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Going to be enough to counteract the effect weve seen, the fallout from the kavanaugh hear,s and the increased republican enthusiasm? >> i do. and the reason i feel that way, kasie is that these health issues are so personal to people. we were talking about pre-existing conditions. if millions and millions of americans from sea to shining sea go to bed realizing that the trump administration wants to take away protections for those with pre-existing conditions, that is a very personal issue. tha...

And then incredibly, mitch mcconnell has said that if they are in control in 2019, theres no question, instead of trying to roll back some of the tax breaks for the folks at the top, theyll be targeting social security and medicare earned benefits. >> im glad you raised that, senator. we have those comments from mitch mcconnell cued up. i want to let our viewers take a look at those. >> its driven by the three big entitlement programs that are very popular. meds care, social security and medicai...

Trump administration wants to take away protections for those with pre-existing conditions, that is a very personal issue. thats the kind of issue you vote. same with the mcconnell comments where hes talking about how he really wants to put on the chopping block earned benefits. those social security and medicare benefits are a lifeline for millions of people and mitch mcconnell, instead of rolling back some of the goodies for the special interest and the powerful, hes going to target the senior...

Republicans were in control in 2019, they would put on the chopping block medicare and social security. their earned benefits. the reason theyre doing it is their tax bill has produced such big deficits. so the republicans are dealing with a one-two punch. the first was pre-existing conditions. they want to go back to the days when health care was for the healthy and wealthy. thats what you have if you allow discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions which the trump people are try...

Entitlement programs that are very popular. meds care, social security and me medicaid. thats 70% of what we spend every year. theres been a reluctant to tackle that because of the popularity of those programs. hopefully well get serious about this. we havent been yet. >> those comments have been seized on by many democrats, including joe manchin who has been trying to warn voters. do you think those comments there and the effect of them is going to be enough to counteract the effect weve seen, ...