. >> and joining us now is anna marie cox, a columnist for "the guardian."he's joining us this afternoon. maria teresa kumar, ceo of voter latino and msnbc contributor graced with us her presence in new york. >> come on, martin. >> which is great. maria teresa, he spent time condemning gop politicians who don't stand on principle, but how much longer is the party going to tolerate this circus? >> well, this is the thing is he actually claims to be the direct of ronald reagan although ronald reagan would basically not recognize him or his policies. he's basically trying to get medicare, trying to shrink the irs and shrink federal programs. that more or less, though ronald reagan in work did not, you know, was against it, in practice he actually increased the federal government. it doesn't make any sense. >> it doesn't make any sense to you. anna maria, as i said earlier, the night was filled with bad irs jokes. listen to him. this one takes the biscuit. >> i'll give you the simplest solution to this irs scandal which is abolish the irs. >> abolish the irs, an