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Are going to say, barack obama doubled the deficit. great. barack obama's not the president of the united states anymore, donald trump is. a man who's declared bankruptcy six times in the commonwealth of new york. so, yes, they love deficit spending. they're going to add to the deficit. it's not going to create jobs. it's going to devastate just like in 1986 it did in the housing industry. it will cause interest rates to go up, banks aren't going to loan and people are going to suffer. by the way, it raises taxes on about 3.5% of americans who are poor. poor. now think about that. republicans ...

You have no doubts that congress will pass it this week? >> i have no doubt. this has been a terrific process with the house and senate working together in conference and there's a terrific bill that's going to get to the president to sign. >> that's treasury secretary steve mnuchin seeming very confident about what could be congress's first legislative victory of 2017, sweeping tax reform plan. actually a sweeping corporate tax plan. joining me, msnbc contributor e.j. dionne, jamall simmons and kate dawson, republican strategist. let's start with e.j. let's listen to steve mnuchin

Of the hidden vote emerges. >> god, e.j., i hope you're right. >> we shall see. thank you very much to a great panel. e.j. dionne, jennifer rubin, jamall simmons, have a great sunday. >> good to be with you. next, a reality check on why donald trump's voters put him in the white house. nside the box. it's what's inside the person who opens it. ♪ give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions- and open up a world of possibilities. ♪ save 30% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com

Of alabama and after he starts voting in favor of the tax bill, do you think these guys are going to have the nerve to kick him out? i don't. >> yeah. jamall, i wonder if republicans will ultimately be made to pay a price for having roy moore in their presence if they wins? are democrats capable of pulling that off? >> democrats will hang roy moore around every single republican candidate's neck going into the 2018 elections. you have a president of the united states that chuck todd kind of went into this week, he's going to campaign for roy moore not in alabama, in northern florida. he can be...

Putting the "c" word on their shirt and the question though is is the media so wedded to this veneration of the voter that we don't feel comfortable even judging to jamall's point that maybe there are people who are deplorable and that is such a -- maybe that is such a hard thing ft. meade yeah ever to admit because everyone is good. all the voters are good. all the voters are virtuous. is that part of what this is? media not wanting to insult any voters for donald trump? >> i don't know. i think there's been plenty of media on both sides. it's interesting to see breitbart, ann coulter and sha...