taxes, so that giant corporations and billionaires can pay less. are you ready to tell mitch mcconnell no vote on the republican tax scam until doug jones takes his seat in the senate? yeah! no vote. [ chanting: no vote ] that s not going to happen. joining me now, chris lew, former deputy secretary of labor, and a senior fellow at the university of virginia miller center. thanks so much for joining us. the president wants to paint this as a middle class tax cut, as a tax cut that will help businesses, help create jobs. is that a valid way to sell this bill? well, he s going to try to sell it that way, but the facts belie that contention. there were three major problems with this bill. it increased taxes on people earning under $75,000. it adds $1 trillion of debt. and it takes away health care from 13 million people. this compromise they ve reached
that are part of that meet to movement want to start here with alyssa milano and she was one of the first to encourage women to speak out on social media using that hash tag me too and here she writes in twenty seventeen women stood up and said me too we overcame our fears to break the silence technology and social media have connected all of us and we can t turn away from each other s pain we are connected to each other many other people do agree with her we re seeing lots of sentiments like this one that says this is for everyone who was able to speak out we were able to find their voice and finally feel validated and heard we are all times person of the year there are the conversation also involves president trump he was last year s choice he was on the short list this year and he has also been accused of sexual misconduct this is actually coming here from a former obama administration member chris lew and he says the person of the year award could have gone to trump instead it goes
but this is going to require the president taking a different attitude. and he hasn t shown that willingness to reach across the aisle, to reach across to different groups that disagree with hill. there s nothing that done in the last six months that has shown any desire to bring this nation together. chris lew, bruce lavelle, april ryan, thank you all. we ll be right back. with the travelocity customer first guarantee. your only worry. will be navigating the local traffic. get help with hotels, free twenty-four-hour flight changes, and our price match guarantee. travelocity.® wander wisely.™
as the naacp begins their annual convention this weekend, president trump will not be there. he declined their invitation. the group responded with this statement. during his campaign, president trump asked, what do you have to lose? well, this is the second time president trump has refused an offer to speak at our annual convention. we get the message loud and clear. now that we re six months into his presidency, what concrete progress has been made to reach out to minority communities? joining us to discuss, bruce lavel lavelle, executive director of the national diversity coalition for trump. chris lew, former cochair of the white house asian american initiative. and april ryan, white house correspondent for american urban networks, and the author of the presidency in black and white: my up close view of three
presidents and race in america. we re now adding a fourth to that when the next edition comes out. april, bruce, and chris, nice to see you. i want to start with the president on election night. this is the context for this conversation. for those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, i m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country. all right, bruce. first to you, specifically with the naacp, should the president have accepted the invitation? should he speak to the naacp convention? well, withanks for having me here. i can t speak for the president s schedule. it s fast pace, it changes at any second. just to elaborate on something like this, i think it would be, for me, if i were having an organization, if i wanted someone to attend my, you know, speak at my organization, i would at least be, you know, nice to them or, you know, not