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Amazing. That guy is really bringing great work. These are regular American People who are disaffected and frustrated. I remember seeing this with al qaeda. And the taliban. Now, they dont have the same literacy curve that we hear, the exposure, the information and all that, which makes it even worse that people can fall for it, but they can. They can be, like, i support trump, you support trump and these people are trying to get him and heres how. One step and another step. And now the Republican Party is saying to people in their ranks, its okay to listen to these guys. Yeah. Its okay. Yeah. Well, you are what you eat. And its im serious. I cant explain to you i dont even have the words to tell you just how outraged i am and how just infuriating and frustrating the level of hypocrisy is right now. Were not talking about were not talki ing about fire brands. Right . There are fire brands in the Republican Party. There are fire brands in the democratic party. They say things that are provocative all the time but no one is saying to them, hey, you should be stripped of your committee. This is lies on top of lies on top of racist, on top of antis antisemitism, on top of all kin top of all kinds of things the leader Kevin Mccarthy is the majorityinority leader. Hes the leader of the Republican Party right now at least in the house. Guess what, he has cosigned everything that Marjorie Taylor greene has done or said by acting the way they did, voting the way they didding and doing what they did tonight. More heat on liz cheney than Marjorie Taylor greene, she gets a Standing Ovation . That where we are right now. So stop saying, republicans, the media is responsible for Marjorie Taylor greene. Dont paint us all with that brush. Yes, of course, i know not all republicans are like that. But your leaders are putting you in a very y you gave it a home. Amen. You dont get a pass. You gave it a hope. I hope the democrats are wise enough tomorrow to say, hey, representative Taylor Greene, come on down to the middle, i want to ask you questions about what it is you disavow. The jews Shooting Lasers after us from space. Thats not her. Lets see her disavow every single one of those things then explain why she said them. Let me just say this. Ive heard people saying why are you guys paying so much attention to Marjorie Taylor greene, right . Because they just tried to kill us at the capitol. Right. There you go. Thats why. What ill say is i had a neighbor call me and he said, chris, don, do you realize every piece i mail i got as a republican from the Republican Party had aoc on it, that they made her out to be yeah. The boogeyman. It worked. If democrats in this instance dont call out Marjorie Taylor gr greene, theyre not worth their site. I get it. The news media, if you dont call it out, youre not worth we have to call. It out in our own right. Last last night, when you were taking us beautifully through the the media operatives for this rabid right. There are a lot of people, a lot of people in uniform, many pen and women who wear that police uniform. Every single day of their lives. That didnt go unnoticed that it was covered on cnn. And on mns mns. Msnbc. Fox news did not cover it. They had snippets of it but didnt do wall to wall coverage as we did. They were too busy attacking us and talking about the lady who was unfairly ousted for going after lebron james. Yeah, thats an important story. It is if youre trying to code that race matters. Im joking. I never know with you, john. Your poker face is too good. I love you. D. Lemon, i love you, dont mess with me when im upset. I am, too. Were going to talk about it. Ill see you, brother. You guys ready . This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. We have breaking news. The moment of truth for the gop or will it be the qop . Not the grand old party. But the qanon old party. Is that what they want to be . The relevant, racist, crazy conspiracists. If thats who they want to be, thats who you are. Own it. Congratulations. Liz chain feney who has been fhg for her political life after she voted her conscience on impeachment. To retain her leadership post. Were not going to be divided and not be in a situation where people can pick off any member of leadership. Think about this. Sh she was in dijanger of losing h Leadership Position for telling the truth. The truth that the president incited the riot at the capitol and for voting to impeach him. She has eyes. She has a brain. So liz cheney survives, right, she survives, but its Marjorie Taylor greene who gets a Standing Ovation from qtrumplicans . Think about it this way. One democratic congressperson told me tonight, okay, really, really, i want you to think about this, they told me tonight that they see Marjorie Taylor greene as the Living Embodiment of what happened at the capitol on january 6th. They say if she werent a Member Of Congress that she would is been in the crowd. And thats why it is so insulting and outrageous to them. And ahead of the democrats forcing a vote tomorrow on whether to strip her of her Committee Assignments she offered a nonapology Behind Closed Doors tonight saying her past comments do not reflect who she is. Past comments that were bigoted, they were antisemitic, advocated executing fellow congresspeople. These werent comments that were made decades ago. In some ignorant misspent youth, right . But it was over the last three years and countless posts and videos. Yet, Kevin Mccarthy would have you believe that he doesnt even know how to pronounce qanon. Hmm. I think it would be helpful if you could hear exactly what she told all us, denouncing qano in, i dont know if i say it right, i dont even know what it is. Any from the shootings, she said she knew nothing about lasers, or all the Different Things that have been brought up about her. Okay. You believe that . No, you dont believe that, of course. He doesnt believe that. Lets just give him that that he didnt know what it is. So, he has been saying for what has it been a week now or so that hes going to have a conversation with Marjorie Taylor greene. So if youre going to have a conversation with Marjorie Taylor greene about what she said and her qanon beliefs, dont you think you would know about it as the leader whos going to be having the conversation with her, wouldnt you do your homework . Come on, Kevin Mccarthy. Turnip truck. Didnt fall off yesterday. That is insulting. Think about that. Qanon, i dont know what it is. If you were going to be the one who has to talk to this member and figure out what to do with her assignments because of her beliefs as a qanon person, wouldnt you at least figure out what qanon is . He knows. But he thinks youre stupid. But now Marjorie Taylor greene says that those comments dont reflect who she is. And for that, the qop, the qanon old party, their conference gave a Standing Ovation to a known bigot and Conspiracy Theorist. Let me just remind you what theyre cheering for when they cheer Marjorie Taylor greene. Let me just remind you of those past comments that shes that he says he doesnt really understand, doesnt know about the whatever. And that she says doesnt reflect who she is. The socalled plane that crashed into the pentagon, its odd theres never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. There is an islamic invasion into our Government Offices right now. Kennedy getting killed in the plane crash. Thats another one of those clinton murders. Right . Hmm. 9 11. You know what 9 11 means to all of us, to everyone in this country, to the world. You know that. But to her, it wasnt real . Hmm. She harassed david hogg. David hogg is a parkland shooting survivor. Teenager. I remind you, teenager. She harassed him inside the capitol in 2019 before she was elected to congress. How do you get so much Media Coverage for your group . Who pays for this . Im a mbusiness owner. Im a mom. Enough is enough enough is enough hmm. Teenager, do you have a teenager in your family . Child. Relative. Did you have one . How would you feel if someone harassed them that way . How would you feel . Shes a Member Of Congress. She said this about muslims living in the united states. If you want islam and sharia law, you stay over there in the middle east. You stay there and you go to mecca and do all your thing and, you know what, you can have a whole bunch of wives or goats or sheep or whatever you want. You stay over there. But in america, see, we made it this great, great country. We dont want it messed up. Hmm. Comments dont reflect who she is. So many of them. Thats what republicans excuse me, thats what qtrumplicans are applauding when they applaud Marjorie Taylor greene. The qanon caucus in action. Multiple republicans coming to her defense. More than nose who spoke out for liz cheney. One Freedom Caucus member reportedly said seeing cheneys Impeachment Vote was, and im quoting here, like seeing your girlfriend in the opposing teams stands. Republican women yelling liz isnt your girlfriend. What happened to the party of values, Family Values . What happened to character . What happened to personal responsibility . The Qtrumplican Party had a chance to make a clean break after deranged conspiracies led to a deadly insurrection. But facts are facts. They want the crazy. The crazyies, not a bug. They applaud it. This is the whole thing in a nutshell. They wanted liz cheney to apologize for telling the truth and Marjorie Taylor greene doesnt need to apologize for lying. For threatening. And reveling, they are, in the chaos that she is causing. Thats where the Qtrumplican Party is right now. The Minority Leader paralyzed in the face of the Qanon Congresswoman. Whos really in charge in whos really in charge . In fact, that hasnt escaped the notice of House Speaker nancy pelosi who put out a statement just today calling him the Minority Leader of q california. How can the Republican Party excuse me, the Qtrumplican Party, go forward if they cant handle their own members . Kevin mccarthy says that he wants to lower the temperature but then does nothing about it. And then theres lindsey graham. Rather than me talking about what she may have said, i want to hear from her. You want to hear from her . Linsey, you want to hear from her . You havent heard enough from her already . Havent we heard enough of her racist, antisemitic, islamophobic garbage . Havent we heard enough of her attacks on a teenage School Shooting survivor . Her support for executing democrats . What about her tweets just today filled with more lies about democrats. What about her interview with the Washington Examiner calling democrats stupid and calling Mitch Mcconnell mr. Big turtle. Lindsey, thats today. How much more do you need to hear . Weve heard plenty from Marjorie Taylor greene. Given everything that we have heard that the qop is paralyzed. What they dont repudiate, they enable. Their words matter. The South Carolina mom, former qanon fan, tells cnns Donie Osullivan this. When you see the Republican Party failing to call out a Conspiracy Theorist like Marjorie Taylor greene uhhuh. What message do you think that sends . I think its saying that theres some truth in whats in there. If theyre not going to call her out on it, then everyone else believing it, theres got to be some sort of truth. And then if theres some truth, why would anybody leave . So youre saying that if Senior Republicans arent calling this out, theyre essentially endorsing it in some way. Uhhuh. Yeah. I think that anybody that has an affiliation with, like, a qanon conspiracy, they have no Business Being in government because its dangerous. Things have the potential to get very dangerous with them because they are thinking that theyre going to have to fight for this country. And now the Qtrumplican Party is seemingly going to go down that dangerous path. What they dont repudiate, they enable. This tweet from marco rubio, the most this is the most marco rubio thing ever. Admitting its legit to report on a politicians Conspiracy Theories but going on to say, dont make them famous. As if the problem is reporting the truth and not the horrible things that Marjorie Taylor greene has said and done. In the middle of all this, there is this Kevin Mccarthy tweet just today paying tribute to brian sicknick. The Capitol Police officer who lost his life fighting the rioters on january 6th. Officer sicknick is an american hero. He made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our democracy. He defserves to be honored. But i want you to look at that tweet again. Okay . Look at that tweet again. For Kevin Mccarthy to tweet about the violent mob that desecrated the capitol while he pals around with the president who incited that mob is. Is a really stunning example of trying to have it both ways. He had to run to maralago with his tail tucked between his legs after one failed attempt to embrace the truth that we all know. The truth we all saw on that dark day. Theres responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. Just a week later, he backed down. I dont believe you provoked him, you listened to whae he said at the rally. If the Republican Party Dis Disavow Qanon and Marjorie Taylor greene, how can you ever excise what Mitch Mcconnell called a cancer on the gop . Instead, we get. With the ridiculous claim that democrats like ilhan omar are somehow the same as Marjorie Taylor greene. Were talking about statements that were made before she was even ever a candidate to congress. And that that, i think, has some bearing here. On the other hand, you have statements from ilhan omar and actually from nancy pelosi or Maxine Waters, representative pressley, a whole plethora of folks who while theyre sitting here that made offensive or dangerous statements as well. And were really trying to say, look, this is good for the goose, its good for the gander. Hmm. Look, i remember that ilhan omar, republicans were outraged, she had to apologize. Marjorie Taylor Greene has not apol apol apologized. Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsed executing democrats. Executing them. None of those democrats have ever said anything remotely like that. So what happened to judging people on their own merits . Huh . What aboutism. Stop the What Aboutism. Know what, when i mentioned to chris just moments ago about there are fire brands in both parties, no one is talking about stripping moe brooks of his committees or matt gaetz. Why you bringing up Maxine Waters . Its because you dont want to focus on your own mess. You dont want to clean up your own house. Literally. An existential crisis of your own making. This What Aboutism is just a lie. And its not deserving of the American Peoples attention. The American People deserve better right now. Were in the middle of a pandemic. People are dying. The economy is in the tank. But What Aboutism. Is that really what you want to do . Its dangerous. It was just one month ago a Mob Incited By The Former president s lies attacked the capitol. This is a time when the Qtrumplican Party needs to stands up for the truth. What they dont repudiate, they enable. They embrace. They applaud. They become. So, Qanon Congresswoman American People<\/a> who are disaffected and frustrated. I remember seeing this with al qaeda. And the taliban. Now, they dont have the same literacy curve that we hear, the exposure, the information and all that, which makes it even worse that people can fall for it, but they can. They can be, like, i support trump, you support trump and these people are trying to get him and heres how. One step and another step. And now the Republican Party<\/a> is saying to people in their ranks, its okay to listen to these guys. Yeah. Its okay. Yeah. Well, you are what you eat. And its im serious. I cant explain to you i dont even have the words to tell you just how outraged i am and how just infuriating and frustrating the level of hypocrisy is right now. Were not talking about were not talki ing about fire brands. Right . There are fire brands in the Republican Party<\/a>. There are fire brands in the democratic party. They say things that are provocative all the time but no one is saying to them, hey, you should be stripped of your committee. This is lies on top of lies on top of racist, on top of antis antisemitism, on top of all kin top of all kinds of things the leader Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> is the majorityinority leader. Hes the leader of the Republican Party<\/a> right now at least in the house. Guess what, he has cosigned everything that Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene has done or said by acting the way they did, voting the way they didding and doing what they did tonight. More heat on liz cheney than Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene, she gets a Standing Ovation<\/a> . That where we are right now. So stop saying, republicans, the media is responsible for Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene. Dont paint us all with that brush. Yes, of course, i know not all republicans are like that. But your leaders are putting you in a very y you gave it a home. Amen. You dont get a pass. You gave it a hope. I hope the democrats are wise enough tomorrow to say, hey, representative Taylor Greene<\/a>, come on down to the middle, i want to ask you questions about what it is you disavow. The jews Shooting Lasers<\/a> after us from space. Thats not her. Lets see her disavow every single one of those things then explain why she said them. Let me just say this. Ive heard people saying why are you guys paying so much attention to Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene, right . Because they just tried to kill us at the capitol. Right. There you go. Thats why. What ill say is i had a neighbor call me and he said, chris, don, do you realize every piece i mail i got as a republican from the Republican Party<\/a> had aoc on it, that they made her out to be yeah. The boogeyman. It worked. If democrats in this instance dont call out Marjorie Taylor<\/a> gr greene, theyre not worth their site. I get it. The news media, if you dont call it out, youre not worth we have to call. It out in our own right. Last last night, when you were taking us beautifully through the the media operatives for this rabid right. There are a lot of people, a lot of people in uniform, many pen and women who wear that police uniform. Every single day of their lives. That didnt go unnoticed that it was covered on cnn. And on mns mns. Msnbc. Fox news did not cover it. They had snippets of it but didnt do wall to wall coverage as we did. They were too busy attacking us and talking about the lady who was unfairly ousted for going after lebron james. Yeah, thats an important story. It is if youre trying to code that race matters. Im joking. I never know with you, john. Your poker face is too good. I love you. D. Lemon, i love you, dont mess with me when im upset. I am, too. Were going to talk about it. Ill see you, brother. You guys ready . This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. We have breaking news. The moment of truth for the gop or will it be the qop . Not the grand old party. But the qanon old party. Is that what they want to be . The relevant, racist, crazy conspiracists. If thats who they want to be, thats who you are. Own it. Congratulations. Liz chain feney who has been fhg for her political life after she voted her conscience on impeachment. To retain her leadership post. Were not going to be divided and not be in a situation where people can pick off any member of leadership. Think about this. Sh she was in dijanger of losing h Leadership Position<\/a> for telling the truth. The truth that the president incited the riot at the capitol and for voting to impeach him. She has eyes. She has a brain. So liz cheney survives, right, she survives, but its Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene who gets a Standing Ovation<\/a> from qtrumplicans . Think about it this way. One democratic congressperson told me tonight, okay, really, really, i want you to think about this, they told me tonight that they see Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene as the Living Embodiment<\/a> of what happened at the capitol on january 6th. They say if she werent a Member Of Congress<\/a> that she would is been in the crowd. And thats why it is so insulting and outrageous to them. And ahead of the democrats forcing a vote tomorrow on whether to strip her of her Committee Assignments<\/a> she offered a nonapology Behind Closed Doors<\/a> tonight saying her past comments do not reflect who she is. Past comments that were bigoted, they were antisemitic, advocated executing fellow congresspeople. These werent comments that were made decades ago. In some ignorant misspent youth, right . But it was over the last three years and countless posts and videos. Yet, Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> would have you believe that he doesnt even know how to pronounce qanon. Hmm. I think it would be helpful if you could hear exactly what she told all us, denouncing qano in, i dont know if i say it right, i dont even know what it is. Any from the shootings, she said she knew nothing about lasers, or all the Different Things<\/a> that have been brought up about her. Okay. You believe that . No, you dont believe that, of course. He doesnt believe that. Lets just give him that that he didnt know what it is. So, he has been saying for what has it been a week now or so that hes going to have a conversation with Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene. So if youre going to have a conversation with Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene about what she said and her qanon beliefs, dont you think you would know about it as the leader whos going to be having the conversation with her, wouldnt you do your homework . Come on, Kevin Mccarthy<\/a>. Turnip truck. Didnt fall off yesterday. That is insulting. Think about that. Qanon, i dont know what it is. If you were going to be the one who has to talk to this member and figure out what to do with her assignments because of her beliefs as a qanon person, wouldnt you at least figure out what qanon is . He knows. But he thinks youre stupid. But now Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene says that those comments dont reflect who she is. And for that, the qop, the qanon old party, their conference gave a Standing Ovation<\/a> to a known bigot and Conspiracy Theorist<\/a>. Let me just remind you what theyre cheering for when they cheer Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene. Let me just remind you of those past comments that shes that he says he doesnt really understand, doesnt know about the whatever. And that she says doesnt reflect who she is. The socalled plane that crashed into the pentagon, its odd theres never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. There is an islamic invasion into our Government Offices<\/a> right now. Kennedy getting killed in the plane crash. Thats another one of those clinton murders. Right . Hmm. 9 11. You know what 9 11 means to all of us, to everyone in this country, to the world. You know that. But to her, it wasnt real . Hmm. She harassed david hogg. David hogg is a parkland shooting survivor. Teenager. I remind you, teenager. She harassed him inside the capitol in 2019 before she was elected to congress. How do you get so much Media Coverage<\/a> for your group . Who pays for this . Im a mbusiness owner. Im a mom. Enough is enough enough is enough hmm. Teenager, do you have a teenager in your family . Child. Relative. Did you have one . How would you feel if someone harassed them that way . How would you feel . Shes a Member Of Congress<\/a>. She said this about muslims living in the united states. If you want islam and sharia law, you stay over there in the middle east. You stay there and you go to mecca and do all your thing and, you know what, you can have a whole bunch of wives or goats or sheep or whatever you want. You stay over there. But in america, see, we made it this great, great country. We dont want it messed up. Hmm. Comments dont reflect who she is. So many of them. Thats what republicans excuse me, thats what qtrumplicans are applauding when they applaud Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene. The qanon caucus in action. Multiple republicans coming to her defense. More than nose who spoke out for liz cheney. One Freedom Caucus<\/a> member reportedly said seeing cheneys Impeachment Vote<\/a> was, and im quoting here, like seeing your girlfriend in the opposing teams stands. Republican women yelling liz isnt your girlfriend. What happened to the party of values, Family Values<\/a> . What happened to character . What happened to personal responsibility . The Qtrumplican Party<\/a> had a chance to make a clean break after deranged conspiracies led to a deadly insurrection. But facts are facts. They want the crazy. The crazyies, not a bug. They applaud it. This is the whole thing in a nutshell. They wanted liz cheney to apologize for telling the truth and Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene doesnt need to apologize for lying. For threatening. And reveling, they are, in the chaos that she is causing. Thats where the Qtrumplican Party<\/a> is right now. The Minority Leader<\/a> paralyzed in the face of the Qanon Congresswoman<\/a>. Whos really in charge in whos really in charge . In fact, that hasnt escaped the notice of House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi who put out a statement just today calling him the Minority Leader<\/a> of q california. How can the Republican Party<\/a> excuse me, the Qtrumplican Party<\/a>, go forward if they cant handle their own members . Kevin mccarthy says that he wants to lower the temperature but then does nothing about it. And then theres lindsey graham. Rather than me talking about what she may have said, i want to hear from her. You want to hear from her . Linsey, you want to hear from her . You havent heard enough from her already . Havent we heard enough of her racist, antisemitic, islamophobic garbage . Havent we heard enough of her attacks on a teenage School Shooting<\/a> survivor . Her support for executing democrats . What about her tweets just today filled with more lies about democrats. What about her interview with the Washington Examiner<\/a> calling democrats stupid and calling Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> mr. Big turtle. Lindsey, thats today. How much more do you need to hear . Weve heard plenty from Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene. Given everything that we have heard that the qop is paralyzed. What they dont repudiate, they enable. Their words matter. The South Carolina<\/a> mom, former qanon fan, tells cnns Donie Osullivan<\/a> this. When you see the Republican Party<\/a> failing to call out a Conspiracy Theorist<\/a> like Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene uhhuh. What message do you think that sends . I think its saying that theres some truth in whats in there. If theyre not going to call her out on it, then everyone else believing it, theres got to be some sort of truth. And then if theres some truth, why would anybody leave . So youre saying that if Senior Republicans<\/a> arent calling this out, theyre essentially endorsing it in some way. Uhhuh. Yeah. I think that anybody that has an affiliation with, like, a qanon conspiracy, they have no Business Being<\/a> in government because its dangerous. Things have the potential to get very dangerous with them because they are thinking that theyre going to have to fight for this country. And now the Qtrumplican Party<\/a> is seemingly going to go down that dangerous path. What they dont repudiate, they enable. This tweet from marco rubio, the most this is the most marco rubio thing ever. Admitting its legit to report on a politicians Conspiracy Theories<\/a> but going on to say, dont make them famous. As if the problem is reporting the truth and not the horrible things that Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene has said and done. In the middle of all this, there is this Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> tweet just today paying tribute to brian sicknick. The Capitol Police<\/a> officer who lost his life fighting the rioters on january 6th. Officer sicknick is an american hero. He made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our democracy. He defserves to be honored. But i want you to look at that tweet again. Okay . Look at that tweet again. For Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> to tweet about the violent mob that desecrated the capitol while he pals around with the president who incited that mob is. Is a really stunning example of trying to have it both ways. He had to run to maralago with his tail tucked between his legs after one failed attempt to embrace the truth that we all know. The truth we all saw on that dark day. Theres responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. Just a week later, he backed down. I dont believe you provoked him, you listened to whae he said at the rally. If the Republican Party<\/a> Dis Disavow Qanon<\/a> and Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene, how can you ever excise what Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> called a cancer on the gop . Instead, we get. With the ridiculous claim that democrats like ilhan omar are somehow the same as Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene. Were talking about statements that were made before she was even ever a candidate to congress. And that that, i think, has some bearing here. On the other hand, you have statements from ilhan omar and actually from nancy pelosi or Maxine Waters<\/a>, representative pressley, a whole plethora of folks who while theyre sitting here that made offensive or dangerous statements as well. And were really trying to say, look, this is good for the goose, its good for the gander. Hmm. Look, i remember that ilhan omar, republicans were outraged, she had to apologize. Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> has not apol apol apologized. Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> endorsed executing democrats. Executing them. None of those democrats have ever said anything remotely like that. So what happened to judging people on their own merits . Huh . What aboutism. Stop the What Aboutism<\/a>. Know what, when i mentioned to chris just moments ago about there are fire brands in both parties, no one is talking about stripping moe brooks of his committees or matt gaetz. Why you bringing up Maxine Waters<\/a> . Its because you dont want to focus on your own mess. You dont want to clean up your own house. Literally. An existential crisis of your own making. This What Aboutism<\/a> is just a lie. And its not deserving of the American People<\/a>s attention. The American People<\/a> deserve better right now. Were in the middle of a pandemic. People are dying. The economy is in the tank. But What Aboutism<\/a>. Is that really what you want to do . Its dangerous. It was just one month ago a Mob Incited By The Former<\/a> president s lies attacked the capitol. This is a time when the Qtrumplican Party<\/a> needs to stands up for the truth. What they dont repudiate, they enable. They embrace. They applaud. They become. So, Qanon Congresswoman<\/a> Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene gets a Standing Ovation<\/a>. Even though just yesterday she told Sebastian Gorka<\/a> of all people that she doesnt think that she has anything to apologize for. Whats next . After the break. Its an important time to save. With priceline, you can get up to 60 off amazing hotels. And when you get a big deal. You feel like a big deal. Priceline. Every trip is a big deal. This is the planning effect. As carla thinks about retirement, shell wonder, what if i could retire sooner . And so shell get some advice from fidelity, and fidelity will help her explore some different scenarios, like saving more every month. And that has carla feeling so confident that she can enjoy her dream. Right now. Thats the planning effect, from fidelity. And were back. Liz cheney surviving a key vote tonight keeping her Leadership Position<\/a> after voting to impeach the former president for inciting the capitol insurrection. Meantime, Qanon Congresswoman<\/a> Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene who faces a vote tomorrow that could strip her of her Committee Assignments<\/a> gets a Standing Ovation<\/a> from colleagues tonight. A lot to discuss with cnn political director David Chalian<\/a> and our chief political analyst gloria goborger. You know how i love having both of you here. This is an important night so thank you both for appearing. Gloria, im going to start with you. Cheney prevailed but after taking incoming for hours while Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene, a Conspiracy Theorist<\/a>, says her disgusting posts dent reflect who she is and gets a Standing Ovation<\/a> from half the caucus. What are we watching happening here . Well, this evening was remarkable as you say. What were watching in The Big Picture<\/a> is a Republican Party<\/a> at war with itself. Were also seeing a party in various stages of moral disintegration. The fact that they debated for hours liz cheneys decision to cast a vote of conscience about president ial impeachment and let gave Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene the floor let her chat a little bit about how maybe she didnt believe what were in her deranged posts anymore, and then lots of members of the caucus, maybe it was half of them, stood up and gave her a Standing Ovation<\/a> is stunning. Now, the good news here, of course, is that liz cheney survived handily. I think she won almost tw twothirds of the conference but it was a secret ballot, don. Uhhuh. Now, those people, those republicans all know that donald trump wanted Liz Cheney Out<\/a> of leadership. I wonder if this were a public vote, what would have happened to liz cheney . And tomorrow we have to wait and see when theres a vote on the floor on what happens to Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greenes Committee Assignments<\/a> because the democrats have forced this vote, whether she will actually tell the American Public<\/a> what she said in private to this conference. Saying, you know, i dont really believe that stuff. Lets see. Yeah. Listen, you said listen, it was 14561. I mean, thats a lot of people, gloria. 61. Thats a lot. Uhhuh. And davids shaking his head it is. In agreement. David, he delivered this unity speech, Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> im talking about, before the vote on liz cheney and we saw him after the vote. What has this whole sorry episode done to his reputation as a leader, and also you can tell me why youre shaking your head as well. Well, no, im just noting that, yes, it is still 30 of the conference yeah. That was not with liz cheney for their numberthree position, the conference leader. Thats usually something that sort of has, you know, unanimous force behind it when somebodys already in the position. But no doubt, a substantial victory for her and she beat back the sort of Freedom Caucus<\/a> wing here. But to the point of mccarthys leadership, kevin mckarcarthy, likes to be a pleaser. He wants to be everybodys friend no matter what the scenario and hes pleased almost no one in this scenario. Not the donors. Not the hardcore sort of Freedom Caucus<\/a> and activists, the qanon wing of the party. He didnt please them. He didnt really please the establishment wing of the party. Its not clear he pleased base voters here. I mean, in fact, he allows for Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene to give this give these remarks, get a Standing Ovation<\/a> in the room from a pretty sizable chunk of the conference. At the same tmoment, shes givig an interview basically calling him weak saying its all talk and no action. So he didnt please her, either. I mean, he comes across here, i think, as a pretty weak leader. I dont mean his position, don, is in danger, that somehow theyre going to take a vote and vote Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> out. Yeah. But i think he emerges here pleasing almost no faction of his of his party at the moment. Well, you have to if youre going to be the leader, david, i think youll agree, you have to take some positions sometimes that are unpopular with your caucus or even with the people who youre supposed to be leading. And think about this. Someone made it very plain to me tonight, they said the fringes of both parties many times have outsized voices. When you think about Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene who came from an overwhelming republican district, 40,000some people voted for her. Yet, look whats happening. Look what shes doing to the entire party. Same thing on the left, people who come from overwhelmingly democratic districts. They dont have to win that many votes and have outsized voices and platforms within even the democratic party, david. I dont know if you want to respond to that or not. Well, i just want to add to that, remember, if youre dealing with an overwhelmingly republican district or overwhelmingly democratic district, the election that matters is the primary election. Right. Right . Youre not even really focused on trying to appeal to a general election electorate in those scenarios. So that drives a lot of the fringing, as youre saying, a lot of the extremist because if youre just in a primary for base voters, you throw out that red meat, youre not trying to appeal to the middle. And you can win a seat in congress. That is not the case in senate races. Or in the battle for the presidency. Right. So the Republican Party<\/a> has to decide here if it wants to be a congressional Majority Party<\/a> or Actual National<\/a> Majority Party<\/a>. Thank you for responding. Gloria, i want to play what Steve Scalise<\/a> said after the gop voted to keep liz cheney in leadership. Here it is. Tonight, our conference rounded a really important corner. We spent hours where members on every side of this issue looked each other in the eye, aired their grievances, and were very candid and honest with eep ach other but addressed this as a family. Okay. Rounded an important corner, gloria. Hes basically saying, no problem here, lets just move on. Is that thats not even remotely true. No, it kind of remipds me of the way donald trump used to talk about were rounding the corner with covid. We werent rounding the corner with covid. And were not rounding the corner right now in the Republican Party<\/a>. There are members of the house conference who are furious with their leadership, particularly mccarthy, because what he did was by not making a decision on Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene in or out, off of her committees, he has handed this to the democrats. Theyre going to be forced to take a vote publicly on the floor tomorrow that not many of them want to take. And this is mccarthys fault. I talked to somebody who is a big donor today who works with other donors who said that he may have cost himself the speakership, should the republicans get control of the congress at some point. And hes going to lose a lot of money. The party is not united. The party is divided. And this, of course, is one of the legacies of donald trump because even though hes not in washington, hes certainly going to continue to enjoy stirring the pot here. Gloria, david, we love to see you. I love having you. Come back early or late and often. Good to see you. On the late show. Thank you very much. Thanks don. Thanks, don. Republicans wont kick Marjorie Taylor<\/a> greene off the Education Committee<\/a> but democrats still could. The congresswoman who is leading the charge to remove her and also represents newtown, connecticut, responds next. Lled. 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Lets discuss now with one of the democrats leading that charge. Congresswoman jahana hayes of connecticut. Congresswoman, i appreciate you joining us. Thank you so much. This is personal for you. I mean, you represent newtown, connecticut. The site of the horrific School Shooting<\/a> that claimed was staged. Whats your reaction to mccarthy saying that your push to remove greene from the committees is part of a partisan power grab . Well, don, thanks for having me, and youre right, this is personal on so many levels but we can just pause for a minute and just think about the fact that republicans met today for hours, close to five hours, all together in one room at the house capitol. I think its really illustrative of how they feel about this covid pandemic. But about representative Taylor Greene<\/a> and some of the comments that she made, it is a betrayal to the families in newtown, to the community, and even to educators who stand every day in front of kids trying to convince them that schools are safe and that the adults are working really hard to make sure that schools are safe. The committee of education and labor deals with things like traumainformed education practices, School Climate<\/a> issues, and really debate and discuss ways we can make our School Campuses<\/a> safe. To have someone who doesnt even believe that these Mass Shootings<\/a> are happening is a nonstarter. I think that representative Taylor Greene<\/a> has forfeited her right to be on this committee and 130 of my colleagues have signed on to my letter asking that she not be seated on this committee. Its listen, and i understand that it is personal for you and, obviously, for the people who are there in connecticut but i think also its personal for the entire country. And i in a moment here i want to tell you, we cover a lot f s of stories as journalists. When people ask me which story affected you the most, its always newtown is the one that affected me most. I remember the last live shot i did from there, there was a funeral and a tiny casket in a back of a hearse. And it is insulting, i think, you know, for me as just an american citizen, for someone who is an elected official to be able to say that its not real when we witnessed the grief of moms and dads and grandmothers and sisters and brothers and, you know, we saw it happening live. We webitnessed it. And this person is elected to congress and yet your colleagues on the other side cannot take a stand to vote her off the committee that has to do with children. It is mindboggling. Absolutely. And i think thats what upset me as much as it did. Her comments have retraumatized the people in my community and i dont know what leader mccarthy is talking about. I have not heard her denounce these comments. I have not seen her walk them back. The last i checked she said, i will not apologize. That was her statement or something a i lonlong those lin. Like you newtown was heartbreaking for me, for educators, for so many people in my community. I think the differences and why i refuse to wait for Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> to do the right thing is that republicans were in the majority in 2012 and we saw them do nothing. We saw them not act. We saw them not react. So if were waiting for them to do the right thing, its not going to happen. So, i am leading my colleagues to try to not have her seated on especially this committee. But you and your democratic colleagues could vote to expel greene from congress altogether, but you say you dont want to do that. Why not . I struggle with this because i respect the fact that the people of georgia voted for her, but in congress we have a responsibility to discipline our own members for their behavior and some of what my republican colleagues are saying, this was before she came to congress, in their eyes, you cant discipline someone before theyre in office, after theyre in office. Its in her heart. Its there. Its going to come out again. Those words and those statements are going to come out again. And we have to do something about that. I would support i feel like this is a first step, if it does not work, i would support censoring her or ultimately expelling her. She doesnt belong in congress. She doesnt belong on this committee. We need to do everything in our power to render her neutered, i guess, and not give her a platform for this type of rhetoric. And this isnt just i also want to add, don, this isnt just about a difference of opinion. There are lots of republicans on this committee and other committees who disagree with democrats on policy and on the way that we should get there. Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> has been dangerous. She has called for violent direct violence on members of congress. She has harassed School Shooting<\/a> victims. She has promoted Conspiracy Theories<\/a>. That is very different than free speech or even a difference of opinion. And even today she is fundraising off of her efforts. Not denouncing them. Not walking them back. But radicalizing and mobilizing her base and raising money off of it. Every republican, every democrat, should be denouncing that. Representative hayes, i appreciate your time. Were all thinking about you and every member of your community. Thank you so much. Thanks so much. Good night. Good night. New Conspiracy Charges<\/a> against some proud boys who stormed the capitol. The details of their plans and what they allegedly did once inside the building. Thats next. At least 11 people with connections to the farright proud boys now facing charges in connection with the inrecoinsurrection at the capitol. Tonight two top members of the group facing e ie ie ing seven including conspiracy. They allegedly raised money online to fly to washington. A third man has also been charged. Canada announcing today the proud boys will be designated a terrorist entity. Evan perez has all the details and joins us now. Evan, good evening to you. Lets start with the two proud boys facing Conspiracy Charges<\/a>. Nicholas ox and nicholas decarlo. What exactly are prosecutors alleging here . Yeah, don, this is nick decarlo and nick ochs. These are the two premier or prominent members of the proud boys. Ochs lives in hawaii with a Founding Member<\/a> of the chapter over there and decarlo lives in texas. Now, according to prosecutors, they had a conspiracy, they went there, led a group of proud boy members to essentially Block Congress<\/a> from certifying the vote which, of course, joe biden won. And that was their they had a whole planning and fundraising operation to support this goal. Thats what makes this a conspiracy charge. Its a big deal. You know, they can get up to 20 years because of this charge that prosecutors added today in this indictment. And one of the things they were doing, don, is they were looking for fundraising and trying to organize how they could get communications equipment, protective gear, all geared toward the attack on the capitol on january 6th. So whatd they do what are officials saying they did at the capitol, evan . Well, one of the things that prosecutors said is that theyve discovered Video Evidence<\/a> that indicates that ochs and decarlo were there and were involved in painting graffiti or marking graffiti on the walls of the capitol, inside the capitol. One of them says, murder the media. Theres a thing they all do, which is mtm which is supposed to be murder the media. Its commonly seen in these proud boys rallies and they were seen inscribing this inside the capitol, don. Evan, i appreciate it. Thank you. Good to see you. Thank you. Be safe. Thanks. A grim new forecast from the cdc. Theyre now projecting coronavirus will kill more than 80,000 more americans this month. Stay with us. In a year of changes. Dont take chances on your taxes. Be 100 certain with jackson hewitt. Well get your taxes done right, guaranteed. Getting ready for a special day . Spice things up at adoreme. Com. With bras and lingerie in sizes up to 4x. Get ontrend bodysuits or lacy babydolls, just because. 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Coronavirus Vaccine Trials<\/a> have primarily looked at prevention of symptomatic cases, which could make that as tra zep canoes extremely welcome if the findings do bear out. It is a race against time, as these new more con tamgs variants of covid19 continue to spread. Health officials in new jersey, california and alabama already are identifying deaths linked to the uk variance. A hospital in birmingham saying they lost a male patient due to a shock brought on by the cup covid variant. His grieving window telling cnn this. All his tests came negative, which made me concerning because he starting to decline. We got to the hospital than friday, as we thought it was covid, it turned out to have heart failure, and then on to Liver Failure<\/a> and Kidney Failure<\/a> and eventually having to be on the respirator and having the machine placed on him to support his heart and lung. More than 450 americans have already lost their lives to the virus and a new forecast from the cdc projects as many as 534,000 Coronavirus Deaths<\/a> in the u. S. By february 27th. More than 80,000 americans who are alive today could lose their lives by the end of the month. Republicans Behind Closed Doors<\/a> late into the night. Ultimately supporting liz cheneys Leadership Position<\/a> but giving margie Taylor Greene<\/a> a Standing Ovation<\/a>, too. Stay with us. Heres our breaking news. Congresswoman liz cheney holding on to her leadership post. Her republican colleagues voting tonight to keep her in the number three position. She came under criticism for her vote to impeach President Trump<\/a> for inciting the capital insurrection. 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