against the president. he was tweeting the second the plane took off how unfair it was for them to hold these meetings. he continues to tweet about impeachment. he could start doing it himself by talking about some of the issues they have here like syria, china, ian, instead of all of the issues. let s talk about the republican report that is out. there is a lot of reasons they re rationalizing the president s reactions. one of them is a new idea that they re saying that ukraine interfered in the election. it s not true, it is a conspiracy theory, why would they choose this defense? i guess they re not gaslighting america, they want to just blow torch us. that is how it feels. the idea that ukraine meddled in
the democratic national committee email server, john kennedy of louisiana is again arguing that ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. here is how kennedy was challenged by our chuck todd yesterday on meet the press. i think both russia and ukraine meddled in the 2016 election, but the fact that russia was so aggressive does not exclude the fact that president poroshenko actively worked for secretary clinton. now if i m wrong actively worked for secretary my goodness, wait a second. senator kennedy, you have the president of ukraine saying he actively worked for the democratic nominee for president? come on. i ve got to put up you realize the only other person selling this argument outside of the united states is this man, vladimir putin. you ve done exactly what the russian operation is trying to get american politicians to do. are you at all concern that you ve been duped? no, because just read the
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was russia that interfered in the election. john kennedy continues to muddy the waters on this. i think both russia and ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. russia was very aggressive, and they re much more sophisticated. the fact that russia was so aggressive does not exclude the fact that president poreshenko interfered. are you at all concerned that you ve been duped? no. and now the president is thanking senator kennedy for the job he did in representing the republican party by pushing this debunked conspiracy theory. we have david axelrod with us, he s the host of cnn s the axe files. i mean, david, it seems like almost every segment we have
quid pro quo. i don t want us to look like beggars. you have to understand. we re at war. if you re our strategic partner you can t go blocking anything for us. i think that s about fairness. the president will be in london for nato meetings and won t be participating in the latest impeachment hearings and house judiciary meetings wednesday. he told jerry nadler we do not intend to participate in your wednesday hearing. democrats accusing republicans hiding behind arguments about the process. i think the white house put itself in a straight jacket of its own making by questioning the legitimacy of the constitutional process. by questioning that legitimacy, it makes it very difficult for them to participate. reporter: some of the president s top defenders make it harder than that of bogus conspiracy of russia. i think russia and ukraine