THE HOUSE FLOOR, IN FACT, I
THINK WE HAVE LIVE PICTURES WE
WERE JUST MONITORING THIS
MOMENTS AGO.
IF WE LOOK AT THE HOUSE FLOOR,
WE HAVE THEM GOING FORWARD, AND
YOU CAN SEE THE VOTE TOTALS
HERE, LIBBY.
YOUR VIEW ON WHAT IT MEANS FOR
FOLKS CATCHING UP HERE BETWEEN
THE HOLIDAYS, WHAT IS SPEAKER
PELOSI DOING HERE, WHAT DOES
THIS VOTE DO AS WE TRACK IT?
>> SO, THE HOUSE HAS PASSED IT.
SO THEY HAD TO GET A TWO THIRD
MAJORITY HERE.
THEY HAVE EKED THAT THROUGH.
SO THAT IS NOW THROUGH THE
HOUSE.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT THE SENATE
WILL DO.
THIS PUTS SENATE REPUBLICANS IN
A TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE THEY NOW
HAVE TO GO ON THE RECORD, EITHER
SAYING THEY SUPPORT THIS $2,000
CHECK OR THEY DON’T SUPPORT THE
$2,000 CHECK.
IF YOU’RE, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO
REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR SENATE
IN GEORGIA WITH A VOTE IN JUST A
HANDFUL OF DAYS, YOU’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO ON THE RECORD ABOUT
THIS.
IT MAKES ME THINK, ARI, WITH
FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS
ENEMIES, BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS PUTTING REPUBLICANS IN A VERY
TOUGH POSITION.
>> YEAH, AND THAT GOES, WHAT
LIBBY IS SAYING GOES TO WHERE
THE POLITICS MEETS THE REALITY.
THE REALITY IS ALL OF THE
PRESSURE PEOPLE ARE FACING, WHAT
HAS BEEN SUCH A TOUGH YEAR AND
HOLIDAY TIME FOR SO MANY, AND
AGAIN, THIS BREAKING NEWS COMING
HERE RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP OF
THE SHOW.
WE CAME ON THE AIR, WE WERE
MONITORING THE FLOOR.
NOW, AS LIBBY MENTIONED, JOW THE
HOUSE PASSING THIS.
IT IS NOT LIKE THE REST OF THE
BILL WHERE IT’S GONE THROUGH
BOTH CHAMBERS YET, BUT THE HOUSE
IS A MAJOR STEP.
AND BRITNEY, THE POLITICS ARE
DONALD TRUMP CONTINUING TO BE
WILLING TO BLOW THINGS UP TO THE
POINT THAT THE "NEW YORK POST"
THESE OTHER REPUBLICANS AS WELL
AS EVEN STRONGER VOICES IN
PRIVATE SAYING, WOW, HE’S REALLY
NOT ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN
CHAOS.
>> LOOK, WE KNOW THIS.
THIS IS A PERSON WHO LACKS
EMPATHY, AND WHO I THINK
UNFORTUNATELY TAKES REAL
PLEASURE IN MAKING FOLKS, YOU
KNOW, LIVE ON THE EDGE OF, YOU
KNOW, CHAOS, OF WORRY, OF
DESPAIR.
HE IS UPSET WITH THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC BECAUSE HE’S BEEN
DEFEATED, AND SO BECAUSE OF
THAT, HE HAS DECIDED HE HAS NO
RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEADERSHIP.
BUT LET ME SAY I’M ACTUALLY MORE
INCENSED WITH THE GOP.
IT’S VERY RICH OF THEM TO COME
OUT NOW AT THIS LATE HOUR AND
PRETEND TO BE UPSET WITH THE
PRESIDENT THAT THEY ELECTED,
THAT THEY BACKED, THAT THEY
ALLOWED TO CREATE THIS KIND OF
CHAOS FOR OUR COUNTRY OVER THE
LAST FOUR YEARS.
AND SO THEY HAVE CREATED THE
MONSTER THAT IS DONALD TRUMP.
AND NOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WE
AS A COUNTRY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO LAST THROUGH THESE LAST
23 DAYS.
THE OTHER THING ABOUT HIM
CREATING CHAOS IS HE STAYS ON
OUR MINDS, WHICH IS THE THING HE
WANTS.
HE’LL TAKE ANY KIND OF
ATTENTION, SO NEGATIVE ATTENTION
IS PERFECTLY FINE WITH THIS MAN,
BECAUSE HE WANTS FOLKS -- HE
WANTS TO IMPOSE MAXIMUM CHAOS,
DESPAIR, AND DESTRUCTION BEFORE
HE LEAVES OFFICE, AND THE GOP
REALLY HAS TO HAVE A SOUL
RECKONING ABOUT WHY THAT KIND OF
LEADERSHIP OR LACK OF LEADERSHIP
WAS SO ATTRACTIVE TO THEM FOR
THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
AND THEY -- SO I DON’T CARE THAT
THEY’RE IN FRONT OF THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC AND THEY’RE IN A TOUGH
POSITION.
THEY HAVE PUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IN A TOUGH POSITION FOR
THE LAST FOUR YEARS BY ALLOWING