maesto. now you are going to try to do the same thing, what can you learn from laxalt s run? you know, one of the great lessons of last time and there is hope that people are ready to push back against the movement of the democrats in the state. fortunately we were able to flip the only incumbent governor race and lombar, did o won that race. that is what my message is, i m with you, i m one of you. we ve got the policy to help lower inflation, return back to an american energy independence. i d love to see more local control instead of dc control in classrooms. it is connecting with people and giving them an opportunity to be able to believe in something and
so this is the textbook case of the republican trump trap, where a candidate like ron desantis performs for a republican primary audience, but then, puts himself at risk. let s say he makes it through, let s say donald trump goes to jail, and ron desantis becomes a republican nominee. then he has to face general election voters, and explain why he thought it was okay with donald trump did, and that it s the justice department, and law enforcement that is actually wrong here. that is what happened to candidates in the midterm elections in 2022. that is why they lost. because they were to align to donald trump. they were perceived as being too radical. so desantis is trying to signal to trump, i m okay, i m one of you. but that can end up costing him if he actually makes it. and to carlos s point, is there really a risk of true manga dying hearts actually saying, no, this is not a politicization of an administrative arm like the doj?
and one of the things that s most outrageous he did was setting aside a guilty plea. someone stood in front of a court and said i am guilty, i swear i m guilty. mike flynn said i am guilty. that never happens at doj, ever, that you pull a guilty plea away because you decide, oh, never mind. so, it is ironic. it is bizarre. it is him wanting to be part of the normal crowd again because i m sure he s been ostracized from what i would call real lawyers. real lo lawyers know what a jok doj was during the trump years and real lawyers know bill barr was part of it. he s trying to say i m not one of them, i m one of you. i don t have sympathy for that. he was there at critical time where he could have made a difference, spoken up at the time and prevented january 6th
those shots and discern and make that distinction with donald trump and ron desantis, but she has to be willing to throw that punch. i think that s the only ground she can fight on. the question is if you re fighting, are you fighting for something that most of the people want to hear? that s ultimately the debate we re going to have. also fighting for what you believe. i think that s a big question here because i think she does come from a different tradition of republicanism than the one you re describing, and you could see her tonight kind of signifying with her position on the trans issue and against red flag laws and some other in other places she was trying to signify to the base, you know, i m one of you. i get you. then in other places, she felt uncomfortable doing it. i ll tell you something about this process, having been through it a few times. it gets harder the better you do. this was a first test, and i think she did very, very well.
i called her a white governor. i should say she s a governor of color. but she stood there in that space and owned it. i think if she s willing to take those shots and discern and make that distinction with donald trump and ron desantis, but she has to be willing to throw that punch because you all are looking for fighters, and she has to be willing to fight. i think that s the only ground she can fight on. the question is if you re fighting, are you fighting for something that most of the people want to hear? that s ultimately the debate we re going to have. also fighting for what you believe. i think that s a big question here because i think she does come from a different tradition of republicanism than the one you re describing, and you could see her tonight kind of signifying with her position on the trans issue and against red flag laws and some other in other places, she was trying to signify to the base, you know, i m one of you. i get you. then in other places, she felt