we re a diverse democracy. there s one thing that does define us as a country. we re founded on an idea that we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal endowed by certain unalienable rights. sounds corny to americans as we learn this in grade school and high school. we never fully lived up to it but we never, ever walked away from it. every generation opens that aperture a little bit wider. since our nation s founding, the idea has been nurtured by the contributions and sacrifices of so many people. almost all of whom were immigrants and native americans were in fact the only people who
too. there are republican controlled counties all over the country that are starting to do it as well, all to declare joe biden isn t really the president, and last election, 2020 election, shouldn t really count because trump didn t really lose his re-election bid. i mean, it is actively nuts. especially the closer you look at the cast of characters involved and what their crazy theories are about why the election shouldn t count. the closer you get to it, the stupider it is, and the sillier and less consequential it seems. but you know, widen the aperture a little bit, step back from that a second, look at the new ipsos poll that came out today, that finds a robust majority of republican voters nationwide, 53% of republican voters in america, believe right now, donald trump is currently the lawful president of the united states. and joe biden is therefore an illegal usurper occupying the white house even though he lost the 2020 election to trump.
theories are about why the election shouldn t count. the sillier and less consequential it seems. but you know, widen the aperture a little bit, step back for a second, look at the new poll that came out today that finds a robust majority of republican voters nationwide, 53% of republican voters in america believe that right now donald trump is currently the lawful president of the united states. and joe biden is therefore an illegal usurper occupying the white house even though he lost the 2020 election to trump. a majority of republicans already believe that. where does this go as they now start to uncount the election from 2020 and invent theories and explanations and wild tales about what happened to the voting machines and what happened to the ballots that mean that the 2020 election shouldn t be counted?
general mark kurtling. thank you so much for being with us. i m interested in your perspective. the 300 noncombat advisers that are being sent into iraq, the times i ve worked with green berets and rangers, i m always impressed by the complexity of the task they are assigned to do. the kind of work okay multiple fronts. what do you see as their key objective this time around here? well, i ll open the aperture a little bit, anderson, and say that these guys are going to provide a lot more than a lot of people are talking about right now. they re certainly going to provide not only support for the iraqi security forces. that s what everyone is thinking about now, but they re going to provide clarity to what is going on over there. i m listening to your reports with nic and arwa, and they re talking about the numerous tribes and terrorist groups in the north. and it brings back some memories when she talks about the groups
the complexity of the task that they are assigned to do. kind of working on multiple fronts. what do you see as their key objective this time around here? well, i ll open the aperture a little bit, anderson, and say these guys are going to provide a lot more than people are talking about right now. they are certainly going to provide support to the iraqi security forces, that s what everyone is thinking about now but provide clarity to what is going on over there. i m listening to your reports with nick and arwa and they are talking about the numerous tribes and terrorist groups in the north and it brings back memories when she talks about them and 127 tribes that we once counted in the northern region, but those special forces and special operating forces will provide clarity as to what is going on. they will also have good communication packages. they will report not only to