he wouldn t be in this job if it weren t for nepotism, and this is why you have nepotism laws. and, you know, i give jared kushner for example on prison reform you talked to our colleague jan jones who gives him great kudos on how he worked with van on prison reform. something he knew an awful lot about, learned an awful lot more about and managed to get bipartisan support for. but i think he doesn t do himself any good when he refuses to answer these basic questions, for example, on the birtherism issue. it just doesn t ring true from him, and we know why he s not we know why he s not saying anything. all right, thank you all very much. and next, more republicans tonight slamming president trump for tariffs. but will that stop him. plus what nancy pelosi just
that s the difference, he s encouraged them. he could cut it off. he did, he has. by the way, he is not a mainstream republican candidate. this guy is part republican, part regrettably rural democrat, part independent. this guy is a chameleon for all, exempt we know i ve got to i m sad people let me make a couple of points. go ahead, jonathan. i don t want to let go of the birtherism issue. i see that. imagine that. december of 2007 hillary clinton campaigned in iowa, absolutely no question about it. don, please. folks, please, let me just finish the point, and then you can disagree with me. this was to the point i don t hillary is a jack, let him finish. it is not just that donald trump advanced birtherism as a way of launching his career. in a way, scottie is right that the alt-right, which we call it, which are the racists and the nazis are a very small segment.
disrupting the public. and i mean, the alt-right people just as the hamilton cast has a right to the first amendment, they have a right to gather. donald trump, i think if he acknowledges them, that builds a bigger platform for them. the best thing is to dismiss them and move on. that s the difference, he s encouraged them, he could cut this thing off, but he cut it off quickly. he did. he has. he s not a mainstream republican candidate. this guy is part republican, part democrat, part independent candidate. i ve got to let me make a couple points here. go ahead, jonathan. i don t want to let go of this birtherism issue. imagine that. no, this 2007, hillary clinton campaigned in iowa. all right. don, please. folks, please, let me finish the point. and then you can disagree with
president s remarks? you re not a critic. you acknowledge it every day you re playing hardball with what everyone says. the president said the media was distracted. what do you have to say to his comments? a big story because so many americans bought into it. the fact that donald trump, with no evidence the only evidence was the globe saying there was a missing i looked at the may 3rd issue, just out on the stands that the president s birth certificate doesn t exist and donald trump is driving the president crazy and he s going to expose him. this is the level in which trump is operating. the tabloids you get at the supermarket and safeway, the checkout counter. this is the level the story s been percolating. however, the other republicans, except one guy who had the manliness to say, there s nothing to it, i have to say, is mitt romney. he has said there s nothing to this. it s so hard to go into a group of republicans and say, this birtherism issue is crap. just say it on the l