primary in the midterm elections, those are the most staunchly and dedicated russian. voters in the same thing on the democratic side of the aisle. the question becomes, if you say that the individuals are coming out and participating in these republican primaries for the presidential election, that really is underway, and you still feel an allegiance or connection to the former president. does he come out on top of some places? for the presidential, it became a delegates inside of a game of majority votes. in the presidential, utah majority of election it s like electoral college votes. i m not actually convinced that donald trump is no longer a factor. i think elected officials have felt the weight that he has put on their shoulders, by the fact that they re losing elections. i don t think the people, the base, the 31%, has left him just yet. simone, good to see you as always, my friend. by the way, someone is going to sit down tomorrow with the january six committee chair,
call the barnes firm now to find out. yoyou ght t beurprpris the january six committee held its first hearing, the ex president, donald trump until the clear leader of the republican party. he had a great deal power and influence over the republican politics. now after ten public up hearings investigating this coup attempt in a disastrous midterm results for republicans, donald trump is in a different place. maggie haberman parts of the new york times today, trump is significantly diminished, a shrunken present on the political landscape. and quote. simone tan townsend served as a deputy assistant to president biden as well as chief spokesperson to vice president harris. she is the host of simone on peacock and msnbc.
here s my colleague and friend and she joins me now. simone, good to see you my friend. let s talk about this. no doubt, there is the elephant in the room. donald trump standing after ten hearings after supporting all of these election deniers and tires who didn t win. then he s running for president and he put out this nft cards of him in a superhero costume. they have lost value. donald trump is having a rough time, right now. he is having a rough time, and i think, kudos to the good journalism of the january six committee who has stayed on the story and dug deep to get the details about what happened actually happened. we talk about the nft cards, for example. they still sold out in less than a day. well, that s true. my question so i wonder if the former presidents stat scheer has the medulla among officials, i think that is true within the republican party. but where does he stand with
the people? i think that in that story that was so greatly done. the republican elected officials in the new york times story, former chair s republican party pennsylvania. i don t know that the people are still with them in, perhaps they don t know as much as they think they do. where the people, simone? who are the people. he has a hold on a particular group the republican party, which will prevent anybody else who wants to run, i guess. whether you like rhonda sanchez or anyone else from running against him, because they cannot win that particular group. it is an affable group of people, 31% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of donald trump. that is enough to be disruptive. isn t enough to win anything? yap. i don t know. this is where the best, because you ask good questions. it is enough to strap to just be disruptive, but is enough to win? the reason former president trump candidates won the primaries is because the bonus that came out of the republican