so i m left with serious concerns about his nomination. he wouldn t roe v. wade being decisive, on the lower court, that s his job. on the supreme court you can always come to new interpretations. you re telling us your view is he left you the impression that he is pro-life or he might reverse roe? is that what you gathered from your meeting? well, he left it unanswered in specific terms. the doctrine is judges should not comment on issues or cases that may come before the court. but you re absolutely right. this idea of what you call stari decisis. it refers not only to the supreme court but lower courts. his failure to say explicitly, directly he would adhere to roe v. wade is very troubling to me, along with concerns about privacy rights generally, his
disheartening and demoralizing, but he has declined so far at least to publicly condemn them, which is what i think is appropriate, and do it in a way that the american public understands that he is really independent of donald trump. and it s very important. senator, you re saying basically you met with president trump s appointee here who he wants to be on the supreme court, and he told you today that president trump s comments about judges are demoralizing, but he won t go out and say that in public the way you advise? and that s not enough. not enough for him to do it behind closed doors. not enough for him to say that it is demoralizing and disheartening. what has to happen is a direct repudiation, a condemnation of this kind of unprecedented atta. as you observed, presidents have disagreed with opinions,
find these personal insults and invective absolutely abhorrent, a threat to the independent judiciary. and i asked him in effect to condemn them public, explicitly, directly. and he responded that he finds attacks on the independence of the judiciary to be disheartening and demoralizing, but he has declined so far at least to publicly condemn them, which is what i think is appropriate, and do it in a way that the american public understands that he is really independent of donald trump. and it s very important. senator, you re saying basically you met with president trump s appointee here who he wants to be on the supreme court, and he told you today that president trump s comments about judges are demoralizing, but he won t go out and say that in public the way you advise? and that s not enough. not enough for him to do it
reestablish credibility with the people that you re seeing in the streets. i think too many people feel that the dnc has become disconnected from the grassroots. and so there s got to be some rebuilding of the party institutionally at the grassroot, and rebuilding the trust and confidence of working class people. at this moment your view is the dnc doesn t have that credibility? well, i think there has been obviously a lot of problems that were revealed through the wikileaks about dnc collusion with the clinton campaign and others to try to thwart the grassroots sanders movement during the 2016 presidential election. so we need a candidate who knows hoto organiz who knows how to bring people in, and who can reestablish that credibility. right. in my view, keith ellison is that person. jeff weaver, we packed a lot in there. thanks for your time. thanks. that is our show. you can always find me on e-mail tonight criticism from the president from misnominee to the supreme co
but i think it s pretty rich to hear that coming from the white house when president trump, if you remember, has been very critical of say the results of the iraq war. was it a disservice for president trump to criticize the results of the iraq war? i think that s a fair question now for the white house, and maybe th re going have to to answer that tomorrow. a right, olivia nuzzi, thank you. she is the only one mitch mcconnell has censured as of late. also up next, senator richard blumenthal joins me to discuss donald trump s supreme court nominee, his feelings and assertion about what donald trump is doing regarding the judiciary. that s up ahead.