they are, look. we say this a lot of times in politics, one in majority. over time. they are outliers right now but they are putting their credibility, their conscience on telling the truth. over democracy. over time that will be the winning bet. in the short term, they re taking political heat and realizes for it. and that, i think, highlights there are people that don t want to believe that this is where the party is going, that the establishment of the party is kind of, as peter said, that many trumps that are running around and every time you say something of the party, anyone says something about the party that is critical, they go, when that liz cheney? what about adam kinzinger? and it s almost like, the [inaudible] emails from the [inaudible] about those two because they are a very small minority! whataboutism muscle has gotten over used in recent years. but look, people like pete wehner, people like liz cheney, people like adam kinzinger, honorable, genuinely conserv
On Thursday’s Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough held a panel discussion focused on “what it would take for evangelicals to turn on President Trump.” In what has become a commonplace occurrence on Morning Joe, members of the panel attempted to portray evangelicals as racist; claiming that their support for the President stems from their shared belief in “xenophobia” and “nativism.”
met with trump tower in 2016 to try and get dirt from the russians on hillary clinton, and he s now stoking sort of the worst instincts of the right, and they re pretty bad as it is, and he s wildly popular among the base. and as i wrote in the piece, when donald trump and marjorie taylor greene and lauren boebert are far more popular in a party than liz cheney, then that party has lost its moral bearings, and i think donald trump jr. is an embodiment and an example of that. matt dowd, i want to bring you in on this question of this full frontal embrace of incivility, of discarding anything that pulls us toward humanity, even if it means discarding the bible. it s bizarre to even say that out loud. but pete writes about don junior leading a chant of, let s go, brandon , which means, f joe biden. it s not even a code. that is its direct translation in maga world.
fears the most is being a loser, which may be why, if he doesn t run in 2024, that would probably be it, because he can not face the thought of losing for a second time but the stoking of anger is a powerful motivator and it s ripping you quoted earlier that piece from enid, oklahoma, about mask wearing and it s you feel it out there in all of the reporting we re getting from around the country, this sense of anger and division and incivility, and like you, i don t know where we go from here. well, pete wehner, it s your reporting and storytelling that will help us know what s coming. i really am grateful to you for coming on to talk about the piece. matt dowd and katty kay, thank you so much for spending time with us today. when we come back, rand paul once again facing ridicule for his, shall we say, misguided idea of what it means to steal an election. seems he s not so into democracy these days. we ll explain next. ot so into dy these days we ll explain next are you taking