control of the party. he launches these ridiculous legal suits that aren t going to win in court. the election suits didn t win. but it forces people to respond and the party has rallied around him. to a degree that s really extraordinary. right. i have to let you go, bill, but my last question here is charlie de dent, former republican congressman, called what we saw at cpac a side show. i m not sure it s a side show. it may be a main event. i love charlie dent. if the republican party were charlie dent s republican party, i would be thrilled and therefore charlie wants to believe frankly it s a side show. people should work to make it a side show. for now i m afraid it s the main show. it s the main tent of the circus. it s the main circus tent and it s a very dangerous one. there s a tendency to say it s whacky. they re dressed up funny and saying incredible things. it is not funny. it is dangerous.
penalty for exercising a constitutional right. what do you say to that? certainly in the realm of reasonable gun regulation, no good deed goes unlitigated. we expect there will be a lot of lawsuits and lawyers. but what we know is that we ve had federal excised tax on guns since 1919. we know lots of constitutional rights which we ordinarily expect to pay fees. newspapers are engaged in a core first amendment right and the supreme court has said that states can certainly tax newspapers. critics are saying gun owners of california, they say you bring up the freedom of the press basically, this would be like steam rolling the first amendment by mandating the media carry such insurance. yeah. i don t think so. for example, if anyone needs to exercise any of their rights in court, and exercise their seventh amendment right to a civil jury, they have to pay a fee to the courthouse staff. nothing in the constitution says all these rights are free.
disconnected from what it actually means. it just means to be aware that there s white supremacy and be aware that there s oppression in the world. and there s nothing wrong with that. all right, david gregory, kirsten powers, i promise you we ll have this discussion again soon. thank you again very much. up next, the tough new rules for gun owners in san jose. will they stand up in court? plus, american optimism, the highest it s been in more than a decade. harry enten tells us what is driving those numbers. [relaxed summer themed music playing]