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Unaelected bureaucrats writing our laws. we had been having unelected bureaucrats dictating the rules that we have to live under, and the rest of government just goes along with it. but now we are turning power from washington back to states and communities and to the elected branch of government. we are giving people more control and more of a say in the decisions that are made in their classrooms, at their businesses, on their lands. this is good progress and we're going to make more in weeks to come. phil. >> -- not responding to all the president's tweets -- conference saying of the freedo...

Dual message is supposed to but i think it's an important one. it's an effort right now to almost spook the freedom caucus back into line as they try and attack what is a very ambitious agenda going forward, kate. >> phil, great reporting. thank you so much. let's get some reaction to this. joining me now is republican congressman from virginia, dave brat, a member of the house freedom caucus. congressman, thank you so much for joining me. >> you bet, kate. great to be on. >> thank you so much. you've seen the tweet. you heard phil mattingly's reporting. are you spooked by the president? >> no...

Caucus, it's also moderate republicans. it's also that that bill had a 17% approval rating. so, again, i mean, i think we're seeing this sort of hardball, dealmaking sort of strategy, but it seems like a lot of it is just, you know, kind of spinning their wheels and it's not sure there's going to really be any movement, more just like motion. >> yeah. i mean, doug, part of it -- we can talk about the math, but i also want to talk about -- so, i asked one of the members of the freedom caucus about this tweet, if he sees it -- i mean, i don't know of another way to read it, other than it is a th...

Sweep this morning. the white house's response, when asked to clarify what the president's meaning is, the white house's response is the president's tweet speaks for itself. this has become -- this has become the singular response from the white house when asked to clarify or give any background to any of the president's tweets. what does that actually mean, the president's tweet speaks for itself? >> well, i think president trump has been using twitter as a means of sending messages and indicating his views on things. sometimes it's completely inaccurate, and sometimes it's an indication of w...