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anti-tax guru grover norquist. this video of a right wing speaker taking aim at grover. >> grover norquist is trouble with a capital "t." as you see, he has a beard. and he's showing signs of converting to islam himself. >> that's right. apparently you can tell grover is converting to islam because he has a beard. makes me wonder about a few other bearded guys i know. like ben bernanke. we could hear about his muslim brotherhood ties any day now. what about zz top? we know they're rockers, but could they be radical muslims, too? how about santa claus? what's he hiding underneath that jolly beard? and don't forget about uncle sam. those stars and stripes aren't fooling anyone. the whole thing is a joke. did the far right think we didn't know how they're peddling this nonsense and trying to smear one of the world's greatest religions? nice try, but we got you. i want to make things more secure. [ whirring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat more dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want t

someone said the of the grover norquist may be the most powerful person in america. the new pledge he has held canada is to. he has held candidates -- the new pledge he has held the new candidates to is keeping millions -- it has a role to play in a country rich in the land grant colleges, highways, bridges. i understand the bridge out here is about to be built. i am all for infrastructure. >> obama in a way has to be the luckiest politician. if you look at the republican lineup -- [laughter] it is like michael dukakis in an oversized tank hat. >> the idea that newt gingrich is now at the top of the heap. >> you do not want to be the top because they get shot out. >> it is seems like anybody but romney. >> herman cain is a breath of fresh air. [laughter] >> i am not going to reassess him as he reassesses his campaign. >> herman cain is fabulous. >> newt gingrich -- i am going to get serious on you. newt gingrich is an error lobbyist -- uber lobbyist. barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the de

but grover norquist is trouble with a capital "t." as you see, he has a beard and he's showing signs of converting to islam, himself. he's married a muslim woman, but he denies that he has converted himself. he denies that. >> i guess abraham lincoln was a muslim, too. anyway, there's a reason to suspect someone on a path to radical islam because they have a beard? again, the lincoln example. >>> finally, a break from politics. it's not just kids and pets that get spooked by thunder and lightning. last night's game at yankee stadium got hit with three rain delays. there was plenty of thunder in the mix. here's what happened in the yankees dugout during one particularly loud clap. >> booming thunder rocks yankee stadium moments ago. that's brett gardner and company. >> anyway, the poor dears. now over to the reaction from the red sox in the exact same moment. >> jarrod saltalamacchia says i'm out, no mas. >> wow. a little more subdued. both teams spooked by the thunder there. it's one thing the yankees and the red sox have in common. t

the next generation stay tuned the bad happy adams look we're not always the biggest fans of grover norquist here at the big picture but with the former texas republican chairwoman kathy adams said about him at a recent tea party gathering deserves a mention if just for a cheer absurdity armed with a carefully detailed powerpoint adams told her audience that the founder of americans for tax reform grover norquist is a secret muslim because among other things he has a beard take a look. he was going to. wait like he's going to. be here. and he's yelling. this is serious. and this is. you know come to think of it you might be on to something kathie i always thought there was something a bit off about rick santorum. all right in the very very ugly ben stein during a saturday appearance on fox news's kudo on business the conservative pundit and former nixon. speechwriter mocked anti keystone x.l. protesters for their quote psychological defects seriously take a look. this isn't really about any policies is about attracting attention to the protesters or giving them sub you do make them feel as i

unmasked grover norquist. he has converted himself. norquist isn't the only prominent figure involved in this secret jihad. he suggested clean shaven john brennan can be an undercover muslim as well but obviously cleverly shaved his beard to avoid detection. >> stephanie: you have a beard! [ ♪ dramatic ♪ ] >> wait a minute! >> stephanie: i just noticed chris lavoie. >> he's facing mecca. >> well, not quite. >> stephanie: where is the outcry? where is the outcry? thank god that ted cruz is now in the united states senate. that's right. i'm sure he'll snuff out the secret mus limbs also speaking at the eagle forum the groups founder, phyllis gave the republican party a helpful tip. >> like ted cruz. >> the idea that the g.o.p. needs to court the latino voters is a great myth. >> wait a minute. tet cruz. >> spanish name. >> they need to hone in on the people they have a chance of winning, white people. >> spain is occupied by the -- >> stephanie: where are the white women at? >> where are the white women at? >> s

marco rubio rand paul, grover norquist, and of course, sarah palin.ll this conference the road to majority. good luck with that. first here is sarah palin. >> it's turned orwellian here. before 1984, it's leading from the behind, following and the other day the white house testifying before congress, bragging they used the least untruthful statements. from where i come from that's called a lie. yes, officials lied, and the government spied and in benghazi the government lied and americans died. >> cenk: i don't know how much she would hate it if we said that bush lied going to iraq. and can anyone understand what she's saying? you know, she just goes on and on, i hate obama, and i rhymed, and i hated him that way and in 1984. small side note, is that the largest beehive you ever have seen on her head? just a small side note. enlighten me, sarah. >> i say until we know what we're doing until we have a command center chief who knows what he's doing these radical islamic countries keep disrespecting human rights, both sides are flattering each other and

2033, which led to an odd occurrence, a democratic senator quoting the conservative activist, grover norquistng immigration reform is the key to economic growth. >> immigration reform will jump start america's economy and reduce our national debt. he went on to say i urge congress to fix our broken immigration system for the sake of the american economy. >> reporter: opponents were not comforted, senator sessions argues it will hurt american workers still struggling to find jobs themselves, and pointed to a cbo finding that wages fall one-tenth of a percent in the first years. >> it will pull down unemployment and wages. that is exactly the wrong thing that ought to be happening at this time. >> reporter: another conservative says u.s. workers are already competing with foreign workers overseas, better to have them here he says paying taxes. >> right now, we're competing with low skilled labor around the globe. the fact they come across the sea, across a state or street to compete doesn't change it one bit. >> reporter: others argue there's lack of border security which is needed to keep anot

the grover norquist crowd.they're very prominent in oklahoma and continue to fight any effort to raise revenue. i think this crosses the line there. i think you're going to see a lot of registered republicans join with a lot of the democrats and support something like this knowing that it is going for the common good. >> joe dorman, it's been interesting to follow your efforts on this from afar as all of us in the country are trying to learn more about how your state copes with this kind of threat. thanks for helping us understand it. i appreciate your time. >> you've got a lot of fans here in oklahoma. thank you for everything you do in reporting. >> thanks for saying so. i really appreciate it. >>> still to come, young guns. they get old too. then what happens? that's coming up. r ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [

we've got the, even i understand grover norquist endorsed comprehensive immigration reform.ve got everybody cooperating to make this happen. is time is now. that's why we have a cute text thing where people can text 877877 and put in the message nuns and you get my voice after a second text message, and what you do is, i encourage you to call your senators and we'll put you through. it's fabulous. >> you are on the road, focusing on voters and constituents in the areas you're hitting, but isn't the d.c. where you need to be changing views or affecting views based on this topic? >> i'm a lobbyist in d.c., but what i know is the only way that senators votes are going to change is if we, the people, speak up. so that's why we're on the road. i say we're creating a healthy tsunami of political power on the part of the people. we, the people, know that the 100% will be better if our senators in the senate solve this problem and we're putting pressure on the house as well to make sure that the house of representatives takes it up and votes through a comprehensive reform that inclu

grover norquist went after her. this is where the incentive structure that i'm talking about kicked in which is the way she got back in their good graces was the immigration bill. sb1070, part of which was struck down by the supreme court in which she became so associated with. because associating herself with that made her very popular with the right. >> it made her very popular with the right. sb1070 was also popular with a majority of voters in arizona. it's different from a lot of the clown show stuff you're talking about. >> interesting. >> where republicans are forced in supporting policies that are popular are the conservative base and unpop particulular ove. brewer reached an interesting synthesis. there's an unfortunate majority opinion in arizona that supports very harsh measures toward illegal immigrants, but it also is amenable to things like fiscal pragmatism, the medicaid expansion. >> there's a lot of folks in senior homes in arizona. let us note. >> right. exactly. so i think -- i think she's a lot l

now, i don't usually agree with grover norquist, so the fact that we can actually agree on this issue means we have done something right in the gang of eight, something worthy of the support of even some of my most conservative colleagues. i think -- i think my friends on the other side are out of arguments. a good job of bottom lining the c.b.o. analysis. he says -- quote -- "this isn't just a good c.b.o. report. it is a wildly good c.b.o. report." they are basically saying immigration reform is a free lunch. it cuts the deficit by growing the economy. it makes americans better off and it makes immigrants better off. at a time when the u.s. economy desperately needs a bit of help, this bill, according to the congressional budget office, helps, and politically it forces opponents of the bill onto the ground they are least comfortable occupying. they have to argue that immigration reform is bad for cultural or ethical reasons rather than economic ones. so the good news in this c.b.o. report about the economic benefits of immigration reform is exactly one of the reasons why 70% of ameri

steve forbes, grover norquist, amongst any. are you ready? >> we are always ready. a breaking story. additional information on doug shuman, his political aide, a number of visit to the white house by his political aide. >> yes. the chief of staff, a man named jonathan davis, his top political aide visited the white house between fall of 2009 and february of this year a whopping 310 times. you have to ask what is he doing in the white house. we are supposed to trust the irs. what is he doing at the obama white house the hundred ten times. stuart: when asked why he had been there, and he said the easter egg roll with my kids. they are clamming up. i want to get to the bottom of this. we will next week with an extra hour. believe me. now here is dagen. dagen: thank you, stuart. back in the green. barely. it was poorly timed. that is what st. louis federal reserve bank is saying about bernanke. give thanks to the pups. how it may boost productivity. all of that and so much more coming up on "market now." ♪ connell: i know you want to talk about those dogs, which we will

. >> you do have a lot of people in the party from grover norquist to billow rile little. >> to johnccain who's come back around. >>en an half of the gang of 8 are republican. >> that's true. >> there were 68 votes for that bill in the senate. and you know, quite a number were republicans and so there is a chunk of the party that is in touch with reality. it's just the rest of the party. >> professor peterson, the decision on the voting rights some are saying it could help the gop hold onto the house. i felt like josh green of business week argues ultimately it could make the gop more beholden to their white southern base when they desperately need to expand that. i think you could see a repeat of what we've seen previously particularly with among minority voters if we see high turnout. >> yeah, i mean, this is a victory for republicans and conservatives especially those in washington, d.c. because the evisceration of the vra is going to have a positive impact for a lot of local right wing republican districts. they'll be able to play to their base based on this. we've seen some seve

grover norquist says some compromise is heading in the wrong direction.e a meeting the minds except they both liked the zoo. >> is it coincidental we had a red panda escape from the national zoo right around the time they visited it together perhaps? >> no, we arranged for that to happen actually. >> very good, great promo. >> the cover story of "time" is "the pursuit of happiness." still ahead, a big announcement about the department of agriculture today that could change the way our children eat at school. we'll talk to the secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. i'm the next american success story. working for a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. there's opportunity here. i can use walmart's education benefits to get a degree, maybe work in it, or be an engineer, helping walmart conserve energy. even today, when our store does well, i earn quarterly bonuses. when people look at me, i hope they see someone working their way up. vo: opportunity, that'

that refers to a comment that grover norquist likes to say that he wants to make the government so small that it can be drowned, strangled in the bathtub. the weighted to that is to keep cutting taxes. -- the way to do that is to keep cutting taxes. he got most everyone in the republican party to sign his famous pledge saying they would never vote for tax increase. he extended it to closing loopholes, which he called a tax increase. even just closing loopholes. so even conservative senators like tom coburn said, what is that? why is it a tax increase to close a loophole or and attacks favor for ethanol, for instance? it basically put a choke hold on the whole process, particularly in 2011. it also gave the lie to the idea the republicans stand for deficit-reduction, for lifting the burden of debt from our children. one of the key moments in the campaign came from a fox news debate that many of you saw where a fox and her asked all of the republican candidates who were -- newscast asked all of republican candidates or lined up during the primary, could you support a 10 to one ratio of spe

and another one said why would i support the party of grover norquist who wants to shrink the governmentto the size where it could drown in a bathtub? these are government employees who belong to a union. they are naturally going to be aligned with democrats, and that's problematic. jon: yeah. as we have seen from this evidence that the irs has been throwing itself some lavish conferences, paying full rate for hotel suites, $50,000, you know, parody videos, that kind of thing. this is an agency that doesn't seem to necessarily know how to economize. >> well, and for me the problem is that our tax code because to be a special tax-exempt group there's certain guidelines. so the irs is in the position of policing political speech, of deciding are you overly political, or do you really count as a social welfare organization? if you are a democrat surrounded by a bunch of democrats, no matter how well intentioned you are, you're going to be more skeptical of a tea party group. are these guys really pursuing social welfare? it's going to not occur to you that, well, yes, they are trying to pur

where does grover norquist come from? how did we get to this place? of partisan gridlock in washington in modern memory. so, yes, there's always been a lot of this going back 200 years but we're in a different place. some of it has to do with reaction to barack obama for a variety of different reasons that create what i call, you know, and others have called, obama dearrangement syndrome where they really can't be caught cooperating with him in any fashion, even on judges, even on judges they like, where they have trouble with their constituents. and that really started in 2010 with senator bennett of utah, who was very, very conservative, one of the most conservative members of the entire u.s. senate, but he made the mistake of working with the democrat, ron wyden, on health care policy and he got dumped at a state party convention in utah. he basically -- his political career was ended. when he went back to serve the rest of his term for several months he was a walking advertisement for never, never cooperate, never work with democrats, or you will

he's going to target coal fired power plants and grover norquist is with us in a few minutes.rbon tax. 40% of small businesses say they've frozen higher because of obamacare and one business owner tells about the impact on her company. can you believe that animated monsters beat the zombies "world war z" at the box office? we're talking about that new at 10. and here is my take on the grand canyon tightrope walker. young wallenda carried on the family daredevil tradition. well, he did far more than that. he seemed so american, didn't he? let me explain. last week we were treated to the sorry spectacle of european pagans dancing around dawn on the summer solstice, mired in debt and deep in recession, and divided and failing, europe has drifted a long way from the judeo christian moorings, they're becoming a joke. and last night we saw the very american nik wallenda on a type rope across the grand canyon no safety net. i saw a european commentator incredulous and she thought he was crazy and nonplussed with individual action. risk, faith, big reward. no amount of government inte

and people can spin and they can quote grover norquist and those kind of things to say otherwise, butofessor borjas at harvard says differently; a federal reserve economist in atlanta says differently. the commission on human rights had hearings and every witness said it would be bad for workers already here. they will get hammered the most under this flow -- this dramatic increase this workers. well, they say it will increase g.n.p. well, it will. you legalize 30 million people, you're going to have a larger economy and it will be bigger. but the question is, per person, per capita, will america's productivity increase? will our g.d.p. increase? well, what did c.b.o. find? this is their chart. it shows that it drops. this is the baseline today. if we passed a bill -- the per capita g.n.p. of the united states of america, each citizen, drops. that doesn't make us wealthier as a nation as a person much so what if the economy grows a little bit but everybody has less, because you've got more people. that's what they say. "s. 44 would reduce per capita g.n.p. by .7% in 2023." this is 212

point he is trying to make is that multinational corporations have drowned our government in grover norquist'son't think it is our government that is evil i think it's a the corporations that have been contracted by our government to do these things and i think that's what he is trying to point out. >> i hear you. and thanks for the call sophia. you and i were talking during the break about how he was saying it is not about him, and then immediately tried to make it about him. >> yeah you can't turn around and say you have this fundamental belief and you want this belief to be out there and let people debate the merits of this program and step back from it, if you say it's not about me, and then you do a 16-minute video, and then do a piece on -- and it's all about you every step of the way. and you can't take the information in a vacuum when you are constantly making you the story. and i compare this to the guy that released the 47% romney video. and then we didn't know who he was. then it came out later, and discussed it, and that's great. we have that story. but for me you can't take it in

as grover norquist said in his testimony, our bill, if adopted, would improve the finances of our nation. but more than that, this legislation provides workable, flexible, affordable humane solutions. it's tough, it's fair, it's practical. now i welcome additional ideas to enhance border security public safety. i'd like people to bring up their amendments and vote them up or down. but our goal must be to secure the border, not seal it. and as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, i will oppose efforts that impose unrealistic, excessively costly or inhumane border security efforts and oppose efforts to unduly delay the path. we've waited too long already. and that includes the amendment offered by my friend from iowa, senator grassley, which would significantly delay even the initial registration process for the 11 million undocumented individuals in this country. the bottom line is this, madam president. the pathway to citizenship must be earned, but it also must be attainable. citizenship must be earned but it also must be attainable. and let's not forget that bringing 11 million

in his written testimony to the senate judiciary committee on april 22, 2013, grover norquist pointed out that once immigrants have lawful status and work authorization, they will be able to get better jobs and contribute even more to the funding of federal programs. he wrote that after the 1986 immigration law was enacted -- quote -- "their incomes rose by an average of 15% just by gaining legal status. those immigrants today are making much more than they did and as a result, paying more in taxes" -- close quote. my point is, immigrant taxpayers contribute to the funding not only of medicare and social security but of all federal programs. no one disputes that it should be this way. immigrants on the pathway must pay taxes just like everyone else. the strict tax requirements in the bill are the right policy. what is wrong what is wrong are the policies in the bill that prohibit immigrant taxpayers who are on the pathway from being able to use federal safety net programs for at least 13 years. their taxes pay for these programs but they can't use these programs. that is profoundly un

and that was an amendment i had that was not made in order, even though grover norquist thinks it should be made in order. environmental working group thinks it should be made in order. but we are more interested in - lking about- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 second. ms. speier: we are more interested in talking about the atlantic spiney dogfish or penny crest than dealing with issues around veterans accessing snap and whether or not the public has the right to know when we spend $9 billion a year on premium payments for crop insurance. just another name for what has historically been a farm subsidy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm down to the bear minimum of time i have left. i'm going to reserve my time until i close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: may inirchoir -- may i inquire of the gentleman how many speakers he has left? mr. session: i am at the bare minimum, i will close wh

also, the judiciary committee received powerful testimony from grover norquist. he was asked repeatedly by those who opposed this bill whether legalized immigrants lead to a drain on our safety net. his response was just the opposite would occur. he testified the immigrants come at the beginning of their working lives, which means they have paid taxes and contribute to the economy before being eligible for entitlements. now, it's not every day that i agree with these very conservative commentators and advocates, but i was happy to invite them to testify b-2 the committee and commend their analysis to members who are concerned about the approximated cost of reforming our broken immigration system. all the valid testimony, all the valid testimony that we have received says that fixing the broken immigration system adds to our bottom line in a beneficial way. you know, america protects the most vulnerable among us. this includes survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking as well as pregnant women and children. i am proud to report that there are strong pro

the bigging a row growers in this this country, the most progressive pro-immigrant groups and grover norquist and the club for growth all saying this legislation is important and necessary for america. so everybody is entitled to their opinion, mr. president, but you're not entitled to your own facts. and i expect during the course of this debate to make sure that at least when we are debating we are debating the same facts. this legislation is good for our country, it will reform our broken immigration system, it will let me know who is here to pursue the american dream versus who might be here to do it harm, it will create economic opportunity for all americans, it will add more taxpayers to the rolls of this country so that there can be true shared burden at the end of the day, and it will create greater enterprise as is exhibited by the high-tech companies of which so many have been created by immigrants in this country. i look forward to a fuller opportunity to present all of the reasons why this legislation, including tough border security provisions, more than ever before, more money s