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Exist. millions of the most vulnerable americans are being targeted. listen to republican house leader, eric kanter, scapegoating poor americans today. >> over 45% of the people in this country don't pay income taxes at all, and we have to question whether that's fair. >> he is complaining about poor americans who don't pay income tax, but he leaves out all the taxes that they do pay. the working poor have payroll taxes. some pay about 7% of their wages to social security and medicare taxes in every state except vermont the poor pay a higher percentage on state and local taxes. there are other...

have to question whether that's fair. >> there is a republican war on the poor in this country, and we will prove it tonight. i feel this. i feel this. i am not taking this any more. >> the nra is running away from ted nugent. they have scrubbed his remarks from the web site. >> our government is wiping his peta with the constitution. god bless you for being here. >> i will ask martin the sheer why he doesn't have the courage to denounce ted nugent. mitt romney goes from candidate to cooking monster. >> i'm not sure about these cookies. they don't look like you made them. no, the...

god bless you for being here. >> i will ask martin the sheer why he doesn't have the courage to denounce ted nugent. mitt romney goes from candidate to cooking monster. >> i'm not sure about these cookies. they don't look like you made them. no, they came from the 7-eleven bakery or wherever. >> john nichols will weigh in on romney's latest out of touch moment. >> good to have you with us. the republicans are waging war on the poor in america. just like the war on women, they want to pretend it doesn't exist. millions of the most vulnerable americans are being targeted. listen to r...

>> in a couple of hours political squabbling will give way to a brief display of bipartisanship in washington, house majority leader eric kanter expected to watch president obama sign the jobs act. that's jobs into law. richard, you are a denison of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. is this akin to having a unicorn traipse across the front lawn? eric kanter and president obama agreeing. >> i like the comparison of eric cantor to a unicorn. squabbling will give way to more fighting. this is small ball. it's so tiny, yes, it's great they can agree. the most significant thing about this i think is that t...

the jobs signing here. is this one thing congress and the white house can agree on m. >> yes, and this is being presented as a real bipartisan victory, an accomplishment that will spur job growth and help grow business by reducing the barriers to investment so more businesses can grow and i think crease hiring which means more jobs. so both parties say they like it. you can see why that is a political win for both sides, both on the politics and on the substance if that were the entire bill. but critics are pointing out that there are elements of this bill that in their view will red...