GOP's Dent on 'mean' bill: Trump agrees wi...

>>> WE'D LOVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
WHAT?
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S BEING
PROPOSED.
THERE'S A GROUP OF GUYS A BACK
ROOM SOMEWHERE THAT ARE MAKING
THESE DECISIONS.
>> DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CLAIRE
McCASKILL OF MISSOURI TEARING
INTO SENATE REPUBLICANS FOR
WRITING THEIR HEALTH CARE BILL
IN SECRET.
DEMOCRATS ARE CONSIDERING
STOPPING ALL SENATE BUSINESS TO
PRESSURE REPUBLICANS TO REVEAL
DETAILS OF THE LEGISLATION.
WITH ME NO TO YOU DISCUSS THIS
AND MUCH MORE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE DINGELL OF
MICHIGAN, FORMER GOVERNOR RICK
SANTORUM AND SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
LET ME START WITH YOU.
DEMOCRATS WERE CRITICIZED FOR
THIS BACK WHEN THE OBAMA TEAM
WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A HEALTH
CARE BILL.
>> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE
DID IT MUCH MORE OPENLY.
RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT 13 MEN
WRITING A BILL THAT NOBODY HAS
SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THAT WILL
AFFECT MORE THAN 50% OF THE
POPULATION AS WOMEN.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A VERY BAD
BILL WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAS NOW
CALLED MEAN COME OUT.
WE NEED TO DO THIS IN A MORE
TRANSPARENT PROCESS, JAKE.
>> LET ME TALK ABOUT THE MEAN
THING FOR A SECOND.
DID YOU NOT VOTE FOR THE
REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE BILL IN
THE HOUSE, CONGRESSMAN, BUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING THE BILL
"MEAN" TO SENATE REPUBLICANS
CALLING THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE
BILL MEAN, THAT'S NOT GOING TO
HELP YOUR COLLEAGUES THEO
THEORETICALLY.
I THINK IT WOULD UPSET THEM.
>> CLEARLY THE ONES WHO VOTED
YES.
I AGREE THE HEALTH CARE DID NOT
PROVIDE A SOFT ENOUGH LANDING ON
MEDICAID.
THERE WERE PROBLEMS.
THE TAX CREDITS WERE CLEARLY
INSUFFICIENT.
THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY
FOR THE STATE OR RESOURCES TO
HANDLE THE MEDICAID ISSUE.
TO THAT EXTENT I AGREE WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HE AGREED WITH
ME ON THE ISSUE BUT THE COMMENT
WAS HELPFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO
VOTED YES PAUSE THEY WERE
UNHAPPY TO ABOUT IT.
>> SENATOR I WANT TO PLAY SOME
SOUND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL TALKING ABOUT
THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN 2009.
>> THIS MASSIVE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT SEEKS TO
RESTRUCTURE ONE-SIXTH OF OUR
ECONOMY IS BEING WRITTEN BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS, WITHOUT INPUT FROM
ANYONE IN AN EFFORT TO JAM IT
PAST NOT ONLY THE SENATE BUT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> IT'S ALMOST AS IF THESE
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN GO
TO VIDEOTAPE LIBRARY AND PLUCK
THESE THING OUT.
>> I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND
DEMOCRATS.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.
THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY HOW THINGS
HAVE BEEN DONE AND ALWAYS BEEN
DONE.
I MEAN, YOU REMEMBER BACK IN
BUDGET DEALS BETWEEN REAGAN AND
THE DEMOCRATS BACK WHEN JOHN
DINGELL WAS RUNNING, OFF
OANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE.
THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE.
THEY'RE NOT DONE IN A PUBLIC
FORUM INITIALLY.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO HAVE TO
BE GIVEN THE LIGHT OF DAY.
I SAW QUOTE FROM LISA MURKOWSKI.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR A
BILL.
OF COURSE SHE'S NOT GOING TO
VOTE FOR A BILL SHE'S NOT READ.
EVERYONE WILL GET A CHANCE TO
READ THE BILL BUT THERE HAS TO
BE SOME TIME WHEN PEOPLE GET
TOGETHER AND TRY TO DRIVE A
CONIS EN'S AND THIS THAT'S
WHAT'S GOING ON.
ONCE THEY REACH A POINT WHERE
THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE, THEY'LL
PUT THE PILL OUT THERE.
IF THE DEMOCRATS ALOW IT THEY'LL
GO THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS.
IF THEY THREATEN TO SHUT THINGS
DOWN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO BYPASS THE
COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY WON'T GET
COMMITTEES TO FORM BECAUSE THE
DEMOCRATS WILL BLOCK IT, SO THEY
COULD BE COMPLICIT IN NOT
GETTING THE BILL LIGHT OF DAY.
>> THERE IS THIS ARGUMENT THAT
THERE ARE 52 REPUBLICAN SENATORS
AND IN ORDER TO GET BOTH THE
KRZES AND MIKE LEES ON BOARD
WITH SOMETHING AND THE LISA
MURKOWSKI AND SUSAN COLLINSES OF
THE WORLD NEGOTIATIONS NEED TO
BE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH ONLY
REPUBLICANS WATCHING.
>> THAT'S NOT A GAD ARGUMENT.
IT'S AN ARGUMENT BASED UPON
HYPOCRISY.
YOU COMPARE IT TO 2009 THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATS AT THAT TIME UNDER
NANCY PELOSI'S LEADERSHIP THEY
HAD OVER 20 HEARINGS.
THIS TOOK A YEAR BEFORE IT
PASSED.
THIS IS NOT COMPARABLE TO WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2009 BUT I'D LOVE TO
SEE MITCH McCONNELL AND EVERYONE
ELSE JUST CLOAK THEMSELVES IN
SUCH HYPOCRISY AND THE TRAVESTY
AND WHY WE NEED MORE REPUBLICANS
WITH COURAGE LIKE MY COLLEAGUE
TO MY RIGHT AND MORE REPUBLICANS
TO STAND UP BECAUSE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS TRY IGTO
TAKE AWAY HEALTH INSURANCE FROM
23 MILLION PEOPLE AND THEY ARE
LITERALLY DRAFTING UP A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS
ONE-SIXTH OF OUR ECONOMY UNDER
THE COVER OF DARKNESS, WHICH IS
13 ALL WHITE MALES IN THE BACK
ROOM, AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM
THAT AMERICANS HAVE AND WHY THEY
DISTRUST THE PROCESS AND WHY
THEY DISTRUST DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS ALIKE, BECAUSE WE
MOVE TOO FAST IN 2009, BUT THE
REPUBLICANS DIDN'T LEARN A
LESSON, AND THEY ARE NOW THE
ONES WHO HAVE THE BALL AND IT'S
A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TOPICS TO COVER
TODAY.
YOU HEARD JAY SEKULOW THE
PRESIDENT'S ATTORNEY SAY THAT
WHEN THE PRESIDENT TWEETED THIS
"I AM BEING INVESTIGATED FOR
FIRING THE FBI DIRECTOR BY THE
MAN WHO TOLD ME TO FIRE THE FBI
DIRECTOR, WITCH HUNT."
HE DID NOT MEAN HE WAS LITERALLY
BEING INVESTIGATED.
>> SOUNDED TO ME WHAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS DOING AND THIS IS
THE LIMITATIONS OF TWITTER, THE
CONTEXT WAS HE WAS SORT OF
REPEATING WHAT "THE WASHINGTON
POST" STORY WAS LIKE.
NOT OH I'M BEING INVESTIGATED
BY -- IN OTHER WORDS HE'S JUST
TAKING A SUMMARY OF "THE POST"
ARTICLE AND REPEATED IT AS
OPPOSED TO SAYING OH, I'M BEING
INVESTIGATED.
NOW, I GET IT.
THAT'S A NUANCE, AND YOU CAN
ROLL YOUR EYES BACK ON IT, BUT
THAT'S WHAT JAY SEKULOW WAS
SAYING THE PRESIDENT SAID.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, IT'S
TWITTER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE
CONTEXT, AND VERY CREDIBLY COULD
BE SEEN AS THE PRESIDENT
CONFIRMING THAT HE'S BEING
INVESTIGATED.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE
PRESIDENT TWEETING.
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT MIGHT
BE WATCHING US TODAY.
AS A DEMOCRAT, AN ATTORNEY I
WANT TO GIVE HIM SOME ADVICE AND
THAT ADVICE IS TO STOP TWEET
BEING RUSSIA AND IF YOU WANT TO
MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD AND
HAVE A BETTER DISCUSSION, WAKE
UP IN THE MORNING AND TWEET
ABOUT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
TWEET WILL INFRASTRUCTURE.
PUT DEMOCRATS IN A BOX.
LET'S TALK ABOUT REAL ISSUES
BECAUSE ALL HE'S DOING IS MAKING
IT CLOUDY AND MURKY.
>> I IMAGINE YOU AGREE.
>> MY ADVICE IS STOP TWEETING.
DIRECTOR COMEY SAID THE
PRESIDENT WAS NOT UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.
IF IN FACT THERE WAS NO
COLLUSION, WELL THEN THERE'S
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
LET MR. MUELLER COMPLETE HIS
WORK.
LESS IS MORE.
SAY LITTLE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT
THIS, IF I WERE THE PRESIDENT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, KONGWOMAN?
>> I THINK HE'S REEGT.
WE NEED TO HAVE THIS
INVESTIGATION T NEEDS TO BE DONE
IN A NONPARTISAN WAY.
WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE FACTS AND
FOLLOW IT TO THE END AND AT THE
SAME TIME, COME TO MICHIGAN,
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT JOBS.
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE ECONOMY
AND HEALTH CARE WHEN WE NEED TO
FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES THAT ARE
IMPACTING WORKING MEN AND WOMEN
EVERY DAY.
>> DO YOU THINK THE -- I'M SURE
THE PRESIDENT, THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME SOMEBODY SAID STOP
TWEETING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST STOP TWEETING.
IT'S STOP TWEETING ABOUT THE
STUFF THAT HURTS HIM.
HE WANTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WHY DOESN'T, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
HE'S BEING GIVEN THIS ADVICE BY
LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
WHY DOES HE
>> YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.
YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM.
>> LOOK, I JUST THINK HE IS A
FIGHTER WHO DOESN'T LIKE BEING
ATTACKED.
HE'S GOING TO FIGHT BACK.
AND I GET THAT, I ACCEPT IT.
IT WORKED FOR HIM IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
IT'S WORKED FOR HIM TO SOME
DEGREE HERE.
BUT HE'S IN A WORLD RIGHT NOW
WHERE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR WHO JUST HIRED A TEAM
OF LAWYERS THAT REALLY CONCERNS
ME.
THIS ANDREW WEISSMAN IS A REAL
CONCERN TO ME.
THIS GUY IS -- JARED KUSHNER'S
PAPER, WENT AFTER THIS GUY FOR
SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR AND NOW YOU
BRING THIS GUY IN FOR A
NONPARTISAN INVESTIGATION, HE
ALREADY HAS A RUB WITH KUSHNER.
NOW THE THING -- THE
INVESTIGATION IS BEING EXPANDED,
MAYBE THE DEAL WITH JARED
KUSHNER.
THERE'S REAL CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT
MUELLER IS DOING.
HE'S OBVIOUSLY GOT THE LONG
KNIFE OUT FOR THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO
UNDERSTAND THIS IS SERIOUS.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
FIRST OF ALL ON THIS WEEK WE
WENT THROUGH THE HORRIBLE
INCIDENT WITH STEVE SCALISE AND
THE OTHERS.
THANK YOU TO PEOPLE WHO RUN FOR
OFFICE AND PUT THEMSELVES OUT
THERE.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY EVEN MORE
NERVE RACKING FOR PEOPLE LIKE
YOURSELVES AFTER A WEEK LIKE
THIS, SO THANK YOU.
AND TO THE DADS HERE, HAPPY
FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THREE OF
YOU.
I KNOW YOU JUST

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