the full terrain of what happened during the summer of 2019, what exactly president trump said, they now have retreated into this talking point that you heard from senator romney. they re going to be jurors in a possible trial in the senate and because of that fact, which is on the horizon, they want to step back and not comment on any of the details. this is a challenge for the white house because they want to see senate republicans go to the barricades in the same way house republicans are fighting for the president at this moment. so is the white house reaching out to some of these senators? what s your sense? there s not too much of a briefing going on with this white house. there s not a full fledged communications operation focused on impeachment, at least not yet, inside the west wing. many republican senators say the white house doesn t reach out to them as much as they would expect amid this crisis. they say invitations to dinner or phone calls from the president are few a
anyone. i think the six most discretional words. yous will not replace it and that broke america s heart. it s why today when the president doesn t reach out in new zeala new zealand he doesn t show that. he was not asked. he sort of volunteers that. he sort of gives up the game when he says no no no. not a white supremacist.
the trump presidency. it is more and more concentrated on the views and belief of the base of the party, the house republicans. you know, the mattis decision today and the apparent decision to shut down the government over the border wall, i mean, they are part of the same governing philosophy which is the president doesn t reach out to his politicaled a ver sta ed aa. he doesn t compromise. and he goes with the views of what of the people who he feels are his closest supporters. i mean, he is going to close down the government because ann colter got mad at him. and that s, you know, where we are on the budget side. you know, mattis is a representative of a broad washington consensus about military matters. he is not known as a particularly political person. but he s out now. and, you know, the phrase
manchin are all democrats facing re-election in strong republican states that won big for him in double digits. that s interesting because president s critics say he doesn t reach out to democrats and heitkamp praised the fact he s reaching out and con traftd to the protest contrast to the protest from senators outside the box denouncing the idea the president will try to get the pick done before the midterm elections though as we reported last night barack obama got a supreme court nominee confirmed before the 2010 midterms and contrast the advice and consent with democrat senators and what liberal commentators are saying like it s the end of the world, watch. we re looking at a destruction of the constitution of the united states as far as i can tell based on all the folks
confirmed. you see key players like chuck grassley, republican chair of judiciary can do, susan collins, lisa murkowski but at the bottom you have democrats like joe manchin, democrats facing reelection in strong trump republican states, in 2016, that is interesting, the president s critics say he doesn t reach out to democrats, he s clearly doing that. heitkamp praised that he is reaching out for democratic votes. contrast that to this process from democratic senators out of the supreme court denouncing the idea the president is going to try to get this pick done before the midterm elections even though barack obama got a supreme court nominee before the 2010 midterm switching contest disability of the white house about advice and consent with what democratic senators and liberal commentators are saying making it sound like this is the end of the world. looking at destruction of the