AMID THE HEIGHTENING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE U.S.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH REMAINS PRACTICALLY PARALYZED.

THERE IS STILL NO HOUSE SPEAKER .

REPRESENTATIVE JIM JORDAN IS REPLACE KEVIN McCARTHY WHO WAS OUSTED BY HANDFUL OF FAR RIGHT MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY TWO WEEKS AGO.

GETTING THE VOTE APPEARS TO BE A CHALLENGE.

SUSAN GLASSER A WRITER FOR NEW YORK JOINTS US TO DISCUSS WHAT THE CHAOS MEANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ITSELF.

>> CHRIS YOUNG, SUSAN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LAST WEEK YOU WROTE IN THE NEW YORKER CAST PARTY ON THE HILL KEEPS ON CHAOS THING.

THAT IS DESCRIBING THE REPUBLIC PARTY WHY THE WORD CHAOS AND EXPLAIN TO OUR AUDIENCE.

>> WE ARE ABOUT TO HIT THE TWO WEEK MARK SINCE REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD A FUNCTIONING SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN PLACE AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY BECOME A SORT OF REVOLUTION EACH ITS OWN ON CAPITOL HILL WHERE BASICALLY THEY DON'T HAVE A MAJORITY THAT'S LARGE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GOVERN THE HOUSE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

THEY ARE TWO DIVIDED AS A PARTY THEY CAN ONLY AFFORD TO LOSE 4 REPUBLICANS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.

BASICALLY WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK ONE OF THE WEAKEST SPEAKERS I CAN EVER REMEMBER KEVIN McCARTHY TOOK THEM 15 ROUNDS OF VOTING BACK IN JANUARY TO GET THE JOB AND THEY FINALLY SAID FORGET IT WE DON'T WANT HIM.

8 NUMBERS OF REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE ONLY WERE ENOUGH TO THROW HIM OUT AND EVER SINCE THEN THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND A NEW SPEAKER THEY CAN AGREE UPON.

>> LAST WEEK STEVE BOWED OUT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T SECURE THE VOTES AND THEN JIM JORDAN COULD BE THE FRONT RUNNER NOW BUT LIZ CHENEY FOR EXAMPLE WAS SAYING ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X IF JIM JORDAN WAS TO BE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE BY THE REPUBLICANS IT WILL COST THEM THE HOUSE MAJORITY.

>> JIM JORDAN IS A VERY POLARIZING FIGURE EVEN WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THE FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN WEINER ONCE CALLED HIM AND HIS ALLIES LEGISLATIVE TERRORISTS.

THEY HAVE BEEN KEY MEMBERS OF THE BURN IT DOWN CAUCUS FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOSTERING THINGS LIKE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS, A TAX ON THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP.

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS JORDAN HAS SOUGHT TO BECOME A KEY ENVOY TO LEADERSHIP BUT HIS MAKEOVER HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH FOR MANY OF WHAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER THE REMAINING ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THEY ARE STILL NOT ON BOARD WITH JORDAN.

TO THE POINT IS HE NOW GOING TO BE THE FAVORITE CANDIDATE?

I AM STRUCK HOW MUCH REPUBLICANS HAVE BECOME THE PARTY OF SORE LOSERS.

REMEMBER IN EFFECT THIS IS A PARTY THAT ESPECIALLY THE REPUBLICANS AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THEY ARE THE TEMPEST WING.

THE MOST TEMPEST WING OF THE ELECTED REPUBLICANS.

JIM JORDAN BEING ONE OF THEIR MAIN LEADERS AND ENVOYS TO DONALD TRUMP.

WHAT IS THE PROTEST ABOUT 2020 ALL ABOUT?

IT'S ALL ABOUT SORE LOSER DUMB.

IT'S ABOUT UNITING BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE AS HIS OWN ADVISERS GAVE IT TO HIM OF HIS OWN DEFEAT.

HOW JIM JORDAN WAS DEFEATED.

HE WAS DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE SPEAKER RACE BY STEVE THE NUMBER TWO HOUSE REPUBLICAN THE OTHER DAY IN THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE BUT STEVE FOUND ALTHOUGH HE BEAT JORDAN QUITE EASILY HE WASN'T ABLE TO SECURE ESSENTIALLY UNANIMITY OF THE CONFERENCE SO HE BOWED OUT NOLLIE HAVE A SITUATION WITH THE LOSER JIM JORDAN IS TRYING TO MUSCLE HIS WAY TO VICTORY BY TELLING OTHER REPUBLICANS THEY NEED TO GET IN LINE WITH HIM.

IT IS A REMARKABLE KIND OF PSYCHOLOGY THAT IS NOW PREVAILING AMONG HOUSE REPUBLICANS.

>> PSYCHOLOGY I WONDER THIS MORNING I WAKE UP TO HEADLINES ABOUT HOW MAYBE IS THERE SOME POTENTIAL FOR A BIPARTISAN SPEAKER DEAL AND I WONDER HOW FANTASTICAL THAT IS AND HE WONDER HOW MUCH OF THAT IS POSTURING TO SAY TO THE MORE CONSERVATIVE WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LISTEN IF YOU DON'T GET IN LINE TO VOTE FOR MIGHT HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE AISLE AND GET SOMEONE YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE.

>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S ALWAYS USEFUL TO RALLY REPUBLICANS TOGETHER TO OFFER THE THREAT WATCH OUT OR THE DEMOCRATS WILL SOMEHOW TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.

I HAVE BEEN OBSERVING CAPITOL HILL AND CONGRESS FOR LONG TIME.

HER FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE WAS WORKING AT ROLL CALL NEWSPAPER.

ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU IS EVERY TIME THERE'S A CRISIS ON CAPITOL HILL A THREATENED GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN OR A LEADERSHIP SIDE THERE IS ALWAYS THIS FACTOR OF MYTHICAL BIPARTISAN COALITION IS GOING TO COME AND RIDE TO THE RESCUE AND SAVED THE DAY .

IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT ALMOST NEVER BASICALLY NEVER HAPPENS.

THERE'S A REASON THE MIDDLE-OF- THE-ROAD MEMBERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

GENERALLY SPEAKING WE HAVE COME EVEN MORE TRUE IN OUR POLITICS.

THAT THE HIGHLY MOBILIZED EXTREMES IN EITHER PARTY HAVE TENDED TO DOMINATE OUTCOMES IN RECENT YEARS.

THE HAVE THE TELEVISION ADVANTAGE.

THEY ARE PROMOTED IN SAY RIGHT- WING MEDIA THEY HAVE A FUNDRAISING ADVANTAGE BY PLAYING TO AND AROUSING THE SYMPATHIES OF THE PARTIES BASE AND GENERALLY SPEAKING IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN HAVE THE MIDDLE OF THE ROTORS THE MODERATES , AND RIDE TO THE RESCUE BUT THEY DO OF THE NUMBERS.

THIS IS A VERY CLOSE CALL AND IT'S UNPRECEDENTED.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE IS NOT JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL CAPITOL HILL.

THIS HAS ACTUALLY NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE GONE WITHOUT A SPEAKER AFTER DEPOSING A SPEAKER.

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED.

>> I WONDER HOW THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK BETWEEN ISRAEL THE HILL.

THE PRESIDENT HAS AGREED TO SEND AND HAS SENT SOME ARMED HE WANTS A WIDER BILL, MORE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THAT .

WHEN THE HOUSE CANNOT PASS ANYTHING WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> YEAH, NO IT'S GOING TO VERY QUICKLY BECOME NOT JUST A SORT OF EXAMPLE OF INTERNAL DYSFUNCTION BUT A SORT OF NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS.

THE FACT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOES NOT HAVE A FUNCTIONING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THE BASIC DUTY IS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THAT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

IF THE UNITED STATES WANTS TO SEND URGENTLY NEEDED NATIONAL SECURITY AIDE TO ISRAEL, UKRAINE AND OTHER PLACES IT CAN'T DO SO WHILE THE HOUSES IN THIS INTERNAL DISARRAY.

I THINK YOU WILL HEAR MORE AND MORE ABOUT THAT.

I WAS VERY STRUCK TO HEAR SENIOR REPUBLICAN MICHAEL McCALL WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WAS MAKING THAT POINT VERY OPENLY TO REPORTERS ON GET OUR ACT TOGETHER AND THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US.

I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THE MESSAGE THAT GOES OUT NOT ONLY TO HIS ALLIES BUT ITS ADVERSARIES AS WELL WHEN WE ARE SO INTERNALLY DIVIDED THAT WE CAN'T PERFORM BASIC FUNCTIONS .

ONE EMERGING FIGHT YOU SEE ON THE QUESTION OF A FUNDING BILL WHENEVER THE HOUSE IS ABLE TO ACT ON THINGS IS WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BUNDLE THE VERY POPULAR BIPARTISAN AID FOR ISRAEL INTO A MEASURE THAT ALSO INCLUDES MORE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR UKRAINE THAT MONEY HAS RUN OUT AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAD ASKED OVER THE SUMMER FOR $24 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL MONIES TO BE SENT FOR ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE.

CONGRESS HAS SO FAR FAILED TO ACT ON THAT.

THERE IS A MOVEMENT AFOOT TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER ALONG WITH POSSIBLY SOME OTHER PRIORITIES.

HAD AN IMPORTANT POINT AND CERTAINLY I THINK THE MESSAGE HAS GONE THROUGH EVEN TO MANY ALLIES OF THE UNITED STATES AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT U.S.

LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD AND WHETHER WE REALLY HAVE STAYING POWER AT A TIME WHERE SO INTERNALLY DIVIDED.

I THOUGHT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TERM PRESIDENCY THAT THE GREATEST GEOPOLITICAL CRISIS IN THE WORLD ARGUABLY IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST , IS NOT IN EUROPE BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON AND A COUNTRY THAT IS A LEADER IN THE WORLD AND SO INTERNALLY DIVIDED IT CANNOT REALLY PERFORM THAT FUNCTION.

I THINK THIS TURMOIL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS ANOTHER POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF THAT.

FOR RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO REAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST REPUBLICANS CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT WHAT A BAD LOOK THIS IS FOR THE UNITED STATES AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY ARE CONSUMED WITH THEIR INTERNAL FIGHT IT'S A REAL CIVIL WAR AMONG THE REPUBLICANS.

>> IN THE SENATE TO REVEAL HAS MADE A POINT OF BLOCKING MILITARY LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS AND I GUESS FIRST WHAT IS HIS CONCERN AND WHAT IS THE STATUS OF WHETHER THAT COMPLICATES THE MATTERS WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS WE ARE SENDING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CARRIER INTO THE MIDDLE EAST REGION TO SUPPORT ISRAEL ?

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THIS ONE-MAN BLOCKADE OF SENIOR MILITARY APPOINTMENTS BY ALABAMA SENATOR ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS IN THE WAKE OF THE HAMAS ATTACK IN ISRAEL AND HE SAID BASICALLY EVEN THAT ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND.

IT'S KIND OF THE SENATE ANALOG TO AID MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE ABLE TO GET RID OF A SPEAKER EVEN THOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS WANTED KEVIN McCARTHY TO REMAIN A SPEAKER NOW IN THE SENATE TALK ABOUT MINORITY RULE THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES THAT ARE CAUGHT UP IN HIS BRANCHES ANY GENERALS CAUGHT UP IN THE BLOCKADE COMMANDERS IN THE REGION HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP AND THE ONE REGIONAL PROTEST IS OBSCURE HE SAYS HE IS AGAINST THE PENTAGON AND THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REIMBURSING SERVICEMEMBERS WHO NEED TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT STATE TO OBTAIN AN ABORTION.

THE PENTAGON DOES NOT PAY FOR THE ABORTIONS OF SERVICEMEMBERS.

IT'S NOT EVEN THAT THEY WOULD BE PAID FOR ABORTIONS THIS IS A POLICY THAT WOULD'VE WHY REALLY TO VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT WOULD INVOLVE SIMPLY REIMBURSING THE TRAVEL FOR SERVICE MEMBERS THAT'S WHAT THE SERVICE ARCADE IS ABOUT HURT THERE'S A BIG FINGER-POINTING IN THE SENATE BETWEEN DIFFERENT LEADERS.

BASICALLY DEMOCRATS RUN THE SENATE THEY HAVE THE MAJORITY BUT THEY SAY IT'S UP TO THE REPUBLICAN MINORITY MITCH McCONNELL TO GET HIS OWN MEMBERS IN LINE.

THERE IS A RELOCKED AND SIMPLE PARTIES TO CHANGE THE ROLE OF COURSE THEY COULD DO THAT AND SIMPLY RAMMED THROUGH THESE NOMINATIONS ANYWAY.

THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL SENATORS OF COURSE WANT TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN ABILITY IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROTEST.

THE RESULTS AGAIN ARE KIND OF GOVERNMENT DYSFUNCTION THAT I THINK IS SHOCKING TO MANY INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> THERE ARE ALSO DIPLOMATIC POSITIONS THAT ARE UNFILLED RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE AN AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, KUWAIT, EGYPT, SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN THE REGION THAT MIGHT BECOME IMPORTANT OR MORE IMPORTANT IF THIS WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS DRIVES ON.

>> YEAH WELL ONE THING THAT IS CERTAIN FAST TRACKING OF THE NOMINATION OF JACK LEW THE FORMER OMB DIRECTOR AND WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA HE IS NOW THE NOMINEE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN TO BECOME THE AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL.

THEY WILL HAVE A HEARING THIS WEEK AND I ASSUME HIS CONFIRMATION WILL BE FAST TRACKED VERY QUICKLY HE WILL BE IN THE REGION.

AGAIN IT PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT AS ALL CRISIS DO ON THE WEAKNESSES IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE WERE SORT OF IGNORING OR LOOKING PAST BEFORE THE CRISIS HIT.

>> BESIDES THE IMPENDING SHUTDOWN AGAIN WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHEN CONGRESS IS AT SUCH A STALEMATE CANNOT PERFORM ITS TASKS?

>> LOOK FOR MANY YEARS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN PREFERENCES FOR DIVIDED GOVERNMENT THAT IS THEY WANT TO HAVE A PRESIDENT OF ONE PARTY AND CONSTRAINTS BY HAVING MAJORITIES OF ANOTHER PARTY IN AT LEAST ONE BRANCH OF CONGRESS SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH DIVIDED COMBINE THAT HOWEVER WITH THE INCREASING POLARIZATION AND DYSFUNCTION INSIDE OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM AND THE INCENTIVES FOR DEALMAKING HAVE NOT BEEN WHAT THEY USED TO BE.

I THINK PART OF THE CRISIS THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING SEEING EVIDENT WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BREWING IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS THAT SENTENCE FOR THE TWO PARTIES WITH DIVIDED GOVERNMENT TO WORK TOGETHER ARE LESS AND LESS THAN THEY USED TO BE.

WE HAVE POLITICS OF OUTREACH, HYPER AND POWERED EXTREMES AND IN EFFECT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE HOUSE.

OF COURSE THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY EVIDENT IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT'S ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY.

THE POLITICS OF EXTREMES WHERE PARTIES ARE ESSENTIALLY UNWILLING AND UNABLE TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK TOGETHER .

>> WHAT'S THE ROLE OF FORMER IS HE BACKING ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR?

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THIS QUESTION ABOUT DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE NORMALLY OF COURSE YOU WANT TO SEE OUTSIDERS PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN INTERNAL HOUSE LEADERSHIP ELECTION IN FACT IT USED TO BE BACK IN MY DAY WHEN I WAS COVERING CAPITOL HILL THEY DIDN'T WANT OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE EVEN FROM LEADERS OF THEIR OWN PARTY BUT ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS INCREASING NATIONALIZATION OF OUR POLICY DONALD TRUMP MADE A VERY CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO JUMP IN AND TO ENDORSE THE CANDIDACY OF JIM JORDAN FOR SPEAKER.

JORDAN AS I MENTIONED BEFORE HAS BEEN ONE OF DONALD TRUMP STAUNCHEST ALLIES INTERNALLY ON CAPITOL HILL FOR YEARS GOING BACK TO WHEN TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT.

THERE WAS ALWAYS JORDAN THERE WHEN IT CAME TO DONALD TRUMP'S LIES ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION AND HIS EFFORT TO OVERTURN THAT ELECTION ON GENEROUS SIX 2021 JIM JORDAN WAS ONE OF HIS CLOSEST LIEUTENANTS ON CAPITOL HILL INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN STRATEGY WITH THEN WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS AND RAISE THE OBJECTIONS TO JOE BIDEN'S VICTORIES ON JANUARY 6 2021.

SO JORDAN THIS IN A WAY WAS PAYBACK FOR HIS LOYALTY TO DONALD TRUMP OVER THE YEARS BUT IT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND WHAT DID IT SAY ABOUT TRUMPS POWER AND POPULARITY AS A WOULD- BE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS DID NOT VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP'S CANDIDATE WHEN THE HAVE THE ELECTION LAST WEEK THEY VOTED FOR STEVE OVER JIM JORDAN.

ONCE AGAIN YOU FIND THIS PARTY SORT OF TAKEN HOSTAGE BY HYPER EMPOWERED TRUMPETS MINORITIES .

THE TRUMP FACTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SENSE THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO VOTE AGAINST TRUMPS CHOICE FOR SPEAKER AND YET SOMEHOW JORDAN HAS SORT OF TAKEN A PAGE FROM DONALD TRUMP'S PLAYBOOK AND IS SORT OF DOING THE SORE LOSER THING TURNING THAT INTO YOU I'M WILLING TO KEEP GOING WHEN THE OTHERS ARE NOT .

>> WHERE DID THE DEMOCRATS STAND IN ALL THIS?

THEY ARE THE SLIM MINORITY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR STRATEGY IS OR THEIR TACTICS ARE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD LETTING IT UNFOLD.

OFFERING TO DO SOMETHING.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRIKE ME IS THAT DEMOCRATS CERTAINLY THEY MUST SEE SOME ELECTORAL ADVANTAGE IN THIS.

IT'S BAD FOR THE COUNTRY.

IT'S ARGUABLY BAD FOR THE WORLD BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT CERTAINLY IS A VIVID DISPLAY OF WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WHICH IS REPUBLICANS ARE NOT A GOVERNING PARTY.

THEY'RE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT.

THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY ENGAGED IN A KIND OF PERFORMATIVE RACE TO THE EXTREMES.

THIS SEEMED TO ME THAT THIS ONGOING FIGHT OVER SPEAKERSHIP WILLINGNESS LITERALLY TO LEAVE THE SPEAKERSHIP OF IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF DYSFUNCTION AND REPUBLICAN DISARRAY THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

COMBINE THAT WITH THEIR CRITIQUE OF DONALD TRUMP WHO IS RUNNING AWAY IT APPEARS WITH THE 2024 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION DESPITE THE CHAOS WITH THE TIME WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT DESPITE THE FOUR DIFFERENT PENDING CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST HIM.

I THINK THIS BECOMES YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR DEMOCRATS OF THEIR ELECTION SEASON ARGUMENT ABOUT WHITE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT A SERIOUS GOVERNING PARTY.

>> SUSAN FROM THE NEW YORKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.