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Violence and bigotry. he spent a lot of time doing that. famously with president obama in 2008 in the campaign. but all together for the last 20 years or so, of his political career. and to see lindsey graham, whatever the merits, and i don't think they're very great, of the legislation, just playing into it. what is he really doing? there's not going to be legislation, executive order. it's all nonsense. what he's doing is fanning the flames. he's legitimizing it. it's reasonable to be so concerned about people who are being born here, becoming citizens or about the caravan that it's reasonab...

But he was forgiving. and i think they had a true friendship that transcended some political differences. i think they would have had words. i remember them being in disagreement, for example, over the sonia sotomayor vote, which was a big issue back in the day. >> oh, lindsey graham voted for her. >> and john mccain voted against her. >> right. >> so, you know, i don't know what john would be doing. and, you know, lindsey, look -- this was a tough one for me. because i love the guy. and i've known him for so long. and it's almost like he's become -- he and trump have become richard burton and...

We always welcome the president in our house of worship. i think that's an appropriate thing to say. it's appropriate for the leader of the congregation to say. on the other hand, and i guess i would have that attitude. on the one hand, i would welcome him. i very much agree with simone. i would not want cameras there. and i myself might not attend. i wouldn't protest. i wish the president hadn't gone, honestly. but i would hope the whole day goes off with a certain amount of dignity and decorum and doesn't just make this terrible site of a tragedy become a spectacle. >> there's a lot of peopl...

To vote tuesday? >> i think this is something that could gin up trump's base. but i also believe this is something that was in trump's platform when he ran for president. in his immigration platform. september 2015, "business insider" wrote a story about how trump would move to ban birthright citizenship. i take issue with the folks on the democratic side of the aisle saying don't get distracted. look, i don't know about you all, but i can walk and chew gum at the same time. we should not be tricked into thinking that donald trump's rhetoric has not translated into policy. people of muslim fai...

This feels to me like -- from his position, he's probably like, i'm damned if i do, damned if i don't. i want to pay my respects to this community in pain, and yet i'm being faulted for going. and if i didn't go, i would be faulted for not going. >> look, he's not being faulted for going. i think we all expect the president of the united states to play the role of consoler-in-chief when acts call for it. the reason he's being faulted is because everything he has said beforehand and everything he has said since makes this act seem like he's checking off a box and just rings hollow. when he cont...