Kasie Hunt: The Human Decency Wing of the GOP No Longer Has a Home in the Party

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HUNT: “I think that, yes, there is potential resentment and issues around the agenda, this idea, but I honestly, I think what Joe was pointing to and Mike, what you said about the very — the splintering of this party before our very eyes, these leaders, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, they made a bet that they could outlast Donald Trump, and what is happening is that the people who would consider themselves to be a part of the governing, we may— Jeff Flake, I think we call it the human decency wing of the Republican Party, are not going to have a home at this rate anymore in this Republican Party. It’s because of where their voters are. That’s driving frustration among some of the rank and file Republicans in the Senate, because they’re having to be led by Mitch McConnell. They go home and their voters are saying, 'Why aren't you standing up more for President Trump?' Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell’s approval ratings are sinking. They are becoming less popular, they're becoming a huge problem and the President is really taking over the party."