naurthank you for joining m. these three democratic senators just sued. they contend whitaker s appointment is unconstitutional because it denies them their duties as senators. they have not been able to question whitaker as part of any kind of confirmation process. they are senators blumenthal, whitehouse, and hirono and all members of the senate judiciary committee, which is the panel that questions and confirms presidential appointees. and whitaker as this deputy ag skipped that whole process entirely. the lawsuit lists out multiple problems with whitaker, including his public criticisms of the russia investigation and that s just the latest in the string of lawsuits challenging whitaker s appointment. let s go straight to michael zeldin, who was special assistant to robert mueller over at the department of justice. so, michael, do these senators, these democratic senators have a case?
whitaker s ability to lead the attorney general is unconstitutional. they say it has denied each plaintiff the opportunity to cast a binding vote on whether to consent to defendant whitaker serving as a principal officer. senator plumblumenthal, whiteho and hirono are all part of the committee that appoints presidential nominees and whitaker skipped that process. the lawsuit lists multiple other problems with whitaker, including his public criticisms of the russia investigation. so let s start at the white house, with our correspondent there, kaitlan collins. and kaitlan, that the doj just last week issued a defense as to why they believe that whitaker s appointment is valid. is that the same defense that the white house is using today? reporter: it is the same defense. and that s what they re arguing. and we ve seen president trump take his own route here by saying, well, matt whitaker s not confirmed by the senate, but neither was the special counsel, robert mueller, even though, o
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we re working to make things simple, easy and awesome. last summer after house republicans voted overwhelmingly to repeal obamacare, the matter went to the senate where it was narrowly and memorably defeated. one of the votes came from democratic senator hirono. only three republican senators voted against that bill and now the president and other republicans up and down the ticket across the country claim to be the party helping people with preexisting health conditions. senator mazie hirono joins me from hawaii. you came back from the midst of cancer treatment to cast that vote. and what must it be like for you to watch republicans attempt to tell people that they re the party that will protect people
democratic party for actually going to start thinking about it. kennedy: you also have men who vote. when you have people like senator hirono from hawaii saying things like men need to step up and shut up, that s really off-putting. elizabeth warren, her comments reflected the same thing. i think hillary clinton and some of the more progressive women in the democratic party, and she puts herself even though she may not be there honestly. they want to exacerbate this gender civil war. it s one of the worst things that can happen. it is very, in its own way, paternalistic and belittling. jesse: and james carville said about one of bill clinton s accusers, if that s what happens when you drag a dollar bill through a trailer park. he is not clean on this whole me too issue. it scares me that he seems like he knows the media is continuing to dig in on kavanaugh.