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Vote on those bills the house passed thursday. could this work? >> i mean, i think that's one of the real threats, i think, coming down the pike here, is that not just democrats, but also some moderate republicans, lisa murkowski, susan collins, two women who have banded together in the past to block certain things they didn't think were appropriate and on the president's agenda. at some point, people are going to start to say my state is feeling pain, i'm hearing a lot from constituents, this is getting kind of out of hand and ridiculous and we're going to start blocking nominations. we're go...

Flake's game is here. he's holding up judicial nominations for a bill that's never going to become law and not accomplish what he wants to accomplish. to get a vote on it -- >> you say never become law because the president is not going to sign it. >> he's not going to sign that bill and so this is quick side venture on his part to show he's standing up because he thinks he's running for president in 2020. so what he's doing is really just harming the ability for these judges who deserve to get on the court, we have shortages on the court right now, and he's blocking nominations for no good re...

False statement problems come up. they already know those questions. they're testing the credibility of the people that are coming in, and most of those tests are being failed. >> senator santorum, you heard senator flake saying he wanted a vote to protect the special counsel. do you think it deserves a vote? >> no. it's never going to be law. i don't want the game. he's holding up judicial nominations which are important for a bill that is never going to become law. to get a vote on it? >> you say never become law because the president isn't going to sign it. >> and there isn't enough to over...

For gina haspel, this is going to be a tough confirmation. there were no war crimes. there was nothing illegal. how do we know that? because if there have been, i guarantee you former attorney general eric holder would have prosecuted her and others. three attorneys general have looked at this. they have not taken any action. the problem is greg, there's no logic or reasoning with people on this issue. the president chose to have to have a fight on this confirmation. he could have gone with somebody that didn't require spending a lot of political capital and all the pain and agony it's going t...

Impeachment is already rife in conservative media whether it's the national review or rush limbaugh in the radio. >> or michele bachmann yesterday. >> or fox news, and it's the narrative that began from the moment he was elected and from the day he was sworn in, a rejection of les his legitimacy by much of the republican base and everything they've done since has been consistent with that, blocking nominations, refusing to take votes, refusing to legislate and a sitdown strike against the president by republicans. they say it's a matter of philosophy. it's largely a matter of political peak an...