of which there are some in the republican party, asa hutchinson, who is running for the presidential nomination, chris christie, some of them say donald trump should be held to account for his alleged actions but it is interesting to look within the republican party, notjust the democratic party, you are critical of donald trump in general, but the republican party, mike pence, some of his rivals, like him, they are being more cautious about what they say, because some of them would not want to alienate the donald trump loyal base of the party should he lead the race and they will be after those votes when it comes to primary season. , , ., ~ those votes when it comes to primary season. , , . ~ ., , those votes when it comes to primary season. , . ~ ., , ., season. just parker, really good to talk to you- season. just parker, really good to talk to you. the season. just parker, really good to talk to you. the plane season. just parker, really good to talk to you. the plane has -
other cheek. i talked about this a lot in the world of sports, right? we went through this in sports and continue to go through it in sports. when you have a woke hyperactive political universe in the world of sports. a lot of people say hey, i just want to watch sports. i don t need to worry about what the coaches, players or owners think politically. i want to enjoy the game. many people feel that same way about disney. the question is, how do you get a corporation or a sports league to go back to normalcy begging for normalcy doesn t seem to work when you get constantly slapped in the face. do you eventually decide you are going to slap back? that to me is what florida is doing and what ron desantis is doing and i think it is ultimately the legacy of donald trump in general. he is right, the republican party has changed. for a long time there were these country club republicans like mitt romney who are terrified of criticism and desperately want to be liked. and will bend if people
tell you exactly what i think. if you don t like it, i don t care. that s new and i don t think the democratic party has realized that this is a dynamic that is going to live on far longer than donald trump s political career and the republicans to me this is what desantis represents. he is the fighting wing of the republicans. bill: we ll see where it goes from there. i like what romney had to say about the debt and everything else. have a great weekend, by the way. you the same. sandra: all right. we re off to the races as nascar rolls into the talladega speedway, drivers gearing up for sunday s big race as finishing touches are added to the racetrack and we find madison who is live in alabama with us. good morning. it is the start of race weekend and people are excited. there are about 200 children over to my right because it s kids day here at talladega. if you hear excited cheers you might have heard they are
so what is your advice to your party as a republican? how confident should they be? are you worried they could be overconfident? i am a former republican for the record. i have been a public never trumper since 2016. but my advice to them would be to detach themselves from donald trump. we are seeing the opposite. he has an iron grasp on the party. they are pushing themselves more to the right. honestly, at this point, if the supreme court moves forward in overturning roe v wade that gives the republicans a way to win over the senate? we are trying to purge our 2021 energy here. real quickly, what do you think america should leave behind in
2021? we have got to the leave behind the big lie. that is literally part of our political discourse so much so that it led to the january 6th insurrection that we are still investigating. so let s please get rid of the big lie and stop listening to that so we can move forward as a nation and protect and save democracy. ashley, what are you leaving behind? i was going the say donald trump because of the big lie. but i will say donald trump in general. let s stop giving him air time. at this point he needs to be put in the past and the republican party needs to be rebuild and move forward. all right. thank you to both for joining us on this holiday. we do appreciate it. happy new year to both of you. up next an answer to the question that is on your screen when will omicron end? and how bad could it get until that happens? that happens i m so defensive, i got bongos thumping in my chest