seen as a trump loyalist. he also not only that, mika, but he was also one of the most embarrassing members during the mueller hearings. you can disagree with what robert mueller said and did at times i suppose. but he was screaming and yelling, talking about how mueller should be ashamed of himself for doing exactly what he was directed to do by the justice department without a doubt and we talked about it in realtime when we didn t know much about john ratcliffe at all, we said in realtime it was one of the most embarrassing performances of a very, very embarrassing day for those republicans judiciary members. third term congressman rat cliff was u.s. attorney for the eastern district of texas from 2007 to 2008. while he served four terms as
welcome back. another top administration official is leaving the white house bringing the tally to 16 in 2019 alone. the president tweeted yesterday that director of national intelligence dan coat, the country i country s top intelligence official will leave office on august 15th. he had not seen eye to eye with the president. trump is nominated john ratcliff to succeed coats. some democrats are expressing skepticism over the decision. ratcliff was picked for his quote blind loyalty to the president. schumer said he showed that when he tore into bob mueller during his appearance on capitol hill just last week.
why we brought you here. we diddy verge when mitch mcconnell came on. let s talk about congressman ratcliff making the remarks that we just heard. what do you make of those comments? do you believe he was auditio auditioniauditio auditioniauditio auditioning for the job? i suspect he was. he treated mr. mueller disrespectfully. he s an american hero. purple heart. gave up private law practice to prosecute. he s telling him what the cardinal rules are for a prosecutor. mueller could take him and teach him more lessons. he had his nerve and the man is still on the top of his game. i worked with john ratcliff on ethics and judiciary. he s not a person who is not smart. he s smart but he was
disrespectful of an american hero and think russians are responsible for this and to spin that yarn, he s destroying democracy by doing that. you know him. do you think he s qualified for the job in. no, no. he should have experience in intelligence. you should have more experience in government on ground. coats had many years in the senate. he was an ambassador in germany. coats stood up. he didn t think that vladmir putin was our pal. ratcliff will do whatever mr. trump wants him to do. do you think he will be confirmed, yes or no sno. no. thank you. close to home, president trump s now infamous rodent infested description of baltimore owned by his son-in-law s family. mplgt inside trump s tense oval office showdown worthy of the o par apprenti apprentice. apprentice broken. and put back together.
democrat david axelrod, senior advisor to president obama, treated out at the end of this hearing, this is very, very painful. let s bring in former independent counsel kenneth starr. he s also a fox news contributo contributor. ken, you are mentioned a couple times in this hearing. your thoughts on this day s testimony? one of the critical things, guys, is the very idea of book n exoneration is very unfortunate. bob mueller should not have written book 2. that came out very early on in the hearing. congressman ratcliff from texas was extremely clear in saying, this is not your job. it s not just the focus on exoneration are not exoneration. it s the very idea they were going to lay out all this evidence with an opportunity to respond on the part of the president.