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the former vice president s response was sustainct. your response to the president responding to you? he should get a life. glad you are watching. he s talking to you. joining us now, wanda summers. good to see you again. we have seen presidential candidates hit president trump over his rhetoric. is it having an impact, do you think, on voters. i think it is. i spend a lot of time on the campaign trail talking to candidates. the number one thing they told me they want to nominate someone they think can defeat donald trump. they feel the country is at an inflection point. they want to see someone who can bring this country together and move forward. in that sense, i think the comments we hear from former
trump had this to say. the squad is a very racist group of troublemakers who are young, inexperienced and not very smart. representative rashida tlaib spoke back today. he said he s going to bring steel mills back, he s going to do all these things. even if i disagree with the policy, i wish he would work on specific actions that will help people in poverty. instead he attacks working people and tries to distract them from what matters and what s important. on that note, let s talk to our guest, reporter for the new york times, and wanda summers, reporter from the associated press. wanda, i want to start with this story in the washington post to begin with. many in both parties, well acquainted with trump s history of racially charged rhetoric
them from what matters and what s important. on that note, let s talk to our guest, reporter for the new york times, and wanda summers, reporter from the associated press. wanda, i want to start with this story in the washington post to begin with. many in both parties, well acquainted with trump s history of racially charged statementrh were stunned at how far he had gone this time. republicans were fear fortunately of the potential damage but reluctant to confront or contradict trump. people were horrified. the president continues on his own. yet i had some very smart people in the studio last week say this felt different. how is this instance different? i think what s different about this instance is that he s