could help democrats win in 2020 but the candidates have to respect our ideas to gain our votes. as a crowded democratic field cons freights on mobilizing the base should they also consider anti-trump republicans. joining knee no you is jennifer rubin, michael steele former rnc chairman and the most of the man of steele podcast jason johnson of the root.com and e.j. dionne author of one nation after trump. we book ended the washington post ees. let me start with you, jennifer, we were just having this conversation. j.w.verret is essentially saying that he wants to vote against donald trump but he also likes what mitch mcconnell is doing, he writes the following, i do not see any inconsistency between my support both of mcconnell and his republican caucus in the senate and of a moderate democrat such as vice president joe biden for president in 2020. is that not essentially saying i still want all the trump policies and all the far right
and author of winners take all. the root.com political editor and msnbc political contributor and a professor at morgan state university and rick tyler, republican strategy ikist and msnbc political analyst. when i saw this i m like holy cow, this is a rageing ball of fire at the heart of everything you have worked on. these parents, we know it s the system. we know that college is now a business. okay. admission officers have metrics to meet. what used to be a college admissions process is now a system. they need to up the amount of applications, they need to lower the amount of acceptances, they need to focus on this eand get their bond rating higher. we know institutionally they have to focus on possible families that can be dig donors, they can legally rig the system. i have a cool $2 million bucks, put a building with my name on it. they can get in.
they are going to have to deal with the information, and that makes the difference. jefferson said a nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never will be. the people are going to get the information and they are going to react to it, i believe. fascinating. john, thank you. barbara, i m going to see you later in the show. we have to fit something in right now. breaking news on this friday night. house democrats are now moving forward on what is widely expected to be an epic showdown to get legally donald trump s tax returns. we have nbc reporting from washington right now. the house committee with the authority to get these taxes is moving forward on the steps for something we ve discussed previously, a formal request to the irs, lawyers working explicitly on language. the chair of that committee, richard neal, working with top democrats involved in order to strengths strengthen a legal case. from root.com, what is the news
quo quote, the coming days, a significant advancement of the story we ve been covering all evening. i want to turn to two experts who follow the probe a lot for us, jason johnson from the root.com, and former federal prosecutor john flannery. we just got this from the washington post. it echoes the reporting at the top of the hour it does advance it, john, puts it in days. who knows? one, post reported moments ago trump s inner circle has, quote, palpable concern that there could be damaging material in the mueller rrt that s not technically illegal but is, quote, damaging to him and, two, reports that people who are on mueller s team, top prosecutors, have reportedly begun talking to old bosses about future jobs when they leave this office, an office known to avoid leaks. that s a conversation that sooner or later people would have. your reaction, john? my reaction is when the white house is saying these are technical crimes that we
it comes with that type of announcement. all eyes on the twitter feed. again, all signs pointing to yes, steph. i want to bring my panel in. analyst and washington post national political reporter robert costa. also the moderator of washington week qtd on pbs. former congressman costello. and at the root.com, jason johnson. roberto, think the president could throw a curveball? because he s getting some room from the freedom caucus, from sean hannity, they re all saying we don t like the deal but we re not going to fight you if you sign as long as you take some action with executive authority in the coming days. he feels politically he s in a safe place to move forward.