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A Tennessee Republican turned on some in his own party Friday over their lack of attention on criminal referrals against President Joe Biden's son Hunter and his brother James.

On Friday, Sharla McBride, co-host of Newsmax "Wake Up America," asked Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) whether the criminal referrals filed this week by House Republicans will gain traction. Burchett, an outspoken critic of many in his party, took little time saying he has complete faith that Reps. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, will pursue the case.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) wasn't happy about the music choice during her introduction on an interview with Colorado radio station KOA-AM.

Host Ross Kaminsky began the sitdown with the "Beetlejuice" film score by Danny Elfman — a choice Kaminsky blamed on producer Dragon Redbeard.

CNN national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny on Friday poured some cold water on a Trump supporter's hope that the former president would tone down his talk of going on a scorched-earth revenge campaign.

After playing footage of Wisconsin Trump supporter Tony Duckert arguing that Trump will do well in the coming weeks if he focuses on policy and not on his personal grievances about being found guilty on 34 felony counts.

Steve Bannon's trial tribulations may have only just begun as he readies himself for prison and the district attorney who secured former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction prepares to take him to court in New York, a former federal prosecutor said Thursday night.

Glenn Kirschner appeared on MSNBC to discuss with Lawrence O'Donnell a Washington D.C. federal judge's decision to put Bannon in a federal prison for four months for ignoring a congressional subpoena from the Jan. 6 investigative committee.

Reacting to a report that Pennsylvania Republicans booed, taunted and turned their back on two prominent Captiol police officers who fought the insurrectionist mob on Jan. 6, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson launched into an extended diatribe over what the GOP has become under Donald Trump.

According to a report from the Washington Post, "Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and former sergeant Aquilino Gonell were introduced on the [Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives] floor Wednesday as 'heroes' by House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D) for having “bravely defended democracy in the United States Capitol against rioters and insurrection on January 6.” As the two men — both of whom were injured by rioters on Jan. 6 — were introduced, the House floor descended into chaos. According to Democratic lawmakers, several GOP lawmakers hissed and booed, with a number of Republicans walking out of the chamber in protest."

Coming on the heels of President Joe Biden's stirring speech to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy on Thursday, MSNBC analyst and branding expert Donny Deutsch suggested it was a precursor of another front aimed at undercutting Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Coupled with a new commercial being released by the Biden/Kamala Harris campaign that shows veterans praising the current president and questioning the patriotism of convicted felon Trump, the MSNBC regular called the military vote Biden's "secret weapon."

Speaking with "Morning Joe" co-host Willie Geist, Deutsch explained, "Contrast is everything in this election. I think the military is the greatest example to show the contrast between two men. You see Donald Trump who, you know, got off, didn't serve because of bone spurs, allegedly told John Kelly, his chief of staff, as they were in a cemetery looking at fallen heroes, 'Why would anyone person be a sucker and give their life for their country?'"

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"That's all you need to know about Donald Trump," he elaborated. "I said this before, I think the most compelling advertising campaign would be centered around the military. If we got [former Trump Defense Secretary James] Mattis, [former Trump national security advisor H.R.] McMaster, [ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark] Milley, Kelly to go to screen and say 'Look, this country cannot stand Donald Trump. The defense of this country will not withstand Donald Trump. We are great Americans, we believe in the country, we trust this country, we know this country. You can't vote for Donald Trump.'"

After he added "The military is the secret weapon, I think, and I hope this ad comes to fruition," host Geist ran the newly released Biden ad where one vet is seen stating, "I see a man in Joe Biden who accepts accountability and responsibility. When I see his predecessor, Donald Trump, I see a man who is only in this for himself," another adding, "Donald Trump has zero accountability in his life," and a third remarking, "He is a draft dodger, simple as that."

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Republicans booed and walked out on two former Capitol police officers at the Pennsylvania statehouse, and a former GOP pollster was disgusted by that display of antipathy to American democracy.

GOP legislators jeered Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, who have each testified publicly about their violent clash with Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and CNN contributor Sarah Longwell was dismayed by their rude reception.

Trump critic George Conway this week appeared on The Daily Show to discuss former President Donald Trump's legal travails and he identified the biggest problem that the former president's lawyers face in trying to defend him in criminal cases.

During an interview with host Ronny Chieng, Conway explained why he believed that the hush-money verdict against Trump was the correct one and he said that Trump lawyers' challenges in the case were made more difficult by their own client.

A CNN commentator challenged Republicans to bring whatever goods they have on Joe Biden.

Jamal Simmons, who served as Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden and Communications Director to Vice President Kamala Harris, made the claim as part of a panel discussing the president's recent promise that he wouldn't pardon his son Hunter, who is on trial in a Delaware federal court for lying to a licensed gun dealer, lying about not being addicted to drugs when he applied for a gun carry license, and illegally possessing a pistol.

Dr. Phil McGraw believes former President Donald Trump received a raw deal in his hush money conviction.

The television star sat down with the 45th president to discuss a range of topics and then appeared on CNN's "NewsNight" with Abby Phillip to discuss it.