specifics of what it opposed. of course i d like to make a deal. that makes progressives nervous. democratic leaders from chuck schumer down need to stop playing footsie with trump. we re playing no footsie. my views are the same as elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. since when. both of them said the same exact thing. if we can work with him and be true to our principles we re not going to reject it but overall we re sticking to our principles. the two new yorkers have a history. schumer says he doesn t know donald trump well but he someone of the early political donors. schumer confirmed the president elect told him he likes him better than gop leaders. he said something close to it. were you surprised to hear a republican president democratic leader be like he likes you more than the republicans. when you get in my position people want to flatter you and you have to take it with a grain
hard right group, almost tea party group. they re so far away. now they ve got a deal maker in the white house just like you. we re going to look at the specifics of what it proposed. of course i d like to make a deal. that makes progressives in schumer s party nervous. democracy for america, a leading group, said democratic leaders from chuck schumer down need to stop playing footsie with trump and pretending we re not playing footsie. my views are the same as elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. both of them have said the same exact thing. if we can work with him and be true to our principle, we re not going to reject it. but overall, we re sticking to our principles. the two new yorkers have a history. schumer says he doesn t know donald trump well, but he was one of the senator s early political donors. schumer confirmed the president-elect told him he
fund-rais fund-raiser, but in recent years worked to become a successful lake late tore, playing a key role crafting senate immigration reform though it stalled in the house. i ve known you for a long time. you love a deal, not like the prelkt. i find it hard to believe you don t want to make deals with him. here is the problem. the republicans in the senate and the house have been run by a hard right group, almost tea party group. now they have a deal maker in the white house, just like you? we re going to look at the specifics of what is proposed. of course i d like to make a deal. that makes progressives in schumer s own party nervous. democracy for america leading progressive group says democratic leaders from chuck schumer down need to stop playing footsie with trump. my feelings are exactly the same as elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. since when? both said the same exact thing. if we can work with him and be
time. you love a deal. not unlike the president-elect. i find it hard to believe that you don t want to make deals. the republicans in the senate and the house have been run by a hard right group a tea party group. thousand they have a deal maker in the white house. just like you. we re going to look at the specifics of what he proposes, and on the overwhelming bunch of them, particularly given who he has chosen as his cabinet people, we re going have to oppose them because we just disagree in principle. of course, i would like to make a deal. if we could get together on immigration and have a path to citizenship, just as i was happy to work with john mccain and lindsey graham, i ll be happy to work with donald trump. he hasn t even talked come close to talking about that so we re going to end up opposing him. how much pressure are you feeling from the progressives? i mean, i ll just give you one kpafrm. democracy for america leading progressive group said democratic leaders
we re going to end up opposing him on those issues. how much pressure are you feeling from the progressives? i ll give you one example, democracy for america leading progressive group said democratic leaders from chuck schumer down need to stop playing footsie with trump. my views are the same as elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. both of them have said the same exact thing. if we can work with him and be true to our principles, we re not going to reject it. but overall we re sticking to our principles. we re not compromising for its own sake. we re not taking a quarter of a loaf to say we can get something done. our principles are going to be our guiding light. and one of the things, dan, that s going to make it even harder for him than some of his predecessors who were the minority leader is that the rules of the senate are difficult he rent thanks to his predecessor, harry reid who as a democrat when he was in charge and had a democrat in the white