stretch. we can t cover these stories like it s business as usual this is not business as usual this is an administration that makes up crowds and draws squiggly lines on maps and tells you not to believe your own eyes and ears. april s press release about trump s first call of the newly elected president uf crane was inaccurate. readout that they planned to route out corruption but the rough transcript of the call showed there was no mention of corruption. now there s a fight over who was at fault for that. the point is the white house gives us reasons to distrust every day. it s not just acceptable, it is necessary. at this point it s irresponsible to take trump at his words. he gets numbers and facts and names and words wrong. he misleads the public and expects his aides to do the same thing this is all disappointing i know. as sam stine of the daily
more key political battles all across the south in the country this fall. in florida, democrat andrew gillam won his party s primary and he ll face off against republican ron desantes in the race for governor. arizona is poised to send a woman in the united states senate. we re going to get live reports from both states just ahead. but, let s welcome back to the show our guest panel, it s wednesday, august 29th, with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle, politics editor for the daily beast, sam stine, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan, former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele, nbc news national political reporter heidi przybyla and let s bring into the conversation new york times reporter jeremy peters. so, we re going to get to all
work force. i think that s the vision we want to try to elevate, not a low-wage economy where people have to work multiple jobs in order to make ends meat. mr. mayor, sam stine here. congratulations on the primary victory last night. i saw you say some time last night in the euphoria that you didn t really talk a lot about donald trump during the primary campaign. i guess perhaps i m sort of curious how that s possible because he dominates everything, but in reality, the truth is his fingerprints are all over our political system, obviously in your state, a huge population of puerto ricans have fled that island, for instance, because of the federal response to the hurricane there. so, as a general question, i am curious, a lot of trump voters are fully committed to this man and won t break with him over pretty much anything, but you do need to reach these people. florida is a very swingy state. you do need to reach these people. what is your message to perhaps the most committed trum
rick, what jumps out at you? startling numbers. terrible numbers for trump, in particular, if you look at the stock market, the economy and gdp growth and the projected gdp growth, he should be riding high and getting what a normal president should get. 60% and 70% range and he s not. sam? they are dismal numbers. i agree with rick, theoretically, this is the high water mark for him. i don t see what kind of major legislation they do next year. they can continue with the judiciary. what stands out is health care. 48% concerned about health care is a terrible number for the republican party. they are burdened with having whacked obamacare without replacing it there. the irony is they made it on the individual side, while the public side, the medicaid expansion, the government subsidies is likely to be
you could do that with a lot of people not muslim at a gun range. all i m saying is i ve been watching the coverage of donald trump being torn to shreds. it this visa process did not prevent the worst attack on this country. well, the visa process, obviously, sam, if you talk to most americans today needs to be toughened up. there s a middle ground between banning all muslims to the united states and keeping the status quo. but there is no doubt we re going to have to do things that make us uncomfortable. it may not appear to be rules we re playing by anymore but we live in a new world and we re going to have to be tough and some things we do may actually smack a profiling. the visa issue is a huge