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Seen a version of this story, sadly, play out before. it is a base play and that's what he has. >> on the nra, too, let's distinguish between the nra leadership and membership because a majority of the nra members actually support universal background checks as do a majority of republicans. mitch mcconnell, of course, is very important in this. he can basically determine whether the senate will even consider one of these measures. listen to his comments this morning speaking to an interviewer in kentucky on the radio and i want to get your reaction. listen. >> there's also been some discussion...

The political sense to understand that he could get -- he could make real headway and be a useful president for a change by getting behind some of the basic gun control laws that he himself suggest head might support, like bans on bump stocks after the parkland shootings. so this is mcconnell -- >> but you know why, bret. you studied ideology. he has to carry all the weight of the farthest right. he doesn't have enough angry white people to give away any of them. >> right. >> it's all the way to the farrest reaches of fascism. he needs to reach them all to get his 46 or 47% so he can win the e...

Not vote for donald trump. we are told all the baltimore talk and all the elijah cummings tweeting is a base play. that he's strengthening his base. shoring up the people who put him into the white house in the first place and this is smart politics. some people have argued. that poll right there -- although it doesn't reflect the baltimore riff and rant is not reflected in the poll. that would suggest otherwise. wouldn't it? that the plays he's making to the base aren't helping his numbers. >> well, yeah. i think to a certain extent, but i don't know how much credence i put into them. a lot o...

Only 4 republicans crossed. and he's consolidated the republican party. he's running for president for re-election. it is a base play. and he sees that vote in the house as representing having solidified his base. >> and john allen, we have another vote in the house today, and all the cable networks carried it live. it was for an impeachment article. a lot of democrats said this is not a good look for us, why are we doing this? in the end it laid bare the split. 137 against, 95 for impeachment. that falls short, john, of the overwhelming support that the speaker has posted as her trigger for i...

Weekend. he could have shut it down. he didn't. and the president himself out on the south lawn today said he thought it was working and said that he had no regrets, that he was happy with it. and i think that a key moment in his remarks that gets at why this matters for him is that he said look at that vote yesterday that the house took, 187 republicans stayed with him, only 4 republicans crossed. and he's consolidated the republican party. he's running for president for re-election. it is a base play. and he sees that vote in the house as representing having solidified his base. >> and john ...