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Personality. >> a racist trope -- >> if you think hes as racist, thats up to you. i dont. >> is it a racist trope for some time to say go back to your country, even if youre an american. >> i think he said go back and come back and tell us how to do it. >> they were saying, send her back. >> my point of view, im not saying send her hback. im saying for president trump, if you embrace his policies, doesnt matter where you come from, he probably likes you. >> as elected leaders of the country to t...

Anti-america. dont get -- aim higher. we dont need to know anything about them personally. talk about their policies. >> can he have it both ways there, matt? >> well, frankly i think so. and thats been a common sentiment of many here. i know susan collins also released a statement that, again, chastises the so he called squad for their lurch left against socialism. it wasnt that long ago that omar made some anti-semitic comments. and we talk about the leadership in the house, house democratic l...

Party. >> listen, there has been reaction. 19 of them came out with some form of condemnation, some stronger than others, some much weaker than others. and what you often heard was they would condemn what the president said in one sentence and then pivot right away to criticizing also these four female lawmakers. so let me just -- one example is senator lindsey graham. let me just play for you how lindsey graham reacted. >> we all know that aoc and this crowd are a bunch of communists. they hate...

We all know aoc and this crowd are communist. they hate israel and our country. they are calling the guards along our border, the border patrol agents concentration camp guards. they accuse people who support israel of doing it for the benjamins. they are antis-semitic and anti america. aim higher. we dont need to know anything about them personally. talk about their policies. >> so one mans opinion there. there is one way to look at this from the president this weekend. another way is this, fro...

Theyre calling the guards along our border the border patrol agents concentration camp guards. they accuse people who support israel of doing it for the benjamins. theyre anti-semitic. theyre antiamerica. dont -- aim higher. we dont need to know anything about them personally. talk about their policies. >> so one mans opinion there. thats one way to look at this incendiary material from the president this weekend. another way is this. from the other senator from south carolina, also a republican...

Theyre anti-semitic. theyre anti-america. dont get that, aim higher. we dont need to know about them personally, but talk about their policies. >> aim higher? lindsey, youre -- you call americans in congress communists? and you say they hate america? and then your punch line to that is aim higher? jon meacham, the term mccarthyism has been thrown around recklessly for 70 or so years. 60, 65 years. >> yeah. >> but just like donald trumps

About impeachment. and going back to rashida tlaibs comments as well. >> kelly odonnell, he is going to like what he heard from leader mccarthy who issued a defense of somebody who he talks with and visits with often. and will do so again today. >> and the timing had been some of the presidents chief defenders were out of town based on the congressional schedule, arriving back late yesterday. and so this was one of the first on-camera opportunities to have a counter weight to the four congressma...

Criticizing the nhs and the guy i know said why dont you f off to the states. essentially go back to where you came from because i was insulting them. is it racist? >> dana: hold on. did you try to become a british citizen? >> greg: i took a job, brett. >> jesse: you took a job the brits wont do. >> greg: yes, editing maxim. >> dana: i have never liked the nicknames, i dont like the tweets, i dont like any of it. when lindsey graham says aim higher, he does that mean at senators. he means avoide...

Time not personally attacking these congresswomen and begins this interview doing just that. take a listen. >> tweets were negative. >> i think there are american citizens duly elected running on an agenda thats disgusting that the american people will reject. talk about what it means for america to have free health care for illegal immigrants and no criminalization of coming into the country. see how that works for controlling immigration. their ideas are anti-semitic and talk about the israeli...

Kook, to quote his words, and now defends almost anything. take a listen. >> we all know that aoc and this crowd are a bunch of communists. they hate israel. they hate our own country. theyre anti-america. dont get that, aim higher. we dont need to know anything about them personally. talk about their policies. theyre anti-semitic. they stand for all the things that most americans disagree with. >> so hes trying to say actually they are the source of the hate. as i mentioned and we like to do re...