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On this when the premise is not foundationally set in evidence and the intelligence community is saying that russia meddled in our election, yet this administration has come up with no set plan to secure the elections for the midterm or 2020. ben jealouss, great to have you here, former naacp president. candidate for governor for maryland. im advancing your titles. ben, thanks so much. >> appreciate it, thomas. take a look at this, its the tweet that everybodys talking about today. the preside...

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Going to pennsylvania, arizona, wisconsin, michigan. its really the twitter account that were seeing is really the re rhetoric we all reported on on the campaign trail. that said, i mean, it was just, what, a couple of weeks ago, when the president stood in the white house after the congre congressional baseball game and said, quote, honestly, wed be doing a lot better, and i know the country would be doing a lot better, end quote, if we all tapped into that unity that was displaced. so, i mean,...

And the cnn logo put over it. president trump retweeted this from the official presidential account. joining me now is democratic congressman rubin diago of arizona. sir, its great to have you with me. obviously the reaction to the presidents tweets, reporters were constantly asking all electeds to react to this. but it really doesnt matter. its stupid. and its not important to what the american people really need to be worried about, which is their health care, their security. because -- >> abs...

The good news, this can all backfire on this. if folks stand up, frankly as with did against the koch brothers when i was at the naacp in 2012, you can use this to organize, to get folks to focus on their vote, how important it is and the need for them to be active. and thats my hope. thats what my campaign is focused on, is actually getting people to see that their vote is very, very important and they need to use it to make sure that they do have a government that can actually have their full ...

Agree with the sentiment, but they thought it wasnt helpful. because listen, his base loves this. that tweet that trump tweeted with body slamming, the cnn logo, it is by far his most retweeted, most liked tweet ive seen in probably i checked had 100,000 retweets and even more likes. his normal tweets get maybe 10,000 to 20,000 retweets. this is resonating with a lot of people. the thing is with his base they support him no matter what. this might help his base or help the president feel good th...

Security there. >> yes. >> that seems like a threat. >> certainly not though. i think that no one would perceive that as a threat. i hope they dont. i do think hes beaten up in a way on cable platforms. he has a right to reto. >> so in a statement cnn says its a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. clearly sarah huckabee sanders lied when she said the president had never done so, instead of preparing for his overseas trip, his first meeting with ...

Thomas. >> nbcs kelly odonnell there in bridgewater, new jersey, kelly, great to see you, thank you. joining me is congressman zellen of, no. congressman, thank you for your time. your reaction to how the president is spending time over his holiday weekend. the latest one in this video where he is fake wrestling, body slamming, vince mcmahon, but has now updated it, superimposing cnns logo over mcmahons face. your reaction? >> well, a few thoughts. first off, id love to be here, able to answer q...

Because of a continuation of some issues that happened, whether it be kathy griffin or reza aslan or different folks that departed from the network, as well as the story they had connecting the trump associate with the deal in russia that only had one sort that got on their web too quickly, they took it down and three people lost their jobs. there were consequences about this. but are you hearing from anybody inside the white house or those of the inner circle of donald trump that this is kind o...

Conversation today. and we have seen the president use that ability to try to stir things up, to try to get attention on something before. this is a bit different. as you described it. its sort of a flashback to donald trump, the entertainer, a decade ago, when he was part of the shtick at the wwe. and then now putting it in a context of his running feud with the media. namely cnn but other media outlets including our own. so the president is challenging sort of up-ending the relationship you ty...