testimony before congress two weeks ago and senator mcconnell said he supported funding and didn t understand why stewart was all bent out of shape. the first responders today said mcconnell sat with them for longer than he had during meetings in previous years, still, they know the fight is not over. we re satisfied. are we happy? no. we re [crying] if he strays from his commitment, then we ll go back into attack mode but for now, we re going to put down our swords and pick up our rakes and form and be with our friends who are sick and dying. let s talk about that meeting with two 9/11 first responders there. brendon fitzpatrick, retired lieutenant and michael o connell, both also work for the feel good foundation that helps injured emergency personnel.
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communities, that is not the truth. it does not bear itself out in at a least common sense, and let me say, craig, going back to the process and i wanted to shift back to the question that i asked my dear friend, elise, there is objective truth of whether the process is fair. we have to the avoid the spin, and we are going to be falling into the hyperpart sanship that the democrats are going to say it is not the fair process and the republicans will say that it was a thorough process, and there is a truth here. so part of to task is so figure out what is in fact the truth and not be spun around the place. i am sitting here viscerally angry, because senator mcconnell sat there and lied. i mean, he is the poster child of the kind of the hypocrisy that is simply eroding the very fabric of this country to mix my metaphors, and so the idea that this process which has been accelerated and the idea that
little bit more tension to come. my last question to you is about something that the house republicans, some house republicans are planning to do. congressman mark walker had an op-ed in the wall street journal today asking for you to do something. he said that last september the house performed the constitutional duty and passed all the appropriations bills required to fund fully the federal government. we sent the bills to the senate before the beginning of the fiscal year and mr. mcconnell sat on them. the package mr. trump sent yesterday is good and his base should be encouraged in this moment of fiscal restraint. hopefully the pack soldier the first of many. now congress must do its job. he is talking about $15 million about a rescissions package that is to me looks like accounting gimmick to make it look like there is actually funds cut from the federal government. where do you stand on that? the congressman of course is incorrect that senate republicans didn t want to pass a
appointments. the president has criticized mcconnell quite often on twitter. behind the scenes mcconnell is helping out with the judicial program. it is one of the extraordinary ironys. mitch mcconnell is besieged by the bannon wing of the party who promised to primary republicans who voted for mcconnell to be leader. but mcconnell sat on the appointment or nomination of merit garland during the final year of the obama administration and the one who extended the end of the filibuster to supreme court nominations and the judges are flowing into the judiciary. it is like in the wizard of oz. he tells dorothy, don t look at the guy pulling the levers behind the curtain. president trump is doing all of these things which attract media attention and behind the curtain there are a lot of substantive things going on.