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Affinity for authoritarians and he has shown this consistently throughout his presidency. hes willing to be transactional with them. i cant believe, though, that he is that susceptible that he would just parrot vladimir putins talking points. >> but, jonathan swann, its been like this since -- i mean, the first time we saw it was on this show in december of 2015 when he basically said had great affinity for vladimir putin because he was a strong leader. but he kills journalists and political roo...

Bloombergs constituency? who is the group of democratic voters who will move to him if he does, in fact, get in the race? weve got the progressive voters supporting elizabeth warren and bernie sanders who certainly will not have any affinity for mike bloomberg. where do his votes come from? >> well, you get some of the moderate voters who are going for joe biden right now and probably some of mayor petes voters. bury again, but, again, to guys point, can he pull a diverse coalition? thats the bi...

Voters? >> it would be like scaling the swiss alps, i think, to try to improve upon his percentage of the black vote. he actually underperformed compared to mitt romney who wasnt known necessarily for having a great affinity for the black community. for president trump he does have a good story to sell, historic low unemployment, increased funding for historically black universities, bipartisan criminal justice reform bill. unfortunately he also has his big mouth that gets in his way. when he sa...

>> it seems very clear that he is incredibly concerned about ukrainian defense. i dont know that hes concerned about american policy, but his main mission was to make sure that the ukraine got those weapons. i understand that. we all have an affinity to our homeland where we came from. >> obviously that was former wisconsin congressman sean duffy. joins us now on prime time. his first appearance since becoming a cnn -- what do they call you? a contributor? >> contributor, yes. >> it is good to h...

Shame campaign of unfair attacks by team trump. >> it seems very clear that he is incredibly concerned about ukrainian defense. i dont know that hes concerned about american policy, but his main mission was to make sure that the ukraine got those weapons. i understand that. we all have an affinity to our homeland where we came from. >> obviously that was former wisconsin congressman sean duffy. joins us now on prime time. his first appearance since becoming a cnn -- what do they call you? a cont...

The same level of affection and affinity for someone like matt bevin who had all sorts of problems related practically to his personal demeanor. the trump effect was not enough to lift him, so thats a challenge republicans have moving into this impeachment season. that said, from chatting with a number of republican operatives and lawmakers over the last couple of hours, the sense i got is they still dont see last night in and of itself as a ref hendm on the impeachment project, and i spoke with...

Political phenomenon seems quite limited to this donald trump and not necessarily transferrable to others throughout the party. >> its so interesting. i had a conversation with a republican lawmaker earlier today who made almost that identical point, what this person said is that democrats get the benefits of having trump be part of the political conversation because trump energizes the democratic base, broadly. but for republicans who arent trump, if trumps not running, his base doesnt necessar...

Well a republican strategist and former advisor to u.s. president donald trump has gone on trial in washington accused of obstructing justice roger stone was investigated as part of the special counsel probe into russian meddling in the 2016 american elections the case coincides with the impeachment inquiry against president trump that is taking place in the u.s. house of representatives. like few other political operatives in u.s. history in iraq just revels in attention whether its good or bad...

Veteran republican strategist whose career goes back more than 40 years roger stone counts former u.s. presidents ronald reagan and richard nixon among his clients his affinity for nixon apparently strong enough for him to get this permanent reminder his ties with donald trump also going back decades in the eightys stone turned trump the entrepreneur into a major donor for reagans campaign and saw in him a potential contender for the white house. i have great affection for trump and the trump fa...

Was investigated as part of the special counsel probe into russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. elections. like few other political operatives in u.s. history roger stone revels in attention whether its good or bad. the record. is. a veteran republican strategist whose career goes back more than 40 years roger stone counts former u.s. presidents ronald reagan and richard nixon among his clients his affinity for nixon apparently strong enough for him to get this permanent reminder this ties with don...