Brian Schatz: Jewish Members Of Donald Trump Cabinet Should Resign | All In

THANK YOU GUYS, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> NOW, I WANT TO TURN TO
SOMEBODY WHOSE BEEN VO TALL ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR.
DEMOCRAT OF HAWAII JOINS ME FROM HONOLULU.
SENATOR, WELCOME. >> THANKS.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE, YOU
SAID THIS IS NOT YOUR PRESIDENT, THAT DONALD TRUMP IS UNFIT FOR
OFFICE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T
HEARD BEFORE. WITH BANNON GONE, DOES THAT
CHANGE YOUR VIEW? >> NO, IT REALLY DOESN'T.
THERE WAS A FASCINATING PANEL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH
STEVE BANNON. HE IS OBVIOUSLY AN OUTSIDE
CHARACTER, GRANDIOSE CHARACTER AND DANGEROUS PERSON TO HAVE
PROXIMITY TO THAT MUCH AUTHORITY.
IN THE END, THE FAILURES OF THIS PRESIDENCY ARE THE PRESIDENT'S
FAILURES. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WAKE OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THE PRESIDENT HAD A
SCRIPT THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO READ WHERE HE MET THE BASIC
MORAL TEST OF BEING THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, WHICH IS TO
SAY HE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NAZI'S AND PEOPLE WHO
PROTEST AGAINST NAUZ'S AND HE'S THE ONE THAT WENT OFF SCRIPT.
AS DANGEROUS AS STEVE BANNON IS AND AS THANKFUL AS MANY OF US
ARE THAT HE'S LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE, I THINK THE REAL PROBLEM
IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO
CHANGE ANYTIME SOON. >> I WANT TO PUT UP THE TWEET
YOU PUT UP ON TUESDAY. THE DAY AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S
UNPRECEDENTED CONFERENCE. YOU WROTE AS A JEW, AN AMERICAN
AS A HUMAN, WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY DISGUST.
HE IS NOT MY PRESIDENT. A LOADED MEANING WHEN PEOPLE AT
BREITBART USE THAT TERM. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JEWISH
MEMBERS OF THIS CABINET SHOULD RESIGN IN PROTEST, PARTICULARLY
GIVEN THAT BREITBART IS SIGNALING THEY ARE COMING FOR
THEM? >> YES.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO. I THINK PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCSCIE
CAN'T PRETENT THIS PRESIDENT IS SOMETHING THEY HOPED HE WOULD
BE. THAT THEY WERE HOPING HE WOULD
BE COMPETENT, HE WOULD BE A DEAL MAKER IN THE MIDDLE, A
PRAGMATIST. I REMEMBER READING AN ARTICLE
ONLINE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESIDENCY, HE WAS GOING TO
FUNCTION AS AN EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND ALLOW EACH ONE OF
HIS CABINET OFFICIALS TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT AS THEY SEE FIT.
NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. HIS ABILITY TO MAKE DEALS AND
MAKE PRAGMATISTS AND BE A LEADER FOR THE UNITED STATES, NONE OF
IT CAME THROUGH. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY
HOPEFUL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS IS THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE
PATRIOTS, WHO ARE FINALLY STANDING UP AND SAYING ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH. MITT ROMNEY, BOTH PRESIDENT'S
BUSH, MANY OF THE LEADERS OF THE SERVICE BRANCHES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FINALLY, SOME OF MY SENATE
COLLEAGUES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WHOM I HAVE BEEN CRITICAL
OF FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH. THEY SAID HARSH THINGS AND I
THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF REPUBLICANS BEING
ABLE TO HIDE BEHIND SOME IMAGINARY DONALD TRUMP THAT
CLEARLY DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. THIS PERSON IS NOT CAPABLE
MORALLY, POLITICALLY OR IN TERMS OF INCOMPETENCIES TO LEAD THE
FREE WORLD. >> NOTABLY ON THAT LIST OF
PEOPLE WHO STOOD UP TO DONALD TRUMP IN THE WAKE OF THE MONDAY
PRESS CONFERENCE ARE MITCH McCONNELL WHO ISSUED A STATEMENT
LATER AND PRIVATE CONCERNS AND ON THE HOUSE SIDE, PAUL RYAN.
WITHOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP, DO YOU EXPECT YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND-UP TO HIM
WITH MORE THAN WORDS? >> I THINK THERE'S A GROUND
SWELL. THE MAJORITY LEADER McCONNELL
AND SPEAKER RYAN WILL BE AMONG THE LAST TO TURN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS EXCITING FOR THE COUNTRY IN THE
LAST WEEK OR THE WORK PERIOD WAS JOHN McCAIN'S NO VOTE WHERE WE
REJECTED WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
A 98-2 VOTE FOR TOUGHER SANCTIONS, WHICH THE PRESIDENT
WAS TRYING TO STOP ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
>> YEAH. >> EVEN IN THAT WEEK, ADD TO
THAT JEFF FLAKE'S SHARP COMMENTS THAT WEEK, YOU HAVE THE
BEGINNING OF THE MOUSE THAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH STARTING
TO ROAR. I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE THIS
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
I WAS ENCOURAGED BY REPUBLICAN PATRIOTS, PEOPLE WITH WHOM I
DISAGREE ON ALMOST EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY, BUT WHO
ARE MORAL AND DECENT HUMAN BEINGS WHO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT
THING BY THE COUNTRY, WHO SAY LOOK, I HAVE FEW BRIGHT LINES,
BUT UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NAZI'S AND THOSE WHO
OPPOSE ARE ONE OF THOSE BRIGHT LINES.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE

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