about how we need to expand the tent. trump just said, screw that. we re not going to get more. we re not going to expand the tent. we are going to double down and just say that we re going tom w that republicans now think that s the playbook to run in the future. this is the interesting thing because i always hear republicans talk about democrats are all about identity politics. but republicans are mark, aren t they playing the biggest identity politics right now? yes. well, as bakari said, it s all they ve got left. they re not talking about policy. it s all become cultural, and it s become about race. i mean the whole critical race theory, i know we don t have time to talk about that, don and that s part of the problem. it s such a complex issue, but i guarantee you republicans are throwing gas on that issue. can i chime in real quick? go on. you remember when ted cruz was actually like a legitimate
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local law enforcement were called to his house 39 times. so you would hope that community knowledge, the 39 police calls, not to mention his ownership of an ar-15, notwithstanding the absence of a national gun registry would nevertheless have enable addae that base search that could have helped the fbi find this guy. we live in the age of apple, google, facebook and amazon. maybe it s time for the fbi to recruit in silicon valley so that they can better manage data to keep us safe. joining me now is tom fuentes, he spent 30 years in the fbi. four of them as assistant director. what is the issue, tom w the lack as i put it data integration among law enforcement? well, the first thing, michael, is that, you know, we are acknowledging that this is a catastrophic failure on the part of the fbi with regard to the january report that cruz was going to be violent and possibly