welcome to the republican rorschach primary. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. people are reading into the results so far whatever they re wishing for. first there are the never tr trumpers. they say he is essentially running as an incumbent, and still 49% of the voters in iowa, they didn t want him. speaking of iowa, the turnout was abysmal. a little over 110,000 participated, accounting for just under 15% of the state s 752,000 registered republicans. do you know that trump only received a little over 56,000 votes? iowa, iowa is lily white. it is unrepresentative of the country at large. we are a diverse nation of over 335 million, a small number of iowa voters should not determine our destiny. besides, the iowa field, it was still too crowded. when nikki haley finally got him one-on-one in new hampshire she was able to keep it close and received about 43% of the vote. worse for trump, the independents in new hampshire supported haley in huge numbers, showing that tru
first of all, we expect schools to prioritize what is in a student s head over what is on it. but a school district in texas has kept a student out of the classroom since august because it says his locks are too long. the superintendent now says that being an american requires conformity. now, this case is heading to court. today that student and his attorney are with us. plus, president biden likely needs michigan to win reelection. the city of dearborn has one of the largest arab american populations in the country, and its mayor says he turned down a meeting with the president s campaign manager. he s here to explain why. and dante wright s mother is with us. he was killed during a traffic stop in 2021 when an officer said she accidentally pulled her gun instead of her taser. well, that city just rejected a proposal to change rules for when police can pull someone over, and dante s mother says more people will die. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. i