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Even then there were only four or five republican members who really came out and said anything sharp about the president. and that is just a reality of where the party is right now. they -- in some ways they're a lot like some voters in the republican party. they don't like what the president says. they don't like the way he says it. they don't like his tweets. for better or worse they understand that he is their guy and they are loathe to get crosswise with him, which does create this problem, which as you said they're not really coming up -- coming out and standing up against racist tweets,...

Falling apart. i don't think we should take for granted this miraculous experiment that's lasted for 240 years, a multiethnic nation that hasn't have to persist if we allow this president to divide us. i don't think we should assume this sticks around for another 240 years. i think it's that important. >> have you said that to fellow senators? >> maybe not in those exact words but i think we have all used, you know, our friendships and our relationships across the aisle to explain to them the political downside of getting cross wise with the president is a small price to pay for the survival o...

Of what the president had to say. this was pretty essential to what he did and what he was about. donald trump has always played with fire as it relates to race. and i would say in the last three to four years he has, you know, not just towed up to that racial line but crossed it on numerous occasions and we've seen. so that's not surprising. i think the second thing not surprising is the republican reaction to it or in many cases the lack thereof. you mentioned mitch mcconnell still not having said anything. mitch mcconnell is up for re-election in 2020. he knows to get re-elected in kentucky...

He was asked three times whether a policy that is clearly racist is racist, and he was so afraid of getting cross wise with his father-in-law that he waffled three times. he said he knows the president and that's why he works for this president. the president didn't stop being racist when he entered the ovalophilus. he now has a largest platform to propagate racist means and rhetoric against minorities. he's done it consistently throughout his presidency. so while jared kushner said he wasn't involved in the birtherism claims that the president made, jared kushner is directly involved in the r...

Donald trump is not looking at charges. there will be a ground swell for candidates and i think they're probably going to get crosswise with each other and with democratic leadership because they're going to want to hold positive messages and let's not talk about impeachment. here is the bottom line. this guy was elected by 70,000 votes in three states that were almost surely impacted by a number of people who intruded on our democracy. vladimir putin and jim comey. he lost the election, he has since then dishonored this office, he has abused this office, he has been corrupt in every day. he s...