on the east coast, largely a different group of people. there is a centralized mission and message there. in large part, they re to one service, and it s, you know, protecting the people who support donald trump in general. that s their larger goal. ben, i guess to follow up on that, would you say the movement is stronger today than it was on january 6th? you actually think they ve gained strength post insurrection versus having it be diminished with all of the, you know, legal that they re going through and the violence that happened on that day? i definitely believe that s true. i think it is important to note that they will discard leaders willy-nilly. you see people like for example, in charlottesville at this trial, those people are persona non grata. cantwell is referred to as the crying nazi. richard spencer used to be a
goes with the narrative of donald trump in general, but we expect him to be there. we expect his counsel to be there. they have litigated this case aggressively throughout the entire five, six-year period that it s gone on but they have done so professionally, and we expect that professionalism to continue on monday, and we expect this examination to be conducted in a professional manner that is representative of the officers of the court on both ends of the table. how could your case, this case, affect the ten other civil suits that are currently pending against the former president? well, i don t know that it does. this is a case unto itself. i think its significance with respect to other matters of civil litigation might be that this case is a demonstration that mr. trump is subject to the same legal processes as any other person. he is no longer in the office of the president of the united states, and as a result, he has,
even if joe biden were not running for president and still a private citizen going off into the smet, would it be okay for the president the president o united states, yes or no, to ask another foreign leader to for corruption to investigate an american citizen. that is not that sounds like a very oversimplified presentation of what is happening here. what is happening heres is the president of the united states said, penal are talking about this prosecutor and, excuse me, in this investigation. and we have joe biden bragging on tape in january of 2018 and i said i would be ott ground in 90 more minutes and if you don t believe me call barack. for the record, there is no evidence that joe or hunter biden did anything wrong. there is no evidence that donald trump did anything wrong. i m asking you that very question. why are you about to have public hearings trying to let s talk about that. let s talk about that. reducing drug prices and reducing the b
and we will get to the bottom of this. and then we ll be able to make a determination at that time whether or not something happened that was treasonous. i talked to a lot of people since i ve been home who believe that there is treason on the part of this president. they certainly believe some crimes have been committed. so i want to talk about polling since you mentioned polling. there is new polls from the new york times that showed a majority of voters in key swing states that helped elect donald trump like michigan and pennsylvania and wisconsin, they oppose impeaching the president and removing him from office. i know that you believe, moving forward with impeachment is important or the inquiry regardless of political consequences but is this possible this could have a negative impact on your party s prospects in 2020? sure it could. and that would make this whole process much more political than i would like for it to be.
debates, it s mind-numbing for folks. i think they turn the tv off. we have an election in virginia in two days. this will be historic us. for the first time in 16 years the democrats can win two in governorship. i m not sure it s helped in mississippi and kentucky and other states, but it has our base energized to come out on tuesday. donald trump can t come to virginia and campaign. he ll go play golf there, but think about that. the incumbent president in the only state where both chambers can switch, donald trump cannot come and campaign there. he s very unpopular. the poll has him at 27% appro approvement rating. we have virginia and kentucky represented here. i m guessing what you see in kentucky is the opposite of what