i served in uniform for 20 years and understanding there is a lot of people who are professionals, who have information, but they have seen what happened in the trump white house, for people who came forward and how they had retribution, retaliation. i think those people fear if donald trump ever came toward the white house again, they would have a target on their back. i understand, that anonymous sources. look, in my business, anonymous sources are certainly helpful and useful, but to the public, it gives them skepticism. i mean, an anonymous source, it does lessen the credibility of that information in the eyes of some people. yeah. i would say i totally disagree. we have to respect the privacy in this case anonymity and safety of these people, both from a physical safety standpoint but also for them to be able to continue their roles in government unimpeded. it was a decision we made in the committee easily because we understood the importance of
i mean, that is the key question. it is the question that i think is sort of unanswered. when i talk to republicans, both those who are horrified by what former president trump did as well as those who are still supportive of him, they think the opinions were hardened long before these hearings. these hearings from brought out new information. but in terms of sort of whether or not you think donald trump was wrong to do january 6th, wrong to pour gasoline on the fire at 2:24 when this mob was already on the capitol and former vice president mike pence is running through the halls and being evacuated, they say this isn t going to make a political difference. of course, the midterms are a long time away. 2024 is even farther away. and liz cheney s words could be a model for the kind of republican argument for someone who wants to win the nomination if trump gets in the race. when you think of what former president trump is doing, even this week, he is trying to get the election overtur
donald trump knows that millions of americans who supported him would stand up and defend our nation were it threatened. he is preying on their patriotism. he is preying on their sense of justice, and on january 6th, donald trump turned their love of country into a weapon against our capitol and our constitution. steve hayes, i thought that was an interesting, you know, when we go to this idea, don t attack trump supporters, and your column from the new york times this week, i thought this was a fascinating way for her to try to show how trump manipulated these people. yeah. and i think she s absolutely right. if you look at what s happened over the course of these hearings, they have provided the details. this is what donald trump has done. he s telling people, you know, there is a huge group of republicans who don t pay attention to every twist and turn of what s happening in washington the way that we do. they re living their lives.
and herschel walker, that could be one of the reasons why mitch mcconnell isn t. maybe he s like, let s go back to normal where we are talking about policy as a republican and democratic party. and the only way to do so is by sacrificing some of these senate seats. if it s j.d. vance that gets in there, he will take it. i think the great irony is that clearly donald trump is pulling these candidates, making fringe candidates more mainstream by supporting them and providing them with outside funding in a way that i think is ironic. when you look at the so-called establishment republicans, you would expect they might create more distance, might have a bigger fight. but instead the national senate committee is sending out mail as late as this week saying protect donald trump s legacy. endorse trump. this gets me back. a midterm election is supposed to be a referendum on the current party. but the republicans are allowing another president to basically
results. this is someone who has stuck to this plan, who is believing their plan, who is believing this is the way forward. he has a large base of people still continuing to support him. i watched this video onset with you, watched the hearing onset with you and lester holt and so many others, and i m still sort of baffled by the fact that this happened. it is still surreal that people broke into our capitol and that donald trump hasn t been completely excommunicated, not just from the republican party but from the entire political atmosphere. what liz is referring to is the fact that pence went into arizona to go ahead and rally for another candidate es that s huge. the fact trump s candidates dr. oz and j.d. vance are not doing well speaks to perhaps some fever breaking. the fact that on friday the wall street journal and the new york post went against donald trump and basically said he was unfit for office regardless of whether there is a criminal