how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that s not the one we re having. thanks to both of you, and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. he s the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reuben s green room. all right, straight ahead, we ll continue our breaking news coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are ongoing right now. i ll be joined by congressman lloyd doggett, democrat of texas, and a member of the budget committee, as well as congressman adam smith, democrat of washington, and ranking member of the armed services committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. of velshi begin right now. and good morning to you, it is saturday may the 27th, i m ali velshi, the full faith and credit of the united
Putting the debt ceiling on the line. that s how things are going to happen. look, i don t see how we get out of this. it is conceivable that president biden and kevin mccarthy cut a deal. but most of the republicans, as charlie dent did an excellent job pointing out, most republicans run from that deal anyway, and they will be relying on democratic votes. and why wouldn t democrats vote for this? it is gonna increase defense spending. it s not gonna do anything about the deficit, and it s gonna cut programs that we, in the country, care about, many of which lloyd outlined. i think they re gonna have a devil of a time in the votes, whatever this deal is in congress. and again, we should just raise the debt ceiling, and then have that debate about how to spend the budget in the appropriate time. so, i think we are going to real trouble here. i hope i m wrong. i just don t see how this convoluted play will unfold. well, that s why we have you two on here, because you are in it. we appr
Communist. ron desantis is taking us back to the soviet union, you are a communist if you want the company to pay its taxes. joy reid went to harvard so we are not going to disagree with her but we did feel a moral obligation to check that fact because it is a heavy claim. joining us live to confirm or deny these charges is conrad ron desantis who is also the governor of florida. governor, thank you so much for coming out tonight. i cannot tell whether you are a racist, communist, fascist, for wanting a big publicly held corporation to pay its taxes. how would you describe yourself? well, it is interesting, tucker, not only pay taxes, this company had a deal unlike any company or any individual in all of the state of florida, probably anywhere in the united states, they were self-governing, they had extraordinary powers, they could build nuclear power plants, they didn t have to go through permitting processes, obviously a lot of tax benefits, so that is just an appropriate and it