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President went around when republicans were criticizing democrats for being a mob. and said end the politics of personal destruction. and i mean the media should stop reporting the things i do and say. thats civility disengeneral yous. theres no legitimate demand of power with that power can make. that power will be considered civil. the abolitionist were not considered civil and often werent. the civil rights movement was not civil. the womens suffrage movement. theres a virtue in being kind an...

And the people in britain, they werent buying it. he knew he couldnt produce that and that he was moving too far left and they wanted a moderate. so they knew he wasnt going to live up with that. so instead of going for that, they went for a conservative who just had a very simple message because they knew what he could do for them whattee promised to do. and so i think its a very big lesson. >> clarity in politics always -- exactly, exactly. i mean, if you wanted brexit, it was very clear who t...

Silence people with legitimate grievance thats not worth up holding. >> and todays preoccupation both exaggerates the countrys divisions and papers over the fundamental issues that are causing the divisions in the first place. so in times like these americans shouldnt worry so much about being civil, right? is that what youre saying? >> im saying they should worry more about democracy and less about whether or not were all getting along. when you have a conflict theres going to sometimes be peop...

Marathon judiciary committee hearings on the articles of impeachment that facts dont really matter. theyre following president trumps playbook. lie constantly, mislead, gaslight until the american people dont know what to believe. can democracy function when facts are discarded? when truth doesnt matter. were going to look at the big picture. also he is a controversial charismatic divisive celebrity politician, and he was reelected in a landslide. no, not donald trump. im talking about u.k. prim...

The gravest danger to american democracy is not an excess of vitriol but the false promise of civility. kput exactly does that mean? trumps reelection campaign pushing to reach out to black voters. well see if he has a chance to succeeding. here to discuss good evening to all of you. max, to you first. it seems were living in an alternate universe where facts dont matter. this week we saw extraordinary gaslighting from the white house and from the gop quite frankly. what has happen today the tru...

>> i think theres a civility grown out of kindness and mutual respect and a civility essentially telling those with legit grievances to be silent. and i think when people use civility today the second example is what they mean. during the mid-terms in 2018 when republicans were criticizing democrats for being a quote-unquote mob, he said we need to end the politics of personal destruction and by that he means the media should not reporting the things i do and say. theres almost no legitimate dem...

At the senate trial. mitch mcconnell working with white house counsel for a quick and speedy trial next year. mcconnell saying he is confident that the president will be acquitted. >> suzanne malveaux, live for us. lets hope for some christmas civility this morning, not likely. thank you, suzanne. >> okay. breaking overnight, a decisive historic outcome in the u.k. election. >> it looks like the one nation conservative government has been given a powerful, new mandate. to get brexit done. >> b...

There it is. joining us from washington, "the washington post" reporter, i cant try to make that face. doug collins said this was a kangaroo court. louis gohmert called it stalinesque. what happened? will that civility continue today? >> well, as you pointed out, the hearing could be going for an extremely long time. and i think democrats had gotten the sense from republicans early on, they would present their amendments that would get shot down. they would go through the process. but it would e...

Disagree with chairman sensenbrenner with his summation in what we have before us. i think they are dead wrong in their opinion on articles of impeachment. there are two articles. this is no way stealing an election. if donald trump is removed from office, the election of 2016 is not nullified. mike pence will be the president, and thats no walk in the park. its the same policies, some of them may be even worse, maybe a little bit better ethics and morals and a little bit more civility, but as f...

Of that than michael beschloss? your thoughts, not just on the history made, donald trump becoming i believe the third president to be impeached if it comes to that next week, but also, whats been talked about all morning and all week about the current state of congress. >> well, yeah. what we saw in the hearings is not exactly congressional harmony and civility. it gives you a very good idea of where the temperature really is. and, you know, yes, nicole, this morning the scene we saw, the commi...