donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. remember this? the muslims ban. from the man who has demonized islam, who told you that islam hates us. it s this ugly us versus them that literally spared no one, not even children. and when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. now we know you don t have to do it that way, unless you want to be harsh. a lot of people wonder how a guy from new york, a place about diversity, the son of an immigrant mother and a man who pretended his own father was an immigrant from germany, even though he isn t, how does he now arrive at this kind of ugliness? it s a good question. safe bet that political opportunity is in there.
. you re probably aware that most americans are in favor of immigration reform. the problem is how this president talks about immigrants. that s what causes the division. donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. remember this? the muslims ban. from the man who has demonized islam, who told you that islam hates us. it s this ugly us versus them that literally spared no one, not even children. and when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. now we know you don t have to do it that way, unless you want to be harsh.
i just want to thank president agent orange for perpetuating all the evil. i want to thank president agent orange for the unsuccessful attempt at the muslims ban. when we come together we the people, we the people. you can t miss the symbolism of all sorts of people coming through a wall at the back there, busta rhymes president trump whom he called president agent orange at the grammys. one of many digs at the white house amid chants of we the people a host of performers bust through that wall, akin to a border wall. politics and pop culture clashing. one lesser known singer artist joy via wore this dress make america great again with the name trump adorning the back of the gown. join me is jonathan capehart and
in @ case of rex tillerson, picked to be b the next secretary of state, we expected a full senate vote on him tomorrow. the nominee to be treasury secretary we had expected a senate finance committee vote on him today or tonight. neither of those things is happening now. democrats succeeded in delaying both the rex tillerson vote and steve mahmoud knew chan vote. democrats had delayed the judiciary committee vote for jeff sessions. that committee vote was supposed to be last week. democrats succeeded in it delay ing that jeff sessions vote until tomorrow. but now we ll see if that changes too given today s firing of the acting attorney general and the ongoing and now spiraling controversy over the refugee and muslims ban. also in case you were bored, we re expecting a prime time announcement of the supreme court pick tomorrow night. just in case you didn t have enough on your plate.
acting attorney general and the ongoing and now spiraling controversy over the refugee and muslims ban. also n case you were bored we are expecting a prime time announcement of the president s supreme court pick tomorrow night. just in case you didn t have enough on your plate. tonight senate democrats held the senate floor until veryid late into the evening protesting against talking about this version of the muslim ban and the refugee ban that the new president signed over the weekend. democrats tonight held the senate floor until it was too late to vote on anything and it was time to turn the lights off. elizabeth warren took the floor and spoke for more than an hour. here s a lit little of what she had to say. it is unconstitutional. it is immoral, and it must be overturned. what s happening is shocking. it is shocking. but it is not surprising. donald trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do.