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Out against her because of her previous support of the torture program that she testified this week in the senate that she no longer supports, and that said, gina haspel has garnered the support of centrists with republican and republicans, including susan kol lins from e maine, and others ash sond this is really, this the situation has poured even more political gasoline on the already tense and tough confirmation fight for gina haspel to lead the c can ia. >> -- cia. >> and i want to read that statement. we respect senator mccain's service to the nation and he and his family are in our praye...

Left wanted out there, standing for a long period of time, sleep deprivation. that sounds like a long day in the secret service where i used to work. >> one defender of these war crimes went so far as to invoke torture survivor mccain who opposes haspel's confirmation. >> it worked on john. that's why they call him songbird john. the fact is that those methods can work and are effective, as former vice president cheney said. >> for the record, as politifact noted there's no evidence that mccain helped vietnam despite being tortured. as leader of the cia, haspel said she would not bring back th...

>> for the record, as politifact noted there's no evidence that mccain helped vietnam despite being tortured. as leader of the cia, haspel said she would not bring back the torture program she helped administer but also reportedly refused to condemn that torture program as immoral. every senator considering her nomination should understand the advocates of torture, the people who want the u.s. to engage in war crimes will view a yes vote for gina haspel a green light. president trump welcomes three hostages released from north korea, but can't stop praising their captor.

Remember that during the campaign? this is not john mccain's republican party. it is donald trump's republican party. he is the one calling the shots. he is the one who wants someone running the cia who was involved the torture program and the republican party is going to give it to him. as simple as this. >> jeff, just to clarify their point. not just the president said she's qualified and lots of folks on your side no -- the democratic side of the party who are not supporters of the president. you had general hayden, big critics of the president say gina haspel is incredibly qualified just l...

Best case for republicans is hang on by the fingernails. worst case to lose by over 30 seats. >> congressman dent from the great commonwealth of pennsylvania, thank you so much. always good the see you. >> thank you. it's the issue that could tank gina haspel's nomination. now one said that the torture program never should have ended. stay with us. see that's funny, i thought you traded options. i'm not really a wall street guy. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you know? well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman...