successful run. that, according to the atlantic s mckay coppins left the political class reeling in utah. then today chaffetz said he might not even finish his current term. my future plans are not yet finalized, but i haven t ruled out the possibility of leaving early. in the meantime, i still have a job to do and i have no plans to take my foot off the gas. joining me now, leon wolfe. i find all of this bewildering, leon. do you? absolutely. you know, i keep thinking about, you know those pictures that used to be a big deal back in the 90s. they were garbage but if you looked at them at the right angle, they made this 3-d picture that made sense. i haven t yet found the angle to look at this story to where any sort of anything but a mess shows up. i completely agree with that. again, i love the idea of people saying, i m making a career move because i have to devote more time to my family. i have been burned by that so many times. i ve even tried to will myself to believe it whe
that having been said, while he has approval in utah, definitely there is tolerance in utah for people who hold trump accountable, especially on some of the personally distasteful stuff. it is a heavily mormon state. they do tend to look upon public decency as being a much more important thing perhaps than any other electorate in the country. i think there are ways that chaffetz could, you know, address that. you know, if you look at your opening montage to this segment, if it really is the case he can t look himself in the mirror anymore while he s expected to carry water for trump, wouldn t the think to do be, look, i m going to go up to the hill and spend these years, follow my conscience, and then i ll face the voters and let the chips fall where they may. that would be the move that makes sense to me. solid advice, leon wolfe, thank you. coming you up, the trump takes a sat at one of our allies, calling canada s disgray. plus tonight s thing 1, thing 2 starting next.