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Losing the house. and that is because of paul ryans leadership, which has been no leadership at all. none. and i am one of the many congressional observers who is deeply disappointed in paul ryan. i never fell for the media picture of paul ryan as a policy won because i know few qualify for that description on any subject. they are always guided by their staffs on policy. the staffs always know more on policy. but paul ryan had done more than others in memorizing talking points and every once in...

Most of us would. hell all the democrats would. if were going to lose because of him, we might as well impeach the mother, take him out with us and let mike pence take over. at least then we could sleep well at night. >> a member of the house judiciary committee and a former republican congressman will join us next with that reaction to the theory that impeachment could begin this year. (vo) more "doing chores for mom"

Mother, it was some soft most important poverty testimony i have seen in congress, and paul ryan followed the lead bringing that woman into the committee to be heard. and i reported on that hearing that night right here with a slight glimmer of optimism about what that could mean. optimism that was crushed by paul ryan. he leaves his speakership with exactly one accomplishment. and today, in his first exit interview, he could not even tell the truth about that. >> so if i -- if a year ago, two y...

Voter suppression. i would caution to you, dont operate in a silo. >> yes. >> understand that voter suppression allows people to get elected. the second thing is, be careful of how they will cut deals because like in west virginia, on the one hand they gave the raise but then they cut medicaid which hurts poor children and poor white women. they cut snap and said that what were going to do now is require even disabled people to have to work. so what we have to do in this moral moment is fuse our...

Get cold because the population didnt cut them. we have to pay for it by making the just above poor get more so the very poor get nothing? >> right. then you pit two groups against each other. >> right. >> which is deeply immoral. its what the bible calls in isaiah 15, the bands of wickedness. we are required to lose those bands. in this moment we have to understand the same people that are using racialized voter suppression to get power, they use that power that hurts all people especially the ...

African-americans in this new study that we dont have time to get into, economic institute. wages and up employment from 16 of 1968 to 2017. we have tolerated millions of people coming into america who take jobs that working poor, middle class people coming into the workplace for the first time used to have. and a lot of those jobs are gone now. those entry level jobs hurt like a lot of people that i came from and a lot of minorities. and they are not there anymore. and trump is standing against...

The advancement of african-americans in this new study that we dont have time to get into, economic institute. wages and up employment from 16 of 1968 to 2017. we have tolerated millions of people coming into america who take jobs that working poor, middle class people coming into the workplace for the first time used to have. and a lot of those jobs are gone now. those entry level jobs hurt like a lot of people that i came from and a lot of minorities. and they are not there anymore. and trump ...

Evangelicals are where they normally are. they are not with the jesus who talked about good news to the poor. they are not with the scriptures that talked about how we should not be attacking the poor. this is not just about the work but the poor. you have to say the poor, because people suggest the people are not working poor. somehow they are just lazy. no. people are trapped in systemic poverty. what we have is 14 million poor children in this country. we are talking about trillions of tax we...

Economy. there are great programs where if you are a snap recipient and you are shopping athe a farmer market, you are getting double the amount of your benefit and it goes directly to farmers. there us a multiplier effect. it creates $1.75 of economic activity for every $1 spent through the snap program. we need nutrition. thats really the crux of this here. children, when they go to school, if they have proper breakfast, they actually can learn. we are talking about seniors and people with dis...

I was thinking, joy, this is a trip. it is like a 19th century ghost of days past. this man he had a cross on his forehead during lint for ash wednesday. none of these policies line up with christ. they are talking about health care, cutting millions of people, food to millions of people and even heat to 7 million people. they are talking about taking that. it is a triple threat and a direct attack on the poor and the working poor. >> tom, you are not talking about a lot of money per person. the...