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This. we just go down this rabbit hole and just get lost in it which is the way he likes us to play. for the communities that are affected by what he says, you sit in stunned silence, which is why it was so important for people to stand up and speak and say something in that moment. the deafening silence from members of my own party who you all know, and i hate doing the what aboutism with obama and all that, but you know if barack obama had said something about appalachia or some poor neighborh...

>> heres the situation. if you were the president of the united states and youre on the world stage next to vladimir putin, better than what the president said, than whispering into the president of russia, ive got more flexibility? im not going to get off that. >> because its a what aboutism duck to what im asking you. >> were dealing with a global political situation. and when you are on a global political stage, theres a lot of factors at play. >> jay, i love you. you know that. right? >> i k...

>> no. >> would i ask you for your letters? >> yeah. >> weve had this conversation, too. i dont do that to you. >> this is what im saying. youre not accusing mueller of being a bad actor or in bad faith? >> no. i think it was clear today, as your network said 100 times, he did not have command of the facts. i dont think he was -- >> what lead prosecutor knows everything of the face theyre doing with a team on this size? he didnt want to go outside the confin confines. its a performance. he didnt...

>> youre mr. what aboutism? another example. now you dont like the example. >> what i dont like is theres a constitutional requirement that you give your tax returns. >> why wouldnt he do >> you were in the middle of an audit and your contract was up for cnn. would i say lets release the tax return? >> if i want to be president of the united states. i may not pay you what you want. let me release my taxes is you can trust me. >> cnn asks you would you be offended? >> no, they have been paying. >...

United states and youre on the world stage next to vladimir putin, better than what the president said, than whispering into the president of russia, ive got more flexibility? im not going to get off that. >> because its a what aboutism duck to what im asking you. >> were dealing with a global political situation. and when you are on a global political stage, theres a lot of factors at play. >> jay, i love you. you know that. right? >> i know that. >> i like going through this process with you, ...

>> yeah. >> weve had this conversation, too. i dont do that to you. >> this is what im saying. youre not accusing mueller of being a bad actor or in bad faith? >> no. i think it was clear today, as your network said 100 times, he did not have command of the facts. i dont think he was -- >> what lead prosecutor knows everything of the face theyre doing with a team on this size? he didnt want to go outside the confines. its a performance. he didnt have good material. his performance wasnt good. >>...

Ill give you my taxes. i dont want a vote from anybody. im not asking for them to make me their leader. >> is there a requirement in the united states constitution? >> its an ethical one. its not what youre forced to do. its doing the right thing by the american people. >> were friends. lets go through this. theres no requirement it has to be. >> this is not about the emoluments litigation. >> its the same. why are they doing this? >> why is he doing this? >> doing what? >> not releasing his tax...

Its not just what aboutism. its not that he is being hypocritical. its something more sinister in the way they keep using jews -- first of all, theyre lying about accusations theyre making. and then theyre using those lies to justify their own racism. >> and that racism is undermining the bedrock of our shared foundational civic life. michelle goldberg, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. coming up, elizabeth warren takes on the raytheon lobbyist. and the head of homeland security answers to ...

Have a moral compass. >> you hate to engage in the what aboutism. can you imagine if this happened? talk about previous presidents. listen to what fox news was talking about president obama. after he said he was open just receptive to the idea of meeting with somebody like this. lets hear their take after trump did it. >> would you as president meet with the leaders of the country like north korea? >> obama extraordinarily said id meet with him. >> i will meet not just with our friends. but with...

Into perspective. clearly your commentary, chuck, is she shouldnt have said that kevin mccarthy took it one step too far. why not just overreact? this is the world we live in. its all aboutism. >> its frustrating to me like when you watch the democrats feel hesitant about criticizing one of their own, its like wait a minute, this is the problem with the republican party, the one youve been criticizing for so long. >> its rich of the republicans to do this. but that being said, its a pity that th...