difference. that message may have been lost on a few house dems who have made clear their preference for investigations over policy results. is that the case? i think tim is right. mitch mcconnell hypocrisy is the best word to come out with. his whole platform is i ll make sure barack obama is a one-term president. he read the election wrong. 70% of americans, all voters said the number one issue is healthcare. democrats are going with an agenda to fix that. in that issue is pre-existing conditions. if republicans are willing to work with us to fix it we ll do it. 70 million more voters voted for democratic people over republicans. if republicans are willing to work with infrastructure we ll work with them. here are the economic head winds. the cost of borrowing will get higher and a stronger dollar to decrease manufacturing and say weakened global trade because of brexit. if they want to work on
universal right to abortion. that was something created by the courts. tucker: so voters did not do that? no, voters did not do that, and at the time that it was done, i do not think that voters would do so. that is the same with gay marriage recognized as a right. that emanated did it all from justice kennedy s abuse there was a kind of dignity vibe that he discovered in the constitution, probably looking there for hundreds of years on notice that gave rise to a right to gay marriage. i m not saying that to these policy results are good or bad. they were achieved through the courts and not through legislatures, not through the normal political processes. democrats have been much more dependent on the courts and republicans have. republicans have resisted these things. being conservatives and so on. in the tipping of the balance of the courts on the right threatens what democrats have bn one of the key agencies of the agenda. and that s why you have this resistance. it is partly
effectiveness in this white house? well, i think what this shows is that when it comes to trump administration officials, as far as good government conservative types, they re happy with the policy results of what pruitt has been doing. they re unhappy with the personal decisions that he has made. if you re actually, someone who came into the white house to sort of, you know, right the ship, this is the sort of thing that you are taking a closer look at because you had to know that these officials were going to have a target on their backs because of some of the things they were going to be doing. this is in kelly s estimation, probably needless risk, he can t be happy with pruitt now. it is an early saturday morning, and twitter is always open. we ll see if anything changes. thank you both. thank you. embattled republican representative blake barretthold has resigned. he was accused of using taxpayer dollars to settle a former aide s sexual harassment claims against him.
paul: that was president trump delivering his inaugural address one year ago today. sounding the familiar campaign theme of the forgotten man. at the anniversary being marked by demonstrations in cities across the country. president trump tweeting earlier quote, beautiful weather all over our great country. perfect day for all women to march. get out there to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last four months. lowest female unemployment in 18 years. tim, you can t say he doesn t have a sense of humor. let s talk about the policy results of the first year. what must you give him? i think he gets maybe a b, he s had really important things on all of the major branches of government. in the judiciary, the nomination and placement of supreme court justice neil
among the democratic base. they ve got to figure out how they can rival that among their own boaters which is something tough to do. but also, this is where that approval number matters. independents are also often the margin. that is something that has to be dealt with in terms of not just policy results but his ability to communicate with those people and not actively alienate them. which is why we would love to see more tweets like the one he put out today. paul: still ahead, the dow hit 26,000 for the first time this week. up 42 percent since president trump s election a year ago. what s behind the record run and where the government shutdown spoof the stock market?