for. what we re talking about are the corrosive attacks the president is making right now. to the point you re making, you talk about 157 times, part of the issue here is, comey is standing up now, and he has obviously, he did his book tour, but today was a new level. this all started by, they broke into an attorney s office we know the president of the united states knows is untrue. when he knows it s untrue i will call it a lie. it s a lie. here s how he responded. let me play that. it undermines the rule of law. this is the president of the united states calling a witness who has cooperated with his own justice department a rat. say that again to yourself at home, and remind yourself where we have ended up. we need to stop being numb to it, you need to stand on your feet, overcome your shame and say something.
administration, we will stand for law, order, and justice. we are about law and order. except for me. but this president, who says he s all about law and order, seems to have trouble separating what s legal from what isn t. just a few examples of that, okay? so the president has railed about flipping, actually arguing that it should be illegal for people facing prosecution to cooperate with the government. it s called flipping, and it almost ought to be illegal. you get ten years in jail, but if you say bad things about somebody, in other words, make up stories if you don t know, make up stories, they just make up lies. it s no coincidence that members of trump s inner circle, including michael cohen, have flipped on him and cooperated with prosecutors. now it should be illegal to flip
for law, order, and justice. we are about law and order. except for me. but this president, who says he s all about law and order, seems to have trouble separating what s legal from what isn t. just a few examples of that, okay? so the president has railed about flipping, actually arguing that it should be illegal for people facing prosecution to cooperate with the government. it s called flipping, and it almost ought to be illegal. you get ten years in jail, but if you say bad things about somebody, in other words, make up stories if you don t know, make up stories, they just make up lies. it s no coincidence that members of trump s inner circle, including michael cohen, have flipped on him and cooperated with prosecutors. now it should be illegal to flip because it s not good for him.
who has cooperated with his own justice department a rat. say that again to yourself at home and remind yourself where we have ended up. this is not about republicans and democrats. this is about what does it mean to be an american? what are the things that we care about? i say that every night here. this is not about ideology. this is not about left versus right. this isn t about conservative versus democrat. this is about truth versus lies, reality versus non-reality, twilight zone stuff, alternative facts. this is not about ideology at all. people like to make it into that. this is not it. the rule of law. and as for the president s attacks, this president s attacks on his own justice department, you know who else does that? russia, or as he says, rusher. reports prepared for the senate
united states calling a witness who has cooperated with his own justice department a rat. say that again to yourself at home and remind yourself where we have ended up. this is not about republicans and democrats. this is about what does it mean to be an american? what are the things that we care about? i say that every night here. this is not about ideology. this is not about left versus right. this isn t about conservative versus democrat. this is about truth versus lies, reality versus non-reality, twilight zone stuff, alternative facts. this is not about ideology at all. people like to make it into that. this is not it. the rule of law. and as for the president s attacks, this president s attacks on his own justice department, you know who else does that?