backlash but mulvaney has said clearly it did, more than they expected. yeah. vivian, the backlash piece is interesting.ba i can think of child separation as another example where the white house does something and then there s public outcry and then they retreat. they walk back from it. and not with the court s here forcing their hand although they may have. lord knows. what is the temperature like on the republican side? what does your reporting indicate about what people are saying privately and publicly? r well, there s definitely pressure building. i actually want to point out something, add to something than eric just said. something i was in mick mulvaney s press conference last thursday where he actually said the president knew he was going to get a lot of flak for this decision but owe just decided he didn t care. he s come to the point where he feels he s going to be criticized for pretty much anything he does so he might as well go along and do what he wants to do. a mic
clearly it did, more than they expected. yeah. vivian, the backlash piece is interesting. i can think of child separation as another example where the white house does something and then there s public outcry and then they retreat. they walk back from it. and not with the court s here forcing their hand although they may have. lord knows. what is the temperature like on the republican side? what does your reporting indicate about what people are saying privately and publicly? well, there s definitely pressure building. i actually want to point out something, add to something that eric just said. something i was in mick mulvaney s press conference last thursday where he actually said the president knew he was going to get a lot of flak for this decision but owe just decided he didn t care. he s come to the point where he feels he s going to be criticized for pretty much anything he does so he might as well go along and do what he wants to do. mick mull vain be any essentially said t