original deal that didn t have the money for the wall that s a loss, you re throwing away your presidency. and he balked. he signaled he was going to sign it. he signaled he was ready to go forward with this. and he changed his mind. this is a moment where there are very few there are not that many republicans. we re seeing some signs of strain in the senate right now, some who have said, susan collins and a few others, have said they should reopen the government, this should not be how we do this. the border security stuff should be separate to the idea of the government being open. but the president, as he so often does, is focused almost exclusively on his base, believing that they are behind him for this fight. they think that this is why he was sent to washington. this was his signature campaign promise. he is to upend government. and he thinks that if he were to suddenly cave right now, he might for the first time risk losing even some of that support. you mention those repub
schumer and he is trying to negotiate and make these deals that he is so famous at doing, they are very clear. nancy pelosi has said several times how many ways can i say no? we are not giving you $5 billion. we can talk about sort of securing certain places along the southern border, but we actually don t have this crisis of the caravan that the president is creating because that s for his talk radio base that is very clear. so the problem is the president doesn t deal in facts or truth. and so when we re trying to move forward with policy, we have to sort of undo some of his mind-set. now, the interesting hold on, let me finish. sure. so the interesting thing though, is we also know this president doesn t respect his own party. he may actually just decide to do a deal with nancy and chuck based on how ever they configure their negotiation and leave mitch mcconnell looking in the wind because he doesn t speak to anyone unless it s via twitter. i was asking specifically if you
she got two-thirds when she ran against tim ryan and only four members voted against her. this was the super bowl of midterms. we won 40 seats. what super bowl did the winning coach get fired right after the victory. that doesn t make any sense. the new york times points out she courts new liberals by offering them seats. by empowering newcomers miss pelosi risks kraetsi icrea headache for herself down the road. that seems like a real concern. i think there s enough issues and problems and solutions that will be needed for all of us to work on. it s not like there s a limited number of things to do. we have whether it s on climate, russia, infrastructure, the cost
even and pretty clear headed. he didn t seem to be conflicted in any way which isn t somebody who doesn t deal with the president a lot was a definite surprise. he seems this is the road he wants to go down and he s going down it. thank you. michael steel, you warm enough. michael steel joining us as well. at some point we ll get a better sense of how strong nancy pe pelosi s grip on the party is. the hard work you put into lowering your very high triglycerides with diet and exercise deserves the hard work that went into the science behind vascepa. prescription vascepa. vascepa, along with diet and exercise, has proven results in multiple clinical trials.
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