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strongly believe that following their guidance is in the best interest of our national security. i m joined now to talk about the new policy, as well as the outlook for the health care debate by shannon petty, a white house reporter for bloomberg. kevin aaron, msnbc contributor and josh barrow, senior insider, also an msnbc contributor. and josh, i know you re working on a piece about the new transgender policy. it surprised a lot of folks this morning when the president took to twitter to announce this new policy. in part, because, again, it seemed to have come out of nowhere. there are some who have suggested that this could just be classic trump attempting to change the conversation. well, i mean, this had been on a wish list for some social conservatives. and i think, you know, the attacks that donald trump has made on attorney general jeff sessions has alienated certain parts of his social conservative, anti immigration, et cetera, base. the ideological coalition that
elected him. this is some red meat he can throw out there to please them. and i think to the extent that it s that kind of base politics, this may work. and i think he will look for other opportunities to do that. i think the broader politics of it i mean, i haven t seen a lot of polling on transgender service in the military. i m sure we ll see it in a week or so, now that this has come to the forefront. but the polling on those local laws on bathroom rules and saying that people have to use bathrooms that match their sex at birth, there is a bare majority that opposes those sorts of laws. it seems the public is broadly open to the idea we should be inclusive and people should be able to live the lives they want. and i think the message democrats will be able to put out about this, people who want to serve their country ought to be able to do so is a popular message, the reason we re seeing it from some republicans like john mccain. so i think that, you know, this solves a constitue