to nominate, us, republican voters in republican primaries people like doug and herschel walker and he has ads out there saying we re going rhino hunting. there is a very scary, very stop the steal set of candidates emerging in these gop primaries and that is all trump s influence so anybody wants to argue trump s influence as a phenomenon is waning is wrong but it s possible trump the man in terms of being the 24 nominee, that that is waning although, i ll say, if he still has his 30, 40% of diehards that stick with him, that s still putting him out in front runner status in any republican primary, especially if there is a crowded field like there was in 2016. i do wonder what it s like when you conduct these focus groups. you make no bones about being anti trump republican and look at an accountability project. are you sometimes leading these focus group participants in the
most of the time he is nodding, and kind of staring at me and listening to me, and i think there was a little calculus that he did in his brain where he was like i don t want to interrupt this guy, he is probably making fun of us but he is also saying our exact talking points. if i were to interrupt him, i would be going against our own talking points. that is an interesting point. i was watching people in the audience, like how they were responding to you, once it became clear. okay, something is a little different here. i want to talk about another prank. one of your pranks made news, you talk to the missouri governor candidate about his campaign and saying he was going hunting for rhinos, republicans in name only, let s look at that. today, we are going rhino hunting. you are comparing these rhinos almost as if you are running into them in nature or something, right? big-game hunting. it is obviously a metaphor.
the u.s. senate candidate is under controversy for his campaign video that he said he intends to hunt republicans that don t subscribe to his agenda. today we are going rhino hunting. they have corruption and are cowards. this is far from the first time that they have negative headlines. he s the disgraced former governor of his state and he s trying to do a political come back. reporter: the former governor is no stranger to controversy with a long line of
seal. at least one used a crude remark going by a fox news host to make light of the items that crenshaw lost during his service. extremism is on the rise. some candidates are trying to use it to their advantage. case in point, eric grade and is a former governor of he is shown hiring talking about going rhino hunting you could see smoke in the background. as well as commander looking type you will. rhino is for republicans in name only. they burst into the home and they talked more about packing a rhino. we should point out that after
about going rhino hunting. you can see smoke in the background. rhino is an acronym for republicans in names only. he cobs the gun in the ad. he bursts into the home and talks about bagging a r.h.i.n.o. a report by missouri state house alleged he subjected a woman to non-consensual sexual contact and violence. earlier this year, his ex-wife who is in custody battle for their children alleged he was physically abusive toward her and her children. she grew so afraid of her former husband, she began to limit his access to weapons and began sleeping in her children s room out of concern for their safety. now he s staging a political come back talking about hunting for republicans who are not as