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Trump’s Loosening Grip on the GOP

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Government, News, Versant Media, Weekend News, Ali Velshi, News Commentary, Versant, Politics, Ms Now

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by journalist John Harwood, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, President & Sr. Lecturer for Repairers of the Breach Bishop William J. Barber II, journalist Maria Hinojosa.

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0:00.0

Good morning. It is Sunday, November the 23rd, and we begin this morning with Donald Trump's

0:10.7

weakening grip on the Republican Party. His administration's abuse of executive power is still

0:15.7

bar none, as we get into later in the show. But politically, the past few weeks have represented

0:20.4

something of a

0:21.0

vibe shift for the president after 10 months of pushing the bounds of his authority and bullying

0:26.3

his critics and detractors. With midterm season fast approaching and a long-term future without

0:31.1

Trump looming, Republicans are finding themselves at yet another crossroads with this president.

0:36.5

Take first his feud with the Georgia Congresswoman

0:38.9

Marjorie Taylor Green, who announced that she would resign from Congress in January of next year

0:43.8

after pushing to release the Epstein files against the president's wishes. At first glance, their breakup

0:49.2

might look familiar. She joins a long list of Republicans who dared take on Trump before quickly leaving office.

0:56.0

Senators Jeff Flake and Bob Corker in Trump's first term, the ten House members who voted to

1:00.4

impeach Donald Trump in 2021, including Fred Upton and Anthony Gonzalez.

1:04.7

This summer, Senator Tom Tillis announced he would not seek re-election after opposing the

1:09.0

Big Beautiful bill.

1:09.9

You can fight Trump.

1:12.2

The rule seems to be just once. But Marjorie Taylor Green's feud with Donald Trump is significant because of what it is over.

1:19.0

In her 11-minute-long video announcing her retirement, Green laid out her feelings about being dubbed a traitor by the president.

1:27.9

Standing up for American women who were raped at 14 years old, trafficked in use by rich, powerful

1:35.0

men should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the president of the

1:40.8

United States whom I fought for.

1:44.5

Remember, Trump only reversed his position and backed that bill in Congress to force the

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