make sure they don t recidivate. crime rates will go down because of the criminal justice reform act was signed into law by president trump. instead of having those conversations, we having a conversation and much of that is avoidable. martha: that is so interesting. i was at the white house when you signed that and when you made the announcement about the opportunity zone and the opportunity that they present for minorities and people who live in areas that are economically challenged on this country. he talked about the president and what you saw as his enormous leadership on this issue. it is very striking. what we end up doing an immediate is at fault for this too, we get sucked into some of the stories that perhaps really do not represent the larger concerns of the american people. frankly here we are sitting in the midst of a shutdown and one of the tactics of the left is to make the wall immoral talk
endless continuing resolutions about progress. this is a core campaign promise and i m so glad to see the president fulfilling it the best that he can. when he actually does compromise and achieves something, and he did most recently, the criminal justice reform act that was passed into law once he signs it, it s sort of buried in most newspapers. the new york times grudgingly said, okay, he actually did something good. i know it broke their heart to have to print that. it steps on the narrative that we ve been hearing about if we ve been hearing this president is a racist, how could he possibly work with democrats to put criminal justice reform bill. that s one of the least racist things you can do. so that got buried this week
like, oh wait, we can fight again? we don t have to just pass these endless continuing resolutions about progress. this is a core campaign promise and i m so glad to see the president fulfilling it the best that he can. when he actually does compromise and achieves something, and he did most recently, the criminal justice reform act that was passed into law once he signs it, it s sort of buried in most newspapers. the new york times grudgingly said, okay, he actually did something good. i know it broke their heart to have to print that. it steps on the narrative that we ve been hearing about if we ve been hearing this president is a racist, how could he possibly work with democrats to put criminal justice reform
towards these issues in 19? the problem will be in the senate, i guess, and there are certain places where we will have unity, and that s going to be on jobs and the infrastructure bill, and trump is not wanted to come up with a good funding mechanism, but we are going to try and do that. he talked about a 25 cent gasoline tax, and that may be necessary. we have not had an increase in the gas tax, and i think the democrats will pass a good agenda, and it depends on what mitch mcconnell and the republicans do. they will be 48 democratic votes, and you have to get the bill to the floor so mitch mcconnell is a large part of it. he may see the writing on the wall and republicans want to win in 2020 and keep their majority and what is going to come out for mueller on trump is going to make it difficult for republicans to maintain their majority in the senate. it s a bad year for them. a lot of republicans are up and
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