Meadows Texts Show Alarming Number Of GOP Lawmakers Addled By Conspiracy Theories

Josh Kovensky, investigative reporter for Talking Points Memo, talks with Alex Wagner about his reporting on text messages received by Donald Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in which an alarming number of elected Republicans demonstrate an unhinged faith in bizarre explanations for Donald Trump's 2020 defeat. 

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[eileengalman]

Put ALL those 34 members name OUT there. All of them.

[street_cheeks]

we saw how fast Peru and Germany moved against traitors. we want results too. imagine our justice system working or our ppl doing anything about corruption.

[ardenmcconnell]

Why are we paying them hundred of thousands of dollars re salary and lifetime pensions while they're failing their jobs and continuing to only have fun on our money? They need to be fired! Get rid of the bums. It's our money.

[williamhedglin]

They all need removed from office and thrown in

[leolion]

All of them should be arrested, tried and jailed

[rolandomoreno]

Every single one of those involved should be charged....

[nancy]

Why are these people still in Congress and were allowed to run again in 2022?

[ArsynZ]

They did this through texts? Imagine what they say to each other behind closed doors. 🤦‍♂️

[scottparkin]

If this is what Mr. Meadows chooses to release, one can only imagine what he held back under the belief they would be too incriminating to his cause. The game has gone too far, and the consequences are real.

[jo-anbryson]

I hope those 34 traitors who are still in power are arrested, charged and evicted from power.

[zenith]

So... time to remove them, yeah? Any freaking day now?

[surlyguvna]

I hope Jack Smith stays on to clear these traitors out.

[davidleaman]

The Lincoln Project will have a field day with this information.

[ThisIsInsanity-zh]

"Divorced from reality" . . . that's just the thing that I want to see in our political leaders. What really bothers me is just how much American voters are divorced from reality for voting for these politicians in the first place.

[curanderoverde]

With all this criminality did they ever do anything that pertained to their actual job?

[botz]

It's not shocking that they did what they did, it's shocking that they are still walking around free amongst us.

[peaceloveharmony]

This is freaking crazy. How can these elected officials ever be trusted or taken seriously from now on? They’re definitely not dealing with a full deck.

[foureyes]

The amazing part of this conversation is that the 34 are Still calling the shots, no pun intended, in your country . C'mon DOJ clear the ' swamp' of nuts in government. A good start would be to read communication's and when you find basic spelling mistakes, go that way .

[carolwalt]

To actually realize that these republicans are parents and grandparents and passing these conspiracies on to their kids. How sick.

[FrankBenlin]

This, as we all knew, is why they didn't want to investigate anything.