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Disrupt the system, you won't disrupt it any better than the president taking that type of action and throwing the country into a constitutional crisis as he moves on to something else. >> right. that's exactly zsh that is exactly it. as long as you remember that presidenump thinks of himself as donald trump, not president, donald trump -- >> thank you. >> -- then everything that has happened and will happen will make sense. e.j.? >> no, that's exactly right, and that's what's genuinely scary about this. a lot of us have been talking about his autocratic tendencies and the dangers that he is g...

I want to talk to you about what's happened with the republican party. >> there is no republican party. there's a trump party. the republican party is taking a nap some where. >> former house speaker john boehner with a bloody mary by his side is trying to make the argument that the republican party doesn't exist in the era of trump. he road the tea party wave of 2010 the same tea party that helped create the toxic atmosphere that propelled trump to winning the white house. joining me now "the washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor ej deon. former rnc chairman and political analyst m...

The back trump really should be saying, thanks, obama. back with me are e.j. dionne, jennifer rubin and michael steel. so, you know, john harwood, our cnbc colleague and "new york times" columnist john harwood put out a tweet, average monthly job growth. first 16 months of the trump presidency, 185,000 jobs. the last 16 months of the obama presidency, 215,000 jobs. e.j., does the president have any right to, what's it, crow about his success in such a short period of time? >> well, he hasn't blown everything up yet so he can be proud of that. and in fairness, we are at the end of a recovery or...

Another and then the other thing about giuliani today is he basically said, yeah, that story the administration put out on the meaning of donald trump, yeah, maybe that wasn't true. i mean, you have a lie that's useful earlier that's discarded later and we're not even supposed to pay attention to the fact that what happened earlier was a straight out lie? this is really troubling. >> right. one second. go ahead, jennifer. >> most importantly about that, e.j. is right, that is absolutely key, and the reason is is that they have now confessed to obstruction of justice. they said not only was the...

The united states or do you stand with donald trump? >> and as things -- >> very simple equation. >> as things stand right now, do those folks on capitol hill have enough gs to stand up for the constitution as opposed to the president of their own party? >> no. that's why you have to vote him out. >> right. my bet is you look at that 86% number that we've talked about in the last hour -- >> right. >> -- and they go, i'm going to hang in this corner as long as is possible, and that's the unfortunate part about all of this. >> e.j.? >> in the word of separation of powers can cover a multitude of...