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Back with me, alice, maria, matt, and max. what did you think of hillary clintons comments, max? >> well, i agreed with a lot of what she said criticizing the republicans. but there was one part of what she said that just made my jaw drop because this is so wacky. she said i believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the house and senate thats when civility can start again, but until then the only thing that the republicans respect is strength. well, thats crazy. what shes saying is that as ...

>> >> im trying to agree. >> let me finish. on both sides, we need greater civility. donald trump is not showing that when he accuses democrats, for example, of being traitors who are going to turn this country into venezuela. that is not reasonable civilized discourse. so yes, you can complain about the tactics of some progressive activists but be fair and talk about the tactics of the right and donald trump, as well and they are deplorable. >> right. >> nobody is condoning -- nobody is condoni...

Demeaned women. throughout the campaign really for many years leading up to the campaign. hes continued to do that inside the white house. >> do you see any way, even a conservative i was speaking to yesterday said the only way to repair america is get back to civility and even if we have political disagreements were not going to war with each other or trying to destroy each other. >> certainly, i would love to see us return to civility, listening to one another, working out our differences. tha...

Distinguished jurist, they could have voted him down and said well, for ideological reasons, philosophical reasons, were not going to vote for him. no, they stonewalled. that was such a breach of senate ethics and the constitutional responsibility of the senate to advise and consent on nominations that you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. thats why i believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the house and or the senate, th...

This is enough. the line where he said, i must say we have filed ourselves for long enough that a pivot to governing is right around the corner, a return to civility and stability right behind it. we know better than that. by now, we all know better than that. and what hes saying to the senators is, its not going to happen. you know, youre putting yourselves on the same side of donald trump but understand that in doing so youve become complicit to all of the issues he said were demoralizing and ...

>> i rise today to say enough. >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake says he will not run for re-election, because he is so disgusted. >> the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth and decency, the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons. >> reporter: and to his colleagues, a warning that, quote, "silence can equal complicity." >> we have fooled ourselves for long enough that a pivot to g...

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What are we going to say? mr. president, i rise today to say, enough. we must dedicate ourselves to making sure that the anomalies never becomes the normal with respect and humility i must say that we have fooled ourselves for long enough that a pivot to governing is right around the corner, a return to civility and stability right behind it. we know better than that. by now, we all know better than that. here today i stand to say that we would be better served, we would better serve the country...