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Joining me now is congressman jim mcdermott, democrat from washington. and chad bernstein, msnbc contributor and chief economist for joe biden. thank you both gentlemen for joining me. >> thank you. >> congressman mcdermott, let me begin with you. is he afraid his views will be out of step with the american public? jared, let me ask you that. >> okay. yeah, i think so. i think what you see here if you look at these plans -- the beginning, theyre starting to shape up. you dont get any details. so...

For years. it really stands out this week. in a span of a few days, republicans chose to protect the rich by voting down the buffet rule in the senate. now, they are attacking the most vulnerable. no surprise the republicans have chosen this man as their standard bearer. >> im in this race because i care about americans. im not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, ill fix it. >> romney tried to say he misspoke. his policies prove he was telling the truth...

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Unnecessary roughness to get to your football analogy, because we already have a big inequality problem. this makes it a lot worse. >> congressman ryan also doesnt stop there. he goes into his medicare plan. ryans medicare plan is to privatize through a voucher program, raise costs for seniors by $6,400 in 2022. "wall street journal" said the plan will essentially end medicare. i mean, are we going bonkers or what here? >> well, in my opinion, yeah, this is a bonkers plan. it is robin hood in re...