The question is who he can get confirmed into any of these jobs. Or recess appointed. Never a boring moment. My thanks to the squajeremy bas. Ill see you back here monday for deadline white house at 4 00 p. M. Weird night in the west wing. Lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington tonight. The american presidency is grim and chaotic. The New York Times is reporting the Chief Of Staff is offering to resign. The communication chief is in danger, and the white house secretary is gone altogether. President trump publicly addressed the growing west wing scandal for the first time today defending the former aide whos been accused of two exwives of
violent behavior. We certainly wish him well. Its obviously a tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house. And we hope he has a wonderful career, and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. But it was very sad when we heard about it, and certainly hes also very sad now. And as you pr
him and/or attacking the media. just as white house chief of staff john kelly says rob porter is a man of integrity, the republican party praises trump as a successful president, and an adimable leader of the their party. and anne gearrin is white house correspondent for the washington post . what do you make the of the republican party s fickleness. oh, we re going to give him a mulligan on his behavior. well, clinton never got a mulligan, at least on his misbehavior. your thoughts. they re always for tax cuts and they re always for paying for them by cutting domestic programs. they re own fiscally responsible
post. ira, what do you make of the republican party s ability to say especially this fellow tony perkins, evangelical minister, we ll give him a mulligan on his behavior. clinton never got a mulligan. your thoughts? first of all, there is some real consistency in the republican principles. they re always for tax cuts. and they re always for paying for them by cutting domestic programs. they re only fiscally responsible when the democrats are in power. so this consistency is there. they never say deficit unless they have a democratic president. take rand paul for a minute. i thought he made a great speech there, but he also just voted for the tax cut. that s where most of the money went. the what they did on spending is nothing compared to the tax cut. on the family we got news breaking in here. now from the washington post, a second white house aide has now resigned amid past domestic abuse allegations which he
how does this work for regular americans, my friend? i m trying to figure it out but for me, the math is woolly, not just fuzzy. eric, you have to look at the plan that was introduced by the republican colleagues. the majority of the house. raid on the middle class. cutting domestic programs, only domestic programs. it impacts the young with the education cut, seniors with the healthcare cut. veterans, working families and small business. so it was not the sort of investment we need to move forward they were avoiding several of the other issues like going out and eric: representative, allow me. i apologize for cutting you off, sir. here it was. billed as going to be specifics deficit reduction plan. we have thought we were going to be filled with numbers and go exactly where the cuts were going going to see where the cults were being made. the only cut we can sink our teeth into and understand plain as day is the defense
budget committee. how does this work for regular americans, my friend? i m trying to figure it out but for me, the math is woolly, not just fuzzy. eric, you have to look at the plan that was introduced by the republican colleagues. the majority of the house. raid on the middle class. cutting domestic programs, only domestic programs. it impacts the young with the education cut, seniors with the healthcare cut. veterans, working families and small business. so it was not the sort of investment we need to move forward they were avoiding several of the other issues like going out and eric: representative, allow me. i apologize for cutting you off, sir. here it was. billed as going to be specifics deficit reduction plan. we have thought we were going to be filled with numbers and go exactly where the cuts were going going to see where the cults were being made. the only cut we can sink our teeth into and understand