Information voters are not as focused on it as you and i are and apparently according to rachel by coffer whos a pretty talented pollster theres still about 6 and a half percent of the american electorate thats undecided about the election theres a believable Bob Woodwards new book revealing that trump knew how serious covert 19 was and didnt reveal it what do you make of that. Well i have the book here on my desk i finished reading that book last night. Its a its a pretty damning book obviously the recordings of the president or hurtful as well but i think you know of bob 7750 plus years as the investigative journalist he finishes the book by basically saying a distillation of his interviews and his fact finding the president is not fit donald trump doesnt have the right personality for that office and so i think thats something that i believe is something that jim maddest believes general kelly believes Rex Tillerson believes h. R. Mcmaster is coming out with a book next week on im s
We also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning and welcome to washington journal. The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump paid 750 dollars in federal income taxes year he won the presidency and another 750 the first year of his presidency. The president is still refusing to make his taxes public, as is tradition for those running for the nations highest office. The president has called the story fake news. We want to know what you think about it. The question of the day is the New York Times story saying 750 int trump paid federal taxes in 2016 and 2017. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. 202 7488002. And you can always text us at 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media on twitter at cspan wj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. The story of the day comes from the New York Times. The story saying that President Trump has paid only 750 dollars in federal i
According to rachel by coffer whos a pretty talented pollster theres still about 6 and a half percent of the american electorate thats undecided about the election theres a believable Bob Woodwards new book revealing that trump knew how serious covert 19 was and didnt reveal it what do you make of that. Well i have the book here on my desk i finished reading that book last night. Its a its a pretty damning book obviously the recordings of the president or hurtful as well but i think you know of bob 7750 plus years as the investigative journalist he finishes the book by basically saying a distillation of his interviews and his fact finding the president is not fit donald trump doesnt have the right personality for that office and so i think thats something that i believe its something that jim mattis believes general kelly believes Rex Tillerson believes h. R. Mcmaster is coming out with a book next week on sure we should try to get him on politicking i mean hes got a lot to say about t
We are back with rick wilson, the cofounder of the antitrump group the Lincoln Project. He is here to discuss with us why his Group Opposes preston trumps reelection. Pspresident trum reelection. How are you doing . Guest i am good. Host remind us of the purpose of the Lincoln Project and for the viewers who want to know, where do you get your funding . Guest are funding comes from the National Grassroots with over 500,000 donors. We have a few major donors trade almost all of our fundraising as come through small dollar donations and people who want a voice that is able to attack donald trump and able to go after his campaign in a way that many others cannot. We are a group of former republicans and folks who were driven out of the donald trump iteration of the Republican Party for a host of reasons. Primarily because he has conservative principles. He is governing as more of an authoritative statist. We look at this election as a threat to the future of this country great it was our
Doing i think is very very dangerous and i think that responsible people that i work for him its miles taylor at the department of Homeland Security people like myself or at least trying to offer a patriotic warning to our fellow citizens who i know him for 40 years i still cant figure out can you get all i did he call woodward widely speak with woodward more of them a dozen times knowing what words passed. Well i think its the same way you would speak to larry king you know i mean you you had the highest rated show on c. N. N. I think forever frankly and that tracks President Trump it hes somebody that struck by stars bob woodward is the investigative journalist of record frankly for 9 president s and what was fascinating about the book if you read it larry it wasnt bob woodward just initializing the calls of the president gave bob woodward his cell phone number and he was also calling bob woodward late into the evening at his home to talk with him so it was a total of 18 times approx