trying to reach his father, had to do so through the chief of staff. a succession move there. secondly, we have discussed conservative media hosts who are saying one thing in public and something very else differently privately. i think we want to drill down on the message we heard from last night. these are republican lawmakers, those who are in the capitol on january 6th and there working before and after after the election, before january 6th, trying to do what they can to ignore the will of the people. blatantly suggesting they will throw out votes to put in their own slate of electors. apologizing after january 6th, after the riot, apologizing that they couldn t get it done to keep trump in power. it goes to show the level of coordination between the white house and congress, republicans in congress, about the election and january 6th, to try to keep trump in power. and it goes to show how deeply rotted the system is and why
older party, he has got to expand his base and he s so in that conservative media bubble that you described in those clips we just showed he has not throughout this throug thought this through. there is no path for him or the republican party if this is the way he positions himself. is there an argument politically he risks losing some of the base. whether focus sit out the next election. wouldn t be enthusiastic? if you don t follow through on the wall of all things. the thing he shout the at every rally. had the audience responding to, and then you start seeing limbaugh, you start seeing conservative talk show hosts, the folks who normally have his back on just about everything and normally go with him when he sort of bobs and weaves, that they seem to be drawing a line. is there any risk there? a think it s clear from his actions, and sometimes inaction, who he governs for. it is the conservative media hosts. to save face. i think back to earlier this week. there was someone on
program talking about the deal that was struck, in that if somebody if he continued to watch tv or listened to radio he ll change his mind again. we saw exactly him, you know, doing that. i kind of agree with you. i don t think the hard-core base is going to go anywhere. right? there s going to be another message spin why he wasn t able to do something because it s the democrats fault, the swamp s fault. someone else to blame besides himself. i don t think that core is going anywhere. however, i do think it may the conservative media hosts sort of continuing to etch at it will create doubt. whether or not that the will mean the entire base that he enjoys at this moment will go anywhere or do anything, i don t think that s necessarily the case. look, if they re willing to put money, they re own selves into funding a wall, you know, which they are doing right now, they can go gofundme page.
he s demanding $5 billion for the wall that he promised mexico would pay for it and the democrats are saying, no, drop your demand for a wall. chuck schumer said on the senate floor earlier this morning, it s plain and simple, you don t get the government open until you drop your demand for the wall. i don t see mexico anywhere in this equation far but, y yamiche, an estimate said the entire wall would cost $20 billion plus. where does this stand in the big pantheon here? the president is playing to conservative media hosts. he settled on the idea he would
foul from conservative media hosts, sending president trump a warning all over his attack on attorney general jeff sessions. take a look at these headlines from the national review. the president is treating his attorney general shamefully. from radio host mark levine, mr. president stop attacking jeff sessions. republicans on brink of civil war. and watch this, from fox news. attacking jeff sessions was still a useless, self-destructionive act. the first rule in politics as in war, as in life, don t shoot the friendlies. it is also kind of a little bit discomforting way for trump to go after such a loyal supporter this way, especially when sessions made it obvious he s not going to resign. he s likely the most effective member of the trump cabinet. in return, the president attacks him in the failing new york times. that s not just criticism. that s an insult. it s also a worrisome sign that