so what are we going to do? we re either going to bloody civil war, could happen, we break up, or we could all just leave. if no one s happy, no one s keeping us here, everybody go back where you came from. go back to ireland or wherever your family s from. that s what people do when they get divorced, go back to their parents house and live there. sleep on the couch, eat ice cream, cry. we just leave but we leave no drama, no fighting, just quietly, just tiptoe out, like the last scene in the movie the birds, just leave. the i love that movie, because it s noisy, screaming, birds tweeting, people yelling, little kids birthday parties, chocolate all over their face and then the last ten minutes, just silence. nobody says a word. nobody utters a sound. that s what we do, empty this country out. nobody will be left here.
the great resection, 2008, they still haven t gotten a leg up, even with the improved economy. maine has always had some struggles in that area. i want to play something from you, this is back in a town hall you did in 2018 and the reaction from the crowd. watch. 2016, sorry. i call them asylum seekers are the biggest problem in our state. shame on you. [people yelling] laura: shame on you, they were screaming. i recall. i recall. i think the speaker of the house was there that evening. laura: well, what are they saying now? look at this. we have a situation, according to the statistics today, in portland. 65 to 70% of 1,000 people now receiving general assistance are noncitizens. did everyone hear that?
they just recessed 30 minutes ago after being there for the past ten hours going through all remaining provisional ballots under votes, over a vote and comparing signatures. they began with reminiscences of 2000, that election recounts, people yelling and screaming at each other, each side accusing the other of trying to steal the election. these two critical court victories, governor scott filed suit against supervisors of election in broward county and palm beach county alleging they are not being transparent as state law requires, that their campaign team observers in these canvassing board meetings were not being allowed to get close enough to see what is going on as well as to hear how voter intent is being decided. both judges ruling in scott s favor. they wanted to get in there and as of 7:00 tonight the scott team was able to get what he
[people yelling] martha: she gets it right in that in their face, leave them alone! meanwhile, he s in the car saying, let s get out of here. i really did like that clip. there are two issues at play here. if you are a public servant and to the public is paying your salary, and you are out there, where people can come up to you and speak to you in a respectful way, she said it we believe that when we are in public because we are public servants that we should talk to people, if they have something to say. you need to be respectful obviously, and you should address that. the throng of food and the real disruption approach or the ejection to restaurants, that doesn t really work for me. like saying to nancy pelosi, you are a [bleep] commie.
citizenship? that seems to be the biggest issue. something moderates feel is required and, of course, something that the house freedom caucus feels like they could never vote for and would consider it to be amnesty, of course, a big question where the president is in this, as you know, the legislative liaison was in here talking about the president s perspective. i will to the distracting you from your duties. anna and sahil are here and we ll talk to one of the lawmakers on the other side of the aisle coming up but i wanted to get you in first. both have been doing in-depth reporting on what is going down, anna, a lot out in playbook this morning. where does this go, because as kasie talked about there s a major sticking point. so far the meeting, all what i m hearing it is a stalemate. republicans are no no closer to finding a pathway forward. there aren t fireworks or people yelling. the speak ser generally trying to figure out a way forward but i just want to the underpinni