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No one should be surprised that spontaneously his -- you know, his idea was, well, violence on all sides. on all sides. but then when hes given these -- oh, i cant finish my thought. its just so frustrating, and i feel so badly for this girls family and the loss of someone that was really trying to do something good and right. and, yeah. >> jamil, what the president said today, weve heard enough of it, and i dont want to give it more prominence than what heathers mother has to say. but what he s...

>> im telling you, i just -- seeing her mom and realizing this is a girl that on saturday morning was alive and got mowed down and killed, and i have to also say, lawrence, you know, if this was a group of black lives matter, just forget about it. if it was a group of black people that showed up for a protest wearing riot gear and carrying assault weapons and bats and whatnot, i think the police would have been swarming the place. nothing like this would have ever happened. that it was a group o...

Non-american, as this, you know -- challenged his patriotism and his heritage, as quickly as he did that, he wouldnt, when it really needed to, say white supremacy, the kkk, nazis, no place in this country. i dont accept them. i dont support -- but he cant say that because theyve been part of his base. im -- im sort of at a loss frankly. >> i think we all are. jamil smith, this is a president whose father was arrested at a klan rally. hes the only president who has that distinction, and no one w...

Jamil smith, this is a president whose father was arrested at a klan rally. hes the only president who has that distinction, and no one working in the trump administration took a look at what he had written to say on saturday and said, this isnt good enough, especially for this president. >> well, i mean heres the thing. even if he had come out with the strongest condemnation of the terroristic acts in charlottesville, he would have no credibility on the issue of race. this is a person who place...

And jamil smith. welcome to you both. >> hi. >> thanks for having me on. >> absolutely. taylor, i want to start with you because you came to our attention as one of those people out there that a lot of folks are curious about. you like bernie sanders but youre with trump. starting with this sort of sur if you have fi cur if you have fall, i think it comes down do matter of perm taste. im concerned were making national headline of off handed headlines in a golfing magazine. >> theres a certain st...

Happened. the russia is a phony story. >> joining our panel, jamil smith, senior national correspondent for mtv news. we welcome him back with us. he of course is a former colleague of us here at msnbc. and matthew nussbaum has decided to stick around for extra punishment on a hot friday night here in new york city. 141 days into this. for how long -- and i dont mean this in a snide way -- is the trump base going to believe that its just on a winning circulation here? >> well, i think -- first t...

You know, those states. its impossible for a republican to win. not only did i win, i won easily. so they made up this russia thing to try and deflect because they are embarrassed by what happened. the russia is a phony story. >> joining our panel, jamil smith, senior national correspondent for mtv news. we welcome him back with us. he is of course is former colleague of ours here at msnbc. and matthew nussbaum has decided to stick around for extra punishment on a hot friday night here in new yo...

They are embarrassed by what happened. the russia is a phony story. >> joining our panel, jamil smith, senior national correspondent for mtv news. we welcome him back with us. he is of course is former colleague of ours here at msnbc. and matthew nussbaum has decided to stick around for extra punishment on a hot friday night here in new york city. 141 days into this. for how long -- and i dont mean this in a snide way -- is the trump base going to believe that its just on a winning circulation h...

Catherine. >> and we are have been scared for the last several years that this is the part and parcel of the government to be -- i dont want to impugn rich, but as a way to make people not want to believe in the public work, and they make people believe that public works are somehow bad and whatever we have to do mach sure that we have enough money to do that. >> well, it is not that it is bad, but you have to pay for it. that is the issue, jamil, and it is not if you want to fix the roads, but ...

Wa ters everyday. and you know, i was newts press secretary and communications director in various guises in the last 15 or 20 years, and newt used to say, and this is not a exact quote, but close enough, the way that governments were run were based on the way they were designed in the 18th century, or 17th century for men with quill pens, and we still do it the same way. now, there is nothing wrong with saying that you want to deskon instruct the administrative state like are repeal obama care ...