All Hell Breaks Loose in Congress as Hearing Blows Up

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What sparked the chaotic hearing and how did MAGA Republicans behave?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
All hell broke loose in Congress yesterday as the MAGA Republicans made complete and utter fools of themselves at the various congressional hearings. Watch as Marjorie Taylor Green just starts speaking out of turn, just on her own, saying, I love veterans. No one loves veterans more than me. I love veterans. And the Democrats are like, okay, that's great, but like can we have some order here? Like There are people asking questions. Are you just like show boating for the camera? And then Marjorie Taylor Green just starts taking her gavel like a maniac and just starts going whack, whack, whack, whack, whack. And then Democratic Congresswoman Stansberry's like, dude, what are you doing? What the hell was that?
Ben Meiselas 0:41
And then Marjorie Taylor Green's like, whack, whack, whack. And then Stansberry's like, All right, this is getting a r like a little weird. You you wanna read the rules there, Green? Here watch this, play this clip.
Marjorie Taylor Greene 0:51
The gentleman yields. No one loves veterans more than President Trump and he's made that apparent. That's why he's working for peace. Madam Chair. Right now,
Unknown 1:00
your time.
Marjorie Taylor Greene 1:01
It it i I'm the chair of this committee.
Unknown 1:03
That's not how military procedure works. You're not recognized, Miss Stanbury. You're not recognized either. You can't just speak anytime you want to I'm the chair of this committee. That's not how it works.
Marjorie Taylor Greene 1:21
We're gonna get you a Roberts. Point of order.
Unknown 1:28
Parliamentary procedure. Point of order. Okay,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 1:30
Matt. Point of order. All right,
Unknown 1:31
Madam Chair, calm down. Let's move on. Miss
Marjorie Taylor Greene 1:33
Sansbury, you're not recognized. Point of order.
Unknown 1:37
Madam Chair, I've got
Marjorie Taylor Greene 1:38
a su oh I'm sorry you had a point of order.
Unknown 1:40
Madam Chair, can w can we decide who's gonna speak first and we don't
Marjorie Taylor Greene 1:45
Absolutely. I'm the chair of this committee and Mr. Gill Mr. Gill from Texas is recognized for five minutes.
Ben Meiselas 1:51
And then you had the MAGA Republicans in Congress doing their dear leader routine, where you had MAGA Republican Congress member Tim Burchett. It's like everybody knows that Donald Trump's approval is soaring. It's never been so high. We all need to be praising him. Like literally, he says that. And then Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine's Crockett's like, first off, what the hell are you talking about? Like, this hearing is not. About that. Number two, she's like, Can I get unanimous consent? And can we just read Donald Trump's latest poll numbers? Worst polling ever from this poll. Worst polling ever from that poll.

How did the hosts discuss Donald Trump’s soaring approval ratings during the hearings?

Ben Meiselas 2:26
Worst polling ever from this poll. Trump's polling is literally like the worst in presidential history, but these MAGA Republicans live in their weirdo cosplay MAGA fascist world where dear leader does no wrong. Here, play this clip.
Jasmine Crockett 2:39
are going to continue to live through chaos and destruction that has been occurring ever since he swore in in January. And I hope y'all remember who caused this 'cause it wasn't just the gentlelady's time has expired. The gentlelady's time has expired.
Marjorie Taylor Greene 2:58
I now recognize Mr Burchett from Tennessee.
Unknown 3:00
Thank you, Chair Lady. I would remind Members of both sides of the aisle that um President Trump's approval rating is soaring and last I checked, congressional approval is is not. And I think that bears witness. Uh the
Jasmine Crockett 3:17
Madam Madam Chair, I have a unanimous consent. Without objection. Thank you so much. Um, this is just from a couple of hours ago. Trump pivots to distractions as polls show collapsing support for his agenda. Without objection, so the next one is Donald Trump's approval rating plunges in multiple polls.
Marjorie Taylor Greene 3:39
Without objection. So the next
Jasmine Crockett 3:40
one, Donald Trump's approval rating. New polls show shakeup over Iran bombing. Without objection, so ordered. The next one, Trump's approval rating drops to term low amid Israel Iran war.
Marjorie Taylor Greene 3:54
Without objection, sorter, I hope you're not reading the same thing from your phone, which it looked like. Uh I now recognize clarification. I now recognize Mr. Lynch from Massachusetts for five minutes.
Jasmine Crockett 4:06
I just want to clarify. I can give you the sources because Mr.
Marjorie Taylor Greene 4:08
Lynch is recognized, Miss Crockett, you're rudely interrupting Mr. Lynch's five minutes.
Ben Meiselas 4:13
That was so good. And then Democratic Congressman Jasmine Crockett starts questioning one of the witnesses and says, okay, let's play a game.

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