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Those were simpler times, ben. good to see you, my friend. >> not only did they try to make president obama out to be someone who was an out of control executive when he absolutely wasn't, but importantly, they were huge supporters of ukraine. we were constantly attacked by republicans for not providing more aid to ukraine. what's been really sad to watch is to see them flip suddenly, to have no problem with treating this ally like a second-class citizen, a country that is only a form for their own personal political efforts to obstruct or attack democrats. >> ben, always grateful for your ana...

Who knows what vladimir putin whispered in donald trump's ear over the phone there. i have a feeling america met fiona hill yesterday for the first time. i'm sure you have dealt with her or people like her a lot. she represents people who work in diplomacy. in some cases, in the military. thousands of people who want to work for america for all the right reasons. when you heard her yesterday talking about how she's an american by choice, what message do you think that sends? >> i like that phrase, because i'm an immigrant as well, and particularly in today's climate, that is sometimes viewed a...

Right way. we always think of the government programs as a handout, food stamps, welfare, but disability benefits are under that umbrella as well. if you come to this country because somebody in california who owns a winery or a farm has dangled the carrot of opportunity and you want to feed your family, and you come here legally and get a job and now you've lost a job or you become disabled, you are treated as a second-class citizen because you have a green card? you can you legally and should be, i believe, entitled to any of the benefits. >> dagen: i want to add one thing. the question is, ...

>> there is not an american in our country that is not complicit in the trade of undocumented labor. there is not one, whether it is someone who cleans you're home and you're not paying them. let's be very clear, and this idea that we can all of a sudden sweep under the rug and we don't want to give them access, we don't want to give enfranchisement, that actually creates a second-class citizen. we've already lived that. it's unacceptable. >> this whole thing about, and it's like they're making -- they're punishing these folks who are working, and the people not getting punished here are the o...

Hurts when somebody does that. the president and republicans have grossly underestimated how many people have experience at racist insult. we're all going to vote. i predict a dem wave like we had in 2018 in 2020. >> can you expand about when you hear that language coming from anyone, let alone our president. >> absolutely, makes me feel like i don't belong in this country. makes me feel like i'm part of a group of people that aren't the same as u.s. citizens, that somehow i'm a second class citizen. and look, republicans and the president last year ran on a campaign of xenophobia and hate aga...