Taylor on MTG: The Republicans Who Fomented an Insurrection into the U.S. Capitol Are Now Doing One Within the Republican Conference

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
CAPEHART: “So, miles, ntg now has two cosponsors to vacate, but they have not triggered it yet. What has that signaled to you?”Show more

Taylor: “It signals to me that the same Republicans who fomented an insurrection into the United States capitol are now doing one within the Republican conference, and this I think is the start of it. I suspect that after this week long recess, you are actually going to see the temperature go up a little, rather than down. And Johnson will be in a very difficult predicament. Now he was able to claim victory this week with the passage of the foreign aid bill, but actually think there is a good chance that this might be one of those things that is the last victory of rational Republicans before what I would call a mass extinction event. What do I mean by that? I mean in this it showed the radical wing of the party that the rational wing still has some influence and it is going to be infuriating to them. People Mike — like Michael mccall, my former boss on Capitol Hill — Capitol Hill — l hill —“

CAPEHART: “Let’s think — My camera — Miles is frozen. I think we are going to try to get — we have miles back, keep going, miles. Going, miles. Miles.”

Taylor: “Sorry about that, Jonathan. I was just saying you know, people like Michael mccall, the chairman of the foreign aid committee, the foreign affairs committee, he is a dying breed of Republican in this conference, and I worry that we are going to see a lot of those Republicans disappearing after this vote. So it is a coin flip at this point about whether the motion to vacate goes forward and for now, Speaker Johnson cannot count on still being the speaker for the balance of this year.”