mollie mollie hemingway. jeff reuters. guy, let me start with you. this case, obviously republicans are commenting on it. it does seem to solidify their argument about different places, distinct attorneys and how the department of justice is dealing with different crimes this is a federal crime. right. it wasn t that long ago. a few days ago that jen psaki was expressing bafflement what does soft on crime really mean? what are those consequences? what are they really talking about over on fox news and get indignant in the administration when there is any suggestion they are themselves are soft on crime. joe biden was the author of a very harsh crime bill in the 1990s. kamala harris was a very aggressive prosecutor out in california but back in the campaign you will that anti-law enforcement sentiments was all the rage literally on the left. biden felt the need to pander
biden endorsed redirecting funds away from the police. that s a form of defunding, kamala harris tweeted out support for a fund to bail violent rioters out of jail. that s something she put on personal feed these are things they would perhaps prefer us not to remember but i do remember them it does complicate their narrative a little bit because there is an element of their party that remains extremely influential especially in some of these cities that they still have to reckon with and that s part of this conversation whether they like it or not. bret: yeah. jeff, there is from the democratic point of view, moderates like tim ryan talking about the gun issue that s where end up on the crime take a listen to blame game back and forth. my god all this things going on in the cities. how far do they get the guns republicans have zero answer for that. they have no solutions and the american people are on to it we
guy, but the deleterious effects of socializing and education on kids from masks, fair? that s precisely right. yeah. my point is not about masking broadly. my point is about the evidence of masking children in schools preventing the transmission among students. there is no strong scientific today support that. and that has been the case for more than a year. bret: okay, mollie, thoughts on all of this and kind of where we stand. well, we just keep hearing biden administration officials saying that the science has changed, that they used to think that forced masking of children was scientifically great and now the science has changed. that s not actually true as guy references. we haven t seen much difference in recent weeks. but we have seen a difference in is the political calculus and parents are rising up and saying you have got to stop forcing the masking of children against our wishes. bret: we will see. if this doesn t change, the whole thing could come back and, jeff, t