EXCERPT:
ROTHMAN: "Okay, back to the subject at hand, Hunter Biden and Graham Platner. What I heard there was very representative of the progressive movement. Yeah, he's got some character flaws. Maybe I didn't hear that he said, 'Black people don't tip.' Maybe I didn't hear that he said that women should, you know, accept the fact that they are inviting rape. Maybe I didn't hear any of that. But his progressive sensibilities, his policy preferences, they suffice for character. I hear that all the time. And I hear it from progressives looking for a rationalization to vote for Graham Platner. And if the shoe was on the other foot, if it was a Republican, it wouldn't be his ideology — "
HINOJOSA: "Well, there is with Ken Paxton."
ROTHMAN: "And this is exactly -- you just made my point for me."
HINOJOSA: "I know. And I'm not defending Graham Platner."
ROTHMAN: "They would say that it's rapacious, cold-hearted, conservative ideology that is part of that philosophy."
SELLERS: "Did you vote for Donald Trump?"
ROTHMAN: "No."
SELLERS: "Not any of the three times?"
ROTHMAN: "Never. And you know why? Because character matters."
