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Jim jordan on the committee. >> antics, she called it. >> reporter: antics, right. democrats will not let their antics get in the way. she had nothing comparable to say about jim jordan sheechlt really did not want to get into detail about these two republicans. and lets just remember for a moment who they are. jim jordan, once upon a time, not that long ago, used to be seen as someone on the far right fringes of the house gop. but now within the caucus at least, hes in the mainstream as the res...

Water for one party or the other. in the case of jim jordan, he will be carrying water for donald trump. he alone is one of the most disruptive members of congress and will do as much as he possibly can to hijack this and be theatrical. >> i dont think that helps him in this situation, kirsten. i actually think it makes him look worse, especially if he carries on his antics and you see it publicly. >> yeah, and i think it looks worse for certain people. obviously it gins up the republican base, ...

Dangerous thing. yes, it affects the pandemic, but it also affects every other issue. it affects climate change. it affects the facts on guns. it affects our democracy. its fundamentally -- the ignorance that exists and the lies that have been spread are fundamentally destroying our democracy in this moment. and that, to me, as bad as the pandemic, the covid pandemic was, the virus of untruth is a much worse virus that were facing in this country today. >> matthew dowd, i owe you some extra time...

This is a vaccine-preventable disease. i think its all politics. you know, we have a super majority in the legislature. we have a governor who needs to run for re-election next year. we have a commissioner who has stated in the tennessean that she plans to run for governor or senator or get a white house cabinet position. its hard to imagine that my firing wasnt at least in part an attempt to placate those legislators and keep them on their side. >> wow. these antics begging a question. what doe...

Stated in the tennessean that she plans to run for governor or senator or get a white house cabinet position. its hard to imagine that my firing wasnt at least in part an attempt to placate those legislators and keep them on their side. >> wow. these antics begging a question. what does it say about the republican party and those who continue to elect lawmakers who are willing to put kids lives at risk for the sake of a political win? joining me, daily beast columnist wajahat ali. wajahat, there...

Political opposites have been percolating for a very long time. im not necessarily certain that it did start with january 6th. i would say that this is something that has sort of been bubbling up for maybe the past four or five years now. i think you are seeing an increase in this because you dont see enough leaders speaking against these types of antics and speaking towards more of a coalesce around and against these types of things and unity and bipartisanship that some people may find that it...

The hysteria over how to teach americas history with race has led to death threats and harassment. due in part to the gops antics of taking a college level course known as critical race theory and trying to gain political gain. as first reported by the boston globe, a teacher in 10 was fired for including a tan ahasse koets essay in his curriculum. priscilla thompson spoke with the boards chairwoman to find out why different perspectives on racism were fireable offenses. >> i actually attended m...

Idiot. what else did the late senator privately -- i think we sort of got an impression, right? its not as if he completely, you know, kept those cards close to his vest. but tell us about what he thought about him. >> yeah, yeah, i dont know that its really -- i know you guys love breaking news, i dont know its breaking news john mccain thought trump was an act hole, but he did. the interesting thing to me was, like many, i would be outraged daily by trumps antics and the things that he did as ...

There could be real world consequences. thats a consequence of what youre talking about, which is projecting this idea that he is still the president. there are a number of his followers who still believe that. the number of republicans who believe that the election was stolen or a sham or not legit has risen as he has continued to talk about this. so there are real world implications into what hes doing. >> how is rudy giuliani doing this morning? >> i think probably not as well as he was yeste...

There. thats where its going to get really interesting whether its a mo brooks speaking at that rally. >> how do democrats hedge against the idea this looks so partisan? i think weve compared this committee a lot to the benghazi committee which i think is its closest analog in structure. how do democrats make this look like a serious fact-finding committee and not like a circus, if thats the way republicans try to pull it? >> first of all, the benghazi committee started out as a circus. i dont t...