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Major defenders on capitol hill is still trying to muddy the water. he's talk iing about the whistleblower. how far past though is this from the whistleblower at this stage? >> far. i mean and even more so the whistleblower, the contents, the guts of it, the details have been confirmed mostly by the president himself so the whistleblower and desire to get him to testify is one of the many process arguments that jim jordan and mark meadows, matt gates, some of the president's staunchest supporters are on capitol hill. trying to make this the democrats process. how they're conducting these heari...

Using these process arguments to deflect attention from some of the central issues which you just mentioned the way that foreign policy was being carried out, that is unacceptable. the president seems to think that conducting foreign policy is like trying to put together real estate deal in manhattan and that's just not how it works. you can understand how professionals like marie yovanovitch would be shocked and very disappointed in getting caught in the middle of that. i think again and i've said this before there is a pass/fail test here for republicans regardless of what they think about i...

Every single word that we just heard. but instead, you heard none of it. the american public heard none of it. because chairman schiff instead chooses to put his own spin to it. and that's outrageous. and the american public are fed up with what they are watching. >> look i don't want to address the substance of that or the accusations therein. but the sentiment, is that reflecting the majority of americans? >> well i think what you're seeing is a republican strategy. this is sort of what we've seen from republicans writ large since the scandal exploded. what they've tried to do is engage on p...

Arguments when you're being asked by a group of reporters a pretty simple straightforward yes or no question. there's no reason outside of political strategy why a senator as smart as cory gardner couldn't just answer that question. we all know, republicans all know that if they were in the privacy of their own homes talking to their friends, they all think it's inappropriate to solicit foreign help in an election. that's why you see them in public when they are afraid to antagonize the president. especially someone like cory gardner who could face a competitive primary in colorado. it's why t...

Whistle-blow whistle-blower, no, no, i was there. they knocked down that defense. instead of looking for the answers and looking for a defense that's true, they're looking for any defense that works. if the public will buy it, that's what they're looking for. >> you know, i'm glad you laid it out, david. you have seen each of these straw men as it were knocked down by the facts. yet the pushback continues. a.b., i wonders when you speak about this republican silence, some are willing to actively defend him. but the vast majority staying silent. how much do you think that's defensive in that re...