absolutely. there s no place for that in the republican party. there s no place for that in the u.s. congress. we were a country that was founded on different races, different nationalities, different religions. we, the republican party, led a civil war to free slaves ultimately and preserve a union. this is not the party that should accept that. i think the leaders will step up. tomorrow i guess they re having a conversation with steve king. you know, this obviously reflects badly on anybody. but anybody can call themselves a republican but it doesn t make that the values of the party. frankly, sir, before i let you go, the government you have has broken with your party and said, okay, we should try and reopen the government. do you see any path forward right now in the congress to reopen this government? yeah. the path will start when we all start acting like adults and we talk to each other and we quit using shutdowns as leverage, this is on both sides, by the way.
something like that but we will see. the mueller report, we need patients to get this come out. it will give a lot of indication. frankly, this could be eye-opening in some areas or some people could look at this and say wow, that was a two-year investigation and we didn t get anything out of it. mueller s reputation, we will see, congressman. let me shift gears for a second and ask you about one of your colleagues in the house, steve king, who made reprehensible comments about white nationalism and white supremacy. do you think your leaders in the house should take official action, perhaps censure him? absolutely. there s no place for that in the republican party. there s no place for that in the u.s. congress. we were a country that was founded on different races, different nationalities, different religions. we, the republican party, led a civil war to free slaves ultimately and preserve a union. this is not the party that should accept that. i think the leaders will step up. to