of being an independent person with a life independent of his father, he was going to tow the party line and run the errands to be there as a supporting character, we ve seen how that worked out. he hasn t gotten anything out of it and very much like his father, the people who are his supporters are people he wouldn t be sean dead without side of politics, right? what is more worrisome is that it extends far beyond donnie to almost the entirety of the republican party at this point. well, and that is where i want to go next. because let s play a couple of them. this is five. let s start with lindsey graham. he got six years to play. donald trump can t touch him.
you gave it away. first that press conference was credible. he laid out clearly president wanted the democratic server which was a debunked claim, he wanted that to be investigated by ukraine that he was going to hold up $391 million in military aid. he was a witness for the prosecution. democrats were smiling when i talked to them after that press conference. then you have the fact mick mulvaney was trying to join this lawsuit that john bolton s deputy was trying to have, which was basically should i be able to testify before congress? how can you do at the same time you re blaming the white house from not there are some people who thought that was a message for trump. chris, here s my favorite question. why would a guy tell anybody even his most intimate advisers, friends, intimates generally he had enough dirt on the president, the president can t touch him.
it. harris: that s a very honest statement. do you agree with the assessment among some in your party that this is an icon. this is what nancy pelosi said. i m gonna paraphrase her now. can t touch him. she had to eat those words a few hours later. i think he s an icon on some issues like civil rights. harris: absolutely. there are clearly other issues that supercede everything el. harris: do the rights of everybody, women and men, supercede civil rights or are they just equal? they are equal. bad behavior does not always completely define a person. that is true. john conyers has good things he s done. there are a number of people who have gone down in flames as a result of their sexual behavior who did a lot of other things in their life. it is unfortunate that it happened. it doesn t excuse their bad behavior, which is what nancy pelosi tried to do.
ecuador s london embassy since june where british police can t touch him. assange is trying to avoid extradition to sweden where he faces sexual assault charges. he denies the accusations and applied for asylum. he says the charges against him are politically motivated and retaliation for leaking the hundreds of thousands of see yet u.s. documents on his whistle plowing website. the chief correspondent, when will we get the asylum decision? he is meeting with his advisors today. the decision on giving asylum to julian assange, and he says it will be before the end of the week. raphael correa says it could be what he sees as alterior motives on the part of the united states. listen. this has to be carefully considered. we must review the swedish