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Basically said, this is about taking a republican who isn't sufficient to loyal to donald trump out. trump and self has not endorsed taylor. the political danger for taylor 's, you can still see we are avoiding more votes, if taylor subs to float 50% here and gets into a runoff -- run off the trigger, that could whet the appetite and trump and one of these more national republican figures to take a shot at him and a one-on-one runoff situation. it might signals a moment of weakness if he falls under 50%. a couple of republicans we are keeping an eye on in texas tonight. to see if they have got...

Campaign, the notion of the big lie that led to the january 6 insurrection at the center of how they're trying to appeal to republican voters. and i think all of that indicates, that commitment to the big lie indicates a desire to please donald trump and his supporters and not get crosswise with him because it is his power that still fuels the republican party. >> i want you to listen to what senator lindsey graham had to say this morning, david, about the capitol attack. take a listen. >> president trump's speech in my view didn't cause the riot. it didn't help, but it didn't cause it. i thin...

Their behavior going into the capitol. so what does mean that so many republicans are willing to run on this when we're seeing this? >> well, it means that donald trump still has quite a grip on the republican party. i think the "washington post" looked into more than 700 republican candidates that had filed the fec paperwork and found nearly a third or so actually putting the notion of what occurred on january 6 sort of at the center of their campaign, the notion of the big lie that led to the january 6 insurrection at the center of how they're trying to appeal to republican voters. and i thi...

Pelosi's office, they emerged from that and i asked liz cainy directly if she's concerned about being reprimanded? >> have you been told you'll lose your committee assignments? >> i have not been. but again my only, my duty and all of our oaths and duty is to the constitution and that will always be above politics. >> reporter: so she indicated she was not concerned about any punishment she may ultimately receive here. the question is which republicans that mccarthy will ultimately choose. does he have the option of not picking anybody but we're hearing that it is more likely that he will choo...

Wrong. to be clear, a lot of them think john brennan has become too partisan. a lot of them would tell you they think john brennan has become too much of a democrat in what he says on television. but they say that's not the point. this is america. he has that first amendment right. the president is sending a chilling sign when he says, i took his security clearance, now i'm looking for somebody else. >> this is a remarkable letter. this is from members who served in the significant positions in the national security apparatus, the intelligence security apparatus under democratic and republican...