have operational control of the border. but coming at this particular time after the results of losing the house and the results of getting really obliterated in california, the republican party in california is at risk of becoming an endangered species in part because we have not connected on this particular issue with those suburban communities. and so i think that the president deserves credit for trying to make good on his promise about the wall. i think we have a huge communications failure on the republican side that has allowed that wall to become a symbol for something else. the point made a few moments ago, this idea the president has had control of both houses of congress for almost two years now and there s been no funding. why not? no. this is a failure on the part of the republican congress. we ran on repealing and replacing obamacare. we couldn t get that done when we had republican majorities.
republican? rachel: a lot of senators you see on the list are people though ho have been wrangling with the president. you have to wonder if the president regrets a little bit his strategy with them. sometimes you get a little more with honey than vinegar. ed: remember john mccain with the thumbs down on healthcare. you could see him going that way on taxes. pete: if your legacy has been i ran for president as standard bearner 2008. he ran on tax cuts. ed: he ran on repealing and replacing obamacare. for senate not for president. pete: you don t cut taxes? that would be a tough legacy. rachel: absolutely. ed: president wants that victory by the end of the year. we will see if he gets it hillary clinton says the whole uranium one has been debunked. really? when l. an fbi were informant change all that sara carter is on the case next. pete: wait until you hear how much someone paid for this cake from the president s wedding. is that a mar-a-lago cake?
not truthful and a demise of america on the world stage, ignitions to flake s comments that we saw this afternoon, his critical indictment of president trump months ago, that being said the two of them no longer bound by the niceties of a re-election campaign and kiss up to the president to win votes. they re going to continue this rhetoric in my view. but the problem is if they really want to get things done and they want to be strong advocates for the republican party in their principles, they re going to have to come together on a lot of these issues that they campaigned on, repealing and replacing obamacare, strong on immigration, flake said i can still work with the president on some of these issues, like tax reform and daca, but they have to put aside their grievances about the way the president does business to get things done. we have two votes to swing things in the senate and they really have to work together. there s a story about a guy going up to adelaide stevenson
get done. donald trump ran on specific items, border wall protection, and he also ran on tax reform. we ll see if we get that done. he ran on repealing and replacing obamacare. so far none of those things have gotten done. there s been other distractions in the news. if i might, i d love to pick up on joe s point. the story in houston is about americans helping americans. a lot of those people who took their bass boats i suspect a lot of them may be trump supporters and a lot of people they re picking up may be democrats. nobody cares. everybody is helping. to give you perspective of the relief coming from fema, super storm sandy was only $7,000 on average for each victim of that storm. katrina was less than that actually sandy was more like $8,000. the san diego wildfires were similar. even the largest payouts from fema was around $33,000. if you were in houston and you lost your home and lost your car and maybe even your job, that
and not let your personal feelings toward the president interfere with them. every republican ran on repealing and replacing obamacare. what we know is clear, some that voted against obamacare in the senate, they made it personal and against the president because they don t like the president. i think they should take part of your advice, do your job and don t worry about your personal childish spats you have with the president of the united states of america. what about the call to primary the president of the united states. that s a bold call. no. it s look, there are people that obviously, it s very personal with with this president, they can t stand him and don t like him and rooting for him to fail. it s clear, many people want the president to be a failure to say look how right i was, i told you so, i warned you. matt your entire article is i told you so, i told you so. i did. to say six months in to pull random names to primary the