Senator Pushes Back Against Donald Trump Congress Tweet | Morning Joe

CONGRESSMAN. DICK DURBIN, I'M SORRY YOU HAD
TO GO THROUGH THE STUMBLING FORMALITIES HERE.
I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES SAID THIS MORNING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IS AT
AN ALL-TIME VERY DANGEROUS LOW. DONALD TRUMP WAS ATTACKED
YESTERDAY BY RUSSIA'S PRIME MINISTER, AND DONALD TRUMP
BLAMES YOU AND TOM COTTON AND THE REST OF CONGRESS FOR BAD
RELATIONS INSTEAD OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHO SHOT DOWN CIVILIAN
AIRCRAFTS. WHO VIOLATES ONE TREATY AFTER
ANOTHER. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
>> WE SAW REAL BIPARTISANSHIP ON CAPITOL HILL WHEN IT CAME TO
THESE SANCTIONS. WE HAVE TO TELL THEM ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH, AND WHEN IT CAME TO THE SANCTIONS AND TRUSTING THE
PRESIDENT, WE BASICALLY SAID WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PRESIDENT
WILL NOT LIFT THESE SANCTIONS, WE WILL IMPOSE THEM.
>> YEAH, HELLO SENATOR, DO YOU THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN GAIN EVEN MORE TRACTION WITH WITH VOTERS OUT THERE?
THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY BEATING THE DRUM ON THESE DOMESTIC
ISSUES. DOES THE ISSUE OF RUSSIA HAVE
TRACTION TO GET HIS SUPPORTERS IN THE MIDDLE?
>> FOREIGN POLICY IN AND OF ITSELF DOESN'T DRIVE ELECTIONS,
BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY UPSET AND SHOULD BE ABOUT WHAT
RUSSIA DID IN THE LAST ELECTION. THEY HAD TO NOTE -- WE KNOW THAT
IN ILLINOIS. WE WANT TO SAY TO RUSSIA ENOUGH,
HANDS OFF, WE DON'T WANT YOU IN OUR NEXT ELECTION.
>> SENATOR, THE -- THE ECONOMY APPEARS TO BE DOING QUITE WELL
AT THE MOMENT. YOU HAVE SEEN THE NUMBERS, THE
JOB GROWTH CONTINUES, DOES THAT GO WELL FOR THE REPUBLICANS?
>> I CAN TELL YOU WHEN THE ECONOMY IS EXPANDING RATHER THAN
CONTRACTING. I THINK PEOPLE WILL ASK NOT ONLY
DO I HAVE A JOB, BUT HOW LONG WILL I HAVE THE JOB.
I SAID CORPORATE PROFITS DON'T DEFINE IT FOR MOST FAMILIES.
SO IT IT IS THE PURCHASING POWER, THE REAL EARNING OF
WAGERS. >> YOU MAY APPRECIATE THIS, THE
REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE PROPOSED IN THEIR TAX PLAN
TO GET RID OF THE STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION.
STEVE MNUCHIN SAID HE IS HEARING COMPLAINTS THAT IT WILL SINK
THEM. DO YOU THINK IT WILL HAPPEN?
WILL DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BAN TOGETHER TO STOP OR DEFEAT
THIS? AND B, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD,
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FACT THAT REPUBLICANS, OF COURSE,
MUST BE DELIGHTING IN THE FACT THAT IT WILL BENEFIT RED STATES.
>> WHEN YOU GET DOWN ON TAX REFORM, SHOULD PEOPLE BE TAXED
ON PAYING TAXES? WHAT WE BELIEVE, MOST OF US
BELIEVE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, THERE OUGHT TO BE BASIC
PRINCIPALS HERE. NOT JUST TAX CUTS FOR THE
HIGHEST INCOME CATEGORIES. WE DON'T WANT TO BLOW THE
DEFICIT UP. WE WANT TO HAVE A WHOLESOME
DEBATE FOR WHAT THE TAX CUT LOOKS LIKE IN THE END.
THEY HAVE NOT SHOWN A GREAT DEAL OFOF DEXTERITY.
>> WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A SUCCESSFUL
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN KENTUCKY OR ILLINOIS, CHANCES ARE GOOD
YOU'RE PAYING 50% OR 55% OF YOUR PAYCHECK TO TAXES ON THE STATE
AND FEDERAL LOCAL LEVEL. IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW MANY
PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE AWAY THAT
DEDUCTION. LET'S TALK ABOUT I'M GRADUATION
REFORM. THE PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT
IMMIGRATION REFORM, WE WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST IF YOU HAVE ANY
OBJECTION TO THE FIRST PART OF THE BILL, FOCUSING ON THE SKILL
SETS OF THE IMMIGRANTS COMING TO THE UNITED STATES.
MAYBE CHANGING THE RATIO SO WE HELP DRIVE THE ECONOMY, GET THE
TECHNICAL KNOW HOW HERE THAT SOME SOME COMPANIES CLAIM ARE
LACKING. JUST WORKING WITH A RATIO.
SO THERE IS A HIGHER RATIO OF HIGHER SKILLED IMMIGRANTS COMING
TO AMERICAN. >> WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME HIGHER
KILLS NOT IN THIS COUNTRY TO GROW OUR ECONOMY, BUT WE ALSO
NEED AND WERE HAVING IMMIGRANTS TAKING LOW SKILL JOBS.
THERE ARE NOT LONG LINES OF PEOPLE WAITING TO PICK FRUIT, TO
WORK IN SLAUGHTER HOUSES, POULTRY PROCESSING PLANTS,
WORKING IN A KITCHEN IN THE RESTAURANTS OF CHICAGO AND OTHER
GREAT CITIES. I'M GRANTS TAKE THESE JOBS,
THEY'RE TOUGH, DIRTY, AND THEY DON'T GET PAID A LOT.
WHO WILL REPLACE THAT LABOR FORCE.
WHEN WE DID COMPREHENSIVE REFORM, WE MOVED CLOSER TO A
SYSTEM, BUT WE TOOK CARE OF THE 11 MILLION CURRENTLY HERE THAT
COULD STEP UP, PAY THEIR TAXES, AND GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE.
>> AND FINALLY, SENATOR, THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.
WILL YOU, ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE, DO WHAT THE CHICAGO CUBS
DID AND RECOGNIZE THE GREAT INJUSTICE THAT IS STEVE BARTMAN
AND SALUTE HIM FOR BEING -- I'M SERIOUS, WHAT THAT POOR GUY AND
HIS FAMILY HAVE GONE THROUGH, IT IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.
YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES AGAIN, HE WASN'T THE
ONLY GUY REACHING OUT FOR THE BALL.
11 OTHER PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR THAT BALL.
I SAID YESTERDAY, A COUPLE DAYS AGO, ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS
STORIES I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME BECAUSE IT WAS OUTRAGEOUS
HOW HE WAS TREATED. >> A CLASSY MOVE BY THE CLUBS
ORGANIZATION TO GIVE HIM ONE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS.
POOR STEVE BARTMAN, A FAITHFUL CUBS FAN DID WHAT 90% OF FANS
WOULD DO. I WOULD BE PUTTING MY HANDS UP
TO PROTECT MYSELF. HE DID NOT DESERVE WHAT HAPPENED
TO HIM. I HOPE WE HAVE SETTLED IT ONCE
AND FOR ALL. I HOPE HE IS STILL A CUBS FAN
AND I HOPE HE IS ENJOYING OUR RUN SINCE THE BREAK.
>> MY HUSBAND IS A CUBS FAN, AND I AM TOO.
I WATCHED THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT STEVE BARTMAN, AND THEY SAID HE
SHOULD A BARTMAN DAY AND THEY SHOULD HAVE EVERYONE DRESS LIKE
HIM WITH THE HEADPHONES AND THE JACKET.
SO IT IS LIKE A SPARTACUS MOMENT.
>> I REMEMBER AFTER THE RED SOX WON THEIR WORLD SERIES, I THINK
THEIR FIRST, THEY BROUGHT BACK BILL BUCKNER, AND THERE WASN'T A
DRY OUT IN THE HOUSE, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING THINGS I HAD
SCENE. THE ENTIRE RED SOX NATION
SUPPORTING HIM. >> I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS

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