is more about cost than it is about expanding or contracting coverage. garrett haake on capitol hill, peter alexander, we ll come back to you, if we can, once we get this tape of president trump turned around on the lawn. hugh hewitt is a conservative radio host, anchor of his own msnbc program on saturdays and bill jaffer, former adviser to senator bob corker. a big thanks to all of you for being with me. i was reading in the atlantic and the assertion inside conservative media, you had pro-trumpers, never-trumpers and the anti-trumpers who had to appeal to a pro-trump audience, to a certain extent. now it appears with corker out, flake out, the pro-trump faction is winning as others have either left or piped down a bit with their disapproval. is that how you see it as well or is that a bit of an
thinks the president was not quite sensitive enough in a phone call? senator mccain says no. we are in very challenging times, and i hate to go over what you just covered, but my friends, we should not be fighting about a brave american who lost his life serving his country. that should not be the topic of discussion in america today. i think if you had him in a private room and they knew there were no recordings, every republican and member of congress would agree with that statement. but not everybody says it publicly. john mccain has brain cancer, he s not sure how much longer he s here. so you had mccain out, corker out, george w. bush the other day. it s a pretty small list. but a growing list, right? i would say bob corker was once considered president trump s allies in the senate republican conference. yeah, privately you talk to republicans on the hill and a lot of them are frustrated with
more on the campaign trail. a fairly long time before general election there. a couple months. i have a feeling we ll be watching quite a bincht yes. thanks for having me, chuck. you got it. appreciate you coming on the show. yes, sir. we have more to come on, at some point we hope to see him. bring in tonight s panel. former chair michael steele, cnbc editor at large and latinos and maria theresa combar, before we get to doug jones specifically, i think stu rothenberg summed it up best. moore in, corker out. republican party of 2017. what do you make of all this? makes tax reform harder and it makes republican politics in general harder. just got off the phone with a republican pollster before coming on here. there s nobody in the republican party who would welcome a trade of moore for corker. bob corker is somebody who likes to govern. who is a serious person about solving problems.