understand that there are plenty of policy arguments that we can take against these people and many on the left, but we do not need to go to this level. make it about policy and not personal. tara, you re shaking your head. why? because i can t belief we have to have this conversation with grown adults that are elected members of congress. we actually have to lecture them about the importance of calling out racism when we see it. i mean, the fact they just cower behind the president because they don t have the courage to call out what they see is really upsetting to me. i m not going to give a gold star to the few who did come out and say something because they did the right thing. no. the soul and fabric of our country is being ripped apart by donald trump. and he s using this racial resentment in order to gain favor with people in the base who are who because fear and racial resentment is a motivating factor, unfortunately, and it s really unearthed how deep that goes in this
someone today. those are valid policy political attacks that he can and should use against them and others on the left, but for him to take it to this low level and make it personal and make it insulting and make it racist, that completely washes away any valid argument that he possibly has. and i will say this to piggyback on what was earlier said, i was impressed with the way these women responded. they basically took the advice of lindsey graham, go high. they didn t take the bait. and they stuck on the issues. they defended what they have said and what they have done. and they renewed their calls for impeachment. and i commend them for their actions, but this is really important that republicans understand that there are plenty of policy arguments that we can take against these people and many on the left, but we do not need to go to this level. make it about policy and not personal. tara, you re shaking your head. why? because i can t believe we have to have this conversation
and erik cantor, his deputy run out of office by the tea party, both would say to me looking back, you know, all of these policy arguments, all of this ideological warfare, it was sort of happening up here, but below the surface there was this churning cultural thing that was happening that was driving so much of this, and it was really hard to put your finger on what it was, and then donald trump came along and he exploited it, he weaponized it in a way that nobody thought was possible. tim alberta, stick around if you would, because we have many more questions from you, including some juicy tidbits, our conversation with the author of american carnage continues after the break. with psoriatic s pain was so frustrating. my skin. it was embarrassing. my joints. they hurt. the pain and swelling. the tenderness. the psoriasis. i had to find something that worked on all of this. i found cosentyx. now, watch me. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are getting real relief with cos
the policy arguments that the candidates were making were designed to show they are willing to fight trump policies as opposed to be the best person to replace him. you know, it s like i think that might be a factor of the fact that people have been running pore president for six months and they themselves are so knowledgeable about where each other stands on policies and they wanted to make distinctions. but i think that probably made sense to people on the stage and people on twitter. and i fear that the people who are actually watching at home thought this is very disconnected from my life. and i actually have no idea what these people are talking about. doug, do you concur? i agree with what jen said. democrats did not define the president in either night. they didn t define him. they didn t define his position. do they need to. they do. they need to get out there this person broke many promises that he made on the campaign trail, that he is out for himself. and that he s r
officer. he job was to be the front line defense protecting those children and he didn t. he failed us and he failed those children. he did indeed and i don t argue that at all. perhaps in light of this the law will be re-examined. as it is right now, the law is what it is. the bigger issue, nobody likes to talk about gun control. it s too early. we can t address it. no, let s not touch it. i think we got to do something. we talk about it early and often. that s the only time people give a damn. which one was parkland? that s a shame. when you can t even keep track of which one it was, that s a shame. when i say only in america, only in america do we come into situations like this. the only corrective action after a shooting with 17 kids losing their lives and adults also is do we going after the cop or not? there is nothing else we can think about. the policy arguments are strong. the law is instructive in this. gentlemen, thank you. i wish we had a better conversation to have