i think somebody like a bernie sanders is going to have a target on his back not because of who he is and how high he is on the polls, but he s costing an awful lot. do candidates risk alienating the progressive bernie base by saying, look, a lot of what you re promising here just isn t plausible. i don t know. it will be an interesting strategy to watch because so far, you know, you ve seen very little of that. this approach that biden has taken where he says he will not speak ill of another democrat. let s see how long that will last. i don t think that s a tenable position when you have people you re running against. and you re trying the stand out. there s an argument to be made but you would know better than i, steve kornacki. there s an argument to be made. the reason is we have seen
something that isn t plausible. we have seen president trump giving putin the benefit of the doubt. it s shocking. i will say what mr. mccabe is accused of dissemiabling about was a story that was planted in the wall street journal that attacked hillary clinton. if he was a deep state guy trying to get trump, that story hurt hillary s campaign: if you look at the objective evidence, this was a president that said go easy. then he fires the fbi director and he tells nbc news the president does this because of russia. then a few days later, he brings the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador into the oval office and highly classified information. if i had done that, i would be in gitmo.
something that isn t plausible. we have seen president trump giving putin the benefit of the doubt. it s shocking. i will say what mr. mccabe is accused of dissemiabling about was a story that was planted in the wall street journal that attacked hillary clinton. a hint antihilary story. if he was a deep state guy trying to get trump, that story hurt hillary s campaign: if you look at the objective evidence, this was a president that said go easy. on general flip flynn. then he fires the fbi director and he tells nbc news the president does this because of russia. then a few days later, he brings the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador into the oval office and highly classified information.
well, it is a conspiracy actually. you know, when you have there are three people involved, you know, we re talking about between the two women. and so this was and it was meant to be hidden. the idea that the president, you know, at the time he wasn t president, but he was running for office, didn t know that money spent to hide information from voters so that they the campaign wouldn t be affected somehow related to the campaign isn t plausible. kiersten let her finish. like i said, even if that s true, even if that s true i gave the example. if i tell my accountant to do something wrong and they do it, i m still accountable for it. i don t understand why you think he s not accountable for his behavior. the fec has ruled on more than one occasion that these types of contributions are not necessarily illegal. and so and not necessarily have to be disclosed.
for president, i think every one but mine in 2012 had a reporting violation. does that mean they defrauded themselves in running? no. does it mean they had a conspiracy? no. people don t report things. i believe the president on this one that it s michael cohen s fault for not actually telling him, by the way, you have to report this or you might want to think about reporting it. not the president s fault. kiersten? well, it is a conspiracy actually. you know, when you have there are three people involved, you know, we re talking about between the two women. and so this was and it was meant to be hidden. the idea that the president, you know, at the time he wasn t president, but he was running for office, didn t know that money spent to hide information from voters so that they the campaign wouldn t be affected somehow related to the campaign isn t plausible. kiersten let her finish. like i said, even if that s true, even if that s true i