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Conservatives, predominantly around affirmative action and whether or not there are people who are sort of cheating the system by claiming to be minorities. its also important while we talk than aspect of the story, to reinforce that in the investigation that "the boston globe" did, they did not find any evidence that elizabeth warren. >> right, did professionally gain from claiming to be of native american ancestry. >> and charlie, you covered -- you were covering in 2012 when she ran the first...

>> and charlie, you covered -- you were covering in 2012 when she ran the first time. this was the go-to -- the boston herald, the conservative media, this was like the thing they talked about. >> oh, absolutely. and concentrating on it is one of the reasons why scott brown is not a senator anymore. >> huh. >> because in adopting this thing, scott brown had two things going for him when he ran in 2012 against her. people thought he was nice guy, and he was the incumbent. and by engaging and by w...

Republican women. the issue for democrats is their enthusiasm was already way up here and the republican partys job is to bring parity. i think they actually do have a chance to gain a bit and it will matter more in senate races than it does in these vulnerable house raceraces, where it reall matters. >> do you think, matt, that trumps strategy, the republican strategy of weaponizing brett kavanaugh, you know, if they just do this for the next four weeks, do you think thats a winning strategy? >...

Something that you may not be guilty of. >> of course, earlier in the week, the president taunted and mocked kavanaughs accuser christine blasey ford on air force one. said women are not actually angry. it has indeed been an odd time for sexual politics. brett kavanaugh was simultaneously harangued for being too angry and weaponizing crying. i want to bring in host of reliable sources brian stelter and "washington post" magazine, olivia. your head is spinning if you try to keep up with the sexua...

Guilty by accusation. just moments, will show you how democrats are literally using a serious sexual assault allegation as a political tool, weapon, to bludgeon, delay, disrupt the kavanaugh confrontation. well uncover a double standard at the highest levels of democratic party appear theyll be called out tonight. their message to the american people? only allegations against republicans should be taken seriously. not against the fellow democrats. also tonight, we have big breaking news from joh...

Get railroaded by democrats and i know theyve been against his nominee from the very beginning and have been looking for any avenue to try to derail them. clear weaponizing these allegations to try to hurt cavanaugh and to derail him. also i do not think its unfair for him to question the veracity of the claims that christine ford is making considering the fact she doesnt remember when it happen, doesnt remember where it happen, doesnt remember how she got there, doesnt remember how she got home...

So, the question here is why? here with answers are greg -- a former chief nominations counsel to the senate judiciary committee along with gail trotter, an attorney and spokesman for the crisis network. greg, lets start with you. your reaction to the latest development. im sick of the word weaponize, but its kind of weaponizing the fbi in a political calculation for the democrats. >> that appears to be what is happening here. its painful for me to watch. there is a process there. its confidenti...

>> for mitch mcconnell, it is supreme court process. for "the the wall street journal" weaponizing and polarizing and not holding hearings on the nominee took it to a higher level. the driving force in this midterm election so far and biggest risk to republicans is the sharp movement away from them particularly among college educated white women. professional white women who will look at the accuser and see someone very much like their own. in half -- >> professor. >> yes. in half of the open se...

Years. he goes on to say simpsons had the first time, glenn simpson who owns fusion gps, where bruce ohrs wife works, so the first time i was dealing with bruce ohr was at thanksgiving. the problem is theres an email exchange that shows they had been communicating since august. lisa page, bruce ohr, and glenn simpsons all contradict each other. theres no way that should be allowed youre trying to do an investigation. if the fbi or department of justice was doing this investigation, they would no...

We have to disarm. we have to stop at weaponizing impeachment, stop weaponizings criminal law. if you dont like what somebody does come a vote against them, bring them to court, but do you do not use criminal law to target your political enemies. it is a serious mistake, and it will backfire. >> sandra: the question of timing is an important one. democrats are saying this is a direct attack on the council of investigation. the resolution has no chance of resulting in his removal. but the timing ...