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To be in the majority again. do you think abolish ice, for example, leaning what sounds like too far to the left in your opinion could cost your party control of the house? >> my message, poppy -- i tried to be very clear on this -- is that in 2018, our mission is very clear. were not trying to elect a president of the united states. were trying to win the house of representatives. that means were going to need to win queens. we will need to win districts in places like western pennsylvania, in ...

Can you explain why you disagree, i guess with corker on that, that you dont think it t. or do you thiisisingat >> i dont agree hyperbolic notion. but i have been saying this for months, prior to donald trump, we shouldember that we often had these purity tests within the republican party. and if you werent sufficiently pure, they would call you a rhino or a squish. here comes donald trump who is largely transactional, and now these people are flummoxed. if you disagree with him, or you criticiz...

Year but his family. i hate the work, but feel i need to stay because im the only person there with a clue what hes doing. the reason so few jobs have been, the reason so few jobs is that they only accept people who pass ridiculous purity tests, even for midlevel policy making job, where the people will never see the light of day. i am in a constant state of shock and horror. assuming these stories are true, how does the white house turn this ship around, susan page, or is this just one of those...

And actually give people the freedom to speak to americans where they are. because this is not a time for purity tests. this is a moment -- this is a moment, actually, to set aside pet causes, pet issues, litmus tests. this is a moment to protect the republic. take it from john dean, who worked for richard 96 son, knows something about what can go wrong when republics corrode and are corrupted. >> for mullin who committed absolutely to the idea whether the president is dangerous. thank you both,...

Think well find that mitt romney will do that if her pursues the race and is expected. >> in your view, is donald trump dangerous? >> absolutely. >> in your view, is that idea of donald trump being dangerous something democrats should message toward or something that would actually hurt them? >> this is a big country. i think part of -- this needs to be an ambitious, creative movement to protect this country. i dont think about this as a democratic movement, i think of this as a protect the coun...

Really lambasting establishment republicans and incumbents saying youre not conservative enough, and holding them to these purity tests. idealogical purity tests. and you saw a wave of very, very far right conservative republicans go into the senate and house. very few of which have actually survived. there were some good ones who made it in, but some of those purity tests, again, especially with steve bannon now going out in this league of extraordinary candidates, as hes calling it, to challen...

If jeff sessions were to lose, were to pass off his senate seat to a democrat, if republicans were to lose control of it, that would just be for the breitbart wing of the republican party the ultimate humiliation. sessions was their favorite senator in the senate. he was their guy. he was the one who was the most hardline on immigration. who was the first strong senate supporter of donald trump. who now has been implementing and advancing the trump agenda from his perch as attorney general. if a...

And advancing the trump agenda from his perch as attorney general. if a democrat takes over that seat, that would be indicative of an extraordinary sea change, of a humiliation not just for the breitbart wing of the republican party but for the tea party bannon project of trying to primary comparatively moderate, comparatively middle of the road republicans for the purposes of these purity tests. its just so important to them. >> thats what i thought today too, congratulations steve bannon who r...

Not on the far left of your party. hes more of a center-left candidate. in the week or so before the election he came out against sanctuary cities. and one of the progressive groups, deckocracy for america founded by howard dean, left the race. they said they were disenchanted with what he had done. is tonights victory a message to the progressives, the grass roots in your party that they cannot have purity tests and they need to in some cases embrace more moderate candidates? >> listen, ralph n...

Donald trumps first 100 days, as somebody who has been inside the white house. >> unpredictable. the one legacy that donald trump will have for sure is that theres been a big national civics lesson going on. whether youre a supporter or opponent, everybody is paying attention. weve never seen a president like this. it makes it fascinating, interesting. people are concerned. the interesting thing were going to focus on this week is not what has he done but what has donald trump learned in the fir...