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it's all on mitt romney. mitt romney, as you recall, was famously ridiculed in 2012 for calling russia america's greatest geopolitical foe in his debate with president obama. it turns out he was right and he spoke about that with jake this morning as well. take a listen. >> i had the chance to be with madeleine albright, former secretary of state under the obama administration, and she said, you were right, and we didn't recognize it at the time. she said, you were right. and it was nice to hear but i would have rather seen the actions taken then that would have prevented the kind of things from occurring we've seen over the last several years. >> john, do you think the incoming biden foreign policy team, including biden himself, agree with secretary albright, that romney was, in fact, right and if so, how she had they address putin's aggressive actions? >> there's no doubt that romney's comments have been -- they need to update the policy to facts on the ground. here the reality is is that vladimir putin is

mitt. >> thank you, mark. either the american people expect to see groups like this and hope to see groups like this work together, and you're seeing it. and that's what makes me most encouraged about what we've accomplished, but also, most hopeful about what we can accomplish in the future. republicans and democrats in the house and in the senate can work together and can take on a tough issue. and this one looks particularly tough because on the one side you had folks saying anything less than 2 trillion was unacceptable and on the other you had folks saying anything over 500 billion was unacceptable. and there was an insight in that dinner we had at least is a's hope, i think it was dick durbin who said, this is an emergency provision, isn't it? we're not looking just what we're going to do long-term for the country, and so forth, we have people hurting right now, we have an emergency so let's look at what we need to do to take care of the emergency. that's bill, there are things that i would change, and th

but senator mitt romney said top republicans must now speak out

welcome to the party, mitt. better late than never. the republican party has been an anti-majoritarian members for over 20 years without a peep from you. he's talking to me? but if you're finally ready to fight for democracy, welcome. here's some issues you can take to your fellow republicans for reform. let's start with the electoral college. a recent study laid out the republican advantage in stark terms because of the electoral college in an election where democrats and republicans get 50% of the vote, the republican party would take the white house in 65% of scenarios. speaking of madness, a republican only won popular vote for president once in the past 30 years. that president was george w. bush who won a popular majority in his 2004 re-election after his initial narrow electoral college victory in 2000 was secured not by the voters, but by unprecedented intervention of supreme court. it's not just presidential elections where your party has built an advantage. in 2014, republicans got 52% of the senate vote and gained nine seats

pushing back on the bill as well as or a senator roy blunt iowa, senator chuck grassley and utah senator mitt romney arguing against the plan we can't you know have free money the republican majority senate could consider whether or not

republicans are pushing back missouri senator roy blunt iowa, senator chuck grassley and utah senator mitt romney have all said they

i remember at one point, mitt said, how do i explain to the people of utah i came out to washington to address the national debt and health care and we don't even talk about them on the floor of the senate? i remember you said that that night and that's the reality. we just don't talk about them in polite company. well, we decided to try it differently. hats off, joe manchin, mark warner, susan collins, jeanne shaheen, all of them, i'm going to miss them as we go through, lisa for dinner, again. we've come this far and this bill shows, 748 billion

. >> i'll talk to senator mitt romney of utah. >>> joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson, rich lowry, editor of national review, and yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs "newshour." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. there are two ways to look at the covid-19 crisis today. once again there's real reason for optimism. americans have begun receiving the pfizer vaccine and this weekend moderna's vaccine was authorized for emergency use, adding millions of doses to be rolled out this morning, especially in more rural parts with normal freezers. all of this offers the kind of hope we've been longing for throughout this crisis. at the same time the pandemic continues to tear through the country, the four highest covid case counts since the coronavirus hit were recorded last week. as were four of the eight highest daily death tolls, including the top two. as we've noted,

mitt, do you want to speak on that, mitt? >> i wish i were there, but that's -- >> better than me. >> we have communicated with secretary mnuchin. he has offered advice in terms of figures. we have wondered for instance what was the right number for airlines, what did they need, what do bus companies need and so forth. he provided some of the information for some of the negotiations he had with speaker pelosi, but i do have any prediction on how the white house would react. we also communicated with the majority leader's office with what we're working on. neither has described whether they would support or not support what we've put together. >> i would say -- let me just say one thing. minority leader schumer is also being kept up to speed on this. and with that, he's encouraged for us to continue to work in a bipartisan way, bicameral way to come to an agreement. [ inaudible question ] >> i'm not going to speak to the omnibus bill. >> we've been in touch with our leadership as well -- >> mask off, please. >> sorry. we've be

. >> i'll talk to senator mitt romney of utah. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson, rich lowry, editor of "national review," and yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs newshour.i welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the n longest runni show in television history, this is "meet the press with chuck todd." >> good sunday morning. >>> there are two ways to look ate the covid-19 crisis today. once again, there is real reason for r optimism. americans have begun receiving the pfizer vaccine, and this weekend, moderna's vaccine was authorized for emergency use, adding millions more doses to be rolled out starting this morning, especially in more rural parts with normal freezers. all this offers the kindor of he we've beenth longing for throughout this crisis. at the same time, though, the pandemic continues to tear through the country, the four highest covid case counts since the coronavirus hitco were recorded just l

say is the kind of sensitivity to world events and markets see anywhere except here i was there for mitt welcome back. is your media reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation unity. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is. or is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the debt. already made in the shallows. just 4 days after british prime minister boris johnson sealed a free trade agreement with the european union the u.k. warns of bumpy moments businesses have been getting ready absolutely i'm with there to help businesses to be ready for as i say both the new opportunities but also the particular new procedures that they face as well yes i think business is broadly in a good place but inevitably with any change with any transition there are occasional bumpy mothers and that's what the government is there to help business to be ready for the $27.00 e.u. ambassadors formally approved a provisional application on monday the u.k.'s house of commons is expected to approve the deal on wednesday while the

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the kind of sensitivity to world events of markets really see anywhere except here on times report mitt welcome back. to school is not like. it's not a money spinner but it is expensive. and it's dangerous. this is really skinny little. who breaks the tool. the problem comes from. the elite. just 4 days after british prime minister boris johnson sealed a free trade agreement with the european union the u.k. warns of bumpy moments. businesses have been getting ready absolutely i'm with their to help businesses to be ready for as i see both the new opportunities but also the particular new procedures that they face as well yes i think business is broadly in a good place but inevitably with any change with any transition there are occasional bumpy and that's what government is there to help business to be ready for the 27 e.u. ambassadors formally approved a provisional application on monday the u.k.'s house of commons is expected to approve the deal on wednesday while the e.u.'s legislature approval is expected in february for more on the 1200 page deal field on christmas eve we welcome b

and senator mitt romney calling it madness. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: on the nation's deadliest day of the covid crisis, president trump hosted a packed holiday party inside at the white house, ignoring both the science of the virus and its deadly toll. >> four more years. >> reporter: the president is also ignoring the reality that he lost to joe biden by more than 7 million votes and is brazenly calling on the supreme court to overturn the election. >> if they have wisdom and if they have courage, we're going to win this election in a landslide. >> reporter: republican attorneys general in 17 states are backing him up, joining the texas a.g. and asking the supreme court to invalidate the results in four states trump lost, georgia, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. the brief they submitted, riddled with factual inaccuracies and conspiracy theories. trump is also pressuring members of congress to sign on. republican congressman mike johnson telling his colleagues trump will be taking names and is "anxiously awaiting t

economy we don't think you actually deserve really anything here and so then you see republicans like mitt romney coming out over the weekend and saying well i just have a problem he says with putting 2000 dollars to each individual person that's just too much money that's too much debt that we're taking not really why don't we take away the money that's going to be out overseas because let's not forget it's not money that's just being created out of the middle of nowhere this is money that's coming from american taxpayers right we have been taxed this money and so you're actually just giving it back why not just give a moratorium on taxation for small businesses but none of that's happening and so the president should have walked away he didn't walk away and so now his name will also be on this as having gone along with this ridiculous between bill that it's again it's outrageous and it's disgusting well we already have this money like you said it's coming from us the taxpayers it's supposed to be a covert relief bill it has a lot of things and to trump's point last week when he said you

mitt, do you want to speak on that, mitt? [laughter] >> i wish i were there, but that's -- [laughter] >> we have communicated with secretary mnuchin about our negotiations. he has not waited on if he agrees or disagrees. he has offered advice in terms of figures. we have wondered for instance what was the right number for airlines, what did they need, what do bus companies need and so forth. he provided some of the information for some of the negotiations he had with speaker pelosi, but i do have any prediction on how the white house would react. we also communicated with the majority leader's office with what we're working on. but neither has described whether they would support or not support what we've put together. >> let me just say one thing. minority leader schumer is also being kept up to speed on this. and with that, he's encouraged for us to continue to work in a bipartisan way, bicameral way to come to an agreement. i'm not going to speak to the omnibus bill. >> we've been in touch with our leadership as well -- >>

senator mitt romney, thank you very much. >> thanks again, judy. good to be with you. >> woodruff: it was exactly one year ago today that california senator kamala harris announced she was dropping out of the presidential race, citing a lack of funds. now, the vice-president-elect is poised to break barriers on multiple fronts, inspiring many along the way. yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. >> alcindor: in her victory speech, vice president-elect kamala harris spoke to the historic nature of her election. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. >> alcindor: harris represents many firsts: the first woman, first black american and first south asian american vice president-elect. she's the daughter of immigrants from jamaica and india. she proudly emphasized her roots with fellow indian-american mindy kaling, cooking dosa during her own presidential primary campaign. she is also a graduate of howard university and is a member

in terms of liability, i think mitt romney said it well. there is a bill that john cornyn drafted, it is carefully thought out, and it's the bill most republicans are supporting. it's one hour republican leadership supports. it was the basis for republicans to say, this is the general approach that we like, we have a lot of concern in our caucus about state and local funding because of the numbers. we need to have a balance. that was part of the deal going into these discussions. we did not quite get there, although, thanks to joe manchin, it's bipartisan. it's not try partisan -- isan yet.n -- tripart all the republicans are accepting this. but we narrowed the differences. i feel badly for john cornyn's bill, because it does not look like his bill anymore. half of the provisions are gone or have changed because we listened to all of my democratic colleagues and tried to come up with accommodations. we do not get there, but we got awfully close. in the house we are continuing those discussions. just to be clear what it is about, this is abo

mitt romney is right that masks have become political, never should have been. joe biden may be a lot of things, i doubt naive is one of them. the guy has been in washington my entire lifetime so he knows what's going on and he knows it hasn't been tried yet. no one has tried to go out there every day and say masks from the bully pulpit. we will see if that works out. very quickly i want to play what joe biden said when he was asked about whether or not he hopes donald trump comes to his inauguration. >> president trump has not said if he's going to attend your inauguration yet. do you think it's important that he's there? you're laughing. >> i think it would -- important only in one sense, not in a personal sense, important in the sense that we are able to demonstrate at the end of this chaos that he's created that there is peaceful transfer of power with the competing parties standing there shaking hands and moving on. i think that's an important -- what i worry about, jake, more than the impact on the domestic politics, i really worry about the image we're pr

mitt romney, senator romney, former governor romney, former presidential nominee mitt romney, was saying the republican party is different now than the republican party that nominated him to be president in 2012. how different is it, do you think? >> well, i don't know about that. i don't know what to make of that statement. what i see is at least in ohio but i think also across the country republicans are -- we're winning in blue-collar communities in ohio that ten years ago we didn't have any chance of winning. we would have laughed at the idea that we could have won in steubenville, ohio or that we could have won jefferson county, belmont county, the whole eastern side of the mahoning valley. we're winning in those areas. and not only did the president win but a lot of local republican officials won. that's the positive. the negative is, you know, we're falling back in franklin county, columbus. we're falling back in some suburbs. so you know, we constantly, both parties, constantly try to -- >> i don't want to cut off but -- >> and meet people's needs -- >> i don't want to cut you of

mitt mueller said the chinese government didn't mess around and the key to its success. according to kurt. masks contact tracing that involved color-coded qr codes saying you are clean with green ranked as yellow or red meaning you had the virus and testing testing testing he factor in all that is everybody cooperates. >>i was part of the 10 million purse in testing in wuhan everybody was excited to go get tested within 36 hours of having been tested already had the information mike you are code and we're back in business they tested 10 million people. >>he said by the end of march only 3 months after the lockdown that shut things down and no vaccination yet wuhan opened back up much like a bear after a long hibernation. scooters were buzzing on the roads restaurants were back open. >>the chinese were feeling the highways and walking the streets once more. kurt owns 2 apartments in wuhan and knows the city well, he only came back to us in september to vote in the november election and to tend to some business here. but while in wuhan over the summer he watched scooter bi

>> yes. >> senator mitt romney, thank you so much for joining us. good luck with this economic stimulus legislation. the american people are counting on you guys to get the job done. you failed, all of you, democrats and republicans, before the election, and that was a pity. let's hope that can be done right now. appreciate it very much. >> thanks. >>> coming up, a cnn exclusive. we'll hear excerpts from the first joint interview by president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris talking to our own jake tapper. jake is standing by live. we'll have clips for you as soon as we come back. to gift yourself the smile you deserve. new patients, get started with a comprehensive exam and full set of x-rays with no obligation. and if you don't have insurance, it's free. plus, get 20% off your treatment plan. enjoy flexible payment options and savings when it matters most. we're here to make your smile shine bright so you can start the new year feelin' alright. call 1-800-aspendental 7 days a week or book today at aspendental.com ♪ ♪ you're all, you

mitt romney said it's nuts to bring that into the senate this morning. lauren, how are senators responding there on capitol hill? >> reporter: what you had was democrats essentially not participating today in this hearing. while a fume members might have been listening, they were not asking questions or pressing the witnesses, in part, because they didn't want to give them any more time to espouse their views. you have gary peters giving opening statements saying while he was opening to hear other views, he did think it was the committee's responsibility, especially at a time when the coronavirus rollout is just around the corner to build public support in science and not so any doubt when it comes to the efficacy of vaccines. now you saw some republicans on the committee not even participating, including senator mitt romney, a republican from utah, who said it was, quote, nuts to have one of the witnesses testify today. now orient is a known vaccine skeptic and someone who throughout the hearing today pushed hydroxychloroquine as a vaccine and what has

one of the architects of these bills is senator mitt romney. he will join us in a moment. first, cnbc's ylan mui now. what's in these bills, ylan? >> shep, let's start with the hard stuff first. democrats want to give more money to state and local governments. republicans want to protect businesses from getting sued over covid claims. today, that bipartisan group of lawmakers mapped out a potential compromise. states would get $150 billion but it would come in three installments over the next six months, based partly on population and partly on how much money they actually lost. the bill would also raise the bar for suing businesses, but those protections would only last through the pandemic. lawmakers acknowledge this approach may be far from perfect, but that's what negotiating is all about. >> this bill is not about sending a message. unless the message is that congress can work together to make something good happen to the american people at a time of incredible stress. >> reporter: less controversial items went into a second bill. $748 billion covering unemployment be

judy speaks with utah republican senator mitt romney in a few minutes. the nation's foremost infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, says he will stay on at the national institutes of health and he will serve as the biden administration's chief medical adviser on the pandemic. also today, president-elect biden named brian deese to head the national economic council. deese worked in the obama administration, and helped craft the auto industry bailout. president trump refused to say today if attorney general wlliam -- william barr still has his confidence. instead, he told a reporter, "ask me in a number of weeks." on tuesday, barr said there's -- that neither the u.s. attorneys nor the fbi looking into the election found evidence of widespread election fraud, as the president claims. today, mr. trump said barr needs to keep searching. pres. trump: they haven't looked very hard, which is a disappointment, to be honest, because it's massive fraud. this is not civil. he thought it was civil. this is not civil, this is criminal stuff. this is very bad c

senator mitt romney, as you pointed out, is the exception. he tore into republicans who are considering protesting this coming monday's electoral college vote. i'm quoting him here. this is madness. we have a process. recounts are appropriate. going to the court is appropriate, and pursuing every legal avenue is appropriate, but trying to get electors not to do what the people voted to do is madness. where are the other republican voices of reason? >> it really is madness. what senator romney says is correct, that, if you think the election was unfair or there was corruption or fraud in the election, then you would bring that evidence to court. now, trump has asserted over and over again that there's fraud, the fraud is obvious, everybody knows about the fraud, but they haven't brought any of that evidence to court. in fact, they filed in excess of 50 cases and lost every single one of those cases except for one which was a minor case in pennsylvania. congressman kelly's case which is absurd on its face was rejected by scalia and the supreme

economy we don't think you actually deserve really anything here and so then you see republicans like mitt romney coming out over the weekend and saying well i just have a problem he says with putting $2000.00 to each individual person that's just too much money that's too much debt that we're taking not really why don't we take away the money that's going to be out overseas because let's not forget it's not money that's just being created out of the middle of nowhere this is money that's coming from american taxpayers right we have been taxed this money and so you're actually just giving it back why not just give a moratorium on taxation for small businesses but none of that's happening and so the president should have walked away he didn't walk away and so now his name will also be on this as having gone along with this ridiculous between bill that it's again it's outrageous and it's disgusting what we already have this money like you said it's coming from us the taxpayers it's supposed to be a covert relief bill it has a lot of things and to trump's point last week when he said you know

well mitt romney would use it directly you somebody was good and said that. he thinks that the president is wrong in a number of occasions and he has not been afraid to do that but for every one of them remember whether or not they have power is based on whether or not the people in their base support them in the let them do these seats in the congress and not that which is that jeopardize his or her own seat in the congress by go against donald trump don't throw up his you know got over 70000000 votes in the november election and so we're delap or worse no matter how people may feel about him on the other side at least among republican voters he has a lot of strip so those republican senators and members of congress are going to be very very slow to criticize him and they'll wait to see if they will to retain that threat in the coming weeks and months after he leaves office which they want to see happen joe what is always good to get your insight thanks so much for joining us from the u.s. thank you now the u.s. has reported a record number of cave in 1000 i

we have heard an awful lot from mitt romney. yesterday i spoke with a republican congressman on this very issue. to his credit he has said that president-elect biden will be president-elect and he has accepted that. he has also been vaccinated and wants to spread the word on the need to vaccinate americans. but when i asked him about this breaking news out of this oval office fight, and discussions over martial law, he said he's not going to be riled up over a conversation that, hey. they're not taking part in a revolution yet. it's just a conversation. i'm not going to get upset about it. if we're going to have more republicans thinking along those lines what more can be done? >> it is really extraordinary. you have heard people say about republicans for so long, you know, at a certain point there will be a moment where they will break with trump, where they will take seriously some of the more erratic things that he says. and yet we don't see that happening. beyond mitt romney you don't see many republican officials proactivel

that she knew while growing up but you see mitt lead is a heavy metal so it got going you used to go up and back into the community. in 2007 she was hired by the factories owners to oversee relations with the local community only just see her 2 year old son fall ill due to lead poisoning other villagers also reported symptoms over 200 of them died more than 30 of them children this is their last modest resting place. we have battered more than children who have already been born. and died in this area from lead poisoning party to drink. in this thought it is. decided to take action and to challenge the corruption injustice and lies her efforts earned her a series of death threats but after years of campaigning for the people of all we know who she was also rewarded with the closure of the plant in 2014. progress that came too late to change much for irene a key me her thyroid gland just still swollen and her blood still contains more than 80 times the amount of lead considered unsafe 10 years ago her father and brother worked in the plant extracting lead from the used car batteries w

here's what your colleague senator mitt romney had to say about it this week. >> for the president or anyone else to go out and allege widespread fraud and say the election was rigged and the election was stolen, that obviously strikes at the very foundation of democracy here and around the world for that matter. people watch america. if we can't have a free and fair election, how can they have it in other nations of the world? >> isn't the damage being done by those who continue to foster the doubts? >> so when you hear a statement like that, i think that that makes sense. that's the one extreme, but on the other hand, if you do not take servicing more and more each day, if you do not take it seriously, the legislatures that are involved. look at arizona, wisconsin and georgia. when you take the number of electoral votes associated with that roughly 40,000-vote popular margin, that's under half of what it was back in 2016. so all i'm telling you is when you put two and two together, if we don't let the process play itself out, regardless of what you're talking about in terms of unify

. >> let's take a listen, and, jeff, i'll have you react on the other side to what utah senator mitt romney had to say. >> it's really sad in a lot of respects and embarrassing because the president could right now be writing the last chapter of this administration with a victory lap with regards to the vaccine. and instead he's leaving washington with a whole series of conspiracy theories and things that are so nutty and loopy that people are shaking their head wondering what in the world has gotten into this man. >> do you think, jeff, that this is something that many republicans, most people in fact think but in terms of republicans many are afraid to say? >> yes. and i think mitt romney has been sort of brave in terms of people in his party to be able to say things out loud that many others are just afraid of doing. and it's remarkable to say that given the fact that president trump did lose the election and mitt romney is a former presidential nominee for the republican party. but that is the state of play, and it goes back to our discussion earlier to the point that president t

even people like mitt romney, a deficit hawk, a lot of republicans, jay powell talking about the need for stimulus right now. we have an historic underemployment and unemployment, and low interest rates. speak to that, if you agree. >> first of all, i mean, jim, the senate will remember when we had fiscal cliffs. we now have a humanitarian cliffs. at the end of november you could have 12, 20 million people capable of become evicted, made homeless. you could have over 10 million people who lose their unemployment benefits. this is not like excess or luxury. this is about the basic dignity, capacity of people to stay in their homes, to feed their children. from a moral and humanitarian basis it's an imperative. but from a fiscal, an economic basis, the smartest thing you can do is help drive growth and demand in this economy. and we have to worry about all of our economy. yes, if you've been working full-time and not vacationing, you may have saved up a bit of money. but we know that the workers, the most hard-pressed workers are not necessarily going to do well. many are going to lose

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instead they're leaving it to, well, mitt romney. every day the guy tries. and now the republican secretary of state in georgia. to call out trump for the damage he's doing. >> there are those who are exploiting the emotions of many trump supporters with fantastic claims, half-truths, misinformation and frankly they are misleading the president as well apparently. >> he's being generous to give trump the space to blame someone else for the fantastic claims that he's peddling, misleading people. trump is doing very poorly by his supporters. he is lying to them. even down to telling them that this is about them, not him. today tweeting "i'm not fighting for me. i'm fighting for the 74 million people, not including the many trump ballots that were tossed, a record fire sitting president, who voted for me." the perfect example for a half-truth -- not even a half-truth, a little teeny shard of one, that is deeply misleading. both biden and trump have record votes and every loser in a presidential election has had millions. in fact up to 60 million-plus supporters

joining is mitt romney. good to see you. thanks for joining us. i want to get to that relief bill in one second. first i have to ask you president trump held a meeting on friday in which he reportedly discussed with his disgraced former national security adviser michael flynn martial law and force new elections in states that biden lost and discuss appointing sidney powell and issuing an executive order to seize voting machines. this is, needless to say, quite alarming and scary to a lot of people. what will senate to do to make sure this doesn't happen? >> it's going to happen. it's going nowhere. it's really sad in a lot of respects and embarrassing because the president could, right now, be writing the last chapter of this administration with a victory lap with regards to the vaccine. he pushed aggressively to get the vaccine developed and distributed that is happening on a quick time frame. he could be championing this story but instead leaving washington with conspiracy theories and things so nutty and loopy that people are shaking their head

economy we don't think you actually deserve really anything here and so then you see republicans like mitt romney coming out over the weekend and saying well i just have a problem he says with putting 2000 dollars to each individual person that's just too much money that's too much debt that we're taking not really why don't we take away the money that's going to be out overseas because let's not forget it's not money that's just being created out of the middle of nowhere this is money that's coming from american taxpayers right we have been taxed this money and so you're actually just giving it back why not just give a moratorium on taxation for small businesses but none of that's happening and so the president should have walked away he didn't walk away and so now his name will also be on this as having gone along with this ridiculous between bill that it's again it's outrageous and it's disgusting well we already have this money like you said it's coming from us the taxpayers it's supposed to be a covert really felt it has a lot of things and to trump's point last week when he said you

it's mitt romney. let's watch. >> this hasn't been the focus of his rhetoric and i think it's a great human tragedy, without question. the extraordinary loss of life is heartbreaking and in some respects, unnecessary. it's unfortunate that this became a political issue. it's not political. this is public held. we have not made that message clear enough to the american people and people are dying because of it. >> mitt romney, that's only remarkable. it shoun ldn't be remarkable. that shouldn't be news. it's news because today's republican party does not live in reality. they don't live in a system where democracy still functions. they don't live in system that excepts the results of a free and fair election deemed the most secure in our nation's history by the official in charge of it. in mitt romney's signaling he might spend time in reality. that seems like the kind of person that joe biden might have been talk about last night when he said he heard from about 20 republican senators who con garage la

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mitt romney, senator romney, former governor romney, former presidential nominee mitt romney was saying the republican party is different now than the republican party that nominated him to be president in 2012. how different is it, do you think? >> well, i don't know about that. i mean i just -- i don't know what to make of that statement. what i see is, at least in ohio but i think also across the country, you know, republicans are -- we're winning in blue collar communities in ohio that ten years ago we didn't have any chance of winning. we would have laughed at the idea that we could have won in steubenville, ohio, or that we would have won jefferson county, belmont county. we're winning in those areas, and not only did the president win, but a lot of local republican officials won. so there's a -- that's the positive. the negative is, you know, we're falling back in franklin county, in columbus. we're falling back in some suburbs. we're constantly -- i think both parties, you constantly try to appeal to voters and meet people's needs. and that's what we're trying to do. >> i don't