like senator amy klobuchar and admired how she seems to connect with voters. he s asked some questions about sherrod brown, wondering it perhaps the ohio senator might have some reach in the midwestern voters he did so well with in 2016. but all in all this white house is looking at a strategy that actually centers on one word which is socialism. the president looked at bernie sanders announcement in the past week and believe it was a great foil for the message they want to roll out in 2020 and ultimately according to one adviser he is seeking to sow chaos and exacerbate divisions among democrats hoping to weaken whoever comes up against him when the general election does come around, kate. great to see you, abby. outfront joan walsh for the nation and scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. bush. scott, typically i would say you expect the incumbent president to sit back and watch the food
not for nationalizing the means of production but robust welfare state. it won t go far. young people are not afraid of the word socialism but there are very few socialists around and only one at this point running for president. is it going to backfire? no, it is not. joan, you ought to take a look at the recent polling on how democrats view the word socialism versus how all of america views the word socialism. there is a lot of softness and fondness for it inside the democratic party, not just bernie sanders, the heart and soul of the democratic party right now is rooted in that alexandria ocasio-cortez and bernie sanders view of the world. klobuchar is not you wouldn t say joe biden is not a socialist. democrats have a huge ab tight for solving some of the enormous problems that have emerged over the last 20 years, even while we had democratic presidents to be honest, scott. climate change is enormous.
comments he made to the new york times saying why is white nationalism isn t a bad word. king says he has nothing to apologize for and says he s running for re-election. this is not new. this got a lot of attention and has for years if we re being honest. here s what the president said today. do you think steve king should run again for congress? he said he d run. i don t know anything about the situation. when did he announce? today. i have not seen it. he hasn t told me anything so we ll have to take a look. are you still in touch with him? i haven t spoken to him in a long time, no. i haven t spoken i have not been involved in that. that does deem to be his go to line for essentially no comment. is that okay? i ll tell you if i were steve king hearing the president say, oh, i haven t talked to him for a long time is one of the most hurtful things because steve king wants all the republicans in iowa to think i ve got the ear of the president, i m in touch with
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up that christmas party. a texas lawmaker is working to bring back the reason for the season, and pre-filing the merry christmas bill and legislatures he hopes will allow teachers and school administrators to use the word christmas without fear of retribution. brennan todd has more from the affiliate. i hope they bring it back. reporter: she says her daughter could never understand why when she was in elementary school they had a holiday tree, but couldn t call it a christmas tree. i think they should have that right and they should say whatever they can. reporter: what lawmaker wants to take that fear of saying or displaying religious messages out of the school system? teachers and administrators, a, should not live in fear, fear of litigation, number one, and fear of retribution by the district, number two. reporter: state representative of houston has pre-filed the merry christmas bill designed to give the school systems the freedom to let the students and staff say