just over a year ago, the gop announced their brand just wasn t working anymore. they vowed to seriously change it in order to win new voters. the way we communicate our principles isn t resinating widely enough. focus groups described our party as narrow minded, out of touch, and, quote, stuffy old men. we know that we have problems. we ve identified them, and we re implementing the solutions to fix them. no more narrow minded, out of touch, stuffy old men. they would open the tent, become the party that welcomed
to get the job done. . and tonight the pizza guy rand paul. a year ago he announced a gop overhaul that they had an imagine problem. focus groups described our party as narrow minded and out of touch and, quote, stuffy old men. the preacception that we re the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grovel. we know we had problems and we identified them and we re implementing the solutions to fix them. well, here s where the republicans are today. remember dominos finally admitted they had bad crust?
remarkably, they haven t learned anything from the shutdown or from last year s election. focus groups described our party as narrow minded, out of touch, and, quote, stuffy old men. yes. open the tent and to do that they shut down the government, furlough 800,000 workers, and blow $24 billion. it would almost be funny if it wasn t so sad. joining me now are dana milbank and angela rye. thank you for being here. hi, rev. thank you. dana, some republicans do
retreats, they ve rebranded, rebooted, retooled. and yet the party s in the same exact place it was on election night. no, literally the same place. the rnc is holding its summer meeting in the same hotel that served as governor romney s election night headquarters. how s that for symbolism? back in march, the rnc chair vowed to turn things around. the way we communicate our principles isn t resonating widely enough. focus groups described our party as narrow minded. out of touch. and quote, stuffy old men. you heard him. no more stuffy old men. so let s see who they got to headline today s big meeting. so i look forward to working with you. i think this is really important for the country. oh, yeah.
focus groups described our party as narrow-minded, out of touch, and stuffy old men. the perception that we re the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grow. in the spotlight tonight, the republican party reveals it has learned absolutely nothing. that was republican party chair reince priebus 89 days ago after his party lost the presidency and seats in the house and in the senate. here is the chairman speaking at this weekend s gathering of the conservative faith and freedom coalition. i just want to let you know, i m a christian. i m a believer. god lives in my heart. and i m for changing minds, not changing values.