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Immigrants. and as a result, many hispanic voters just decided to stay home. and, in fact, there was at least one activist group that was encouraging its members not to vote for democrats because they thought democrats hadnt fought hard enough and, of course, the caving that we saw from chuck schumer when democrats tried to use a government shutdown legislation to save daca but then failed, thats something that frustrates their base at the same time for democrats to win over the votes in that bl...

Particular, this is the issue. >> right. >> right now, and on the other hand, you talk about some of those voters out there who traditionally voted democrat, flipped to trump, who maybe want to see a democrat get up there and say, take a harder line on the border. is there any way you can span that divide? >> its hard when you have a president also who is changing his mind in, like i said, sort of making it impossible to negotiate. but i think one issue that the democrats really struggle with is...

So, is he really calling for a demilitarized zone with absolutely no movement back and forth at the u.s./mexico border? hard to say because on one hand its just a political rally. hes talking to his base. hes also the commander in chief. i think a lot of this is unfortunately political messaging in the same way the citizenship question were seeing now on the 2020 census. i think a lot of this is little lobs across the white house fence to the base. and i think, you know, the president knows the ...

Stay? is that what youre trying to say here? >> look, you know how the legislative process works. were going, were going to go back there and were going to look at what kind of tax situation were going to have, that its fair to everybody. thats what were going to do. but the bottom line is these taxes to the wealthiest and the big companies are not fair. they put a burden on state and local governments and put the burdens on shoulders of working people. its not just the tax cuts. its also the bu...

I think the president were not clear what prompted the tweets this morning and might have been seeing something on fox fews about folks making way to the mexican border. he sends off the series of tweets and says no more daca deal f. youre a democrat or if youre a republican in washington, thinking theres a compromise to be worked on here, whats your reaction to this tonight? >> its certainly a reaction of pessimism for democrats. the tweets and miller for years back to his time on capitol hill ...

People are smart. they know, they know theyre being played. >> is there a commitment there the tax cuts for working class folks, for middle class folks stay? is that what youre trying to say here? >> look, you know how the legislative process works. were going, were going to go back there and were going to look at what kind of tax situation were going to have, that its fair to everybody. thats what were going to do. but the bottom line is these taxes to the wealthiest and the big companies are n...

For the foreteeseeable future? >> until the courts resolve, yes. president trump keeps trying to pin it on democrats every single time. democrats didnt deal -- its on them. theres a little bit of panic behind that. any time you poll this question to support daca or support the notion of kids who came here ill littlely should or should not be deported were talking two-thirds to 80% of americans who say dont deport those kids. when we start seeing those kids get deported whether its people who hav...

Its not just the tax cuts. its also the budget impact that tax cuts are going tomorrow. those things hurt working people and were fighting for working folks. >> let me ask you about the news the president made today. we were talking about it earlier on the subject of daca and he put out a tweet, no daca deal. how do you regard that message? do you think that ends the matter in terms of him coming to a compromise with you guys? >> well, it doesnt end the matter. i can tell you that a whole lot of...

>> right. >> right now, and on the other hand, you talk about some of those voters out there who traditionally voted democrat, flipped to trump, who maybe want to see a democrat get up there and say, take a harder line on the border. is there any way you can span that divide? >> its hard when you have a president also who is changing his mind in, like i said, sort of making it impossible to negotiate. but i think one issue that the democrats really struggle with is theyre not united. we saw -- i...

Daca. he turned down guy partisan deals. did was always a game, never a trick. he wasnt arguing in good faith, we are and were going to keep fighting for daca folks. >> i want to figure out how youre interpreting this. that seems to be in the era were in, the trump era, how to interpret the presidential tweets, the statements, whether he was blowing off steam or venting or doing some momentary thing, or do you take that tweet to mean theres not -- hes not going to be willing to compromise with y...