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Shouldn't be the president." with me now is senator richard blumenthal, democrat of connecticut. do you agree with senator feinstein? >> i agree, certainly, that if he lacks the character and moral compass to be president, congress should do something about it. and my feeling is we should engage and confront and fight. that's the way to deal with a bully. and i want to thank you, by the way, for your sharing your story of your family. because it reminds us, such a powerful and compelling story, of our shared immigrant experience. and what donald trump has done so deviseively and reprehensibly ...

With me now is senator richard blumenthal, democrat of connecticut. do you agree with senator feinstein? >> i agree, certainly, that if he lacks the character and moral compass to be president, congress should do something about it. and my feeling is we should engage and confront and fight. that's the way to deal with a bully. and i want to thank you, by the way, for your sharing your story of your family. because it reminds us, such a powerful and compelling story, of our shared immigrant experience. and what donald trump has done so deviseively and reprehensibly is expressed the dark side, t...

I'm the son of a refugee who came from one of those broken places that the president would, in a modern day context r, woul have called a shithole. and this country opened arms to him. this is why i love our country so much. and the strength of our country is we are a beacon all over the world who aspire and want to make something of their lives. and they have come and generations of immigrants. because remember back then there was big resistance to the polls and italians and jews from eastern europe and so on. but it's been imgrants who have built this country. and the president i know he doe...

A force of americans saying he is speaking truth to justice. and we're not going to let that happen. when we look at the statue of liberty right now and we're literally having a schizophrenic conversation of who we are as americans, our identity is the immigrant one. however we came. en that is our strength. and that is our promise. and we have to make sure that we continue to fight for that identity because that is what at the end of the day is this power of ideas that is constantly regenerated through the immigrant experience that allows us to continue to lead. we have to remember that. righ...

That you wrote about the dreamers. you referred back to your own family, to your father the immigrant experience in our country and to those serving in the military. could you expand on that? >> andrea, as you know, i'm the son of italian immigrants. this country of ours is a land of immigrants going back to our forefathers, to the pioneers, to the many immigrants who have come to this country. as a matter of fact, donald trump's grandfather was an immigrant to this country. his wife was an immigrant to this country. we are a land of immigrants. for these children of immigrants that are not gu...