republican leaders seem to have taken that last line to heart. today they lined up to swear their unfailing loyalty and devotion to donald trump, even when the questions were a tad close to home. when you say to her she should go back to her home country, wouldn t you consider that a racist attack? well the secretary of transportation came here at the age of eight. i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country. were the president s tweets t that said go back racist? this is about socialism versus freedom. ideology. the administration s defense of the president s words started this morning with white house counselor kellyanne conway on fox news.
were the president s tweets that said go back racist, yes or no. no, and i do not believe the speaker of the house was racist when those individuals on her side of the aisle who are claiming the president is racist, when they claimed she was racist either. i do not believe that. i believe this is about ideology, this is about socialism versus freedom. joe, help our viewers understand this. you have been in the united states capitol, why is that a difficult thing for mitch mcconnell, arguably the most powerful man other than donald trump in washington right now to just say that s true, that these comments should not take place, we shouldn t hear them from the united states president. why is that so difficult and then move on. i don t understand it from either of those two men? i don t understand it either because i don t think mitch mcconnell should be punished for saying it s racially insensitive. kevin mccarthy is complete different. here s a man who said donald trump had been
dana: we have foxing coverage. bret baier standing by for analysis but we begin with the hill with the latest. mark? good afternoon, dated senator we are expected mitch mcconnell the next 2 minutes of questions about his reaction to this latest back and forth between the president and his democratic house members. we are expecting, as he mentioned, a houseboat later today on a resolution to condemn the president over these remarks that were made. all day long here on capitol hill we have seen lawmakers being asked if they knew the president tweets and remarks as racist. so the republicans on the hill called for the present trick tone his rhetoric. house minority leader kevin mccarthy says the members is criticize and do love country, but he believes that it s all about politics, not racism. i believe this is about ideology. this is about socialism versus freedom. it s very clear what the debate is happening. i understand, when i listen to their parents to press conference yesterd
this is about socialism versus freedom. i ll vote against this. you are going to encourage your members to? it s all politics. is it a problem that members are going to vote today to, on your side of the aisle, to support the president in what he said about i think this party has been very clear. we re the party of lincoln. from the president to the speaker to freshman members of the house, all of us have a responsibility to elevate the public discourse. the president is not a racist. the president s not a racist. and i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country. but it s coming from all different ideological points of view. that s the point. and house speaker nancy pelosi speaking publicly for the first time about the tweet on the house floor, rallying her troops ahead of tonight s big vote. these comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting and these comments are rare cycist. how shameful to hear him talk
ideology. socialism versus freedom. it s clear the debate is happening. i understand when i listen to their press conference yesterday they talked more about impeachment than anything else. even one of those individuals this wasn t the first time they talked about impeachment. on the night of being sworn in, they brought all their supporters together and they spoke about impeachment in words that i will not use here. this is more from their base than about politics. it is unfortunate. we should get back to the business of america. (inaudible). sure. you said this is politics. yes. it is. mr. scalise, you said this was one more chance to go after the president. do you have a resolution on the floor today? i will vote against this resolution. (inaudible). if you look at the resolution itself and you look at the rules of the house, you can t even name the resolution on the floor. if this is a case of what they are concerned most about, let s