let s hand it over to kasie hunt and cnn tonight. you re right. we don t talk about grief enough. i m very much looking forward to listening to that podcast. thank you very much. i am casey hunt, and this is knight. we re in the midst of another general election season that will test donald trump s impact across the board. independents turned away from him in 2020. and as criminal investigations widen by the day, those independents are being reminded why they still don t like him. two third of independents say in a new poll that they don t want the ex-president to run for office again. and though he is not on the ballot this november, democrats, led by president biden, have tried to frame the midterms as a choice between democracy and trumpism, which the president defines as a threat to democracy. democracy voters, meanwhile are energized over abortion rights, trump, and more 62 days before the final votes are cast. where does that leave republicans who are on the ballot?
not a lot. donald trump wasn t going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. now, just imagine someone else speaking in that manner. let s be honest. can t. that s what a normal presidency is supposed to be about and today we saw a former president not afraid to make fu
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it. traditions like this matter, not just for those of us who hold these positions but for everyone participating in and watching our democracy. you see the people. they make their voices heard with their vote. we hold an inauguration to ensure a peaceful transition of power. and once our time is up, we move on. and all that remains in this hallowed place are our good efforts and these portraits, portraits that connect our history to the present day, portraits that hang here as history continues to be made. so, for me, this day is not just about what has happened. it s also about what could happen because a girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to jacqueline kennedy and dolly madison. she was never supposed to live
thank you so much for watching with us tonight. i ll be back tomorrow. d don lemon tonight starts now. i envy you. you get to go home and rest. i got two more hours to work. i ll be up with you. i got miles to go. see you tomorrow night. this is don lemon tonight and barack and michelle obama were at the white house today. there was a time that would be normal, expected a former president and first lady back at the house where they lived for eight years for the unveiling of their official white house port portraits, hosted by the sitting president. barack and michelle, welcome home. [ applause ] welcome home. let s face it. how much normal have we seen the past few years?