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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Zimmerman, Democrat who ran against George Santos, calls for more investigations into his finances

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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4.53.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The ReidOut, we bring you the latest as prosecutors open an investigation into the lies of Republican Rep.-elect George Santos. Meanwhile, Kevin McCarthy is facing a caucus in chaos just six days before the House votes on a new speaker. Plus, serious questions are being raised about where Santos got the money to run his campaign. Rob Zimmerman, the Democrat who ran against Santos, joins us with new allegations. Rep. Ritche Torres (D-NY) also joins us to discuss. Also in this episode, we bring you more on the tragic catastrophe that happened after a winter storm dumped more than three feet of snow on Buffalo. We check in to see how the city is digging out and getting back up and running. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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tonight on the readout we can debate my resume and how I worked with firms such as

0:10.4

gold is it debatable or is it just false no it's terrible or is it just

0:15.2

terrible no no it's not false at all it's it's debatable as prosecutors open

0:21.7

an investigation into the lies of Republican Congressman elect George

0:25.3

Santos Kevin McCarthy is facing a caucus in chaos just six days before the

0:30.9

House votes on a new speaker meanwhile serious questions are being raised

0:35.1

about where Santos got the money to run his campaign also tonight the

0:40.5

death toll is rising after a winter storm dumped more than three feet of snow

0:44.8

on Buffalo we'll check in to see how the city is digging out and getting back

0:49.6

up and running

0:52.3

good evening everyone I'm Jonathan K part in for joy read and we begin

0:56.9

tonight just six days from the start of the new Congress Republican leader

1:01.0

Kevin McCarthy faces a vote for speaker of the House next Tuesday with a

1:04.9

razor-thin Republican majority and the very real prospect of an open fight

1:09.9

over the gavill it's a predicament underscored by the saga of incoming

1:14.6

Republican Congressman George Santos of New York who again tried to explain

1:19.5

a way lies about his biography in an interview with Fox News do you have no shame

1:26.2

and the people who are now you're asking to trust you to go and be their voice

1:30.4

for them their families and their kids in Washington

1:34.2

Tulsi I can say the same thing about the Democrats and the party the better

1:40.3

question is does Kevin McCarthy have any shame or will he just continue to

1:45.2

ignore the admitted fraud about to join his ranks and his desperate pursuit of

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