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Seem to align and battle of eta goes between who is going to be the face of the impeachment movement, which could be political mana to republican voters. why does he essentially fall into the impeachment plot, in your mind? >> thats the right question. it is going to be the key leverage point. in the office of jim jordan, because it is expected that he will join the committee leadership, that he would run the judiciary committee, which by the way is the committee that has jurisdiction for impeac...

Voters. why does he essentially fall into the impeachment plot, in your mind? >> thats the right question. it is going to be the key leverage point. in the office of jim jordan, because it is expected that he will join the committee leadership, that he would run the judiciary committee, which by the way is the committee that has jurisdiction for impeachments. he is therefore part of mccarthys leadership team at the moment, and so he has got an institutional vest, and an interest in making sure t...

Oversight committee, you seem ty outline a battle of egos between whos going to be the head of face of the impeachment movement which could be political mana to republican voters.re why does jim jordan fall in line with this impeachment plot to your mind? >> i think thats the right question. and it isti going to be the key leverage point. its expected hell run the committee. he is there for on a part of mccarthys leadership team and has an institutional vested interest in making sure that things...

Not soft headed enough to believe there is a constituency for it. but they arent exactly hiding it either. just ask republican congressman, jim banks, of indiana, the guy who heads up the committee responsible for setting up his partys agenda. >> should the debt limit marker be an opportunity for negotiations with the white house on issues like spending or should that debt limit just we put aside because its too risky to include that in political discussion? >> i think it has to be. its a major ...

Power, whats on their congressional agenda for the next two years. well, i am sorry to say, its a bunch of crazy, outrageous, and cynical stuff. give me 60 seconds to break it down for. you all from the gop horses mouth. start the clock. what do republicans want to do if they retake the house? listen to their own words. they say they want to investigate hunter biden -- investigate his father. they want to impeach president joe biden, impeach vice president kamala harris, impeach attorney general...

Joining us now to look at "axios" a.m., congressional reporter, elena, what is the "axios" one big thing today. >> we have reporting looking at how the house freedom caucus is plotting a return to relevancy after years of seeing the influence fade. one way they are doing that is by refuse to go say whether they will support kevin mccarthy for speaker if republicans take back the majority next year, and also using it as a leverage point, really, to see what they can get from mccarthy and others i...

Professional golfers? male professional golfers. theyll pga tour is sponsored, the largest sponsor of of womens golf in the world. not one word said about them? why are we the ogres? what have we done wrong? where independent contractors. we have a right to play anywhere in the world? >> tucker: its coolly not about principle so what is it? >> it is a monopoly. they want to shut us down. they will lose whatever leverage point they can. theyre not going to shut us down because the product speak f...

Arguable. they have found the correct leverage point. >> yeah. >> and they have found the correct portal through which to essentially pull the nation from a constitution democracy, to one in which power was decided in the streets. and the portal was mike pence. and a few of his advisors, and judge luttig, who basically said, you shall not pat, thank god. >> im so glad that you said one man. not one office. they didnt find the portal to the office of the vice presidency, because the quote that st...

Trumps throwing a tantrum. its like, for all of the weird incompetence, and bullying and the quickness of john eastman. the plan they happened upon, because they turned on one man. and the thought that the statute had given him on that day, they were not that far, and thats the thing that greg jacob said. they were not, but its arguable. they have found the correct leverage point. >> yeah. >> and they have found the correct portal through which to essentially pull the nation from a constitution ...

But had they gotten through, had they pressured mike pence, had they gotten mike pence, the phrase that quick jake abuse, was a good phrase, the constitutional jump-ball. there was no roadmap, if mike pence went into that joint session on january 6th, and set, under my constitutional authority, authority of electoral contact, i say that these electors are no good. and that, like, the what comes next question, it was stalking kate in those days up to january 6th. my wife was a constitutional law ...