bigoted comments is outrageous. we call on the republican leadership to address this priority with the congresswoman and to finally take real action to confront racism." armesh, this isn't the first time members of the republican party have said things that are frankly racist and what does it say about the leadership of the party in the house in particular that they're not condemning it? >> well, i think one of the things it says is that we've got a weak house leadership and i don't think that's just a reflection on the personal qualities of the house republican leaders. it's the way the house has now evolved where the leadership can't discipline its members in a strong way. you've seen that in both parties, ironically with ilhan omar vis-a-vis nancy pelosi. mccartney knows his standing will not survive many defections from his followership and that puts a real bind on him.