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The words "national debt." and "the washington post" is reporting that house republican leader kevin mccarthy has said in private that republicans lost the house because of their policies, specifically trying to take health insurance away from people with pre-existing conditions. kevin mccarthy has a way of saying things in private that he never says in public. during the presidential campaign, he was recorded in private saying he believes that donald trump is paid by vladimir putin. democrats a...

He helped force the issue of health care to the forefront of last years congressional campaigns. he was a major strategist of that. he is the executive director of the indivisible project. they are both joining us now. professor goolsbee, strangely the national debt is the only thing that donald trump is building in his presidency. >> yeah. look, hes building up some other debts, too, but the thing thats hard to wrap your head around is if you take the tax cut, its even bigger than $1.5 trillion...

The indivisible project. they are both joining us now. professor goolsbee, strangely the national debt is the only thing that donald trump is building in his presidency. >> yeah. look, hes building up some other debts, too, but the thing thats hard to wrap your head around is if you take the tax cut, its even bigger than $1.5 trillion. that was the official price tag, but now we see its more than $2 trillion, okay? so if you have something like 50,000 -- >> austan, let me just stop you on that. ...

Policies, specifically trying to take health insurance away from people with pre-existing conditions. kevin mccarthy has a way of saying things in private that he never says in public. during the presidential campaign, he was recorded in private saying he believes that donald trump is paid by vladimir putin. democrats agree with kevin mccarthy that republicans lost on the issues, and it looks like democratic presidential candidates now have donald trumps failed promises on the national debt to u...

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Parenthood and msnbc political analyst. oscar goolsbee, professor of economics at the university of chicago. also with us ed cox, the chairman of the new york state republican party. chairman cox, should new yorker donald trump be excommunicated from your party? >> its different from excommunicating the george birch society and excluding someone who is a republican now and wants to compete. i say welcome to the fray, donald trump. >> what about the george will point that you should not be allowe...

The letter was signed ronald reagan, pacific pal says, california. he says that donald trump should be excommunicated from the republican party unless he supports the republican nominee for president. he put it this way. a political party has a right to in language trump likes secure its borders. indeed a party has a duty to exclude interlopers including cynical opportunists. so the republican national convention should stipulate that subsequent debates will be open to any and all but only candi...