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That's important because that's one of the things that voters consistently said all the time and you also see, not just -- but also in polling, they would like to see both sides work together and then chuck schumer comes out and says, i'm not doing repeal and replace. so, trump is able to channel to voters, hey, look, i went at it, i called him, i said let's do a bill together, chuck schumer -- >> and it's disingenuous. >> democrats have always said no to repeal and replace but working on fixing. the president has always said, on the campaign trail and now as president, repeal and replace. so ...

Serving in congress. >> what is your understanding. given the pole on this which runs, 65-35, or 80-20 depending on what you poll in favor of these folks staying and having legal status. given the broad coalition. what is your understanding of why they are doing this? why is president trump and jeff sxegss the states attorney general, why are they doing it? >> they're pandering to their shrinking base. donald trump began by attacking immigrants. jeff sessions has a history of being a racist senator. there's a reason he didn't become a federal judge. they're trying to pander to their shrinking ...

Other country than america. they deserve the opportunity to succeed. some are doctors and lawyers and politicians like myself now serving in congress. >> what is your understanding. given the pole on this which runs, 65-35, or 80-20 depending on what you poll in favor of these folks staying and having legal status. given the broad coalition. what is your understanding of why they are doing this? why is president trump and jeff sxegss the states attorney general, why are they doing it? >> they're pandering to their shrinking base. donald trump began by attacking immigrants. jeff sessions has a ...

>> there's been a lot of activity, in fact, mostly in the manner of tweets, from members of congress, members of the senate, who say, let us handle this. don't end daca. let's do it the right way. one of the criticisms of daca was that like president trump enjoys, president obama also enjoyed the executive orders and things done by presidential decree. congress feels immigration and matters like this are its territory. is there a solution here, where congress takes this over and handles it? >> well, i mean, in a sense, that would be easier for donald trump. he wouldn't have to make a decision ...

Speech like this 24 hours after showing some leadership, sticking to the script and telling america why we need to send more troops to afghanistan? >> look, one speech is not the point. but it fits into the broader narrative. if you go back to election day and you look at the exit poll. one-third to one fifth of those who voted for trump doubted if he had the temperament or qualifications to succeed. how he has gone from 46% of the vote to an approval rating around 36% is those doubts have been deepened and hardened among that share of the electorate. and everything he is doing has been around...