one of your colleagues in the house, jason lewis, there has been reports, in his prior life -- mr. ryan: oh, yeah. i was wondering where you were going with this. reporter: he said some very disrftful thingses about women and african-americans. saying -- [inaudible] -- entitlement mentality and that women couldn't be called certain words. should he apologize for those comments? mr. ryan: i thai actually -- whenever i drive around western wisconsin, as i have in the past years, i turn on minneapolis radio and i remember jason lewis back in those days. he was a shock jock. that was his job at the time. i've seen some of these comments and i obviously don't support those comments. but the jason lewis i know here, who is a congressman, is an extremely conscientious man, a very hardworking, very effective member of congress, who has been nothing but an exemplary congressman, who represents his constituents well. reporter: would an apology help? mr. ryan: i'll leave it to him. reporter: thank you, mr. speaker. when the house returns in september, there will be just 19 days before the mid

disturbing audio from gop congressman jason lewis. longer broadcast hosted by lewis tp listen to this company clip from the jason lewis show as lewis complains about not being able to call women sluts anymore. >> can we call anybody a slut. this begs the question. take this woman out of russia out of it for a moment. because are does the woman have a right to behave -- i know there is a double standard between the way men chase women and running around -- you know, i'm not get tlg. you know what i'm talking about. >> yeah. >> but used to be that women were held to a hoyer standard. we required mod assistant from women? are we beyond knows women wrp she can be behavior as a slut but can't call her a slut. >> krn he is a k file editor joins me with new audio he uncovered. thanks for coming in. that was bad enough. now you've got new audio, more audio. >> we have more troubling comments from lewis this time speaking about african-americans on his radio show which he hosted from 2009 to about the 2014 when he quit. he said that african-am

jason lewis is running against a female candidate. somebody who ran against him the last time and lost and this particular gem wasn't out there on the campaign trail but others from his radio days were which were equally if not more explosive and it didn't seem to make a difference. that was in 2016 when those explosive comments were being crowded out by the guy at the top of the ticket. it was also pre-me too and the time when the democratic base was not even as close to being as energized as they are now so this will be a very interesting test case as to whether the -- this kind of language in this election will be hurtful to somebody who is not donald trump. maybe has the same kind of entertainers background. >> piggish. >> don't mince words. >> and whether or not it will make a difference. it's fascinating. >> the phrase that jumped out at me was we used to require modesty from women. >> in what century? >> i thought freedom was standing up against burkas and the taliban-esque views from folks in the midwest. minnesota is a state

. >>> new today, republican congressman jason lewis firing back, defending past comments about women. we dug up audio of lewis in 2012 on his radio talk show. >> can you call anybody a slut? does a woman have the right to behave, i know there's a double standard between the way men chase women and running around, you know, i'm not going to get there, you know what i'm talking about. >> yeah. >> but used to be women were held to a little bit of a higher standard, we required modesty from women. are we beyond the ways women can behave as a slut but you can't call her a slut? are you serious? i know. congressman lewis responded with a video today. >> you know, i was a broadcaster over two decades, candidate for office, now elected office holder, i've had to answer a lot of questions over the years, good ones and silly ones. it comes with the territory. not only do i like answering the questions, i enjoy a good debate. that's what politics is all about. >> let's talk it over. he is running for re-election, he is blaming his political opponent, a democrat and woman for the audio release,

ainsley: you write about gop congressman, jason lewis his daughters were threatened? >> yeah.nald trump, is making them punch somebody in the face. i'm sorry, you can't blame donald trump for when you want to hit somebody you disagree with. ainsley: what would you like to hear from the democratic party? what would you like them to stand up and say? >> i would like to see chuck schumer, nancy pelosi say, no violence. no hitting. we can confront arguments we disagree with with more words. ainsley: be respectsful. don't come up to people in a restaurant sitting there with their kids and yelling at them? >> yeah. that doesn't get the point across. that doesn't do anything time prove the discourse. you will not get your goals met by yelling people outside the home. ainsley: causes more division. >> right. ainsley: if you want to read it in the "new york post," carol markovitz. food to see you. >> thank you very much. ainsley: socialists love the idea from bernie sanders. >> medicare for all, will save middle-class families substantial money. guarranty health care to all, as a right