shameless, january six gave him an opportunity to be the hero. the guy who did the right thing. they are trying to kill him, hang mike pence. there he is, still carrying donald trump s water. one of the reasons why the republican party can t quit donald trump i hear what you re saying about the republican primary field. a could get away from trump. the problem is, on the other hand pennsylvania avenue, house of representatives, those donald trump voters have members of congress who they can call a abs kevin mccarthy lives in fear of the donald trump they are well represented in the house. you go into this line of work, you go to running for office. ostensibly because you have a heart of service and you want to be of service or because you are an egomaniac. if you want to be of service, there is no greater service you can currently offer this country than just stand on the
if that s what it takes to get them to see that their rights are precious, and their freedoms are precious. ruth, thanks as always for joining us for the inside. truth look ruth ben-ghiat, professor at new york university. we ve got more coverage of the indictment of donald trump, right after this break. t after this break unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. i brought in ensure max protein with 30g of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uh. here i ll take that. -everyone: woo hoo! ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar. enter the nourishing moments giveaway for a chance to win $10,000.
that indictment. i think when you re looking at this right now, the thing that strikes me the most to your point is how much the fbi and the doj went out of their way to try and recover these boxes. and what is the most telling for me in the indictment, is the word retention. it s not necessarily about possession. they asked for it back. if they had given them back, there might have been a different outcome. exactly. i think you have parallel tracks with what happened with mike pence and what happened with donald trump. not to say that mike pence is any better as a politician, but certainly somebody who was in the possession of classified documents. when they asked him for, he gave it back, he cooperated. he made everything out is disposable available to the doj. they cause the case. moved on. with donald trump, you had a grand jury request these documents. he, according to the indictment, not only obstructed it, orchestrated the obstruction for his codefendant. by having them co
seemed to put out some kind of coated tweet. again, calling mega supporters to perhaps go down to miami. in a show of force, or some other kind of action. there has been, and there continues to be, very disturbing rhetoric. and really symone, let me tell you, beyond the immediate moment, why it concerns me. donald trump is still the leading republican candidate for president of the united states. and anytime, as you all know, if you become the republican nominee for the president, or the democratic nominee for president, you are winning about seven points or so i ve become-ing president. you hardly ever see that presidential race go beyond a seven point spread. if donald trump is somehow able to get past these indictments, or they could get pushed back somehow, beyond the election. something happens where he s able to get elected again. then, to him, his election will be an affirmation by the american people, in his own mind, that everything he stood
of public opinion. he did not do that. it is more of what we usually heard. conspiracy theories. he said this was a weaponization of the department of justice. right. i think it s important that people at home understand that the only reason donald trump was indicted was because he refused to get the boxes back to the national archives over and over again. over, and over again. multiple times. fbi comes to me one-time to tell me to do something, i m going to give it all. up one time. can i disagree with my friend symone, i think this is his strategy. his strategy is to deny, to deflect, not actually grapple with the substance of this indictment. to make light of it. one of the things that i was struck by, listening to him onstage, was the tang. right? the way in which he wants to act as though this is, quote, just a boxes thing. that is in such stark contrast to what we heard from jack smith. jack smith, laying out what is at stake here. really making it clear that