parties, not just republicans, don t have a lot to brag about coming home for this two-week break. no. we promised the american people we would repair our broken health care system. we haven t done that yet. i was going to be a no vote. i told the president that. i told the vice president. i told all leadership in the republican party. i didn t think what was being proposed was the solution for what s wrong with the affordable care act. our health care system is broken. it needs to be prepared. in my opinion, this would have hurt new yorkers, would hurt the people i represent, and as being the only republican in new york city, i feel a responsibility not just to the people in my congressional district but the people throughout new york city. congressman donovan represents a red district in the middle of an otherwise blue state and blue city. thanks for coming in tonight. coming up, why there s so much attention on the state of kansas tonight in the political world as both parties
welcome back. this week the trump white house faces, as we ve seen, crises, threats, high-stakes meetings with allies and enemies around the globe with russia, syria, north korea to name a few. earlier this evening, i spoke to congressman dan donovan, a new york republican representing staten island, part of the borough of brooklyn. he sits on foreign affairs and homeland security committees, and i started out by asking him about the president and whether unpredictability is actually a foreign policy. i don t know if it s so much unpredictability as it is reacting to circumstances that occurred like the attacks in syria, what s going on in north korea. the commander in chief of our armed forces, the president, has the ability and the responsibility of taking action when he sees it necessary. at times he has to consult congress. at times he just has to inform congress. so i think what we ve been seeing recently is his reaction to what s happening throughout the world.
particularly those who disagree with him. congresswoman judy and dan donovan join me now. let me start with you, you do not question the legitimacy of donald trump s election. because many of your colleagues here are saying not just that they re not going to be there, they don t think he s a legitimate president. i just to want make sure we re clear on that. you think he s a legitimate president. let me say i respect the peaceful transition of power. and that i believe that donald trump did win the electoral college. but i do think there s a huge, dark cloud over his election. we have very, very disturbing news about russian hacking of this election confirmed by all the intelligence agencies. we have the lack of divesting itself from the financial dealings with foreign governments, and then attacking the ethics committee chief. and then, we have a lack of transparency on the tax returns.