GOP In Crisis Over Donald Trump Jr.-Russia Email Revelation | The Last Word

>>> SHOULD DONALD TRUMP JR. HAVE TAKE THAN MEETING?
>> WELL, SENATOR, I'M HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME YOUR
DESCRIPTION OF IT. SO I'M NOT REALLY IN A POSITION
TO SPEAK TO IT. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
IF I GOT A CALL FROM SOMEBODY SAYING THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
WANTS TO HELP LINDSEY GRAHAM GET RE-ELECTED, THEY'VE GOT DIRT ON
HIS OPPONENT, SHOULD I TAKE THAT MEETING?
>> WELL, SENATOR, I WOULD THINK YOU'D WANT TO CONSULT WITH SOME
GOOD LEGAL ADVISERS BEFORE YOU DID THAT.
>> SO THE ANSWER IS SHOULD I CALL THE FBI?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO LET THE FBI.
>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, PAL. SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO
TELL EVERY POLITICIAN. IF YOU GET A CALL FROM SOMEBODY
SUGGESTING THAT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WANTS TO HELP YOU BY
DISPARAGING YOUR OPPONENT, TELL US ALL TO CALL THE FBI.
>> THAT WAS REPUBLICAN LINDSEY GRAHAM, REPUBLICAN PAUL RYAN ON
THE OTHER HAND, WAS REDUCED TO JELL-O TODAY.
WHEN KASIE HUNT ASKED HIM WHAT HE WOULD DO IF THE RUSSIANS
WANTED TO HELP HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO GO MOO HYPOTHETICALS ONLY BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL OF THIS.
I SUPPORTED BOB MULE TER BEING APPOINTED SPECIAL COUNSEL.
WE NEED TO LET HIM AND HIS TEAM AND OUR INVESTIGATORS HERE DO
THEIR JOBS AND FOLLOW THESE LEADS WHFR THEY MAY GO AND
FOLLOW THE FACTS. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO
HYPOTHETICALS. PAUL RYAN COULD NOT SAY WHAT HE
WOULD DO IF THE RUSSIANS OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WANTED
TO HELP HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
HE COULD NOT SAY THAT HE WOULD NOT COMMIT THAT CRIME.
THAT IS HOW LOST THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAS BECOME AS HE
CLINGS TO THE WRECKAGE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN THE HOPE
THAT HEAL FIND A WAY TO GET THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE ON TAX
CUTS. WHEN WE COME BACK, DAVID FRUM
AND NED PRICE DISCUSS THE REPUBLICAN REACTION TO DONALD
TRUMP JR., YARD KUSHNER AND PAUL MAN FOR THE'S MEETING IN WHI
LEADING THIS AGENCY, I WILL NEVER ALLOW THE FBI'S TWO,
DRIVEN BY ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE FACTS, THE LAW, AND THE
IMPARTIAL PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, PERIOD.
FULL STOP. MY LOYALTY IS TO THE
CONSTITUTION. AND TO THE RULE OF LAW.
>> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TAKE AN OATH SAYING THE SAME THING BUT
YOU'D NEVER KNOW THAT IF YOU LISTENED TO PAUL RYAN TODAY.
JOINING US NED PRICE FORMER SENIOR DIRECTOR AND SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND FORMER CIA ANALYST,
ALSO AN MSNBC SECURITY ANALYST AND BACK WITH US DAVID FRUM.
PAUL RYAN, COULD NOT BRING HIMSELF TO SAY THAT HE WOULD NOT
COMMIT A CRIME WITH THE RUSSIANS IF THE RUSSIANS OFFERED HIM HELP
IN HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN TODAY.
LINDSEY GRAHAM TRIED TO TEACH HIS COLLEAGUES THIS LESSON
TODAY. A LOT OF US DIDN'T THINK THEY
NEED TO BE TAUGHT THAT LESSON BUT APPARENTLY THEY DO.
>> I HATE TO SAY IT, LAWRENCE, BUT PAUL RYAN IS EM BLEW
THEMATIC OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHEN IT COMES TO TO THIS AND
LINDSEY GRAHAM IS NOT. REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRIPPING
OVER THEMSELVES TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO EXCUSE THE INEXCUSABLE
BEHAVIOR OF DONALD TRUMP JR. LOOK, MY FAVORITE RESPONSE TODAY
CAME FROM DANA ROHRABACHER WHO MIGHT AS WELL BE THE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM LENINGRAD WHO SAID LOOK, WE SHOULD LISTEN
TO EVERYBODY NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE.
APPARENTLY THAT EVERYBODY INCLUDES RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
OPERATIVES. BUT THE IMPORTANT POINT HERE I
THINK IS THAT THIS IS NOT NEW. IN FACT, THIS TENDENCY ON THE
PART OF REPUBLICAN LEADERS AND I'M USING THAT TERM LEADERS
LOOSELY, REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO PROTECT PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAINST
THESE UNEXPLAINED RUSSIA TIES PREDATES THE ELECTION.
IN LATE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION APPROACHED
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL, GAVE HIM THE FULL
BRIEF ON RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN THE HOPES HE WOULD GO ALONG WITH A
BIPARTISAN SHOW OF FORCE TO SHOW THE RUSSIANS WE WOULD NOT TAKE
IN THIS AND TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO PROTECT THEIR OWN SYSTEMS.
HE WOULDN'T SIGN ON TO IT. IT WAS AN ABDICATION OF
LEADERSHIP. HE WAS PUTTING PARTY ABOVE
COUNTRY. THAT IS CONSISTENTLY WHAT WE'VE
SEEN FROM REPUBLICANS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
>> DAVID, A POLITICIAN SAYING I WON'T ANSWER A HYPOTHETICAL,
EVERY SINGLE CAMPAIGN QUESTION TO A CANDIDATE IS A HYPOTHETICAL
THETICAL. IF YOU ARE ELECTED, WILL YOU DO
X. THEY'RE ALL HYPOTHETICALS.
>> I MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER SEGMENT HOW DISORIENTED
REPUBLICANS ARE THIS WEEK. IT IS A BIZARRE THING IF YOU'RE
FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA OR WATCHING FOX NEWS TO WATCH SOME
OF THE CYNICAL REACTIONS. UNDERSTAND, THE RUG'S BEEN
PULLED OUT OF EVERYBODY. WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE TO THE
ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HIS
DESIGNATED SPOKESMAN, MADE LIARS OUT OF ALL OF THEM.
THEY HAVE FOR MONTHS BEEN REPEATING THE NO EVIDENCE OF
COLLUSION, NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION, IT'S A HOAX.
IT'S A MADEUP STORY. TODAY, DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING
IT'S FINE. ACTUALLY, IT'S ALL TRUE.
IT WAS A GOOD THING. ANYBODY WOULD DO IT.
AND NOW HOW DOES A PAUL RYAN REACT?
WHAT IS THE ANSWER HE CAN GIVE? HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THIS STORY
GOES. THE STORY CAN ONLY GET BIGGER.
HE MUST SENSE THIS. HE'S IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TOO
PASS THE MEASURES HE WANTS TO PASS BEFORE THE BOTTOM FALLS
OUT. HE MUST ALSO SENSE HE'S LOSING
THAT RACE AGAINST TIME. THAT THE OBAMACARE IS NOT GOING
TO BE REPEALED BEFORE THE END OF JULY, MAYBE NOT EVER.
THAT MAKES THE TAX CUT PLAN NOT WORK.
SO THE DEAL HE DID WITH DONALD TRUMP, HE IS NOT GOING TO GET
PAID. MEANWHILE DONALD TRUMP HAS
IMPUNITY FROM CONGRESS. >> NED, THIS IS NOT JUST ANY
MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THIS IS THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE. HIS MEMBER IN HIS PARTY LOOK TO
HIM FOR GUIDANCE IN ALL THINGS. HE WAS ASKED PUBLICLY FOR
GUIDANCE ON THIS. HE REFUSED TO GIVE THE GUIDANCE
THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM DID TODAY. >> WELL, HE WAS ASKED FOR
GUIDANCE WHETHER HE WOULD COMMIT A CRIME IN THE KUSKT HIS
CAMPAIGN. IN ANY OTHER WORLD, THAT ANSWER
WOULD BE A SIMPLE NO. WE ARE LIVING IN THIS CRAZY
NETHERWORLD OF DONALD TRUMP WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE STILL
CLACHING, CLINCHING TO THIS IDEA THAT MAYBE IF THEY STICK WITH
HIM FOR LONG ENOUGH, THEY CAN GET HEALTH CARE AND SOME
ELEMENTS OF THEIR AGENDA. AT SOME POINT, THEY HAVE TO GROW
A SPINE AND HAVE TO REALIZE THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT GOOD
FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR PARTY.
THERE ARE PRINCIPLED CONSERVATIVE WHO HAVE ALREADY
DONE THAT, JOE SCARBOROUGH JUST DECLARED THAT LAST NIGHT.
OTHERS LIKE CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER AGREED.
WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THAT FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WILL PRECIPITATE THEM DOING THAT?
DONALD TRUMP, MAYBE HE WAS PROPHET TICK.
MAYB

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