i don't think the romney's ofa the world, by the way mitt romney is a friend of mine evena though wes, you know what, s what. it's like trump needs to ghton thstraight ahead here's my position on the issues, american first, low taxes, regulation, culture to. he's never going to win them over. he just walked, it is life. his life in the fast lane. meanwhile hispanics improving, efrican-americans, possibl improvement thereto. he could widen the base without kowtowing to the old state republican establishment. larry: that's an interesting project think you're right the growinmi cg minority coalition r the other groups is picking up by promising prosperity for all that appealing message tappeo at of immigrants. now citizens. they can become his supporters while the old wing thelout mitt romney wing fall out of fashion, 1980s gop is not competitiveli in today'sti political climate i i know you said you live during the regular administration but i think the overton window keepswu shifting on how much rot is infecting washington, trump dids recognize there was a deep state but i hope this t

larry: i think grover we have some mitt romney sound bite.u will love it. >> revenues as well as spending at their other ideas there is a arbitrage idea put forward by a couple of senators all ideas are open. >> including revenue. >> yes. larry: you know, grover, i could go for higher revenues if you lower tax rates and grow the economy at 4% that semirevenue. i don't think that is what senator romney was talking about. >> no. it is not. they are talking about tax increases, this will destroy the trump tax cuts. it will put an end to continuing the trump tax cuts that is on the table. then they will go back and what it is democrats want to take away, trump tax cuts that brought us economic growth that is what will be on cutting board. we need economic growth. we don't need higher taxes. we need spending restraint. the modern democratic party in power for last 3 years, has been spending like crazy. they want to take that off of table during the debate, during the campaign, and trick some republicans into saying something about a tack increase,

larry: to hogan east point, i don't believe the romneys of the world, mitt romney is a friend of mineccain, so what. trump needs to go straight ahead. here's my position on the issue, america first, low taxes regulations, border, culture too, caroline. he never going to win them over. he just won't. it's life, you know what i mean? life in the fast lane. hispanics improving? african-americans possible improvement there too. you see what i'm saying. he can widen the buys kowtowing to the old staid republican establishment. >> that is an interesting point. i think you're right the growing minority coalition, all the other groups he is picking up promising prosperity for all, that is an appealing message to a lot of immigrants. larry: yes. >> now citizens. so they could p.m. his supporters while the old wing, the mitt romney wing they fall out of fashion. 1980s, gop is not competitive in today's political climate. i know you said you lived during the reagan administration but i think the over window keeps shifting how much rot is infecting washington. you're right, trump recognized this

mitt romney, not a trump fan.es, republican, but not a trump fan is saying that tactic for the biden campaign is a bust. >> i could be ill-informed, but i'm not sure what mitt romney knows about winning the presidency, and i think that there is -- >> there are democrats who are worried about the way they're approaching this like obama. >> sure, absolutely. i wouldn't take my professional political advice from mitt romney when it comes to time to win the presidency. listen. you have a president -- a former president right now, donald trump, who is saying to people out loud, i will be a dictator on the first day. i want to use the doj, the department of justice to go after my opponents. so the idea of democracy being on the ballot isn't just a, you know, four years ago problem. it's a problem that the current candidate for the republican nomination is saying he will challenge the tenets of democracy right now, and i think the challenge for all of us is, what donald trump does, is he continues to move the ball furthe

my take away is, this was a mitt romney and john mccain party. that was only a decade ago.s was a party that was globalist or internationalist. the lesson of internationalism was american needs to be active abroad. haley is slammed for that. the people who are with trump on america first are old people. so it does not like a new generation came. it is old people who used to be internationalists with reagan and mccain and romney are now america first. that is remarkable. >> the desantis folks have a legitimate gripe about the call from ap. to david's point, a lot of people hadn't even voted. eight: eastern time. the issue for desantis is, whining will only take you so far. you have to give people a reason to vote for you and not complain about the media and talking about stop the steal. >> i think trump continues to benefit of the dueling strategies of his opponents. they can't find a path towards consolidation and they can't find a way to take him on directly and instead, they are taking each other on. that is to his benefit. amy: i agree. this is donald trump's party. nikk

because mitt romney, who is a defender of democracy, and has been brave in many moments.uote, as a biden campaign theme, i think the threats to democracy pitches a bust. dan january six will be four years old by the election, people have process it one way or another. biden needs fresh material, a new attack, rather than kicking a dead political horse. >> now my view is that this is about how trump will govern, but what do you think, in terms of a central argument, and how central it will be in this election? >> while with all due respect to senator romney, and i do respect him, i think that a campaign is what you make it. and when we talk about democracy, and why january 6th was important, we have to convey to people what it means to them. so i see his point, just in isolation, this is not enough. but what it means to them. democracy, it's about freedom, it's about, he says, trump says obamacare sucks, forget my crudeness, but i'm just quoting. >> you're quoting him, it's not your words. [laughter] >> obamacare sucks. no, obamacare cures. so he says he wants to undo that

i met senator romney.we how much political pressure is the president feeling in order to make a deal on the border? how much are democrats willing to give up to make this happen? >> i think president biden and democrats are feeling a significant amount of political pressure to do something here and they have gone far in their changes that they are willing to accept. is it the last thing republicans want? absolutely. not this is not your average deal being made here. usually when you're talking about restrictions that are the strange, and you're talking about balancing them with legal pathways to citizenship that are opening up. and protests in the current measures. that is not the trade-off that's happening. here we're talking border enforcement for ukraine money. that is a very significant step. it is something that has divided the country. not every democrat is divided on this country. but many are saying -- it's put them in an existing -- interesting political position. if this falls apart they will pro

caller: i also see that you put republican in front of met romney.n really a democrat? nobody cares. they are sent. they don't feel the pain that the american people are feeling. without accountability, they never will. host: this is gregory from west palm beach florida. caller: good morning john, c-span and america. i don't believe either party will try to solve the debt. it was increasing in the 80's and 90's. when everybody started using credit cards. i gri think one of the main rean that a certain political group mentions the debt. we started givingn-americans social security. now they want to cut out social security because the only reasoe other people other than anglo-saxon white males. host: here's a look at the national debt from the treasury.gov. e job at 2003 and in the past 20 years we are up to 34 trillion in debt the treasury backs up tt figure with quotes about the piece where they talk about understanding the national debt. there is a picture of benjamin franklin with a quote saying i would rather go bed without dinner then rise and de

but despite their best efforts, people like mcconnell, romney, christie and mike pence, they couldn'te the voters to turn away from the america first or populist agenda. in fact, if anything, the less support trump got from the so-called moderates, the more voters views solidified in his favor so why has this happened? why don't the voters trust the g.o.p. leadership? and the so-called mainstream? it's not hard. the senate minority leader right now is working with chuck schumer to squeeze out more money for ukraine and essentially keep the border open, calling it a big border deal. even though poll after poll shows the g.o.p. voters do not want either. no wonder they don't trust the party leadership. you can't blame them. >> the biden administration literally suing right now somehow biden could be trusted to enforce any new laws? it makes zero sense and the voters know. this now, haley isn't asking for my opinion and she at this network, but it's kind of obvious. if you are a republican w who is seen as standing defiantly against your own voters on key issues, you are probably not goi

>> well, as mitt romney said, it's appalling.n issue that republicans have been banging the drum over and over to say, it's a crisis on the border that is affecting americans every day, and to suggest that the crisis can be conveniently put off until november for political advantage, for trump, is just pure hypocrisy. and it just, once again, sends the message that all trump really cares about is himself, and gaining political advantages. and doesn't really care about what is affecting americans on the border, or elsewhere that are being affected by the border problem. so, it is all about what helped helped trump, and -- the country. >> robert, the two top issues for republicans, we've heard, is the economy and the border. the economy is clearly doing well. so, is that why trump wants this deal scratched? because, if you've got a strong economy, and the border being addressed, he's got nothing left to run on? >> yeah. it's just clear he wants the issue. he wants the chaos, he wants the crisis. he wants the visual. he wants all th

you helped run mitt romney's campaign in 2012. there were moments during that campaign where mitt romney was on the verge of beating obama. putting that to the side, when nikki haley, at the 11th hour, at the last moment starts to question trump's mental fitness, and for good reason when trump was mixing up nikki haley and nancy pelosi, is there a part of you that said, why didn't we do this soonsooner? or have you resigned yourself to the fact that none of that would have mattered? >> i think when you run against somebody, you have to run against them. just think about how absurd it is that you are running against a candidate who is facing 91 counts, it was never brought up in a debate. what greater gift could you be given as an opposition candidate? a jury in the hometown found him liable for sexual assault that the judge clarified at rape. that's the republican nominee. i think if you were going to run against donald trump, you have to take the attitude in these debates, one of us is going to walk off the stage alive. it's the

even tried to demonize mitt romney.ryone freaked out when he said i have binders full of women as if he was three-hole punching women. trump did a better job. we have seen what having biden as president, wars everywhere. he is pathetic. it is sad they have to do this. i don't know. i am getting scared she is having a media presence because i don't know, i don't see joe making it to november. michele obama-gavin newsom ticket makes me nervous. >> imagine being afraid of mitt romney. >> you know he is going to talk to you. he is not going to respect elevator quietness. oh [beep] mitt. >> greg: charlie, predictions for trump. it is not like he is a mystery. he has no thought that is unspoken. >> when she phrased it, this great unknown. we have no idea. right now, unknowns constantly present themeses. so much of the country, eggs $1 $1.99. right now, $7. you have people living paycheck to paycheck, what holiday am i not going to be celebrate next. what gender is my child going to come home because they have been indoctrinat

he's been a defender of democracy, mitt romney has been. but i did political -- that's quite a visual there. but here's the thing. it's not that at all. none of this is in the past. this is directly connected to how trump would approach a second term. i mean, just look at what we have learned in the past few days alone. just this morning, trump suggested that if he is reelected, he would have president biden indicted. one day before an appeals court in d. c. hears arguments on trump's claim that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. over the weekend, three years to the day after the very real insurrection, trump's son posted in part, happy fake insurrection day! i do hope it was the start of something real, though. the start of something real. also over the weekend, republican congresswoman elise stefanik took a page out of trump's authoritarian playbook, refusing to commit to certifying the 2024 presidential results. you may have missed the story out of illinois with all of that happening, but it is particularly telling. tru

for example, brooke obama made mitt romney the poster boy of corporate greed back in 2012.harges were amplified, lifted up months earlier, by romney's republican opponents in the primary. >> mitt romney and bank capital were involved with what i call, vulture capitalism. >> they apparently looted the companies, left people totally unemployed, and walked off with millions of dollars. >> and there's a real difference between venture capitalism, and vulture capitalism. venture capitalism we like, vulture capitalism, no. >> they were making a lot of money, while the company was going bankrupt. >> yeah, believe it or not, president obama actually had rick perry and -- of all people to think for helping lay some of the groundwork there. and another example from way back in 1972, richard nixon released a brutal ad ridiculing the defense policy of his democratic challenger, george mcgovern. literally using, as you can see, their toy soldiers, to illustrate the sweeping cuts that he wanted to make to the armed forces. the thing is, that line of attack originally came from a's primar

here is republican senator matt romney earlier today breaking it down. >> i think the border is a very important issue for donald trump. the fact he would communicate to republican senators and congress people he does not want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame biden for it is really appalling. >> the border is in crisis as we have said on the show for months and republicans have a case to make an argument to make to voters president biden's leadership on the issue has been lacking but this fall, when you hear politicians describing accurately the risks to the lives and safety of migrants as they make the dangerous journey to the porous border or the dangerous criminals that have been able to cross the border and victimize people in the united states, more often than not latinos, or the resources being exhausted in the localities that cannot handle the influx including in new york and chicago. you might want to also remember those who see this big problem and are deciding right now, let's keep the wound exposed and untreated because it makes a more devastating att

votes than romney. >> you feel for rick santorum because he was snake bitten.d showing. he was kind of the story come in. surprising showing, right. >> bret: the eventual winner of the most delegates would change once again. >> iowa casts 22 votes for ron paul. [cheers] >> bret: since they were not bound to vote for santorum or romney at the convention, the delegates were able to switch their preference. >> representative paul saw how contested c conventions could ld to nomination. >> 2016 cycle the made delegates bound to the candidate for whom they were allocated. >> that was something that you did have, especially in the 1970s where the reagan vs. ford campaign really wasn't locked up until the national convention. 123[cheers] >> democrats don't have binding delegates changed theirs as well after issues plagued the 2020 caucuses. >> you can't talk about the 2020 democratic nomination process without saying it was a debacle. >> that we're going to get to a point that we aren't able to say definitively what the outcome is tonight. >> bret: the party was unable

it is a blast at mitt romney.s not clear that the house would ever pass the deal but senators wanted to do something. they still may try. amna: what about the critical aid funding? we know they've been seeking it since last fall. when does the inaction to pass funding create more problems? lisa: i want to credit nick schifrin for a lot of this reporting. right now the u.s. is paying for critical weaponry and also the ukraine government to keep financially viable. $4 billion is needed for them routinely to keep the payroll going. the u.s. is paying for teachers and those kind of things. if there is not air defense for ukraine, that will be a game changer soon. they will probably not be able to make it as they are coming up quickly. amna: our congressional correspondent lisa desjardins, covering these critical negotiations. thank you. lisa: you're welcome. amna: former president donald trump is also dealing with his own legal problems today. he took the stand in a new york city courtroom as part of the defamation la

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ted cruz passed on donald trump and in '22, passed romney. he was at 42.hasn't been out there as much as the other candidates and hasn't spent as much money as the other candidates and goes from 42 to 48 over the course of five months and desantis from 19 to 16 and haley does have some up at the end. do you call it momentum? that's the big debate. she's up to 20% and still a 28-point gap between the two of them and this is interesting according to the poll. we talked about how trump supporters tend to be more enthusiastic, more excited and more locked. they were very enthusiastic about this candidate and if will be as cold as chad myers says it is going to be you want them to be enthusiastic. this is a problem time for haley. we'll see what happens tomorrow, but some of her voters are more moderate republicans and some are independents and they're not usual caucusgoers, and if they're not thatten enthusiast we'll know more tomorrow. >> how do you think the campaigns will define success tomorrow night? >> trump wants to be about 50. he'll have something to

in 2012, the republicans had a bit of a fiasco because rick santorum and mitt romney ended up finishingery close. the final margin was something like eight and they had difficulty getting results for the last few precincts which could have been enough to change the outcome. it depends how close it is. if it is a squeaker maybe. the way things are looking omicron iowa, trump is so far ahead of the rest of the field i don't think there's going to be any question a■bout who one cow the caucus. is it possible someone could complain? i guess. you are reminding me of the 1980 caucuses which everybody remembers. george w. bush winning over ronald reagan. there were people who felt reagan's numbers were undercounted because of precincts that came in very late. ronald reagan never went around complaining the election was rigged. >> has iowa done anything to ensure people have confidence in the caucuses? have they made changes where they can show we have done something so the country can have confidence in the way we are doing this? >> these are run by the state parties. not election officials an

it is republicans who are probably more like carpenter republicans, mitt romney an example. he said, quote, i think the threat to democracy pitch is a bust. january 6 will be four years old by the election. people have processed it one way or another. biden needs fresh material and a new attack rather than kicking a dead political horse, that is from "new york times." that is an amanda carpenter republican. >> i think i'm a more of a liz cheney than a mitt romney republican right now. >> it is significant. >> it is significant that someone like mitt romney is saying that. i also thought that it was significant that george will -- there are people trying to put the hard tough issues away that usually come from a place of good faith. i think they're making the wrong call. campaigns usually have traditional issues. economy, president's age and immigration. so many people desperate lid want to go back to that world because it's safe and comfortable. that they just are afraid to keep talking about the issues that matter like democracy, which makes this 2024 election completely un

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what romney is speaking to here and coming from romney is significant he is not a donald trump fan. issues that voters are going to be focused on? first and foremost in their minds. it goes to the economy and the situation at the border. those are issues where joe biden's numbers are absolutely in the tank. again, with every segment of the population virtually. >> bill: thank you, doug and jose, thank you, two good topics on a monday. we'll talk very soon. well done. thank you. >> dana: numbers defy come present hessian. a flood of migrants going across the border under mayorkas. now heading to the epicenter of the crisis. kickoff is only hours away for the national championship game between michigan and washington. who has the edge? ♪ ah morning. the golden hour of cold and flu symptoms. i'm feeling better. cough? congestion? all in one and done with new mucinex kickstart. aaaaah! ah! hated that. headache? better. ah! fever? body pain? better now. aaaaah! new mucinex kickstart gives all in one and done relief with a morning jolt of instant cooling sensation. it's not cold and flu s

mitt romney is not a good deal maker. president trump knows a bad deal when he sees it and this is a bad deal for the american people. this does nothing to shore up our national security. we have millions of people, more than 12 million here illegally, countless that are here with nefarious reasons to hurt america. this does nothing to root out those terrorists and stop them from coming in. 168 countries, that's how many people are coming in, from 168 countries around the globe and we're not vetting them. they're coming from countries with known ties to terrorism, and it is a matter of time before the american people are hurt. i'm a mother. i'm tired of watching what is happening on the border. >> and so -- >> and other americans feel the same way, michael. we can't continue along like this. president trump wants to see real security, not some horrible deal that ties us down to accepting millions of people who are here illegally to stay here. these people have come illegally. >> let me say this. >> and they shouldn't be a

john mccain loses, mitt romney loses. george w.ush loses the popular vote and narrowly wins the electoral college. so that is -- it feels like this race right now, it's sort of like nikki haley representing the last gasp of the old guard versus it being this debate between what version of trump are we -- of trumpism and magism are we going to get -- are we? >> when you heard from a number of people, everyone should get in who wants to get in as long as enough people get out and coalesce around someone else to be able to present a viable alternative to mr. trump. it came down to new hampshire which is the first head-to-head contest. everyone cleared out of the race, the reason is they held back donald trump. what does it say to you about the party? >> maybe we should stop calling it the republican party and flat-out call it donald trump's matter party or maga party. it's not the republican party i grew up watching under two terms of w. it's a completely different party. it's not even a party. it's a movement now. and, you know, the

one of the people he protected, you could see the video here will, senator mitt romney.s you can see here, goodman, in this now famous video, told romney to run the other way. just as the mob broke through. rioters kept coming. now, the mob was inside the building. goodman recalled and later testimony that rioters antagonized him. here he is, antagonized him. questions like, where the f art that members at? before a man jabbed him with a confederate flag. at this point, goodman was on his own. said the capital police radio system was working poorly. he had a riot mob of rioters demanded he moved, because they wanted to pay a visit to the senate. in this video, shall be eager bhavik of the huffington post, he tries to get the mob undeterred, they foursome up the stairs. at the same time, goodman is actively luring them away from the senate chamber. he knows that's where they want to go, and he knows there are lawmakers in their. as the mob reaches the next floor, more capital police officers are there, waiting for them to help round them up. eugene goodman stayed at the c

it is my hope that senator romney, graham and the other six stay cohesive come stay at the bargainingp with something because the idea that you should not, with something because it will give president biden some sort of win is appalling. these are the same people that have been complaining about open borders and invasions and fentanyl killing americans coming over the border and why won't president biden do anything? they are trying to do it but they are standing in the way. amna: president biden put out a statement calling the deal a win for america. heaid for everyone who is demanding tougher border control, this is the way to do it. if you are serious about the border crisis, past a bipartisan bill and i will sign it. are republicans really serious about addressing the border crisis? reporter: the statement from president biden will be his message. i am skeptical of the bill will pass. but immigration and the border have been a problem for president biden. you can see him prepare to say that we came wanting to sign a deal with the toughest border provisions in a long time and repu

the difference between romney and santorum was that small.urge really in the final five or six days of the caucuses and just pulled out a surprise victory. now, the interesting thing here is romney had been favored to win iowa. we've seen all year before the caucuses different candidates, rick perry for a while, newt gingrich, herman cain, who had sort of risen up briefly, taken the lead in pulling only to fall back. so we had seen before this there is an appetite among republicans for a romney alternative. and it just happened to be, it seems, rick santorum's turn to try on that role, right as the caucuses arrive. so he rose up, won the caucuses, did not do much in new hampshire, that gingrich at the moment, and santorum had another moment late in the primaries. but no one was ever able to put together, obviously knocking off romney. but there is a candidate who was in single digits, two weeks, one week before caucus day, who did end up winning. that's probably the biggest late surprise we've seen in the caucuses. >> briefly, steve, i'm not

. >> you will see all the romneys sitting in these chairs watching the speech, maybe not all the romneys pumping mustard into a bottle. why is bret baier hoarding mustard? [laughter] >> bret: i have heard others say that neither you nor your lawyers have been apprized that you are a target of the investigation. is that true? >> absolutely true. >> your current or former staff? >> absolutely not. >> your staff deleted nearly 32,000 emails. >> let me clarify this. >> you don't remember? >> dude, this is like two years ago. we are still talking about the most mundane process. >> serve talking about. >> bret: you were asked yesterday if you have ever spoken to vladimir putin. >> i have no comment on that. no comment. i was in russia. >> one of the things people like about you is to answer any question. >> let's assume i did. perhaps it was personal. >> bret: okay. is owoe can say you have talked to him. have you mocked mr. trump's tan. you made fun of his spelling. you called him a con artist so what happened? >> there were places where the wall would not be realistic. he has evolved in the

i remember back in the maybe mccain and romney. i remember that i think more into romney, but it was like bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb, a rod. right? that was a slogan at 8 saying it was like a i think more political points then. then actual, you know, it's more rhetoric than reality. so we say, i don't think these people like the grounds and others are genuinely trying to, to start a war with the ron. and he said they're probably just going based on their their typical, you know, kept of how to respond even touched across and as calling these people with have tx . and as we know, tucker is got a pretty strong network of influence of blogs. the conservatives were not from the party line. let's say that the, the deep state republicans, that republicans, that are, that are more in the line with the establishment tucker's, i think, represents more of the, the, the conservative impulse that's pro american. that's not looking to just go and jump into any war with the pretends that it's gonna help the american people. so i really don't think

her look, this is the same woman whose name was ronna romney mcdaniel's. did not like romney. told to take it out, stop using the name. so, yeah, she is done with donald trump told him to do. the party is locked step on this, and nikki haley has of right now to make as much good trouble as she can in this primary. yes, it's an uphill climb for, her but the party has no place to tell her to step out. that is her choice, her donors choice, the voters choice, to help her make. but that is not one of the party should make. >> reporter: she's gonna make it in a week or so anyway, because she is on the cusp herself. i do think, to your point about, what is she doing. it just really goes to show how far the pendulum has swung. i referred senator sanders in 2015, 2016. and they're all kind of qualms that some of my former colleagues, and even some of senator sanders reporters from that race have about the democratic national committee. some of them, many of them, at, argue are not correct. but i cannot imagine the dnc chairwoman at the time coming out and saying,

guess what happened despite romney's big lead? is not too early for the santorum campaign, folks, to be declaring a huge and somewhat unexpected victory here. >> as he the great contender? who is rick centaur? is he the guy movement conservatives can finally radley around to defeat mitt romney? >> game on. [applause] thank you so much, iowa. >> so pleasant. game on, and thank you. now, that doesn't tell you who's ultimately gonna win the nomination or the election, but it reminds you that, again, the narrow point i'm making, in a beltway crew of reporters and pundits, seems to habitually forget or never learn is, the pre-iowa polls don't always tell you much. in fact, they're often wrong because of the nature of the iowa caucus. as for candidate and defendant trump, despite of skepticism i just showed you for polls that show him in a big lead right now, well, maybe he found that very unusual note for him, not just crowing about some supposed positive, but actually saying, wait, everybody, slow down. be careful. well, mae that's be

romney, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes 80, the nays are 17, and the nomination is agreed to. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. under the previous order, the question occurs on the brisco nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. mr. barrasso. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. the clerk: mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. grah

i was there when mitt romney was running in south carolina.matic. he appeared with nikki haley. and both of them have just chased each other to the bottom. and they stayed with what they said originally about donald trump. they could be standing there now and say, look, i'm all right than i thought i was. i don't think donald trump would be a good president, i never thought he would overthrow the government. instead, they've just sort of fallen into this trap of trying to appease trump. and he hates everybody. scott has. he hates everybody who doesn't actually stand up to him. so it's just -- i can think of anything sater than american political life than waking up as tim scott these days. >>> it's sad to see the state of affairs to see how fall he has fallen due to donald trump. and what is your take on this? >>> i'm with stewart on, this time. scott something that -- e. t. deede, everything trump touches dies. that means your dignity, that means your intelligence, that means your fortitude, that means your political future. tim scott has mor

romney ms. rosen. mr. rounds mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr.n. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in a blumenthal, boozman, brown, butler, capito, cassidy, cortez-masto, daines, ernst, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hyde-smith, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, manchin, markey, mcconnell, merkley, moran, mullin, murkowski, murray, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubi■@o, schatz, sinema smith, sullivan, tester, tillis, welch, and wicker. mrs. gillibrand, aye. senators voting in the negative crapo, cruz, hawley, johnson, paul, hm south carolina, and vance. ms. warren, aye. ■1 the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ms. baldwin, a wyden, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mrs. fischer, aye.éç the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. cotton, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. ossof

the mitt romney's level of the building. we have given up and gone home. mcconnell's do not care enough about the country to stop him or even try. and chris christie is sort of now in that rowboat with liz cheney, adam kinzinger, sort of saying we don't have to be, this but the vast majority of the republican party want to be this. >> this is also a very effective communication. he will be able to look at, people and to give me a break, joe biden is not pushing some far left wing policies, he's just not. when both candidates were asked tonight about the economy, about high prices, because that is what republicans love to talk about. life is so expensive. yet neither one offered an easy policy solution. nikki haley brought up the gas tax, we will get rid of the gas tax. when dana bash said, great, will be 40 billion dollars that that brings into our federal government to fix our roads, what we do there? and neither of them acknowledged. those two things voters talk about when it comes to the economy, grocery prices, gas prices. gas bases in this country are

romney, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 51, the nays are 48 and the nominee is compelled. mr. schumer: -- is -- the presiding officer: is confirmed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered mained and laid -- made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of the veto message with respect to s.j. res. 32, which the clerk will report. the clerk: fiftyo message to accompany -- veto message to accompany s.j. res. 32 providing for congressional disapproval under chandar -- chapter 8, title 5, relating to small business lending understand the equal credit opportunity a

a number of republican senators have criticized, most notably mitt romney. >> i think the border is a very important issue for donald trump. and the fact he would communicate to republican senators and congress papal that he doesn't want us to solve the border problem, because he wants to blame biden for eight, is really appalling. >> a poland or not, according to senator romney and others, it is effect which makes it all the richer today to hear the house republican carrying out this would say this to cnn's manu raju. >> no, manu, that's absurd. we have a responsibility here to do our duty. our duty is to do right by the american people -- the first and most important job of the federal government is to protect its citizens. >> now we're learning tonight there might not be a partisan border security deal at all. gop senate leaders are reportedly preparing to ditch the whole thing. let's get the latest -- >> yeah, anderson, these negotiations have really reached a critical juncture. with this scene deal essentially on left support amid opposition from former president donald trump. we

>> i see her as the modern-day mitt romney.ay galvanized the support but the key thing is they would turn around tomorrow night. with the des moines register poll i saw the enthusiasm of her supporters low and a lot of them are democrats and independents. i'm not so sure they want to got on a cold and icy and snowy night for someone who will not win the iowa caucuses and most likely not play second either. >> and they made the case that the stronger supporters and cultural issues may not attend church services themselves and i wonder if that tracks with what you had been seeing and what that would mean politically. >> it is similar to what we were tracking and it is self identified evangelicals. have not seen a drop in attendance some of the evangelical saying they support trump. and politics does not become our religion. make sure you look higher as david said where the hope comes from it comes from the lord and not washington, d.c. also tell them to think bigger. hopefully people can keep focus where the focus needs to be and

remember when they accused romney of giving a lady and they actually claimed mitt was evil for putting his on the roof of his car? that is, until someone pointed out that obama had put dogs on the roof of his mouth. yeah, obama wanted a dog. he bragged about it in one of his biographies and away from the dinner table, i was introduced to dog meat. tough segment, tougher and most aggressive crunchy. >> but how smooth is barack working the dog eating with snakes and crickets like we wouldn't notice. yeah, i'll have a cricket, some fried snake and old yeller . again, the dems keep predicting how terrifying trump will be. as if he wasn't already president once when things were better. they're hyping a horror movie when it's the sequel to a feel good comedy punch lines, but no bread lines. they want to blame everything on him. the truth is, he mostly left us alone, and that's what we all want to be left alone. trump didn't tell you what kind of car to drive or food to eat. he didn't care if he didn't like big macs. that meant more for him. look, i don't want the government doing pretty anyt

he's already been found to have sexually assaulted her, something that mitt romney told cnn he just doesn't understand. he told manu raju, quote, i think a lot of people in this country are out of touch with reality and will accept anything donald trump tells them. he went on, the quote, you had a jury that said that donald trump raped a woman and that doesn't seem to be moving the needle. this is lots of things about today's electorate that i have a hard time understanding. joining us now is elena treene. good morning, it's wonderful to see you. let's start with those comments. they were in response to some of the iowa entrance polls that showed a majority of iowa caucus goers don't believe that joe biden was legitimately elected. this really shows how the republican party has changed. >> i mean, it has. the thing with donald trump that he does so well is he speaks to a lot of voters who really believe, i agree with senator romney, they believe a lot of what he says, a lot of the lies he says talking about the election being stolen. arguing that nikki haley was trying to get rid of social

romney, no. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr.nell, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. tester, aye.test. vote: the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.o the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ■ the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. padilla, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. . . the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. ernst, no. no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no.■ the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mrs. gillibr a ms. rosen, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. merkley, aye. the

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