appeal. in 2012 after mitt romney lost the presidential election, we did what we called an autopsy of our party and its policy and determined that we had to appeal to a broader electorate and not just drill down on the base. unfortunately, what we ve been doing, we ve been driving down, drilling down to the base. that only takes you so far. there are a lot of never trump republicans who are actively rooting with democrats to take control of congress. trying to break the fever of the gop. what s your take on that? i think that that is the case. there is a big concern among a lot of republicans, traditional republicans, who believe that limited government, economic freedom, free trade, strong america, american leadership, and they see the policies that come out of the white house and say, where s our party? this isn t us? and they re looking, yearning for a more decent politics.
president trump also vented his anger at mccabe over several hundred thousand in donations to his wife, a democrat, received for her failed 2015 virginia state senate bid for a political action committee controlled by a close friends of hillary clinton. so everyone s account, he was pretty open about that, sent e-mails. wanted protocol about it. was this an appropriate thing to do? no, not really. i will tell you, it worries me again, two things about this, the president is too sensitive about this. he should let the investigation go forward, if he doesn t believe he has done anything wrong, then that s what the investigation will finds. i do believe bob mueller will finds exactly where the fact leads him. i don t think he will make anything up or do anything untoward. that said, the optics of what the fbi was engaged in. the text messages, mccabe s driving down, meeting with the
clinton. to everyone s account, he was pretty open about that, sent e-mails. wanted protocol about it. was this an appropriate thing to do? no, not really. i will tell you, it worries me again, two things about this, the president is too sensitive about this. he should let the investigation go forward, if he doesn t believe he has done anything wrong, then that s what the investigation will finds. i do believe bob mueller will finds exactly where the fact leads him. i don t think he will make anything up or do anything untoward. that said, the optics of what the fbi was engaged in. the text messages, mccabe s driving down, meeting with the governor of virginia. why his wife was engaged if possibly a state senate campaign, two things, one there was a public investigation and two the broader hillary clinton investigation, the optics of it are not good.
was the complaint soliciting them and then using the information in the campaign? that is where the dispute lies. he would be able to walk through meetings and conversations and other things that would give the prosecutor in this case the general counsel, a better view of what exactly happened. mike rogers. always a pleasure. thank you, sir. thanks, don, appreciate it. i still think it looks like you re 17. thank you very much. thank you very much. i m going to have to come to you for advise all the time. . listen i promised in the couple of interviews ago with franklin graham i had a message for the president i do. this is very serious. gather around the tv this one hits close to home. when we come back, i m coming to gun you all down. that was a chilling threat against cnn employees which led to an arrest. it s not the only threat. some you haven t heard about. that s the one you heard about.
coming to gun you all down. that was a chilling threat against cnn employees which led to an arrest. it s not the only threat. some you haven t heard about. that s the one you heard about. is the president s hateful, ignorant rhetoric leading to more threats against the press? we ll talk about that next. my name is jeff sheldon, and i m the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it s great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i ve got a hundred orders i have to ship out.