i m going to let you jump in but does that send a message to other republicans that some lines just cannot be crossed? i mean, i would hope so. we ve seen a lot of krielines crossed in the last couple years in this trump era, and i think it s starting to culminate. i mean, if this nomination had happened in a vacuum and we didn t have what just happened in mississippi with this racist now senator that just got elected to mississippi and the president supporting her, if what didn t happen with the president and his attacks on black female journalists, and i mean the list is pretty long with the racial insensitivity. charlottesville. good people on both sides. all of those things. this all of those things hadn t happened and then you had this thomas farr nomination, probably who one would have noticed. there would have been some back and forth but i think it would have gone through. i think senator scott under the circumstances now do you think someone else, you said because other
charless vi, good people on both sides, all of those things. if all of those things hadn t happened and then you had this thomas farr nomination, probably no one would have noticed. there might have been back and forth but it probably would have gone through. but under the circumstances now, do you think someone else because you said other people, their support was starting to waiver. do you think someone else would have stepped up if it wasn t for tim scott? no, i don t. wow. unfortunately. the lone black senator? yeah, well, he s been very vocal about his experience as a black senator in washington and in life and experience trying to explain to some of his colleagues that the experience of being a black man in america is different than what you guys eevery day even for me as a senator. he has kept it real as young kids say about that. that s been a good education for a lot of people who think some people are racially too
and it s a tall order, but we ve called upon a.b. stoddard, veteran journalist, column exist associate editor at real clear politics. thank you for coming on. thanks for having me, brian. two points. full disclosure, i m a happy and proud chevrolet owner and driver. and when you say that they may stop lines like the impala and the malibu, that means something to car people. but think of that supply chain and how many families that s going to mean are shopping with lighter wallets this christmas season. and number two, if mary barra, the very effective ceo of gm in a very tough job, were here, what do you think she would say to the president to why they re closing these plants? well, she said that they re adapting to the times and they re doing what the company is expected to do to keep afloat and that they wish that things hadn t turned out this way. everybody understands that in a
there when the government could be still shut down. melanie, we re going to start with you in our next conversation. all of you do stick around. ahead i ll get your predictions on how long you think this shutdown will last and how it might all play out. plus calls for change coast to coast. why more women are taking to the streets after massive protests yesterday. i think last year people were depressed. people were completely flipped out that things hadn t gone the way they expected and this year there s more hope and there s more action.
a person to connect with the people that i m around. why do i have to be waiting for what some athlete is saying or some political leader. it s about me. when i hear that they re in the stands in a football game and booing one another because of political positions, i m like we shouldn t be doing that. it s okay if you re at ohio state and michigan and booing the other team, but that s sports. what i m trying to say is our country is at its strength when we go from the bottom up, not the top down. when we take our queues from families, our religious leaders, the people we love. that s how you build the country. so all of this arguing and fighting. i wish these things hadn t been said. by the president? of course. i saw lebron getting it. he said something else today. now we re figuring out, quoting lebron now, good for him. lebron said i m not going to let