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Call it deep state or what are off the rails. i would look to see the directors of the agencies purge it. and say, look we have got a lot of great agents, lawyers here. those are the people that i want the american people to see. >> those were strong word from florida republican congressman, francis rooney on this network earlier today. joining me now some one will certainly, some one who will have thoughts on that statement. richard painter former chief white house ethics lawyer for president g...

Republican francis rooney calling for a purging of the fbi, we will listen to that and then well get your response. >> im very concerned that the doj and the fbi, what do you want to call it deep state or whatcom are kind of off the rails commode you look at that strzok guy texting, you look at the ohr guy talking to the dossier, clinton oppo research people. then this mccabe sky wife takes $16,000 from clinton related sources while she is running for state senator. i would like to see the direc...

Doj and the fbi, what do you want to call it, deep state or what are kind of off the rails. i would like to see the directors of those agencies purge it and say, look, weve got a lot of great agents, great people here and those are the people i want to american people to see. >> on this network earlier today. joining me now someone who will certainly have some thoughts on that statement, richard painter, former white house chief ethics lawyer for president george w. bush. deep state, but the ide...

Trump is something that the presidents allies have seized upon, representative francis arenty a republican from florida was asked about enemies at the doj earlier today fake a listen. >> i dont want to discredit them. i would like to see the directors of the agencies purge is it and say look we have a lot of great agents, great lawyers here. those are the people i want the american people to see and not know the good work is being done not the people kind of the deep state. >> purging the law en...

Im very concerned the doj and fbi, whether you want to call it deep state or what are off the rails. i would look to see the directors of the agencies purge it. and say, look we have got a lot of great agents, lawyers here. those are the people that i want the american people to see. >> those were strong word from florida republican congressman, francis rooney on this network earlier today. joining me now some one will certainly, some one who will have thoughts on that statement. richard painter...

Discussed with up with of our political appointees, we are not going to do that. were not going to improperly consider political affiliation with respect to career appoin e appointees in the department. >> thank you very much. i wanted to ask about a couple of concerns. and you may or may not have responsibility for this. if so, just let me know. i am concerned that the department has had a change in position on certain important voting rights issues. one has to do with the purging of roles in o...

Appointees that we are not going to do that. we are not going to consider political affiliation. >> thank you very much. you know, i wanted to ask about a couple of concerns. you may or may not have responsibility for this. if so, just let me know. i am concerned that the department has had a change in position on certain important voting rights issues. one has to do with the purging of roles in ohio. the department had previously argued against purging those roles because the national voter reg...

>> the challenge i think, rick, too, is that theres potentially a question about whether it casts an aspers persion on your party. youre seeing that play out with roy moore a little bit. >> this -- in a sense, since the harvey weinstein thing, theres been a purging -- i dont know if the thats the right word. i think its a good thing, actually. and its long over ddue. the idea that -- in the roy moore case, its 40 years. but in a sense, again, we know that they werent asked by the reporters. but ...

Code left behind which is something i proposed during the dnc chair race. so is this a true promise or empty rhetoric? i think the leadership he is conveying is something to be desiredment and the reason you have to keep asking about it is people look to other people for leadership whenever these scandals occur, whether the purging of the progresses, people continue to look at their leader. what is going to happen. what direction are we going to take. and im always in that position to answer the...

Especially the corporate rate. if he cant, can he take that readjustment where it goes down and the unemployment rate goes up and the bad stuff happens between now and the next election? will his people still love him? >> theres two pieces to get the economy rolling as far as republicans are concerned. stop the regulatory state that obama went hog wild over and cut taxes so bad people have economic prospects again. as far as the idea that trump is purging people, you have to remember jeff flake ...