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Honor and civility caucus to try and change the tone of our politics. this is not helpful. this is going in the opposite direction. thats why her colleagues have such a problem with that on both sides avail. we need to have this vote, we need to do this soundly, condemning this kind of talk. as i said, the u.s. congress is no place for this hateful rhetoric. >> melissa: honor incivility, hows it going? >> youd be surprised. weve got about 150 members of congress who have signed on to a commitmen...

And civility in politics that made him very uncomfortable with joseph mccarthy. >> are you a member of the communist conspiracy as of this moment? >> joe mccarthy embodied the anti-communist paranoia that gripped american society early in the 1950s. he was a person who lied, who had no difficulty whatsoever smearing another persons reputation without any fact or basis of evidence. and prescott bush frankly found joe mccarthy despicable. >> pres bush stands up to him and says this guy is not play...

Or a dictator or the person whos triggered this kind of action or that kind of action? i mean, i cant. >> i wish there were a restoration of civility. recently, the american charter of conscience was released, and that american charter, i wish, were in every journalists must-read package. because one of the other things it says, look, we have to disagree with one another and, hopefully, we dont have to, but we should choose to disagree with one another in a much more civil way and to be respectf...

Civility. this is the time to call out the republicans. how are we ever going to stop them. what do you make of this in. >> as a gay woman i find that embarrassing. it moves through the entire framework of attacking people because of their faith. we have to presume shes talking about his faith and opinions about homosexuality. we can disagree with that, of course. but this comment is more about people of faith in general. they want to effectively label people of faith who may have a different ap...

Of look back and reflect and remember and it was so nice in that way to remember your mom, remember all of the things that your dad did, and sort of the grace that they brought to public life, which, you know, is something, it just seems like a different time today, and so while certainly from my perspective, their passing was, you know, it was terrible, it was a nice opportunity to kind of live in those moments again, of your dad and your moms life. as you said, their life, their lives together...

Establishment people dont like. they are looking for alternatives, too. he might if he runs in 2020 brand himself as the boys from scrant scranton, but people know for decades he has been the credit cashed senator from delaware. people know that he has been has a part of this muck they are frustrated with. the thing i disagree with you on, people dont associate moderate and liberal with bernie sanders and those same exact terms. sanders is winning over a lot of self-described moderate voters. fo...

Post-cold war period and george w. bush, of course during 9/11. enormously consequential and important periods and two men just eight years apart in the oval office. >> just eight years patient. thats nothing. yet father, son, both presidents of the united states. you look at the relationship between the two bush presidents in your book from both your professional and a personal perspective. when you look at their presidencies, what more do you see as key similarist and differences? >> well, the...

Each other. you cant say one nice thing without saying this is offensive or wrong. joe biden is a career politician. hes been around a long time. he has allies on both sides. saying somebody is decent doesnt -- >> saying someone is a decent guy is about the lowest level compliment you can give someone saying that hes not a total jerk. you have to call people jerk to be acceptable to your party? come on. >> the civility is gone. used to you could have a beer together. now theyre discouraging peop...

>> rachel: is to tear down donald trump cut by cut by cut. its about 2020 and making it seem like it somehow a fact that he is a racist when there is no proof of that. >> melissa: a surprising development after an ugly dustup between mark meadows and rashida to leave after she accused him of a racist act. their moment on the house forward and what this means for civility in washington. plus, democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez apparently warning moderate democrats that shes putting...

Universal healthcare on demand unlimited. it is all single payer, no private insurance, very different from medicare. he plans to hold a hearing on all medicare proposals in june but the measure is not expected to pass. rob: joe biden, potential 2020 candidate, in hot water for complementing our current vice president, mike pence. >> the fact of the matter is, he is a decent guy, our vice president, who stood before this group of allies and leaders and said i am here on behalf of donald trump. t...