appointed ag and on top of that for him to deliver a resignation letter right then and there and for the people to refuse it when he said i shouldn t have hired you in the first place. reporter: it goes to show the power of the republican senators up on capitol hill to a center extent because they used to be they were colleagues of jeff sessions for a long time and support him and respect him and admire him. and were calling to keep jeff sessions in that position and really push him along because that is. it s unusual. from what i understood it is unusual. quite a few senators including some democrats really took issue with the way the president was treating his cabinet official. the attorney general position is unique it enforces the law of the country and so to a certain extent it s different than the other cabinet positions. again when you re messing with somebody who is a long time colleague of the folks in the senate, just probably not the
meddling with it and that s what happened with nixon all those years ago that was the red line for them. all of the and red line they re drawing is around a recess appointment. what he s doing to the former colleague. torturing him. publicly humiliating him. they can all empathize with that. that s why it has crossed the red line with them. can you even think of someone who would accept being appointed ag as a recess appointee? why would you be such a glutton for that punishment? i mean someone who would be semipalatable and semicompetent who would accept the role. you look at senator cornyn has been hyped a little bit as a possible contender. but i doubt that he would make that move. especially after seeing how jeff sessions, his friend and colleague, was treated. so it makes no sense the way they re behaving. kasie hunt is joining us from capitol hill. kasie, i saw you get a little on