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Be a lot of democrats who were very offended by the speech, who found some of the speech attempts, speech techniques he used offensive and polarizing and he won t understand that reaction. and i think that s the conundrum of trump and trumpism. he did, dana, use his special invited guests rather impressively to underscore his points. he did. and we were talking about listening, this is something that has been done since ronald reagan. he seemed to have more of these incredibly emotional, powerful stories than we ve seen in the past. but i agree, jake, that there is this conundrum, inherent conundrum or conflict, inherent conflict. but you have to also remember, this is 2018. this is a midterm election. and that he was speaking to the room, for the room, to the people back home, especially with what he pretty much talked
Pip thought there was a lot of frilly embroidery around some very familiar theels. the thing that was the most memorable about that speech will be his language around immigration, a focus on ms-13, as if that characterizes the entire immigrant community. that s only to enflame the debate. i thought he did a lot of good work, as dana said, on the economy. a little bit of the rooster taking credit for the dawn, but also, every president would do that in his position. i don t deny him that. and then the absence of russia, he said, as we strengthen friendships around the world, we are also restoring clarity about our adversaries. what kind of clarity does it send when you don t mention russia in the speech the day after you announce that you re not going to enforce the sanctions that the congress unanimously or nearly unanimously approved? so, you know, i think it was fine for his purposes. i don t think it changed a lot. nia? yeah, i think it was a perfectly adequate speech. he seemed
Good ones? i ve got to go to wolf, but we will continue with this, senator. wolf, let s go to you. jake, we re about to hear the official democratic party response from congressman joe kennedy iii, clearly a rising star. a rising star. he is the grand nephew of john f. kennedy, the grandson of bobby kennedy. his father was a congressman. he was a former prosecutor, elected in 2012, and he became something of a viral sensation with a late-night speech about health care when the republicans were trying to repeal and replace obamacare. and he doesn t just have liberal chops because of his name and because of his legacy, he also is somebody who was very close with elizabeth warren. she was his professor in college and in law school and where he met his wife. so let s listen to the 37-year-old lawmaker. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you.