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Congressional black caucus and the republican party have made an unholy alliance to make sure that we have these districts which are gerrymandered to all hell. thats one thing. and two, very to take a moment and step back, and we have to thank law enforcement, the nypd, capitol police, people who get poo-pooed on all the time for doing great work. i say all of that to lead into this next statement. there is no what aboutism. asking or chanting shame at ted cruz in a washington, d.c., high end re...

Capitol police, people who get poo-pooed on all the time for doing great work. i say all of that to lead into this next statement. there is no what aboutism. asking or chanting shame at ted cruz in a washington, d.c., high end restaurant, regardless of whether or not its a private restaurant and hes with heidi cruz, heidi cruz got heckled more at the rnc than at that restaurant. its vastly different than sending a pipe bomb to someones office. so -- and my only point in all of this. >> no ones d...

Argument when your immediate response was, they were worse. >> its called what about-ism. >> no hillary. maybe it was different in the 90s but, i think we are understanding there is a massive power imbalance between the intern and the president of the united states. >> everything is better with an accent. she seems unlikely to have any further political ambition but she did hand opponents and democrats who want to portray themselves as on the right side of this issue, a weapon to charge them wit...

That they draw a line from one to the other and they say that bill clinton and his defenders, bill clinton and the media, bill clinton and culture, whatever they want to say they say basically broke politics -- broke the rules in 1998 and got away with it and their answer basically 20 years later was to find their own bully, donald trump, to fight back. thats sort of i think how some justify it because when you see that shift from where they were 20 years ago so where they are now, they make a c...

The believability of women. she participated in that in the 90s, denying womens claims against her own husband. so in watching that club, difficult for her to really be tough on cavanaugh because the next natural is do you believe the women that accused your husband of rape. and i dont know how she gets around that. how does bill clinton get around that in this era of a new me too generation? i know its what aboutism, but if we believe all the women, do we believe anita broderick? >> i understan...

Nothing with it. ford really wanted nothing to happen with this? why does she call the "washington post"? why does she contact her congressman? why does she contact the senator? so there was some chance to do it the way it should have been done, and feinstein made that impossible. >> what did you make of the president going after booker and blooming that will and feinstein? >> again, classic trump tactics. but beside the point. lets assume cory booker did run newark into the ground, the bustling...

Tenants is what-aboutism. so, i think thats part of it here. it could be a deflection, could be a distraction. it could just be a knee jerk counterpunch, which we know he likes to do. >> something he made up in his head? >> its entirely possible. or certainly exaggerated. >> like his friend jim? >> but now, you know, maybe some people are going to spend some time looking for this, right? the whole idea is that it create -- distraction, deflection, thats one way of looking at it, but it sort of g...

To jump into that lake because theres not much that will be accomplished by throwing dirt either way. i will say that we have had perhaps most productive congress in the three decades. if youre lolooking for progres further than what were finishing in august. nine out of 12 of the proep ration bills weve appointed. one eighth of all circuit court judges, historic tax reform. regulatory reform done. theres no question from policy perspective, we are looking at the most productive congress in thre...

Mike flynn and the investigation. and the president says, no, i never said that. so hes saying, well, there is no truth. but that means there are two sides to a story, but there is truth. one of those people is telling the truth and one of those people is not telling the truth. >> or maybe theyre both lying and there is a third version, but there is something that actually happened. >> there is truth. when mayor giuliani does what he does today, it is as ken says, an effort to muddy everything, ...

President told him to layoff mike flynn and the investigation. and the president says, no, i never said that. so hes saying, well, there is no truth. but that means there are two sides to a story, but there is truth. one of those people is telling the truth and one of those people is not telling the truth. >> or maybe theyre both lying and there is a third version, but there is something that actually happened. >> there is truth. when mayor giuliani does what he does today, it is as ken says, an...