the republican party has to take a nap somewhere. >> the republican party as far as i can tell is gone dead and buried and probably never coming back. >> republicans are focused on winning and right now trump has taken hold of the republican party. >> we are the party of the american worker, the american family and the american dream. >> the republican party is having major identity crisis right now. >> a conservative writer and commentator left the republican party and discussed the day after the 2016 election. >> watching all my former friends fall into line behind them, people who were as appalled as i was when trump started running for president, i can't figure out who these people are. it is like invasion of the body snatchers. they had their brains sucked out and replaced with trumpian must. >> republican voters since 2001 was once picked out of a crowded from rally. >> look at my african-american over here, look at him. >> he said he didn't mind at first. >> i sat it out. everybody around me burst into uproarious laughter because it was funny. if you weren't there you would have

you guys are republicans and he is the head of your party. he has delivered on republican things like taxes. are you not concerned that running against the president could hand the white house to, say, elizabeth warren? >> as governor, i never met a tax cut i didn't like. i cut them 20 times, and never raise them. i feel that they could have been more equitable, but this is not a fiscal conservative. he has get along with trillion dollar deficits every year. i was ranked the most fiscally conservative governor in the u.s. and i was governor of mass -- massachusetts. doing.ok some we can't sit still for this guy, a disgrace to the office, almost deed day, he commits some or says something that makes it he isbeyond any doubt unfit for the office of president of the u.s. i wrote the book when i was working on the nixon impeachment, and every day, he transgresses that line. we cannot worry about the general election. all we have is the duty that is staring us in the face right now. >> president bernie sanders, think about it. >> i have been asked

i read about the demise of the republican party. don't just talk about the defeat and repudiation of the republicans talk about a new era of activist government. what is that based on? it turns out i learned a lot from writing the history reading and writing the history of the political party writing about using social sciences along the findings of public attitudes toward during that period and also my own in-depth research with republicans who i listen to very closely on why they were doing what they were doing. what i discovered is, america really needs to be understood as confirming a whole series of historic junctures where social movements, protests, political organization party realignment came out of new major laws or court action that changed our social relationships. they made a whole series of them. so right, and abortion contraception, abortion being legal, contraception being legal, immigration expanding. all of the legislation, the court action as a whole each time made its freer more equal more democratic. junctures w

republican party voters but the republican party establishment , they are a cold . they abandoned everything they believe in to worship this guy every single day. that should offend all of us and by the way the republican brand under this president is horrible. so i don't know why they're defending him, theyshouldn't . >> governor, you call this ukraine business quote, trees and pure and simple. >> i think the ukraine caper by the president is some commendation of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors but one thing that's clear is that it's grounds for removal from office. you have a sitting president essentially selling the results of an american presidential election in which he's a candidate in the rigging it in his favor against another candidate corruptly. and of the mueller report makes it plain that any activity the president takes, this president to benefit himself or his family politically or financially is a corrupt action and this suspending aid and immediately calling up the president and the saying do this to kill biden and meanwhile $4

up next, new signs of republican party is the party of trump. ll take it up with a lou: more great news for the president. a new poll shows republicans are more supportive of president trump and they are good republican party. in the herbert harris poll 42% of republicans or independents leaning republicans and say they are more supportive of donald trump and the republican party. that's up three points from last month republicans who say they are more supportive of the party fell from 30% to 26%. joining us tonight rnc chair "rhoda" daniel and great to see you. let's start with this harvard harris poll. even though it has mixed news for the party the fact that you have a standard bearer like the president in these circumstances is about the best news there popular party has going into 2020, isn't it? >> the great thing for the party to have the president leading our party and someone who expands are based and attracts voters who have an eyes looked at the republican party. part of the reason why he won in 2016 and every candidate on the ballot i

and then to destroy the republican party. most republicans feel to get them to be brave enough to become public with within a privately. >> if you are willing to be brave say i'm tired of the bs to go to joe welsh.org. [applause] >> republican presidential primary debate thank you to the candidates thank you for watching on facebook of more coverage of the 2020 races. [applause] trump. georgetown university hosted the hour and and a half event.

about republican party voters that i am talking with republican party establishment, they are occult. they abandoned everything they believe in to worship the sky every single day. again that should fit all of us. by the way, the republican brand on this president is horrible. so i don't know why you know defending them. you should. >> governor. you call this ukraine business treason. several. >> i think the ukraine hereby the president is some combination of treason ivory and other icons and misdemeanors. one thing that is absolutely clear is that is grounds for removal office. yes any president of the united states essentially selling the results of an american president joel election in which he is the candidate. in reading it in his favor against another candidate corruptly. men of the molar report makes it very plain that any activity the present case, this president to benefit himself or his family politically or financially is the corrupt action. this is spending the night and then immediately calling up the president and staying do this to kill biting and meanwhile $400 milli

white women that ,e saw on the republican party to the democratic party in 2018. they are rightly concerned that if they cannot win back some of those voters, the party's future looks quite bleak. i think they are appropriately targeting the voters that they need to target, whether or not they can reverse the trend is the big question for 2020. host: johnson in connecticut, independent line. good morning. caller: yes, yes good morning, mr. scanlon. i am just amazed that someone from the nation of the far-left rag and the democracy alliance -- that is way progressive. is interested in public and women. i used to be a democrat and i had to leave that party because i don't even know -- i don't know what happened to it. i don't care what happens to it, but i can tell you this. there are a lot of republican women, i mean, a lot of democratic women and independent not like the democratic party, just like i don't like it anymore, and are afraid to speak up. my main question is, i keep hearing this bigoted statement -- people of color. i have a definition, but i would lik

enough energy within the republican party itself, a line interest within the party.ctually stand up for this president, stand up for the american people it is as if they are so used to kowtowing to the chamber of commerce and the business roundtable to wall street corporate america. they are confused about the fact that they are in charge of the senate. they are inn charge of the white house and they act like they are winning orders. they may be doing that and they just haven't received them from goldman sachs and the business roundtable and tom donahue at the chamber. this is an opportunity for them. it's the only opportunity they have got and that is to support this president and drive home a victory for 2020.o to. >> you put your finger on the exact reason why donald trump shot to the top of the field of republicans in one election, and that is because he is not afraid. he's willing to go and stir up a hornets nest. he's willing to stand forf. stu. he's willing to make hard negotiations with china or iran or democrats domestically. there is nobody he's not willing

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and we can't even get from the republican party in the house or the republicans in the senate vigorousupport for this president in advance of an election that is now within the next year and a half. year and, well, 14 months. >> it's going to be a close election no matter what. people have to understand it's -- we could lose the presidency. trump has had a great presidency -- lou: people have to understand, what about the senators and the house and the republican party? >> we could lose the whole game. we have to get in this battle as deep as any i've seen in the last 50 years. there's a lot at stake here. the house is at stake, the senate could be at stake now. lou: so why in the world, what kind of person is sitting in the house of representatives or the senate who doesn't come back on their haunches and just roar like a damn lion and go get 'em? >> well -- lou: because there are no lion withs that i can see. >> and the two gentlemen who are in the senate on china, should be telling the chinese the president is being supported by the country -- lou: well, they did that. >> and we're

that trend continues, it will determine who wins elections, but what the representation of the republican party looks like. host: next call is from new york. caller: good morning. i am retired, and i wanted to question, do you think the reason why republican women don't run -- look at what these women go through. examples, sarah huckabee. other women in the trump organization, they are called -- every -ist there is. i think they fear now coming out in public to be labeled a >> watch it live on c-span dorgan take you live for minority leader chuck schumer and house speaker

division has been a constant in the republican party, until now. at the 500 day mark of the reagan presidency he had the support of 77% of republicans, at the 500 day mark of the trump presidency he has the support of 87%. there's less dissent in the republican party than ever before. it's his party. which is why the -- those of us who care about the two party system think what should happen in 2020 is the republican party gets obliterated so that -- the old story about hitting the mule over the forehead with a two by four, it gets its attention and something needs to be dobe to -- needs to be done to get the republicans' attention. >> let me move on to your book. it begins in princeton, new jersey, where you earned your ph.d. in the mid 1960's. and you invoke the fourth president, james madison, and the 28th president, woodrow wilson, both of whom also spent time in princeton. and you write, my conviction is that properly understood, conservatism is the madisonian persuasion and my melancholy belief is that woodrow wilson was the most important sin

party base is the most? donald trump for the republicans and bernie sanders for the democrats. what do those two have in common? neither of them ever belonged to those parties. that's something we all have to reckon with. the institutional beginning of the two parties have only just begun to see it's getting worse and where that takes us is a political system is very scary to think about. >> you have the 2012 election and the result is misunderstood. the republican establishment do an autopsy. they have a great plan to win over the minority voters and hispanic voters and trump does the exact opposite we can talk about the destiny of that discussion but which of it is a deeply reported in spite of the rain documentation of the republican party doing everything they can to stop this trashing over their autopsy, doing everything that the consultants told them they couldn't and this brings me to my favorite quote in the book and i want you to tell the story behind it. the quote is mother is not going to like this. [laughter] please explain. >> judging by the [laughter] i am assuming

epic covering years of political writ terrain over the course of 600 readable pages you see the republican party grapple with its nominee for 2016 and also see the fallout from their decision to stand behind him in the party's internal changes in the years running up to the election that eventually landed trump on their doorstep. opening with mitt romney overtaken john mccain in 2008 and closing in 2019 when romney once more lingers at the that the book that recent personal encounter with romney as he's really from the indictment of trumpet visor roger stone in the course of the robert mueller investigation, one of many things like that in the book as tim alberta has interviews with other gop figureheads examining the situation, paul ryan, john boehner, the president himself joining tim alberta tonight is jonathan swann fellow political reporter himself. he's known for his breaking news, insider report of the current administration. please join me in welcoming both speakers to politics and prose tonight. [applause]. >> hello. >> how're you doing? fired up. thank you for coming out to see jonatha

of the office building and then for control of the republican party steering wheel. it is the intense back and forth. koch wins when certain federal judges are appointed and mitch mcconnell is making sure he is happen 191 - - that is happening. that he imposes massive tariffs. and then the global energy system in global trade. >> and donald trump had a tremendous support of the republican party as you have seen many times and what it is interesting and then with those policies and if donald trump wins that he may redraw the republican party for generation generations. >> i have so many questions. so what i want to ask you about his treatment of his own workers and he didn't fall far from the tree he was one of the activists in the 19 fifties and those antiunion sentiments from the beginning and i remember a worker was killed because of being poisoned and georgia pacific and then tries to tell workers how to vote can you comment and what you ran across. >> this is so predictable that please read the book. the story of the labor unions and the workers they ended up pla

white women that ,e saw on the republican party to the democratic party in 2018.e rightly concerned that if they cannot win back some of those voters, the party's future looks quite bleak. i think they are appropriately targeting the voters that they need to target, whether or not they can reverse the trend is the big question for 2020. host: johnson in connecticut, independent line. good morning. caller: yes, yes good morning, mr. scanlon. i am just amazed that someone from the nation of the far-left rag and the democracy alliance -- that is way progressive. is interested in public and women. i used to be a democrat and i had to leave that party because i don't even know -- i don't know what happened to it. i don't care what happens to it, but i can tell you this. there are a lot of republican women, i mean, a lot of democratic women and independent not like the democratic party, just like i don't like it anymore, and are afraid to speak up. my main question is, i keep hearing this bigoted statement -- people of color. i have a definition, but i would like to hea

there is a drift in the republican party. both parties are drifting in directions that are unsavory to a lot of us. you are not going to find on this day us the people who are going to try to defend one side, the what aboutism that is the phrase of dc. i don't buy it. i think those women are anti-semites and enablers, i do and i think there are anti-semites and enablers in the republican party. in the charlottesville, you saw people holding up signs and chanting against the jews. that was a disgrace, and the president's failure to call them out immediately is his shame and his failure and i will say there were plenty of people not spoken for the republican party by the president. i agree with you 100%. our job is to call people out when we see them but much more it is to elevate those who are above this, far better than this because there are still so many people here in washington, in politics who get into this gross and dirty business because that is what politics has become. we may not agree about what those good things are

my republican party believes in the right to vote, my republican party believes in the marketplace of. but this republican party today, kevin mccarthy and all of these republican party bosses, all they do is wash their leader's feet every single day. they no longer talk about ideas. >> let's talk about some ideas as it relates to foreign policy, congressman, because if you ended up -- and you acknowledge it is a long shot in the oval office. you would be dealing with these tensions with iran that are building. president trump says he is locked and loaded, although the white house says that doesn't necessarily mean military action. how would you be handling this attack on the saudi oil production facility if you were in that position? >> first off, i would be a prt you would speak softly and carry a big stick, unlike this guy who just throws out sweets contradictory tweets. we don't know where he stands. does he want to meet with rouhani without any preconditions or not? he's all over the map. we're sending mixed signals. we're sitting on top of a potential powder keg in the middle eas

we need move the republican party to where we see the world. strict libertarianism. anti-regulations. scale back government. stop government spending. so americans for prosperity and koch focused that majority of their fire power on the republican part to transform that and the reason is they see that as the only viable option. david koch ran as the vice presidential nominee on the libertarian ticket in 1980. went around the country, donated a bunch of money, gave speeches, and won 3% of the poll. libertarianism doesn't poll well. i don't think it ever really has and they realized we need to transform the republican party to achieve our policy ends. so that's why i think there's been a strong relationship over decade. >> charles and david koch strongly opposeed president obama and the candidacy of now president trump. where do you feel like they in terms of social issues -- beyond the economy -- that now charles falls on the political spectrum. >> on social issues or -- >> social issues, just beyond the self-interest of what they've done with the republican party in t

the republican party, the trump party, which was a pro-immigration party, which was a pro-free trade party, which was a deficit and fiscal responsible party. this party is none of those things and more. >> now, doug, taking off of what rick just said, what does this give the democrats? does it give them an opening to say in particularly senate races that are now leaning toward republicans have some of the more challenging races -- does it say to those in those states that the republicans are all trump, and there's no room for clarity, so therefore the republican incumbents are going to have to bear the weight, pro or con, of donald trump's politics? >> reverend al, it's great to be with you. look, i actually think there is another place that democrats can go, and that's about this being another broken promise by the president. you know, he talked a lot about the rigged election in 2016, that, you know, he criticized republicans during the nominating process. he questioned that process. he was worried that they were going to take away the nomination from him. you know, he attacked hil

i do think he has fundamentally remaking the republican party. we seen this over the years as they try to trumped it pretty masterfully. i think that's here to stay. i think the party always gets branded under the who the de facto leader is. you will see the party tried to carry that out i'm sure a lot of people in this room view that as a negative thing. i think there was a new attention paid to a segment of voters that felt completely left behind by the political process. while there well always be the kind of insiders establishment elite of the party i do think that you will see more and more candidates really try to stay connected with those voters. we are all going to be having t-shirts that say presidents rack. for years i have gotten it wrong. we seriously disagreed up here about who is a racist and who isn't. thank you for having us [applause]. we books for sale downstairs. all weekend every weekend. join us again next saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern for the best nonfiction books. .. ..

lindsey grahams a view there the consensus view in the republican party now? lot of republicans at least privately are very critical of this decision. of course, few of them are actually willing to stand up and say so. and the sad part about this is the military appropriations construction bill is as the congresswoman said usually a bill that is built through consensus. it's many times the first one heard on the house floor of all appropriations bill because there is a lot of bipartisan support for investigating in military infrastructure, for improving quality of life for our men and women in uniform, and their families. this is a white house, steve, that boasts about its commitment to military funding. and in many ways, they do get credit for securing major increases in defense spending in line with what many generals have been asking for. however, now they're taking a giant step back by taking away money from our men and women in uniform and their families and using it to a fund border infrastructure project if the president could not get congress to agree

i've given up on the republican party. the republican party is a cult, right.no longer stand for ideas. the republican party right now is all about washing their leaders' feet every day. that's what they do. we're going to take our campaign directly to republican voters and i'll add, in all 50 states, we're going to campaign in all 50 states. we're going to campaign in south carolina, arizona, nevada, and kansas, because i believe if we let these republican voters know that the president of the united states just took away their right to vote they'll march on the headquarters of their state parties to get that right to vote back. we're going to go right to republican voters. >> as you're going right to republican voters i know you have been -- had recent meetings with george conway, no fan of the president's, mark sanford also hinting he had been speaking with george conway. he is an adviser as i understand for you, does not have a formal role in your campaign. how much are all three of you in conversations with george conway? how much is he helping each one of

i think the republican party will stick with him. ithink republican party will stick with him.this is in a long line of things that donald trump has done. another link in a corrupt chain. doi done. another link in a corrupt chain. do i think this will change the republican party ‘s posture, especially members of congress? no, ido especially members of congress? no, i do not. mitt romney has spoken out but not many others have. i know privately from conversations i have had with members of congress that their views on donald trump are similarto mine they their views on donald trump are similar to mine theyjust feel that publicly they cannot or won't, they have decided not to say anything. and that is not because they are afraid of donald trump, they are afraid of donald trump, they are afraid of donald trump, they are afraid of the base of the republican party because donald trump has a lock on that base. he says jump and they say how high. republicans on they say how high. republicans on the hill know that and if donald trump turns on individual members of congress, so will the

>> so i think this has kind of been the republican party. there are republicans like susan who have kind of become less and less and fewer far between, they're called reas rhinos now and are not treated very fairly. i think the president has been the mascot unlike any other mascot that they've had but a lot of these ideas are been lingering. joe walsh talked about when he came on to the scene 20 years ago, he's talking about the same things that donald trump is talking about. >> thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. >>> it's been a week since dorian hent and we stiit ant we grasp the devastation down to the bahamas. ♪ did you know you can save money by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? try dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. with 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, it tackles tough grease on a variety of surfaces. try dawn ultra. >>> search and rescue operations tip today in the bahamas in the areas hit hardest by hurricane dorian, the strongest hurricane to ever hit the chain of islands left behin

mark sanford is really running a different playbook here were he wants to remake the republican partyfiscal rectitude, which is completely lost so no one is listening to them about what a real republican should be buried he also indicated in the past few weeks that he would vote for the president over a democrat so i think is going to get less attention, which is the goal of bill weld and joe walsh essentially, to run out there like anthony scaramucci, getting a lot of tv interviews and i don't think it's going to work very well, but none of them believe that they are going to actually take him on. >> i think it does point to just the failure of the never-term movement, which has for years been working towards this goal of having a credible candidate that they could run in a g.o.p. primary to weaken the president. basically the problem is that this is one of the most topical group republican presidents in his party in our day. >> bret: why then cancel the primary schematic >> well because they understand of the whole is to weaken the president and help democrats win and usually the re

one thing that's become abundantly clear in as much as people say the republican party is the party of donald j. trump these days, party leaders are not going off on a whim and say i'll do this, though the president might not want me to do so there is either a tacit understanding or a direct understanding. >> now, what's interesting ability your candidacy is i am hearing from many quarters that you are probably the bigger threat to the president because you come from the right. you don't disagree with a lot of positions on the right. but at the same time, you are challenging this president. why? >> well, a couple different reasons. i mean, i mean i think the republican party and as it being led by the president has lost its way on death, deficit and deposit spending. >> that used to be a benchmark of what the republican party was supposedly about. and i think the president is taking us in the wrong direction there. i think as well, though, i saw it in this congress am district right here on the coast, you know i think there is something -- you can say the right thing. you say it in the

at this point the republican party, the republican party and the conferences on the house and the senate sides both ought to be ashamed of their response, their lacking of a response in defense of this president and law and order. >> it's even worse than that's. you have the coup targeting donald trump. they tried to overthrow the senate with intimidation to stop kavanaugh. so they were attacking the institution of the senate. and now the target is the supreme court, threatening impeachment based on more lies and smears. this not one institution under our constitutional republic that is not under assault, a vicious assault by the hard-core left which is taking control of the establishment here in washington. lou: talk quickly -- we are running out of time as always. judicial watch filing a foia lawsuit seeking the records of the special counsel, and felix seder turns out to be an informant for the fbi and the cia. see was working with the trump organization and was an fbi informant and cia inform yantsant. yants -- informant fn he informs one of the principal movers behind the real estat

now it's the republican party and the white house who need to circle the wagons to protect donald trumpratic party attempt to bring him down. jon sopel, bbc news, new york. peter wehner served under three republican administrations, for ronald reagan, george hw bush and george w. he advised president george w bush on domestic and international issues. a little earlier, i asked him what he would advise if faced with all this. i would probably tell him he should resign. this is such an abuse of presidential power, it is extraordinary. there is nothing i can think of that is comparable. to try and put pressure on a foreign leader. and i agree with your correspondent, there was a clear quid pro quo. they were talking about foreign aid and then shifted the conversation to say they needed a favour done and that was the investigation of hunter biden. and, actually, was following up by holding the aid. this is an extraordinary development for an american president. but i must say for donald trump it is not. i think this was entirely predictable because this is a person with a disordered persona

now it's the republican party and the white house who need to circle the wagons to protect donald trumpis democratic party attempt to bring him down. jon sopel, bbc news, new york. democrats say the allegations are deeply disturbing and credible. what this courageous individual has done has exposed serious wrongdoing and i think it a travesty that this complaint was withheld as long as it was because it was an urgent matter, it is an urgent matter, and there was simply no basis to keep this from the committee and the idea that the department ofjustice would have intervened to prevent it from getting to congress, um, throws the leadership of that department into further ill repute. peter wayner served under three republican administrations — for ronald reagan, george hw bush and george w. he advised president george w bush on domestic and international issues. a little earlier, i asked him what he would advise if faced with all this. i would probably tell him he should resign. this is such an abuse of presidential power, it is extraordinary. there is nothing i can think of that is compar

they know, kevin mccarthy knows because of donald trump, the republican party is losing young people,ng women, and they're losing people in the suburbs. donald trump is destroying the party but they want him to leave in two years in 2020, and then they think they can pick the pieces up again. that's cowardly is and wrong. >> i want to bring in a few khraoebgs in a second. let me ask you to forecast a bit what this republican party looks like post-trump be that in 2020 or 2024. how much are you thinking about that? how much do you think your colleagues in the house, former colleagues in the house, colleagues in the senate are thinking about that? >> you know what, david, i think they're so short-sighted, they think, and i really do believe most of them, want trump gone in 2020 because they know he's bad for the party. and then they think they can just come together and pick up the pieces and republican party here we are again. no. the damage that this president has done to this party is long term. and that's why the primary challenge, david, is so important. republicans have to stand u

he would refer to the black republican party. and so, in the beginning, it was called the people's party. and it took a long time for the republicans in illinois to fully accept the use of the word republican. not exactly like today. the radicalism of the origins of this party. >> lincoln, as you are implying was profoundly sensitive to language. he basically missed out on formal schooling. she was a passionate reader. shakespeare fanatic. you also are somebody whose major illustrious career on language. talk about the importance of language and particularly speeches in the development of lincoln as a politician over the course of his career. >> speeches were absolutely crucial for the rise of abraham lincoln. and it was important for politicians of the time. we may forget that in the leading universities of the time, oratory was a major subject. and it was considered part of being a public person. learning what oratory was. lincoln never received almost any form of formal education. so he picked it up on his own. he would spend n

the republican party is bent on being all white. >> gregory. >> all white. >> thank you, sir. thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> president trump boasting today about what he's done for inner cities. like baltimore. that he called a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess. a lot to talk about next. dad, we need to talk about something important. you don't need to go anywhere dad, this is your home. the best home to be in is your own. home instead offers personalized in-home services for your loved ones. home instead senior care. to us, it's personal. home instead senior care. sfx: upbeat music a lot of clothes you normally take to the cleaners aren't dirty dirty. they just need a quick refresh. try new febreze clothing quick dry mist. it eliminates odors and refreshes lightly-worn clothing. breathe happy febreze... la la la la la. imagine a world where nothing gets in the way of doing great work. where an american icon uses the latest hr tools to stay true to the family recipe. where a music studio spends less time on hr and payroll, and more time crafting that perfect soun

sanford: i think it is real trouble for the republican party. ent democratic to the first time in 50 years. it is a solidly republican district. it did so because in droves, working women, stay-at-home moms, young millennials went the other direction because they said, what is going on? just was tone alone, it is out of sync with what i'm trying to teach my kids are what my parents taught me. brands take time to develop. i think we are talking about real disillusioned to the republican brand. what do in terms of trade and engagement with the rest of the world? what do we stand for in terms of spending? in terms of tone? we are seeing erosion to rid -- to the republican brand that will have a lasting impact. if he loses, it will be time for the republican party to regroup, what do we stand for? david: appreciate your time. one more question. we have the fed about to come in for a decision just a little bit over an hour from now. what do you think they should be doing? it is speculated that they will cut rates. is there any speculation that they ar

i think that as the republican party, we have lost our way and it takes on a couple of different fronts you have to know you have no chance of winning the republican nomination so why run for president? >> i think you probably would have said that same thing to donald trump just a matter of month ago if he faced the likes of jeb bush and others. >> you honestly think you have a serious chance of beating him? >> i'm saying you never know. >> all right. sanford's own e party in south carolina tdismissing his bid saying this is about him looking to raise his political career from the grave not him wanting to advance ideas ch he's the third republican to join the race. let's bring in our political reporters. good to see you both. this is a long shot for sanford perhaps and president trump's campaign is calling this announcement irrelevant but is it? when you've got now three republicans challenging the incumbent president? >> i don't think it's irrelevant at all and of course obviously president trump's campaign is going to say that. they've got the muscle. the resources. the army of foot s

trump owns the republican party lock, stom and barrel. the party of free trade isn't anymore.fiscal responsibility isn't anymore. the party of teddy roosevelt and conservation isn't anymore. the pasht of honest abe, forget it. the part of national security, now there's a question for the week, that one. the first test of trump's political character came three years ago with the release of the "access hollywood" tape. it shocked the running mate and republican party but they stayed. they heard it and they stayed. now they're still abhorred over another conversation with the president of ukraine, instead of holding up women, aid to a political rival unless they dish durt on a political rival of his. some say he could shoot people on fifth avenue and people would stick with him. what about republican members of congress? i think it could be said if the republican party stands up in the next few weeks against donald trump, it will not be the case of the party departing from him but rather him departing from a party he never bothered to join on any republican principle you can cite

but how can you do that when the republican party has described you as a man with zero credibility, nothings america that you're more than that? well, first of all, i don't think it's fair to call me a disgruntled employee. because you pointed out earlier in this show that i was fired two years ago and i tried to stay loyal and high—minded to the president. and so it'd be very hard to say i'm a disgruntled employee, because why wouldn't i have just broken from him the day after he embarrassed me like that and fired me the way he did? so we can split that you just said, and the gop chairwoman, the person that you're referring to that said i had zero credibility, the total hypocrisy of politics being what it is, was soliciting me two months prior to that for campaign donations. and i had given her and reince priebus over $500,000 personally. and so, for me, you'll have to assess my credibility, your viewers will have to assess my credibility. but the truth of the matter is there's a lot of republicans that feel the way i do, but due to the president's bullying and due to his personality they'

that multiple states are canceling their primaries already, what does it say about where the republican partyright now, writ large? the same could be asked about why are no republicans talking about deficit -- the deficit, which seems like under obama, there were a lot of folks talking about the deficit, you included. and now republicans are just silent. >> they're on their knees, anderson. they're on their knees, prostrated in front of their king. look, i apologize for my language, but this is absolute undemocratic bullshit. what donald trump and the republican party are doing, think about this, anderson. they are denying americans the right to vote. voters -- >> this has been done -- this is rare, but it has been done in the past. george h.w. bush, he was running, pat buchanan was challenging him, i think there were several primaries that weren't actually -- never took place because of that. >> never -- and obama -- it happened with obama and the democrat party, when there was no presidential primary opposition at all. you've got -- right now, anderson, you've got three credible challengers

that, you can have a debate within the democratic party come within the republican party and across the two parties about israel and you can do it without indulging in anti-semitism. that is what we need to be demanding of everybody. those of us on the left side of the political spectrum need to demand it and call it out when we see it. do in thisd to environment, i tried to lift up the people who are doing that. people tofavorite upweet, in terms of holding substantive conversation and calling out anti-semitism is set mandel. he is a conservative writer who writes for the examiner -- he edits. thingsi disagree on many , but on this we are 100% into. have worked very hard and diligently as a foreign-policy person on the democratic side of the spectrum to cultivate my own party a substantive, meaningful and thebout israel israeli and palestinian conflict that does not involve -- indulge in anti-semitism or any other form of bigotry and ignorance. we need to have a conversation about it. , but there is going to be this kind of politically motivated dust in the air. for every election cycl