Yann yiannopoulos, he had been invited to speak and was uninvited in the wake of those comments. and later we ll see steve bannon and reince priebus next to each other on stage. it s going to be very telling whether or not it seeps like the two of them are on the same page. they really do represent both sides of this divide in person and i think that s clearly an effort to demonstrate unity here. hallie. kasie hunt, thank you much. we re sticking around in maryland in this live look at wisconsin governor scott walker. someone else who will be taking that stage is south carolina governor jim demint, president of the heritage foundation. we want to play for you some sound from kellyanne conway when she addressed this conservative gathering this last hour. so much is negative these days and so much is automatic,
What can i found wrong in this, a bunch of troublemakers. i think if we looked at it more positively and look at all the promise and opportunity we have for this country, people feel really optimistic many places where we go. former senator demint joining us now. senators are thank you for being here. we re going to get to your discussions here at cpac. let s start with the news of the day, the news on the transgender rights rollback. i want to get your take broadly on this. the north carolina bathroom bill was happening, this was something heritage had come out against. what s your reaction to trump s latest move? it s a common sense thing that puts these decisions back to the states so that the state and the local communities, schools, connect in the best interests of the people there. that s not the kind of decision that needs to be made in the white house. so i certainly agree that trump
Federal bureaucracy that president-elect trump has to fill, it s how do you transition to power. how do we living in the greatest democracy in the world have that peaceful transition, the handoff of the baton from one president to another. as we look at the monitor and see the plane about to land and about to taxi, this will be a very exciting day for mr. trump as well as the congressional elected leadership as we move to a new legacy in the united states of a smooth and very peaceful transition of power. that s a wonderful thing. ron, stay right there. jim demint, wolf blitzer has joined me. i m about to depart. this is really pretty amazing when you think about it. a lot of people, when he decided he was going to run for president really did not take it all that seriously. a lot of republicans didn t take it seriously. we know at least 16 or 17 republican presidential want-to-bes, senators, govern s governors, didn t take it seriously. all of a sudden they take it
Very very seriously. he got the republican nomination, then became president-elect of the united states. now he s about to meet with the president of the united states in the oval office. i m sure there will be moments, they are tawill take him on a t. the country is very much divided. thousands of people across the country protested last night. i wanted to ask you about that, too, senator demint. what does mr. trump and mr. obama say today that will bring the country together? just the fact that they re getting together is symbolic. it should soothe a lot of tensions because there s been no deeper disagreements than between these two during the campaign and they have said some pretty rough things about each other. the fact that they can put that behind them and come sit down together, it s a good signal for america, a positive, and non-violent transition of power, and i m hopeful the whole transition will work that way. have you ever experienced a time when the country has been
Securing funds for a border wall that mexico will reimburse. let s talk about that. i m joined by president of the heritage foundation and former south carolina senator jim demint. welcome. thank you, carol. love your set. it s beautiful, right? washington s a beautiful place. yes, it is. donald trump wants to drain the swamp. so let s talk about that first term limits. some lawmakers aren t so for term limits because some of them have been in office for a very long time. you think it s possible? i think it is possible. i think it would been one of the best reforms for congress. i lived my term limits, i ran on them, six years in the house, two terms in the senate, and there s some downsides of losing the institutional knowledge but frankly, i think on balance, it could be one of the best reforms here, if people came to do a job and go home rather than make a long-term career, the idea of a citizen statesman long-term lawmakers like