are so exposed. their bad faith is so revealed. what i love about this is, this is how politics used to be played. this is like lets meet in the middle. if you don t come to the middle with me, i m going to run over you, you re showing your bad faith. and joe manchin is showing the world right now, he s given the republicans a chance but showing what bad faith they re operating under. i think that s right. the question here, though, is if you figure out and know where this thing ends up with the vote today. remember, this is a vote to have a discussion about the bill. this isn t the bill, this is can we talk about the bill? yeah. you re right. in this case you ll see the republicans exposed in that vain. here s the rub for me, what comes next when they return after the fourth of july? only joe knows.
supposed to get drained. whether this is popular or unpopular. economically effect of or not. people will look at it and say that s not how you pass big laws. how did it happen? here s paul ryan essentially saying about 1/100 of what you just said about the bill proving that you definitely know more than at least paul ryan. let s watch that from the today show. you saying the growth you ll get from this tax cut will equal the amount it would cost on the deficit side. so that it s a wash. so that you re not adding to the deficit at all because of this. nobody knows the answer to that question because that s in the future. but what we do know is that this will increase economic growth. nobody knows. to john s point, what are they doing? that s a big part of what makes this unpopular, right? there is this idea that there is this magical growth that is going to pay for this bill that is going to fuel the economy and all these magical things are going to happen. and i think that
lukewarm about it. there s partisanship layered into this. all of this iship the s shou all of it. but the republicans wanted to do something now. they didn t have to pass this bill now. they could have spent a lot more time dealing with this, a lot more hearings. we re still talking about how about one hearing? they want to do it now in part because donald trump wanted a victory and donors were irritated they hadn t done anything yet. the reason we re at this point and the republicans own this bill, for better or for worse is they wanted to do something before christmas. they did it. the starting point for this is in 2016 people who worked full year, full time saw zero increase in their real income. they had to do something to change the tra jectry of the economy. that s what they ll get judged on. the economy has to be better in november or they re in trouble. they also spent the last two months talking about a child molester say thhad to get something done. when we c
done. special procedures, partisan politics. well, that was reconciliation on democratic votes. this is reconciliation on republican votes. i would just say that you the point you made that was more accurate in regards to this is this is tied to donald trump. polling is absolutely if you like donald trump you like this bill if you don t let me put your piece up. this is your headline. for better or worse, the gop is passing a tax bill linked to how people feel about trump. the president, a boon for those seeking re-election next year. many republicans see their actions through the lens of a president they dislike suggesting even well-meaning legislation could face opposition solely because of the president who advocates it. what we re saying is this is the opposite of that. and he s unpopular. right. if you don t like donald trump, you don t like this bill. if you like donald trump, you like this bill. this is what happened with obamacare. when you called it obamacare, repu
enough of what they asked for to keep them in the room, whether it was promising some considerations on the d.r.e.a.m. act to jeff flake, to expanding the medical deduction tax credit and the salt language for susan collins, pass-through provisions for ron johnson and steve danes. it really was the art of assembling just enough votes to get this thing across in the senate and steamrolling a dozen or so republicans in the house from these high tax states who said it wasn t good enough. now it s a situation which you saw on the white house lawn where all of these republicans have to lock arms on this and stay together because they are all 100% in on this bill regardless of the frankenstein monster elements that were sewn onto it to get it across the finish line. the person laughing the hardest at this table is doug. so much to say. i have to get you back in on this. defend your frankenstein. first of all, you have a rosy