House Speaker Kevin McCarthy narrowly averted a shutdown by passing a 45-day continuing resolution with the help of House Democrats before it passed the Senate and was signed by President Biden. However, some within the House GOP caucus are unhappy with the deal, and Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is threatening a motion to vacate the chair. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-SD), who was a key player in McCarthy’s negotiations, joins Andrea Mitchell to react to Gaetz and weigh in on whether McCarthy’s speakership is at stake. “I don’t know how you can come back and blame the vast majority of the conference for wanting to see government function,” Armstrong tells Andrea. “And if we’re going to do the majority of the majority, then a motion to vacate seems a little silly because Kevin McCarthy has the majority, or has the support of the vast majority of our conference.”
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The US defaults on Ukraine, and the US troops get to do some fighting and dying in the Baltic states, eastern Europe, Finland and the south China sea region of Asia. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost in excess of $7-Trillion and a lot of American and coalition blood. I don't have to wonder too much, how much that Joe America is going to not like that.
Dems should vote him out when he comes up for a vote for the lolz.
MAGA is a paper housecat with a nasty disposition.
More Dems voted for the CR than Republicans. This guy just lies for no reason.
All insurrectionists and seditionists should have been removed from government on January 07.
Kelly Armstrong hasn't done a THING in my state of North Dakota.
Spineless Speaker
McCarthy NEW DEMOCRAT HERO MICHAEL AVENATTI OLD DEMOCRAT HERO
Remember when Maddow blew the doors off Michael Avenatti nightly? Who's it going to be tonight?
If he has no support from the GOP, then why did they make him speaker?
I certainly hope Gaetz is as impotent as some say?
What a circus the republican run house is – how can they expect to run the country?!
Can you imagine how much BONDO it takes to fill in the cracks and crevices in andrea's and pelosi's faces each day?
Yes, the traitors are many and on both sides in DC
A hole Representing go online to find where US weapons are. Ukraine accounts for every missile stop Replubicians.
Replubicians what happened to xtrump COVID vaccines 20 million disappear.
If Trumpski is so powerful and smart, he doesn't need to be president to end the war. He's a deranged hyperbolic demagogue and self aggrandizing braggart.
The three most important things to most Americans who aren't uptight self entitled white politicians are jobs, pay, and access to healthcare, period!
Their legislation that has close to zero chance of passing in the senate, is then counted as governing?
We mental health tests for these lunatics.
if the dems dont vote to oust mccarthy, it would be a big mistake,, hit them while they r down
Armstrong is just another zGOP apologist
McCarthy is a joke and so is Gaetz. I support neither and leadership and integrity should be the speaker, not politicians playing games. They are both disqualifying members IMO
The fake news is silly.
All of them are the same, RATS
He just said they put forward a bill that they knew no Democrat would vote for it. So, how did they expect it to pass the Senate? The answer is they didn't.
LEGIONS, Derelict, mentally disorderly conduct, the padded cell of Mother Teresa and Christopher Hitchens, the institutional insiders and Jerry Browns institutional outsiders, Satan’s woke cult ⚕️⚕️⚕️of the highly Timothy Leary amused 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
BUT McCarthy DOES NOT have the support of the majority of Americans
"We the [special] People . . . do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Too bad the framers can't be around to fix all of this
This crap about oversight and wanting responsibility there is. They had a group of Republicans that went to Ukraine and was shown how the account for everything they are given. The guys that went over even said that they are better at monitoring than our own DoD. Educate yourself before saying stupid stuff. They even have it so you csn go onto a site and look at what they have were it is. All you are doing is playing to the Maga with misleading and misinformation. You know better.
Liar
This man is a hero, a genuine hero, standing up to the corruption that has overtaken our government. Kudos to him, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Jordan, Comer and Elon Musk for exposing the corrupt mob that runs the USA. Former Democrat, now independent voter
McCarthy needs to reopen the investigation into Gatez and underage girls.
Funny how Republicans had no problem when Trump was deficit spending MORE THAN ALL PRESIDENTS COMBINED.
Love how lefties recognize Kevin as one of their own😂😂😂😂😂
Expel Gaetz.
I blame Kevin for giving in to the lying deceitful weasel
Because they’re getting kickbacks too.
The lies are none stop. Democrats definitely voted to keep the government open. So tired of Republicans trying to say that Democrats didn't or wouldn't vote for that. Democrats are literally the only party that is pushing to keep the government open and help the people of the United States.
This was so wrong because McCoward was just removed!