their districts for these kinds of programs, but there is a fundamental difference on what infrastructure policy means, one for the president, it s about using private contractors for democrats it s not. and second, look, the tax bill is also low hanging fruit and he should have received some democratic votes on that and he didn t. so not only are there differences in terms of policy, but the parties are at logger heads and it s going to be hard to get democrats to say yes to anything that president trump wants at this point. let s go back to february and i want you two and our viewers to listen to what the president said. this was during his joint address to address to the joint session of congress about infrastructure. to launch our national rebuilding i will be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure of the united states financed through both public and private
thought that tax reform was going to be much more difficult than health care reform for republicans to pass. turns out not to be the case. what do you think is the major difference between how republicans started the year, sort of at logger heads with president trump and his staff often saying that they were those republicans aren t backing the president s agenda, to today the final moment in washington together before the holidays, having a chance to be victorious. welsh part of it is, this is a real contraption that the republicans have put together. to get the tax cut done and get around all of the rules of the senate parliamentarian. this thing has more kinks in it than an old garden hose. and what they re going to have to do is keep coming back to this legislation over and over. you were talking to john roberts the president can t really sign it this year. he probably needs to wait until next year or it creates this consequence that is automatic
fight with you about the media because i m guessing you came on this network because you at least were generous to share your insights. but i want you to respond to steve bannon possibly warning the president. he s not the only one. there s plenty of reports out there. i m a subskriesh of vanity fair. i read it cover to cover. all i can say is i know their point of view well. steve bannon has never raised that with me. you re right he s a close ally of cpac. i have heard steve talk about with his typical gusto and passion that this president is taking on so many powerful forces that, you know, the reverberation is going to be substantial. so i can see him talking in these apocalyptic terms that when you do this, it can result in some pretty bad political options. but i don t think i have never heard him say that s a viable option. i do think, look, he s at logger
didn t stand up against the kkk. there aren t two sides to a kkk rally. and the secretary made a fool of himself supporting the president when the president again sought to justify his failure to stand up to racism. we have a serious crisis in washington. we now have troops going abroad to fight in afghanistan. and we have racism in the white house. people like sebastian gorka and steven miller who want to attack muslims and put the united states at logger heads with a billion muslims in the world while we re fighting side by side with our afghan allies. so there s a lot more at stake than the hatch act. the secretary may or may not have violated the law. ben carson can only legally be there in his personal examine capacity but even then, he made a complete fool of himself being there being used by this president at a speech that really was one of the most atrocious speeches that a president trump has given in his
and the secretary made a fool of himself supporting the president when the president again sought to justify his failure to stand up to racism. we have a serious crisis in washington. we now have troops going abroad to fight in afghanistan. and we have racism in the white house. people like sebastian gorka and steven miller who want to attack muslims and put the united states at logger heads with a billion muslims in the world while we re fighting side by side with our afghan allies. so there s a lot more at stake here than the hatch act. the secretary may or may not have violated the law. ben carson can only legally be there in his personal capacity, but even then, he made a complete fool of himself being there being used by this president at a speech that really was one of the most atrocious speeches that a president trump has given in his political career. counselor, those of us who follow you on social media saw that you called today for the