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Tina Smith

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157 total appearances

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The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

And I think we need to break up with this old relationship that we have, and we need to be much more bold about what it is that we're proposing.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

And I think that's what Carville is getting at.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

Well, super interesting question, right?

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

Because, I mean, what Trump is doing is he is seizing massive amounts of power.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

Let's just take, for example, his policy around what to do about people who are inside the country, maybe without documents, maybe illegally, maybe they are here legally.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

And so he's doing something very radical when it comes to his immigration policy.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

The last time I saw, that's dramatically unpopular.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

Right.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

People do not like it.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

Yes, of course, people want to see secure borders.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

They do not want people who are criminals.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

They don't want dangerous products to come into.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

They don't want drugs to come into our country.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

But it is highly unpopular.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

So I think that the thing that's missing is, in your question, what I'm responding to is we ought to be able to meet the needs of Americans and what they want.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

And that's not been happening.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

Well, so it's interesting because.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

Now, today, the Affordable Care Act is one of the – I mean, it's very popular.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

People like it, and I strongly support it.

The Daily
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

But there's an element here of accountability.