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Implication of this is? we all talk about trump will not be here forever. the untruths youre talking about, the culture of lying that has -- small things and on big things. what does that do to undermine both the medium term ambitions of the administration and the longer term credibility of the office? >> well, look, this is a phrase that recurs again and again with the trump white house. but its moynihans great line defining deviancy down. 12 years ago the white house tied itself into knots bec...

Thing. >> i know democrats that heard that and wld have never voted for it but they voted because they believe the lies of president obama. by the way, just a question. did president obama ever come to a jamboree? >> paul, when you look at that does it make you say this is what i voted for? thats going to make america great again or do you think hes losing the thread here? >> i would say its not the leaders of america that make america great. its the average american. i was a member of the boy s...

The entire thing has been a witch-hunt, and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign. but i can always speak for myself, and the russians, zero. i think it divides the country. >> joining us now, al hunt, columnist at bloomberg, and the host of bloomberg tvs political capital. al, i think all of us who remember the moynihan essay defining deviancy down are thinking about it every day with donald trump as a candidate, now as president. i know senator moynihan would want me t...

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The house and sent him to trial in the senate for lying to the american people, for violating his oath of office. for accusing a former president of a crime that president did not commit. defining deviancy down is a phrase coined by daniel moynihan in an essay in the american scholar inspired by the 1895 text the rules of sociological method. defining deviancy down in certain areas of our culture, when we do that, we risk some of the values we want to encourage. now for donald trump, the news me...

And for the most part, the mainstream of the american news media will continue to define deviancy down, all the way down to the trump level. what would have shocked and outraged them in any other presidency will be cause for smirks or nothing at all. because donald trump has actually won in his battle with most of the news media. he has pushed them beyond outrage. they believe the sophisticated way to prosecute donald trump now is to just get used to it. to just get used to how deviant he is fro...

Deviancy down, all the way down to the trump level. what would have shocked and outraged them in any other presidency will be cause for smirks or nothing at all. because donald trump has actually won in his battle with most of the news media. he has pushed them beyond outrage. they believe the sophisticated way to prosecute donald trump now is to just get used to it. to just get used to how deviant he is from all of his predecessors. they have defined deviancy down for donald trump. can there be...

Anything like that during his presidency? they would have impeached him in the house and sent him to trial in the senate for lying to the american people, for violating his oath of office. for accusing a former president of a crime that president did not commit. defining deviancy down is a phrase coined by daniel moynihan in an essay in the american scholar inspired by the 1895 text the rules of sociological method. defining deviancy down in certain areas of our culture, when we do that, we risk...

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