The inability of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to get his leadership team on the same page as they attempt to come up with a budget plan is being greeted with joy by House
Democrats and
White House officials who are more than willing to watch the GOP infighting go public. The once-again embattled McCarthy has been sniping at some of his top lieutenants, with Politico reporting that he"...has taken shots at Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) as 'incompetent' and chief deputy Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) as 'ineffective,'" with the report adding, "People close to McCarthy tell us that he perceives both men as disloyal (and we know from covering McCarthy for almost a decade that he holds grudges)." According to Axios, things aren't getting any better, and in fact are getting worse, allowing Democrats to sit back and not have to throw him a lifeline. RELATED: Kevin McCarthy's 'chickens are coming home to roost': report One top Democrat who is observing the House Republican's "dysfunction" told Axios,
Republicans are "in a hole and digging ...so why take away their shovels?" The report adds, "The report has reassured Democrats that the Biden administration's refusal to move forward with talks before McCarthy releases a GOP budget outline is the correct approach." "A White House official told Axios that Biden's strategy of holding out for a 'clean' debt ceiling increase and only negotiating on the budget once Republicans present a proposal remains unchanged," the Axios report added . Fox Business host Liz Clayman defended MSNBC after the left-leaning network decided not to air former President Donald Trump's speech live following his arrest. On the Sunday Media Buzz program,
Fox News host Howard Kurtz and Federalist writer Emily Jashinsky took issue with MSNBC's decision not to air Trump's speech. "I think it's really insulting, not just bad for business, but bad for media," Jashinsky said. "I mean, that speech got really big ratings for a lot of folks." "That's what [MSNBC host] Rachel Maddow is saying," she continued. "You, the audience, can't be trusted to know that this guy might be exaggerating like politicians do... That's not her
Job." RELATED: Bill Barr foresees Trump indictment from feds: 'He had no claim to those documents' Kurtz then prompted Clayman to attack MSNBC. "Liz, it seems almost condescending to me," Kurtz told Clayman. "You know, we don't want you to hear what the
Republican frontrunner has to say because you might fall for it." Clayman, however, defended MSNBC. "I'm wondering if Emily would think it's insulting that Fox News in the past has decided on occasion not to cover a
Donald Trump rally or speech," Clayman remarked. "That has been happening in the past. And you know, I love people who don't, who just want to throw that out there and say the editorial decision was supposed to be this. Editorial decisions are made for all kinds of reasons." "And MSNBC feels that their viewers probably didn't want to see what maybe they felt was going to be the same old grievances or some lies," she added. Kurtz defended his attack on the left-leaning network. "When Fox didn't take the two January 6th committee hearings in prime time, I was critical of that," he recalled. "It did run all the other daytime hearings. And so I just think, let the viewers decide. They're smart, and you don't have to shield them from this sort of thing." Watch the video below from Fox News or at the link . CONTINUE READING Show less During an appearance on MSNBC's 'The Sunday Show," GOP campaign consultant Susan Del Percio was pressed to answer the question of "what has happened" to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who is now making appearances on conservative cable networks desperately fundraising to help pay Donald Trump's legal bills. The South Carolina Republican has been roundly ridiculed for his Fox News appearances where, in one appearance, he appeared teary-eyed after Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom. Speaking with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart about Graham, Del Percio bluntly stated, "He has no shame." After watching a clip from
Saturday Night Live where Graham was parodied, Del Percio told the host, "We saw that happen right after Trump's
election in 2016." RELATED: Rick Wilson nails Lindsey Graham for his 'sad-eyed puppy' Trump routine "He was worried about a primary and that is when he went full-Trump. It wasn't right away," she continued. "I don't know, it seems like he is going to next give away a set of knives or started using a tin can, I'm not sure which." "I don't know why he's all in," host Capehart pressed. "He used to pal around with Senator
John McCain (R-AZ). For the Republican party, [he was] kind of a moderate Republican. Lindsey Graham has gone like full MAGA." 'He's gone full tilt even when he tries to break away," Del Percio replied. "'Like January 6 is good example. He said he had enough. And then, I guess, someone chased him around an airport and he got very nervous and then went back full-tilt Trump ." 'He has no shame," she added. "It's embarrassing to see this." Watch below or at the link : MSNBC 04 09 2023 09 48 47 youtu.be CONTINUE READING Show less Former Attorney General Bill Barr said that former President Donald Trump would likely be prosecuted after he refused to return classified documents to the federal government. On Sunday, Barr told ABC News that Trump should be "most concerned about the documents case" despite the former president's recent arrest in
New York. "I'd be most concerned about the document case in Mar-a-Lago because from what I can see, you know, when it first came out, a lot of Republicans manned the ramparts and were dumping all over the
FBI and the government," Barr said. "He had no claim to those documents, especially the classified documents. They belonged to the government." "And so, I think he was jerking the government around, and they subpoenaed it, and they tried to jawbone him into delivery of the documents," he continued. "I think they probably have some very good evidence there." Barr explained why special counsel Jack Smith was likely to prosecute Trump. RELATED: 'That's a cheap shot': Chuck Todd battles Trump attorney for 'misrepresenting the law' "I don't know him well, but by reputation, he's a very dogged, aggressive prosecutor who will get to the bottom of what happened," he said of Smith. "And this is one of the things that leads me to believe that if there's a case there to be made, it will be brought, because I think the attorney general would have selected another kind of special counsel if he wanted more discretion exercise, like, well, yeah, there's a case, but we don't want to bring that case here because there's a lot of reasons against the public." Watch the video clips below from ABC or at the link . CONTINUE READING Show less