MELISSA: NOT BACK BEING DOWN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP KEEPING A
POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON
THE TABLE AS HE WORKS TO SECURE
MORE FUNDING FOR THE U.S.-MEXICO
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS.
IF WE DON'T PROTECT OUR BORDERS
OUR COUNTRY IS NOT GOING TO BE A
COUNTRY.
SO IF IT IS ABOUT BORDER
SECURITY I'M WILLING TO DO WHAT
HAS TO BE DONE.
MELISSA: HERE IS REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN, HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBER.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS?
IS THIS ISSUE, FRANKLY A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED IT HAS GONE
SO LONG IN THIS ADMINISTRATION,
WHEN IT WAS REALLY THE
PROMISE WE MADE TO VOTERS BACK
IN THE 2016 ELECTION.
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT BACK IN
MARCH WHEN WE HAD THE CRAZY
OMNIBUS BILL THAT PASSED.
LOOK, WE NEED TO FOCUS IN DOING
WHAT WE SAID.
THIS WAS A KEY THING WE TOLD
VOTERS WE WERE GOING TO DO.
NO ONE WANT AS SHUTDOWN, LET'S
UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH, END
OF THE YEAR, LET'S HAVE DEBATE.
I THINK THAT IS THE BEST COURSE
OF ACTION.
WE'LL SEE.
MELISSA: WHAT ARE THE ODDS IT
WOULD REALLY HAPPEN?
>> I DON'T KNOW, MELISSA.
LIKE I SAID WE SHOULD HAVE DONE
IT ON THE OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL,
THERE HAS BEEN ONE SHUTDOWN,
DONE BY CHUCK SCHUMER.
EARLY PART OF THE YEAR WE HAD A
SHORT-TERM FUNDING BILL, GOT ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, HE WILL CUT
SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN,
AMNESTY WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
FUNDING TROOPS AND FUNDING
GOVERNMENT.
HE LEARNED AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T
LIKE THAT APPROACH AND REOPENED
GOVERNMENT.
WE SHOULD PUT THE WALL FUNDING
MELISSA: CENSORING POLITICAL
VIEWS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF
SESSIONS SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE WILL LOOK INTO BIAS OF
SOCIAL MEDIA WHETHER FACEBOOK
WERE INTENTIONALLY STEVEING
VIEWPOINTS.
I KNOW YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN
SHADOW BAND ON TWITTER.
HOW BIG OF A DEAL?
>> IT WASN'T FEEL LIKE, IT
HAPPENED.
SENATE.
535, FOUR, MR. GATES, MR. NUNEZ,
MR. MEADOWS, MYSELF WERE IN FACT
SHADOW BANNED.
NOT US SAYING IT, A LIBERAL NEWS
ORGANIZATION SAYS WE WERE IN
FACT SHADOW BANNED BY TWITTER.
IT HAPPENED.
TWITTER'S RESPONSE, GLITCH IN
WHAT DID YOU PUT IN THE
ALGORITHM, THE NAMES MEADOWS
SURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT UNCOVERS.
MELISSA: HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE IS
DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN?
MORE GOVERNMENT IS NEVER THE
ANSWER.
WHAT IS THE OPTION?
>> I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT.
WHAT I AM SAYING, IF YOU PUT
YOURSELF OUT THERE AS A NEUTRAL
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, YOU CAN'T
SAY SOME POINTS OF VIEW ARE NOT
GOING TO GET THE SAME RIGHTS AND
PRIVILEGES TO BE ABLE TO BE
YOU'RE A NEUTRAL SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM, DON'T SHADOW BAN
CONSERVATIVES, PARTICULARLY THE
FOURS CONSERVATIVES MOST ACTIVE
ON THE FBI-DOJ INVESTIGATION.
IF YOU'RE NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM, YOU'RE A NEWSPAPER,
THERE ARE DIFFERENT LAWS THAT
I'M NOT SAYING THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD NOT COME IN AND REGULATE.
I'M SAYING YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OR
THE OTHER.
YOU CAN'T PLAY IT BOTH WAYS.
OP-ED IN THE NO, TIMES.
WHO DO YOU THINK DID IT?
>> WHO KNOWS.
MY BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS, IT IS
OPINION PIECE.
IT IS OP-ED.
YOU HAVE TO SIGN YOUR NAME SO AN
OP-ED.
THEIR OPINION PAGE THAT IS
ANONYMOUS?
I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING.
THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
AND FRANKLY THOUGH, MY GUESS, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS OF COURSE THAT
THIS PERSON WHO WROTE IT
PROBABLY SHOULD RESIGN.
I THINK AS SARAH HUCKABEE
SANDERS SAID.
MELISSA: DO YOU THINK IT'S A
HIGH-RANKING PERSON OR
SOMEONE -- BY THE WAY THEY
SOURCED IT COULD BE KIND OF
ANYBODY?
>> I DO KNOW THEIR NAME WAS NOT
ON A BALLOT.
TO BE UNDERMINING THE GUY
ELECTED BY AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO
WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND I
THINK HAD AMAZING
YEAR-AND-A-HALF LEADING THIS
COUNTRY I THINK IS FLAT-OUT
WRONG.
MELISSA: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
IDEA IT IS DISTRESS COMING FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE?
THERE IS THIS BIG GROUP OF
REPUBLICANS OR PEOPLE WHO SEEM
TO BE ON THE PRESIDENT'S SIDE,
VERY DISTRESSED WHAT IS GOING
PEOPLE?
OR DO YOU THINK THIS IS CALL-OUT
FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT, OR YOU
KNOW WHO ARE ENTRENCHED IN
THAT THREATENS WHAT THEY HAVE
BUILT FOR THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO
ALL I KNOW, WE'RE 62 DAYS AWAY
FROM AN ELECTION.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT OVER LAST 18
MONTHS, CUT REGULATIONS REDUCED
TAXES.
4.2% GROWTH RATE.
LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN 20 YEARS.
GORSUCH ON THE COURT.
KAVANAUGH ON DECK.
OUT OF IRAN DEAL.
EMBASSY GOING TO JERUSALEM,
THAT IS PRETTY DARN GOOD
YEAR-AND-A-HALF.
I WILL MATCH THAT UP WITH WHAT