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GOP should worry more about MTG and Boebert's 'mental competency' than Joe Biden's: House member

At the end of an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) got off a shot at two of his Republican colleagues in the House after he was asked about concerns about President Joe Biden.

Initially speaking with the hosts about Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hamstringing of the military over concerns about Pentagon abortion policies, Crow was asked in parting about attacks on Biden's "mental competency" from Republicans.

According to the Colorado Democrat, GOP leaders have a bigger problem on their hands that they need to deal with.

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"Where do you stand on the president's age and on the age of those senior politicians more generally?" he was asked by panelist Katty Kay.

"I think it's wrong to look at age, I think we should look at capacity, I think we should look at acuity and leadership," he replied.

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Boebert's 'explicit groping' video response shows she's in a panic about re-election: MSNBC panelist

Reacting to the continuing fallout for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) after closed circuit video showed her vaping, acting out and engaging in mutual groping with her date before being booted from a performance of the "Beetlejuice" musical at a Denver theater, MSNBC contributor Katty Kay claimed the embattled Colorado Republican's effusive apology over the weekend demonstrates she's worried about her political future.

With "Morning Joe" co-panelist Johnathan Lemire describing Boebert's actions including "explicit groping" -- much to the dismay of co-host Mika Brzezinski -- Kay noted Boebert's effusive apology and pointed out that it was completely out of character for the lawmaker who normally courts controversy.

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Pro-Trump protesters top 100 as 30-car caravan rolls into New York City: 'Free the Proud Boys!'

Pro-Donald Trump protesters arrived in New York on Sunday in a 30-car caravan ahead of a week of legal battles for the former president.

Trump has had a difficult time being able to bring together large groups of supporters in New York. For his first arrest at the court, Trump called on MAGA to take to the streets and speak out against the tyranny of his arrest.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene demands 'etiquette and respect' in Congress after profane tirade

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) demanded "etiquette and respect" in Congress months after she launched a profane attack on Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on the House floor.

In a message posted to social media on Sunday, Greene complained about the Senate's dress code.

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'Texas sized victory': Donald Trump gloats after Ken Paxton's narrow acquittal

Donald Trump took to social media to gloat on Saturday after his ally, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, was narrowly acquitted on corruption charges in his own impeachment trial, which was greenlit by fellow Republicans.

Legal experts were quick to react to the news that Paxton was acquitted of 16 articles of impeachment, but Trump took his time, posting a response several hours later. Trump had previously expressed support for Paxton throughout the process. Paxton also had the support of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other far-right figures.

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GOP's 'toddler caucus' is sending party over the cliff: CNN panel

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was roundly roasted on a CNN panel Friday morning for his failure to contain the "toddler caucus" and keep the House of Representatives working coherently.

This comes as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) continues to threaten to call a vote to oust him, and the country barrels toward a shutdown with little progress from GOP leadership on getting funding passed, as demonstrated when correspondent Manu Raju caught up with Gaetz.

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House GOP near 'the Godfather II stage' where 'the whole family kills each other': Republican lawmaker

Infighting among House Republicans has gotten so intense that some members are drawing analogies from classic mobster movies to describe it.

One unnamed congressional Republican told Semafor this week that relations among his colleagues may have reached "the Godfather II stage” where “the whole family kills each other.”

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'Stupid': Idaho Republican slams colleagues for being 'dumb enough' to shut down government

The United States government is headed toward a shutdown thanks to infighting and dysfunction among Republicans in the House of Representatives.

Politico reports that there is some dismay among some House Republicans over the way that things are headed.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene announces plan to ensure Dems 'lose big' on impeachment

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday evening announced a plan to make sure Democrats "lose big" in impeachment inquiry proceedings, even if the evidence never allows the GOP to actually impeach Biden.

The lawmaker, who has recently feuded with her own Republican colleagues over the question of impeaching the current president, said the plan is to drag out the proceedings over an extended period of time, allowing the allegations Republicans make to play out before the general public watching at home.

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Republican infighting reveals 'radical tactic' for GOP to replace its ranks

No one will mistake Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colorado), a member of the House Freedom Caucus and the Tea Party, for a liberal or a progressive. But even though he is hard-right ideologically, Buck has drawn the wrath of MAGA Republicans by opposing Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-California) push for an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden and arguing that Republicans simply don't have enough evidence.

In an opinion column published on September 14, MSNBC's Steve Benen emphasizes that Buck's clash with other House Republicans speaks to a broader problem within the GOP.

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'They're dumb': The View laments the Republican party's new generation of leaders

"The View" opened with a video of Sen. Mitt Romney's (R-UT) announcing Thursday that he won't run for re-election – and then considered what the traditional GOP politician is being replaced with.

The co-hosts compared Romney and older Republicans to the new, younger leaders like Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

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GOP's own must-pass military funding bill has 'become collateral damage' amid intraparty chaos

Republicans in the House of Representatives need to pass a package to fund the American military this month -- but Politico's Playbook reports that they're on the verge of blowing it.

According to Playbook, the proposed $826 billion Pentagon funding bill – which was already seen as dead-on-arrival in the Democratic Senate given its right-wing culture-war provisions related to abortion – has already become "collateral damage" thanks to hardliners in the conference insisting on even deeper spending cuts to the federal budget in exchange for their votes.

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‘Chaos vibes’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocks GOP after Gaetz threatens McCarthy

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) poked fun at the Republican party on an eventful Tuesday where House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) opened an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) threatened to remove McCarthy as speaker.

Ocasio-Cortez took to X, retweeting a C-SPAN clip of Gaetz's threat against McCarthy. In the clip, Gaetz said that McCarthy needed to move faster than the "baby step" of opening the impeachment inquiry. He called for more progress or for McCarthy to step down as speaker.

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