Talked to his Attorney General yet. Thats right. Reporter i had a chance to catch up with kellyannec conway. I asked her whether or not the president views this decision as some sort of set back or defeat. She didnt exactly answer that question, but heres what she had to say. This is a defeat . Do you see this as a setback . He sees it as the statute provides a president with great latitude and authority to protect the citizens and protect the Nations National security. This was not argued on the merits. Now that well have an opportunity to argue on the merits, we look forward to doing that. I think his tweet was perfect when he said, well see you in court. There you go. Some confidence being expressed by Kellyanne Conway at the white
house. Not a lot new in terms of arguments being laid out by the white house in response to this, just the very tough talk that were going to see you in court. That is not exactly going to win the day at the Supreme Court. I asked Kellyanne Conway, is thi
that it indicates where the courts will be going and sending the president a message. rip up this order. do not adopt bans based on religious tests or unconstitutional standards. today the white house press secretary sean spicer said that judge gorsuch was talking in general terms and not direct recalling out the president when he was speaking to you. so i want to ask you, was gorsuch talking in general terms? in disputably he was talking about president donald trump s attacks on the judiciary and i repeated several times that i was absolutely outraged by these attacks by the president of the united states and judge gorsuch responded that he found it disheartening and demoralizing. referring to those same attacks
his fate and avoiding questions about president trump. this after senators from both parties say gorsuch told them in private he found the president s remarks criticizing the federal judge s lg a challenge to the immigration s immigration ban demoralizing and disheartening. attacks on the judiciary by the president to be disheartening and demoralizing. reporter: today meeting with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss the nomination to the high court, the president denying gorsuch ever criticized him. his comments were misrepresented. reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer went further insisting over and over that gorsuch was talking in general term and not direct recalling out the president. the judge is clear he was not commenting on any specific matter, right, and asked about
his general philosophy. he went out of his way to say i m not commenting on a specific instance. reporter: that statement refuted by a spokesman and senate republican that met with the nominee and said they discussed the president s criticism. disheartening is a great world. the judge and i talked about that and frankly, he got pretty passion it about it. your answer about the context doesn t make sense when you think about what senator said this morning on tv. he said he asked judge gorsuch specifically about the president s so-called judge tweet and in response this is like the fourth time i ve asked and answered. this is a different context. i understand that. reporter: connecticut senator richard blumenthal said gorsuch made it clear he wanted concerns shared. in fact, judge gorsuch specifically said you should feel free to mention what i said about these attacks being disheartening and demoralizing. reporter: still, he and other democrats want gorsuch to go fur
judge gorsuch said to me that he found these attacks on the judiciary by the president to be disheartening and demoralizing. today, meeting with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss the nomination to the high court, the president denying gorsuch ever criticized him. his comments were misrepresented. white house press secretary sean spicer insisting gorsuch was talking in general terms, and not directly calling out the president. the judge was very clear that he was not commenting on any specific matter, right. then he was asked about his general philosophy. he literally went out of his way to say i m not commenting on a specific instance. reporter: but that statement refuted by gorsuch s white house appointed spokesman and a senate republican who met with the nominee and said they discussed the president s criticism. disheartening is a great word. judge gorsuch and i talked about that and frankly he got pretty fashion at about it. your answer about the context doesn