political showdown happening on capitol hill it has nothing to do with trump. it s about the fight for leadership among both democrats and now republicans after paul ryan s announcement yesterday. to figure out who could replace paul ryan as speaker and who could replace nancy pelosi if she ever steps aside. but there s no indication that she s willing to do that. talk to me about some names that they re throwing out there. who could be paul ryan s replacement? the two names are kevin mccarthy and steven scalise. kevin mccarthy is viewed as the most likely successor for paul ryan. donald trump has considered him to be his chief of staff in the past. but he would have trouble getting the approval from the more conservative members of the freedom caucus. and they re the ones who you would need approval from to replace paul ryan. for nancy pelosi, the reps, are rep crowley, 56 from queens in new york and then steny hoyer, the same age as nancy pelosi.
that. kevin mccarthy would have a difficult time getting republicans on board, they think steve scalise is more ideologically in line with them. they don t feel the same about kevin mccarthy. trump loves kevin mccarthy. if it came down to it where he needed to intervene and stump for him or show his explicit support for kevin mccarthy, know egg might not win otherwise, we could fully expect trump to do that. what do you think the likelihood is that steve scalise will throw his hat in the ring, is it only if kevin mccarthy doesn t get the support he needs? that s what we re hearing. if kevin mccarthy looks like he s not going to be able to lock up the speakership, then steve scalise would more than likely throw his hat in the ring. we do know that steve scalise could feesly get the support of the freedom caucus over kevin mccarthy. day two of the facebook hearings with mark zuckerberg facing tough questions. after all the pageantry and all the hearings, do you think we re
out. we ve heard reporting that paul ryan said he wants to spend time with family. are we hearing any other reasons that he may have stepped aside and the time in which he did? there s obviously some speculation he was worried he would not be voted again as speaker of the house. his team and republicans maintain he would have safely been re-elected to congress in his first district in wisconsin, but we have seen this energy and enthusiasm among democratic voters across the country, especially for randy bryce, the man running against him. those things were weighing on his mind. though that will never be the public reason that s given for his departure. you talk about kevin mccarthy and possibly steve scalise being replacements for paul ryan. president trump fans of both those men. could we see him weighing in on who will be the next speak centre. that s the interesting thing. this is a situation that trump revels in, he loves the fights, he loves the drama. if it came down to it
million. scalise is raising money. the president is. money is not going to be an issue. i think we ll get close to the election and something will happen as in 1962, john kennedy was going to suffer enormous losses. then the cuban missile crisis happened and he didn t lose that many seats. we re so far away from the election. the republicans are downright now. paul ryan, very early on he took a principled stance against donald trump. it didn t seem to have much affect. donald trump tweeting complimentary things about him this morning. bottom line is what s it to trump that paul ryan is leaving? i think he likes paul ryan a lot. but kevin mccarthy is probably his closest friend on the hill. mccarthy, i assume is the front runner for speak. there s a contest of whether or not steve scalise wants to do it. mccarthy with shepard donald trump s agenda. meadows also close to the president. what really matters is do you hold on to the house and what
uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. well, thank you for watching this hour. i ll be back here at 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. my colleague stephanie ruhle will be back at 9:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. steve. good afternoon, everybody. right now on andrea mitchell reports, calling it kwiquits. paul ryan will not run for re-election. it adds to a growing list of retirements ahead of november s midterm elections. my kids weren t born when i was first elected. what i raeldsed if i m here for one more term, my kids will only