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Targeted in the 2016 election. why it would president lie to the american people about this. that s what you see hill democrats and some hill republicans are wrestling with this. watch what bob corker will do. corker is uniquely positioned in the coming months to begin to ask questions why. and will corker be willing to say perhaps the tax return should be on the table in this conversation? we ll have to see. that s the thing. robert costa tweeted yesterday congressman mark sandford says the president should release his tax returns in order to clear things up this week. i don t know if russia has anything on the president and wants more answers on the president s finances. do you expect phillip we ll see more republicans who are running for reelection joining ....
It is important to put it in context. the types of things we re hearing you would think we re at the end of a presidential term when it s clear to the party this president will not be able to win a second term. we re in the first year when trump should be at his most powerful and able to leverage the fact that republicans have control of both ends of pennsylvania avenue. but in terms of the fallout from this, it is just wildly uncertain. we don t know what s going to happen with some of these candidates that trump via bannon will be supporting in some of the primaries. the first place you ll look is tax reform. you need to look for true impact. will corker actually vote against a package trump can t afford to lose a lot of republicans. every republican i talk to says 2018 looks really good except if they don t pass some kind of tax reform. that s right. corker reiterated after the meeting with trump i m firm on the deficit. that s not something that he s going to waiver on but he s ....
Future if they lose this slim majority in 2016. corker also told manu, i think the debasement of our nation will be what this president will be remembered for. what will corker and flake be remembered for? let s consider that flake is at 18% approval in arizona. that s the context here. right. i mean, you know, he s making the decision to retire before likely having been retired in a primary. it s not like it s just an important thing to keep in mind when you consider flake kind of bomb-throwing on his way out. he was, you know, made this stand against president trump much earlier when he wrote a book, very critical of the white house. he makes this statement but you have to remember, he probably would have lost his re-election bid. so, that might take a little bit out of it in the long run. so, what is the view from the from sitting senators who are going to run for ....
Guy out there saying is what a lot of them are saying privately is why he s decided to retire. before he does, he could still have some influence here. the atlantic has a headline where he says, will corker s talk turn to action? this is not any republican senator, although they are important, this is the head of the foreign relations committee and he has it in his per view to do something on, for example, iran, which is going to be a big topic this week. what do you see as the path forward for bob corker here? is it is this explosive interview with the times and that s it? we saw the president s tweets. that s an interesting place to be because you re going to get a reaction, but the article was interesting where he talked about the hearing and does bob corker go that route? in his position, he certainly could. i don t know if it will happen ....