how much are you worth, nancy? we are not talking about that. in any event i m a mother of five, i can speak louder than anybody. shannon: and if you couldn t hear that, they were asking her how much is she worth. let s talk it with guy benson. great to see about tonight, thanks for being with us. hey, shannon. hi shannon. shannon: the new york times has a piece out about how the tax plan continues to pull better and better and that now that things are showing up in her paychecks and they are getting bonuses people don t hate it like they thought they were going to come of the new york times adding this. democrats have done little to counter the messaging and can see that it has had an effect, along with a series of high-profile company announcements of bonuses, raises, benefits or other attributed to tax savings. what say you? i think there s no question democrats have dropped the ball on really driving home a compelling message around the tax bill. i think that th
two fronts. first, during the legislative fight, i would have actually appealed to that human nature greed part and maybe had a message that was more you deserve more, because if everyone has access, corporations, and the wealthiest among us are going to get so much money, then the middle class, you deserve more. that would have been the better message. but where we really have fallen down is that we have taken our foot off the pedal. we have basically seeded this conversation to republicans, to trump, and we have been following those shiny objects that the trump administration the president himself likes to throw out. and we cannot do that, because i m afraid this is going to be shades of 2016 where are we allowed to control the conversation, we did not put out a strong economic message, but it s early before the 2018 elections, we still have time to pick it back up. shannon: there is a lot of time. you know historically this is
increasingly questionable. shannon: again, we continue to hear news about mueller indictments but at the end of the day it has not been anything like in the president or his campaign directly to collusion. it s been people lying to investigators or unrelated money laundering charges. unrelated crimes. so far they have not been able to connect the president or his campaign and russia. shannon: we will stay on it. thank you, good to see you. people across the country are starting to see an increase in pay checks because of the recent g.o.p. tax cuts under president trump. recent polling suggests americans are feeling interestingly about the cuts. will the effects be felt in the polls this november? joining is now, ellison barber. the new york times said enfold conducted by survey monkey on their behalf showed that the tax overhaul is gaining support. they surveyed over 10,000 people between february 5th and february 11th. 51% of those surveyed said they approve of the tax law.
it has nothing to do with crime, zero. you know there s 13,000 crimes a year of violent, gun violence, terrible. 17 children killed in a school, horrific. we all want to do something. none of us want to get shot or have anyone we love get shot or have children witness this thing witness something is horrendous. but this is not going to do anything, absolutely not going to do anything. argument that he would have found a way to get these kinds anyway? my understanding is he had a mix of legal and illegal guns. if that shooter should never have had guns because he is mentally ill and the fbi was called in. they had repeated calls from police. he probably should have been prosecuted and then probably is a felony he would have been banned and he would not that being said, he was a psychopathic homicidal killer. we think that he cares about the law? of course not. he would have done something. he would have blown up the school. shannon: what you think of the students? they are hea
26-point bounce into months from the new york times poll. and it s because the democrats told everyone acts was going to happen and the opposite of x happened and they made this bed for themselves. shannon: a lot of folks think that there messaging was very strong on the front end and even she concedes that maybe now after the fact it hasn t been. there are months and months and months before the fall election. we know there will be many twists and turns. i want to talk to both about this back-and-forth now that the president has launched with regard to which administration was tougher on russia. he tweeted this. he said i have been much tougher on russia than obama, just look at the facts. total fake news. ben rhodes, obviously a deputy national security advisor under the obama white house said this. obama mobilized our allies to impose broad, coordinated sectoral sanctions on the russian economy over violation of ukraine sovereignty. if you have an even implement at the congressi