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Patronage and the fund-raising continues operating the way it always has. >> tucker: is that why -- bernie sanders ran as an economic populist in 2016 and didnt say a lot about identity politics. in fact, he criticized open borders. elizabeth warren, by contrast, is running as a kind of woke identity politics crusader and an economic populist. can you be both? >> you know better than most that illegal immigration is a labor issue. its a wage issue. i read your book. a lot of illegal labor on the...

>> tucker: is that why -- bernie sanders ran as an economic populace in 2016 and didnt say a lot about identity politics. in fact, he criticized open borders. elizabeth warren, by contrast, is running as a kind of woke identity politics crusader and an economic populace. can you be both? >> you know better than most that illegal immigration is a labor issue. its a way issue. a lot of illegal labor on the market drives down wages for everyone. especially at the bottom rung of the latter. so to si...

Cost in four years. im sitting here in california where they cross the sierra, eastern part of the trans con nental railroad in six years. we havent laid one track of the high speed rail project after 10 years and $10 billion. there is something wrong with us. were walking among the ruins of people we dont know but gave us all this stuff but we arent going to pass it onto to our children in the same generous fashion. >> bill: we like to say in new york the empire state building was built and fin...

The scenes? are players able to block it out or is there discussion? >> im sure there are some discussions. guys are open minded about everything. and understand that these issues unfortunately will arise in the nfl just as they will in any workplace around the country. but as far as, you know, delving into it too much to let it affect the game, that is the thing that the coach preaches that he doesnt allow to happen. and again, he bans players of talking about anything that doesnt have to do ab...

Are going to be communities that are much more reflective of where america is going. so, we have to see how those states respond to candidates like elizabeth warren, kamala harris, like cory booker, like beto and pete buttigieg. we have a long way to go before the first round of voting so well have more breakout moments. the next detat is at texas university. i think that will bring a lot of attention to education issues, which we havent talked a lot about. can i quickly weigh in on the labor is...

>> are legitimately stinging. there is something you have to cover for. if you share socialist views, for any of us who grew up with real socialism, preberlin wall falling socialism, the idea it would create, first of all, green at all was seen as an elitist as opposed to a labor issue. creating more middle class jobs for the bourgeoisie doesnt sound like that. >> the agnostic attitude toward it, how is it playing? you have trump tweeting about it all the time. is it working? do you see signs it...

Labor issue, one of the main sticking points. because there is lower wages in mexico and automakers and parts manufacturers have been able to take advantage of the cheaper labor to put cheaper parts on the market for u.s. sale and goods there. so now under this new framework, 40% to 45% of a car are going to have to be made by workers earning at least $16 an hour. put us on more competitive footing. one of the big things, joe, the president wants to 1234signal a the deal. whether or not they can...

>> this is the area, chuck, where the nfl players association hoosz an amazing opportunities. theyve got an opportunity to get those players together and say, look, we dont care about your politics here, we already have concurrent collusion lawsuits that the nfl owners are telling you, we will deny your employment. we are going to humiliate you. if you guys dont come together. we dont care about your politics. when it comes to messing with us, we stick together. well see what they do about that....

How are they going -- can player unity overcome racial dissparity? >> this is the area, chuck, where the nfl players association has amazing opportunity. theyve got an opportunity to get those players together and say, look, we dont care about your politics here, we already have concurrent collusion lawsuits that the nfl owners are telling you, we will deny your employment. we are going to humiliate you. if you guys dont come towing. we dont care about your politics. when it comes to messing wit...

Ultimately that benefits the entire world economy and benefits american consumers, and also american workers from the standpoint that the higher the level of our standard of living and more economic prosperity and liberty we have is going to create jobs in the various industries. so -- mark: and the economic prosperity we have in this country the last half century is unparalleled in human history, isnt it? >> thats right, never been any other country that has this record of economic growth and p...