SCOOP: @RepMTG's worst fears could soon be coming true.
DON BACON (R-Neb.) tells @NBCNews he's willing to work with DEMS to elect a moderate Speaker if 218 Republicans can't agree on a candidate. @RepDonBacon
On Bannon's "War Room," Gaetz mocks MTG for trusting McCarthy:
“Whatever Kevin has promised Marjorie Taylor Greene, I guarantee you this: At the first opportunity, he will zap her faster than you can say Jewish space laser,” Gaetz said.
Former Freedom Caucus chair @RepAndyBiggsAZ to reporters just now … “Nobody has 218 (votes for speaker). And somebody is going to run tomorrow” vs McCarthy
Chair @BennieGThompson makes point that those who testified and gave evidence to J6 were not Dems or Trump foes.
They were Trump aides, GOP state officials, the RNC chair, Trump family members and WH officials.
"This investigation is not about politics."
Re: Trump's premature declaration of victory, Greg Jacob testified that Pence chief Marc Short "was trying to figure out a way of avoiding the Vice President sort of being thrust into a position of needing to opine on that"
“Hell of a week. Can we try a little harder here? Like really, Mick?” Rep. Ann Wagner sneered at Trump’s chief after his disastrous press briefing on Ukraine/G7 Doral summit.
At Camp David that weekend, moderate Republicans "charged the president’s chief of staff like a pack of wolves."
“Your performance was kind of abysmal, one said. “A stupid idea” said another.
“This is an unacceptable, unforced error. We won’t defend it,” Wagner
“The backlash, Mulvaney realized, was going to jeopardize the tenuous GOP coalition that they needed to keep intact in order to defend Trump from the impeachment inquiry,” @rachaelmbade & @karoun write in “Unchecked.”
BREAKING: JAN. 6 panel says it will hold last-minute hearing at 1 p.m. TUESDAY after saying next round of hearings would not take place until after July Fourth.
'WE SHOULD NOT DEFUND': In new letter to @SpeakerPelosi obtained by @NBCNews, nearly 20 House Democrats — many vulnerable — call for a vote on legislation to boost police funding nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
“Cutting to the bone only weakens any profession … and fuels a race to the bottom. That’s especially true in law enforcement,” they wrote.
“To make our communities safer, build a future with less crime, and save lives, we should not defund — instead, we must invest to protect”
The letter is the latest sign that Democrats, fighting to preserve their fragile majority this fall, are concerned about rising crime and the “defund the police” messaging from progressives that contributed to the party’s loss of more than a dozen House seats in 2020