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a lot of democrats want to see mitch mcconnell picked off. she lost in the house run in one of the best sort of opportunities that a democrat would have in a while. in a blue area as it goes. or the least red, we should say, in kentucky, to andy barr in 2018. the president won kentucky by 30 points. >> uh-huh. >> can someone beat mitch mcconnell in a presidential election year in kentucky? >> it's going to be really hard. the good news for amy mcgrath is she'll be able to raise a tremendous amount of money as she was able to do in 2018. she's also an outsider. which does kind of help you if you want to take on mitch mcconnell and tie him to washington. but the bad news is that donald trump won kentucky by 30 points. and even somehow if mitch mcconnell underperforms trump in 2020, it's not going to be by 30 points. maybe, you know, it's by 20

mitch mcconnell changes more rules. this has led to a real break down, and it threatens the confidence of the public and the court if they see it as a strictly partisan branch of government. host: you have been with the new york times for how many years? guest: i started as a regional reporter in 1986. this is my 35th year in washington. next scholar from louisiana. james comer republican line. caller: this is probably the happiest segment of "washington journal" i have ever heard. merrick garland's shutdown was mitch mcconnell's greatest moment. when he allowed the next to go upright before the election will be his second greatest moment. your guest is right. they will be an unbelievable amount of republican conservative justices appointed at the court. with the unserious candidates that the democrats have, there no chance they will win the election. it will be 8-1. it is a sad day for democrats. is why talk about the eye of the beholder. it is the title of the book, "confirmation bias." depending on what side you are

. >> moscow mitch, that being mitch mcconnell of moscow, kentuckys two bills. moscow mitch. moscow mitch. >> moscow mitch keeps killing any bill that would protect american democracy. but i want to talk about moscow mitch. moscow mitch. moscow mitch. moscow mitch. he is aiding and abetting. >> yeah. >> vladimir putin's ongoing attempts to subvert american democracy. moscow mitch won't even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american. >> "the new york times" reported yesterday that mcconnell's incensed by that nickname, which has spread all across social media thanks to joe. and now the associated press is reporting that the nickname is even catching on in his home state of kentucky, where he faces reelection. you've seen people with sign there's. even president trump had to deny that mcconnell was acting like a stooge for moscow. here is how trump attempted to defend his buddy in kentucky. >> mitch mcconnell is a man that knows less about russia and russia influence than even donald trump. and i know nothing. >> well, the question now, wil

you are the one who called mitch mcconnell out. >> yeah, poor mitch. poor mitch.se the fatal flaw of mitch mcconnell in this and i hope everybody understands this. mitch mcconnell is leading the republicans to object to the democrats' bill on election security because he is claiming states rights and saying states have control over election systems so there is no need for a national standard. where that fundamentally fails is this. our entire union is to deal against foreign threats. when mitch mcconnell is saying this is a state's issue he is saying this is not a national security moment for the nation when every other continual jens agency says it is. one thing mueller said we can all agree on is there is urgency right now. let's all criticize mitch mcconnell right now for saying you're failing to inject urgency into a debate over one of the most critical matters we face in 2020, which is the safety and security of our election system. he should be canceling august recess to bring up the democratic bill on election security. >> fact check us, ken. mitch mcconnel

mitch mcconnell was not making a joke. he was punting this hot garbage of a story into the sun which is. >> hot garbage of story. >> informs a gotcha story and it was ridiculous to be brought up. and the logic behind the story -- the logic behind the story applied to other issues would tie up democrats and in gordian knots i don't think it's a road they want to go down. >> 350 years of slavery and 50 years of gracious is not hot garbage of a story. this is america's original sin. and we still have not wrestled with this and come to terms with it. the fact that we elected one black president is not enough. and scott citing a black person here or there, does not justify erasing the whole conversation or shutting down the conversation that's still going on today. we still see even among african-american unemployment rates that the african-american unemployment rate has been and continues to be double the rate for white people. it's been that way for some 50 years as long as they've been keeping records. if you look at the ave

because the old mitch mcconnell. he is for legal immigration, was open to negotiating with president george w. bush about sweeping comprehensive reform that would have given legal status to those who came into the country illegally. he's in a different box now because of the person in the white house. if you accept mitch mcconnell at his word, and the president at his tweet, the president says he's not a racist. the debate is, is the president a racist or a race baiter? that's the debate the republican party is in the middle of right now, that's not where you want to be. >> we risk con vow looting these two things. three of these congresswoman were born here the fourth was naturalized. in that case you can say it's about legalization. >> ilhan is a refugee, she came here fleeing something. and our laws allow for that. so it is not at all about immigration, except that in that what the president really doesn't like that they're doing is criticizing his immigration policy on the border, so mcconnell is trying to do som

>> i think a lot of republicans are going to make sure he's not the candidate. >> mitch mcconnell suggestinghey, suggesting that there's not going to be money from the senate representation to help him out. >> even mcconnell's super pac suggested they might end up trying to attack him if he becomes the nominee or at least a tloehreat to do so. so we're talking about the races in kentucky and also in kansas. to me, this isn't even the real battleground that we're going to see, which is going to end up deciding control of the senate. the democrats, on their eye, they are looking at places like colorado, arizona, maine, where susan collins is. and then hoping to pick up somewhere like north carolina and iowa, maybe texas. that is really going to be the terrain that decides the majority in 2020. >> so in a weird way, the more they talk about kentucky, the more it takes away from probably where democrats want to have the attention. >> where do you view this as you look ahead to 2020. the president had good numbers recently. the economy has benefited him when it comes to presidential behavior. a l

mitch mcconnell, the kentucky republic and majority leader of the senate at the time, was in the caribbean on what turned out to be his annual beach visit. i was surprised to hear that mitch had an annual beach visit. i think is a wife liked the beach. the secretary, and i say in the book, mitch just kind of isn't the guy you see hanging out at the resort and around the pool. but at the beach he was. so he got early word, as i describe in the book, kind of via the scalia family that this -- the justice had died. and so normally in these cases, it's such a big figure on the national stage, there's a mourning period and everybody wants to talk about justice scalia, his cases, his life and work and leave the politics out of it, but of course, a lot of people here who have worked in congress and know about this, that's on the outside. on the inside everybody is talking about the politics and that's just the way it goes, but everybody usually there's a little -- it's like good taste to hold back and not immediately start talking about politics and even in the media we kind of do it. i'm sitting

they actually said that, that mitch mcconnell is an asset of russia?of themselves and not to apologize. >> harris: president trump there yesterday after "washington post" ran an op-ed calling senator mcconnell a "russian asset" for blocking election security bills. mcconnell is also pushing back against critics calling him a victim of "modern-day mccarthyism." the senate majority leader argues congress and the trump administration are already doing enough, and the bills are democrats putting politics. but one senator and presidential candidate says mcconnell is doing just that. >> totally aligned with the president. the president, i think, once chaos of the election. stop those bills in their tracks. he's doing it, and that's why he's doing it. because it protects their party. i think it's not patriotism. i think it's pure partisanship. >> harris: steve? >> steve: that's nonsense. mitch mcconnell's not trying to help the russians metal in in the 2020 elections. it's really insulting for amy klobuchar or anyone else to say that. he has a long history of

i asked mitch mcconnell for a podcast. he said i will tell you my personal opinion is we need to get at the blue slip for the appeals. on the appeals court judges there is no longer a blue slip, they were all democrats in california, particularly on the ninth circuit because such a liberal circuit. there is no break on either party you can get anybody through. and that is just kind of the way that it is. >> in the unlikely event republicans hold the senate and let's say clarence thomas reads the court for some reason -- >> he was asked this very question that there's more attention focused on mcconnell saying he would consider the judge in 2020 despite saying previously he let the people decide tdecide, so this is a whe separate issue. kind of an interesting answer he says okay there is a democratic senate, republican senate, can any supreme court nominee get through and she says while, you know, if it is early in the first year it would be politically unsustainable to not have the hearing and vote on somebody that would h

mitch mcconnell is a man that knows less about russia. and russian influence than even donald trump. and i know nothing. so i think it's a horrible thing when a paper which is really just a paper for the benefit of amazon, "the washington post" is fake news just like the "new york times" is fake news. it's put there for the benefit, "the washington post" of amazon. and i think it's a disgrace. if they actually said it, i didn't read it. if they said that mitch mcconnell is an asset of russia, they ought to be ashamed of themselves, and they ought to apologize. well, i think right now, i am watching. i think right now it will be sleepy joe. i think. across the limp line. what i think doesn't mean anything. i know the other people. i know him. i think it's off his game by a lot. but i think personally, he endorsed sleepy joe. no, i think i'm helping myself because i'm pointing out the tremendous corruption that's taken place in baltimore and other democratic-run cities. all you have to do is look at past mayors in baltimore see what happens

"the washington post" called mitch mcconnell what? i think "the washington post" is a russian asset by comparison. mitch mcconnell loves our country. he's done a great job. we're trying to pass an infrastructure bill. it's been written up right now as we speak for our highways and roadways. mitch mcconnell has got more judges than probably any -- in all fairness, with my help. but as a combination we're going to be up very soon to 179 federal judges. nobody has ever seen anything like that. other than george washington, we'll end up having the highest percentage of judges put on the court, and it's going to be a legacy. mitch mcconnell is a man that knows less about russia and russian influence than even donald trump, and i know nothing. i think it's a horrible thing when a paper -- which is really just a paper for the benefit of amazon -- "the washington post" is fake news, just like "the new york times" is fake news. it's put there for the benefit, "the washington post," of amazon. that's my opinion. i think it's a disgrace. if they

the person who called mitch mcconnell un-american on msnbc on friday, which provoked mitch mcconnellte floor to complain about it is not a left winger. he is a former republican congressman. >> i want to talk about moscow mitch. moscow mitch says it's a hoax. how can moscow mitch so willingly turn a blind eye? moscow mitch won't even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american. he's moscow mitch. >> joe scar borrow called him moscow mitch 16 times friday morning when i was watching "morning joe." "washington post" columnist dana mill bank was objecting to entitled smoonl a russian asset, dana mill bank is not a left winger. she is not a partisan political columnist. he has found his way into the congressional record influence mitch mcconnell's complaining speech today, said that mitch mcconnell is a russian asset because he is blocking legislation requiring presidential campaigns to report any offers of assistance from foreign governments to the fbi. dana mill bank wrote this about mitch mcconnell. presumably, he thinks whatever influence russia exerts over u.s. elections w

mitch mcconnell fighting back on what he calls the dangerous rise of modern-day mccarthyism. is mcconnell being treated unfairly? >> i think it is ridiculous the washington post is calling mitch mcconnell a russian asset because he stands in the way of legislation they think is tougher on russia. mitch mcconnell is a russian asset why isn't barack obama and joe biden russian asset in the hacking occurred in the election of 2016 during their administration. weiss and henry kissinger the greatest russian asset of all because he pursued detente? it is silly. the deeper messages people accusing mitch mcconnell of being a russian asset are the same people who think ratcliff is politicizing the dni office. a disturbing trend of mixed politics and intelligence and use these terms and irresponsible ways when we are having is a political fight over the best policy issue in the federal government, being in charge of election the policy. >> does involve attacks on maternal? >> i support enhanced election security. i agree with what senator schumer said at the clip that was played but i d

on the tax cuts that mitch mcconnell champion to, would you work to remove them? it's important to note that the only piece of legislation that senator mcconnell was able to do when he had the power was the tax windfall for corporations and the wealthiest 1%. the problem i had with the tax cuts is not that i am for tax cuts or against tax cuts for the middle class, i'm not. so everybody wants low taxes. the problem i had was his priority was always corporations. at your priority should have been the people of kentucky and he should have made the middle-class tax cuts permanent and he didn't do that. >> neil: but to be fair, you could argue the size and scope of the tax cuts but about 80% of americans did get them. i don't know how that percentage breaks down in kentucky but could you tell residents in kentucky that i'm going to scrap all of those and start fresh? >> i wouldn't tell them i would scrap them all, i would fix it. i would give tax cuts to the middle-class and working-class in particular. i think that's very important. >> neil: is of the tax cut at 21%,

mitch mcconnell will take a couple of questions.et's listen together. >> when the president uses such language, that is so far over the line, regardless of what their points of view are or policies, doesn't that undercut your argument that these issues are a problem? of these policies -- does this undercut your arguments? >> obviously i think it's a good idea to focus on what our democratic colleagues are up to. the green new deal, the version of it, to take away jobs. medicare for all would take away your private health insurance. if they made an effort to pay for all of this, they would have to go after the most productive parts of our economy. remember, the top 10% of taxpayers provide 70% of the revenue for the federal government. i think this is a prescription for slowing america to a crawl. i think it's also important to remember that most countries that ended up adopting socialism did it by voting for it. as margaret thatcher once said, "the problem with socialism is you run out of other people's money." we are better off to

the swamp was really built by mitch mcconnell. >> senator mcconnell's campaign is already out this morning i'm sure you have seen going after your record, framing you as being too progressive essentially and tweeted out video from team mitch saying, hey, welcome to the race, kentucky senate. i don't think you ran a single negative attack ad. are you going to rethink that this time around? >> well, i think i'm going to definitely contrast the way i believe, what i believe and what i think kentucky kwrapbs believe with senator mcconnell's record. in that sense, yes, i will take it to senator mcconnell and make sure kentucky kwrapbs know he has been around 34 years and here are all the things we needed had imto work on. instead, he has worked on giving massive tax breaks to millionaires and the wealthiest 1% and really just doing the interest of the special interests of the corporations. >> a fine line seems you may need to walk of course related to appealing to people who are more moderate pro-trump democrats in your state, as well as more progressives in the state of kentucky as well. jake

elizabeth: mitch mcconnell said no good job creation policy. >> mitch mcconnell knows what is good forhe republicans, as longa the economy stays strong. >> ford thank you. >> thank you for watching. we hope we helped you tonight, lou dobbs is next right here on fox business network, have a good evening. >>> i am david asman in for lou dobbs, early sign of trump administration pressure on mexico. is yielding positive results, border patrol ap -- -- radical t rolls on, nardler preparing tosum subpoena a dozen individuals. attorney general william's barr probe to origins of russia

i know that sounds like a cliche, but mitch mcconnell, shame on him. someone recently called joe scarborough, the former republican active from florida, who has a morning show now, probably on as we speak, who called him moscow mitch. and i thought that was a little harsh, but perhaps if people made it into a bumper sticker, because mitch himself calls him the grim reaper, the place where the bills from the house go to die. and that doesn't sound like anything that the founding fathers or anyone who really came after and believed in our country working properly every believed in. host: after mitch mcconnell blocked those two bills that democrats hoped to move by unanimous consent last week, concern by democrats yesterday keeping the pressure on via their twitter pages and news appearances. this is ron widen, senator from oregon, member of the senate intelligence committee, saying on twitter yesterday, we are 463 days away from the 2020 election, and mitch mcconnell has yet to make any concrete steps to protect our federal elections from hacking or forei

mitch mcconnell loves our country.s a man that knows less about russia and russia's influence than even donald trump, and i know nothing. >> sandra: you don't hear that every day. president trump responding to the bizarre claim being pushed by many democrats and the media that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is actually a secret russian agent. this is hardly nuanced. here's one headline from "the washington post." "mitch mcconnell is a russian asset." the memes are everywhere labeling him moscow mitch due to his opposition of two democratic bills supposedly aimed at preventing election interferenc interference. >> these people have worn out the volume knob so badly that they have nothing left but the most unhinged smears. welcome to modern-day mccarthyism. >> sandra: here now, charlie hurt and richard goodstein. a good evening you both. charlie, start us off here. it's hard to believe they are calling it mitch mcconnell a russian asset. >> yeah, you know, it's kind of comical -- let me say the first thing, i lov

that's what mitch mcconnell tried to do on the floor.cked for is not that he's a russian asset. i think his foreign policy record would say it's the exact opposite. ideologically he's opposed to where democrats are and some republicans are on these election security issues particularly on the federal versus state role in these elections. that's difficult to explain particularly when you had robert mueller just a week ago talking to members of congress saying it's still happening, it's happening right now. mcconnell is not going to move off that since he's been there 20 or 30 years. yesterday was an effort to push back on the attacks. there is some bipartisan legislation related to information-sharing on the defense apparatus that i thought people thought might move that has been blocked but that's not the broader issue. they're attacking him bluntly saying he's in favor of russia and that's technically the case. >> is it too much the case for the president trump to understand an opinion columnist or "the washington post" at large or is h

it's guys like senator mitch mcconnell. >> let's bring in david drucker. 's covered mcconnell for more than a decade now. how vulnerable is the senior senator from kentucky, david? >> not very. i think if we were looking at 2014 when he had a huge problem with the republican base in kentucky, he had a primary challenge that he had to fight hard to beat back. but he ended up winning that race by 15 points. now you're look at a mitch mcconnell who because he has worked so closely with president trump particularly on the judges issue and confirming so many conservative judges he's looked at much differently. i think the kavanaugh fight recast him in the eye of a lot of republicans who thought he wouldn't fight hard enough and too quick to cut deals. whether any of that's true is besides the point. when you're looking for a vulnerable for mitch mcconnell in a state like kb that does not just vote ofrmingly for president trump and likes trump and likes his style and what he has to say, you've got wonder where mcconnell's vulnerability is. i thought that clip wit

mitch mcconnell has been the white whale of this since 2010. >> stephen: yes, mitch mcconnell is the( laughter ) in that he has been acting like a huge moby dick. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) well, this morning, mcconnell went on "fox and friends" and told jon stewart that when it comes to providing healthcare for 9/11 first responders, he should just chillax. >> whyhy has it always seemed tt the vote comes at the last minute? >> well, many things in congress happen at the last minute. we've never failed to address this issue, and we will address it again. i don't know why he's all bent out of shape. >> stephen: well, senator, i for one don't think-- >> he said what? what did he say? what did he say? ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: jon, now that i have you here-- what a delight-- may i ask you, are you bent out of shape? >> no! no! no! no, mitch mcconnell, i'm not bent out of shape. i'm in fine shape. well, i'm out of shape. i am out of shape. but not because of-- i'm actually really more pizza crust than man, really, at this point. ( laughter ) but i'm not bent out of sh

. >> mike: and unusually angry mitch mcconnell, the top republican on the senate taking to the floor and finding accusations that he's actually moscow mitch allegedly looking the other way while russia interferes in america's elections. correspondent garrett tenney has the story. >> i object. i object, mr. president, i object. >> this all goes back to last week after robert mueller's testimony when g.o.p. leaders sparked a wave of criticism for preventing democrats from passing a series of election security bills without any debate or what's known as unanimous consent. the headline of a "washington post" op-ed labeled mitch mcconnell a russian asset, called him unpatriotic and said he is arguably more than any other american doing russian president vladimir putin's bidding. the hashtag moscow mitch was trending after joe scarboroughd on, accusing the kentucky senator of aiding and abetting putin's efforts to subvert our democracy. >> all republicans are all saying russia is subverting american democracy in moscow mitch won't even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american.

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well, mitch mcconnell. that's really important and that's going to be, you know, my message, that the things that kentuckians voted for trump for are not being done. he's not able to get it done because of mitch mcconnell. >> hi, amy, i'm steve rattner. the presidential hopefuls come in a variety of colors and flavors if you will on issues. and just like i would like to ask you how you'll position yourself on the issues like medicare for all. like the green new deal, like free college tuition. how do you run on those issues in the state of kentucky? >> well, i think that, you know, when i watched the democratic debates with my husband and my family and, you know, a lot of times my husband is a registered republican and i'm a democrat, but i was an independent for many years and there were times when, you know, when my husband and i looked at each other during the debates and we were concerned that many of the candidates were pulling a little too far left from where we are. because we're both moderates. you

you're seeing the shifting tactics now from mitch mcconnell. earlier this week he talked about embracing illegal immigration. they are constantly playing catch-up to this. the president is focused on one person is that is himself and that is winning 2020. that's what he's got his eye on. the republican party has really got to figure out what they're going to look like in the next 10, 20, 30 years. and i think all of their silence right now, all of their sort of deflecting away from what the president and we all know what he is saying. we all know what he's supporting when these crowds are saying send them home. instead of shifting over they should be denouncing when about the president is saying and then, yes, talk about policies. talk about what these four women are espousing, and again that onus goes on nancy pelosi. she can defend these four women but also say this is not where the democratic party as a whole stands. >> to be on this point i think liz cheney has done that, daughter of the former vice president has made just that distinction,

>> well, this carries echoes of course of what mitch mcconnell n did in thes leading up to the 2016 campaign. you'll remember that the obama administration wanted congress to pass some sort of a statement. and mcconnell blocked it and said he wouldn't g along because he felt it was being caught up in partisan politics. it was designed to hurt the republican nominee. and so -- and that' very much his argument today. this is democratic partisanship. is is not actually about making our elections more secure. it's about democrats trying to score points. the interesting thing -- to answer your queion directly, i don't know if he'll pay a political price in his own state. but i do know that it just sort of to mdminreaks of hypocrisy and it also potentially sets h up by the sort of you live by the sword you die by the sword. so he doesn't want to see this because he sees it as calculated to go againstrump or republican president. what we learned today that the iranns are also interested in potentially interfering in our election. and if they donterfere in the 2020 campaign, they're likely to interf

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mitch mcconnell loves our country. he's done a great job. we are trying to pass an infrastructure bill. it's being written up right now. for our highways, and our roadways. mitch mcconnell has got more judges than probably any -- in all fairness, with my help, but as a combination, we are going to be a very soon to 179 federal judges. nobody has ever seen anything like that. and other than george washington, we will end up having the highest percentage of judges put on the court, and it's going to be a legacy mitch mcconnell is a man that knows less about russia and russian influence and even donald trump, and i know nothing. so i think it's a horrible thing when a paper, which is really just a paper for the benefit of amazon, "the washington post," fake news, just like "the new york times" is fake news. it is put there for the benefit -- "the washington post," of amazon. it is my opinion, and i think it's a disgrace, and if they actually said that, i didn't read that. if they actually sublet, that mitch mcconnell is a

and new s why mitch mcconnell is outraged over the attacks like moscow mitch. we begin tonight with ten more democratic candidates taking this debate stage. and tonight's debate has several famous names including kamala harris and joe biden some arguing he has to bounce back from the rough night he had at the first debate. >> there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools. she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> that's a miscarrieization of my position across the board. i agree that everybody -- my time's up. i'm sorry. >> everyone knows debates are a type of performance. that meets expectation dozen matter. biden now previewing a strategy saying he won't be "as polite" tonight. he's personally assuring donors things are still on track. these debates are about reaching donors for lesser known candidates. this is the main way people are meeting them. 11 million people watch the debate on tv or online last night. some of these candidates sparking the kind of moments or interesting

mitch mcconnell loves our country. he's done a great job. we are trying to pass an infrastructure bill. it's being written up right now as we speak for our hide ways -- highways and roadways. nobody's ever seen anything like that. and other than george washington we will end up having the highest percentages put on the court and it's going to be a legacy. mcconnell is a man that knows less about russia and russian influence and even donald trump and i know nothing. thinghink it's a horrible theh is a paper -- washington post is fake news just like the new york times is fake news. it's put there for the benefit the washington post of amazon and i think it's a disgrace. and if we actually said that i didn't read it. if we actually said that mitch mcconnell is an asset of russia they ought to be ashamed of themselves and they ought to apologize. well i think right now it would be sleepy joe. what i think -- i think he's off his game by a lot. but personally i think it's going to be sleepy joe. i think i'm helping myself because i'm pointing out

in fact, yesterday senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked two election security bills, includinguiring the use of paper ballots by states and counties as backup to whatever system they use. mcconnell stonewalling in the wake of robert mueller's warning prompted a contentious exchange with minority leader chuck schumer yesterday. >> attacks on our elections are as great a threat to our national security as any other, and yet for reasons inexplicable, the republican leader refuses to bring legislation to the floor. >> what my friend the democratic leader is asking unanimous consent to pass is partisan legislation from the democratic house of representatives relating to american elections. it's just a highly partisan bill from the same folks who spent two years hyping up a conspiracy theory about president trump and russia. >> mcconnell blocked the bill just hours before the senate intelligence committee, a bipartisan committee, recommended that at minimum, any machine purchased going forward should have a voter verified paper trail, which makes sense. in fact, mcconnell has said he

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what is your response to mitch mcconnell?, i won't be quiet as dramatic as joe just was there, but i agree with him entirely. this is not a partisan issue from democrats and republicans. what is more american, what is more patriotic than protecting the votes that americans will cast in the 2020? and i think this new report could give him an out. he and the president. because remember, in the past, we are talking about dysinformation on facebook, the hacking of the dnc and publishing that. those were designed to help candidate trump and hurt candidate clinton. but this new report really focuses on what the russians were planning to do on election day to disrupt the integrity of the vote. that is not for trump. that is just to undermine democracy and by the way, as the report points out, they had a public releases dysinformation campaign designed with things like #rest in peace democracy. so that i think could help to say this is something we all should get behind. it wasn't just that putin was trying to help trump, which he wa

. >>> is this the time to take down mitch mcconnell. his approval rate is at 50% in his home state of kentucky. can he actually get beat in 2020? at in 2020 johnson & johnson is a baby company. but we're also a cancer fighting, hiv controlling, joint replacing, and depression relieving company. from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. prpharmacist recommendedne memory support brand. from the day you're born you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> now to the latest on the 2020 presidential race. msnbc spoke exclusively with senator bernie sanders not long before he took the stage at a rally in iowa. joining me now live from mount pleasant iowa is nbc news road warrior. mike, good afternoon. you spoke with senator sanders today. how does he plan to separate himself from senator warren? >> it's interesting, phillip. having this historically large field of democratic candidates can really be exhausting sometimes. when it comes to these two-night debates it prov

we begin with mitch mcconnell.nell's republican senate blocked a number of bills designed to combat russian interference in the u.s. elections, joe called out mcconnell's obstruction to those measures. mcconnell took to the senate floor yesterday to defend himself. saying that he is a hawkish foreign policy conservative who spent decades pushing back on russia. but senate minority leader chuck schumer disagrees with that. >> and the leader mcconwho will is the majority leader who can determine what is put on the floor he's put nothing on the floor on elections when last year we attempted in the appropriations bill to add more money to help the states harden their systems against cyber security -- against cyber attack, leader mcconnell opposed it. he said it's not needed. >> we'll also note that dennis mcdonagh said that mcconnell watered down the administration's warning about russia's attempt to interfere in the 2016 election. former vice president joe biden re-affirmed that while speaking with the council on fore

i mean mitch mcconnell and his people are ruthless. really hard time anyway with trump on the ballot and this kind of mistake, they're rubbing their hands together. >> this is from team mitch on twitter. amy right now -- put it up. there we go. it's a dog in a laboratory. i have no idea what i'm doing. i mean they're quick. >> ouch. >> ouch is the right word, thank you. >> this whole thing kind of shows how democrats have to twist themselves into a pretzel to run in a state like kentucky. part of amy mcgrath's message is president trump won by a big margin and she wants to work with him on things like infrastructure and draining the swamp. she's painting mccaonnell as -- >> you've had chuck schumer who's had some setbacks in his recruiting who thought this was a big success. she ran a house race. she lost but some people question whether is great success. but a former marine fighter pilot, a woman candidate to go against mitch mcconnell. in kentucky, from reporter philip bailey, the first 36 hours have not been a good confidence builde

mitch mcconnell is up for re-election in 2020. he knows to get re-elected in kentucky when chis still a safely red state he cannot afford to get crosswise with president trump's base back home. because mitch mcconnell does an awful lot of polling. his team is very, very savvy. they spent a lot of money on data and microtargeting and analytics and so he better think twice before he gets on the wrong side of the president. and again he is just symbolmatic of the republican party. >> you have walked the halls of congress and worked there. there is this vote on a resolution that should happen tonight which would condemn the president's statements and call them racist. is this a hard vote for republican members, and should it be? >> well, apparently it is. if they can't even go on record to give a basic statement casting a vote which is a way to codify their opinion on something is going to be a bit more difficult. i'll be curious to see how this plays out. they expected the house to reprimand the squad or ilhan omar when she made thos

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. >>> coming up, mitch mcconnell had a very negative reaction to being called "moscow mitch," and now the majority leader is playing defense on why he hasn't strengthened our defenses against the russians. termites, feasting on homes 24/7. we're on the move. roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. >>> i want to talk about moscow mitch. moscow mitch says it's a hoax. how can moscow mitch so willingly turn a blind eye? he won't even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american. he's moscow mitch. >> that nickname apparently left a mark. mitch mcconnell today defended his name and reputation, took big swings at his cites, and more importantly, defended his decision to block re-election security legislation. he complained the most recent bill was too passionate and his position on russia interference is being distorted. >> every single member of the senate agrees that russian meddling was real and is real. we all agree that the federal government, state g

senate and mitch mcconnell to take the bills up for vote. >> one of the bills that mitch mcconnell is refusing to put on the floor would call for any campaign, american campaign getting offers of help from foreign government to report it to the fbi. he will not, mitch mcconnell won't allow that on the floor nor the other bill that allows paper ballots. here is what donald trump said in june, just in june to george stephanopoulos on abc whether or not he would be willing to accept foreign help. >> your campaign this time, foreigners, if russia, china, someone else offers information, should they accept it or call the fbi? >> i think maybe you do both. i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. >> given the fact that donald trump said he would be open to taking help from norway or any other country that wanted to weigh in, help him win, when you also have no deal able to be reached between democrats and the republicans on both pledging not to accept foreign help, even though the republicans claim they don't want foreign help, they won't pledge with democrats

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