no easy feat. but as issa and others retire, more they seem at risk. other question, why are they retiring? may be fearing backlash against their party in next election as result of donald trump. here s what dave trot said about his decision to quick. you re not running again? i m not. why not? just not the right time for me to be in washington. we re not that productive, not just consequence of president trump, not that productive before he got there, not right to be serving. how much is president trump a part of this. it s a factor. we have different styles and don t always understandi what h does and says. david, you are what these individuals are planning to become, a former republican member of congress.
need 24 seats to flip the house, no easy feat. but as issa and others retire, more they seem at risk. other question, why are they retiring? may be fearing backlash against their party in next election as result of donald trump. here s what dave trot said about his decision to quick. you re not running again? i m not. why not? just not the right time for me to be in washington. we re not that productive, not just consequence of president trump, not that productive before he got there, not right to be serving. how much is president trump a part of this. it s a factor. we have different styles and don t always understand what he does and says.
double digits. democrats have some candidates that are way out of step with their stalgts, indiana, missouri. these are real concerns for the democrats and so a year is a long time, but also candidates matter and democrats shouldn t get too cocky just from tonight. chris. a name that we re not talking about and is not related to tonight but i think is important going forward, frank loefian dough. if you re not from jersey you don t know who he is. he announced he s retiring today. he respects a district that s very swing. his statement which i have not committed to memory but is a statement that we heard from charlie dent, dave trot in michigan. these are all people who represent district essentially saying i kiem here to try to get things done. we re not getting anything done. small dprups of ideologues control both parties. this isn t what we signed up for. so if you are one of those people and there are more of
your election than getting things done. people who say congress, why is it acting this way and why can t the speaker stop this. i have a news flash. we don t have a governing majority in congress. we don t have 218 reliable republican votes or 60 senators in the senate. if we re going to get anything done, it will have to be on a bipartisan basis. the good news is if we do it on a bipartisan basis, the next won t tear everything down and blow it up like we ve had to do with president obama because everything there was partisan. i hope trump continues inviting people up for dinner. dave trot of michigan, we appreciate you coming by. you still have time. i m sure we ll talk to you again. coming up on morning joe. steve bannon and breitbart have not been fans of yours the last few years. is breitbart a positive or is this something i ve come
saw trump doling out these spectacular untruths and i think the media held him very much accountable at the end when he was a serious candidate, but for a while when he was getting away with things you couldn t imagine hillary clinton getting away with. he was getting i agree with everything that amy said, but i think we also need to remember donald trump was getting away with things that you couldn t imagine a male or female candidate getting away with. that s true. just sayin . we will leave it there. amy, ruth, so good to have you both. thanks. thanks. and, folks, don t miss rachel maddow s one-on-one interview that will be tomorrow 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc. republicans are on notice. they ll have to fight a little harder than expected to hold onto the house in next year s midterm elections. dave trot of michigan, charlie dent of pennsylvania, dave reich ert of washington all said over the past week they re calling it quits. they re announcing they will not be