We need steady leadership. We need steady hands at the
wheel.
Yeah, I asked him to resign.
A motion will get called,
and then he's going to lose more votes than Kevin
McCarthy.
I'm being responsible with this decision and allowing people to
come to terms and think about who would be the
next speaker.
We can't control the theatrics of Marjorie Taylor Green and
the House Republican Conference,
but we stand willing to work with anyone who wants
to deliver on that help and support.
Well, Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not resign.
So here we are, Chaos in the House as foreign
aid hangs in the balance.
Haven't figured it all out.
We need a whiteboard, but let's bring in our panel.
Matthew Continetti, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute,
a talk radio host Chris Ryan and Axios political reporter
Steph Kite.
Steph, you've been up there.
You've been written, writing about some of this stuff.
It is integral how everybody is saying how they're going
to vote,
but we just don't know how This is all going
to come to pass.
Yeah, I mean, there's no question that Speaker Johnson is
in serious trouble right now,
especially with Massey coming out today and saying that he
would support a motion to vacate.
Keep in mind that all it would take right now
is one more Republican to vote with all of the
Democrats to oust Johnson from the speakership.
And come Friday when Mike Gallagher leaves,
that's going to be town to just two Republicans needed
to vote with Democrats.
And the question here is whether Democrats end up cutting
a deal and give Johnson credit for bringing Ukraine to
the floor,
and whether they end up saving him and avoiding that.
Well, that's the the real question here.
If they want the Ukraine aid,
they want the Israel aid.
If they want the Taiwan aid,
they may vote to save Johnson and then those for
those bills,
which maybe doesn't bode well for Johnson in the conference,
but it does bode well for those aid bills.
Look Speaker Johnson has said he is a wartime speaker.
He views these issues, Ukraine,
Israel, Taiwan, TikTok as integral to the multi front war
America and our allies are facing among these autocratic threats.
And I think in that type of wartime situation,
you might have to forge a united front of most
Republicans and some Democrats in order to preserve him in
the speakership.
How do you think this plays across the country?
Obviously Magga World has some problems,
real problems with Ukraine funding,
but how do you think this plays?
It's processy upon Capitol Hill,
but how do you think it plays,
Chris? This is terrible for Republicans with independents and middle
class Americans who are looking for solutions to problems.
These two individuals, Marjorie Taylor Green and Thomas Massie,
are institutional arsonists. People are not looking for that,
people looking for solutions to problems.
I spoke with Congressman Pappas,
Democrat from New Hampshire today and he expects Democrats will
stand behind Mike Johnson and that he will.
They will provide support and Pappas's no
a a moderate Democrat from New Hampshire's first Congressional District
that he that feels that that's going to be the
path forward.
They will stand behind. Democrats will stand behind Johnson.
All right here is the former president about this trial
that he's facing.
Comes out every time talks to the reporters take a
listen.
We are going to continue
our fight against this judge.
We think he's totally conflicted.
He's a conflicted judge. As you know,
we're an appeal.
There's ever been a judge
more conflicted than this one.
So we'll see how that all works out.
And he's facing a possible contempt for this gag order
that the judge put on the trial.
You know, chaos in the House
does not sell for voters.
Chaos. And the courtroom seems to play differently.
At least Republican voters are seeming to say he's he's
not getting a fair shake.
Yeah. And certainly Trump and his campaign views these court
appearances as an opportunity to go ahead and campaign,
even as they, you know,
say that these court issues are actually stopping them from
campaigning,
that this is election interference,
which has been kind of their go to criticism of,
of all of these cases facing
the former president. But he is clearly not afraid to
take this head on and views this as an opportunity
to kind of both push his ideas around the justice
system out to get him,
which has been a narrative we've heard for the past
several years,
and also as an opportunity to just speak directly to
the American people.
I got 10 seconds. I want to know what he
bought at the bodega,
Lottery tickets, maybe a snack.
It's that type of creative campaigning that I think will
highlight the dual system of justice and help Trump with
his voters and with independence.
We'll see. Chris, we'll have you back.
Thanks.