According to him. Well get into that in a moment. Because allegations about the president s dealing with russia continue to mount on the heels of a Washington Post report that President Trump concealed conversations he had with russian president vladimir putin. Even from his own administration. Speaking by phone with fox news judge janine pirro saturday, the president didnt exactly help his case. Are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. President . I think its the most insulting thing ive ever been asked. I think its the most insulting article ive ever had written. If you were waiting for denial, folks, so was i. We have a lot to unpack tonight, so lets get started. Joining me now, siriusxm radio host and columnist with the daily beast, dean habadala, dr. Wendy osafo, professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins university and a contributor to the hill magazine. And joe watkins, gop strategist and former white house aide under president george w. Bush. Let me go to you fi
thom tillis and cory gardner are up in 2020. so it s going to take leadership from the gop to go to donald trump and say we are going to vote to fund the government. and if you veto it, we re going to embarrass you and override your veto for the first time in your presidency. donald trump, the one thing he doesn t like is being embarrassed. and i think that s the only way. barring that, he said yesterday, he s going to continue this for weeks and weeks. imagine having no salary for weeks and weeks. no, it s incredible. well, they raised the question, could he relate. he said, yes, i can relate. and we ve always adjusted, let them adjust. thank you, dean, wendy and joe. if the president is watching, adjust your screen. i m not finished with this yet. coming up, i ll ask congresswoman from colorado, why she doesn t want to get paid until this is over. we ll be right back. we ll be right back.
wendy osafo, professor of political science at johns hopkins university and a contributor to the hill magazine. and joe watkins, gop strategist and former white house aide under president george w. bush. let me go to you first, joe watkin watkins. a republican and as a minister of the gospel, we ve known each other several years, is it not a real frightening kind of circumstance that we find ourselves in that the president of the united states has so many serious questions about his dealings with russia, who many of us have always grown up to see and in our adult life continue to see add an adversary to american interests?
willing to jeopardize those positions by challenging the president. and challenging what he has said or what may be happening right now. so that s why at this point you see so few republicans speaking out. it would be better if they did. at the end of the day, you get elected to represent not only your district or your state, but the best interests of the united states of america. and in a perfect world, they would be willing to come out and call it as they see it and to ask all the tough questions that they would ask of any american president under these circumstances. well, wendy, i m not even asking for a perfect world. in a normal world, you would think that people that preach patriotism and has all kinds of sermons about loyalty to the flag, that some of them, five, six i m not asking for everybody would stand up and say this is outrageous. we re talking about the president of the united states meeting with the president of