donald trump hit the campaign trail in iowa last night telling rally goers that the department of justice s case against him is quote, all be f. well, you said the real world, but i can. he also said every time he gets subpoenaed, his poll numbers go up. he s not wrong. trump leads the board for the republican nomination by at least 30 points. that s not good for any of the other 11 candidates. particularly florida governor ron desantis whose campaign in second to trump in the polls but is being hit with words like sagging and stalled. and then there s this. in the last four months donald trump has been indicted twice, and yet, the disgraced former president s campaign says it raised an astounding $35 million in the second quarter. that s double his take in the first three months of the year. joining me now, terrace at meyer, former gop communications director lincoln project senior advisor and resident scholar at the uva center for politics, and former republican congressm
mo money, mo problems. donald trump breaks in the campaign cash as he reels against the special counsel. but jack smith is closing in. we ll have the latest on the investigations and the campaign trail. supreme makeover. calls for reform after the supreme court s controversial ruling and questions about ethics. donald lithwick is here to discuss the possibilities. and a first for the first date. delaware congresswoman lisa blank roster joins me live to talk about her bid to be her state s first female senator, and first black senator, only the third black woman ever elected to the u.s. senate. i m jonathan capehart this is the saturday show.
his many years as i have and also seeing him in his administration, he is a person who is about getting the work done. and we hope that and also making sure that we earn every single vote. that is what he will do and that s what i plan to do from the great state of delaware as the senator. we are hopeful. bright hope, as your campaign slogan is. congresswoman, lisa rochester of the great state of delaware, thank you very much for coming back into the saturday show. coming up next special counsel, jack, smith s other investigation. donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. in a truly wild white house meeting. former prime federal prosecutor, is here to break it all down after a quick break. after a quick break.
what is it going to take to at least acknowledge the court s legitimacy as it is quickly eroding on part of the chief justice. you know, if we had this conversation two weeks, ago before the blockbusters came down last week, i would ve said, hey the court is kind of pumping the brakes and maybe these legitimacy issues are the fuse for. that that s not how the term and. it strikes me that the majority, the six just a supermajority doesn t factor in the legitimacy questions at all on these big decisions. so i think it s gonna, take, again a public outcry, and massive massive efforts by congress to, say if you don t impose some kind of ethics reform on yourself, we will do it. dahlia, you honor me with your presence. today thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. thanks for having me. next, congresswoman lisa rochester on why she s running to be the next democratic senator from delaware.
but it was also one of my proudest moments. because we walked back in that house chamber and we completed our work. the forces of fear did not win. democracy prevailed. joining me now is delaware congresswoman, lisa blunt rochester. candidate for the united states senate. congresswoman, welcome to the saturday show. i m gonna ask you the same question i ask anybody running for office. why are you running and if elected what would be your priorities? first of all, jonathan, it s so great to be on the show with you, and thank you so much for the work that you do on behalf of our country. why? that s the great question. first of all, i d start off by saying, how honored and privileged i have been to serve delaware in the united states house of representatives. to be able to work on things like strengthening our economy and bringing manufacturing jobs back to america.