going to be more dysfunctional because of what kevin mccarthy has been already been willing to give away. and he has given it away and it hasn t changed a single vote to garrett s point as yet. charlie sykes, thanks for starting us off this hour. and thank you for the bulwark s writing on this. it s been phenomenal. rick, mara, stick around. we ll continue to watch this live vote on the house floor. kevin mccarthy already short of the votes needed to become speaker on the tenth straight ballot for house speaker. when we come back, fresh warnings about political violence on the eve of the january 6th insurrection. but officer michael fanone and other law enforcement and military veterans want house republicans to do about the troubling rise of extremism and the threat of violence. that s after a quick break. and later in the hour, incredibly good news today and the other big story this week. doctors say buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is showing, quote, remarkable improvement af
involving the excessive concentration of power. it doesn t feel that this is what this is all about, though. if it was you think? all of kevin mccarthy s concessions, his self-gelding over the last 24 hours would have moved some vote. right. it doesn t seem there is anything to negotiate other than when kevin mccarthy is going to present matt gaetz and lauren boebert with his head on a platter. right. there is nothing that he can give them at this point. so there is this certain just addiction to anarchy and chaos and nihilism that also runs through all of this. yeah, i mean, to charlie s good point about nick s good point, mccarthy s concede all the policy adjustments. he s conceded that one member can get rid of a speaker. he as already lost.
said he would lower the number from 5 to 1. he said he previously not accept that. congress and matt gaetz, he nominated donald trump for the speakership and described the power to remove the speaker as anyone, anywhere, anytime, raising questions about whether anybody whether it s mccarthy or somebody else can remain speaker for long. mccarthy has not moved the needle at all. he s failed to persuade anyone of the members who have been refusing to vote for him and vote after vote after vote over the past three days. the dysfunction that s playing out on capitol hill today, and we will debate if that s the right word anymore, on the second anniversary of the attack on the u.s. capitol is
something in exchange for their support. they have not. there is no price mccarthy would not stoop to pay, but they don t have concrete goals other than posturing as anti-establishment. there is no way for mccarthy to negotiate with people whose only aim is to be seen as opposing him. what is stunning is that this concessions to both the hard liners now and to trump over the past few years haven t helped him at all. things are getting worse for him. yesterday morning trump pout out a statement on his social media site to say quote for kevin. you know what happened? not one vote changed. mccarthy s detractors kept voting against him, fleefully. then went on fox news to talk about it, gleefully. they even slammed the ex-president s choice of supporting kevin mccarthy. charlie sykes writes this in the bulwark, quote, trump is not irrelevant because he still has the power to destroy.
bipartisan compromise on, because this is a party that has become less and less responsible in terms of its governing. so, yes, this right now is probably pretty harmless. it is democracy at itses meiest. but, again, this is being pushed by people who are prepared to throw bombs, blow things up and continue the kind of anarchy that we ve seen, you know, from them over the last two years. can i make a point? of course. sure. thanks, charlie. the constitution is very unspecific about this. these are all rules that are not in the constitution, that you have to elect a speaker before you can swear in house members, before you can take a vote. those rules can all be changed. one result of this might be this is catastrophic. electing a speaker is way harder than it is on voting on budget bills, whatever. let s change the rules so we can vote and we can be sworn in before or without electing a speaker. all of these things can change.