that is where you put the managers. i was not prepared to put the managers in that bim yet because we don t know the arena that we are in. frankly, i don t care what the republicans say. any other questions? not on this subject. i ve said this is it. last night you suggested seeing a fair process in the senate. we d like to see a fair process. we ll see what they have and be ready for whatever they have. [ inaudible question ]. we would hope there would be a fair process, just as we hope they would honor the constitution. by the way, i heard some of what mitch mcconnell said today, and it reminded me that our founders, when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. i don t think they suspected we could have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the senate at the same time. to that end, you have criticized senator mcconnell anybody want to talk about
target a deceased congressman john dingell, hometown hero, military veteran. his wife debbie serving as congresswoman representing that district. let me just play what he said. debbie dingell, that s a real beauty. she calls me up eight months ago. her husband was there a long time. but i didn t give him the b treatment, i didn t give him the c or the d. i could have. i gave the a-plus treatment. 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 d be so thrilled. thank you so much. i said, that s okay. don t worry about it. maybe he s looking up. i don t know. debbie dingell tweeted you brought me down in a way you can never imagine and your hurtful words just made my healing much
that s not somebody like cory booker or julian castro. i wonder what tonight s smaller, less diverse field says to you. is it really about the fact that the average democratic voter says experience will beat trump and that s why we have front runners in their 70s? at the end of the day voters want to beat trump. more than anything, we know that. yes. but it will be about who can inspire those voters. trump voters are certainly inspired in a cult oiish kind o way. democrats need to talk to the heart of the party. i wish we had more time to talk to you, much appreciated, happy holidays. that s going to wrap up this hour of msnbc live. i m chris jansing. up next, congresswoman debbie dingell of michigan will join my colleague andrea mitchell live
present. so the question you probably wanted to ask was to the speaker. unfortunately she would not take any questions when it came to impeachment. i would think if nancy pelosi thought impeachment was so important that she had to put this before the american public, that she wrote a timeline, she selected committee chairmen based upon the future, that she spent 2 1/2 years working on this, the press conference the day after impeachment that she has weekly, i thought she would have welcomed questions about impeachment. unfortunately she told you they were republican talking points and she would not take your questions. i never thought a speaker would act that way. i guess the only thing i could take from that, she s embarrassed of it, she understands how weak it is and she understands her own criteria was not met, constitutionally was not met. she probably failed on all parts. i hope i answered your question. usmca, the speaker argued
vindicated in some way from the impeachment act last night in the house. if he becomes impatient and starts mushing mcconnell to make a deal with the democrats, that could possibly be the leverage pelosi is looking for. as garrett said, we don t know when this is going to get resolved, if at all, between now and january. it might be the beginning of the new year before we get any sort of resolution in terms of an agreement for the parameters of a senate trial. as you well know, michael steele, donald trump is always a wildcard. if this ends up being donald trump and nancy pelosi going toe to toe, how do you see this playing out? i think the wilder card is nancy pelosi. she has impeachment that she has placed in front of the country and put on the president s desk. he s got to deal with that reality. the senate is posturing right now. they don t have the leverage because nancy pelosi is not constitutionally, really or