public officials accountable. and merrick garland is saying he cannot or will not do that. what you are driving out there, the perception piece of this, i think that is a lot of what we are talking about. i have to ask you, is there a world where the appointment of the special counsel in the biden case, then gives greater credibility to a case against trump? when you flip it, does it sort of buffer against the attacks that you know are coming from republicans? no. no. because here is the thing. merrick garland backed his own self into a corner when he appointed the special prosecutor the first time, right? when he appoints one in the trump case, even though these cases are different, i understand that from his again, security cat perspective, he feels like he is boxed in. he feels like he has to appoint a special counsel. find. i disagree with that decision. but i understand the logic. what is the logic of appointing a republican special counsel? what is the logic of appointing
so we should not be surprised at all of the things that they are doing are deeply unpopular. and especially, now that lauren boebert and matt gaetz and others like him are running the show, we are going to continue to see crazy stuff from this gop. congressman curbelo, your thoughts on what we are going to see in this out upcoming week? alicia, i think we are going to see more of the to be clear, i don t agree with mondaire on everything he said. but i think we can agree on this point you made earlier, that donald trump has created a culture of dishonesty in the republican party. and that is evident by the fact that there is tolerance for people like george santos and that the speaker refused to come out and condemn him. why? because the votes are more important than the truth. and as long as that is the case, i think republicans will struggle to become a successful national party. i remind people this last election was a major disappointment for republicans. why? because there w