lawmakers, candidates, party officials bashing his call for, quote, a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. with me now to discuss rebaek kaburg national reporter for real clear politicians and ron von gene who used to be the spokesman for trent lott. thank you both for being here. rebecca, you know there are a lot of things politicians have said on tape, on camera and have reversed course on. if he reverses course, does it hurt him? well, with trump it s always hard to know, poppy, because we have predicted time and again that things he has said and done would hurt him and lo and behold they end up not hurting but helping in some cases. it s hard to say. i think that video of him holding up the gop pledge and saying he would run as a republican would be very potent, a very potent tool or weapon for people to use against him if he were to run as a third party candidate. to quite frankly, i would say what he is threatening now in terms of running as a thir