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On CNN Wednesday, longtime GOP strategist and Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson said that the Republican Party has been wholly taken over by the strain of politics practiced by pro-QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

"The real leader of the House [GOP] is Marjorie Taylor Greene ... she's effectively the leader," said Wilson. "She's forced in her alliance with Trump and the crazies and QAnon people, conspiracy theories and Jewish Laser Lobby, that's the dominant strain. It is now what has taken over from the old Republican Party ... they believe that Hillary Clinton eats babies under a pizza restaurant. This woman barely could contain herself to try to behave for 15 minutes tonight, and McCarthy essentially didn't even bother to slap her on the wrist."

"Late Night" host Seth Meyers addressed the shocking revelations about the Axios report on the "craziest meeting of the Donald Trump presidency." Like the beginning of a bad joke, the report says, "four conspiracy theorists marched into the Oval Office."

Meyers read the report that Trump lawyer Sidney Powell "proposed declaring a national security emergency, granting her and her cabal top-secret security clearances and using the U.S. government to seize Dominion's voting machines."

The group formerly known as Republican Voters Against Trump has rebranded as The Republican Accountability Project, going after far-right QAnon officials who have taken over the GOP.

In a new ad that they've posted on their social media, the group makes the case that the soul of the Republican Party is up for grabs and is being taken over by the far-right.

On MSNBC Wednesday, Daily Beast columnist Margaret Carlson noted that right-wing outlets are starting to turn on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — but for the wrong reasons.

"You know, last night on Fox, Mitch McConnell was called a 'foolish old fraud,'" said Carlson. "And all Mitch McConnell has done is speak the truth. I'm amazed at Mitch McConnell, actually. I wonder what's happened to him that he's got an open mind, that he accused Trump of lying and causing the mob, and that it was impeachable offenses, and then he goes after Marjorie Taylor Greene and supports Liz Cheney, as he should, but which his whole party is not doing. It's Mitch McConnell leading. But for that, all he did was that. And now he is a 'foolish old fraud.'"

On CNN Wednesday, special correspondent Jamie Gangel gave insight into how the House GOP's caucus meeting on the future of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) went off the rails — with one lawmaker in Pennsylvania making an analogy that several GOP women found offensive.

"[Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy says he supports Liz Cheney remaining in her current leadership position, the number 3 Republican in the House," said anchor Wolf Blitzer. "She did vote, one of ten Republicans, to impeach the former president. She said this at the time. "The president of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and then lit the flame of this attack." Then she added, "There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution." So a lot of Republicans in the House say they totally disagree with what she said and what she did."

Former Republican and former communications adviser to President George W. Bush, Nicolle Wallace, predicted that many of the Republicans in office are "going home in two years."

Speaking to conservative columnist A.B. Stoddard and MSNBC's John Heilemann, Wallace mocked the Republicans who have tried to dodge questions about QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

Speaking with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday, a panel of analysts argued that Newsmax can try all it wants to save itself from litigation from Dominion Voting Systems, but it's useless after years of reporting lies.

The panel watched the video of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell ranting on the network Tuesday, prompting host Bob Sellers to ask the producer to end the interview. Lindell continued to shout over the host until eventually, Sellers walked off.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) vowed to do anything he could to defend former president Donald Trump from conviction in his Senate impeachment trial.

The Florida Republican told the War Room Pandemic podcast that he would even quit his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to serve on the former president's defense team.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed newly elected Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) for offering a laughable excuse for his ignorance of fellow freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

The Alabama Republican claimed that bad weather had prevented him from reading the news, where he might have learned that Greene was under fire from Democrats and some Republicans for her support for bizarre conspiracy theories and violence against her political opponents.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski took a moment to appreciate the return of normalcy and credibility to the White House.

Brzezinski opened a segment on negotiations on the coronavirus relief package by citing sources in the White House and Capitol Hill, and her "Morning Joe" co-host asked her to pause for a moment to enjoy the relative calm in Washington, D.C.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) appeared on Fox News Tuesday evening, claiming that under her "unique approach," she was able to help her state get through the pandemic better than "virtually every other state."

The problem, however, is that South Dakota actually did among the worst in the nation when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Late Night" comedian Seth Meyers did an epic two-and-a-half minute rant on Groundhog Day and the absurdity of listening to a rodent about meteorology.

"The rest of us are out here in a life or death battle over anti-science psychopaths taking over our government," Meyers explained. "So, it really doesn't help our case if we're out here using animals to predict the weather. Because it's hard to make fun of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her Jewish Space Laser while you supposed blue-staters are wearing top-hats and gathering around a hole in the ground waiting to find out if you can book tee-times based on which way a woodchuck scurries."

While reading excerpts of President Donald trump's impeachment defense, MSNBC Rachel Maddow read some specifics that eliminate a key GOP argument against the impeachment.

Over the weekend, it was reported that former President Donald Trump lost his legal team when they disagreed on the defense strategy. The old team wanted to focus on the "constitutionality" argument, which says that Trump can't be impeached because he's no longer in office. Instead, Trump wants to argue that he is innocent because he won the 2020 election.