the idea that donald trump is not safe with his base just bog the mind. the same people who sort of misread all of 2016 who said trump wouldn t get the nomination. who said there would be a brokered convention. who said edward mcmullen would win utah or get elected by congress. pushing this idea there is going to be magical thing that reds them of donald trump. that disconnect with the actual people who are actually more or less satisfied with donald trump and certainly not looking for a republican party to waste time coming up with other candidates or satisfying the urges of never trumpers is not that s not reality. bret: the tweet storm, it doesn t seem like it has stopped that much. you had a specific democratic critic under fire here. the president saying interesting to watch senator richard blumenthal of connecticut talking about hope russian collusion when he was a phony vietnam con artist. never in u.s. history has anyone lied or voters like richard blumenthal he told
calling the article disglasfrac and offensive p tp is no coincidence that those early rumblings have begun just as the russian investigation seems to be accelerating. there are reports that robert mueller is making use after washington, d.c. based grand jury. democratic senator blumenthal responded to those reports in an interview this morning. there is no minimum for underestimating that attack by russia. it was purposeful and relentless and it involved propaganda and hacking into our voting machines or at least an attempt to do it and potential collusion by the trump campaign and obstruction of justice. that investigation must be pursued. almost exactly ten minutes later the president tweeted interesting to watch senator richard blumenthal of connecticut talking about hoax russian collusion when he was a phony vietnam con artist. never in u.s. history has anyone lied or defrauded voters like
russia investigation. impaneling the grand jury, shows that bob mueller is pursuing potential wrongdoing by the russians, the attack on our democracy, seriously and diligently and there is no minimum for underestimating that attack. heather: the president tweeted interesting to watch richard blumenthal of connecticut talking about the russia collusion when he was a phony vietnam con artist. the present referring to an embarrassing moment from 2010 when richard blumenthal mischaracterized his military service, richard blumenthal said your bullying hasn t worked before and it won t work now. no one is above the law, saying this isn t about me. it is about the special counsel
president trump may be on vacation but he s not taking a break from twitter, lashing out on a series of attacks on a top democratic senator. let s dig deeper with our correspondents and specialists. chris, the first series of tweets on senator blumenthal from the president earlier this morning. senator blumenthal of connecticut talking about hoax and russian collusion when he was a phony vietnam con artist. told stories about his vietnam battles and conquests, and it was all a lie, begged for for gi giveness like a baby. i think senator blumenthal should take a nice long vacation
fire bob mueller, i think it s very important to save that relationship. interesting to watch senator blumenthal of connecticut talk about hopes and russian collusion when he was a phony vietnam con artist. never in u.s. history has anyone defrauded voters like senator blumenthal. he talked about his con quests, how grave he was, and it was all a lie. he cried like a baby and asked for forgiveness like a child. now he judges collusion? blumenthal has made claims in his past about his military experience. trump, who was also eligible for the draft, never enlisted and received multiple enrollments himself for a foot problem. then his numbers are shown sinking. tweeting, the trump base is bigger and stronger than it ever