the scope of what donald trump has done like they are really worked up about this. i think randy said it really well. follow the money with all of these issues. the donor base has not been that upset about racism and sexism. they know it worked for him politically at least with the majority sadly of white voters in this country. so they sort of are okay with that dog whistle strategy. they are not okay with him bucking the conservative economic orthodoxy. i actually think that we shouldn t say the sky is going to fall because of these tariffs. i think it is a bad move for progressives to not understand that something needs to be done to stand up for american manufacturing. i think it is kind of a trap for democrats to follow republicans into the sky is falling. it seems there is a trap on the other side which is to sort of decide that if grover norquist doesn t like something you must.
it is remarkable to watch them get a conscience now about this. i don t think it is personally particularly good policy but in the scope of what donald trump has done like they are really worked up about this. i think randy said it really well. follow the money with all of these issues. the donor base has not been that upset about racism and sexism. they know it worked for him politically at least with the majority sadly of white voters in this country. so they sort of are okay with that dog whistle strategy. they are not okay with him bucking the conservative economic orthodoxy. i actually think that we shouldn t say the sky is going to fall because of these tariffs. i think it is a bad move for progressives to not understand that something needs to be done to stand up for american manufacturing. i think it is kind of a trap for democrats to follow republicans into the sky is falling.
it has nothing to do with race. sean: michael, i ve known you a long time. we disagree on politics. you don t play the race card. in all the time i ve known you, you re never come on this program and said something that is racial or accused republicans that you disagree with of having some type of racist motives. isn t there a danger in the strategy that, you know, the dog whistle strategy of msnbc commentators, for example? yes. it has nothing to do with race or gender. it s flat-out politics. i think you and i will agree on that. i think that s what this is about. i think in all fairness to ambassador rice, she was given specific information and that s what she relayed. that s the information she shared with the american people. doesn t make her a liar, incompetent. it means she got information that wasn t correct.
to someone s race when in fact it has nothing to do with race. sean: michael, i ve known you a long time. we disagree on politics. you don t play the race card. in all the time i ve known you, you re never come on this program and said something that is racial or accused republicans that you disagree with of having some type of racist motives. isn t there a danger in the strategy that, you know, the dog whistle strategy of msnbc commentators, for example? yes. it has nothing to do with race or gender. it s flat-out politics. i think you and i will agree on that. i think that s what this is about. i think in all fairness to ambassador rice, she was given specific information and that s what she relayed. that s the information she shared with the american people. doesn t make her a liar, incompetent. it means she got information
those people, but they will continue to demagogue on guy rights and employ a dog whistle strategy on guy rights, an opposition to gay rights. you know like the way they dog whistle on racism and it s been so effective in the southern strategy over the past 30 years, i think we ll see these type of questions become an advantage for the democrats, a big advantage, and i think they re going to be too toxic for the republicans. i agree. i think the democrats are realizing that gay rights isn t a losing issue but a winning issue not with their own base but the future base of the republican party, which is over and past this issue. again, the majority of younger evangelical christians are for marriage equality. i don t think it will come quickly while you have gop senators like mccain tolgdzing around in the senate and will for years and years to come. dan savidge, syndicated