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In this week's 'The Reason Roundtable,' editors stare down the results of last night's Iowa caucuses.

Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are any bad laws that might discourage people from having kids.

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The Trump administration didn't have a COVID response policy, an unelected bureaucrat did whatever the hell she wanted.

Impeachment? none. >> we have a former house republican in justin amash who has supported us and had to leave the party. but im not giving up on them, jake. and what im going to do tonight and my colleagues will do the same is appeal to the constituents of of my republican colleagues and make the case that no one else in their life in any power dynamic, boss, worker, teacher, student, producer, actress, any power dine dynamic would get away for leveraging power over somebody for their personal b...

Is she one that will appeal more than donald trump will in 2020? >> technically she shouldnt. she is an ivy league professor. she is literally. >> donald trump shouldnt either. she is a billionaire that lives in a town in new york city. >> she is an ivy league law professor who came up, you you know, sort of out of nowhere as a political force fighting against or fighting for greater wall street regulation. thats fine, but the question is can she credibly say im here to fight for precisely those...

Reboot the show. yes, i think he should call it out. he was talking about the concept of her show, it about blue collar american-type show. that didnt mean he has to excuse her behavior. the more than people shouldnt and the president shouldnt either. >> dont hold your breath. hes not going to condemn her. >> very simple, hes like, bomb, done over. roseannes racism was not a prize though, extended beyond this latest tweet, this many was wondering why she was given the reboot in the first place. ...

A centralized system that would remove the data out of the hands of what is controlled now by the states, making it easier for actors like russia to actually interfere in our elections. americans are watching. instead of the president wanting their private information, their social security number, they want to know, on friday, is the president actually going to stand up to putin and tell him to quit messing with our elections? thats what this commission should be looking into. and importantly, ...

So interested, but i dont want my children to see these things? >> megyn, i think its possible to control it a little bit, although i would say its much worse than it was. i have a son whos a young adult, i have a grand baby whos a year old actually. it was a problem then, too, but i had to not pretend it didnt exist, i had to confront it head on with my son. if we were watching something on television, rather than quickly change it id say, jeremy, watch this, honey. they never tell you how this...

Because it was. the abc news, as you pointed out what they were getting into when they signed up roseanne to reboot the show. yes, i think he should call it out. he was talking about the concept of her show, about it being a blue collar american-type show. that didnt mean he has to excuse her behavior. abc didnt and the president shouldnt either. >> dont hold your breath. hes not going to condemn her. >> tara, a statement was put out saying her twitter statement was abhorrent and we have decided...