there are ways that i do this that are measurable, and there are ways that i do this are immeasurable. there are charities that we donate to. others, we donate to but i would tell you, i m doing everything i can right now, spending this time with you, not with our kiddos, not back home in el paso, because i want to sacrifice everything to make sure that we meet this moment of truth with everything that we ve got. tucker: okay, so save that tape. it s on the internet. that s from uva yesterday. and you re going to want toto download that and keep that for your grandchildren because beto, pedestrian as he is in so many ways, just tried something that has never been attempted before by a politician. that is unique contribution to american political life. beto has just made the case that his entire life, his entire life, is a charitable donation. all of us get the gift of beto, just because he s here. every time beto speaks, it s like endowing a library in burma
243 people were arrested at coal plants in morton. now back to tucker. tucker: welcome back to our democrat run for president 2020 special. less than a year ago, elizabeth moran believed she would kick-start her campaign by releasing a dna test showing she might be related to sitting bull. instead, her dna test shows she was far less american indian than you are. it was immediately recognized an an of terracing blunder, but somehow, her political campaign survived, and in fact, thrived. one reason is that she is offering a platform of serious economic nationalism.e and that s always popular, and for a good reason.sman but she s also carved out a niche as one of the most radical and aggressive candidate in the primary. watch. we live in a country nowry
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can i choose it d, none of the above? tucker: you may have to. that kind of is the tragedy, presumably, there are some nondemented democrats left. i mean, there are, and they don t really have too many options, do they? they don t and actually, i thought what was really interesting about last week s debates, there s sort of two prevailing themes that are going on right now. one is this directional divide in the party and then the second is a generational divide and on the directional front, you showed some of the clips from john delaney calling out his party, but what we saw on the first night of debates, is you have these really radical progressive candidates like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren on the stage, and then you have these moderates like tim ryan, john delaney, john hickenlooper, as well, and essentially, the message from the moderates was hey, look, we are taking these policy positions that may play
you tonight. thank you. thanks, tucker. tucker: 2020 could be the first year that the democratic party nominates a self-described socialist for president. even if they don t come almost every democraticbeen candidate running right now has endorsed at least some socialist policies. what are these policies and may be more important, how much what they cost, and is there any evidence they would work. justin houston is a research fellow at the parlay institute and he joins us tonight. justin, we want to take all policy ideas seriously paired.ll clearly people in charge of screwed up the country so we are open minded always. but give us a sober analysis of some of the big policies these candidates are promoting. would they make the country better? no, tucker, unfortunately, they would not make the country better.th the vast majority of the policies being offered right now by the democratic party are going to be incredibly expensive, they have no way to pay for them, and the first want