indeed. marc mackinnon, i have a reading for you, this is by michael cast the historian in the new york times, we just showed the headline of the piece he writes, incited quote the last time a war blew up in the face of a democratic president, it derailed his domestic agenda and stalled the most ambitious social reforms of a generation. two lessons from lbj s downfall are paramount. first, tell the truth, even if it makes you look bad, temporarily. second, keep the coalition that elected you united in its response to the crisis. mark, i would only urge everyone interested in the topic to listen especially to the recorded phone calls between johnson and during those years as they are very illustrative. what do you make of the point he makes in the new york times? well, brian, i think the real point here is that president biden has been defined about the decision, not
it could be two guys running together on 2024. what a scenario you lay out for us. gentlemen, by way of thanking you for coming on tonight, allow me to wish you both a safe, vaccinated celebration of independence day, our holiday weekend. we thank you as always for coming on and taking our questions. michael steele, marc mackinnon have been our guest tonight. coming up for us after another break. sadly the numbers in this country are beginning to conform the fears about this covid variant. it is now surging in other parts of the world and the concern is for the unboxing aid across the us. across the us.
there is you can fill in the blank. we welcome back to the broadcast, michael steele, former chairman of the great state of maryland also the host of the michael steele podcast and the hat wearing, truth talking, marc mackinnon. adviser to george w. bush and the core hull cohost, and the star of circus. here is mr. mccarthy who once said, in the well of the house, on live television, we have the tape of it that trump should bear responsibility, and now they want us to forget that. i guess he thinks for stupid. want to see so scared of, right now? you have to realize, his ultimate goal is to be speaker in 2022 for the republican state of the house. he is scared of donald trump ultimately, and the political
we are dispatching teams to look into all of these crises that are afoot, and case there is any question there about gop messaging. the new york times puts it this way, quote, for a house republicans, outrage maybe the tie that binds at least their leaders hopes out. still overwhelmingly in the thrall of donald trump. they have learned over the past four years that grievance loudly expressed carries political weight especially with their core voters. still with us, don callaway, marc mackinnon. mark anytime we use the word crisis, i think we are duty bound to use the old phrase never let a crisis go to waste. but what about crises of your own perception? what if this is indeed absent any ideas or policy if this is how they are going to go? if this is that how they will run back home in 2022? that s become the default
men and others flocking to mar-a-lago. we are certain he consider that a big deal. that was paul ryan tonight, and his big attack on trump and trumpism. the problem for the fox board member and former speaker of the house, is that it s too little too late, of course. the party has moved on to the likes of marjorie taylor greene. with us again tonight, two more friends of this broadcast. jason johnson, campaign veteran journalist convict reader at the grill and a professor of politics in journalism at morgan state university. marc mackinnon former pfizer s both george w. bush and john mccain. he s of course among the cohosts, if you ask us, he is the star of the circus on showtime. gentlemen, good evening, welcome to you both. mark, there was another gop fringe wing ding tonight in georgia with marjorie taylor greene and congressman gates. i m going to play for you a bit