before he ran for president, flipped on it, said he opposed it. i didn t hear him say he supported an assault weapons ban on wednesday even in concept. it is not clear where the president stands right now and how much political capital he s willing to spend. what is clear is he got a lot of conservative backlash and called the nra in to try to fix his pr problem. it s too soon to fact check the president s position. he was supposed to put it out today, the white house position. we were hearing it might be delayed, but we have to hear what the white house position officially is. let s get to our kicker, and that is the twitter spat happening between alec baldwin and the president. they ve both been quite active this morning. would you like to do the first dramatic reading? from the president, the president s first one, this is the one he did originally. he fixed this because he misspelled stuff, but it was still the same problematic tweet. alex baldwin whose dying, mediocre career w
you get in excess of a trillion dollars in new debt. don t you remember when republicans ho howled to high heaven president obama was spending us into the gutter and into oblivion and now republicans are doing the same thing. martha: the federal budget deal signed today is facing a ton of conservative backlash as critics senator rand paul accused republicans of only being fiscal conservatives when they are not actually in charge of the government as they are now. president trump is touting this as a victory and delivering the military spending boost that he promised as a candidate. the president admits that the spending bill contains much waste, which he blames on democrats. joining me now congressman andy biggs an arizona republican. congressman, welcome.
played a big issue and that s where he got talk show host laura ingrahm engaged in this race. you just heard him on spending. it was more anti-establishment. on washington not getting things done. and that s broader. i think there was a lot of focus in our first hour about immigration which is a key issue. but maybe too much focus because you look across the board, for example, lindsey graham in south carolina who should face a real conservative backlash, he is on the bill. he s a co-sponsor of immigration reform and yet he got above 50% against his challenger in south carolina. bret, he reached out to the tea party. he said there might be some issues we disagree on but where we agree i ll be your greatest advocate than a different tact than eric cantor. we got to take our first break. mash levin was a very early supporter of dave brat.
played a big issue and that s where he got talk show host laura ingrahm engaged in this race. you just heard him on spending. it was more anti-establishment. on washington not getting things done. and that s broader. i think there was a lot of focus in our first hour about immigration which is a key issue. but maybe too much focus because you look across the board, for example, lindsey graham in south carolina who should face a real conservative backlash, he is on the bill. he s a co-sponsor of immigration reform and yet he got above 50% against his challenger in south carolina. bret, he reached out to the tea party. he said there might be some issues we disagree on but where we agree i ll be your greatest advocate than a different tact than eric cantor. we got to take our first break. mash levin was a very early supporter of dave brat. supporter of dave brat. he ll join us withu start tomor?
reform and obviously immigration played a big issue and that s where he got talk show host laura ingrahm engaged in this race. you just heard him on spending. it was more anti-establishment. on washington not getting things done. and that s broader. i think there was a lot of focus in our first hour about immigration which is a key issue. but maybe too much focus because you look across the board, for example, lindsey graham in south carolina who should face a real conservative backlash, he is on the bill. he s a co-sponsor of immigration reform and yet he got above 50% against his challenger in south carolina. bret, he reached out to the tea party. he said there might be some issues we disagree on but where we agree i ll be your greatest advocate than a different tact than eric cantor. we got to take our first break. mash levin was a very early supporter of dave brat.