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Terms of not going to the g-20 meeting. we haven't seen this kind of discussion of a president-elect or insertion of a president-elect into world affairs since 1968, when president-elect nixon sent henry kissinger to the soviet union to discuss nonproliferation. i think even taking partisanship out of this, we're a country of laws and also custom. he will serve until january 19th and it's important to respect that. >> danielle, with respect to this conversation, i went back and looked at then president-elect obama in early 2008 and 2009 to determine ifs there was a place where he entered into ...

>> victor, victor -- >> danielle, that seems a little too vague to saddle jeff sessions with that although there are critics of jeff sessions to saddle him with the loving case. >> i'm not. seriously, i'm not. >> hold on, ben. >> i'm saying there ace a role for the department of justice. there is a role for federal civil rights and there is a role for federal environmental regulation in this country. >> let me go to you, ben, on another topic. i want to talk to you about what mitt romney wrote in "the salt lake tribune." it was really short. he wrote this in part, i was more than a little surp...

Has split for decades -- >> i heard you talk about it. give me an example. >> interracial marriage used to be outlawed, right? and we had the civil rights act. we had levin versus virginia. that determined that that law within virginia was unconstitutional. ultimately we had other cases like that. >> incoming individual. this is the thing that drives me nuts. >> is that a criticism specifically of jeff sessions though, danielle? >> i beg your pardon, victor? >> you pointed to jeff sessions when you said someone is coming in as a problem and is that a criticism of his record? >> no, it's not. i...

Oversight and they want to make them smaller. smart move. >> danielle, your take. >> i'm not sure draining the swamp is having the richest cabinet in history. that's a conversation for another time. there are important things the federal government does and i can give examples. one of the most important things the department of justice does is enforce civil rights laws. we have candidate for the head of the doj who has come out against civil rights. the second thing -- >> when? when did he do that? when did he do that? >> hold on. i'll let you respond to that, ben. go ahead. finish your though...

That was a serious consideration. i'm glad to see that in his cabinet. let me say one thing. >> quickly. >> about what we just talked about. the fact that you have people coming out criticizing donald trump's picks and they have nothing to back it up and they go back to decades old cases that have nothing to do with the incoming attorney general just tells you how dpie vied divided and furious democrats are. >> nothing is a stretch but i hear your point on jeff sessions here. danielle mclaughlin, ben ferguson, we've got to wrap. christi, over to you both. death threats against electoral coll...