let s give the man a chance. talk to him. my goodness, don t shut 12 down before we get started and two wrongs don t make a right. that s joe manchin, democratic senator from west virginia urging his colleagues to hear outs donald trump s pick for the supreme court, neil gorsuch. democrats have been threatening to string out and maybe blockade the confirmation in retaliation for the saga of president obama s pick of merrick garland for the supreme court. garland of course his nomination got no activity. not even a hearing from republicans basically for an entire year. here with me to discuss joe walsh, msnbc political analyst and national correspondent at the nation and zaire flores, republican strategist, spokesperson for attorney general dez knee jeff sessions. joan, i ll start with you, joe manchin, a democrat, and this is a debate democrats seem to be
the notion that should we have nationalized, socialized medicine? look, we just had an election, and the democrats did not win, nobody was elected who was in favor of that particular thing. and i think that, you know again, this is not going to turn on the nomination of congressman price to this particular position. bernie sanders has not made the case that we should now trust the government with to control of the health care system. that is not what the american people voted for. and i don t think it s what they really want. nicole, there s going to be a lot of vacant positions with the administration. they have not moved fast, they have not moved in the traditional way to fill a lot of the 4,000 or so positions they have to fill. and i want to ask you about the learning curve, especially in light of a devastating piece that went up in the new york times website tonight. it s about the former texas governor rick perry who was the dez knee for the department of
nationalized, socialized medicine? look, we just had an election, and the democrats did not win, nobody was elected who was in favor of that particular thing. and i think that, you know again, this is not going to turn on the nomination of congressman price to this particular position. bernie sanders has not made the case that we should now trust the government with to control of the health care system. that is not what the american people voted for. and i don t think it s what they really want. nicole, there s going to be a lot of vacant positions with the administration. they have not moved fast, they have not moved in the traditional way to fill a lot of the 4,000 or so positions they have to fill. and i want to ask you about the learning curve, especially in light of a devastating piece that went up in the new york times website tonight. it s about the former texas governor rick perry who was the dez knee for the department of energy, i will quote from it briefly. mr. perry