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Powerful voice for something like this. i think of the mitt romney tweet today and mitch mcconnell who mentioned mccain, no mention of president trump. so many republicans specifically have been so silent. >> well, not only silent on mccain but silent on a lot of things that they privately don't like about donald trump. a bunch of them about a dozen of them voted against national emergency declaration in the senate and that, you know -- that was a large number for senate republicans, but on something like this, which is so simple, i think the only explanation is that people are afraid of getti...

Resolution, understand that your state has many -- has many projects that the president could siphon money from and you'll be exposed on that issue. >> why do you think they're not doing that? what are they afraid of? >> i think the president gets the base ginned up and many members, republican members, unfortunately, are looking over their right shoulder. they're worried about a primary or maybe a presidential tweet and getting cross wise with the president. this is a simple issue of separation of powers, of congress protecting its power of the purse authority, plain and simple. slam dunk. >>...

During the plea, you lied to me before and you would like mercy. she did say, perhaps you are not trying to persuade me. had you done so, you would have written me letters like everyone else or have a conversation about why you wanted to show remorse. perhaps the audience you are going for is someone else. she was alluding to the president for obvious reasons. >> she pointed out he pleaded guilty to these charges here in washington, d.c. there was no trial. they avoided a full-scale trial. as a result, you get a reduced sentence. >> that usually works in his favor. i think she was pretty clear...

Things, i think they put themselves in great jeopardy. >> former speech writer for george w. bush, penned a recent article that criticizes republicans for sinking further into trump's cesspool. and francesca chambers. good evening to you both. peter, when you see what republicans put up with and what's happening here, what's your analysis of what you call the cesspool and whether this is a real opposition. >> well, i don't think it is really an opposition. there are isolated cases, there were 13 republicans in the house that are going to defect, between 5 and 10 in the senate, that's not a hug...

It on the floor for practice. it was passed and then the president reneged and the democrats have using that fact against the republicans throughout the negotiations, and as things stand right now, and again, the republicans are looking down the barrel of the vote that is similar the to o t they have taken, mitch mcconnell does not want to take a vote and at the same time not get crosswise with the president. and so it is worth remembering that the context of all of this will change, because the democrats don't have to protect red state senators anymore, because the math for 2020 revolving aro...