you can t criticize a judge. i don t think judge gorsuch would say you can t criticize chris: no, he said these comments were disheartening and demoralizing. he said it not only to senator blumenthal, he said it to ben sass, a republican. kelly ayotte put out a statement, that is not what she said he said. what we do know is senator blumenthal we all know his vietnam scandal, how much he has a credibility problem. it s a serious problem. that s what should be the focus of this conversation, the degree to which that senator has a serious credibility issue. but not to get off track here because we re going all over the place. let s be very clear and straight forward in saying the following: the united states of america has a terrorism problem. we have had hundreds of cases of foreign nationals entering our country from other countries and plotting, attempting or even carrying out terrorist attacks. we spend countless dollars a year, and we have thousands of federal officers and inv
i don t think judge gorsuch would say you can t criticize chris: no, he said these comments were disheartening and demoralizing. he said it not only to senator blumenthal, he said it to ben sass, a republican. kelly ayotte put out a statement, that is not what she said he said. what we do know is senator blumenthal we all know his vietnam scandal, how much he has a credibility problem. it s a serious problem. that s what should be the focus of this conversation, the degree to which that senator has a serious credibility issue. but not to get off track here because we re going all over the place. let s be very clear and straight forward in saying the following: the united states of america has a terrorism problem. we have had hundreds of cases of foreign nationals entering our country from other countries and plotting, attempting or even carrying out terrorist attacks. we spend countless dollars a year, and we have thousands of federal officers and investigators who do nothing but
chris: so neil gore neil gorsuch was wrong? i have my opinions, and judge gorsuch had his comments misinterpreted by senator blumenthal who, as we all know be, has profound credibility issues. chris: wait, wait. first of all, on the question of his saying that he found these remarks disheartening and demoralizing, it wasn t that s different than saying chris: wait a minute that s different than saying you can t criticize a judge. i don t think judge gorsuch would say you can t criticize chris: no, he said these comments were disheartening and demoralizing. he said it not only to senator blumenthal, he said it to ben sass, a republican. kelly ayotte put out a statement, that is not what she said he said. what we do know is senator blumenthal we all know his vietnam scandal, how much he has a credibility problem. it s a serious problem. that s what should be the focus of this conversation, the degree to which that senator has a serious credibility issue.
that personally attacking a judge is reckless and irresponsible. in fact, your own supreme court nominee, judge gorsuch, called it disheartening and demoralizing. statements that you can t criticize a judge demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of what it means to have separate and equal branches. of course one branch can criticize another branch of government. it s ludicrous to say that congress can criticize the president and the president can criticize congress and judges can criticize the president, but the president can t criticize judges. chris: so neil gore neil gorsuch was wrong? i have my opinions, and judge gorsuch had his comments misinterpreted by senator blumenthal who, as we all know be, has profound credibility issues. chris: wait, wait. first of all, on the question of his saying that he found these remarks disheartening and demoralizing, it wasn t that s different than saying chris: wait a minute that s different than saying you can t criticize a judg
settings. none of that worked to bridge any kind of partisan divide. this is a very combative president. trying to play the normal game of washington in a washington that s fundamentally changed. sure, a lot of democratic targets. i think ten senators up in 2018 who won democrats who won states that donald trump won. you know, those ten are the obvious targets to get to a 60-vote threshold in the senate. but how many are going to be put off like blumenthal is going to be put off? how many are going to be railroaded like democrats have been railroaded by their own base in trying to come up with some opposition. so it s a traditional play, but in a totally different landscape. perhaps a little more nuanced than we give him credit for? he is combative, but he is not ideological. so there are opportunities often for liberals and moderate democrats to work with him on things but the base will almost certainly not allow that.