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in particular started criticizing him so heavily for making that decision. then he said, look, i've destroyed turkey's economy before, i can do it again. and friday was sort of the first step in that process if it ends up being a process by saying the president granted the treasury secretary this authority to put these big sanctions in place. but i think one of the first questions is does erdogan care? the threat of an economic sort of onslaught from the united states is perhaps not nearly as important to him as being able to achieve a geopolitical goal that he is doing by starting that incursion into syria. >> and, kimberly, there is a huge divide between congressional republicans and president trump on this issue. and it's not just elected republicans. it's conservative evangelicals who have stood by president, come what may, the scandal de jour who are saying that he has it wrong on this. >> right. you have this idea, it seems that president trump believes that this pull-out is fulfilling
the boy band dejour. all boy bands are de jour. something poetic in being in a political boy band when you are pushing 50 and still skateboarding around like the rich white kid doing bovine poetry back when you were getting picked up on dwi and burglary charges. this is actually a parody of rich, white privilege. >> tucker: i would like to apply the standards of identity politics to the people who espouse them. and if i can pass one law it would be that. you would not be allowed to nominate beto o'rourke in the democratic party because it's contrary to what you say you believe. >> absolutely. and if he was the -- if he had an r. after his name he would be george w. bush. he would be the rich white
all boy bands are de jour. something poetic in being in a political boy band when you are pushing 50 and still skateboarding around like the rich white kid doing bovine poetry back when you were getting picked up on dwi and burglary charges. this is actually a parody of rich, white privilege. >> tucker: i would like to apply the standards of identity politics to the people who espouse them. and if i can pass one law it would be that. you wouldou not be allowed to nominate beto o'rourke in the democratic party because it's contrary to what you say you believe. >> absolutely. and if he was the -- if he had an r. after his name he would be george w. bush. he would be the rich white kid from texas with the dwi
and the message between the vice president and trump's inner staff and the rest of the government are all inconsistent. what do you believe at this point? i sure don't know what to believe. >> all right. megan murphy, this is the threat de jour. james comey today, it could be paul ryan tomorrow, the press, democrats, what do we make of this? i said earlier people have been saying listen, they may be his family members but we should be so lucky jared and ivanka are there the voice of reason. where is the reason now? >> i think to echo what clint is saying there. this is a different level of seriousness in terms of the tweet this morning. had this not happened we'd spend this morning breaking down once again the inconsistencies an shifting story of the white house and why the director was let go. instead we'll spend an entire day talking about a president who is explicitly threatened the former now director of the fbi suggesting that he actually taped a dinner with him. again, not even shades of watergate, almost, you know, a parallel with watergate in terms
neighbors helping neighbors cope with tragedy, leaders of different parties working together to fix what's broken. we're all in this today together. we rise or fall as one nation. >> when i'm elected he'll work with republicans and democrats in congress, i'll meet with them regularly, i'll endeavor to find those good men and good women on both sides of the aisle who care more abouts the country than politics. >> all the talk of bipartisan on the trail these days you might think the country will see the dawn of agreement and good intentions come november 7th until you live in a battleground state and own a television. whoever is elected november 6th will wake up with an agonizing to-do list and not much time to do it. congress that industrious friendly place where bipartisan is always the de jour, reconvenes a week later, bush tax cuts expire december 31st, the viled sequester kicks in on