benjamin s trope. harris: she apologized many times, even before she got into the house. she apologizes. we are on the record with that. jessica: there was a discussion we were having at the height of the 2016 democratic primary. harris: why are we having this discussion, is my question. jessica: because there s a number of people in the democratic party that does not feel that we as a nation are fair to palestinians who are being ruled over by a terrorist organization. harris: can she say that without saying anti-semitic tropes? jessica: i hope so. i hope this will lead to a more productive conversation about that, as an american democrat and a jew i would like to really have a conversation and have it harris: jay crc of minnesota is out of patience. how much patients to have for representative omar? they said they ve done enough teaching and conversing with her. they re out of patience. jessica: i think she will get a little more time. i think this bigotry proposal
they want to incentivize people coming across that border. so the numbers are only going to increase. this does constitute a crisis. these numbers are hitting 11-year records. this cannot go on forever. by the way, for those people who say it is of the crisis because this has been going on since the 1970s sure, if you have a number such of this for 40 years, all of a sudden you ve got a crisis on your hands. gradually and then suddenly. melissa: jessica, do you want to respond to that? jessica: i do tickets crisis, and i ve been consistent about that. it s a crisis with our laws and for humanitarian issues back home at honduras and guatemala. what we want to do is make this a livable place where people can say. you re completely correct about the trendlines. over a million came in under bill clinton, but they were single men. now they are coming in with groups and families. i like to hear dick durbin talking about ankle bracelets, getting people lawyers right away. we can t tell
meanwhile, michael cohen is back on capitol hill testifying before a closed-door hearing of the house intelligence committee. a lot to unpack here. there s also criticism from democrats like david axelrod as well about the sweeping nature of these requests. 81 individual names. david axelrod says it plays into the witch hunt meme giving the wide-ranging nature of it. you agree? a jessica: i do not. i believe this is what we are elected to do. everybody hates it when you say you can walk and chew gum. you can get legislation passed and also do your oversight duties. as i was preparing for this segment, i came across an amazing statistic. we sent out 81 subpoenas, it does you just said. there were 1200 issue during the clinton whitewater investigation. 1200, for something that turned up nada. during other was on the talk show circuit talking about this. he was saying this is our job, oversight is what we are elected to do. and this is what happens. republicans that want to haul
impeachment like the one for the democrats talking about impeachment a year ago. the state of behavior does one thing. the megan public sees that you don t have health care. they see going into 2020 things that galvanize the entire party. you want to know why alexandria ocasio-cortez has so much attention on those issues? because she s able to go to a hearing with michael cohen, come up with two or three questions, and move on to go back to her policy. and you don t have to agree with any of it. alexandria ocasio-cortez is able to stay focused. my question is, while you are gum chewing and walking and doing whatever that younger generation, that they are fighting about on anti-semitic solution today, is walking away with your mojo, democrats. they are walking away with your future. maybe you are not in it at a certain age in the house. i don t know, i m just basic girl here. jessica: i am turning 35. [laughter] on saturday.
anti-semitism in the house of representatives. it is a rise of anti-semitic behavior and activity and violence in the country. it s irresponsible for mitch mcconnell to try and politicize this issue. when has he ever said anything about the hateful remarks that continue to flow out of 1600 pennsylvania avenue? so we are not going to be lectured by mitch mcconnell on anything. harris: wow. that s a lot, jessica. i didn t realize that anti-semitism was per generation. so you have older house democrats arguing with younger millennial house democrats about whether or not omar should be called out on anti-semitism. and if they need to broaden out a resolution beyond that. why? jessica: there are two issues at play. there s an anti-semitism question and the criticism of israel. that s what representative omar has made clear that she thought she was doing. and she apologized before that she didn t know about the