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definition? >> the staff doing that is absolutely democracy short-circuited. i also believe in the rule of changed circumstances. we learned after the election the full extent of what russia did to meddle in the election, so circumstances change. congress should have fully intervened to make sure this president was checked and his worst instincts -- >> tucker: you're making a separate point about what should happen in congress, maybe it is a fair point or maybe it is not, we don't actually know that much about -- >> we know congress has done zero. >> tucker: we did actually sanction russia. the point is about the president and the executive branch of government.yus all power in the executive branch derives from the guy who is elected. there are only two people in the entire executive branch. more than 100,000 employees, two people elected. president and vice president. so anybody subverting the decisions of the president is subverting the constitution, by definition. so why are democrats applauding
do it? >> exactly. basically what others in a social security and medicare, 90% of all federal money is in the department of homeland andnd the department of defense. this is both homeland security and defense. i am sure -- did he have to get a special bill when he bombed syria? by mistake, it turned out. no, obviously there are discretionary funds there. they don't need to be spent just to send off bombs, to make boeing richer than they already are for no purpose at all. >> tucker: huh. so why is that not happening? >> i suspect everyone around him is telling him, "no you can't do that." which is why i'm glad i have the opportunity on your tv show to say "yes you can, mr. president, remember november 8th 2016? remember that great night"? you are president. of course you can build the wall. that is most of what the
presumably. so the next president is a democrat, what is not going to be like? is it okay if you do not like his policies to undermine him from within? >> the narrative will switch just like it did after "the new york times" op-ed came out. it accords with what the wise and good think, so it is okay, and illegitimate to oppose themr even democratic means to oppose them is illegitimate. one thing i've learned studying the left over many years is they are able and capable of turning on a dime. whatever the argument they need to make in the here and now, they will make it. >> tucker: it is actually a good thing. they are scary, they should not be near power. michael anton, thank you very much. it is actually upsetting, they are power-worshipers. it is a night of big names on this program. dana perino coming up, mark steyn, ann coulter, all in one show. it is like a snickers bar, a little of everything and it adds up to a great snack. plus, the president is scheduled tonight in billings, montana. we'll keep an eye on that stage
that out the day after it happened. transparently false, right. it was fake, it was a lie, and that was obvious to us. i guess what you are really saying is the staff of the executive branch is not simply writing op-eds, bragging about their subversion, they are working full time to do the opposite of what the president promised to do when he was elected. >> yes. and mitch mcconnell. this is kind of shocking that mcconnell comes out and says, we're going to send you an omnibus bill. we will get to the wall after the election. you know, because it will be so much easier after a blue wave. >> tucker: this is my last question, but it is sincere. as a political matter, do you think the republicans in congress would do better if the president unilaterally built a wall? >> yes. yes, i think a lot of his basete is quitete demoralized. i express it on twitter, i was at this big fair thing -- the immigration outfit in washington yesterday.
terms of a different race. however, i can say that i believe most government documents i've looked at, they give people an option to not sae what race they are. and i'm sure people lie all the time. i think netflix did a documentary on this where people claim they are a different race than they actually are.. >> tucker: people will continue to lie on federal forms because it is no one's business what race you are. >> some people would argue it is no business what gender you are. >> tucker: that is what their argument. thank you. president trump speaks any minute in billings. before he does, we will have additional thoughts on "the new york times" op-ed and the reaction to it and what it h all says about the people running our country. no one better than mark steyn on that, so he will be with us next. no one better than mark steyn i'm on that, s
there is a permanent class against him in the deep state. what do you make of that? >> the narrative immediately shifted from "the president is crazy for saying this and believing it, to "the president has it coming, he deserves the deep state undermining him." one thing i found notable -- many things notable in the op-ed -- but one is that this person, whoever wrote it, claims to be a political appointee.rm s when they say deep state, people usually mean the -- whoever gets elected. this is worse. this person claims to be someone who was appointed by the president, one of the people that comes in as the result of an election to implement the will of the voters as expressed in the election. this person has said "i am too subverting that, undermining that deliberately." i agree with you, that is fundamentally undemocratic. >> tucker: what is interesting is the people who are
i've been thinking a lot about this issue, 1.4 million people now identify as transgender in this country. we think of this as a liberal, progressive thing to give people the choice on their license and birth certificate, whether or not they want to identify as male or female. but think about it, if you are in an airport and an airport security officer and you have someone approach you -- again, 1.4 million people are identified -- identify themselves as transgender in this country. so you are a security officer and you have someone approached you and you are trying toer identify them and you have their license in your hand and they appear to be -- look like a man but dressed like a woman, but on their license, they checked other or x, they do not want to identify, you are actually able -- i would say, suggest, more correctly identify that person. >> tucker: i'm not arguing against that. by the way, i'm sure there will be 20 million people who identify as transgender. a lot of things are accelerated, and that is why it makes it so
this? i don't you want the president to do the things he said he was going to do? >> i am not applauding this at all. i actually believe that the patriotic thing to do is come forward and raise your right hand before a congressionalo committee and tell that committee what concerns you. if you are a republican at home right now and you find comfort that aides are working in this way to prevent the president from abusing his power, you are on the way to electing a democratic congress. but you should let elected leaders check the president, not his aides. i share the same concerns. >> tucker: last time i checked -- and again, what you are doing is making a sophisticated argument that again i do not fully understand. >> god forbid we are sophisticated here. >> tucker: may be sophisticated is the wrong word. confusing about democrats in the upcoming midterm election, i get that is a priority for you. >> i believe in a constitution that would check the president. >> tucker: i am not sure you believe in the constitution.
not do anything to offend like senators paul, collins, or murkowski, i think when this vote is called, i predict he will get several democrats to vote with him.ow he deserves more, but he willal probably end up with 54. >> tucker: it would be amazing if he could pull that off. dana perino, we are going to keep this short. thank you. out of the headlines, robert mueller's investigation grinds on.is new questions that the doj may have broken protocol to c investigate the trump campaign. plus, we are waiting the president's speech in billings, montana, we will take you there. "fox & friends" pete hegseth with an exclusive interview that airs tomorrow morning. we will be right back.
>> she is saying they should come forward, and i agree withth that. show the evidence. >> tucker: what evidence -- >> i don't know. it was the president's senior officials saying the 25th amendment was being discussed. that is something i would like to learn more about. >> tucker: it is so funny because -- >> i don't want a danger to national security governing our country, so we should learn more about that. let's collect that evidence. i want lawful investigations and let justice run its course. >> tucker: sounds like you are engaged in that. congressman, thank you. t michael anton is a lecturer at hillsdale college in michigan. he is a former national security advisor to the president. he joins us tonight. thank you very much for coming on. you watched for the past two years as trump has been called a nutcase for suggesting that