that s what hillary clinton promised for who judicial nominees. then candidate donald trump gave a very different answer. he said he was looking to appoint judges in the mold of justice for scalia. if he wanted to appoint judges that would interpret the competition constitution, interpret the statutes according to the texan he would uphold the rule of law and treat parties fairly regardless of who they are or where they come from. then candidate also did something that no presidential candidate has done before, he published a list of nominees that he would choose from when filling justice scalia s seat providing unprecedented transparency to the american people. all of this was laid before the american people as they went to the polls on november 8th, 2016. and the american people made a choice that night. my democratic colleagues are not happy with the choice of the american made. but as president obama famously
american people. that s what hillary clinton promised for her nominees. candidate trump said he was looking to appoint judges in the mold of justice scalia and judges to interpret the constitution based on the original public meeting for the statutes according to the text and uphold the rule of law and treat parties fairly regardless of who they are and where they come from. then candidate donald trump also did something that no candidate has done before. he published a list of nominees he would choose from when filling the seat, providing unprecedented transparency to the american people. all of this was laid before the american people as they went to the polls on november 8th, 2016. and the american people made a choice that night. my democratic colleagues are not happy with the choice of american people made, but as
so let s get that out there as well. at the same time, i ve been, you know, in fear of losing the house for quite some time. i believe that this poll, however, is bunk. i believe the methodology is flawed. it s intentionally tilted to give these numbers. abc/ washington post was among the worst in 2016. and when you run with an outlier poll like this for a whole day on cnn, you re warming up for the same kind of disappointment that you got on november 8th, 2016. well, i will only note bakari, we ll bring you into the conversation, that every time i ve discussed the abc news/ washington post poll numbers, i always note you should look at the average of all polling. and there have been other polls over the last few weeks that among other things show very clearly that support for the mueller investigation has gone up in a consistent, significant way over the last month or so. what does that tell you? well, i think for me, it gives some faith in the american
on cnn, you re warming up for the same kind of disappointment that you got on november 8th, 2016. well, i will only note bakari, we ll bring you into the conversation, that every time i ve discussed the abc news/ washington post poll numbers, i always note you should look at the average of all polling. and there have been other polls over the last few weeks that among other things show very clearly that support for the mueller investigation has gone up in a consistent, significant way over the last month or so. what does that tell you? well, i think for me, it gives some faith in the american people. it shows that the rule of law, not what donald trump ran on, not what attorney general sessions has been talking about in stump speeches and elsewhere, but the rule of law actually presides in this country, and people want to see mueller and his investigation play out. i do think, though, that senator mcconnell needs to make sure that he passes a piece of legislation that will protect
soaring. in this distopian or eutopian future, only friendly faces. very strong at the end of that press conference. and no poll would ever drop below 100% approval. the most powerful, most popular republican in the history of the party. in this alternate reality there would be a mcdonald s on every corner and every day would be november 8th, 2016. we won the electoral college by a lot. in this alternate reality, special counsel would have a whole new spelling and even special council mueller would agree with the president s conclusion. even the biggest reality tv star cannot totally escape reality. i care deeply about the rule of law. far eed zakaria continues next.