Live Breaking News & Updates on Blake Farenthold In Congress
Stay updated with breaking news from Blake farenthold in congress. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Back with us, eli stokols, who has agreed to stick around, and we welcome back to the broadcast darlene superville, white house reporter for associated press. darlene, they go down to the white house. was this, this kicking the can down the road, which is really a washington export to the rest of the world, was this a victory for the dems? just thinking through this, because as you get close to christmas, you don t want to stand between capitol hill and national airport as christmas approaches. you ll get killed by the cars going out to the airport. does this force the republicans hand to maybe make a deal they don t want to make? that s probably what democrats are hoping for. this happens all the time when we get around to the end of the year and congress is faced with budget dilemmas. they kick the can down the road for a week or two at a time and we come back and do it all over again. eli, washington post is ....
Of stepped forward and had to take account. but that makes perfect sense. we in the media hold other people accountable. we have to hold ourselves accountable first. we haven t seen the same kinds of resignations in big pharma or business or universities quite yet. i m sure that will be coming. i want to say on congress that one of the things i think is most striking about this is that it was women, led by senator kirsten gillibrand of new york who has made sexual assault her issue, who led the calls for al franken to resign. one thing that we haven t talked enough about is the fact that one-third of the democratic caucus in the senate are women, whereas fewer than one tenth of the republican caucus are women. and i think that this makes a big difference, you know, along with overall the party leaders stance in why al franken was called on to resign and why you see the rnc and president trump still backing roy moore, not to mention blake farenthold in congress for that matter, who ....
I do think i see this. and i wonder if other people don t see it as well. mike murphy, last word. do you cast modesty aside and tell the folks watching at home why you did the impossible and received a lot of love this week on social media because of a donation you made. well, i love the republican party and the conservative movement. i ve worked for them since i was in college a million years ago. so i made a small contribution to doug jones in alabama, as did some of my old consultant operative colleagues from the old mccain 2000 campaign and some younger republican consultants who are too young to know better, we all said, look, we re loyal republicans but we cannot have roy moore in the united states senate, it s a stain on the party, he s not qualified. so we supported publicly, in a natural act for guys like us who have worked for the party a long time, doug jones, the democratic alternative inial halve it s the only honorable choice. terrific conversation, gentlemen, you k ....
Do republicans and does this president risk losing their moral authority on this issue, which is a huge issue right now, by endorsing a candidate like roy moore which has now been backed by the rnc as well? look, i ve addressed this in depth. we think that the allegations are troubling and that ultimately this is something that the people of alabama should decide. to talk about this tonight, two of our friends are back with us, jonathan allen, nbc news national political reporter, and co-author of shattered: the story of hillary clinton s doomed campaign, also indira lakshmanan is back with us, welcome to you both. jonathan, i saw someone on twitter tonight say to members of congress, batten down the hatches. is this, to continue that metaphor, a sea change? absolutely. it s a sea change. ....
Whereas fewer than one tenth of the republican caucus are women. and i think that this makes a big difference, you know, along with overall the party leaders stance in why al franken was called on to resign and why you see the rnc and president trump still backing roy moore, not to mention blake farenthold in congress for that matter, who used taxpayer money to settle a sex harassment complaint from one of his former staffers. indira, you re so right where senator gillibrand is concerned. she started with sexual assault in the u.s. military and reporting procedures and chain of command. and if you think about it, it s the same issues writ large now for all of congress. jonathan, the two parties are dealing with this, you could say, differently. i heard democrats today on television calling conyers and franken in effect human ....