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Of this is at least the republicans show you kind of what was under the hood. i mean the democrats they painted terd pink and call it cotton candy. you kind of understood what was going on. >> dana: bob, do you think there is anything that the aarp would get behind in terms of backing some sort of reform? because its powerful voting block and healthcare is so important to retirees and such a big organization? >> bob: yeah. i think there probably is can somebody tell me why this was left right in...

31% of the voting age population is a baby boomer. down from a peek of more than 50% in the 80s, still, a large voting block. as the 2016, that 31% number now similar to the size of the millennials. they dont turn out to the polls at the clip tt boomers do. theheer size as a voting block has had a profound impact for half a century. beginning with the constitutional amendment that lowered the voting age, essentially four boomers to 18 in 1971, pandering to them, letting them vote early. new book...

>> well what does this mean then -- are we going to see history repeat itself? the boomers are the largest voting block right now. millennials are the largest late block in the labor force. they will in at least two election cycles probably become the largest voting block. history repeat itself with millennials where theres such a up and downer to millennials by leaders, perhaps by jen x leaders who need votes that we create another cycle of this? >> thats possible, but the millennials a mucore ...

Every politician in this country between 15 and 20 million veterans. if we get all our veterans together, people that are serving currently in the armed forces and call our representatives, we have an unbelievable voting block. i got a call from a ma he is in san diego. one of his fellow marines needs a colonoscopy. they told him to wait seven months for it why dont we give veterans the same healthcare we give congress. same healthcare elizabeth warren has and the rest of the senate and congress...

People and democrats, let us not forget that one of the huge voting block that turned out for donald trump on november 8th were blue-collar democrats who had long been counted as a base voter by the democratic party. >> martha: grade points. when you look at the snarkiness that we saw in the response to this, richard, this sort of megadeth and it represents this and that, i think a lot of people who listened to that or who see that the weight is presented, then, you dont get to me, either. you d...

People and democrats, let us not forget that one of the huge voting block that turned out for donald trump on november 8th were blue-collar democrats who had long been counted as a base voter by the democratic party. >> martha: grade points. when you look at the snarkiness that we saw in the response to this, richard, this sort of megadeth and it represents this and that, i think a lot of people who listened to that or who see that the weight is presented, then, you dont get to me, either. you d...

Way this isnt chaotic and theyll be appreciative. the senator is trying to make this very political. he wants to stir up emotions. use these kind of words and it frightens people and i wish that he wouldnt because we dont to want frighten the american people. we want to assure them right now. >> congressman chris stewart, republican of utah, nice to have you with us. thank you so much. on the same day that trump will be sworn in as president, more than 1,000 general motors workers in ohio are ...

>> for me, it was bck women. the all involved black women d and #blackgirlmagic. how that came into play and played a powerful role in 2016 and starts for me with the mothers of the movement, the voice they had during this campaign. black women being the leading voting block for hillary clinton. we dont talk about that enough. once again, they showed up and came out. the simones from the 2016 olympics, simone biles and manuel and joy reid, who made history with her team in this time slot. thats ...

Voters pysche. in defense of a non scientific analys analysis, i spent the entire year doing non-scientific analysises a and talking to peo. >> that seems science to me. >> how much of this came down to what i heard over and over again which is my life, frankly right now is not very good. my job may not be good or i may not have one at all or i dont like either of these two, donald trump is the guy that best put me back in the right track. >> well, one of the things i found interesting and one o...

Yeah, 50 million, 60 million trump voters, but you have that small group that is angry, that is hostile. you have to be able to talk about both them and the broader phenomenon. >> that small group, isnt that group small enough that that isnt what tipped the election for them? in other words, the people who you think are racist, how big of a voting block do you think that is? >> it is hard to know, but ive got to tell you, if you have a group out there whos trying to kill white guys and the -- ob...