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So don't act like it's the democrats are the obstructists here. the republicans were slow walking obstructing the whole time they had control of the senate. number one. number two, listen, if what you're saying is true if all he was doing was impartially trying to help congress, you wouldn't have this level of outrage. we're not equally outraged about every judge. this judge is extremely hostile toward voting rights for minorities. he's extremely hostile toward the voting rights acts. that's why you're getting this reaction. don't like every judge is getting this response. >> let tara go. go a...

Regard to with these allegations that came out. he's making sure he makes the right decision. he voted to advance the vote. i expect him to vote to confirm him tomorrow. he'll make the right decision. >> in defense of tim scott, he did do his homework. he found there was not a paper trail that he was actively involved in any voter suppression. >> thank you all. saturday van has one-on-one interview with his guest andrew gillum who wasnaire lowly defeated in the florida governor's race right here on cnn. make sure you tune in. hate speech seems to getting louder and more public since trump took...

They're so out of the mainstream and so not clear. >> they don't represent real black conservatism. >> listen, i got to get to the break. van, can you comment on this part? can you seen the numbers, the studies on the republican party moving forward? look what happened in the midterms, what happened in the suburbs and on and on. they're going to have to do, what was it after the. >> have you seen those reports, van? >> yeah, it's. >> brutal. >> they are on a pathway that's not a positive pathway for them long-term. they have to do something different. >> lots to talk about. a controversial tru...

Reaction. don't like every judge is getting this response. >> let tara go. go ahead. what did you want to say? >> van made the point i was going to bring up. it is true that republicans played this game whether he trump was in office, i mean when obama was in office specific lig for this judicial nomination. they had two african-american women that republicans blocked. that is part of the political game. that's the advantage of being in the majority when you're in the senate. harry reid changed the rules. you don't need 60 votes to nominate judges or to confirm judges. you only need 50. that w...

A controversial judicial nominee is one step closer to becoming a federal judge. van's back, alice is back. so is tara. listen, i want to start with you, van, but tim scott played into that. we'll get to that in a moment because you mentioned him in the last segment. today the senate voted to advance thomas farr is his name to be a district court judge in north carolina. civil rights groups say he is a disaster, that he led voter suppression efforts that disenfranchised african-american votes are. how did you feel about today's vote in the. >> the i felt terrible. one of the things we're deali...