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But i want to go to what the senator was saying. because the rule that the senator will exploit to say that this is unconstitutional is the 10th amendment. the 10th amendment, beloved of conservatives. bob dole used to carry a copy of the 10th amendment in his breast pocket. the 10th amendment says the federal government cannot coerce or commandeer the states or localities to do these kinds of actions. this is the thing that has been celebrated by conservatives and even by donald trump. and he is using the overweaning power of the federal government to do something which the american people do...

The vision of donald trump to make america great again for all americans and unite the country that we have to admit is more divided today than ever, whether it's blacks, whites, hispanics, and it's not steve bannon's vision, it's the vision of the president-elect of the united states. >> do you agree with donald trump that same-sex marriage, gay marriage is already law and it's going to stay that way? >> yes, i agree with that. >> what about abortion rights for women? he said that is not settled law. he would like to appoint what he calls pro-life justices and let roe v. wade go back to the s...

Comment he quickly expanded on the point and i quote, "no i would say defending the constitution a top priority and that it cuts across the whole spectrum whether defending the first amendment or religious liberty and stopping courts from making public policies and i also think that the 10th amendment to the constitution cuts across a lot of these issues." isn't that selective editing? >> not ought all. there was nothing deceptive or selective. in iowa he has made a major point and he has pitched it to evangelicals as person who is authentic and will fight for religious liberty and protect the...

Marijuana, it's league there and we have several hundred billion, excuse me, million dollar business industry. built around that. what do you make of that? is that a good thing? >> i think it's a good thing to allow states to make their own laws. and so it's funny, when we had the presidential debate. many governors are standing up and beating their chest about how they loved the 10th amendment which leaves the powers not enumerated to the congress are left to the states and people until the governors decide they disagree with marijuana, then they said they were for federal laws telling states...

Party that, i'm a constitutionalist. outside my congressional office is the 10th amendment. yet over the past couple of weeks we've had republican candidates, successful republican candidates, national figures questioning the validity of the 14th amendment and questioning the validity of the supremacy cause and questioning article 6 of the constitution of the united states. are we constitutionalist or not and do we only want to comply to evangelical christians or do we want to comply to everybody that comes to this country? it is troubling. >> i saw donald trump trying to make a point. i saw h...