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MSNBC host Brian Williams got some Twitter love late on Thursday after he seemingly trolled Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy s Mar-a-Lago meeting by debuting an exclusive video from their meet-up. Instead of actually showing anything from the pair s meeting on Thursday, in which they reportedly discussed the 2022 midterms, among other topics, Williams shared an iconic clip from
Jerry Maguire.
On Thursday it was reported that McCarthy had met with Trump at his Palm Beach, Florida resort, and many viewed the meeting as McCarthy pledging his allegiance to Trump as a good portion of the Republican party tries to move on following the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Joined by comedian Baratunde Thurston and political pundit Bill Kristol, Williams let his guests and viewers know they re about to see what I m told is the first exclusive video out of this meeting today between McCarthy and Trump.
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) completed a victory lap on MSNBC on Sunday for deciding to vote in favor of impeaching former President Donald Trump. According to Kinzinger, part of the Republican Party s problem is members refuse to distance themselves from Trump in the same way that he did.
MSNBC s Chuck Todd showed Kinzinger a picture of House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) standing side-by-side President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. According to Todd, this was a way for McCarthy to rush to Trump s side to say he stands with him. Your point about that picture is important, the congressman told Todd. It shows the former president is desperate to appear to look like he s leading the party and the problem is, until we push back and say that this is not a Trump first party, this is a country first party, in some cases, you may support Donald Trump in that hour, but in my case, I believe that s a whole new movement.
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WASHINGTON As the Republican Party wrestles with its identity in the wake of former President Trump, an Illinois Republican is out to prove there is a GOP voter base that wants to give up the division and conspiracy theories that he says have come to define the party.
“The biggest danger right now is that we’ve become a party that dabbles not just dabbles we traffic in conspiracies and we traffic in lies,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who on Sunday plans to release a video and website, country1st.com, to start the campaign.