done with the testimony of republican officeholders, almost all of who donald trump himself appointed to office. i think what the american people are looking for is accountability and to move on to focus on the concerns they do have which are around the state of the economy, the state of the country and our future to prosper, which has been the american tradition to achieve that american dream. i think as quickly as the donald trump scenario can be resolved, that s when the country can start to move forward. the problem is in the heart of the republican base in this primary, you see the cult of personality, which is what the republican party is today around donald trump center around donald trump, and that s where that focus is, but independents, democrats and a healthy percentage, not enough, but a healthy percentage of republicans are rejecting trumpism. it does seem hard for other candidates to get much attention right now given the unprecedented nature of a former president facin
breakout moment with republicans in wisconsin. first of all, it s very hot here. it will hit 99. the problem with eight candidates on the stage is they have 12 1/2 minutes to have the breakout moment. donald trump is not there. so i will be watching to see how effective chris christie is, who is the i think the ultimate political performance artist. obviously, i will be watching ron desantis. is he going to be able to be human? is he going to be able to be funny, effective? is he going to be able to turn his campaign around? i think that would be the biggest surprise of the night if he was. i think there s going to be a lot of shots aimed at vivek. he has been rising. for someone like nikki haley, it s a risk-free way of using her stilettos to go after somebody who is not part of the maga cult of personality. i think that you are going to see a lot of shots thrown at an
doctrine? the may be interested in teasing out who is going to be the new ultra maga trump. fine, let s let the country look and see what happened to their party. because they have taken the party of lincoln, the party of freedom and anti slavery, and anti no nothing-ism, plo emigration, they ve turned it into an authoritarianism cult of personality. just like the republicans price the whigs, maybe another party will come on and try to replace the republicans. i do believe donald trump is dragging them down to a historic defeat in next year s elections. before i let you go, i just want to quickly ask you, i know you ve been traveling around the country talking to a lot of voters. are people asking you about the indictments, and about the legal issues? or is the majority of the conversation about other issues? well, people are asking about both. people understand that climate and democracy are now intertwined, for example, as issues.
education. do they agree that slavery was basically americas first apprenticeship program? i mean, is that going to be standard republican party doctrine? fox may be interested in teasing out who is going to be the new ultra maga trump. fine, let s let the country look and see what happened to their party. because they have taken the party of lincoln, the party of freedom and anti slavery, and anti no nothing-ism, plo emigration, they ve turned it into an authoritarianism cult of personality. just like the republicans replaced the whigs, maybe another party will come on and try to replace the republicans. i do believe donald trump is dragging them down to a historic defeat in next year s elections. before i let you go, i just want to quickly ask you, i know you ve been traveling around the country talking to a lot of voters. are people asking you about the indictments, and about the legal issues? or is the majority of the
let me parse one session because we want to show viewers from cbs news that goes to the point you re making which is a national poll that shows 62% of the republican party is with donald trump. that s why. yeah, and i don t buy that. we re knocking doors, over a million and a half doors with the super pac. the undecided is very, very high and in new hampshire and in iowa, over half of republicans don t want donald trump to be the next nominee. i talked to reporters this weekend who were at the iowa state fair and people going up and taking pictures with donald trump and this is the selfie they want, but they come out and say, well, i m not voting for him. it s not a political party anymore. judge luttig said that. it s not a political party, it s not. it s a cult of personality and the party of lincoln and the party rig an didn t have a cult