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What's around the corner could be surprising. ask your doctor about eliquis. ♪ >> tucker: former george w. bush ethics lawyer richard painter ditched at donald trump's republican party to run for senate as a democrat in his home state of minnesota. it didn't end well, he lost in the primary. in the process, he became a world-renowned expert on dumpster fires. >> some people see a dumpster fire and do nothing but watch the spectacle. some are too scared to face the danger or they think it will benefit them if they let it keep on burning. others shrug and say "all this talk of a dumpster fire ...

Payne are on a couple of times to talk about dumpster fires, but that is not the topic tonight. the former bush ethics lawyer became a democrat in response to the rise of donald trump, now he is being threatened by asking questions about elephants at the dnc. abuse by an ex-girlfriend. richard, i wish we had more time, we got completely squeezed by all of this news. it lay out us this story. you've asked questions about ellison, what wasve the response from your party? >> first, i think they're trying to round the clock to the election, instead of having an investigation. it has been weeks. i ...

>> tucker: we've had a rich painter on talking about dumpster fires, but that's not what he is on tonight. now he says he's being threatened by his new party for asking questions about keith ellison. he's the dnc deputy chair charges of abuse by an ex-girlfriend. richard painter joins us tonight. lay out for us this story. you've asked questions about ellison. what was the response he got from your party? >> first, i think they are trying to run the clock to the election instead of having an investigation. it's been weeks. i also complained back in may about the dfl's failure to investigate ha...

Experts and they all point out the same thing there is a fire going on behind you and you do nothing to put it out. why is that? there is a dumpster fire but you take no affirmative action to put it out? >> we had water go on that fire at the end of that ad. >> tucker: what you played no role. you seem to be basking in its warmth, and yet you did not try to douse it. suspect there is something going on here. >> there is dumpster fires in washington, i suggest a lot of way to clean that up and get the money out of politics. that is a problem for both political parties. and we have president tru...

This is a good story for the administration. it gets overshadowed by the self-made dumpster fires. >> absolutely, christine. economic fundamentals are good. inflation is controlled. corporate earnings are great. the markets normally rally on this stuff. the markets now are getting unnerved by two stories. one, the possibility of impeachment which we talked about and secondly, i don't think there is imminent resolution of the china trade dispute. that will go on for a while. the market has things to worry about despite good economic fundamentals. >> matt rivers was reporting preliminary word fr...