Viewers in the United States and all Around The World. This is new day. And House Democrats today plan to strip Marjorie Taylor greene of her Committee Assignments. The vote will force republicans to go on the record to either publicly support or rebuke this controversial qanon supporter in their midst. There was a highstakes meeting of House Republicans last night and Minority LeaderKevin Mccarthy declined to take any action against greene, though she has never publicly apologized or recanted for supporting the execution of top democrats, shes never backed down from any of her violent rhetoric. But it was liz cheney whose fate was uncertain last night. The number three republican managed to keep her spot in leadership surviving calls to oust her for voting to impeach donald trump. Overnight, the House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy also claimed that he did not know what qanon is. You might want to ask Kevin Mccarthy, who knew exactly what it was in august. You could also ask his political idol, the former president , whom he honored just last week. The former president thinks qanon is just people who love america. Worth noting that Marjorie Taylor greene has bragged about recent conversations with the former president , as well, and claims his full support. Cnns Lauren Fox Live On capitol hill. Lauren, take us inside this dramatic republican meeting . Well, it lasted more than four hours, john. And i think one of the most remarkable pieces of this peg is that it really had to do with liz cheney, the number three republican, a member of leadership, who really heard quite a few complaints from members who were frustrated with the fact that she voted to impeach former president donald trump. Now, one of the biggest questions that we have seen is, what was going to happen to Marjorie Taylor greene in this meeting . We now know that she apologized privately to her colleagues, just saying, essentially, that her former public media posts were not who she was. They were not representative of who she was. We should note that she has not publicly apologized for those comments. Here was Kevin Mccarthy talking about her statement during that conference meeting. She said she was wrong. She has reached out in other ways and forms. I think everybody should hear that. And she has expressed that she has put it out from News Agencies and others. I think it would be helpful if you could hear exactly what she told all of us. Denouncing qanon. I dont know if i say it right. I dont even know what it is. Reporter and we should note that mccarthy back in august did know what qanon was. He said that he didnt support the ideas and they didnt have a play in the Republican Party. Now, moving forward, there is going to be a vote today on the house floor, where lawmakers tonight democratic side and republican side are going to have to decide about whether or not they think that Marjorie Taylor greene should keep her Committee Assignments. We expect that shes going to be kicked off both the budget and the education committee, but look, this is a tough vote for republicans. Theyre going to have to walk the plank, in part because mccarthy didnt make a call on his own to pull her from those committees. This was a moment where steny hoyer thought it was an important thing that democrats took this step. But its setting an interesting precedent, because its never been the case that members vote to kick members off committees. Instead, what usually happens is your leadership makes that decision. Thats not whats happening here. John and alisyn . Yeah, a lot of unprecedented things happening lately. Thank you very much, lauren. Joining us now to talk about this, we have two former republican congressmen and cnn commentators, mike rogers and charlie dent. Great to see both of you. Alisyn, good to see you. Congressman dent, why should we believe that Kevin Mccarthy that Marjorie Taylor greene apologized . Shes never done that publicly. In fact, just two days ago, when she was given an opportunity to do so on a radio show, i will quote her, she said, i dont think i have anything to apologize for. For looking things up on the internet and saying things about it on facebook . Big deal. She has been proudly unrepentant about her violent rihetoric. And just to remind people of what she said, one of them, online, on social media, when somebody said, why dont we hang Hillary Clinton and president obama . She said, the stage is being set. This will have to be done very carefully. So, you know, liberal judges dont throw it out. Thats just one of them. Well, alisyn, once upon a time, and not so long ago, members resigned when they became an embarrassment or a distraction. And if they didnt resign, the leadership forced them to resign. In fact, just before coming on this program, i just put together a list of 11 members of congress during my tenure who resigned because of some kind of a scandal or problem. And what should have happened here should have happened back in the summertime. They should have denounced her in the primary. And they should have told her shes not welcome in the conference or on the committees. And that they will work to defeat her in a primary should she win. Thats how they should be dealing with this situation. The fact that the leadership has basically punted and said, okay, well let the democrats do this, well, its just a failure, frankly. And now the precedent that lauren just described is real. Now were going to have a situation where the democrats are going to kick a republican off the committee. Thats not ideal. It should have happened the other way. This is just so terrible for the Republican Party. This woman, Taylor Greene is a blight on the party and she is going to cause problems for so many of these members. And the members would have liked leadership to deal with this thing. Get her out. They want her gone. Its that sumimple. Let me take a quick poll. Would you vote in the full house to vote to remove Marjorie Taylor greene from her committee . Yes chairman rogers, would you vote today yes or no to remove Marjorie Taylor greene from her committees . I would vote yes. Im sad that it came to this, but i think this is the only outlet that you have. This to me was an absolute failure of leadership, john. This should have been worked out, the leader should have worked it out. Once the speaker was driving down this lane, this is something the two leaders should have sat down, worked out, where she didnt sit on a committee. And its maddening to me that this is going to happen today. Its going to look like more Political Polarization in the country. All of those things are going to be on full display. And this is Just Congress is broken right now. To me, this is the greatest example. Her comments were repugnant. She isnt a republican and doesnt deserve to sit on the republican conference. When you have other Senior Leaders saying shes a cancer on the party, you know, as an fbi guy, wed say, hey, thats a clue this is not where the direction of the Republican Party is going to go. Im an optimist there and i think today will be that first sign. By the way, keeping liz cheney, this is a good sign. Thats a i feel a little better. Its like watching a Heroin Addict Go through withdrawals. Now weve had that first day and it looks like well get to a better place and a better day for republican principles which is really good for the country. Theyll need a bigger tent. I know that thats the goal of Kevin Mccarthy, but at the moment, trying to keep both of those factions seems complicated at the moment. But charlie, look, when what weve noticed is that when republicans dont want to have to condemn the character of someone or the behavior of someone in their party, they use the ref fuguge of process. Well, i dont like this process, this is going to set a precedent. I was struck by what jim mcgovern, democrat of massachusetts said. He said, yeah, heres the new precedent. A member of the house is calling for assassinations. Thats the new bar. So, like, the republicans can say like, uhoh, tables are going to be turned. Okay, when democrats call for assassinating the leaders of the other party, then republicans can remove them also. Well, lets face it. Since the trump era, the Standards Bar has been set so low that it seems that almost anything goes. Its really very sad that thats the state of affairs. And when you cant argue substance, you always argue process. Substantively, there really is no defense for 9 11, trutheritrutherism, birtherism, the horrible comments about the sandy hook shooting. Theres no defense for this she has become such a terrible distraction. Thats why i get back to this, i remember when john boehner would call somebody into the office who was an embarrassment or a distraction and he would say, its true. And he would say, see that letter on the desk, thats your resignation letter. Why dont you sign it. Thats what leadership would do. And thats what needed to happen here. Now its going to be a spectacle on the floor today. Precedents will be set, and a lot of screaming about process and precedent. But hey, thats where we are. If you dont want to enforce standards, it comes to this. Tim alberta noted overnight, with boehner, there was a huge uproar when 17 republicans suggested they want to boot boehner from the leadership. Now 61 wanted to boot liz cheney. I know she won by a leftandslid but 61 is still a lot of votes. Kevin mccarthy, just speaking about qanon, this Conspiracy Group that has put out hateful ideas, hateful ideas that we saw contribute to the siege of the u. S. Capitol. Just listen to what Kevin Mccarthy said about qanon overnight . And i want to remind people what he said about it before. So listen. I think it would be helpful if you could hear exactly what she told all of us. Denouncing qanon i dont know if i say it right, i dont even know what it is. There is no play for qanon in the Republican Party. I do not support it. So when the leader of the Republican Party says, i dont even know what qanon is, dismisses it, even as he says some other things, as well. Again, your experience in the fbi, extremist groups, people inside organizations look this w what do they hear when someone like Kevin Mccarthy says that . Well, heres the problem. Everybody should know what this group is. If youre a republican, you need to understand that this group is trying to latch on your leg and gain a platform in the in politics in the United States that evaluates them from the gutter of which they come. And so its really important that you do know who they are and you push back on those hateful ideas. Remember, this is a group again, these werent republicans before trump, during trump, or after trump. Theyre not republicans now, but theyll try to latch on anywhere that they think they can get a platform to communicate their crazy ideas. And so every republican should come out and condemn this, but so should democrats. They should do it as well. And this is a new standard, hateful speech across congress of both parties should be the standard anyway, we shouldnt even have this debate. I dont know why this is a debate, that we talk like this. These people are pitching violence against our political system. People need to understand, thats a serious, serious thing. Because it will attract people who are outside of that circle even, to think, hey, its okay. Violence is okay. Even after the attack on the capitol, some of these members were saying, this was a success. This was good. We can disrupt american politics in the way that we think this qanon group thinks is appropriate. Thats why its so dangerous. And thats why you have to make a statement today. If this was, again, failure of leadership, shouldnt come to a vote on the house floor. But now thats where were at. So that statement should be very loud and very clear. The problem is, theyve gained more than a foothold or a toehold at this point. They have a vessel now in congress, Marjorie Taylor greene. Qanon has a representative in congress. But i hear you, mike rogers and charlie dent. Thank you both very much for the perspective and all the expertise, as always. Thanks, alisyn. So Donald Trumps grip on the gop is not letting up, weeks after he was voted out of office. 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What does this tell us about his grip on the Republican Party . Joining us now, cnn political analyst, maggie haberman. Shes a washington correspondent for the new york times. Good morning, maggie. I would like to split this into parts, if i can. Starting with the liz cheney thing. Thats an area where the president has been active behind the scenes, trying to get revenge on liz cheney for her vote and her statements to impeach him. Matt gaetz went out to wyoming. Do you know how the president feels about that this morning. The effort to oust her that failed . The former president , as you know, john, prefers instant gratification. He would have rather seen her lose that vote. And certainly, his ally, matt gaetz, was talking a very big game about the fact they had the votes, that didnt happen. Although, it is worth noting that this vote was taken in support of her by secret ballot. People have not been willing to buck the former president publicly, but they were willing to do it when people wouldnt know what they were doing. So now, where the former president and his allies turn to is defeating liz cheney in wyoming, where they believe, and remember, a trump ally pollster, john mclaughlin, did a poll not very long ago, showing that liz cheney, even if its within the lane of right, showing that liz cheney does have a problem in her district. I think youre going to see this fight by the former president and his associates move to her actual district. They believe that she is very vulnerable. They are going to either look for somebody to run against her or theyre going to try to make it very hard for her to seek reelection. Well see how effective they are at the latter. What about Marjorie Taylor greene . Because, obviously, she would not have survived, i think, had she not had former president trumps support. But it seems like from the things he says, maggie, im interested in your interpretation, he thinks shes kind of crazy. So, its funny you said that. Look, the former president often likes to entertain people who he then disparages as off in some other context, witness sidney powell, the attorney who had been working with him for a time, but he had no problems being dismissive of, while entertaining her and considering hiring her to the white house. I think you can put Marjorie Taylor greene in the same category. When it comes down to what he sees as quote unquote the fight. Somebody who is willing to take the fight to elites or to his enemies and he is willing to ignore the Conspiracy Theories and the antisemitism and the racism in order to see that, but remember, he has not really been out there saying this himself, alisyn. Shes saying. Marjorie Taylor Greene is saying, i spoke to him.