judges. some people do. how unusual is this that two of these nominees won t get approved and this one nominee couldn t answer what republican senators thought were basic questions? so i ll take the first question first. in terms of federal judges, judicial nominees, it s something that s rare but it does happen. it happened at times in the obama administration, at times in previous administrations but these are the first two nominees to have withdrawn under the trump administration and i think two things. one, it s a sign that in both cases they were grossly unqualified and said offensive thin things. one had blogged in defense of the kkk, the kind of thing that s hard to make up. and it shows a little bit of pushback from the republicans saying there will be some bare minimum standard. at the same time they ve done that. earlier this week a federal appellate court nominee was confirmed rated unqualified by the american bar association. they re not stopping all the
vote that seemed to happen at the senate, meaning where you saw, where according to senator scott, john taylor got the most votes, if that is going to influence the president s decision on that and then just a follow up on andrea s question. let me answer the first question first, as i said the president is taking this decision very seriously, he s going through a very thoughtful and thorough review and interview process and when we have an announcement on that, we ll let you know, he s talking to a lot of relevant stake holders and individuals about this and knows that it has a great deal of impact, this decision, and again, he ll take his time and make sure he makes the right one and not just a fast one.
base, a no-fly zone for the moderate arabs. you said there should be some kind of retaliation by the united states for russia s hacking and involvement in the electoral process this election year. what do you think that retaliation should be and what do you think should be the fate of sanctions against russian officials and institutions during the trump presidency? taking the first question first, i think we absolutely need to retaliate. that can be a mix of covert and overt. it should probably begin with showing a little more evidence of what s happened publicly without revealing sources and methods. and then it needs to be proportional so things like revealing senior russians financial dealings internationally embarrassing them and showing the way the russian government is suppressing its population,
it was completely scripted. you know what is pleathetic about it? nobody is signing up for obamacare. let me ask the question first, sean wants to know what is the pointnfg of the zach g n galifianakis interview, and i guess it would explain the shape the country is my point is, it is kind of pathetic, they try to get young people thinking that they re dumb. they want young people to basically sign up in big numbers because this whole ponzi scheme, i call it, is based on the principle where the young people pay for thevax young, sick, an uninsured. now, the young folk, go get a catastrophic plan, because god forbid, if you have cancer, some terrible disease, your odds are
it was scripted? it was completely scripted. you know what is pleathetic about it? nobody is signing up for obamacare. let me ask the question first, sean wants to know what is the pointnfg of the zach g n galifianakis interview, and i guess it would explain the shape the country is my point is, it is kind of pathetic, they try to get young people thinking that they re dumb. they want young people to basically sign up in big numbers because this whole ponzi scheme, i call it, is based on the principle where the young people pay for thevax young, sick, an uninsured. now, the young folk, go get a catastrophic plan, because god forbid, if you have cancer, some