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A New York Republican battled internet connection woes as he sparred with a frustrated CNN anchor on Wednesday night, who tried to point out that Republicans may shut down the federal government over the failed inclusion of legislation targeting a rare crime that's already unlawful.

Rep. Mike Lawler joined Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" to discuss House Speaker Mike Johnson's flopped government funding bill.

An MSNBC host called for consequences for a Republican senator from Louisiana who launched into a racially charged line of questioning against the head of the Arab-American Institute — during a hearing aimed at discussing the prevalence of hate crimes.

Chris Hayes took a couple of minutes out of his show, "All In," on Wednesday to tell viewers that Sen. John Kennedy doesn't get the same level of notoriety or criticism as other "attention-thirsty" firebrand lawmakers such as Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) or Josh Hawley (R-MO), but he ought to.

Former President Donald Trump has sought to use the second assassination attempt against himself in two months to go after Vice President Kamala Harris and her supporters, claiming without any evidence that they incited the plots by criticizing his agenda as dangerous to American democracy.

But this makes no sense coming from Trump, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday — particularly since on Jan. 6, Trump whipped up a crowd into a frenzy with election conspiracy theories, just as a mob was preparing to storm the Capitol and attack police officers to stop the election certification, and he took hours to make any kind of statement calling them off.

A journalist and women's rights activist hit back against Gov. Sarah Huckabee's Sanders — who attacked Vice President Kamala Harris this week, saying Harris has nothing keeping her "humble" because she doesn't have biological children — and revealed her theory as to what's driving the GOP's "offensive" attacks.

Gretchen Carlson, an author and advocate for women's rights known for her role in the #MeToo movement following her high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that the parents of stepchildren are the real people who deserve a so-called "humble award."

A Republican senator in Louisiana drew audible gasps as he made racially charged remarks against the head of the Arab-American Institute during a hearing aimed at discussing the prevalence of hate crimes, The Washington Post reported.

As Maya Berry tried to explain that hate crimes against Arabs and Jews in the U.S. were up a respective 73 percent and 58 percent, over a period when hate crimes as a whole rose only 7 percent, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) — who has been criticized previously for his comments on racially charged issues, repeatedly demanded that Berry disavow any allegiance to various Islamist terror organizations.

A New York Times columnist remarked Wednesday evening that former President Donald Trump and his running mate have no plans to give up their "fear-driven" arguments, as they've found "longer-term utility in keeping this narrative going" — and they align with Trump's "nativist aspirations."

Charles Blow noted it's been over a week since Trump amplified at the debate the baseless and racist conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) suffered a blow on Wednesday night, as his short-term government funding bill failed.

The House rejected the measure by a vote of 202-220, according to C-SPAN. Fourteen Republicans voted against the measure and just three Democrats crossed the aisle to support it.

Former President Donald Trump's ally Rudy Giuliani vowed to track down and punish anyone who would try to rig the presidential election, the same way he put away Mafia gangsters as a federal prosecutor.

"If you're behind" election fraud, Giuliani told the crowd at Trump's rally in Uniondale, New York, on Wednesday, "I'll find you."