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>> in terms of the presidents behavior here, your initial reaction about this, that if hes not removed from office by this process that it might politically bolster him, might make him more effective in the 2020 campaign. might make him be able to turn sort of a persecution complex into more support from his base. do you feel more relaxed about those concerns or do you feel like they cant be operative given the seriousness of the thing hes accused of? >> i think its the latter. at some point you...

Around this? >> i think this is a great catalyst, but i believe one of the benefits of impeachment is that we can unearth new details about any of the myriad avenues of investigation that maybe individually might not have led to impeachment. but i think this is in many ways an opportunity for us to see just whats been going on after you turn over the rocks. >> in terms of the presidents behavior here, your initial reaction about this. if hes not removed from office by this process that it might ...

Any number of issues that they campaigned on, this he want to see something get done. >> and remember just to add on to nias point, nancy pelosi in the runup to the 2018 election with as very not dismissive but guarded as it related to impeachment. obviously there is a -- that will be a story within the party. there are people who wanted donald trump within the democratic party wanted donald trump impeached the day after he was sworn in. she, i think, is waiting for the mueller report and sort o...

Theres a level at which he probably doesnt even know it. >> you think he doesnt know? when hes playing pastor mcgoo and im coming in to clean up the fight and hes in the fight? >> i know, but he does have kind of a persecution complex. he does on a certain level -- >> youre being so clinical. i mean, i dont know. >> hes being persecuting. and unfairly persecuted. despite everything. despite the evidence of our eyes and ears. >> what do you make of it, congressman? youre a republican from a nice ...

On this? this is where he is. >> me, me, me, me, me, me, me. thats where he is. i mean, its not different than most things. lets remember this is a president who on memorial day tweet made it about his ability to lower the unemployment rate. we shouldnt be terribly surprised. i would have predicted that donald trump would go after the so-called fake news media in a tweet, but he went in what is a sort of traditional direction for him to make it about himself. im not totally sure kate is referrin...

Not once did he h mentimention women who said and who we have some evidence of that he was abused by this man that donald trump has such positive feelings about. never mentioned the women once. >> its not his nature to, joe. this is what weve seen time and time from the president, whether its defending bill oreilly, defending roy moore, the president, his reflex is to see in these men. and for somebody who has a persecution complex, who sees victimization everywhere he looks, people out to get h...

I donwont say i havent used t kind of spin myself before, but both of the other guests on the show worked for senator cruz. donald trump attacked senator cruzs wife. i dont think they would say that there was serious approval of what he did by the fact that donald trump won the electoral college. and its just -- give him credit for trying it, but its a bad spin and doesnt get away from sort of the basic deese aenls of this. its sort of like this bargaining against yourself on decency. you always...

Kind of spin myself before, but both of the other guests on the show worked for senator cruz. donald trump attacked senator cruzs wife. i dont think they would say that there was serious approval of what he did by the fact that donald trump won the electoral college. and its just -- give him credit for trying it, but its a bad spin and doesnt get away from sort of the basic decency of this. its sort of like this bargaining against yourself on decency. you always end up selling yourself cheap. >>...

Roy moore and the president himself has denied allegations of sexual misconduct against him. another person coming forward today saying that she -- he had attempted to kiss her at one point. you know, theres a sort of persecution complex that i think the president shares with roy moore and, you know, theyre trying to get people to believe that they didnt do things that people have accused them of. i think he sees solidarity with roy moore on that and i think he hopes roy moores voters see a soli...

Scalise. now latching out again. >> donald trump doesnt invent the republican party. the republican party is built on resentment and a persecution complex for almost 50 years going back to the dawn of the civil rights movements. >> megan godley, you know the gop. do you think this is a rationalal argument. we dont like hollywood? we cant stand the college elite and people in the mainstream media are biassed against us. is that a legitimate argument? >> no, joy reid knows nothing about gop politi...