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>> he walked them back. he end up basically saying i'm not sure somebody told me. >> the broader point being that i don't think that any president has had 100% record of calling the family of every single fallen soldier during the time that they're in office. >> why bring this up? why is the president of the united states -- >> because i think the question the way it's being presented to him is trying to draw division on the question in try to make it seem the president wasn't doing his job. >> the question is really about why is he silent for 12 days when you have two green berets killed in a...

Attack on the former president? >> well, i think the president could have probably could have chosen his words a little more carefully on this one and he walked it back a little bit when he said that president obama, i think, probably did sometimes and maybe sometimes he didn't -- >> he walked them back -- because i've read the full quote. actually, he ended up basically saying, well, i'm not sure. somebody told me. >> people are saying -- >> could be they did, could be they didn't. >> the broader point being that i don't think that any president has had 100% record of calling the family of ev...

The president's mind, he believes he has to do certain things because of his base. the argument from some republicans is the president is much more of a virtue signaler to his base than he realizes. so neal millhouse did a poll for one of his reform groups that shows he asked the question a couple different ways, but one way he asked the question of trump voters is, this is currently the law of the land enforced, do you support it? 40% were opposed it in that way. and when you say, donald trump is issuing this now, 20% of trump voters were in favor of continuing it that way. his point being, h...

Online, why didn't they get out, why didn't they listen to the warnings? do you want to tell those people -- >> there weren't that many warnings about this. and it didn't rain at all almost all day yesterday, so i wasn't concerned about it. >> reporter: but it happens really fast, your point being. >> i guess. it did this time. >> reporter: are your homes okay? >> both of ours are. my aunt lives right in dickenson, and her house is completely underwater. >> >> reporter: how's she doing? >> she's good, she's fine. >> reporter: god bless you. >> thank you. >> reporter: take care of yourselves. s...

Took. also important to remember that he spoke in the moment and at a time when calm had not yet been restored. to the extent that there were groups clashing at the moment in time of the context of his remarks, i think you should think that through or your viewers should as they interpret his remarks. not a moral equivalency. not a moral equivalency to preach love either. it's not meant to not condemn hate, but meant to offer a counterview that could allow us to move forward and heal. >> i guess the point is, a point being made by republican officials like corey gardner and others when you con...