with us now, cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox. i noted this last night. mitch mcconnell doesn t say anything by accident. every syllable is carefully chosen. so he did this for a reason. reporter: exactly. he was very strategic yesterday during his republican press conference. he didn t comment on this monday afternoon when he got into washington. but we were prepped and ready for tuesday during that press conference. and he wasn t mincing words. he made it clear he was frustrated with the republican national committee censuring of two members of the house of representatives saying that that isn t the rnc s job. in fact, many republican senators argued they had been outside of their lane, let the voters decide whether or not they want someone like liz cheney to serve another term in the state of wyoming. now, juxta posed to kevin
schumer privately supported but she went up to him because she gave in her view a highly partisan speech that could alienate republicans they were trying to court at a key moment. she said when she went up to him, he sat town and motioned to her to lower her voice. she said he refused to stand to talk to me. he stayed seated and would not engaged. he asked what did you think of his response? she volunteered condescending and sexist? is that what you re asking? i m not going to make a judgment on that. you make a judgment on that. that s why i asked him, but he didn t comment. he said he supported the changes. the question going forward, can they work together? she said they can and have. the asian american hate crimes bill, there s tension. talk about the polarization in washington. most people at home watching their instinct would be that s the trump supporters and the progressives that are polarized.
president erdogan. he was not referencing the kurds. he was referencing other enemies that he has. as for turkey and the kurds. the president overnight did say at a rally in dallas, just last night that he felt that they needed to fight it out. both sides needed to come and get it over with. he didn t comment at all on the geopolitical situation and the implications of the president s decision and those implications are that russia and iran are both strengthened as a result of american pullout from syria. this is certainly a concern to u.s. allies in the region. martha? martha: no doubt. trey, thank you very much. great coverage from there throughout this whole process. joining me now pete hegseth. co-host of fox & friends weekend. a u.s. army veteran, and maria harp, executive director of the serve american pac. state department spokesperson and fox news contributor. welcome to both of you. thanks, martha. thanks, martha. martha: what do you say to push back here from mitch
he didn t comment on that. here is what he felt he had to urgently address. over the last several days, i was called unpatriotic, unamerican, and essentially treasonous by a couple left wing pundits. not me. not guilty. didn t do it. the smear that i am, quote, a russian asset, ran in the opinion pages of the washington post. the accusation that i am, quote, un-american, was broadcast on msnbc. this is the state, mr. president, of let wing politics in 2019. no, it s not. the person who called mitch mcconnell un-american on msnbc on friday, which provoked mitch mcconnell to go to the senate floor to complain about it is not a left winger. he is a former republican
beyond work and life. who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology. there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. mitch mcconnell rushed to the senate floor to express his outrage of donald trump s latest weekend rant about congressman elijah cummings. first there is something i need to address. naw, it wasn t the trump weekend of racist chants. that didn t bother the senior majority leader one bit. he didn t comment on that. here is what he felt he had to urgently address. over the last several days, i was called unpatriotic,