him, they think everything is about to trump, too. watch this clip from last night. it became clear that democrats were about to reclaim the house, it was a big moment, the apex of the night, and at the apex, a senior democrat called the set on msnbc to announce his party s top priorities. here it is. i have spoken to a senior democratic source on the ways and means committee, breaking news, they do intend to request president trump s tax returns. getting your hands on those trump tax returns, everyone knows, would be a big deal for the committee. tucker: getting trump s tax returns, that is the priority for democrats, not infrastructure, not wages, not drug ods in this country, the shrinking middle class, not even health care. trump s tax returns. that is what democrats really want.. okay, maybe they will get them. maybe they will get those
incoming house financial services chairman, and clearly she has impeachment on her mind, so this is what president trump is up against next congress. tucker: i m sorry to laugh, it is a self-centered laugh since i work in cable news. they are guaranteeing another two years of great tape. lisa, thank you, we will be following this stuff. i m looking forward to it, thank you. tucker: the stock market is up, unemployment low, but the republican party still lost the house. how did that happen? is their economic program still appealing to middle america? that is something we should talk about, and we will after the break.
congressional district in a landslide, but i think she s going to be a little disappointed when she gets to capitol hill, listen to this to findoi out why. i would love to get inaugurated january 3rd, 4th, take on health care, take partld in our society. as you know, members of congress don t sign bills into laws, they write them. also, she was not inaugurated last night, she was elected last night, that is what happens to members of congress. i think she will also be disappointed when she finds out that all of these free things she wants, wee cannot afford, like free health care and college tuition. and tucker, with maxine waters, also won her california congressional district in a landslide. just one thing on her mind, take a listen to this. they say, maxine, please don t say impeachment. and i say, impeachment, impeachment, impeachment, impeachment. m she is going to be the
president trump: i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of themselves having you work for them. you are a rude, terrible person, you shouldn t be working for cnn. tucker: i hate to see this become a news story, acosta is such a buffoon, but he is such t buffoon that the white house felt they had no choice but to respond. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders put up this statement, president trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough question of him in this administration. we will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a white house internd this conduct is absolutely unacceptable, also completely disrespectful to the reporter s colleagues, not to allow them an opportunity to ask a question. it went on to say, as a result of what happened, the white house is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice. whatever else the exchange you whatever else the exchange you just saw w
tucker: there are always aftershocks in campaigns, the first after the 2018 midterms arrived quickly this afternoon,s the president fired his attorney general, jeff sessions. for more than a year, he has publicly criticized andrn ridiculed jeff sessions, so it is not surprising. replacing sessions with a new appointment, republicans held the senate, clearly saw no reason to keep him around. in theory, going forward, jeff sessions could challenge doug jones in 2020 to reclaim the alabama senate see that he gave up to serve the president as ag. if he did that, he would almosta certainly win, one of the most popular people in the state. we asked a source close to sessions, said that would probably not happen and he would retire into private life. if he does not, of course, we will wish him the best, but it will be, and we should say this, a loss for the country. donald trump s long shot presidential campaign succeeded because he promised what so many voters wanted, and yet what so few p