that is the kind of thing you might think pennsylvania republican like congressman dan muser would be concerned about. you might think a party that claims to deeply care about the american economy, would care about the staggering toll but it doesng not. republicans are showing once again it's not really about the economy or american jobs or simply fixing what's broken, it is about weaponizing tragedy and stokingdy culture wars. and above all, it is about sticking it to joe biden. baltimore mayor brandon scott spoke with my colleague joy reid yesterday, and he was very clear about what he believes lies at the heart of the republican resistance to doing what needs to be done here. >> we know what they want to say, but they don't have the courage to say the "n" word. andn" the fact i don't believe their untruthful and wrong ideology, and i am very proud of my heritage and who i am and where i come from, scares them. >> joining me now is charles coleman, civil rights attorney and writer for slate. also with me is former missouri senator claire mccaskill. i have a hard time looking at the

muser. >> i was kind of outrageous, immediately, for biden to express in this tragedy the idea that he's going to use federal funds to pay for it inentirety. we can't take the easy route all the time. >> as the people of maryland mourn those who died and struggle to fund a new bridge, muser said he would spend his time trying to get trump elected. >> so you think president trump can win pennsylvania? >> absolutely. in fact, he's ahead right now. >> yeah. >> that is my only goal for '24. >> my only goal. if congressman muser feels so strongly about doing nothing but helping trump, i wonder if he thinks pennsylvania should return the $13.2 billion in funding his state is set to receive from president biden's infrastructure bill to repair the more than 3,000 bridges and over 7500 miles of highway in that state that are in poor condition. does he want to roll the dice on that? joining me now, dean obeidallah. host of the dean obeidallah show. also from sirius xm, clay kane, author of the niem best selling the grift. the downward spiring of black republicans from the party of lincoln to

dan muser from pennsylvania, republican, said, i don't know why the biden administration jumped on the idea that the federal government will pick up the tab for this. i think that's a standup or the fact that most people believe this is a tragedy, it's an infrastructure issue we need to deal with. we should and will deal with it together. i think you covered well today. thank you for that. happy easter to all three of you. >> happy easter. >> thank you, friends. "velshi" starts now . >>> good morning, sunday, march 31st. happy easter to you. i'm ali velshi . the behavior of the republican party's presidential nominee has grown increasingly disturbing. erratic and dangerous. that should surprise no one. one year ago this weekend, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg indicted trump on counts including a cover up on a payout scheme to protect a potential's sex scandal to go public days before the 2016 election. this was the first, former american president had been criminally charged in the history of the country. trump, as you can imagine, was furious. in the days leading up to the fo

pennsylvania congressman dan muser, by the way, slamming biden for using taxpayer dollars to fix thats immediately for biden to express in in this tragedy the idea that he's going to use federal funds to pay for it in the entirety. i mean, you know, he doesn't refer to it as the american taxpayer dollars on anything. you know, the first reaction, in fact, the only reaction just tends to be to spend if. we just can't take the easy route all the time and just try to spend the taxpayers' money. ashley: it's interesting, isn't it? economist e6789 j. antony joins me now. i guess the question is, e.j., more government spending, i mean, who should be paying for this bridge and all the recovery? >> oh, ashley, it's very clear that those responsible for the disaster should pay for the cleanup. and it's absolutely amazing, why is it that the biden administration never wants people to actually pay for the damages they cause? they never if want people to be responsible for the ramifications of their e own actions whether it's student loans or whether it's people crossing the border. oh, no, it's