than mr. toobin a racist is, again, we re this is where we go off the rails here. you ve got to say, okay, you might be wrong. i think the court will rule against you. make the legal arguments but you don t have to call people racists and bigots because they hold a point a view. it s not something i do condone, but several conservatives were very upset with president obama when he used executive orders particularly on daca. and i understand that concern, i understand that argument. if you argued that and you re concerned about what obama did, wouldn t the same just from an intellectual standpoint, wouldn t you be concerned about what the president is suggesting? yeah, as a matter of fact i do think they re different issues. i think the daca one is clear that congress had was very clear in the legislation. i think the 14th amendment is not as clear as the legislation was. either way, i think when executive orders are supposed to supplement what there s general
in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. now, we re going to take on both of the issues that he s raising separately, but we re going to start with jim acosta who s at a trump rally in florida. has the president been talking yet, i imagine he has or will be about the 14th amendment or the troops at the border? reporter: not yet on the 14th amendment, anderson. you did mention a few moments ago that as he was leaving the white house he did talk about that, stating once again that he thinks he could have an executive order that could alter or change the 14th amendment, birthright citizenship in the u.s. we should point out in the last several minutes he s been going off on, again, this caravan of migrants, many of them women and children heading to the u.s. border with mexico. even though there are hundreds, maybe even a thousand miles away, the president once again saying there are rough people
feels comfortable. and he s going back to the culture wars, which are really good for him. issues like birthright citizenship, which you ve been talking about earlier in the show. and so what i think they have done, anderson, is basically given up on the house because, you know, moderate suburban districts, republican suburban districts don t like all this talk of birthright citizenship and so he you know, he s given up on it. and what he s doing is he s focusing on the senate, on the places that john pointed out. you were talking about montana. he ll be there four times. and he s and arizona and nevada, they don t want him because he could hurt them with independent voters, he could drive up latino turnout. they don t want him. where s he going? he s going to florida, which is close, and he thinks he can help. he won that state. missouri, a state he won by 20 points. he s going to go. so, you know, it makes sense for them, but the key tell here is, he s not thinking about the hous
now, i d rather do it through congress because that s permanent. but we can certainly do it through i really believe we can do it through executive order. well, keeping them honest, the president did not name those legal scholars nor did press secretary sarah sanders when asked about it today. there are a number of people that have commented on this. lindsey graham made comments on it yesterday and a number of others have spoken about it. no real answer there on who advised the president. but here s what the legal minds who drafted the 14th amendment had to say. all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. now, we re going to take on both of the issues that he s raising separately, but we re going to start with jim acosta who s at a trump rally in florida. has the president been talking yet, i imagine he has or will be about the 14th amendment or the troops at
kirsten, you hear the supporters of the president and very clearly see why the president is quadrupling down on immigration issues six days before the midterms. right. well, so these are issues that correspond with what donald trump bloeelieves and his base believes. you know, you certainly can say he is doing some of these things to gin up support in the midterms which in itself isn t a problem, it s something presidents do. the thing that i d say is different is when you utilize troops and send them somewhere, versus just rhetoric of making promises that will make your base happy. then there s the separate issue that just a lot of what he s saying about this caravan is just actually false. senator santorum, is it appropriate to use troops in this capacity at this stage? well, look, you have a large group of people heading to the border and the president has an obligation to make sure that the border is secure.