© Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters after leaving the House Republican convention on Capitol Hill Jan. 25. (Photo by Gabin Botsford/The Washington Post)House Republicans, having awakened from their usual media slumber, are starting to send out waves of disdain for the "weak media" from which they had previously been hiding.
On any given day, the New Republican majority posts a half-dozen members of CNN and MSNBC, the two networks that are increasingly becoming Trumpian "fake news" attack grounds for conservative lawmakers. Republicans appeared on network news and gave interviews on late night news.
Last Sunday, for example, 2.5 million viewers on NBC watched conservative Republican Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) first appearance in four years. Viewers of ABC's "This Week" and "Fox News Sunday" were treated to two prominent House Republicans, Rep. Michael R. Nation. R-California.) set his expectations for Wednesday's meeting with President Biden, the first traditional Sunday appearance in nearly two years. According to a Washington Post review of those conversations, transcripts appear.
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), recently appointed chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, sees great opportunities every day, especially on Sundays.
"They ask me every week. I've been asked to appear in three (Sunday shows) this week," she said in an interview outside the House Wednesday.
By the end of the week, Comer wanted to be home in Kentucky and couldn't arrange the logistics of a car via satellite to the network, so he wouldn't be seen. But others are distributed by network software.
Four years ago, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is back as Speaker of the House, and neoliberals, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), have taken note.
But the cycles of House Republicans come after a long battle with the mainstream media, fueled by bitterness and resentment of Donald Trump's presidency.
Since his leadership, some Republicans have dismissed those outlets as biased, part of the viewpoint of far-right advisers who advise candidates to avoid anything but friendly relations. Many Republicans, including some who feel comfortable speaking to non-conservative media, have avoided these interviews because most of the news cycle focuses on the Trump scandals or the Jan. 6 House committee hearings, topics they want avoid.
However, some Republicans believe they were ostracized by the mainstream media after the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, opposing the confirmation of Joe Biden's election.
Kummer, who voted to confirm the election, was absent because "no one was there".
TV executives deny any impeachment against the two-thirds of House Republicans who voted to confirm Biden's victory, following a public debate with CNN's Jake Tapper, NBC's Chuck Todd and others about how his candidacy will fare next year. 2021. Those who endorsed Trump's stolen election claim.
© Amanda Andrade-Rhodes/The Washington Post Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) prepares for a televised interview on Capitol Hill January 6 for the nomination of the 118th Speaker of the House. (Amanda Andrade-Rhodes for The Washington Post)This discussion by news anchors, while not politically contemporary, has given some Republicans the justification they needed to shut the door on this part of the media.
The effect has been palpable: Republican votes in the House, as well as anti-Trump legions, have all but disappeared from mainstream entertainment.
Sunday shows, with detailed scripts and guest lists, are the simplest measure of the show. Among the top five shows -- on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and CNN's "State of the Union" -- House Republicans has combined more than 105 games in 2021 and 2022.
But over 45 games, only two governors participate: Les Cheney (R-Wyu) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois). Both are now retired from Congress, voted to impeach Trump, served on the January 6 Committee, and have regularly voiced strong opinions against the former president in each of his television appearances.
Separately, four other Republicans participated, who voted to impeach Trump twelve times.
and the rest of the Republican Caucus, more than 200 members, who made about 50 appearances at five shows over two years. About a third of those who came forward to talk about hot spots in Afghanistan and Ukraine were McCauley, who is now chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
In January, House Republicans mostly appeared 24 times across the five Sunday shows, which is an impressive pace to get their message across to those shows' total viewers of over 10 million.
McCarthy included this change in strategy.
A year after a combative interview about the Capitol attack on "Fox News Sunday" in the spring of 2021, he hasn't appeared on any of the other four Sunday morning programs in the past two years. Instead, Trump appeared regularly on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Batiromo, a host known for her conservative questioning.
Still, in a lengthy vote to reinstate Speaker's hand last month, McCarthy opened up to the mainstream media, pacing the courtroom without missing a beat on CNN and MSNBC. When he finally won, he held a press conference after 2 a.m. in Statuary Hall, his new favorite venue instead of his official studio in the Capitol Visitor Center.
He spoke to White House reporters for more than 12 minutes after meeting with Biden on Wednesday last week. He returned to Capitol Hill and held an unscheduled meeting with reporters that lasted 35 minutes. Today, Thursday, he held a press conference that lasted more than 20 minutes.
In less than four weeks as president, he held six press conferences. Between March and mid-December of last year, he held just four official press conferences on Capitol Hill, according to a report by Fox News.
Even the most conservative lawmakers think this is the right approach.
"This country is at its best when there is a strong press that allows all those elected to represent the people to have conflicting ideas that the American people can understand. I think that's true of CNN and Fox," the Republican said. . Chip Roy (Rtex).
Roy, a Conservative who campaigned for McCarthy's big concessions, broke the rule that Sundays must be set aside for family viewing the day after the speaker's vote.
"I get along great with Jake. Glad I did."
© Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) speaks on Capitol Hill Monday.But Republicans have acknowledged that some of Trump's allies are angry.
"I have people that I've always loved who are still in Trump's world," Comer said, and "Why was I on The Pam Brown Show Sunday Night? Why? Why go on [NBC's] Chuck Todd Show?"
Brown, a CNN anchor from a prominent Kentucky family, has known Comer for a long time. He trusts her and other media reporters.
“I think it's important to talk to any media that is interested, credible and honest about what I'm doing,” Kummer said.
None of this suggests Republicans will abandon conservative media, far from it. McCarthy's first television interview as a speaker was with Sean Hannity of Fox News. I sat down to watch a podcast with Donald Trump Jr. And two weeks before his return to the familiar Sunday morning fanfare on CBS, McCarthy is back in the friendly confines of Fox News' "Sunday Morning Future."
Republicans privately see this approach as similar to American football's "spread offense," in which the quarterback has more options for passing upfield. Trump's popularity is known to be waning somewhat, and for the most part, House Republicans in these interviews are likely to focus on their own policy proposals or oversight investigations.
These appearances still lead to combative interviews, but Republicans are more relaxed about the topics. No one can say how long this major media intervention will last, but for now Comer is the main messenger.
In particular, his investigations into Hunter Biden's financial interests have been covered extensively in the conservative media. Your job is to try and educate as many media outlets as possible to explain what you are looking for in this mainstream media.
It is open for all news broadcasts until the weather warms up on Sunday morning.
“I can stay with them until my son starts playing baseball,” Kummer said.
It is a 180 degree change from the life of minorities. His only appearance on the Sunday show in the past two years was shortly after the Republicans won the November midterm election, as he prepared to call for an injection of power into the group.
"The only time they call me is if they have my audience and 200 people say no," she said.
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