Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161213:21:05:00
But it would not take many defections to sink him when his nomination comes to a vote in a few weeks. if that happened, it would be a very big deal indeed. it is rare for cabinet nominations to be defeated. the last time it happened, you have to go back almost 30 years to 1989. george h.w. bush nominated a former republican senator for secretary of defense. the senate voted down that nomination. that's the last time it happened. there is rare and really rare. think about this. in 1989, bush's party didn't control the senate. those were democrats rejecting a republican nominee. the last time th...
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