asked why do you come out for this, and beyond the fact there s not a lot of other evening entertainment on a thursday night, they say he gets us. he speaks for us. he s our voice. it s a very tribal feeling and that s why it s so unshakeable. i think you see his support eroding among republicans but that s different from the trump base and those people maybe are going from strong supporters to not strong supporters. they re not crossing over to the other side and the political problem for democrats is that they re not running against donald trump in the next election. they re running against the republican party. so the president has said his base of support is getting bigger and stronger. i m going to ask larry about that right after this break.
the trump base is not necessarily the republican base and his appeal is very solid among the people who, as j.d. was saying, see all politicians as liars, so they don t blame trump, they blame all the phoneys in washington, they blame mitch mcconnell and look at trump as the only woun willing to call it as he sees it. talk to the people in west virginia who are still by the thousands going to campaign rallies for an election that happened nine months ago and asked why do you come out. this? and beyond the fact there s not a lot of other evening entertainment on a thursday night, they say he gets us. he speaks for us. he s our voice. it s a very tribal feeling and that s why it s so unshakeable. i think you see his support eroding among republicans but that s different from the trump base and those people maybe are
here s what s so frustrating for republicans like me. you may be the first president in history to go down because you can t stop inappropriately talk about an investigation that if you were quiet would clear you. do you see signs of the president s support eroding? more to point. senator graham is right. they share an agenda on immigration, share an agenda on health care and probably on tax reform. but everything is getting swamped under in this investigation. and the president s comments just keep extending it, extending the conversation about things other than what they want to talk about. plast week was supposed to be infrastructure week and even the president himself couldn t stick to that topic and kept injecting other things into the conversation. it s impossible for the republicans to decide what they can comment on because they re
the individuals in the majority? are you weighing on who you would like to see who goes against scott walker? i m not weighing in. he s the only governor to establish a criminal defense fund. we have four great candidates. you re not concerned about a big fight in the democrat party? no. i think lit be a rising primary about who will fight more more for the middle class. who will fight for protecting our long term future. it will raise people s attention for the alternative to scott walker. are you concerned about any support eroding depending on who gets the nomination? not at all. i think it will energize people across the board. i think the candidates that we have and the spectrum will continue to keep energy among the base. people are ready and whether it s the very progressive or
you would like to see go against scott walker. chris? i m not weighing in. i want to focus on beating scott walker the only governor to establish a criminal defense fund. that s who we want to beat. we have four great candidates. you are not concerned about a big fight in the democratic party or anybody getting a broken nose if their favorite condition date doesn t go against him. i think it will be like barack obama and hillary clinton who will fight more for the middle class, wage earners, who s going to ro ekt tour long-term future. it will raise people s attention for the alternative to scott walker. are you concerned, lena, about any support eroding, depending who gets the nomination. not at all. it will energize people across the board. the candidates and the spectrum of the candidates we have will continue to keep energy among the base. people are ready. whether it s the very progressive or the farmer or the person in wisconsin, people are