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Bullet-proof vests. but there is a stipulation. if you want the money, you've got to cooperate with ice. and the sheriff does not want to cooperate with ice, and that means she doesn't get the money for the vests. lisa: we had tomi lahren on earlier today and asked her about this. >> this is what i don't understand about the democratic party. why have they made it their official party platform to cuddle illegal immigrants? i don't understand it i can't imagine how democrats, real democrats feel about this. this is a change. the democratic party used to be about working class americans. now it'...

Washington to say we will not spend one dime more than the american people can afford have just signed off on a $1.5 trillion tax increase on those very same americans. >> that's remarkable. >> it's amazing. >> republicans and not allowing the deficit to get any larger, i mean that -- where's that gone? >> well, you know, it's this idea of political expediency. look, health care was a flop. there's been no real negotiating point because they're going to need democrats on infrastructure, so that's not gone anywhere. right now you have a party in desperation for a win. they want to get out of th...

Important to the residents of new jersey, including the residents of the district i serve in. also i tend to be a budget hawk and i would prefer that this be revenue neutral. >> new jersey republican leonard lance telling me earlier why he is not voting for the gop tax bill. joining me now, michael steele, former rnc chair. michael, always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i want to get right to this "new york times"/survey monkey poll. 57% of americans disapprove of this tax plan, 37% approve. the president is calling this is the greatest christmas present. but are americans willing to ...

They expire in seven or eight years. so you're dooming whoever is in power in congress or who is in the white house to potentially, if there's not this extraordinary growth that's being promised here, raise taxes on everybody. >> yes. >> that's going to go over like a lead balloon. >> and that actually, alex, has been somewhat the cycle as we've seen. republicans have cut taxes and democrat administrations have had to come in and raise it. we saw it with clinton after reagan. we saw it with obama after bush. and so now the question becomes do we want to continue that cycle? there was a smarter...

But that said, things like that, jay, may be the reason why this latest poll shows a majority of americans disapprove of the bill. how dangerous is this for republicans given the bill's unpopularity. are they going to have trouble facing their constituents when all said and done and all the details are ironed out and it becomes very apparent who gets what? >> alex, absolutely. this is a big problem for republicans especially heading into an election year where already in generic polls an lineups against democrats they're trailing by a dozen points. so to have more than half of americans believ...