the to teach critical race theory by whatever name it is taught under is a violation of civil rights, identify them, disseminate based on race. have we reached a point a bill like this is necessary? it is sad. this critical race theory and this ideology is infiltrating all levels of our society whether it is the corporate world, the military, leaders leading the military now who want to understand what white rage is and infiltrating every level of our school system, you ve got 5000 teachers who have signed a pledge to teach crt regardless if it is outlined in the largest teachers union pledging legal support for teachers who teach critical race theory and it is infiltrating all levels of our society and trying to divide a space on race and doesn t recognize the progress we ve made as a nation. reporter: critics say that is not what the civil rights laws were designed to do. this isn t their intended purpose. why are you confident the law is ultimately on your side here? it is t
the president said come on. he said no. he closed down the government. that s what happened. he can reopen it tomorrow just like he closed it down. it s all on him, isn t it? well, he got elected too. he has a point of view. the fact is that at this point a bill that would reopen the government without some funding for the wall wouldn t get through the senate. if it did, the president would veto it. just as a practical matter, there s three steps. it has to get through the house of representatives, which is controlled by the democrats, has to get through the senate which is controlled by republicans and has to get through a republican president. each side has to give and they refuse to give. shepard: what do you think of the buzz feed report? i saw you with bill and sandra. some time has passed by then. often, chris, when there s these big blockbusters, somebody gets it and another somebody will
shameful. it is shameful. now let s get past the show. on tax reform specifically, house speaker paul ryan is promising to overhaul the tax code by the end of the year despite political divisions among republicans on this specific issue. the speaker is scheduled to deliver that speech on tax reform at 12:45 today to the national association of manufacturers. in excerptsry leased by his office, ryan will warn about accepting half measures and path formed without obstacles and political challenges. what s going to be interesting is how the gop is handling it all. they fast tracked this bill. they could have it as early as the end of this week, next week. think about this. in 2010, every republican across the board said the way obamacare was handled and democrats did this behind closed doors, hurt the american people. it s amazing they are trying to do the exact same thing, ali. they tweeted about it by
discussion right then. there is no reason to keep them in the dark about a bill that is going to cause so much harm to so many americans. so, senator, at some point a bill has to show up. it has to get scored by this cbo and then you have to vote you re being logical. i m sure that what they re talking about would perhaps be done at the last possible moment because they know that if this bill goes through the traditional process of making sure that people can actually see a text, that it is online for the american people to comment on, they know that americans are going to speak out, very, very loudly, that they don t believe in what this bill does. the idea that you would have an age tax, that people between 55 and 65, premed care, would pay five times as much as young
care. we talked earlier about democrats taking to the senate floor last night to protest senate republicans crafting their bill in secret. that s exactly what republicans accused democrats of doing when they crafted obamacare, although i remind people, there was over a year of consultation on obamacare. back then governor mike pence tweeted it is simply wrong for legislation that will affect 100% of the american people to be negotiated behind closed doors. the current senate whip john cornyn tweeted people have a right to know what s happening behind closed door with secret hc negotiations. so it is a little bit weird. they are talking about having a bill written by the end of this week, having it scored early next week and maybe voting on it before the july 4th holiday. it almost seems like they want a bill that s not going to pass or want to be able to put it behind them quickly and move on. itextraordinary.