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Of strong republicans, and its those more for vawho will come . >> i talked to somebody in john kasichs world who said as he watched this unfold, they said he has a moral imperative to primary donald trump. you talked about kasich. he has been one of the strong voices. he was on the "today" show spitting fire at donald trump yesterday. to your point, there was a theoretical matchup between the two of them put out yesterday, and trump beats kasich by 40 points right now. when he ran last time, ka...

Country. >> the combination, theres no country on the planet no, society, that would honor those. people with credentials like that. >> tucker: except ours, it was a civil war. i agree with your definition. they were traitors to america. then they came back into america. they reintegrated to america. and then it came back, thank god they did. but it was a civil war, it wasnt like we were invaded. its more complicated. heres the question. does your view of this apply to all slave holders or just ...

>> the combination, theres no country on the planet no, society, that would honor those. people with credentials like that. >> tucker: except ours, it was a civil war. i agree with your definition. they were traitors to america. then they came back into america. they reintegrated to america. and then it came back, thank god they did. but it was a civil war, it wasnt like we were invaded. its more complicated. heres the question. does your view of this apply to all slave holders or just civil war...

Youre a student studying abroad. are you studying journalism? >> no, im not. im actually in nursing school and during my down time i decided to -- living in southern california, its imperative -- to me, i think its imperative to speak spanish. so i came here to study for a bit. and, yeah -- its been an interesting trip. its been great until this. its been fun and informative and culturally life changing. but i really dont know why its going on, this anti-tourism stuff. i dont really know the rea...

Dehumanization of african-american people, according to their views, according to the divine imperative that these people be enslaved. so when you get christianity involved, we get all jacked up. the point is today that trying to do as you said in the debate tactic to obscure the legitimate claims that we have on the one side, by saying, oh, this is an embarrassing thing, lets be honest. yes, george washington and thomas jefferson owned slaves. but they are not robert e. lee. they are not stonew...

Do nothing to stop this president or contain him. >> she cant be feckless or spineless, they have to be articulate. they have to put forth policy alternatives. they have to keep up the pressure to make certain they dont go, oh, my god. ring their hands. they have to raise with serious issue, the issues not only have how we can encourage them but people across the aisle. this is unamerican. this is not about party. this is been left or right. this is not about the alt left or right. this is what ...

To say at this point, but i think theres going to be some imperative there is. >> i tell you what, at least going back to the only thing i have for my life experience, i can tell you there was a time back when something had happened, willie, in congress, and a group of us just said we were going to stop. we were going to stop passing any legislation, we were going to stop passing any voting to pass any rules. we were going to basically stop everything that happened in congress until leadership s...

President or contain him. >> she cant be feckless or spineless, they have to be articulate. they have to put forth policy alternatives. they have to keep up the pressure to make certain they dont go, oh, my god. ring their hands. they have to raise with serious issue, the issues not only have how we can encourage them but people across the aisle. this is unamerican. this is not about party. this is been left or right. this is not about the alt left or right. this is what they ought to do. the mo...

So at 70% it becomes imperative for many members of the house to break with trump. the agenda is always going to stymie efforts to break from donald trump but the demands of reelection will force them to create distance. >> kristen, is there a number out there, 33, 32, 29 that in september if that number is that number that more republicans would say, hey, we got to take a look at whats going on here and walk away at this guy, at the expense, perhaps, of some of the agenda? >> i think if his num...

Closed press, which means it is not something that we will get a look at necessarily. that said, we do expect to see the president publicly. not surprising if he talks about charlottesville. if he does, charlie. 2 1/2 days after this happened, is it too little too late? >> yes, it is. and, in fact, you had a defining moment of the presidency over the weekend. you know, particularly when hes walking off after making a statement and a reporter says, you know, are you going to condemn white nationa...