people were trying to serve, and for actually winning votes and, you know, in the next election. you illustrated the idea of form over substance, more colloquial put, putting lipstick on a pig. a number of the instances we ll see what happens now speaking to you, a very compelling and thought-provoking piece thank you very much. could be with you. thank. you want to bring in cnn political imitator s van jones and scott jennings. here to the conversation, let me bring you in here first, van, on this point. scott, only because i don t to go from lipstick on a pig knowing that you have a pig, and thinking i was only singling you out on this. he really does have a pet pig, everyone. there you go. van, i ll begin with you instead. then, is nick kristoff right in the sense, or some on the left under cutting their own messaging by going, what they believe to be, too far? yes. great, now for scott.
it s central to this campaign, so that has put the supreme court on the ballot. but as you know they re considering all kinds of issues in realtime that have profound impacts or will have profound impacts on the country. and, yes, i think that if there s conservative justices who were added to the supreme court, if they operate with a consistent philosophy, then you can say, well, this is their interpretation of the constitution. if they re inconsistent in order to achieve political goals, then they open themselves up to criticism. and if they are out there saying things that seem overtly political, justice aleto being an example of someone who does that from time to time, you invite the kind of criticism they re getting. i m going to turn to my good friend scott jennings for a second because maybe you don t realize he has a pet pig. it s true, right? i m bringing it up is it a potbelly pig? it s a julian made pig.
are conservative justices who are added to the supreme court, if they operate with a consistent philosophy then you can say, this is their interpretation of the constitution. if they are inconsistent in order to achieve political goals, then they open themselves up to criticism. and if they are out there saying things that seem overtly political, justice alito being an example of someone who does that from time to time. you invite the kind of criticism that they are getting. i m going to turn to my good friend scott jennings for a second. maybe you don t realize that he has a pet pig. i m bringing it up. i m bringing it up because it is a day potbelly pig? he bit me this week, just fyi. he was literally biting the hand that was trying to feed him. what is the pig s name so everyone knows? harry plopper. this is where we are right now in life. the reason i bring up pigs though. there you go.
are you going to talk about the economy, are you going to talk about the issues that matter to people? is that a real concern? democrats, you can have policy differences in a platform. when we re talking about the republican party platform, they re literal changing it, like in states like arizona, where if you don t essentially believe that trump won the election, you re not a republican anymore. there is a very big difference there. and again, it is really horrifying to watch this continue to happen. and it s going to be on democrats. do we educate voters enough to talk about how extreme this is and where these folks have gone? because it s not attached to reality anymore. and that s a terrifying thing. we already have people in elected office who believe in these conspiracies, who are not attached to reality, and are we going to have more people like that elected and what does that mean for the future of our democracy if they are? i want to ask you, scott, about reality, but you
that you have a pet pig now. i m not really, i don t know how tell we are to reality at this moment in time, but it is real. i give you our, time it is a cute story, but seriously. when i think about reality, i mean, if you, right? well, i mean, my rebuttal to that is, republicans would argue that democrats aren t tended to reality on the economy. they are passing a bill right now and congress come on, there is a difference here. we are going to reduce inflation that does not reduce inflation. we have tax increases now identifying as tax cuts. they are not tethered to reality no and issues mattered the most people. we are talking about democracy here. we talk about facts here, not policy differences. just cold hearted facts about an election. you re not terribly familiar with my views on this. there s a big difference, by the way, between eric schmitt and eric greitens. this election is about hold on, i want to hear all of you. it is important that the audience