committed to want the base thinks, and i think the base has been very, very loyal and very, very vicious in attacking anybody who goes after the president, and that s where the president loyalty lies. and i think following that interview last night, there was even some commentary that said that they view the president holding the line on this and fighting for the wall as the most important thing in his presidency. and i think believed that. i don t believe that but i think he believes that. i don t see either party moving off here so i think the only exit strategy to get the government back open is for him to do an emergency declaration. that s something though that many republicans in congress have said is a no-go. take a look, here s what mitt romney, what of many republicans carrying this message, said this week. how is the president handling this? nancy pelosi has accused him of acting like a petulant child in the negotiations. could you support reopening the government before
i don t believe that but i think he believes that. i don t see either party moving off here so i think the only exit strategy to get the government back open is for him to do an emergency declaration. that s something though that many republicans in congress have said is a no-go. take a look, here s what mitt romney, what of many republicans carrying this message, said this week. how is the president handling this? nancy pelosi has accused him of acting like a petulant child in the negotiations. could you support reopening the government before supporting the border wall question? i think our democrat friends have painted themselves into a corner. they voted for border walls in the past, some 600-plus miles of border walls but the president is willing to work with them as long as they recognize, hey, we need border security. i theys something most americans agree to. i hope we will see nancy pelosi and chuck schumer final politic progress looking for common ground. later on in
you have kevin mccarthy, steve scalise saying this is he has to apologize for this. the question really is going to be whether we hear more from republicans and particularly from president trump on this issue. president trump was very close with steve king from the very beginning before he declared his candidacy. he was appearing with steve king in iowa. he was talking about a border wall long before trump was talking about a border wall. obviously president trump has faced some of the same questions steve king has faced about his rhetoric and whether he s been promoting racist thought and racist thinking on capitol hill and in washington. and so it will be very interesting to hear how the president deals with this. will he go anywhere near it? i wouldn t imagine so. there s going to be mounting pressure for the president to say something democrats are already calling for steve king to be dumped. about time for the other republicans but i wouldn t hold your breath for the president
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cabinet in disarray and disgrace. that s the wall he s trying to build. this is a diversion and he s a master after diversion. she s poking a bear. she is, she is, and the democrats really believe they have the upper hand in this fight. it s very interesting, when you talk to both sides, the republicans, particularly the white house, they also say they have a winning hand but they don t have an exit strategy. they have this declaration of emergency, but there are a lot of people around trump who actually, whether in the white house and especially among congressional republicans, on a deep level they want him to lose this fight in that they don t necessarily want the wall built, they don t necessarily want a state of emergency. they just need him to be able to say that he won so he can get himself out of getting them out of this pickle. he s painted himself in a corner. we know he has a big ego, considers himself an alpha male. the republicans want him to get something that he can say