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Period. this election is a referendum on him, the man. hes unqualified. hes unfit. hes a child. hes reckless. hes erratic. hes a tphars sift. hes mean. hes cruel. he lies every time he opens his mouth. if hes our nominee in 2020, the republican party is going to get spanked. because young people dont like trump. women tonight like trump. and people month live in the suburbs dont like trump. >> walsh is now the second primary challenger to the president. joining former massachusetts governor bill...

Consciousness as a democratic voter for the first time now. >> ast all in the optics for many voters, indeed. ali vitale there in seattle at the warren event about to get underway. i want to bring in the panel right now. drew lipman, michael singleton. all right. gentlemen, so lets start with the new republican challenger joe walsh. michael, is he a serious threat to anyone? >> kendis, no. most republican primaries have a winner take all process. and so lets say he was somehow magically able t...

The background check system. yesterday simultaneously saying hes working on background checks but then again pivoting to mental health as the real issue. >> people that are insane, people sick up here, i dont want them to be able to get a gun. i think i said it very loudly and plainly. and i dont think ive changed positions at all. were working on background checks. there are things we can do but we already have very serious background checks. we have strong background checks. we can do things t...

Seizing on divisive topics to energize his base, according to campaign aides and white house advisers. the president is following much the same strategy that he pursued in 2016. inserting himself into the issues his supporters are already discussing and using blunt us against them language without regard to nuance or political correctness. so our big question today is, just how ugly will president trumps culture war get? joining me now, l.a. times white house reporter eli stokols, republican pol...

>> michael, theyre not worried about democrats. theyre worried about the primaries from the right. >> the strategy would be to speak to those voters to in turn put pressure on those republicans. >> let me ask you one more question. michael, you might be too young to remember 1994. >> i was only 4. >> a lot of democrats in congress remember 1994. they lost 54 seats in the house due to an assault weapons bill. do you think thats a problem for democrats? >> you have your conner lambs. you have the ...

How does this change the calculus for 2020 or doesnt it? back with me david swardlick and michael singleton. half of the 2020 candidates have called the president a white supremacist or white nationalist. is that going too far? >> i dont know. if you have that in your mind thats the way you want to frame it as congressman orourke has and senator warren has, you should say it. i dont think you need to attach that label. the president is a garden variety racist and leave it at that. hes a race bai...

>> right. they have to stop saying were going to take all your weapons. >> david and michael, youre sticking around. coming up in our continued discussion on the united states of hate, how are important conversations about hate and mass shootings taking over the 2020 election. politically-connected businessman jeffrey epstein is found dead by apparent suicide. stay with us. ♪ living well do you often wake up with chest congestion? or suffer excess mucus? try mucinex 12 hour.

Mitch mcconnell said red flag laws and background checks will be front and center. the nra is warning trump to not take any action writing the nra opposes any legislation that unfairly infringes upon the rights of law abiding citizens. is it now or never? joining me now to discuss is david swerlic and michael singleton. david, do you think this time is different? is there too much public pressure and the nra doesnt have the leverage it once did? >> never say never on gun legislation. i think its...

Supremacist. >> so, has labelling the president a white supremacist become a new litmus test for 2020 democrats? joining me to talk about this, republican political correspondent and contributor and host of fox medias considerate, michael singleton and senior adviser and msnbc contributor adrian elrod. michael, let me begin with you. the president addressed today as he was walking on the white house south lawn. take a listen. >> i dont think it helps. first of all, i dont like it when they do it...

The republican who represents dayton, congressman mike turner, has an a rating from the national rifle association is and last year posed a ban on semiautomatic firearms. he released a statement saying i will support legislation that prevents the sale of military style weapons to civilians, a magazine limit, and red flag legislation. the carnage these military style weapons are able to produce when available to the wrong people is intolerable. his daughter was just across the street during the s...