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A source close to bannon said his reaction to flake's retirement today was simply, quote, another day, another scalp. that's steve bannon. i'm joined by the "hardball" roundtable. let me start with jennifer on this. republican voters are sticking with trump. some of these leaders who have come to respect are not. they seem to be offended by his coarseness and bad language and bullying. all the character flaws that our parents and the nuns and everybody tried to talk out of growing up. they seemed to like it. >> sure. i mean i think there are voters out there still looking for a vehicle for the...
String of battles with his own political party. we have the low lights of that coming up. and raising arizona. jeff flake's historic speech today could open the door for democrats in a state that have wanted to one. we'll be back with their chances now that flake is calling it quits. let me finish with trump watch. it's important tonight. this is "hardball," where the action is. i rode shotgun in lee and i looked for bombs. stop short. i don't see nothin' man. you don't see it, he feels it. you are my hammer out there. don't let these young guys see you fold. ♪ i'm only human, i make mista...
Tell me how you have that conversation. >> how do they go along with that? >> because their concern is is that they are going to get primaried by bannon and pressure from the president. >> thank you. this is a dramatic day. i think it might be near a tipping point. i am very impressed with what flake had to say today. more on the show tonight. he did almost say it here. he didn't want to be caught by his republican primary voters out in arizona talking on a show like mine against his own party. but he has now elevated himself to exactly that point. he went after the party today. thank you alwa...
Senator flake and corker. here's senator flake. >> there's an undeniable potency to an appeal by misunderstanding our problems and giving into the impulse to scapegoat and belittle threatens to turn us into a fearful back ward looking feem people. in the case of the republican party, those things also threaten to turn us into a fearful back ward looking minority party. >> for more i'm joined by brett stevens with the new york sometimes. and matt slab, chairman of the conservative union. i want you to go over this. it seems to me we're getting a pretty impressive set. it's a small set of republ...