did. and they didn t try to go to fix immigration policy. so when they right now try to use, use the left and use immigration and they look well republican don t care about you. they didn t care when they have everything. and they try to solve this problem and not one democrat stepped up to vote when pelosi controlled that time she didn t have a bill to the floor not good or bad. i think in diners, in pubs, kitchen tables all over the country, they re not thinking about what pelosi did or didn t do they re say okay we sent republicans in they got a majority we got to republican house republican senate, republican president, we spend billions and billions of dollars massive debt, and we can t cobble together five billion dollars to try to secure that southern border. i think yeah, mark let me say this because first of all we did put at least one and a half billion in place surely not the five billion there is some wall
secretary that did all these interventions. then, i said, that would be the good news. the bad news will be if we can t cobble together something that works for citigroup and it goes down. bi i ll be the treasury secretary who presides over another great depression. back with david gergen and diane brady. the reason we have you guys on is because you re honest about this. i think i think henry paulson had it right on there and there s a whole lot of revisionist history going on on capitol hill with a whole bunch of people who want to be associated with having nothing to do with those bailouts. diane and david, we were all together during that time and it seemed like the right thing to do to a lot of people who are now saying it was the wrong thing to do. diane? it was the only thing to do. don t forget, what precipitated this was the bankruptcy of lehman brothers. people could not get any money, there was no faith in the banking system. this was as much a confidence crisis as it
tim geithner, and ben bernanke are the dentists. let me tell you. i felt like i was having a root canal. without anesthesia. i was a dentist having a root canal without anesthesia at the same time. but there s a saying in the book on my book on the brink, and this was a day or two before we were going to need to step in and rescue citigroup. and what really hit me was that i was forever going to be associated with these bailouts, and it would be the secretary treasure that did all these interventions. i said that will be the good news. the bad news will be if we can t cobble something that works for citigroup and if it goes down i ll be the secretary treasurer that pre sides over night great recession. back with david gergen and
from collapsing and avoid disaster. you mentioned the president and he said, we hate them like you hate a root canal. that means ben bernanke, you guys were the dentists. how does that make you feel the thing that everyone hates sts thing you had to do. i felt like i was having a root canal without anesthesia at the same time. there s a scene in my book on the brink. and this was a day or two before we were going to need to step in and rescue citigroup. what really hit me was that i was forever going to be associated with these bailouts and the treasury secretary that did these interventions. then i said, that will be the good news. the bad news will be if we can t