Page 117 - Policy Issues News Today

Strategist of the white house has been eyeing candidates down there, kelly ward being one of them, an individual who lost to senator john mccain in the election. so there were difficulties on the political side of things. arizona has been changing quite a bit over the years. democrats thought that was a potential pickup opportunity before this occurred. we were the one who is broke the news to chuck schumer when he was doing this press conference just now. he didnt say anything. he just stopped,...

Real estate industry doesnt want be that, charities dont want it. long way to go. >> i think if you look back at what bob corker said today, what he said recently, what is the base? its about character? its about his fitness for office. its not about any sort of policy issues. he criticizes sort of the tax reform push. we dont know what tax reform will actually look like. these were things that conservatives in the party were saying back in january, february, march 2016 when it actually mattered...

After the white house defended the chief of staff john kelly for calling congresswoman wilson an empty barrel. the press secretary said quote if you are able to make a sacred act like honoring american heroes about yourself then you are an empty barrel so they are not backing down. at the same time, they also want to move on from this dispute. they want the public and the media to focus on other things, focus on more policy issues, like tax reform, but its tough to do when the president himself ...

We know graham recently golfed with trump. >> ill be curious to see if the members, mr. president can you wind down on attacking congresswoman wilson. can you focus on policy issues? can you in your future calls of widows of veterans, say the right things and know their names? the congressional black caucus has asked chief-of-staff kelly to apologize for his comments about congresswoman wilson. id be curious to see if kelly abieds by that or does that because his comments were inaccurate. donald...

Continue to be the leader -- the world leader in democracy. he talked about how presidents for 70 years, this wasnt a partisan or political issue this was what the destiny was for the united states. the free religion, right to express onesself freely, a fair and transparent media, some strong words right now coming from president bush. >> also, i mean, not mentionsing names as far as i heard anything in what we took of the speech but the message seems very clear. this coming -- his comments comi...

Talking about acknowledging they do need every single republican vote. he understands that democrats are not looking likely to get on board with him here. he was talking about senator john mccain, maybe being a maybe when it comes to some of the policy issues. and i wonder how you see the landscape shaking out here over the next three to four weeks or so. >> yeah, i definitely think one of the big focuses of the republican party will be having to respond to so many of the studies and reports say...

Litmus test for anyone that he wants to help recruit and back to run against sitting republicans, for them to raise their hand or step up to the mike as he put it over the weekend and say i will vote against mitch mcconnell, and then you have the president saying, you know, i understand, steve, we know each other well. we get along well, and i know he thinks he is doing the right thing and standing next to mitch mcconnell while he is saying it. >> well, the president also said that in some cases...

Never discount the president. im of the opinion, dont use past as presidents when it comes to this administration and what could happen in 2018 or 2020. i think we just dont know. given what bannons doing, do you think that there is potential for him to actually be effective with this message and actually effective getting something line graham into the house, getting someone like moore into the senate? do you think that he actually -- knows what hes doing? >> in terms of the electoral politics ...

Not what youd niend if christian leaders. they didnt elect him to the the christian leaders they elected him to be the president. i think & last eight year they think if country went to the left and they dont recognize the country anymore. and trump has flaws they dont like but trying to drag the culture back to the right which is something they want. >> charley, is it hypocritical to you to some degree? >> yes, it is stunning hypocritical. leaving aside the policy issues and tax reform, healthc...

You to a certain degree. >> yes, its stunning hypocritical. and its going to do a great deal of damage. leaving aside the policy issues, you know, tax reform, health care and everything, i do think that the real damage that donald trump is doing is to the culture. and including the fact that he may not be, you know, past yor in chief, but he is a role model and the challenge of raising children in the era of trump. look, we tell our children, tell the truth, dont be a bully. dont act like that k...