party that sustains itself in power. yeah. policy is not the platform of republicans today. it s grievance politics. it s conspiracy theories. it s negative partisanship in the classical term of how you run campaigns. it s the only currency republicans currently have. it s why you see these absurd claims now about joe biden that they tried against barack obama. but, ali, i worry. i truly worry tonight, to the previous comment, that we re going to see further violence as a result of the conspiracy theories that republicans support and their failure to condone these conspiracy theories. and even, you know, we saw january 6th, but look what s happening at school board meetings in tennessee, for instance, where parents under this veil of defending their own freedom that republicans continue to put out there in the mainstream, that somehow it is okay for them to assault nurses and doctors in this process. the further these conspiracies get out of control and the inability of republicans t
insurrection in which many of them were physically, personally threatened, because that would lend legitimacy to the current administration. and that s you know, that s the battle we re in now. how does this battle go, david jolly, because there are more of you than i imagine that there are, right? people who grew up and had conservative principles and probably would have enjoyed debates with liberals on some basic policy issues. but you don t have that freedom anymore. americans don t have freedom americans who don t believe in conspiracies don t have freedoms to vote for republicans anymore, and republicans who are not conspiracy theorists don t have freedoms to enjoy living in their own party. yeah, that s exactly right, ali. i would say, look, i m in the vast minority. the past four years has proven that out. i once hoped that we would be able to retake the party or that somehow we would be able to coalesce a group of reasonable, center-right policy-focused voters. but the
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that s it. that s it. just wanted to tell you that we appreciate you. i know that your viewers do because when i was sitting in that chair for a few weeks, they wanted me to make sure you knew that. and i wanted to tell you on my behalf that i share that view. you are very, very kind. i have to go now. thank you. we ll see you tomorrow, my friend. thanks, ali. how does this all end? the republican party is on a precipice. further indulge the worst among them or pull back and find a way to be a functioning political party once again? how does it end? some might say we already know the answer. but as the gop continually degrades itself further, it s clear we haven t actually seen how low they are willing to go. take a look at where we re at. the delta variant ravaging the united states because republican leaders are refusing to enact preventive measures that would save people s lives. they re blocking other people,