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Agree with you there. but if you just -- lets just look at what the judge said in that speech that we played in 2015. the guidelines to be an effective judge. i can go down every one of them again. he failed every one of those tests. and there are two that really keep, really stick out to me. one, keep your emotions in check, one. and two, remain calm in the storm. yes, he was in a storm. and he will most likely if he goes on the court and serves for 30 years be in several other storms. but didn...

Bugging me right now in the debate. its patriotic to support the president, when hes in your party. even if hes a liar and a scoundrel. thats putting party in front of country and thats what all of these republicans who are supporting donald trump, even though they know better and they say differently, privately, and they are flunking a major character test in their own lives. by appeasing him and backing him out of some ridiculous idea of what patriotism requires. it does not require you to unt...

Rank they would have said you cant work in this building, a building with washington, lincoln, all of our honored heroes who were real heroes, who didnt avoid their duty this country in war. but shes still there. if shes there tomorrow, this will remain a subject. >> its the republican members of congress i cant get over. they look so weak and craven. they think theyll lose votes if they say this was wrong to say this about a dying man? they are failing a character test of their own. >> jonathan...

Subject. >> its the republican members of congress that i cant get over. they look so weak and kraven by keggi this position. they think theyre losing votes if they say this was wrong to say this about a dying man? they really think that? they are failing a character test of their own. >> thank you to all of you jonathan, malcom, susan. >> as team trump are in damage control. rudy giuliani lose his cool over avenatti and avenatti tweets another bread crumb about quo and financial dealing. >> and...

But to sit in that room, either in the executive office building or the white house and to make a joke about that, right there, she should have either been as you said like fired on the spot -- i would have -- if anybody was of senior rank they shall have said im sorry you cant work in this building, a building with washington, lincoln all of the honors heroes, honored heroes who didnt avoid their duty to the country in war. but she is still there. and if she is there tomorrow this is going to r...

>> thats true. but it comes from the top. they have law enforcements back. so it is absolutely extraordinary to see that narrative and that loyalty get shift odd a dime in defense of a president who is seeking to protect himself from law enforcement inquiries. the fact that conservatives on the hill and talking heads on tv are going after and questioning not just the integrity of the in this case and law enforcement but really comparing him to the kgb is utter reversal of their longstanding beli...

Under oath saying she did not know whether norway was predominantly white? this is a committed public servant with a decorated record who said that out loud and you see what jeff flake is seeing the assault on the truth is poisonous. >> so many ways and situations, the trump presidency has been like a character test for the collective u.s. institutions of democracy as well as for individuals. individuals have to make a decision. if you look at somebody like lindsey graham, do you play golf with ...

Hes been proving this since the day he took office. the burden is now on the republican leadership. so far, they are failing their character test. and they are choosing their party and their own narrow interests over the interests of the country. because they all know it privately. they all know hes unfit. and well see whether in 2018, more of them step forward to say so publicly. >> so, ron, im almost out of time. but let me ask you to look at from both sides. if youre advising president trump ...

Its the worst thing that could happen to the republican party in a long time. this is not a political test, its a character test. and the republican party is going to stand for family values, it cant sell its soul for a vote. you had an administration spokesperson come out and say the senate seat is not worth a child. and then someone come out and say actually we need moores vote for the tax bill. so i want to point out republicans who have stood firm with a moral backbone through this fight. se...

That weve never seen before. >> lawrence, you and i write history on the side. and this will be an historic moment, as certain senate speeches have been over the last couple hundred years. and the reason is because jeff flake laid down a gauntlet. and basically said this is a character test, not just for every senator, but for every member of the republican party. and your other guest, david and evan have long since passed this character test. but every other republican must now look in the mirr...