months ago. her husband was there a long time. but i didn t give him the b treatment or the c or the d. i could have. she calls me up. it s the nicest thing that s ever happened. thank you so much. john would be so thrilled. he s looking down, he would be so thrilled. i said that s okay, don t worry about it. maybe he s looking up, i don t know. i don t know. then this morning here is the president s press secretary defending him. why do you think the president said that overnight? you would have to talk to the president about that. he was at a political rally. he has been under attack and impeachment attack for the last few months and under attack politically for the last two and a half years. i think that as we all know the president is a counter puncher. the president is a counter puncher. congresswoman debbie dingell is joining me right now. thank you for being here. thank you. it s good to be with you.
grieving over. this thanksgiving is really hard and christmas is harder. reporter: white house press secretary defended the president saying he was just punching back. that s not true. the dingles didn t bunch first. as we all know the president is a counter-puncher and it was a supportive wild crowd. reporter: speaker pelosi saying his remark reveals his character. that s because he gets a laugh for the cruel things he says. that doesn t mean he s funny. it s not funny. it s very sad. reporter: he used the moment to introduce the newest gop congressman, van drew, and said he is all but settled on white house council to be his attorney. and he finally secured the legislative one he s been seeking over the last three years. the house has passed this new trade deal with canada and
minutes after donald trump became the third president ever to be impeached, he attacked a dead congressman and his family. debbie dingell serves in congress now. her late husband was john dingell, the longest serving congressman, i believe, ever. president trump suggested last night in a rally that john dingell is in hell. moments ago, the white house responded to this. he was at a political rally. he has been under attack and under impeachment attack for the last few months and then under attack politically for the last 2 1/2 years. i think that as we all know, the president is a counterpuncher. it was a very supportive and wild crowd and he was riffing on some of the things that had been happening. i will note there is no physical or moral way to
hear it. i don t know what makes the president behave in this very disturbing way. the crowd seemed to be also not entirely sure what to do in that moment. nancy pelosi said cruelty is not wit. just because someone laughs at what you said as some of the people did doesn t mean you are funny. this isn t fune. he made say this is joke and he likes to be a performer out there, a third rate rodney dangerfield when he is out in front of the supportive crowds. let s hope this is the last time he does something like this. the white house press secretary saying he is a counter-puncher. john dingell has been dead for months. this wasn t counter-punching anything. mike quickly, do you think if the president were listening to you, would you suggest that he apologize? yes. he shouldn t have said this. i think when he is riffing in front of the crowd and he gets into i am going to make a yoke
congressman from michigan asked the president to apologize to debbie dingell. he is in a swing state. he needed to win in 2016. he needs to be smart about this and i m not saying that impeachment is not going to be a winning issue, but there is a strategy to those like there was for bill clinton bill clinton. insulting john dingell is not it. it was appalling and repugnant. it was wrong and small. the white house has come out with a statement to the what is press security that the president is the counterpuncher. indeed. he needs to not make mistakes. that s what jessica is saying. this is his to lose and this is how you lose it. you start losing start losing state by state. you can lose much again. if you attack the longest serving member of congress, he was beloved in that state. again, don t make mistakes. mccarthy spoke kindly of him to. i think you should apologize