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Host, now the host of indivision bl and an msnbc contributor, charlie sykes. gentlemen, welcome. steve, this may call for a judgment. you see so much of this material come and go. especially republicans, especially one we had at this desk tonight saying why he doesnt have town halls. why do they always say they are professional agitators when sometimes they are constituents, part of the resistance, and they are fired up? >> thats -- the special election we were just talking about now and the sev...

This material come and go, especially republicans, especially the one we had at this desk tonight, saying why he doesnt have town halls. why do they always say theyre professional agitators when sometimes they are constituents, part of the resistance, and theyre fired up? >> the special election we were just talking about now and the several that are coming in the next few weeks, thats why i think theyre so important. its the psychology of the average republican member of congress and the democr...

Were not paid. but there were some agitators, more than a few, that you couldnt have the dialogue and discussion back and forth. i think it was a missed opportunity. i went there, i dont think everybody agrees with me, but thats why you have town halls. you can watch the video yourself. it was over the top. it was bullying and intimidation not just to me, trying to do it to other people who dont want to be part of such an irate group of people. you have every right to protest and put up signs an...

A plan, going without coverage. a replace would be there and it would be simultaneous, so there would be no gap in coverage. democrats are implying that youre going to lose obama care and youre not going to have anything to replace it with, which is not the truth. we have heard paul ryan talk about it very clearly. republicans went to this town hall and there were a lot of democrats who were agitators, and if you went to these town halls, it was not all republicans there. >> when they talk about...

Thank you, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> he held three event, not so contentious. thanks for being with us. some republicans have suggested that some of the angry crowds are paid protist tors, which frankly is the same argument democrats made against tea party protesters in 2009. is that what youre seeing or to you is the anger real? are these folks from your district from the area who have real concerns? >> thanks for having me tonight, appreciate it. i have no evidence of paid protesters in ...

These meetings. >> i believe theyre local, i believe its organized. i think, congratulations to those organizers, that what they should be doing. this is the new world of politics, get rid of one election, not like everydy takes a breath. this is about the 2018 elections. lets not lose any doubt about that. and this is going to continue on both sides. i will say this, though, when conservatives and, frankly, blue collar democrats see this type of action from the progressives, all that does is in...

Meeting in a bipartisan meeting and said theres something to look into. thats their prerogative and their duty. i support that. thats what i support at this time. you have folks who dont like the president who are asking for everything, and i dont think thats -- thats not the right thing to do. we have processes and we shoulder go through them in this country. >> i want to get to a couple otheri issues, but first, last night, constituents came loaded for bear. what did you do to lull them into s...

President or whether it was another senator or another congressman, what abraham linking salink i lincoln said, i will stand with any man when hes right as long as -- >> welcome back to "hardball." thats more from that boisterous town hall going on right now in arkansas with republican senator tom cotton. he just told the crowd hell stay for another half hour. republicans across the country are facing feere ining fierce cn home districts. sol republ some republicans from swing districts are avoi...

Why? because people wanted to get rid of it. donald trump won on saying hes going to get rid of it. he won pennsylvania, wisconsin, ohio, all these states with a lot of democrats because he said he was going to get rid of obamacare. and so understand, this is not a cross section of america. this is a lot of progressives who are now unified because donald trump unified them just like president obama and hillary clinton unified the conservatives. >> whats bottom line on these meetings and this noi...

Right here and stops right now. >> do you think that talking about millions of illegal votes is dangerous to this country? >> no, not at all. >> without presenting the evidence? >> many people feel same way i do. its not a muslim ban but were totally prepared to work it out very nicely. you see it at the airports, you sea it all over. its working out very nicely. >> as of today were officially putting iran on notice. >> the action taken in yemen was a huge success. >> i noticed chuck schumer yes...