topping our political radar today, proof that politics can still make for strange bedfellows, even in these hyperpartisan times. democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and republican senator ted cruz agreed on twitter to work together to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions. democratic senator and presidential candidate michael bennett is on board as well saying on twitter, wait a minute. this was my idea, but i m for it. and senator elizabeth warren was on iheart radio s the breakfast club show this morning, a program that has hosted several other 2020 candidates. at one point one. co-hosts asked the democratic presidential candidate about her past claims of native american ancestry. here s part of the exchange. when did you find out you weren t? well, you know, it s i m not a person of color.
this point because no one was ever accused of breaking the law. that conversation has come up now because of the political atmosphere with which we live. with everything that seems through that lens. if that informant were there for an original purpose, russian investigation, but had mission and came there for political purposes, that s not allowed. that s illegal. jessica: if that happened and we don t know what we do know that these are hyper politicized and hyperpartisan times. he wanted to have a original declassification briefing with only republicans. to be wanted to have with the parties who asked for the information. they requested the information. jessica: but the people on both sides of the aisle who formed these committees, part of the gang of eight have a right to be there. he wants to be with his buddy devon nunez and be there with partisans and people who have buttressed the series of spygate
oh, my god, carl, where were you in 1973? could you name one person the washington post newsroom that supported richard nixon in 1972? no. maybe bob woodward. i don t think so. i think if you did diamondback you should talk to bob who he voted for. there wasn t a more hyperpartisan time than when you guys were investigating nixon. look. was there? let s look where watergate was. it was not about republicans. it was barry goldwater who said that richard nixon must go. this was about a criminal no, let me finish. no, no, no. a criminal president. you keep talking about political spin. we got to go to break and let you talk after the top of the hour. you keep talking about political spin in his hyperpartisan times. i would say the late 60s and early 70s when the fighting was spilling out into the streets