Why in general, when you`re putting together a White House staff and putting together a good one, you`re looking for someone there who is not someone who`s going to be heavy-handed.
Lawrence O'DonnellYou have two people who I would classify as extremists. Donald Trump because of his behavior and Ted Cruz because of his views, leading the Republican Party.
Lawrence O'DonnellMichael Flynn not exactly cut from that cloth. Someone who has very strong views about almost everything in the realm of national security and defense.
Lawrence O'DonnellSomeone who traffics in much more than what Jeff Sessions said back then will be with the president every day in the White House as his senior strategist.
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