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You didn't go after a ted cruz or a rand paul, you're saying that they were willing to offer ideas? >> oh, absolutely. any time that you talk to either senator paul or senator cruz, they would express their opinion, whether they support it or not, but they've always said this is how we can get there. this is what i need and want to see. but senator heller, he just says no, i can't support this and he walked away from the table. and you had mentioned that the ads were pulled today. but i will say, we are prepared to resume. >> anna, what about that? what's so bad if a republican group wants to ...

Country is going. we just have a different idea what vehicle we take. >> do you see this, anna, as up to debate? >> you know, andre is completely entitled to think that steve king is not a racist. i think he is. a pathetic racist. i think this is the only thing that sets him apart in the entire congress. he has done this over and over again. when he's calling for things like homogenous civilization, when he's saying somebody else's babies, of course those are dog whistles, of course that speaks to racism. that speaks to division. you know what that speaks to? the aryan race, we've heard that t...

To throw the race card out there. let's engage in the conversation, see what his perspective is, see why he feels this and see what he thinks we should do differently to move our country forward when you talk about immigration. >> i can't put words in anna's mouth but i think she's basing this just based upon all these things that congressman king has said in the past and therefore has arrived at, you know, how she feels not just -- it's not a one-off thing, am i right, anna? >> look, you know, brooke, as i listen to this conversation, this weekend, saturday, i was at the smithsonian national ...

Will. that's just a statistical fact. >> with me now, ana navarro, cnn political commentator, and andre bauer, former lieutenant governor of south carolina. anna, you're up first. when you first saw that tweet, what did you think? >> steve can be the pathetic little racist he always is. this man has been in congress 14 years. this is his only call to fame, to be a racist, to be constantly making these kind of denigrating remarks, be it against mexicans, against immigrants. he's compared mexicans to dogs. he has said that hispanic immigrant youth come in with calves the size of cantaloupes beca...

This administration to take it personally. anna is saying there is to be bigger and realize that the office and the bully pulpit can make a difference, can change policy and people's minds. can maybe help people get caught, can stop the anti semitism in some way curb it around the country. that's what one must realize instead of why are you picking me. >> to follow the thread, i'll use a sports analogy. >> oh, god. >> i'll go with basketball. there are layups in politics, and this is a layup. it's ease story go out there, and it's the right thing to do, and it's the smart thing to do. and he s...