just did with tom reid. a found it so interesting that he wasn t necessarily on the side of republican leadership. he kept saying, we ve got to get things done and kept endorsing donald trump working with whomever he needs to work with? because tom reid comes from a district that went full-in for donald trump and yet he also knows that he needs to produce results for his district. so he ll play the fence a little bit and it makes sense for where he is politically. what about the bases of both parties, though? look, i think the trump base is a trump base at this point. not a republican base. he has a lot of ability and power to make them see the world in his image and his way. so if he says the problem is other republicans, there is a big chunk of that base that will say, yep. the problem is them. absolutely. why we saw, places like breitbart, attacking other republicans after this debt deal, and not so much pelosi so much. and the democratic base is
leadership. mitch mcconnell doesn t seem pleased with the deal made with chuck schumer. do you have full faith in republican leadership, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell right now or full faith in president trump? well, you know, i support our speaker and mitch mcconnell in their efforts. end of the day you have to govern. right now the track record for us isn t that positive. it s fair criticism. on congress. to get things done. that s what we re about. because we re an alternative to a partisan path, that, to me, the best legislative path anyway for american people. that s the center of the country from which we operate from. does the president have full faith? willing to work with anybody with an ability to govern and want to govern. not necessarily republicans right now? right now we ve had difficulties getting our agenda pushed forward and represented by the health care debate unfold in the senate the way it did.
and bring people together. would you support a deal to save daca in exchange for border security? that is i think a natural deal that s come into be and discussions underway. a lot of energy to try to put together a position that we can take. so i think there s a natural deal when it comes to immigration reform that can find that solution, because border security is a 70% issue. daca 70% issue and both fundamentally right for purposes upon when they stand. putting that deal together takes leadership. what we re all about. sounds like that s a yes? i would be open to a conversation along those lines as long as we take care of our agriculture community same time. additional issues to be addressed putting this together, too. problem solvers have a plan for health care. does the white house support it? we ve been talking with the white house most importantly seeing in the senate from our efforts as problem solvers caucus comes to stabilizing the marketplace. lam
now is not the time to look backward but forward. the american people, this president represents and the opportunity to govern for them. what do you make of steve bannon s war on republicans, war on republican leadership right now? i think he, take him at his word what he s trying to engage in and trying to do in regards to that. those who are in the obstruction mode who don t want to govern, can t deliver results for the american people will have to answer for constituents. why i want to be a voice those willing, the rise of the governing members to say enough is enough of this partisan gridlock that gripped this city. what about this this idea that the republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election as steve bannon alleges? i wouldn t leave it at the republican establishment. my seven years here demonstrated the status quo wants to keep the grip on the policies of yesterday. there s a reason why. they are the establishment in
i respect each member s individual decision, whether or not to run and represent folks here in washington, d.c. this is at times very frustrating. we share frustration with the american people. if e want to be part of the solution and stay here we need to demonstrate leadership and lead and govern for the american people and that s what we ll try to do forward doing 230erd. find more hard-line conservatives? freedom caucus hasn t been apt to deal with the other side. steve bannon doesn t seem to be going after the freedom caucus, more of the more moderate ring of the republican party. are you concerned that the freedom caucus and folks like them are going to get more power here and that s going to make the gridlock in washington even more acute than it is at the moment? katy, a fair point, but extremism on both sides of the equation, both on the left and right i m concerned about. the more we go into screened camps the less is done for the american. i. why we ll be a voice to g