is going to veto that, even if, for example, it were to pass congress, right? that is the line from the white house at the moment. what they re trying to figure out behind the scenes is could senate republicans have a supplemental piece of legislation that gives republicans an out, even if they formally oppose the president s declaration, can they do something to support board rder funding, support the border wall? can they figure this out politically and ledge lgislatil. so those up in a red or purple state feel comfortable with moving forward in 2020. this is all about the wall and the fight over the wall. garrett put it, i think, as it s the red cape waving in front of not just the president s face but in front of democrats. from my sources in the west wing, they re down for a fight, spoiling for one. they are. this is a perfect tool to have the fight. it is not just about laying out the president s priorities. it is very much about 2020. donald trump is gearing up to make the
at that most spanish of traditions, bullfighting. meet el fandi, one of spain s most dashing and respected bullfighters. he s invited me to la marquesas ranch, a private bullring where he likes to practice. [ man shouting ] alejandro: so, what they re going to do now is they re going to check how brave. anthony: and if the calf s not brave stew? alejandro: exactly. anthony: along with me for the day, fuen s brother alejandro, who, like many spaniards, consider bullfighting an art. today, a little practice first. and don t worry, this guy is too young to fight. alejandro: so this is the red cape, you know, that this is the most important cape. where they make all the art, all the poetry. exactly. oh, yeah. anthony: why the cape, not the man? alejandro: because it s moving.
yes. they want they want to use you could see that from the moment of kavanaugh s testimony, right? that was the whole spirit. what donald trump wanted him to do, what he did, what lindsey graham helped him to do and amplify, he gave voice to this anger of persecution, i have been my ascent has been impeded. i am the victim of this witch-hunt, this mob. the democratic party conspiracy, the clintons, he named every possible factor in the world that could be coming to get him the true victim. and that of course is the message donald trump is carrying through when he talks about the mob coming to get them, the arsonists, and today talks about apologizing for the pain and the injury done to brett kavanaugh, a man who has just been appointed to shape our law for the next several generations. what s interesting here to me too, they clearly feel shielded politically from the anger they re stoking, right? they see more upside than downside in waving that red
politically from the anger they re stoking, right? they see more upside than downside in waving that red cape, in gloating, in going after those people, because they ve been surviving on 40% for so long, they think that that can carry them through. right. well, and the other thing, part of the point i m trying to make is even as they work to denigrate the anger and say oh, look, it s going to backfire on you democrats, look, they are stoking. they see the value of anger as a political motivator. right. i think they re terrified of the anger that they saw in those protesters, the anger that they re seeing reflected in those polls that you read. i mean, we should remember by the way, it s important to point out this difference. after clarence thomas was appointed to the supreme court, the majority of the americans believed clarence thomas. right. and even given those numbers, the fury and response to how anita hill had been treated and his confirmation resulted in the year of
wrenching testimony from christine blasey ford as part of a hoax perpetrated by evil people. gop representative kevin cramer who is running for senate in north dakota lashed out at the me too movement, which he calls a movement towards victimization. that s what minority rule likes in 2018, and what we find out in 29 days is whether the majority are organized enough and outraged now overcome the real obstacles they face and take power back from the minority coalition that now runs the country. jockey me now new york magazine writer at large rebecca traister good and mad. i don t know if you got a chance to see the ceremony now which was sort of waving a red cape in front of a majority of the country that opposed this man s ascension to the supreme court. i mostly saw the part i saw part of it, and it was like an oscar thank you speech to all the members of the republican party. that was the part i saw. he was thanking every republican he could possibly think of.