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thank you so much for once again letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. "the beat" with ari melber starts rite now. >> thanks so much. welcome to "the beat." im ari melber, and we are tracking several stories for you tonight, including potentially remarks from president biden. but we begin right now with a mystery. consider that nobody really publicly has said they know exactly what secret deals were cut to make kevin mccarthy speaker. mccarthy is...

Department is helping volodymyr zelenskyy defeat the russian invasion. this is all about an enemies list. and weaponizing spending cuts can go after the enemies of the gop. in many ways, its very much in line with their war on woke corporations, the stuff that ron desantis is doing, going after liberal professors, crt. everything the gop is about now is going after enemies, including spending cuts, budget constraints, et cetera. >> so all very fair points. interesting points. is there any ration...

Explain to us why this made you think of groucho, and is there a policy problem with saying you want it stronger, defund it, you want it weaker, defund it, you dont want to change it, defund it? >> well, it actually reminds me very much of the famous phrase that you just played, whatever it is, im against it. that is basically the theme song of this gop. whatever it is, theyre going to be against it. and i think we have to sort of remember that this push to defund and for spending cuts, its not ...