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>> Reporter: YOU WANT
REPUBLICANS TO STAND BY YOU IN
THE HOUSE AND SENATE, BUT THAT'S
NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF
THE THINGS YOUR COLLEAGUES IN
YOUR OWN PARTY HAVE SAID, FOR
EXAMPLE, SENATOR CORKER SAID I
DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO HARVARD OR
PRINCETON, BUT I CAN COUNT.
PETER KING OF NEW YORK CALLED
YOU A FRAUD.
THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING, WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING THEM
THROUGH, THESE ARE FELLOW
REPUBLICANS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL
POLITICIANS CAN CHOOSE TO SAY
WHATEVER THEFR OR LAUNCH
WHATEVER PERSONAL INSULTS THEY
WANT.
I WOULD NOTE IN THE HOUSE THAT
THE REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING THOSE
WHO HAVE CRITICIZED ME, VOTED TO
DEFUND OINTO MANIA CARE.
IN THE SENATE, I THINK THE VOTES
ARE VERY FLUID.
I BELIEVE EVERY SENATE
REPUBLICANS SHOULD STAND UNITED.
ANY SENATOR WHO VOTE FOR CLOT
INJURE IS VOTING TO GIVE HARRY
REID -- I HOPE AND BELIEVE
THEY -- I HOPE ALL 46 SENATE
REPUBLICANS STAND UNITED AGAIN
CLOTURE ON THIS BILL, BECAUSE NO
SENATE REPUBLICAN WANTS TO GIVE
HARRY REID THE ABILITY TO USE 51
VOTES FOR FUND OBAM-BAMA CARE.
>> THE WAY HE FRAMED THE
ARGUMENT IS RELATIVELY NEW.
WHAT HE IS BASICALLY SAYING IS,
REPUBLICANS, IF YOU DON'T STAND
WITH ME, YOU'RE STANDING WITH
THE DEMOCRATS.
THIS IS COMPLICATED, AND THAT
ARGUMENT IS ALREADY NOT PLAYING
WITH A VERY IMPORTANT
REPUBLICAN, MITCH McCONNELL.
JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER I
SPOKE WITH TED CRUZ, MITCH
McCONNELL SAID HE WOULD NOT
SUPPORT THE FILIBUSTER, WILL
BASICALLY NOT STAND WITH HIM.