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>> listen, this segment is not about us playing what aboutism, mr. blackwell. with all due respect there are activists and -- >> this is not a lecture. this is not a to adjust this th are raising. >> let me jump in here. if we were to have constructive dialogue, let me go around another topic, but circles around race. let me pivot and showcase what we are talking about. lets talk about omarosa, whether they liked her or lot, that brought the topic back to life of racial diversity in the whouls. ...

And you mentioned i was a former ranger. yes, these people took the same oath that i did to defend and protect the u.s. constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. they have a responsibility to leave no stone unturned and make sure that there was no collusion. they are just doing their jobs. i have think that the attacks from the president are somewhat unfair and especially i want to call him out for one thing. the term what aboutism? any time the president is criticized you have the ...

Oppression that has taken over the modern republican party these days. the victimhood complex of donald trump that is seeped into everything. its just the what aboutism shift to the other side. he is always the victim and now hes waging that attack on our institutions, too. >> we have to sneak in a break. when we come back, was the top white house lawyer onto mike flynn from the start? brand-new reporting suggests he may have been and re-ups questions about what the president knew and when he kn...

And he certainly didnt create all the documents that buried manafort. >> and the wider thing were seeing is the real rampant what aboutism. jay sekulow calling for a special counsel and we reported on that. and we accurately reported on his words but then we did you go into the history. and jay sekulow has mayonnaise view of special counsels. by which i mean, the more the better. a little extra mayonnaise is great. this is not the first time that jay sekulow has suddenly said, never mind. there ...

>> i of all people are aware that there is some irony. while a man thats bragged on tape on his sexual assault in the oval office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with a full support of his party. >> i mean, thats true. >> it is. >> its accurate. >> i mean, i think we are -- what aboutism of this era of politics is not new. and i think its -- i think senator frankens trying to apply it to his particular situation. and trying to blunt the force of the bl...

National committee. >> so there are so many things to unpack here, and tom made a lot of really important points. we are in the middle of this revolution, and in every revolution there are moments of excess. and i have some real serious concerns about whether this is one of them here. i have very little doubt that for the democratic party, this is the right outcome. as you say, it puts what-aboutism off the table for the democrats. they had representative conyers, senator franken, they dealt wit...

I actually agree with jason on one point. look, i think democrats lost a lot of ground when nancy pelosi came out and called conyers an icon. i hope this morning john conyers does the right thing and retires, because theres no place for him whether you are a democrat or republican in congress. the issue about franken and menendez. menendez, there are no credible accusations against menendez, and this argument because theres one bad guy in the senate lets send another bad guy in the senate, that ...

World working to defend and help this country. let me read a quote from the "new york times" of a former fbi spy hunter about morale. men and women are working tirelessly to protect the united states and its people. when he says what he says, its an insult and degrading for the men and women to protect this great nation. >> i think thats a fair point, but all the talk that the fbi might seek revenge for trump going after them undermines this idea of independence. as much as we talk about this, w...

Political ideology. >> i think that the -- something frightening thats happening here is were having a lot about what aboutism in kind of comparing these men across the aisle. i wrote i feel like theyre being treated like human dodge balls. you have one, we have one, too m. i think we need to think of this as women being deflated and undermined. its not the political power that can come from certain ak skew sayings. to use the power of men being held accountable to further ones self politically ...

Process rights and for the fact that shes not willing to throw him under the bus without more investigation. >> yeah. i feel, you know, we talked earlier, michelle, about this what aboutism and whether or not the media doesn have an incentie to say if were going after trumps and moors. then theres al franken and john conyers. then theres going back and rooting a lot of this in bill clinton. this is nancy pelosi answering chucks questions about the former president and whether women gave him a pa...