officials who believed first of all that the president was falsely equating what happened in 2016 but also that he might be giving some kind of a green light or a kind of acquiescence to the russians to try this again in other countries. and the memo of that conversation was then highly restricted so only very few people were allowed to see it, which was also very unusual at the time. i haven t seen the writing is that an actual quote, or is that a paraphrase of what the president said? right, exactly whatter wh we reporting is he was unconcerned because the united states does the same thing in other countries. that s a paraphrase. the import of what he was saying, multiple sources told us he was clear, he was making the equivalency and saying don t worry about it. we do these kind of things, too, which, of course, the united states does not. to steve, steve hall was saying he has said similar
strong and doesn t allow liquid to pass through it. it has a lot of uses that save a lot of lives and we benefit from. julie: i don t mean to cut you off. it is interesting to me when the president first came out and made fun of the liberals for their paper straws and now they re selling them on their website. the president is selling the paper straws now that say trump, right? bill: recyclable straws, not paper. julie: was making fun of liberals for coming out with paper straws. do you remember that? saying there is so much more plastic out there why are we worried about the little straws? that s a paraphrase. i think the president has been a tremendous success on his campaign website because it s basically the idea is democrats want to control you, they want to take away your straws and tell you not to eat meat and limit how much you drive and this is again republicans have no ideas. they have no president trump has done nothing. so here are people who are
the country and more wall they felt that was raicism and creating the idea that everybody on the other side of the border is a criminal and they re coming here to hurt you and not necessarily and coming here to look for a better life. the wall is border security and no wall is open border. they don t want that. you cover the election. lindsey graham was among the republican candidate. lindsey graham says if donald trump is elected president for the republican party, he s going to ruin the republican party. that s a paraphrase. things have changed katy tur. it is remarkable of the turn around. i am fascinated to have covered it. i am going to be fascinated talking to these lawmakers years down the road and asking them what in their mind changed and how they feel about this looking backward. may i ask you a question? do you find it unbelievable?
second thing i think we need to be mindful of this is simply an ongoing effort of the president and his minions to destabilize the state. to understand that the free and independent press is actually key to liberty, central to liberty, that s a paraphrase. what does it mean for the president of the united states to engage in a relentless all out assault on an independent and free press? this is just the latest instance of that assault. i think the white house says it s a joke, the press can t take a joke. liberals have no sense of humor. professional wrestling, that s breaking news, cover your ears, is fake. it s fake. fake news. it s kind of carefully chosen. he chooses something that you can say it s fake. fake wrestle, just joke. why can t you take it as a joke. if you take just in isolation that whatever 15 seconds, it s hard not to see somebody
it is heart at this stage to see who the heroes might be. the famous line for really to see republicans moved more by their conscience than by political concerns. you re a patriot. you care about your party and your country. who are you looking to in the republican party? right now i m waiting for people to exercise judgment and good common sense over what will be at least a month s long process. in water gate there were two lanes. there was the crime and the cover up. here is the collusion and allegations of obstruction. as to the latter on may 3 former director comey testified under oath in response to question from senator that no one had asked him not to do anything. that s a paraphrase. there simply is no obstruction but a big red flare to the trump