Do you believe President Trump should be speaking, or former President Trump should be speaking at CPAC this weekend?

Yes, he should.

Congressman Cheney?

That's up to CPAC. I've been clear my views about President Trump and the extent to which following,

the extent to which following January 6th, I don't believe that he should be playing a role in the future of the party

for the country.

On that high note?

Thank you all very much.

One year ago, Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney clearly we're heading in opposite directions

and that split is now

complete, as the minority leader endorses a primary challenger to the Wyoming Republican. Good

morning. Welcome to morning, Joe. It is Friday, February 18th. With us, we've got the host of way too

early and White House Bureau Chief at Politico, Jonathan Lemire, and New York Times Washington

Bureau Chief Elizabeth Bue Miller.

Joe, not surprising, I guess, but extraordinary, nevertheless, that the man who could be the

next Speaker of the House is now endorsing an opponent to Liz Cheney in that race in Wyoming.

Yeah, you know, Liz Cheney from the very beginning separated herself.

I say from the very beginning from, certainly in 2020, when COVID started up, you had

Republicans that went right down the trail of all the conspiracy theories. She always spoke up,

spoke out about that. There was also, There was also an interesting time I remember because it

involved me where Donald Trump was accusing me of being a murderer. And somebody asked Kevin

McCarthy, said, hey, what do you think about what Donald Trump's saying about Joe Scarborough?

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