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The news of Barbara Bush’s passing wasn’t even an hour old Tuesday night when MSNBC host Chris Hayes had his All In panel use it to malign the current state of the Republican Party. The liberal brought on anti-Trump Republican David Jolly and former Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) to discuss how the GOP had fallen so far since it’s heyday with the Bush dynasty.
“David, your thoughts about Barbara Bush and more broadly the Bush family and how intersected with the broad trajectory of the party that you call home, the Republican party,” Hayes wondered of Jolly.
Jolly began by noting how “remarkable” Mrs. Bush was during her long life. But he cautioned that “we can't overlook the contrast between the Bush legacy and state of the Republican party today.” According to him, “The reality is, there is not in up room for the dignity of the Bush family in today's Republican party. That's a political conversation that continues to be had within the GOP.”
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