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And more. >> this is putting republicans like will hurd in a difficult position. you don't see a lot of them coming forward. the president is doubling down, tripling down, picking up that baton. continuing to tweet over the course of the evening and into this morning. taking out after elijah cummings and now nancy pelosi. alleging some things about inside her san francisco district similar to what he's talking about with elijah cummings. mick mulvaney is making the rounds. their defense of the president boils down to this. he was not being a racist. he was hitting back at elijah cummings becau...

Rally today he had hid his mind defending the crowd behind the chan and tripling down and the attacks on four american congresswoman. >> the things they said about our country are terrible. it's a disgrace what they've said. they can't call our country and people garbage. you just can't talk about our country that way. and when people are angry at them i fully understand it. >>reporter: so he now seems to sympathize with those behind the send her back chant, a chant incidentally that echos the words from his racist tweet over the weekend where he implied the women aren't americans and can go b...

Know -- set up a test for democrats who have been struggling with internal divisions that over the past couple of days have been papered over by the president's tweets, andrea. >> and, peter, you've been writing about this strategy coming from the white house. the president instead of backing off is doubling down, tripling down, if you will, on this whole narrative where he is attacking these women and trying to portray them as hating this country as not being patriotic. these are elected representatives, born in the usa, expect for one who came as a child from somalia. >> i just hung up a pho...

To do is describe in a way that the resolution plays out what the president's words were. >> listening to some of these -- particular lly mccarthy decry t lack of decor on a day by basis throws out norm. >> there's that. that's a very good point. but the other point she was trying to describe the terms and the words and the sentiment that the president used in his tweet, the very sentiment that they're trying to condemn on the house floor. so what else is she supposed do? yes, the term "racist" is tough, but it's apt. >> i want to bring in cornell william brooks, the former president of the na...

That. >> does nancy pelosi have your full support to be the next speaker of the house? >> absolutely. she has my full support. >> she also has the president's full support. he's been doubling and tripling down in his support for her in the past couple of days. why do you think he's pushing so hard for her? >> it's not clear what kind of games the president is playing. i know that nancy pelosi over the past two years has managed to consistently outnegotiate the president. as speaker of the united states house of representatives, we'll do the same thing. >> congressman hakeem jeffries, thank you...