these days, that people will overlook so much and still vote for folks. but kevin mccarthy has got a problem not just with this job, he s got a major problem from george santos. i think it s incumbent upon republicans to speak out more than they re doing right now. it seems to me that they really need to call for his resignation. five years ago, five years ago this year, iran against a guy named republicans, when all the issues came out about roy moore, there were republicans saying i am not sure we will receive him, i am not sure he shall be reelected. senator shelby said i will not vote for him. i will write in a good republican. those days are over, alison. we don t see that in the parties, especially with the republican party, where things are right now. they need the vote, they need the gavel, and mccarthy is in a tough spot right now, because you lose that seat, i believe, if there is another election.
you also hear what donald trump thought of the january six rioters. spoiler alert, and you will hear about the text that don junior sent to mark meadows the day after his father lost the election. there is basically a road map for how to unconstitutional keep trump in office. don junior says he cannot remember who sent him that text, but see if you recognize some of the unique language in the text as a clue. as predicted, there are new developments tonight and new laws from congressman elect george santos. you know the one, he s the guy who lied about his high school, lied about going to college, lied about working on wall street, lied about being jewish. tonight, more of his lies are been exposed, and you ll hear him in his own words, lie about his mother s death. but first, let s start with newly released portions about the january 6 transcripts. let s bring in cnn sarah murray. sarah, what have you got? look, we re getting more insight into the interview that donald trump jr. ga
tweets resurfaced, and santa s last year was responding to a tweet that said 9/11 was a victim crime. he responded by saying 9/11 claimed my mother s life. i am blocking you so i don t ever had to read this again. but just five months later, santos said, december 23rd this year marks five years since i lost my best friend and mentor. mom, you will live forever in my heart. so definitely some discrepancies here. of course, there are some first responders who develop health conditions and cancer after 9/11. we reached out to scientists clarify what role if any 9/11 played in his mother s death, but we have yet to hear back. yeah, there s also i don t think any evidence that is mother worked in the twin towers, much less that it caused her cancer. but in any event, his campaign website also made mention of. this santos has said repeatedly that his mother worked in the world trade center on 9/11, including, as you mentioned, on his campaign website. that reads, georgia s mother was in
romesh, why is it on a larger issue that republicans are willing to settle for such deeply flawed candidates. some of the candidates are laughable. some are so deeply flawed like george santos. between herschel walker, doug mastriano, this guy george santos, they can t find any republicans that are more serious minded and sane and rationally qualified? i think that there are some big underlying issues that you raise but santos is a very special case in that, in a sense, he s a failure on the part of both parties because neither party discovered all of this insanity on his part, all of this pathological lying until after he had been elected. if i am a democratic campaign strategists, i am rethinking some of the money i spent on opposition research, not having uncovered this. and you have to assume, i think, that had all this come delay earlier, that santa s would not have won the republican primary, let alone the general election.