[ laughing ] democrats are taking rude, crude, and shouty congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s calls for decorum in the house as seriously as the republicans seem to be taking the threat to our economy with their manufactured debt ceiling crisis. but i m guessing our veterans and social security recipients are not laughing. plus, the longest january 6th sentence so far as oath keepers leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy. and later, ron desantis disastrous campaign rollout leads to speculation that pudding may have been clogging up the twitter tubes. yuck. but we begin with the republican lie that could plunge our nation off of an economic cliff. with just seven days until the united states could default on our debt, talks between republicans and white house representatives have yet to resolve the issue. but today, president biden made a very important point. it s time for congress to act now. i want to be clear. the negotiations we re havin
[ laughing ] democrats are taking rude, crude, and shouty congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s calls for decorum in the house as seriously as the republicans seem to be taking the threat to our economy with their manufactured debt ceiling crisis. but i m guessing our veterans and social security recipients are not laughing. plus, the longest january 6th sentence so far as oath keepers leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy. and later, ron desantis disastrous campaign rollout leads to speculation that pudding may have been clogging up the twitter tubes.
sentencing, rhodes took the time to endorse the man who brought him to the capitol that day, wishing for donald trump to win the 2024 presidential election. perhaps it has something to do with trump s promise to pardon many of his january 6th foot soldiers. rhodes is one of ten defendants from the oath keepers and the proud boys convicted of seditious conspiracy. kelly megs was also sentenced today. 12 years behind bars. i m joined by frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi and an msnbc national security analyst. great to see you, frank. i want to play what stewart rhodes defense team said after this whole sentencing wasover. here they are. based on the judge s belief of what the fact show and his recitation of that yesterday and today, i believe that was lower than what i thought he would do. lower than you thought? today. after today, i thought it would be higher. i anticipated much higher than an 18-year sentence, not
18 years, that is the sentence a federal judge handed down to elmrt stewart rhodes founder of the right wing extremist group the oath keepers. he was convicted of seditious conspiracy related to attack on the capitol. it s the longest sentence so far handed down to any of the insurrectionists. the judge said rhodes presents an ongoing threat to the country and to the republic and the very fabric of this democracy. yet, the judge chose to give rhodes less than the 25 years the prosecutors were seeking. which was well within the federal guidelines. it wasn t as if rhodes was showing any remorse in court today. the judge even said so. appearing in an orange jumpsuit, he called himself a political prisoner and said the only crime he committed was opposing those who are, quote, destroying our democracy. also notable during his
this is the republicans manufacturing the crisis. i support this president and we re going to back him up to make sure that he does not hurt vulnerable people, but let s just understand what they re doing, the republicans are doing to take advantage of a person who is very decent and trying to just make sure this country stays afloat. we will continue to watch this, and happy memorial day, we ll see how things go, and i ll join in thanking you for your service. thank you both. up next on the reidout, oath keepers leader elmrt stewart rhodes gets the longest sentence yet for his role in the insurrection, but many are saying it s not long enough. the reidout continues after this. a super thin, flexible ph with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. and did we mention, it really, really sticks? salonpas, it s good medicine.