAT’S EVER HAPPENED
IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.
>> Brian: THE QUESTION IS WHAT
DID KEVIN McCARTHY DO OR WHAT
DID HE PLEDGE TO DO OR NOT DO
TICKED THEM OFF.
THEY TALK ABOUT SWAMP.
LEADERSHIP.
IF YOU WANT A LEADER THAT
ACTUALLY PRODUCED OVER THE LAST
FOUR YEARS NO ONE HAS TURNED
OVER MORE SEATS AND BIGGEST
SURPRISE IN 2020 THAN KEVIN
McCARTHY AND SLIGHT MARGIN
THIS TIME IS HE ONLY LOSE FIVE
VOTES OR FOUR VOTES AND HE HAS
ALREADY LOST FIVE.
SO HE SAT DOWN WITH GAETZ,
LAUREN BOEBERT AND SCOTT PERRY.
NONE OF THEM LEFT THE MEETING
CONVERTED.
BUT INTERESTING, CONGRESSMAN
DONE BACON OF NEBRASKA SAID
MONDAY THAT A BAND OF MODERATE
DEMOCRATS WOULD WORK WITH --
REPUBLICANS WOULD WORK WITH
DEMOCRATS TO ELECT McCARTHY.
THEY ARE FRUSTRATED.
AS ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
YOU’RE NOT SAYING 50/50 WHO IS
GOING TO GET THE 51st VOTE.
THAT’S CONTROVERSIAL.
HE IS 85% THERE.
ALMOST EVERYONE’S THERE.
>> Ainsley: MORE VOTES THAN
ANYONE ELSE.
WHO ELSE DO THEY HAVE?
>> Brian: IF THEY SAID HEY,
LISTEN, HE WON’T DO ANYTHING ON
THE BORDER.
HE’S NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH
UNDER BIDEN.
HE IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING
TO GO REDUCE SPENDING.
ALMOST DEBATING THINGS THAT ARE
THEIR EGOS NOTHING TO DO WITH
AMERICA.
I’M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS.
THEY CAN’T GRAB ON TO ANYTHING
EXCEPT FOR I GUESS THEY WANT TO
GET A LITTLE BIT MORE NOTORIETY
IN THEIR LIVES.
>> Steve: ULTIMATELY, AND,
BRIAN, YOU MENTIONED DON BACON.
DONE BACON A REPUBLICAN FROM THE
UNICAMERAL STATE OF NEBRASKA,
WHAT HE HAS SUGGESTED THAT IN
THE PAST HE SAID WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE HELD HOSTAGE
HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE
BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
HE SAID YESTERDAY IF McCARTHY
BOWS OUT, HE MAY RUN A CANDIDATE
AGAINST SCALISE IF SCALISE IS ON
THE SECOND BALLOT.
HE SAYS THAT THE GUY HE HAS GOT
IN MIND, THE PERSON HE HAS
GOVERNMENT IN MIND IS CURRENTLY
IN CONGRESS.
BUT WILL NOT BE IN THE NEXT
CONGRESS.
AND SO THAT MEANS IT LOOKS LIKE
FRED UPTON, WHO IS LEAVING
CONGRESS.
NOW, THE BRILLIANCE OF THAT MOVE
IS THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS WOULD
VOTE FOR FRED UPTON, IS HE A
MODERATE.
HE ALSO VOTED FOR THE
IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD TRUMP.
SO, ESSENTIALLY, THEY ARE
PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AS A BACK
STOP.
HEY, YOU DON’T LIKE McCARTHY,
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FRED UPTON?
>> Ainsley: WHAT ABOUT ANDY
BIGGS.
>> Steve: ANDY BIGGS WOULD WOULD
BE ON THE FIRST.
>>
>> Brian: HE IS READY TO TAKE ON
MARK LEVIN THAT WILL REALLY
UNITE CONSERVATIVES.
>> Ainsley: MOTION TO.
IF I DON’T DO A GOOD JOB AND YOU
DON’T LIKE ME CAN YOU VOTE ME
OUT.
>> Brian: CRAZY.
>> Steve: TAKE FIVE PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT JUST ONE
PERSON.
ULTIMATELY THOUGH, IF THEY HAD
THAT VOTE, THEN A MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE WOULD STICK UP FOR HIM.
AND HERE’S THE THING.
>> Brian: TO ME THAT IS THE
CRAZIEST THING TO GIVE INTO.
>> HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO
YOUR JOB.
YOU HAVE 200 PEOPLE YOU ARE
GOING TO BE RELIGION.
IF FIVE DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU DO,
THEN YOU ARE OUT AND SOME
CONSERVATIVES WHO BACKED
McCARTHY SAID WAIT A SECOND.
WHY DID YOU AGREE TO THAT IF YOU
AGREE TO THAT, THEN HOW
EFFECTIVE ARE YOU GOING TO BE AS
SPEAKER.
YOU CAN’T KISS EVERYONE’S BUTT
IN ORDER TO DO THAT JOB.
YOU HAVE GOT TO DO WHAT’S BETTER
FOR THE WHOLE OR DARE I SAY
BETTER FOR THE COUNTRY.
>> Ainsley: PROBABLY SAYS I WILL
DO ANYTHING ONCE YOU BECOME
SPEAKER ONCE I’M SPEAKER I WILL
DO JUST A PHENOMENAL JOB THEY
WILL LOVE ME.
>> Steve: THAT RULE USED TO BE
ON THE HOUSE.
IT WAS NANCY PELOSI WHO SAID NO,
WE’RE GOING TO GET RID OF THAT.
SO THE "NEW YORK POST" HAS GOT
AN EDITORIAL, THEIR LEAD
EDITORIAL IS TO THESE RENEGADE
REPUBLICANS.
AND IT’S THE HEADLINE STOP
SABOTAGING McCARTHY’S BID TO
BE SPEAKER.
HERE WHAT HAPPENS THEY SAY.
THEY SAY OKAY, THIS IS THEIR
PLAN.
OF THE REPUBLICANS, THOSE
RENEGADE REPUBLICANS, THE
DISSIDENCE.
STEP 1, RATHER THAN HIT THE
GROUND RUNNING AFTER FOUR YEARS
OUT OF POWER IN THE HOUSE, DENY
PARTY LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY
THE SPEAKERSHIP BY HANDFUL OF
VOTES.
STEP TWO, WE GOT NO IDEA.
ACTUALLY, SO, WHAT IS THEIR
IDEA?
BOB GOOD, ONE OF THESE DISSIDENT
REPUBLICAN WAS ON WITH "FOX &
FRIENDS" YESTERDAY.
AND GRIFF JENKINS SAID OKAY,
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR
KEVIN McCARTHY?
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR?
WATCH.
>> WHAT WE’LL DO IS WE’LL BLOCK
KEVIN.
THERE THERE BE 10 TO 15 MINUTES
VOTE AGAINST HIM ON THE FIRST
BALLOT TOMORROW THAT WILL VOTE
FOR ANDY BIGGS.
BUT THEN I THINK YOU’LL SEE ON
SECOND BALLOT AN INCREASING
NUMBER OF MEMBERS VOTE FOR A
TRUE CANDIDATE WHO CAN REPRESENT
THE CONSERVATIVE CENTER THE
CONFERENCE CAN MOTIVATE THE BASE
AND INSPIRAL REPUBLICANS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND GET THE 218
VOTES.
BRING OUR CONFERENCE TOGETHER TO
FIGHT AGAINST THE RADICAL
DEMOCRAT AGENDA.
THE MOST EXTREME AGENDA WE HAVE
EVER SEEN.
GOING TO RESIST FOR A FEW MORE
HOURS WHAT I HAVE RESISTED FOR
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AS YOU
KNOW HE WOULD IF WE WERE TO PUT
FORTH A NAME RIGHT NOW OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS THAT, PERSON
WOULD SUFFER ALL OF THE ATTACKS
AND.
>> YOU DON’T HAVE A NAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY, GRIFF, YOU WILL
SEE THAT NAME TOMORROW ON THE
SECOND BALLOT.
>> Brian: GRIFF, JUST SUCH A
GREAT JOB.
JUST BECAUSE BOB GOOD REALLY
ISUP SET, REPORTEDLY BECAUSE BOB
GOOD WASN’T ENDORSED BY KEVIN
McCARTHY.
AND KEVIN McCARTHY FINANCED
THE GUY WHO WAS RUNNING AGAINST
HIM IN THE PRIMARY BECAUSE --
BECAUSE THE GUY.
>> Steve: HE WAS THE MINORITY
LEADER.
>> Brian: ALWAYS SUPPORTS THE
INCUMBENT.
FOR THIS GUY TO BE ANGRY HE
DIDN’T CALL ME RIGHT AWAY AFTER
I WON.
SO, IS THIS PERSONAL?
CAN ANYONE -- YOU SHOULD NOT
TAKE THIS JOB IF IT’S ABOUT YOUR
EGO AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL
AGENDA.
THE WHOLE THING SHOULD BE
SERVICE FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE
SUBSET IS YOUR PARTY.
PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THIS
HELPS YOUR PARTY.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIKE IDIOTS IN
FRONT OF THE COUNTRY.
>> Ainsley: EXACTLY.
REPUBLICANS NEED TO UNITE.
ITTHE DEMOCRATS DON’T HAVE THIS
PROBLEM.
THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE
MAJORITY FOR FOUR YEARS AND THIS
IS HOW THEY WANT TO BEGIN IT
DIVIDED.
>> Brian: CAN I JUST BUILD ON
WHAT YOU SAID?
REMINDS ME OF TWO YEARS AGO
NANCY PELOSI WITH A SLIGHT
MAJORITY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE
LEFT WING OF HER PARTY.
THEY CLEARLY DISAGREE WITH NANCY
PELOSI.
SO, TO THEIR CREDIT, THE SQUAD
IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT ON A
DIFFERENT PLACE THAN THE SPEAKER
SOME OF THE KNEW THEY GOT TO GET
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND WORK IT
OUT.
ALL THEY SAY IS HE IS A SWAMP
CREATURE OR HE DIDN’T DO THIS OR
I DON’T LIKE HIM.
THEY DON’T LIKE HIM.
THAT’S NOT AN AGENDA.
>> Steve: SO WHO ARE THE NAMES
AT THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS AND
THESE DISSIDENT REPUBLICANS ARE
TALKING ABOUT?
I SPOKE TO SOMEBODY VERY CLOSE
TO THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS LAST
NIGHT, THEY HAVE TWO NAMES.
STEVE SCALISE AND DONALD TRUMP.
>> Ainsley: BALLOT NUMBER ONE
THE VOTE IS TODAY.
YOU SAID AT NOON.
IF THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES,
IT GOES BALLOT 2.
IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON THAT
SOUNDBITE IT HAPPENS TODAY AS
WELL.
>> Steve: ABSOLUTELY.
KEVIN McCARTHY PRIVATELY HAS
SAID HE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN
HIS POWER TO STAY ON THE FLOOR
UNTIL HE IS ELECTED.
AND KEEP IN MIND AND FOR THESE
DISSIDENT REPUBLICANS, THERE ARE
RULE CHANGES THAT THEY HAVE HAD
IN THE PAST WHERE RATHER THAN A
MAJORITY OF 218.
THEY COULD SIMPLY GO FOR A
PLURALITY AND THEN KEVIN
McCARTHY WOULD WIN IF THEY HAD
THAT RULE CHANGE AND THEN ALL
THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD SAID NEVER
IN A MILLION YEARS, SUDDENLY HE
WILL BE THE SPEAKER AND THEY
WILL FIND A SLIM PICKENS ON
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS GOING
FORWARD.
>> Brian: NOW YOU KNOW WHY PAUL
RYAN THREW UP HIS HANDS AND SAID