kimberly, i have described senator corker on this broadcast as a work horse and not a show horse, a man not normally given to hyperbole. so, having, having said that, what do you think is in it for him? do you think he views this as a straight-up act of patriotism? well, what did janice joplin, freedom is another word for nothing left to lose. since he announced he is not running for reelection, he has a lot more freedom to speak very frankly about how he sees this white house. and you re right, this is somebody who doesn t spout off. this is somebody who chooses his words carefully. it is also someone who supported donald trump. he s not a never trump person. and, so, having this, he s expressing he s taking on the responsibility of expressing what he s hearing in the republican caucus, sort of giving cover to the other people who are running for reelection
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corker did. and i think bob corker was a little more independent than president-elect trump wanted at that point for the cabinet. senator corker told, actually told my wife susan glasser from politico during an interview a few months back when he interviewed with president-elect trump, they disagreed on most of the issues around the world in a lot of ways. so, i did not think they clicked at that time. they obviously that relationship has only deteriorated since then. peter baker who will not be the next secretary of state under president trump. kimberly, our friend gene robinson calls this the era of the dear leader. obviously a tip of the hat to the nomenclature of north korea. having said that, look at this tweet from lindsey graham today. and as we read it, really enjoyed a round of golf with president donald trump today. president trump shot a 73 in windy and wet conditions. and so on and so on. here s lindsey graham who has been critical of the president. lindsey graham, best
don t like each other. now trump and corker. there s a lot of psycho drama when donald trump is involved. fundamentally, there is a genuine fight for the future of the republican party. trump and bannon have one vision and they are bannon is now out recruiting candidates. some of them are spontaneously appearing, too. they saw stewart coming close to beating gillespie for governor this year and thought if stewart can come close to beating gillespie, why don t i take a shot. there s money behind this had from rebecca mercer and others. we have not ever seen this in modern american politics. primaries in almost against almost every incumbent republican senator where republicans where they hope to pick up districts and serious fights with money on both sides and a real battle over the future of the party. this is not in a party that s out of power. we ve seen this before where the party out of power has a lot of
part of it hurts the trump administration in the house and senate. republicans do not want to be in the position for four years, for eight years potentially of yolking themselves to this guy and history and because it s so hard to oppose him if you serve and run, the move might be to simply leave, say what you want on the way out the door and at least save your own legacy. steve bannon apparently has a solution for donald trump s corker problem and he announced that tonight on fox news. let s listen to this. if bob corker has any honor, any decency, he should resign immediately. herb not let those words stand what he said about the president. now, that, nick, that is as madman as you get in political analysis. he thinks that bob corker has to resign his seat because he criticized the president of the united states. you know, i mean, this would be comical except people around the world looking at this and humiliating for our country.