Rep. Garamendi Uses Hamas Terrorist Attack to Slam ‘Chaos Caucus’ GOP and ‘Bomb Thrower’ Jim Jordan

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GARAMENDI: "Well, we all ought to be aware that the Gang of Eight is not only the leadership of the Congress, but it is also the crazies in the Republican Party. They have been -- they have over the last decades, 30 years now taken out three speakers, three Republican speakers have gone under, have left their job, because of the Freedom Caucus, and -- and now Matt Gatez and others, who are the most vocal part of that. It is extremely troublesome for the United States. This Israeli situation is one of many, many problems. The government of the United States will shut down in another 35 days. And the Congress of the United States has got to get his act together. I would implore those rational moderate Republicans to reach out to those of us on the Democratic side and put together some sort of a coalition, some sort of understanding, so that we can work together. Unfortunately, former Speaker McCarthy never even attempted to work with the Democrats to keep -- to settle up this schism within his party. We did, however, Democrats, with a handful, with several dozen Republicans put forth a continuing resolution that continues to government until mid November. But that time is rapidly approaching. We've got to have an accommodation. And I implore those Republicans, moderates, reach out, reach out to the Democrats, talk to bar leader Hakeem Jeffries, and seek some sort of a coalition so that we can get the Congress back in operation. It can be done. It's been done all around the world in various parliaments and we can do it in the Congress. I know that Leader Jeffries and his team is prepared to work with the Republicans if they're prepared to work with us, but right now, the chaos caucus, those 20 or so radical MAGA Republicans seem to not want to do it. And the candidates they put up -- Jim Jordan is a bomb thrower. You only need to look at the committee hearings in which he spent chairman up. He's a bomb thrower. He's not going to bring about an accommodation within Congress. He's going to throw the whole thing into even more chaos. Mr. Scalise, far less radical, but I'm not sure that he's capable of putting it together. There are men and women in the Republican Congress that could lead, but they can't do it unless they reach across the aisle and work with the Democrats and put together some sort -- like give you what can be done. Put this -- stabilize things. Don't go with any big ideas, either Democrats or Republicans, stabilize things.”