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None of the congresswomen have ever uttered the phrase evil jews. omar tweeted in 2012 israel committed evil doings but she never called anyone evil jews. why is he turning it into that? is that a talking point? hes not the only one that says that. >> look, what the president and republicans have done is they have seized on the criticisms of u.s. policy in israel. earlier this year, omar did apologize when she made certain comments about the proisraeli lobby that did perpetuate jewish stereo typ...

Events talking about the squad, even though they are just four freshmen members of congress. the presidencies them as a foil. the reason that hes still talking about them shows hes digging in on this. >> and hes making the political strategy plainly obvious, pointing out that ilhan omar is from minnesota, a state that he lost by about 45,000 points in 2016, a state hes told people he wants to win in 2020 andra she had -- rashida tlaib is from michigan. hes tapping into the fact maybe theyre not ...

Twitter. i agree with you, the fact that she went after biden so efficiently at that last democratic debate. the first one. and what greg pointed out to me, maybe some of that was needed because joe biden -- maybe they are a good foil for each other. if you are watching. >> leslie: i dont think shes got a chance now. >> melissa: republicans preparing a "war room" to respond to robert muellers house testimony tomorrow. as democrats step up their game, one committee chairman telling the former spe...

Coming around, and because of the rhetoric on the kind of bilateral choice that the president has put out there, weve talked about this in the past. i think the poll shows the strategy is benefiting him. and that its raising the squad as a foil. but its also benefiting them, too. they are each going to their individual audiences and achieving the results they want. the squad has a much smaller audience and it is fractured, ultimately, within the party. of the president has his existing data to g...

Looking like hes been pushed into the corner. he returns to his first instinct. we saw that here again. look, we have seen the video clip from the rally from north carolina. he did nothing to stop that chant. he soaked in the chant. only after some concern expressed by republicans, watching some of the media, he walked it back. he sort of expressed that he wished that chant hadnt happened but then he ended up back where he started. first of all, we know he doesnt want to criticize the base and h...

They are losing interest. theyre not thrilled. they dont think anythings enough in terms of their anger, you know, to be satisfying, if you will. they cant stay angry enough. trump is trying to rewind them up again for 2020 because if he doesnt he wont get the core back there form again. is thats whats going on, peter? he needs to wind them up again? >> look, president trump likes to have a foil, an enemy. he likes to have somebody to play off of. hillary clinton was that person obviously in 201...

>> yes. and i think elevating those members also helps president trump because it gives him an enemy. right now the presidential primaries on the democratic side are a bit of a muddle. as we saw in 2016 the president is at his best when he has an enemy. having the squad now as the face of the democratic party helps him as well. it riles up the base. it gives them something in the meantime until they have a nominee as a foil for president trump. >> but does it help the educated voter who knows th...

On "the howard stern show" and a guest there said that would start a race war. but his response was, it would be great ratings. so he sees things through a lens of opportunity and thats what we are seeing in this fight. hes not tweeting about being accused of air racist and saying theyre the racist, but what he sees here is he thinks a political opportunity to have a foil, to tie the democrats to these -- to the progressive wing of the party, to make it and play with a racial fault line and we w...

Honest, went for trump. neither were qualified, they voted for trump. neither has right temperament, they voted for trump. >> and it is the turnout amongst democrats as well. >> they said that was their strategy at the time and i suspect it will be again. we spoke to the presidents campaign how they plan to execute a similar strategy to what they do in 2016. but, you know, the election is really a long ways away. its more than a year away. trump always needs a target. he always needs a foil. he ...

This is policy. all these people are like, we tried to tell him. >> this is the fight he wants. they make a perfect foil. he will have this campaign. fight white identity politics. >> jonathan alter, thank you for joining us. much more coming up, including how president trump is reshaping the countrys courts. and one week since the i.c.e. raids were scheduled to start. first, the chairman of the house intelligence committee.