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>> i do. and thats why i feel like with samant samantha bee coming out, and a day after roseanne barr, you have to think about your words, because you know it will become part of the two sides. both sides do it. >> and i know it happens with a lot of these commentators, i have to speak out, because he speaks out. unfortunately, in order to get a shock factor, you have to use words that i thought were third rail words. like, you know -- >> maybe just to be fair to the president and his family for...

About seven weeks ago diane feinstein surprised everyone when she basically threw up her hands and said what the heck and made an individual decision she would release a transcript of ten hours of senate testimony from gps glenn simpson. that decision led to all sorts of congressional fighting about all sorts of things substantive and otherwise but there was a shock factor that day that the transcript was released. a shock factor from one quick line very late in the day in simpson simpsons testi...

About seven weeks ago democratic senator dianne feinstein surprised everyone when she basically threw up her hands and said what the heck and made an individual decision she would release a transcript of ten hours of senate testimony from gps glenn simpson. that decision led to all sorts of congressional fighting about all sorts of things substantive and otherwise but there was a shock factor that day that the transcript was released. a shock factor from one quick line very late in the day in si...

President which is what has given this such a shock factor for those watching. but yes, this is a familiar part of the kremlin playbook. we know in 2014, putin gave a speech comparing russian actions in crimea to u.s. and western actions in kosovo. there was a lot of media coverage in the run-up to the u.s. election that took the line of you accuse russia of having a weak democracy. look whats lapping in the u.s. this is a very familiar tactic. no official reaction from the kremlin to these comm...

Democracy have been leveled against russia. look at this divisive election in the u.s. they are no better. thats the line we hear coming from russia. its interesting. from a policy standpoint, aside from the shock factor of these, to read between the lines of what this could mean, president trump is saying he wants to form a coalition against isis in syria with russia. thats something weve heard repeatedly from the russian side theyd want to do. how does this tally with the situation in ukraine ...

You think our country is so innocent? >> claire sebastian joins us from moscow. i dont know how thats going down at the kremlin, but certainly a curious equivalency being suggested there by donald trump. >> yeah, michael, thats the most striking thing about this, the rhetoric that we hear from trump in those comments is very similar to the kind of rhetoric that we hear from both the kremlin here and from the russian media. the moral quiflencey. weve heard it from president putin in the past. for...

But i can see why she didnt really go after him. she really just went through her own talking points and why she wanted to say why she was different and provide a contrast rather than call him on the carpet. this is an issue that donald trump hasnt been consistent on. he had an answer this time. it sounded more like you would hear at a cpac speech rather than presidential debate. it was so far right what he was saying. >> i also think that donald trump was so vague on the issue. the idea of talk...

Hampshire turnout, the magazine with the bald eagle to a football stadium in the south where donald trump will come in with rock music and all, this is the angry message meets someone who is incredibly larger than life. >> exactly. and donald trump right here has taken the rules of politics and thrown them out the window. dont wear funny hat, dont pose with live animals. dont take on the media, dont hold these big rallies and raise your expectations so early. hes thrown that out the window and r...

Essentially can spin that to say republicans are for the confederate flag. the leadership stepped into one. i spoke with leadership aides, they were not happy this happened today. the timing could not be worse. >> absolutely. and if you consider the shock factor here what took gop leaders by surprise. you have the amendment itself. and then you have the fiery reaction to it. >> right. and we should point out, what youre seeing on the house floor right now and what you had in the introduction of ...

They do not feel that everyone coming into the united states is a criminal and a rapist and whatnot, so i think that people are used to the shock factor of donald trump. >> fair point. so donald trump is not the only republican talking about race. i thought these comments from rick perry this week were really really interesting. lets listen. >> too often we republicans, me included have emphasized our message on the tenth amendment but not our message on the 14th. for too long we republicans hav...