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Northerners on his side. whatever step lincoln takes, it must be in accordance with the constitution if it's to have any chance of success. >> congress passes two very important pieces of legislation. one is the militia act of 1862 that gave president lincoln the authority to bring men of african descent into the federal army. another important piece of legislation was on his desk. it is referred to as the second confiscation act. congress declared forever free all persons held as slaves by supporters of the rebellion. he now had the legislation from which to base an emancipation proclamation....

Colorado to say if moore wins the last senator to be expelled from the senate was in 1862 for supporting the confederacy. it doesn't happen a lot. let's not assume it's going to happen. the other thing i thought was fascinating from dean, this quote. he didn't talk about doug jones at all. right? the democrat, he didn't talk about chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, barack obama, hillary clinton. mitch mcconnell and the establishment can't take this country away from us. >> yeah. >> i mean, that's remarkable. this is not a republican primary republican runoff. this is a general election between a rep...

Washington where if roy moore wins, we will expel him. let me remind viewers, the last senator expelled was in 1862. for support of the confederacy. maybe that will happen, but it is very difficult for republicans to lead an expulsion effort right after voters in the state that roy moore is representing, let's say they give him a victory, there is no way they can say they didn't know the whole story. they got the information and they will choose what to do with it. >> that was the turn about for mitch mcconnell, we will let the voters of alabama decide. >> let the voters of alabama decide. >> ...

For nothing left to lose. they're in pretty bad shape, but, look, mitch mcconnell has said i believe the women and this person is not fit to serve and we'll let the people of alabama decide. i have a feeling the people of alabama are going to choose roy moore, and candidly, all of this talk that we heard in a week or two ago, that if they seat him, republicans will move to expel him. the last senator expelled from the senate was in 1862 for support of the confederacy. so it's been a while. and this idea that while alabama elected roy moore, and the people of alabama know what they're getting n...

Sexual harassment or sexual issues of some sort. the total they're working with is 260 claims, $17 million. you liken this, you were on this show last week, you liken this issue of these claims potentially to something that happened in the early '90s, the house banking scandal, that the house congress could bounce as many checks as they want. it had this huge effect in terms of throwing out incumbent members of congress. it. >> the house kind of broke in 1991, republicans won the congress in 1994, the speaker of the house tom foley lost his seat in a re-election bid, first time since 1862, lar...