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Have paid attention to it because it was mitch mcconnells way of sending a signal to president trump saying, we are not afraid of you. we will do this to you again and they will do it certainly if there is this declaration of national emergency by the president. that will be tricky, though, because you already have people like lindsey graham who are saying, we need to get behind this president, so where does the party come out at the end of the day, if there is a vote to rebuke him on the wall i...

Actually. >> it didnt, but people should have paid attention to it because it was mitch mcconnells way of sending a signal to president trump saying, we are not afraid of you. we will do this to you again and they will do it certainly if there is this declaration of national emergency by the president. that will be tricky, though, because you already have people like lindsey graham who are saying, we need to get behind this president, so where does the party come out at the end of the day if the...

>> are you concerned about the message this may send to the rest of the world, particularly the muslim world? >> i tell you, this is part of the never trump resistance to mischaracterize this as being a muslim ban. this is not a muslim ban. not anything that president obama didnt do when he was president. so im not surprised the supreme court ruled the way they did. >> his rhetoric has been much more strident to muslims, that rhetoric combined with the ruling. >> i think he was trying to keep th...

To be you that brings the republicans because right now the gun lobby would stop in its tracks. >> i love that responsibility. i think it is time that a president stepped up. im talking democratic and republican presidents they have not stepped up. and before a call on marco, i would like to have pat toomey and joe manchin, could you detail your bill because i havent heard a lot about it. >> aiks. thank you, mr. president and our best chance is the bill, we got 54 votes. the first title is a tit...

>> talk about the reality of the whole situation and take off from what cornyn and graham have said of the necessity of you working with us, and youre doing that by having this meeting and other meetings as well. but weve always talked in the united states senate about the necessity of getting 60 votes and thats pretty darn tough. but if we would right a bill that you dont like and you veto it, were talking about a 67 vote threshold. two-thirds in the united states senate. so thats a reality of ...

The willingness to mislead people or provide them just demonstrably false information and expect to move on. weve seen that most recently in the health care debate over if you like what you have you can keep it. something we can go back to 2010 and demonstrate that the department of health and human services knew was false. >> jim, hes running for re-election next year. >> is that an excuse. >> a lot of democrats running in the south and i think you guys have the story on this, a lot of democrat...

Why? because theres been no established increase of voter fraud. in fact, theres been an established number that a fraction of 1% have found voter fraud. yet theyre trying to change the voter laws all over this country. look again and listen to what cornyn said. >> you wont corporate with legitimate congressional investigation and you wont hold anyone including yourself accountable. your department blocks states from implementing attempts to combat voter fraud. >> block states from implementing ...

Lot about fast and furious. i do know this was start eed unr george bush. i know mr. holder ended it. but i know a lot of us that are concerned about voting. and for cornyn to say that part of the reason he should resign is because he has the justice department looking into the whole question of changing voting in states where you and i, the congressional caucus, civil rights groups have established there is no fraud. how do you say the attorney general ought to resign for protecting peoples vot...

Democracy. and for us to have to deal with a problem that doesnt exist and then ask the attorney general to resign because he wants to make sure that in a democracy everyone has a fair chance to vote is just asinine and shows you just how low we have sunk. i mean, we are going down, down, down in terms of credibility. not only to the people of this country but in this world. im here in kansas city and i talk to people and no matter what side theyre on, they are disgusted at what they see. and pe...

I like heat in a certain way. i will. you are somewhat more traditional politicians than me. 2.5 years ago i was not thinking in terms of politics. many of you have been doing it all of your lives. i will take all the heat. you are not that far away from comprehensive immigration reform. if you want to go the final step, should you do it. if you want to study earmarks so we all get together and do something, i think you should study it. >> about the reality of the situation and take off from wha...