thank you. great to see you. cnn national politics reporter daniel strauss is joining me to discuss all this. let s start with president biden sort of weighing in on trump s arrest yesterday. listen. have you seen donald trump s mug shot yet? i did see it on television. what did you think? handsome guy. wonderful guy. that s what president biden said when asked about seeing trump s mug shot. as you know, the white house has made it a point to stay mostly mum about trump s legal problems and issues he s facing. this will obviously be the strategy moving forward. tell us why that s so important for the biden administration. yeah, because the entire premise of the biden administration, what he ran on during his campaign is lowering the temperature, returning to a more serious, more mature custom
national politics correspondent eva mckend and former republican congressman charlie dent with us, as well. charlie, the former president, his fundraising off previous indictments, we shouldn t be surprised this time. not at all. he monetizes his indictments and monetizes his victimization and thinks this is going to help him politically. maybe he gets a bump out of the primary, but i can t imagine one independent or swing voter saying i m going to vote for that guy now you that he s indicted four times. a lot of republicans will have to resides the electability argu argument of a guy indicted four times. i see an angry scowl. a man who s very just angry, bitter. and he seems like he s dead set on rhettbution. that s what it looks like to me. a nasty photo. clearly he thought what look
in the iowa caucuses. interesting about the fact that so many voters have open minds. we will see how it goes. we are joined by cnn national politics reporter daniel strauss. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. let s talk about the iowa state fair. this is, obviously, a must-stop, as we have seen over many years. trump, you know, came on his own terms. he was in and out in a few hours. he was the only candidate that blew off the governor s fair side chat and he showed up at the entourage of the florida congress people to troll ron desantis. first off, how did trump do while he was there on the ground? how was he received? i don t think we should be surprised that there are a large amount of trump supporters in iowa still. and even a brief appearance underscores his ongoing frontrunner status within the party. it is telling, though, that he decided to import a number of florida lawmakers. that really indicates that
sopranos and lotus has a rule for who can watch his hit tv shows and movies. he says the supreme court has given him the right to ban bigots. and two people shot to death, 28 injured in a mass shooting at a block party and baltimore on sunday. we want to hear from gun owners and strong sick get amendment advocates about what reforms they can live with to stop mass shootings. hear what they say in tonight s pulse of the people. my point being line right should not be taken away because in mental health gun issue and someone else s community in chicago, in new york city. okay, but let s begin with this bizarre campaign video from ron desantis, advertising the fact that he does not support the rights of lgbtq people. here with me tonight, we have vanity fair con columnist, a rabbi and rolling stone columnist, a cnn national politics reporter, and a
they can live with to stop mass shootings. hear what they say in tonight s pulse of the people. my point being line right should not be taken away because in mental health gun issue and someone else s community in chicago, in new york city. okay, but let s begin with this bizarre campaign video from ron desantis, advertising the fact that he does not support the rights of lgbtq people. here with me tonight, we have vanity fair con columnist, a rabbi and rolling stone columnist, a cnn national politics reporter, and a communications strategist for ben carson s 2016 presidential campaign. great to see all of. you jason, let me talk to you first. let s play a little bit more of this ad from desantis that seems to highlight that he has draconian policies. i cannot think of anything more horrifying it really has shut down drag just produce some of the harshest most draconian lawn