i think the challenge for the republican party today the question mark for the republican party today is cannot find way back from kind of trumpian you know borders national, polity trying to reverse the 14th amendment to get rid of birthright, birthright citizenship, to go back to a different version to that earlier version. and i think you could actually profit as result for that for some of the reasons that you mentioned, which is that the republican party at its best is a party that stands aspiration. it's not about winners in society it's not about people who are rich but it's about people who are aspiring to be rich or at least aspiring to be a little richer than they are a little better off a little a little better educated. that's the sweet spot for the republican party. it's got to figure out how to get back there. and it's going to take a while. yeah, well, i couldn't agree more with what you said i have a slightly different on the nature of where we i don't think we're in as bad shape when it comes to the rank and file. the republican party as as it might be thought after t

what does the republican party stand for? do its leaders believe in other than trying to survive a long running trump era? what's the future for a party that has abandoned some of its best past case studies, like reagan or eisenhower? the examples they used to say were the gop's core starting framework. i will tell you something tonight. the answers matter to the republicans, obviously, if the gop ever wants to win majorities again. i think it also matters to the nation, because as i said, people are demanding an alternative to this republican party. so far, that has meant a benefit for democrats. but democracy, which is the thing we believe in more than any other given little step along the way, if you are for democracy, is stronger with multiple healthy competitive parties. not a pendulum between one party that can win a majority and another increasingly fringe operation that really rarely wins a majority and focuses more on lying about races it lost than actually winning any races at all. progress does require more. if we

this is who the republican party unfortunately has become at this moment in time. porter: can i just, quickly, a question on the debt ceiling? is there anything the republicans would be willing to accept? mr. jeffries: the plan that is most reasonable for the american people is to avoid a catastrophic default. and to make sure america pay ours bills. while at the same time we've indicated and as is taking place right now led by the white house, we can have a conversation about the budget. appropriations. spending. revenue. investments that should be made to protect the health, safety and economic well being of the american people. so i don't want to get out ahead of the white house in terms of the ongoing negotiations. i'm thankful to president biden for his leadership. and continuing to move to a better place. i look forward, you know, to following closely the ongoing discussions that are occurring and will over the next few days. and we'll see what comes back to us. reporter: president bide then morning -- [inaudible] mr. jeffries: i think it's an incredible contr

the country, the republican party isn't the whole country. it's not the case more broadly. a recent nbc news poll found that nearly 70% of republican voters standing behind trump in the wake of a new york indictment is kind of low, we think about what his numbers in the rubble compared usually are. 60% of all americans thinks he should not run for president in 2024. and while it may seem like the law moves swiftly for george santos, it has actually been 15 years has won some of the first charges against him. back in 2008, when the congressman was just a teenager, he was involved in a check cutting scheme. santos had purchased 1300 dollars worth of clothes and shoes and rio de janeiro, using checks he stole from an elderly man in his mother's care. that's according to officials in brazil. donald trump has been engaged in wrongdoing for far longer than that. and it has also taken a really long time for the law to catch up with him. that said, it is finally starting to happen. we have seen the manhattan manhattan strict attorneys indictment from

, but nobody is really in charge of the republican party anymore. we continue this cycle. everyone gets rewarded. it works out well for marjorie taylor greene. she gets the attention she wants, she raises all the money she wants and the rest of the party suffers the damage. >> and they pay the price along the way, and to the point that brendan raised, congresswoman, about representative jamaal bowman sort of coaxing this and sort of pushing the marjorie taylor greene crazy a little bit, i want you to take a listen to his response to her saying that she was threatened and afraid of him. >> unfortunately, this country has a history of characterizing black men who are outspoken, who stand their ground, and who push back as being threatening or intimidating. so she's not even using a dog whistle. she's using a bullhorn to put a target on my back to the people that she refers to as maga people out there. >> and that's really kind -- we have seen this play itself out in so many ways before. and that's always sort of an underlying element when congresswoman

republicans you. [speaking in native tongue] as the party of wall street. ou have to come pretty hard for republicans on wall streetl thee days. wealthy people, the vast majority ofio billionaires and millionaires are democrats now. so there has been this social change that i'min talking about that is partly a reaction to the basic dynamic that i'me talking about witches moving the democrats to the left. as i sit in normal politics that's an opportunity. that's an opportunity. you shouldn't go waltzing off on your own to the other end of the spectrum. but the people who are viewed as authoritarian in republican party, i i don'tn know what else to refer to them, they are reacting and they've adopted a lot of the mindset of what they don't like on the left, which is try and use the law and coerce the power of the state to force people to their ideas of the perfect society. to me that's not what conservatism is about. anyway, that's sort of a riff on that. >> we have time for one last question. >> thank you for beinge here. can you explain your decision to inte

the republicans used to be the party wall street. you have to company hard for republicans on wall street these days, wealthy people. the vast majority of billionaires and millionaires are democrats. there has been the social change i'm talking about is partly a reaction to the basic dynamic i'm talking about which is the move of the democrats to the left. in normal politics, that is an opportunity. you should not go waltzing off on your own, to the other end of the spectrum. but the people who are viewed as authoritarian in the republican party, i don't know what else to refer to them, they are reacting and have adopted a lot of the mindset of what they do not like on the left, which is trying to use the law and coerce power of the state to force people to their ideas of a perfect society. that is not what conservatism is about. anyway, that is sort of a riff on that. dan: we have time for one question. a.g. barr: thank you for being here. can you explain your decision to intervene in the sentencing of roger stone, a longtime friend

, he's got to broaden out his appeal beyond the republican party as we know it here. and that is where you have seen this really, the paradigm shift to more of an us versus them. creating an opposition party as opposed to a republican party operation here. and that is what we saw in 2016 was donald trump sort of -- the republican party go to hell i'm doing this here, and i'm something greater. i'm going to appeal for working class voters who voted for democrats in past presidential elections and that's exactly what they are trying to cobble up this time. there's a right wing provocateur named charlie kirk who suggested this is quite a day when the likes of rfk jr. is getting applause from the conservative grass roots movement and republican senators are getting booed. donald trump here in the months ahead, they had believed they ought to have the republican party on lockdown here, based off the polling, and now they need to go and reach beyond that. >> i just want to say it's an incredible turn of events, there's an acknowledgment that he lost 2020, i'm going to leave

nomination, you will have had to make so many compromises, so many moral compromises with a republican party that has become so extreme. the problem republicans have is not just donald trump. when donald trump leaves, the dysfunction of the party does not go away, and the extremism of the republican party, its willingness to accept conspiracy theories and the authoritarian will be ongoing. margaret: you don't think any candidate who gets the republican another nation will have the ability to break the fever? charlie: i'd sure like to think they would. i don't think this fever will break for a very long time. margaret: this week, to members of representative connolly's staff were attacked with a metal bat. the attacker was reportedly looking for the congressman. political violence is a very real concern. how do you defuse this? how do we defuse this? charlie: i think we should not underestimate the danger of rising political violence. the amount of rhetoric, the intensity of emotions has ratcheted up. we've had a mass shootings and tragedies that should cause people to sober up and lower the

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it's not that the republican party left it's their party left him.what that did was to cause a lot of people many of whom who have been apolitical. working-class americans to react against the of the progressives and to become a stronger force in the republican party and it in front of the republican party to bring into the fold. that led to a process in the republican party where thehe leadership of the party has become more homogeneous. it is not the same of northeastern rhinos and it's a lot more consistency and thinking among the political leaders so to that extent sort of the a of opinion especially on prominent people of the party has gotten narrower but that's because of the necessity for f republicans to bring an end to recognize legitimate concerns for working-classer americans. i don't know if this is happening in cleveland but it certainly happening in manyin eastern cities that i'm familiar with. we have this complete overthrow where it used to be in my neighborhood all the houses had republicans science and all the union democratic signs

progresses, hit is really the war itself and experience of the work in ways that he understands the republican party were clearly representing his views about things. minimal credit party soon drifted away and his moving over to the republican side. ultimately than he does become a republican later only becomes a democrat again and it becomes a greenback and anti- monopoly party but i have seen many people say that he was a person with no principle as i think i try to say yesterday, he was on a person with no principal coming as a person believed the principal was more party and apart and he didn't care with the party was eventually if the party didid not represent the principles he believed in by the time that he was a republican kelly he did not leave the republican party until long after many of us greatest fans and allies were begging him to leave the party because the party had abandoned them and that particularly includes a lack republicans in the south who were sank of legal party is doing nothing for us hey the party, create your own party any thought about doing that. >> usually had somethi

show where the republican party is right, and the control he still has over the republican party.is where the big question is and the problem is, stuff. >> andrew? >> i came out it looking at it from my former job as a prosecutor and two things struck me. one, you don't in a trial have in the audience all of the defendants family and supporters and friends who gets a vocalize what they are thinking any minutes -- >> the cost of the sopranos doesn't get to sit in the trial room when the mobsters on trial? >> they don't either, they have to be quite in a as a church mouse, and there's a judge overseeing it. cnn stacked, as you said, the audience here was falls into the category of what were they thinking? that is not a representation of the public. that just seemed like -- my view, irresponsible. it means you have to prepare the way you do for a trial which is you have to be thinking, when i cross examine, i thought through what is any possible answer, and what dwayne do next? if he says acts, where do i go? what's my why? so you have to be prepared. now it's obviously in a courtroo

so from 1960 to the 1990s to two parties pulled apart so by the 1990s essentially every republican is more conservative than every democrat and the two parties fell under the tyranny of the primary. the primaries were less of a big deal back in the days when there was this middle ground. sure in primaries he would run and try to get your party support this and see that the party nomination he would move to the middle and you'd be met by the other nominee from the other side that now politics does not consist with reaching out to the middle.e. it consists in mobilizing your base and you get more extreme as the general election comes along so this stuff is happen in in the 1970s. the biggest part was the loss of faith in government and the loss of faith in government, what underpins thepi idea that government is part of the solution is the confidence in the government government gets it right and if you are of that generation, i had been born earlier. if i had been old enoughgh to kw the great depression when if i have been unfortunate enough for example to lose my job and the great dep

there is a republican party, and there are the mega republicans. the mega republicans have put us in a position in order to remain speaker, he has to agree to things that maybe he believes but that are just extreme. >> you've made it clear to the american people that you want to stay in this job. you have officially announced you're running for reelection. and your first video, you featured vice president harris ten times. when obama was in a position, he didn't mention you, sir. what are you trying to tell us? >> well, the president obama and i became very good friends. we just had a slightly different style of how we do things. as you recall, every major initiative president obama had, i was the last guy in the room. deciding that with him, giving him advice of what we should do. he is committed to helping in any way he can this time around. look, i think vice president harris hasn't got the credit she deserves. she was attorney general of the state of california, she has been the united states senator, she is really, very good. with everything g

money went period george santos is not an isolated phenomenon, he has -- he is a symptom of a republican party -- it's around a republican donald trump and opens the floodgates to fraudulent figures like george santos. see figures like santos following the public playbook -- following the trump playbook to claim that he is victim, never mind that he stole, lied, and laundered from the people of new york state. george santos is not the victim. the 800,000 residents in new york state have been deprived of effective representation in congress, those people are the victims. the time has come to expel mr. santos and put his seat back were belongs which is in the hands of the people. thank you. >> the republican member reportedly known as george santos is entitled dislike any of their american but he is not entitled to remain a member of congress. it is an honor and privilege to be a member of congress and has brought shame upon himself and among the representatives. ms. lied about where he has worked, what he does and has even lied about his own religion. about who he is, he also committed theft an

there is the republican party, and there's the maga republicans. the maga republicans really have put him in a position where in order to stay speaker, he has to agree -- he's agreed to things that maybe he believes, but are just extreme. >> given the power that they have, is there anything you believe he can get done in the next two years on a bipartisan basis? and if so, what? >> the answer is yes i do, if i get a chance to get votes. they have to vote. they have to vote on something. >> what would you want them to vote on? >> i'd like them to vote on whether or not they're going to provide for enough teachers in america, so we can educate our kids. because, their budget proposal cuts 100,000 teachers. 100,000 teachers and their help. i want to make sure we have enough police and fbi agents in america. they're cutting 28,000 federal agents, fbi, dea, why? there -- i want to make sure they guarantee that we're not going to be doing anything to eliminate medicaid support for people. they cuts millions of americans are being put in jeopardy. for exa

happening it is really the war itself and experience of the workys and the way he understans the republican partypresents his views about things in the democrat party was interested has drifted away, he remains technically but bullish to the republican side and emily is to come republican but latest democratic and antimonopoly party but i've seen many peopleas say he was a persn with the principal as i think i tried to say yesterday, he wasn't a person with no principal, is a person who believed principal was more than party loyalty, he didn't care what the party was eventually if the party didn't represent what he believed in. by the end of the time he was republican, he didn't leave the republican party until long after his greatest fans and allies were begging him to leave the party because the party abandoning them and that particularly includes black republicans in the south saying leave the party, the party is doing nothing for us, leave the party, create your own party. >> did you want to add something? >> let me follow-up a little bit and fast-forward to the election of 1864. we know in 1

affiliation, joining the republican party and have been welcomed with open arms. y colleagues. this is now where we are, modern-day democratic party. has become unrecognizable to me and to so many others throughout the state and this country. the party wants to villainize anyone who has free thought, free judgment, has solutions. who wants to get to work to better our state. >> did someone rose to really bad on twitter and then you changed your party? is that what happened? state representative caught them never addressed -- let's issues right about that. why did she change her position on abortion? fine, the republican now. why did you change or abortion positions are radically? what changed? in five months, from a democrat who was spoken openly about her own abortion and reproductive rights. who supports codified roe v. wade. who's a cosponsor of a legislation listened to the state website to this day. two republican who voted to override a governmental veto for a 12-week abortion ban that only a third of voters want. what happened? we got nothing. she allows tha

, this is all the rest and we are absolutely, but he controls the controlling package of the republican partyoliticians do what they like to trump, then they very much risk being on the sidelines and losing their political career, uh, because trapp can say that he is against me, although we know how to work. american politics can do anything. but if you say good things about trump , he will still treat you well, these are dictatorial tricks, the main thing is to say nice things, especially to his face, and what is actually happening is not so important. in general , trump has been fighting reality for a long time, he lost the election 20- year, but he continues to bet on the fact that these elections were stolen from him, and he proved to his electorate that the electorate of republicans demand that the presidential candidate of the andres-republican party reject the results of the elections of the 20th year, that is, in this way trump created the agenda and the past he does not think about the future strange only about the past and all the rest of the politicians of the republic of russia en

i think it's clearly moved the republican party in a certain direction. what's going to happen when we get to the broader electorate? everyone, stay with us. smack in the middle of next year's presidential primary season, the former president will have a court date. will his hush money case and other legal woes sabotage his bid to retake the white house? and the nation is quickly approaching default with neither the white house, nor republicans blinking. we will talk about it with a congresswoman, aoc, stay with us. the minute you drive off the lot. or more. that's why farmers new car replacement pays to replace it with a new one of the same make and model. get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. ♪ farmers mnemonic ♪ the chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam who make...? ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that... ...i need a breakthrough card... like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more.

no , it does not mean anything bad. is a certain wing of the republican party that is quite against the to ukraine, but we see that the speaker on the map is the same as he answers this russian journalist that he will support ukraine and support the provision of military aid to ukraine and he is against what russia is doing, and this is the position of the republican party, and in those program points , this film is about them, in relation to this debt limit . mykola, well, in the context of the approach of the presidential elections, won't the republicans avoid such a temptation, they can actually drown the biden administration with these decisions? i mean, not supporting the raising of the ceiling will cause problems. the situation and how the republicans should have had control by the palace and there was a similar situation with regard to the budget, which they did not compromise and the government of the house of representatives decided to close certain services and actually blame the population of their republicans non-fulfillment of their responsibilities in relation to american

twitter has become the center of gravity for the republican party that used to be fox news.ver since it fired tucker carlson, you're seeing a slew of conservative personalities, now candidates flocking to the platform. you think of ron desantis, he has always been someone who shied away from the mainstream media. a very strong signal of what his campaign is going to focus on. platforms that bypass traditional outlets including fox news to speak to voters directly. and one thing i want to note, elon musk hasn't come out endorsing a specific candidate, of course, he is the ceo of twitter. but, in the past he said that he would endorse desantis especially because desantis from his perspective is a younger, livelier candidate compared to joe biden. now obviously donald trump is not necessarily a young, agile candidate compared to ron desantis either. but i thought that that was notable. the other person that we're watching in terms of elon musk, of course, is tim scott, elon musk endorsed tim scott's -- one of his campaign ads earlier this week. it's an interesting time to see w

devastating data points in a republican primary, this is the stuff that the republican party wants. t is giving -- >> i totally agree with you, but if you are appealing to a small subsection of republican voters who are like, donald trump is too flawed to be our candidate, we need someone who is going to win, ron desantis is carrying around like 27 pounds of baggage in the form of these policies. i think he negates his own argument in a lot of ways by virtue of his record. >> right. that is the drama that the republican party is in. because you can only beat donald trump, if you can beat him by running to the right, that automatically puts you in a worse general election position, even if you don't have donald trump's personal depravity. >> i have to play this video for you, which is not a campaign video, it's a video, it's a viral video featuring what is happening within the activated part of the republican primary electorate, as it pertains to the anti woke agenda that governor desantis has embraced. and just how virulent that poison is. this is, let's take a look at this video. >>

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this is the face of the republican party. the republican party must be home o to hispanic americans, african-american, asian americans. americans from all walks of life. americans with a belief that freedom and liberty are at the foundation of our shared future. i was in high school and college when ronald reagan was our president. as i told you, i started out washing dishes and taking out trash and get i chased my dreams with confidence, without ever being deterred because i had seen my presidents believe in hard work and a strong country and inspired hope for a better future. president ronald reagan changed lives and now it's our turn to do the very same. this is beyond republican politics. this is america's future and yes as i warned it's easy to lose faith and think that we are the one generation that would lose freedom. but there are shining lights. one of those is virginia. i want to encourage each and every one of you because we can fulfill the opportunity and the march to the destiny that we all feel. we can be the pa

wyoming senator cynthia lummis one is for us to say that she thinks rhonda santas is the republican party. polling shows trump is still far and away leading the pack for all official and likely republican candidates. this is allowed him to act like the presumed front runner for many months. he's focused his attention in recent weeks on attacking in undercutting desantis. even before desantis has officially entered the race. they are still many months until anyone catches the ballot in this primary. and a whole host of factors that could still change the game for trump. including developments and anyone of several investigations into his conduct that are still ongoing. joining me to talk more about this is a former gop strategist rick wilson. he's the cofounder of the lincoln project. he's the host of the podcast the enemies list. he's the author of the new york times bestselling book running against the devil. plot to save america from trump and democrats from themselves. rick, good to see you in the flesh. you and i've talked to so long. to actually be here is amazing. i want your commen

roosevelt passed away, and the republican party is not like it used to be. uld vote for biden again. i'm a democrat all the way, and even texas is, i'm a native texan, and they have moved so many republicans in that i'm ashamed of how they are making texas book now. they don't, they are only interested in being a one-party, and i'm surprise that trump with all of his charges against him is even being allowed to give speeches. he i i hope will get what he s coming to him because our country was in a much better place before he ever became president. and vote for joe biden. the democrats have always been for the working class, and the republicans will probably take away our social security and all the benefits. that seems to be what their agenda is. thank you. >> host: all right, from doris in texas. now we're going to dora in greensboro, north carolina. youa say trump. >> caller: yes. because he's the number one guy to be president of the united states of america. anybody who would vote for biden need to go to an insane asylum because that man has been in ther

unnoticed, and i didn't realize until doing the book, ford has his own ideas about a southern republican partythis is that critical moment when the old south, the democratic south, is about to become a solid republican south over a period of several years. the question was, what kind of south, what kind of republican party would it be? with civil rights being clearly the dividing line. ford's idea was an eisenhower party. water it on civil rights, opposed to big government in washington and all of that. but more eisenhower and goldwater. and while lincoln -- the other thing was, for years, there was an unofficial coalition. you have the southern democrats and republicans that would form a coalition. ford wanted to transform that. he wanted to get rid of the conservative southern democrats and replace them with republicans. of his liking. he is a much more transnational figure. one factoid, for better or worse, every time you see the state of the union address owned by the opposition party's bonds, that was ford's idea. the first one in the mid-1960's. and dirksen thought it was a terrible idea

you're a republican who wants to move on. >> but i left the party. dependent or former republicans. but no, look, if desantis gets in he's got the same problem every other republican challenger has. they can't criticize the front-runner. they're afraid to criticize donald trump because they want his voters. i just think it's mission impossible even for desantis. >> karen, do you think democrats want to run against trump? i do -- there is a sense of be careful what you wish for, just as we saw in 2016. right? >> a thousand percent. i was there, have the t-shirt to prove it. but look, i actually think desantis will be tough to run against but i think, again, his primary strategy -- he's obviously not a declared candidate. but he's running so far to the right, and i think the question will be can he con ol' date republican party voters? because i think one of the things in that story, in that quote you mentioned, what the donors want is not what the grassroots want. that's true in both parties. >> how so? explain. >> so i mean donors are thinking more ab

this because she said she needed more opportunity for freedom of thought, imagine that, at the republican partyand up to her new party, just like she stood up to her old one. and keep campaign promises that she made to her constituents. and the people of north carolina. >> you know, republicans, they did this so fast because they were trying to avoid letting a fire under democrats and independents. they have failed in that regard because that fire is blazing, thousands at that rally that people are waiting for the elections coming up, every single house and senate seats are up for grabs right now. and we will never ever give up in our battle to protect women's health. in fact, this legislation that was passed it's contradictory, it's confusing. as i was making arguments against the bill, their republican leadership argued with me that they are bill was less restrictive that i have a warrant, and the reason they did that was they were trying to hold on to their swing republican. now, as the bill gets implemented, we will work to make their arguments come true. and create as much access for women

this seems more prospect for an alternative candidate in the republican party then the democratic party, so it is likely i would pick a candidate like ms. cheney, if she ran. pence if he runs, chris christie, if he runs. those would probably be my top choices. there are democrats i have liked , but someone has to choose to run. in the general election if biden and trump are the candidates, i will not vote for trump or biden. i will pick a third-party or independent candidate, libertarian or joe manchin or someone else. support someone else in the general election. host: tell us why you cannot support either biden or trump in the upcoming election. caller: well, they are both kind of men that i do not want to be a part of seeing that shaped part of making president. or president again. my concern with biden is not his age. i am a little disappointed that people talk so much you know, the people who could be opposing biden for more physical reasons are talking about his age, it may be a problem. but i did not approve of biden -- i remember the first time he ran for president, he withdrew

now bier back to the paul ryan republican party. the paul ryan republican party at this point. >> well, you know, look. obviously the memo didn't go out saying, you know, hey, no more overtly racist things like that. to tara's point, it's important to remember how uniquely maligned, how uniquely dangerous tucker carlson was. the kinds of theories that he mainstreamed. the kinds of things that the -- we're talking about pulling things from d dare. putting ideas out there that had been confined to the far reaches of the swarp. you mentioned paul ryan. i wrote an open letter to him more than a year ago in politico saying, paul, if you're going to take a stand, this would be the time and listing all the kinds of things that tucker carlson was saying on the air. i confronted him with it in february. he said he hadn't read it. we're talking about even in february paul ryan was saying, well, i disagree with tucker carlson. he knew what tucker carlson was doing. but until last week, nobody was willing to do anything about it. which is why m

there is the republican party, and there's the maga republicans. the maga republicans really have put him in a position where in order to stay speaker, he has to agree -- he's agreed to things that maybe he believes, but are just extreme. >> given the power that they have, is there anything you believe he can get done in the next two years on a bipartisan basis? and if so, what? >> the answer is yes i do, if i get a chance to get votes. they have to vote. they have to vote on something. >> what would you want them to vote on? >> i'd like them to vote on whether or not they're going to provide for enough teachers in america, so we can educate our kids. because, their budget proposal cuts 100,000 teachers. 100,000 teachers and their help. i want to make sure we have enough police and fbi agents in america. they're cutting 28,000 federal agents, fbi, dea, why? there -- i want to make sure they guarantee that we're not going to be doing anything to eliminate medicaid support for people. they cuts millions of americans are being put in jeopardy. for exa

he was fighting with his own party, blaming paul ryan and republicans for what he called a mess. bing his white house sitdown with both parties like this to reporters on air force one. >> we had a very good meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. we agreed to a three-month extension on debt ceiling, which they consider to be sacred, very important. always we'll agree on debt ceiling. automatically because of the importance of it. >> but less than two years later, meetings between trump and leadership were regularly contentious and that would be putting it mildly. in january of 2019, the president stormed out of a meeting over a potential government shutdown and in october a meeting over turkey ended with nancy pelosi and the president accusing each other of having, quote, a meltdown. so the middle of all of that, the debt ceiling was quietly announced. it was raised in a tweet and in comments like this -- >> i said -- i remember to senator schumer and to nancy pelosi, would anybody ever use that to negotiate with? they said absolutely not. that's a sacred element of our count