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I've spent nearly two decades in politics and this is where we are at with the republican party. so the fear of voters is what democrats do not have, and i hope they use it to their advantage. >> so i think the fear -- >> can i just -- >> do the right thing, please. >> sam cedar and rina shah, talk to you soon, that is all in. nicole, good evening. >> i love seeing you like this, i usually watch you with my sweatpants. >> great to see you too. >> and thanks for joining us to you at home. this lands the same way in my house, i know, rachel is on vacation but we will get to it. a lot of news dev...

Ideological principles. here to discuss the class of 2019 and much more, i'm joined by msnbc political analyst zerlina maxwell. msnbc contributor sam cedar. and democratic strategist waleed shahid. >> i was on the hill the first day of the swearing in of the new class. it was so striking then. it really epitomizes something profound and deep or politics, like, there is one party that is genuinely a multiracial coalition. when you look at the republican house members, it is just white man after white man. i mean e, there's not even like near gender parity. they've stepped back. in fact, this en...

>> that's a fair response, yeah. >> and i just think, you know, everyone always questions her initially, and i think you're going to see something really good. she said the american people want us to work. we have to work. i mean, that's what you're there for. and mitch mcconnell, he didn't do very well, you know, in the midterms and he's not going to do very well the next time. people are sick of the grim reaper. he's got a 30% approval rating at home. >> mitch mcconnell did pretty well in the midterms. they didn't so that well in the house. >> not really -- >> picked up a few seats in the se...

Bring in front of us, they won't bring in front of the american people, and that's the guy who started it all, the whistle-blower. >> i say to my colleague, i'd be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify, president trump is welcome to take a seat right there. [ laughter ] >> there's a lot to digest for the very first public impeachment hearing into president trump. to do that i'm joined by christina gear, co-host of the faq nyc podcast and sam cedar, an msnbc political contributor. that moment i thought was fascinating for this reason. one of the themes from the republic...

Sam cedar, host of the majority report. i have to say, you have a lot of stories in the trump era that are head scratchers. this honestly really brought me up short. for a bunch of reasons. one, the depth of the man. also the white house has a country to run. this is a difficult job with very high stakes and this occupies white house staff time. >> yeah. first of all, the fact that they are going to a different -- another country and they wouldn't be proud of a symbol of america, first of all, is just outrageous. the fact that they don't think enough of the president that he won't throw a tant...