here's what marjorie taylor greene is actually saying. she is saying and called you a group, foolish cowards. and when it comes to santiago she said that she's a pay political activists are just so happens to be blessed to have emigrated to our great country and he should be thankful for american freedoms. like our second amendment, instead of trying to destroy them, if he doesn't like it, he can go back. are you at all surprised by this statement, mariana? what is your reaction? >> i am incredibly disappointed that a member of congress is treating young americans this way. i'm also mexican american. my mom is a mexican immigrants. and that was very difficult for both santiago and i to have someone attack our right to be here, and for santiago, it was something very difficult because he's out here fighting for young voters with the rest of the voters of tomorrow team. and we are trying to get young people representation in congress, we're trying to get young people represented at every level of government, and marjorie taylor greene doesn

marjorie taylor greene however is. she joins us. congresswoman, thanks too coming on. selling off assets to china to a company that his son was invested in. why is no one saying anything about this? >> i'm not sure, tucker. i think it's absolutely outrageous. so do the american people. the one role most important for the president of the united states is to protect our country's national security. our strategic petroleum reserves are just that. our national security, when it comes to oil, the very important resource that we have that fuels our economy, helps us drive our cars, and petroleum also feeds over 6,000 products, things americans rely on every single day. but joe biden has been selling off a million barrels of oil every single day. we're down to 434 million barrels of oil. america consumes around 19 million barrels of oil a day. we cannot sustain this. it is putting us in danger. by our tracking he's sold over 7 million barrels of oil to china. china. our number one threat that wants to conquer us, wants to become the number one superpower in the world. becaus

they hate marjorie taylor greene. they are on facebook ask they are going to put $5 or $10 into that race. if you ask them to contribute, they would be like, i don't care about that. i care about trying to beat marjorie taylor greene and i know it's a long shot, but why not. >> that's exactly this sort of on voters we're speaking to today. you have a lot of of people who want to see mtg out of office. she's not going to lose in her congressional district, but if democrats keep the house, she's not going to become a subcommittee chairperson either. for people who dislike her, dollars spent in abigail's race or a host of under the radar races this due to redistrict rg competitive because they are swing seats or the lines have been drawn so differently this cycle, there's now a new opportunity in those seats. those are the places that democratic majority, that path runs through these seats. it doesn't run through georgia in the situation where north georgia flips democratic. we're going to have a 400-vote majority in con

but we will find out if a marjorie taylor greene candidate can win in a district like that. and if it, does it pretend something i think pretty alarming for the next congress is gonna look like. >> what was your sense of the state of the race being there? >> you know, it's obviously hard to say. i would say that there's a huge amount of enthusiasm for -- perez, and i went to one of our campaign events at a brewery. where not only what the brewery pact, but there was an overflow crowd outside. listening to the windows. jamie herrera beutler's biggest bundlers, now supporting marie perez, so i think you know. everything feels like she is an underdog, but people do feel like with the right support, she has a shot. >> one of the big questions here, is about, we always talk about how it's a model party, trump's party. that's true. right? >> but, again we see it time and time, 20, 25, 30% of republicans some are there. didn't support the coup, would wish donald trump would go away. herrera butler was kind of the person that represented the district that there must be some of those

but we will find out of marjorie taylor greene candidate can win in a district like that. if it does, it pretend something i think pretty alarming for what the next congress is gonna look like. >> what was your sense of the state of the race being there? >> it's obviously hard to say. there is a huge amount of enthusiasm for -- i want to one of her campaign events at a brewery. we're not only where the prairie path, but there were as an overflow crowd outside listing through the windows. jamie herrera beutler's biggest -- is now supporting what perez. so i think everyone feels like she is an underdog with people do feel like with the right support she has a shot. >> one of the big questions here is about -- we always talk about it is a -- trump party -- but, you see, it 20, 20, five 30% of republicans, somewhere there, did not support the coup, which donald trump would go away. butler was the kind of -- there must be some of those voters and my district. right? >> it was a pretty narrow loss in the primary. they're the trunk of voters in that district that voted for jamie.

jordan, marjorie taylor greene and other taylor greene and other conservative conservative kooks. cooks, the the caucus was at caucus was at the most the powerful most powerful moment in its moment in its history before history before trump when trump, when it held and it helped house i oust john listed house boehner for being too speaker john boehner for being too moderate. if you know anything about john boehner, he wasn't is not exactly known for being moderate. once trump came to power the caucus just wasn't as powerful. after all, trump would've likely have been a member himself he had if he had been in the house. but if republicans win the house in the midterms, freedom caucus once more power than they ever have had. take scott perry for example. he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election and he is now lobbying to be the wait for chairman of the homeland security -- same jim jordan, that nut job is aligned to chair the house judiciary committee. including the one republican committee, john boehner would've rather poked his eye out to make jim jordan committee chai

>> yeah. >> marjorie taylor greene is there. and she has said on camera that she believes that hillary clinton had something to do with jfk junior dying, called it the clinton murder, thinks the las vegas shooting that killed 60 people might have been a false flag operation. these are fringe, french people. and if kevin mccarthy gives these fringe ideas his stamp of approval, it is then going to be, you know, this is not just gonna be a fringe republican idea, this is gonna be a mainstream republican idea if he gives it that approval. so, it is a dangerous game to play. >> asia, to jason's point, it's a dangerous game to play. it's one thing to be in the minority and, you know, spread these dangerous lies. but these people will have a major influence on policy, they will have major influence on the functioning of our government. you know, from budgetary control to oversight to being able to investigate. and it's just absolutely a scary moment to think that these not jobs will have this type of authority, if in fact they retake t

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i always say this, marjorie taylor greene, imagine 20 or 30 marjorie taylor greenes as secretaries of state all over this country overse seeing the vote next year. that's what we're looking at potentially. >> how valuable of a foil is the name not on the ballot, the former president donald trump for democrats because we heard the president invoke him today and talked about him in philadelphia a couple weeks ago but polls show he's more favorable now than they did several months ago. >> you know, here is the thing. donald trump is always going to haunt this party unless someone figures out how to either arrest or hold accountability legally donald trump for all the things that he has done and that means he's going to be someone that animates the base, both bases at this point. it is useful for president biden and democrats to remind us where you come from and remind us the consequence in this election of going backwards to what it looked like when donald trump was in the white house. i think lifting that up is really a way to get people animated and engaged in participating in the elec

taylor greene, i'll say her same, sitting over his left side, then they will win. they also know that crime is a huge vulnerability for democrats. i would say one of the biggest vulnerabilities. if you look alternate pennsylvania, for example, what is interesting is always follow the monies. the republicans have been spending millions on the air on crime ads against fetterman. that's where they see his vulnerability. yes, the economy is hanging on it, but you have to look at stay state-by-state factors. >> you're missing about $50 million in super-pac money. >> that's true. where they're spending money is on state and local races, something that big-money democrats have not done for a long time. the disadvantage on super-pacs, is that the ad costs are higher, and there's only limited ad space available. by law campaigns get preference other super-pacs for ad time. >>> it's because of small donor dollars, for the reasons jen just outlined. you know, this his tieria we have seen in the press the last couple weeks is a democratic cry for the big donors to step up, but

i mean -- she talked about marjorie taylor green and the republicans and extremism. i don't think the democrats will be able to turn it into a referendum from back bencher from georgia very few have heard of, it's about the president, his policies, about his failures and that's why republicans are favorites to win the house at least in six or so weeks. >> john: you know, abc news washington post poll has some interesting insight in terms of who leads on the various issues. economy, republicans are way ahead. same thing with inflation, democrats are leading on abortion, crime, republicans way out in front. it's close on education in schools. climate change goes to the democrats. immigration is pretty much neck and neck. so guy, when you take a look at it, it looks like it's advantage republicans when you think about what's important to voters. >> sure, and there are people who care about any one or all of the above when we looked at all the issues. but poll after poll after poll, when the american people are asked what is the number one issue or top three issue for yo

one of trump's most loyal maga-maggots is congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. she's getting divorced. her husband, perry greene, filed for divorce yesterday after 27 years. [ applause ] well, it's nothing to -- his original sentence was 30 years, but the judge shaved three years off for good behavior. [ laughter ] [ rim shot ] in the space where he had to state the reason for the divorce he wrote, "i am married to marjorie taylor greene." [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you? good to see you, man. [ cheers and applause ] beautiful. >> jimmy: i thought you had to work, what's going on? >> i'm laugh. >> jimmy: i see what's going on. you misse audience, you missed the studio. [ cheers and applause ] you want to soak up the live applause. go ahead, i get it, i get it. >> it's nice. no, i do miss it. it's really nice. but, you know, there's also -- somebody owes me $8,816. [ laughter ] guillermo, he bought a bunch of macbooks. so if you could just -- >> jimmy: i have to pay for them? >> that's right. >> jimmy: why am i paying for this? >> guillermo: you have a lot

and marjorie taylor green's website, she's selling defund the f.b.i. t-shirts. so it is my friends on the other side of the aisle who want to defund law enforcement. who want to defund the police. you know, there's an old saying, physician, heel thyself. you taught to take that to heart. the bottom line is these are bills in a will help improve safety in our communities. these are bills in a local officials, local law enforcement organizations want. the only people who don't want them are my friends on the other side of the aisle. . i suspect some on your side understand what your communities want. they don't want politics as usual. they don't want people putting politics over people what they want is help for their communities. so you have a chance. you can either vote yes to help the communities or vote no. but that is my -- that is your choice. and again, madam speaker, i think these bills are good bills. we should support the rule. we should support the underlying bill. i reserve my time. some members reminded to direct their comments to the chair and not to

they shut up marjorie taylor greene. it was a very bad day for donald trump today, whose life seems steadily on course for a much worse days and much more silence from his lambs, as the evidence continues to mount against him. joining us now is claire mccaskill, former democratic senator of missouri. and indeed log, chair of the african american studies at princeton university, and host of the podcast history of us. they are both msnbc political analysis. and clare, i know you've been thinking about. this i do not presume, to frame a question to you, i just want to say go. what's on your mind? >> okay, first of all, last night, you are amazing. you said everything that needed to be said about lindsey graham. and it was done with facts and the right amount of passion. so, kudos to you for your show last night. i think the other thing that is going on, lawrence, is worth mentioning here, is that these candidates are running in tough elections are taking trump off their website. in nevada, the republican candidate for the u

they shut up marjorie taylor greene. it was a very bad day for donald trump today, whose life seems steadily on course for a much worse days and much more silence from his lands, as the evidence continues to mount against him. joining us now is claire mccaskill, former democratic senator of missouri, and eddie glaad eddie glaude, host of the podcast history is us. -- they are both msnbc political analysts. and claire mccaskill, i know you've been thinking about this. i do not presume to frame a question to you. i just want to say, go. what is on your mind? >> okay, first of all, last night you were amazing. you said everything that needed to be said about lindsey graham. and it was done with facts and the right amount of passion. so, kudos to you for your show last night. i think the other thing that is going, on lawrence, is worth mentioning here, is that these candidates are running in tough elections, are taking trump off their website. in nevada, the republican candidate for the u.s. senate scrubbed the endorsement o

taylor greene who most americans have never heard of? she's not my cup of tea. i'm very open about that. but they say marjorie what versus the president of the united states? i think that this is very wishful thinking. she made this like it is either going to be this or that. the second choice was a referendum on the president of the united states. it is the job of the republicans to make it so. >> that's what we need to do. we're talking about midterms. the big elephant in the room is always whether or not joe biden is actually going to run again in 2024. i think most people have decided he's not. what do you think is going to happen? >> listen, politicians are -- they're little piranhas waiting to take a bite. it is easy to get behind joe biden. looking at the fact he doesn't look like he's spry or with it all the time, he may in fact decide not to run again for his health. i wouldn't fault him for that. he is older in years. not all 70, 80-year-olds are all the same. i won't attack biden from that perspective. beto o'rourke is the exa

taylor greens i guess that doesn't matr but i will tell you this and it doesn't matter want to speak to this one, doesn't matter if you have by just for the police and if you undermine police at every turn, it doesn't matter you've demonized them to the extent and undermining police to call the races for them i do it. richard: we did she do that this be specific of your saying give me an example when these two when they did it in a great president biden try to say that it wasn't in favor this right after the george floyd murder two years ago, this way that we saw across the country this is really cities new york is one, and los angeles another basically cutting budgets and basically saying that the police racism we gotta get them off the streets would happen crime exploded did and it. richard: we have talking points we talk about rhetoric but in talk about actual reporting, many of the cities, you name the city and you name the mayor and what you see them doing is funding law enforcement and take the city of st. louis missouri, mayor jones, when she was doing, she's decrease a homici

taylor green, then they will win. it's a referendum on the president they will lose and they know that. crime is one of the biggest vulnerabilities. >> sean: if it's a referendum on the president they will lose. biden's failures are the reason the democrats are doubling down on left wing smear tactics and against conservatives across the country. that's all they've got. they have done nothing to improve the lives of the american people. just the opposite. this socialism and new green deal is crushing them. hillary clinton comparing trump supporters to nazi'ses. -->> i remember as a young student trying to figure out how did people get basically drawn in by hitler? i would watch news reels and see this guy ranting and raving and people shouting and raising their arms. what happened to these people? you saw the rally in ohio the other night. trump ranting and raving for more than an hour. you have rows of young men with their arms raised. what is going on? >> sean: bitter americans clinging to their gods and guns, bible

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i think of the marjorie taylor greens of the world and what is happening in italy. the people nets what is happening in this country, we are losing this country. they said you are not afraid of anything. what i am scared to death of is if we don't step at this moment and do something. i am afraid of the world our children will live in. >> tucker: you spent your career working in news. you know how totally fraudulent is. >> thank god for you. >> tucker: thanks for joining us tonight. we went to las vegas last week to meet an interesting person. he runses the ufc. dana white. he is in an inspiration in that he didn't care what they said about him. he persisted and turned the ufc into one of the fastest growing sports in the world. even in the middle of a pandemic. how and why? our interview ahead. our traditions are grown and sewn right here in our hometown of moulton, alabama. from our heirloom inspired sheets to our super absorbent bath towels, to our 100% cotton quilts. every single piece is made right here in america. we believe in keeping our heritage 100% americ

taylor green, sitting over his left side, then they will win. a referendum on the base, they will lose, and they know that. >> that same poll returns the edge to republicans with five-point lead and shows gop leading by 21 points in swing districts. double-digit lead with inflation, economy and crime, here is elise stefaneshg circumstance. >> democrats have no plan and are attacks us, we have a commitment to tackle the crisis democrats created to make sure we have a strong economy, a safe country, a future built upon freedom and government that is accountable. >> it will be interesting to watch, what the campaigns will focus on before the midterm. republicans zooming in on community safety and democrats hoping voters remain passionate on the issue of abortion. >> carley: thank you, here is j joey jones take on all this. watch. >> there is not a legacy achievement to attach themselves to. why take the turn toward extremist republicans? issues they care about, republicans have an edge. >> todd: fbi sounding off after beings accused of excessive fo

we have seen these comes at coming from people like marjorie taylor greene saying that he needs to be impeached and things like that. >> will have to leave it there. thank you so much for your analysis. >>> a decision could come at any time on whether to appoint a special master to review documents sees from former president trump's home. we asked the justice department, what's the harm? we have more from cnn's evan perez. >> the judge indicated that she is willing to consider the request to appoint a special master to review government documents, comparing it to returning an overdue library book. the documents include some of the most highly classified national security information, and they were being kept in the storage room and in other spaces that don't meet security requirements. the justice department opposes the appointment of a special master, saying that it is unnecessary and would impede the ongoing investigation. trump's legal team says that appointing somebody else would increase the trust in the investigation and lower the temperature in the nation. the judge said that s

taylor green then they'll win. if it is a referendum on the president they'll lose. they know that. >> the president is expected to speak about the economy today. he has an event later in the afternoon focused on increasing competition in the marketplace. you can imagine what the issues will come down to on the final stretch. >> bill: nice to see you mark meredith from the white house. >> brand-new poll over the weekend showing crime is now surpassing abortion among top concerns as the mid-terms inch closer. we have laura engel with more. >> candidates are keeping a close eye on the issues that may swing voters to cast ballots in their favor. the new poll released sunday by abc and "washington post" shows crime is definitely becoming more and more important closer to november 8th. every day brings a new list of crimes in major cities including in new york where police are on the lookout for this man who is accused of slashing a 30-year-old woman in the face as she waited on a brooklyn subway platform in the middle

taylor greene, i'll say her name, sitting on his left side, if it's a referendum on the president, they will lose, and they know that. >> as democrats reel from all the bad news, there's more, a top pollter predicts that the gop midterm turnout will exceed all expectations. >> this year our fear people won't be polled that are trump supporters because of what biden has said, apparent attacks, people coming after them. there's a hesitancy to participate. everybody w will underexpect th. >> thank you for joining us. i bet you have a book, don't you? his name is robert trafalgar. he's talking about something like the subverged vote, because it's relentless smearing of trump voters is pushing them further underground, which means we have no idea what the outcome will be it, which was the same to brexit, trump, and probably the italian prime minister. do you believe this? >> it comes down to the issues. we see it in every election. whatever the issues are most important to the country, that's the party that will win. right now the republicans are doing well. you saw the abc/"washington post"

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marjorie taylor greene, paul gosar, i am with you. - round of applause, okay? - [applause] these are the kinds of issues that can bring us together because i've been screaming "we should destroy the fbi"

he was kind of akin to say an aoc or a margaret marjorie taylor green strictly in the sense that he wasn't ever in the seat of power. he was always kind of on the margins but drew a lot of media attention because he was would make statements and do it in a way that draw drew a lot of attention, but that wasn't necessarily the way politicians normally spoke and that i ended up carrying him to the presidency much like donald trump and and his style of how rare it was and there was one incident in particular where i believe i had express the view that harvard fascist sentiments and he made a very crude reference to my being gay on twitter and it caused a whole ruckus and so we've always had an adversarial relationship. my husband is part of an opposition party to bolsonaro and they've had their clashes with with my husband as with him and his sons all of whom are elected officials, but what really escalated it was in 2019 on mother's day. i was contacted by a woman named manuel. adavola, who was the vice presidential nominee that ran against bolsonaro in 2018 she lost and she had told me that

taylor greene saying to you i would say my support is very important. talking about mccarthy. i think i may have some influence. probably if mar generals are narrow it would be a strategic key. she was talking about the power over speaker mccarthy. >> he is successful in keeping the conference united is that he has listened to people like greene and been very intentional and careful to bring them into the tent instead of at odds with them and saw her in that announcement event presenting the agenda right there behind him and brought in on this and part of the conversations so good for him now preventing him from being criticized. but then what does that mean when and if republicans win the majority? she has leverage. very well aware the narrower the republican majority is the more leverage she has and she believes she controls a fair amount of votes in that conference. has friends. >> donald trump. >> particularly donald trump. part of a maga squad in the house republican conference and very, very popular with the republican base. >> you showed that imp

look at marjorie taylor greene -- >> in my idealized version of what prosecutors should do, neither of those -- >> i am often uncomfortable watching your interviews because it comes off as overtly political, but go on. >> i just want to say a word in defence of laetitia james. the first is that the merits are here, and this is even stronger than a typical civil case. she has a fifth amendment indications by donald trump and his executives, which means she can draw inference. our elected prosecutors, it's not like attorney general garland, not like federal prosecutors, it's a different system. they are directly responsive to the people, and when i -- would i have advised her to use those exact words, maybe not. but what i hear her saying is where tim started, that you have an individual who has behaved would extraordinary impunity for the law, and things that he did over and over again would have gotten almost anyone else in america investigated and possibly prosecuted. he got a pass for all those years. she is speaking to the justifiable anger at that pattern of conduct, maybe not the

taylor-green, i will say her name sitting on the left side. if it is referendum on the president they will lose and they know that. stuart: if it's a referendum on the president the democrats will lose. what happened? her boss used to be joe biden. has she had a falling out? >> i don't know. maybe she just had a moment where the truth serum kicked in there, stuart, but we all know this including everyone in the biden administration knows that the democrats are heading for a big loss. "the new york times" and now "politico" is coming out with all these stories saying polling is once again hyping the democrats chances in all these races and joe biden's popularity is not in the middle 40s, it is in the high 30s. they're heading for a big loss. democrat what is they're trying to do with this semifascism, king maga, ultramaga, at least hold on to their dignity, stuart, not lose in the blue districts especially in the house. they want to hold blue voters. so this is a strategy to not lose so badly. we should be pretty optimistic people on my side ab

taylor green versus moderate republicans but united on this message, nothing extreme about that unity. i hope oversight and accountability as part of that because plenty of investigations should they get the majority and contrast with biden, talking in front of the and ea, this is the teachers union, he almost said nothing about education which tells you what you need to know about teachers unions, they are political organizations, that is it. he's talking about abortion, want to talk about extreme? abortion on demand all the way to the point of birth is what they stand for, keep asking democrats about that. it is projection. they know especially the left wing of their family is very extreme, a battle over definitions at least the branding. rachel: thought media is 100% behind them. pete: what we see after the red scare speech is the drumbeat of the theme of that speech. if you want it distilled into one to one moment, the speech when he says extremism is the greatest threat to our democracy, amaga republicans have effort to the democracy but he grows the definition from election deni

i talked to marjorie taylor green friday and i asked her about abortion because it wasn't in plan other than the right to life. tshe said abortion is being decided by the state now. i do think it's an interesting line to push back and make it not a national issue. however, should republicans in the house majority? i would expect them to hold that on abortion, limiting abortion rights and if it makes it through the senate, it would end up with the veto from joe biden's. >> will leave this here and go live to former i had us commission expected to talk about ways to improve child earned income tax credit speaking at an event hosted by the bipartisan policy center. live coverage here on c-span2. >> i want to take the opportunity to acknowledge h&r block, robin hood foundation and with other support, research and dialogue today would not be possible. today's event is probably virtual coffee encourage active participation via live stream. american families offset high cost of raising children and workers with lower moderate wages. they been extended multiple times is the backing of both part

. >> reporter: marjorie taylor greene offering high praise for the leader's approach, but saying there's still room to push further to the right. >> you know, i don't step away from controversy or disagreements within my conference. i actually lean into them because i truly believe iron sharpens iron. >> reporter: president joe biden pushing back, pushing republicans are extreme and arguing their plan isn't serious. >> kevin mccarthy went to pennsylvania and unveiled what he calls a commitment to america. that's a thin series of policy goals with little or no detail. >> reporter: not one topic that was not discussed was abortion. that's an issue republicans have struggled to talk about. they tried to run away from the issue, and, in fact, the policy makes only one passing reference saying the republicans will protect the lives of unborn children and their mothers, but gop leaders have not said which abortion rules if any they would put on the floor if they won. >> of course, abortion is the issue that the democrats are focusing on. melanie zanona, we appreciate you. thank you very much.

look at marjorie taylor greene. >> in my idealized version of what prosecutors should do, neither of those. >> i agree. i am often uncomfortable watching her interviews, because it does come off as overtly political. >> i just want to say a word in defensive tesch. the first is, as you know, the merits are here. it's even stronger then a civil case. it is a fifth amendment indications by donald trump, and his executives. it was in adverse-incher inference. it is not like attorney general garland, it is not like federal prosecutors, and were responsive to the people. when i hear tissue, and i have advised her to use those exact words? maybe not. what i hear her saying is where tim started. when you have an individual, who is explains for the punitive law, over and over again, would they have gotten almost anyone else in american possibly prosecuted? it is a justifiable anger of product, maybe not the most perfect words, but that is appropriate for an elected official to articulate the views for them. >> if you put this in historical context, the outcome, we don't have a complete one,

taylor greene. greene just dropped a pretty strange reelection commercial. ♪ ♪ ♪ man, "thor love and thunder" looks awful. it got even weirder when she opened her mouth: >> we've got skyrocketing inflation, high diesel fuel, and democrats' america-last policy. democrats aren't the only ones destroying farmers' ability to put food on the table. we've got wild hogs destroying farmers' fields. so we decided to go hog hunting. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: (bleep) you, hog ( laughter ) ( applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ so, to clarify her argument: democrats are hurting farmers, so she's going to own the libs by shooting feral pigs from a helicopter. this ad is like reading a "mad-lib" somebody filled out on bath salts: "democrats are gutting your rights, and you know what we're gonna gut? fish! register today to win a chance to help me machine gun socialist trout!" ( laughter ) it may seem-- from a helicopter. it may seem like greene's justpl things, but it's all part of the rich tradition of american politics.

taylor greene and the few, you know, moderates that still remain trying to get issues that they can all agree on, or is it just that the party under donald trump kind of has eschewed basically big issues completely? >> yeah. well, of course there was no party platform in 2020 for what may have been the first time ever. i mean the party platform is kind of, you know, supporting donald trump. i think all of what you said is part of the reason. i think the bigger reason, though, kim is that republicans want this to be a midterm in the traditional frame, which is essentially about the party in power. i mean, this commitment to america is largely saying whatever you don't like about how the democrats are running things, we're going to make better. you know, we're going to solve inflation. we're going to reduce crime. we're going to get a better handle on the border. in fact, americans are dissatisfied with the democratic performance on all of those fronts. but, of course, they don't really say how they would make it better because they don't want it to be a debate about their issues. the

republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of georgia explicitly braced qanon before winning elected office. last year, senator richard blumenthal of connecticut made this point in a hearing, with fbi had chris wray, embracing the violent conspiracy theory posing a real threat to the country. >> i would like to ask you whether the threat opposed by qanon and as you all know, adherence of qanon were among the rioters, very prominently, who stormed the capitol. whether the continuing threat is worse and when prominent officials, including members of congress, endorse the qanon theory. >> certainly, we are concerned about the qanon phenomenon. which we view as a, sort of, loose, conspiracy theory set, and we've certainly seen domestic extremism of the sort that you are describing. who cite that as part of their motivation. obviously, the folks who engage in this kind of violence drawn inspiration from a variety of sources, and we are concerned about any stories that stimulates or motivates violent extremism. >> ben collins is a senior reporter for nbc news, where he covers disinformatio

taylor greene who considered her death to the killing of george floyd. fox news is amplified this message. tucker carlson said she was shot because she had the quote had the wrong politics. the person in charge of portraying ashli babbitt's a martyr is the ex president himself. earlier this year he attacked the officer who shot her, calling him ruthless. and he called ashli babbitt's mother, while she was attending a. >> it's an honor to be with you and with everybody listening. it's a terrible thing that is happened to a lot of people that have been treated very, very unfairly. we love ashley and it's so horrible what happened to her. that man shot ashley is a disgrace, and then he goes on television and it looks like he was actually bragging about it. there has never been a thing that happened like this in our country, i just want to tell everybody who's listening. we are with you, we are working with a lot of different people on us and we can't let this happen. >> of course this also comes after trump vowed to pardon january six rioters if he is reele

taylor greene, and madison cothran. as well as governor ron desantis suggesting they've incited violence against public officials. white house aides say tonight's address will be big picture, not about a particular politician or even about a particular political party. >> it is going to stir the pot one way or another. thank you very much. again, president biden speech set to begin at 8:00 eastern time. you can watch it across our nbc news platforms and monitor updates on nbc news.com. >>> voters in alaska electing their first democrat to congress in nearly 50 years. nbc news projects mary portola defeated former governor sarah palin in a special election. she is set to become the first ever alaskan native in congress. final tally 51 5% to palin's 48.5%. she will serve out the rest of the late republican congressman don young's term. the election actually happened more than two weeks ago, but the results just coming in because the state's new ranked choice voting system. officials gave voters until yesterday to submit a

. >> we got people that had different approaches all the way from dave joyce to marjorie taylor green but we are all united behind kevin mccarthy. >> republicans hope that this commitment to america will have a similar effect as the 1994 contract with america where republicans won a decades long battle to control the house. bret? >> bret: alex, thank you. president biden addressed one of his core support groups today as he tries to prevent republicans from taking away the democratic majorities in congress. of the president telling union teachers democracy cannot survive a g.o.p. win in november. he took great exception to the just unveiled republican commitment to america agenda. but he remains vague on some of the key issues. white house peter doocy shows us tonight. >> president biden has been involved in education policy for decades. >> we go back a long way. >> and today he addressed america's largest labor union the national education association. >> i'm going to talk about more than just the nea today. >> that union, the nea, is accused of favoring the needs of teachers over stu

taylor green i will say his name sitting over his left side, then they are going to win. if is a referendum on the president, they will lose. and they know that. >> top republicans laid out their latest pitch to voters. surrogates plan to keep voters focused on issues like the economy, crime and immigration. >> have no plan. they are attacking us because they have created crises across this country. we have a commitment to america to tackle the crises that democrats have created to make sure that we have a strong economy, a safe country, a future that's built upon freedom and a government that's accountable. >> as of right now, we don't expect to see president biden on the campaign trail this week. he was supposed to be down in florida. but, because of the hurricane, they scrubbed that trip. he will be back in delaware, guys about two hours from now. >> steve: all right. mark, thank you very much. jen psaki says if it were a referendum on joe biden, the democrats. >> brian: i was shocked by that weren't you shocked by that? i mean, it's true. but i'm shocked that she woul

taylor green, i'll say her name, they will win. if it's a referendum on the president they will lose. >> you are known as a trump candidate, tacked hard toward the middle to mange sure you did not alienate all the moderate voters, and -- what do you say so some candidates in the republican party who do many people do look like they are on the extreme end of things? >> i first say that candidates need to recognize that they have to stay true to who they are, and that's one of the things i was able to do last year is establish a platform and run consistently on it for the entire campaign and then oh, by the way, deliver on it when i was elected. i also think it's really important for candidates to recognize this is not an or moment, it's an and moment. we brought together forever trumpers, and not because we said anything different but fully engaged with the common sense solutions to these critical issues. people want candidates and elected officials who represent getting things done and the success in virginia and translating a camp

taylor greene to the movement. but outside of that rally room when you are looking at statewide level races or swing districts, no, it's absolutely not what the leadership or individual candidates want to hear and that's the main tension point inside the republican party and why you see joe biden using the phrase maga republicans to try to split the republican party. there's a real concern that not just the rhetoric and putting trump back into the center focus of the discussion, making it a referendum on the past president versus the current one, not just that but some of the candidates themselves, some of their strumables, position, lack of experience, could in the end come back and boomerang and hurt the republican party. >> and are republicans more concerned about trump and what he says and getting back on the trail or the abortion decision and that galvanizing democratic voters at this key moment? >> trump, himself, has expressed concern privately about the abortion decision. he was sort of the sole person resp

one congresswoman, marjorie taylor greene, said this did not go far enough and wanted to outlaw the practice. others said it went too far. on the house floor today, anderson, democrats were seizing on this issue one after the other calling out republicans, attacking them on this because they believe their mid-term prospects have brightened. once very dim may look a little better now, and also, anderson, some republicans privately agree with that assessment. >> before we return to our royal coverage another story we want to tell you unt involving the former governor of mississippi, an nfl icon and a growing welfare scandal. why text messages from brett farv are raising n new question tonight. that's next. get your tv together. call 1-800-directv to save up to $120. [ coughing/sneezing ] [ door knocking ] dude, you coming? alka-seltzer plus powermax gels cold & flu relief with more concentrated power. because thonly thing dripping should be your style! plop plop fizz fizz, winter warriorser. with alka-seltzer plus. when moderate to severe ulcerative colitis persists... put it in check with rin

taylor greene, i'll say her name, sitting over his left side, they are going to win. if it's a referendum on the president, they will lose, and they know that. >> that's former press secretary with her thoughts on the 2022 midterm elections. looking ahead to 2024, new cnn reporting finds more democrats are warming to the idea of biden seek ing reelection, though the final decision on whether he will run is still yet to be made. join ing us now is senior reporter isaac dovier with some interesting reporting on where the party is on this. fascinating the shift between march and september. what did you find? >> people were not feeling good about democrats. people were not feeling good about joe biden in march. they were talking about him being too old, out of the moment, not ready for the time and didn't want him to run again. with talked to some tokes at the big democratic national committee meeting. that happened in the spring. and they were saying how do we keep joe biden from running again. they were saying, listen f he feelsic low hi could run, he will run. >> you h