one is the deficit and debt. just passed spending caps and debt ceiling increase. on the campaign trail in missouri we ve talked about concern of the deficit and dealt. is this dealing with that concern? well, i voted no on that increase and on the deal that would allow the debt and the deficit to rise. i think we need to rebuild our military. that s something that has been decimated by years of feckless leadership of president obama and the democrats. over and above that, my problem with the current proposals out of congress, it increases spending way, way, way beyond what is required to rebuild the military on the nondefense side. it s massive increases to no clear purpose. i think we have got to stand up and say it s the american taxpayer who s on the line for. this we can t just do this. if you don t have the president in your party saying that how do you fight that battle on capitol hill? i think the president has been strong on this. i think the president negotiated it was
buck. they have advanced a left wing agenda whenever they. can. are they creating jobs in the middle of our economy, are they creating jobs in the middle of the country? no. mark zuckerberg was on capitol hill, asked about competition. here s what he said. the average american uses about 8 different apps to communicate and stay connected. there s a lot of competition that we feel every day. that s an important force that we feel in running the company. look at the market concentration facebook enjoys, it s enormous. and i think he is worried about competition, we know he s worried he tried to buy out companies that he thinks will compete. he tried to absorb them and roll them into facebook. that s an anti-competitive strategy. that s why president trump s justice department is looking at it. but i should say that congress needs to take action. whatever happens on antitrust congress needs to take action to protect people s data, protect kids online, and also to make
support of a bill in congress he says emdpa sizes lgbtq and abortion rights at the detriment. people who follow the bible that believe the bible gives direction to our lives are not going to be deceived by the rhetoric. they look at the record. there is one thing that both religious liberals and conservatives agree on, it is that god does not belong to any political party. john? lauren green on the higher political powers at work, lauren, thanks. a federal judge in virginia says a school board transgender bathroom ban discriminated gains former student. the policy required gavin grim to use girls restrooms or private bathrooms. the judge says that violated grim s rights under the constitution and federal policy against gender based discrimination. up next whatever happened to segment, on the arab spring revolution and whether another one is under way.
telling fox, quote, donald trump s deck is all jokers. president trump also had a warning for 2020 democrats pulling the race card on him. they call anybody a racist when they run out of cards. i m winning in the polls, they re december cat, they have got desperate. caucus goers push candidates to label trump as a priet supremacist. that s what i m basically saying, then say it. it s semantics. i m being very direct about it. i said it. no, you avoid. he supports white supremacy. delaney isn t the only candidate to get cornered over labeling trump. joe biden got peppered with the same question during his fair visit. he told the reporter, quote, you just want me to say the words so i sound like everybody else. john? tough crowd in des moines. hillary vaughn, thank you. up next, democrats in congress
democrats in congress are getting ready for war with other democrats. the rise of progressives such as alexandria ocasio-cortez has incumbent lawmakers worried about pry i mary challengers primary challengers from the left. doug mcelway tells us about what they re doing about it. joe crawley was a strong candidate to become speaker of the house. along came an upstart bartender. virtually no political experience, little money, less knowledge of how to raise it. alexandria cortez beat crawley in a district where they stood no chance in a general election. the hope is kinetic. she s shaken established