>>> ON EVERY ISSUE FROM PUBLIC
HEALTH TO THE 2020 ELECTION TO
THE FAKE OUTCRY OVER CRITICAL
RACE THEORY, THE GQP HAS
WEAPONIZED DISINFORMATION WHEN
THE FACTS AREN’T ON THEIR SIDE.
IN DOING SO, THEY’RE PUTTING OUR
DEMOCRACY AND OUR VERY LIVES AT
RISK.
YESTERDAY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
AND TRUMP STEWARD, KEVIN
McCARTHY, PROPOSED FIVE
REPUBLICANS TO SERVE ON THE
SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING
THE CAPITOL INSURRECTION.
A MAJORITY OF WHOM SIDED WITH
THE INSURRECTIONISTS ON JANUARY
6th BY VOTING TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION RESULTS JUST AS THE MOB
DEMANDED.
THAT INCLUDES CONGRESSMAN JIM
JORDAN, THE SCREAMY TRUMP
ADVOCATE AND DEFENDER OF THE BIG
LIE.
WHILE IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER NANCY
PELOSI WILL VETO ANY OF
McCARTHY’S CHOICES, JORDAN’S
HISTORY OF GRANDSTANDING
CERTAINLY MAKES HIM A GOOD
CANDIDATE FOR REJECTION.
JORDAN HELPED INSPIRE THE VERY
ATTACK HE’S SUPPOSED TO
INVESTIGATE.
A NEW BOOK BY CAROL LEONNIG AND
PHIL RUCKER SAID WHEN JORDAN
OFFERED HELP TO LIZ CHENEY, SHE
SMACKED HIS HAND AWAY AND TOLD
HIM, GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU
BLANKING DID THIS.
McCARTHY’S SELECTIONS MAKE CLEAR
THEY WILL TRY TO AN SECURE THEIR
OWN CULPABILITY AS WELL AS
TRUMP’S.
CONGRESSMAN JIM BANKS OF INDIANA
IS ALREADY UNDERMINING THE
COMMITTEE’S WORK.
HE’D RATHER FORGET WHO UNLEASHED
THE MOB AGAINST THE CAPITOL
BECAUSE ACCORDING TO BANKS,
NANCY PELOSI IS THE ONE TO
BLAME.
TODAY HE SUGGESTED THAT SHE LEFT
THE CAPITOL UNPREPARED AND
VULNERABLE TO ATTACK.
HE ADDED THAT PELOSI CREATED
THIS SOLELY TO MALIGN
CONSERVATIVES.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE SELLING A
BILL OF GOODS WHEN IT COMES TO
COVID FUELING BASELESS
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND VACCINE
SKEPTICISM.
IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT WE’RE
SEEING MORE COVID CASES AMONG
FOX NEWS VIEWERS WHO HAVE
WATCHED THEIR HOSTS DOWNPLAY THE
PANDEMIC DAY AFTER DAY.
IN FACT ACCORDING TO CNN, THE
WHITE HOUSE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN
IN PRIVATE TALKS WITH FOX
EXECUTIVES ABOUT THEIR COVERAGE.
THAT MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN WHY
SEVERAL HOSTS ON THAT NETWORK
ARE TURNING TAIL.
THEY’RE SUDDENLY URGING THEIR
VIEWERS TO TAKE COVID SERIOUSLY.
WHILE SEAN HANNITY AND STEVE
DOOCY HAVE CHANGED THEIR TUNE,
TUCKER CARLSON AND LAURA
INGRAHAM SOW DOUBTS.
THERE ARE REAL LIFE CONSEQUENCES
FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT HEED THE GQE
MESSAGE.
LINDA ZUERN WAS PROTESTING HER
STATE’S VACCINATION PROGRAM JUST
A WEEK AGO ACCORDING TO THE CAPE
COD TIMES.
WELL, SHE DIED FROM COVID
COMPLICATIONS ON FRIDAY.
JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER SENATOR
CLAIRE McCASKILL OF MISSOURI AND
CHARLIE SYKES, EDITOR AT LARGE
FOR THE BULWARK AND MSNBC
COLUMNIST.
CLAIRE, I’LL START WITH YOU.
SPEAKER PELOSI HAS A CHOICE NOW
OF ACCEPTING JIM JORDAN AND
CONGRESSMAN BANKS AND ALL OF
THESE OTHER INSURRECTIONISTS ON
THE COMMISSION OR SAYING
ABSOLUTELY NO.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE OUGHT TO
DO?
>> WELL, BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT
SHE OUGHT TO DO, I HAVE TO
SAY --
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪
YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB, MY
FRIEND.
WE ARE ALL LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO
WORK ALONGSIDE YOU.
MYSELF FROM TIME TO TIME, NOT AS
OFTEN AS I WOULD LIKE, BUT
CERTAINLY I’M VERY PROUD OF YOU
AND WHAT YOU’VE DONE OVER THE
LAST YEAR.
LIKE RACHEL SAID, LOOKING
FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS.
>> YOU KNOW I’M GOING TO NOW
PUSH FOR A CAKE.
>> I KNOW!
I FEEL SO BADLY.
I WAS TRAVELING TODAY, OF ALL
DAYS NOT TO HAVE A CAKE FOR YOU.
>> WHEN WE GET TOGETHER.
WHEN WE’RE TOGETHER IN PERSON,
WE’RE GOING -- WE’LL BAKE.
WE’LL DO A BAKE-OFF, IT WILL BE
FUN.
>> CAKE AND WINE, ALWAYS A
DEADLY COMBINATION.
>> I’M IN FAVOR OF CAKE.
>> SO I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I
THINK NANCY PELOSI HAS A TOUGH
DECISION.
SHE HAS SIX REPUBLICANS, THREE
OF THEM DID NOT VOTE TO OVERTURN
THE PEOPLE’S WILL AND THREE OF
THEM DID.
THE ONES OTHER THAN JIM JORDAN,
NOBODY IN AMERICA KNOWS WHO
THESE PEOPLE ARE OTHER THAN LIZ
CHENEY AND JIM JORDAN.
SO DOES SHE WANT TO SET UP A LIZ
CHENEY VERSUS JIM JORDAN?
I LIKE LIZ CHENEY IN THAT FIGHT.
I THINK MOST INDEPENDENT VOTERS,
MOST VOTERS THAT DECIDE SWING
DISTRICTS AND SWING STATES ARE
GOING TO COME DOWN ON LIZ
CHENEY’S SIDE, NOT ON JIM
JORDAN’S SIDE.
AND ALWAYS IF SHE TURNS THEM
DOWN, WHO KNOWS, SHE COULD GET
THREE LOONEY TOONS NEXT THAT
EVERYBODY HAS HEARD OF THAT ARE
REALLY INCENTIVIZED TO BE CRAZY
BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THEY
MAKE MONEY IN THEIR CAMPAIGNS,
YOU KNOW.
THE QANON LADY AND CRAZY BOEBERT
OR WHATEVER HER NAME IS.
SO I THINK IN SOME WAYS THEY CAN
WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE’VE GOT
THREE TO THREE IN TERMS OF
REPUBLICANS WHO BOUGHT THE BIG
LIE AND PROTECTED THE BIG LIE
AND THOSE WHO REJECTED THE BIG
LIE.
>> THAT IS A REALLY GOOD POINT.
THAT’S WHY WE LOVE YOU, CLAIRE,
THAT IS A GREAT POINT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FORGET WHO
JIM JORDAN IS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
TURN THE VOLUME DOWN JUST A
SKOSH ON YOUR TVs BEFORE I PLAY
THIS.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU WON’T
GIVE US WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
>> I HOPE YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE
NOT UNDER THAT IMPRESSION.
THAT IS NOT ACCURATE, SIR --
>> IT IS ACCURATE.
WE HAVE CAUGHT YOU HIDING
INFORMATION --
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE ALLOW
THE WITNESS TO ANSWER.
>> SO THE PROTESTS DON’T
INCREASE THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS.
>> I DIDN’T SAY THAT.
>> I JUST WANTING AN ANSWER TO
THE QUESTION.
>> MAY I ANSWER THE QUESTION?
>> YEAH, I’LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE
IN A SECOND.
>> YOU TOLD PAPADOPOULOS.
HOW DID HE FIND OUT?
>> I CAN’T GET INTO THE
EVIDENCE --
>> YES, YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU
WROTE ABOUT IT.
>> EITHER WAY, HAS KEVIN PLAYED
HIMSELF BY PICKING THE SCREAMING
MIMI HERE AND HAVING HIM SEATED
AGAINST LIZ CHENEY?
THIS IS THE GUY JOHN BOEHNER HAS
CALLED A POLITICAL TERRORIST.
IS THIS A PRETTY GOOD FIGHT THAT
NANCY PELOSI MIGHT BE LIKE,
OKAY, GOOD, I’LL TAKE IT.
>> MAYBE.
AND BY THE WAY, HAPPY
ANNIVERSARY.
IF YOU COUNT IT IN TRUMP YEARS,
IT’S LIKE A SEVEN-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY.
>> HE WAS PRESIDENT FOR 430
YEARS, CHARLIE, 430 YEARS HE WAS
THERE.
>> IT FEELS LIKE THAT.
LOOK, I GET THE -- I GET THE
POLITICAL OPTICS OF HAVING LIZ
CHENEY VERSUS JIM JORDAN.
I MEAN IT IS -- THAT IS NOT A
FAIR FIGHT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I DO THINK
THAT VOTING TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION SHOULD BE
DISQUALIFYING.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT NANCY PELOSI WOULD BE
COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED IN PLAYING
HARD BALL AND SAYING THIS IS NOT
A JOKE, THIS IS NOT A FARCE,
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A CIRCUS
SIDESHOW THAT KEVIN McCARTHY
WANTS IT TO BE, THIS IS GOING TO
BE A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION AND
THAT MEANS IF YOU SUPPORTED THE
BIG LIE, YOU CANNOT SERVE ON
THIS COMMITTEE.
I MEAN I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
PRINCIPLED POSITION.
I DON’T EXPECT THAT’S WHAT’S
GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT JIM JORDAN
SERVES NO POSITIVE ROLE IN ALL
OF THIS EXCEPT TO FEED RED MEAT
TO THE BASE.
AND BY THE WAY, WE GET A NEW CBS
POLL OUT TODAY SHOWING THAT 55%
OF TRUMP VOTERS BELIEVE THE
JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION WAS
REALLY ABOUT, QUOTE UNQUOTE,
DEFENDING FREEDOM.
SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO COUNTER
THIS, I THINK THE TACTICS HAVE
TO BE AGGRESSIVE AS OPPOSED TO
THIS ASSUMPTION THAT, WELL,
PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT CRAZY TALK
THERE IS AND THEY’LL RECOGNIZE
THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT
SEDITIOUS AND DON’T WANT TO VOTE
FOR THEM.
WELL, WE’VE TRIED THAT IN THE
PAST AND LOOK WHERE IT’S GOTTEN
US.
SO I DO THINK THAT THOSE MEMBERS
THAT VOTED TO OVERTURN THE