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Was removed after it was revealed that he send text messages about trump to his girlfriend. watch. >> are you sure that you want to be throwing a word like percheron? >> well, it may be a pretty strong word. i am maybe not the most nonpolitical person in the road, coming from a career in business, but i am prude see you upset about this, on the institution itself, on the importance to that institution. as an american citizen, i am nervous and discontents that people would have those kinds of lac...

Doj and fbi, whether you want to call it deep state or not are kind of off the rail. i would like to see the directors of those agencies purge it. >> rooneys remarks echoing the sentiments of several other republican trump allies. rooney now says he shouldnt have used the word purge but maintains the fbi should oust anybody who is politically compromised. >> are you sure you want to be throwing a word like purge around? >> well, it might be a pretty strong word. im not maybe the most nuanced p...

This home, the majority of americans dont have stocks, so the stock market going up doesnt help it. i think it is about 50%s that stocks. >> lisa: what about a 401(k)? >> kennedy: it we will see. the rnc is on track to raise a record amount of money, while the dncs slowest total for the month of november in ten years. what that could meet at the midterms. a politically biased agent at the fbi. >> as an american citizen, i am nervous and discontented that people would have those kinds of lack of ...

Lack of impartiality. >> on that point, rooney is referring to the fbi agent who was removed from the special counsels team after it was found out he sent anti-trump texts during the campaign. >> now karen bass, a member of the house judiciary committee she found the comments frightening. >> i want to sit down and talk to him about the mccarthy era because im not sure if he railroads the cold war. hes old enough, but the type of purges hes talking about harkens back to the cold war when there wa...

Wilson. ive heard it all. we heard about the purge. weve heard about political bias. chris, when appointed we all knew mueller was a friend of james comey. it did raise conflict of interest questions. now it has taken a whole new turn. do you think that he himself has demonstrated political bias? >> well, i dont know that i would say he himself has. no question there is bias that has been discovered amongst people that work for him. just on the contribution side amongst people who work for him 1...

>> why if there is no evidence that this is in fill tated thtr investigation, that you would be calling for a fupurge, that is more associated with authoritarian than the one you are a part of? >> like if you have two bad apples. >> one was removed and one was demoted. >> hes demoted but still has a lot of authority in the other job that he has. he is still just as lacks impartiality and is very aggressive in his views. >> lets discuss now with cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder, michael z...

Throwing a word like purge around? >> well, it might be a pretty strong word. im not maybe the most nuanced political person in the world coming from a career in business. but im pretty frustrated that all the things that have come out by the strok and orr. >> they removed strzok and orr. >> as an american citizen im nervous and dis content that people would have those kinds of lack of impartiality and bad animus as displayed in the emails that they would possibly use that dossier to discredit t...

Then that bias has impacted this investigation when the very data points youre putting there, actually action has been taken against those individuals? >> as an american citizen, im nervous and discontent that people would have those kinds of lack of impartiality and bad animus as displayed in those e-mails -- >> congressman, how concerned are you that there is this growing number of republicans who are joining president trump in criticism of what are supposed to be impartial institutions, the d...

Around? >> well, it might be a pretty strong word. im not maybe the most nuanced political person in the world coming from a career in business. but im pretty frustrated that all the things that have come out by the strzok and what may have been. >> mueller removed strzok. moore was demoted. so whats the evidence? whats the evidence, then, the biases impacting this investigation whrks the very data points you are putting there actually action has been taken against those individuals? >> as an am...

So, gentlemen, welcome. senator, you know, a member of your party calling for a purge at the fbi and the doj for a second time now. whats your reaction to that? >> yeah, well, i think a purge is in fact too strong of a word. i wouldnt use that term. but i think the general consensus among republicans is there is concern about impartiality with respect to the investigation and behavior of the fbi before the election. and there is a call, i think, not just folks looking for a purge, but looking fo...