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Agenda into law. he can get conservatives on the supreme court, you know, the other stuff doesnt matter. so i think this is a turning point in the republican party in the aera of trump. >> he said the things republicans wont say in front of cameras, at least from my experience. or at a restaurant or at a dinner party, but they dont say it to other people. doug, have you ever seen anything like this before? >> nothing like it. it was unbelievable. senator flake i thought did a remarkable job and ...

Is pro trump, but i dont believe he has a lock on the republican party. it will be interesting to see if this spreads, even among some people who may want to fight it out in their primaries next year. but generally, politicians are political pragmatists and donald trump does have a huge chunk of the republican primary electorate that is on his side, even though sometimes not on conservative issues. so somebody like flake can get in trouble in a primary and be forced not to run. but whats curious...

We must never meekly accept the daily sundering of our country. the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institutions, the flagrant disregard for truth and decency. the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and personal reasons, reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the fortunes of the people that we have been elected to serve. >> up until this point, mike, most of the criticism of this president have been sort of veiled. people dont say his name. no...

Tonight. after all, senator flake is a thorn in his side and is retiring. but america cannot afford to lose any more men and women of principle. listen to this from senator flake. >> it is often said that children are watching. well, they are. and what are we going to do about that? when the next generation asks us, why didnt you do something? why didnt you speak up? what are we going to say? mr. president, i rise today to say, enough. we must dedicate ourselves to making sure that this never be...

It is obviously not a coincidence that both of the republican senators who blasted president trump today are on their way out of office. so is president trumps takeover of the gop almost complete? lets discuss now. republican strategist mike murphy is here. so good to have you on. good evening, by the way. i guess you could call this a retirement speech. senator jeff flake said what we cannot accept any longer. watch this. >> in this century, a new phrase has entered the language to describe the...

Stability right behind it. we know better than that. by now, we all know better than that. >> lets start our discussion now with my panel. good evening to all of you. thank you for coming on. we heard these astonishing remarks from two republican senators. the question is, what now? >> well, the first thing i would say, and ill defer to douglas a little bit on this, this will go down -- senator jeff flakes speech will go down as one of the most important speeches that any politician has made man...

Effect donald j. trump as president and its a lot to take for a nation who is trying to heal from a lot of wounds for many decades and hundreds of years. so its a lot for a lot of people and the buyers remorse is starting to come out more and more. >> much more of our conversation. when we come back, snenators flake and corker blasting president trump. ahhhhhhhh! you know whats easy? building your website with godaddy. get your domain today and get a free trial of gocentral. build a better websi...

>> do you regret supporting him in the election? >> lets just put it this way, i would not do that again. >> you wouldnt support him again in >> no way, no way. >> i said 18 months, 14 months left, jack. but these are your fellow republicans talking about the republican president, who you support. what do you have to say to them sp >> well, i think number one that jeff flakes favorable to unfavorable, the numbers show the story. his favorables are 22%, his unfavorables are 67%. >> i thought his ...

Turning against ourselves, glorifying in the things that divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake. >> you said hes an untruthful president. >> no question. i mean, i dont -- we grew up in our family not using the "l" word. but yeah, i mean, theyre provable untruths. provable. >> senator corker, senator flake. both absolutely right. we cannot call fake things true and true things fake. we cannot allow the president himself to lie to us. these are words that president trump and...

Staff to this president, said that he is happy about flakes announcement. chief strategist i should say, saying he added another scalp in his collection. do you think the bannon populist wing of the party is winning the soul of the gop? >> well, you know, thats yet to be litigated. they certainly won with president trumps nomination in the primaries, but now were seeing exactly what winning feels like here. were having a lot of trouble. its interesting in arizona. because im sure steve bannons h...