Tucker 25 people were arrested in portland, oregon, after their march devolved into a riot. Multiple arrests in berkeley, california. All of this raises the questionn why are some of the political left so readily embracing violence . In the early days of the Obama Administration, therere were plenty of tea party protests, people dressed in tricornered hats. And none of those turned into a riot. Jose Antonio Vargas is an illegal immigrant. At he is also the ceo of define american, a proillegal immigrant organization. He joins us. Jose, why the violence . All of us can understand the disagreement over policy. But this is not a fight between left and right. This is the left setting fire, breaking things. Ee first of all, i am neither from the left nor the right. I dont know if you talked to those people who were protesting and ask them if they were fromom the left. I dont know what that means. Tucker they were people shouting proillegal immigration slogans and setting things on fire. Yes,
republicans, the extremists who were holding this congress as hostage are not willing to negotiate with kevin mccarthy. they have already negotiated what they feel like they can out of this. we know they will continue to hold things up, so now it is up to democrats, i think, to show the american people, we are willing to get to work, ready to work for you. this is how we will do it. it might not be the most popular with some democratic base, but i do think it will win them points overall in the elections moving forward, if they look like they are the party who is willing to play no games and willing to get to work. and, danielle, to ashley s point, because you talk about that message of unity, and the strength of that message over the chaotic last few days under gop leadership. should the democrats be thinking about that as well? should they be thinking about that in terms of working on a bipartisan basis to get things done for americans? oh, i think democrats always consider worki
republicans razor-thin majority could actually make democrats more powerful. it points out that republicans would likely needed democratic votes for major issues for americans like raising the debt ceiling. the democrats could also join conservatives on the house rules committee to block or slow bills favored by gop leadership. let s bring in this morning s power political panel. ashley pratte is a political strategist, former republican in contributor to nbc think. and daniel moody is the host of the podcast, woke af and democracy-ish. good morning to both of you ladies, it s always good to have you on. danielle, i love to start with you this morning, we have already seen experience frankly, the kind of dysfunction which comes with republican leadership and control. do you think democrats can actually capitalize on that dysfunction over the next two years? yes. i think we have seen hakeem jeffries already do that. i mean, look. democrats are absolutely united behind hakeem jeffries.
about rnc chair ronna mcdaniel. some republicans would like to see her go away. take some of the blame for the red wave that never was. but, ashley, she has the votes to get reelected, it seems. what do you think about all this having to spend time inside the republican party apparatus and what do you think happened if a more extreme challenger gets in the race and prevails? well, i think the thing is, being a former republican, i never know what s going to happen. it s always dramatic. it s always theatrical. that s because donald trump has been at the helm of the party. let s not forget that she was installed by the support of donald trump. while there is this whole side network saying that she can be somehow not aligned with trump moving forward in the 2024 presidential primary, i don t really see how that happens, especially since there was a new cnbc poll released and that says only 37% of republican voters and don t want trump to run.
days are numbered. i m going to keep saying this. it s very important. the clock is ticking. time is running out. members submit their final report and potential criminal referrals all before republicans retake the house in january. political panel joining me now. rishi colbert is a political commentator and founder of black women news media. ashley pratte outs is a former republican and nbc tank contributor. political reporter for axios and msnbc contributor. welcome to my lady avengers. i m happy to have you all with me today to break this thing down. we have been talking about this and we can t repeat it enough. a criminal referral from congress will not necessarily sway the justice department, okay? but the committees work still matters. here is january 6th committee