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The american people about issues affecting them. but we wont take the punches lying down. and vice president believes this is serious. we are at a remarkable moment in history and we all have to be willing to stand on the side of truth, justice, oto reservprese constitution. >> and i hear everything that you are saying. im a policy wonk. but today it is easier to talk about policy stuff from elizabeth warren than joe biden because unfortunately you are still talking about this situation. >> ali,...

Complete grievance mongering sort of -- >> how do you think history will see hem? >> i think terribly. i think all this policy stuff, no one is going to remember this. always go back and look at george wallace. he did some good things as governor. passed three textbooks. nobody is going to remember the free textbook george wallace guy, the george wallace guy. i think its a complete fantasy what has happened with trump and what trump has done to our norms, our rule of law, our sense of public dis...

>> of losing your district? >> is being an ex-congressman so bad? they just seem to have no sense of history here and how this is going to be regarded. i just find it incredible. >> its not the republican party that i grew up with -- >> its not the republican party of four years ago. >> all the deficits -- >> character counts. personal responsibility. and these are all principles that you might disagree on issues but get strong on russia. >> conservatives used to make fun of liberals for -- >> s...

And declaring unfavorable press coverage to be the result of the press being the enemy of the people. if we are going to champion human rights and democracy, and eventually by the way, climate action. if were going to champion those things around the world, first weve got to do it at home. if we dont, i dont think anybody else will. were needed more than i think weve been in a long time. but weve got to actually be practicing what we preach. >> mayor pete, people are focusing now on the campaign...

I think i would push back a toony bit of what bill said earlier. part of the reason that democrats flipped the house in 2016 is because they were able to run up the numbers amongst suburban republican women who had never voted democratic before. if you talked to some of the democratic operatives who were involved in some of these key races historically red districts that flipped, it flipped. it wasnt so much a policy issue, it was because they cant watch the news with their kids. they are worrie...

Option now being starting point for public like vice president biden senator bennett and others. and senator sanders for medicare for all. senator harris for a hybrid plan. but i think what you are seeing is like what you said, lawrence, a discussion about the policy stuff. i think thats very, very healthy. when it stays away from people attacking motives, people attacking each others -- senator gillibrand went after the op-ed vice president biden wrote 38 years ago. i dont think thats healthy. ...

Range of positions is significantly more progressive than where we were seven or eight years ago as a party. with the kind of the public option now being starting point for public like vice president biden senator bennett and others. and senator sanders for medicare for all. senator harris for a hybrid plan. but i think what you are seeing is like what you said, lawrence, a discussion about the policy stuff. i think thats very, very healthy. when it stays away from people attacking motives, peop...

Talk about our own immigrant background and the people in our lives. this policy stuff is the cloud and individuals will have to break this down. >> i want to interject here. i dont often read from the presidents tweets. we want to be learning from history. we were talking about the way this proceeded over the course of the last week. heres the latest from the president, doubling down to use that trope. i dont believe the four congresswomen are capable of loving our country. they should apologiz...

Trump took all the policy stuff off the table. democrats who completely oppose all these four womens ideas on policy, that is off the table. donald trump said look at them. it is about look at them. they are black and brown. that is what this is about. hes made that very clear but the republican party and you were in it or at least advising and you know, you were a republican. >> right. >> in the 2016 election it seemed that steve bannon understood that very well that essentially tweaking the id...

With some racism if silence buys me the rest of that, if silence protects me from the presidents wrath and if silence gets me the rest of that policy stuff. and its a hell of a bargain, and i hope he sleeps okay >> when i saw you earlier, i asked, did you just see this moment that happened on chris show where he asked if the president was openly racist and he admitted it, and he said it depends on whos running. >> well, at least hes being honest. >> i was floored. i still cant believe it. you no...