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Agenda into law. he can get conservatives on the supreme court, you know, the other stuff doesn't matter. so i think this is a turning point in the republican party in the aera of trump. >> he said the things republicans won't say in front of cameras, at least from my experience. or at a restaurant or at a dinner party, but they don't say it to other people. doug, have you ever seen anything like this before? >> nothing like it. it was unbelievable. senator flake i thought did a remarkable job and was very brave. you can go back to the 1950s. you played the clips there. i think flake is thinki...

Is pro trump, but i don't believe he has a lock on the republican party. it will be interesting to see if this spreads, even among some people who may want to fight it out in their primaries next year. but generally, politicians are political pragmatists and donald trump does have a huge chunk of the republican primary electorate that is on his side, even though sometimes not on conservative issues. so somebody like flake can get in trouble in a primary and be forced not to run. but what's curious is this corker-itis going to spread? senators may start thinking i would rather have three years ...

We must never meekly accept the daily sundering of our country. the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institutions, the flagrant disregard for truth and decency. the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and personal reasons, reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the fortunes of the people that we have been elected to serve. >> up until this point, mike, most of the criticism of this president have been sort of veiled. people don't say his name. now they're saying his name, calling him out directly. what did you make of this moment today with fl...

Tonight. after all, senator flake is a thorn in his side and is retiring. but america cannot afford to lose any more men and women of principle. listen to this from senator flake. >> it is often said that children are watching. well, they are. and what are we going to do about that? when the next generation asks us, why didn't you do something? why didn't you speak up? what are we going to say? mr. president, i rise today to say, enough. we must dedicate ourselves to making sure that this never becomes the normal. with respect and humility, we have fooled ourselves for long enough, that a pivo...

It is obviously not a coincidence that both of the republican senators who blasted president trump today are on their way out of office. so is president trump's takeover of the gop almost complete? let's discuss now. republican strategist mike murphy is here. so good to have you on. good evening, by the way. i guess you could call this a retirement speech. senator jeff flake said what we cannot accept any longer. watch this. >> in this century, a new phrase has entered the language to describe the accommodation of a new and undesirable order. that phrase being the new normal. that we must they...