president trump, what i was trying to say before, i think he will do well with republican voters still. the question becomes does all of this even admissions to some of it from a standpoint that he thought was governed by different acting joint documents to people. how does that play with independent voters in michigan and arizona and georgia and some of the other states where we are likely to have very close contest next november if indeed former president trump is a nominee for the republicans. the overwhelming front runner. maybe just some exhaustion on the part of voters with all these investigations whether they are fair or not. mollie, almost all the arrivals of donald trump are lying around him on this indictment. weaponization of federal law enforcement. tim scott, a justice system where the scales are weighted. mike pence, no one is above the
and before his arraignment here in miami on tuesday. he will be on the campaign trail today in north carolina in georgia. former vice president mike pence will also be on the road in north carolina. florida governor ron desantis again, not in florida, will be in oklahoma. pence has tried to walk a fine line, criticizing the doj while declaring at the same time that no one is above the law. but ron desantis has leaned into defending trump. tweeting quote, the weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. joining me now for our saturday power political panel, msnbc political analyst carlos and . gentlemen, we now have a federal indictment. carlos, i ve to start with you. desantis saying this is a mortal threat, i mean, it s a party of law in order last i checked. we talked a denver riggleman just last segment. what the heck is going on? it is a doj, a grand jury. there is a process here.
will they be indifferent about authorities seeking to recover classified materials? that s today s poll question, which i ll share in a moment. it may depend upon responses by trump s gop opponents. most weren t quick to weigh in before the indictment was unsealed. ron desantis tweeted, the weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a threat to a free society. mike pence used the same word while calling for the unsealing of the indictment. the american people should be able to judge for themselves whether this is just the latest incident of weaponization and politicization at the justice department, or if it s something different, he said. ditto for tim scott on the weaponization charge. the committing to pardon trump immediately upon his own swearing in. chris christie kept his powder dry initially saying we don t get our news from truth social, trump s account.
cover up for joe biden s cruft crime family and the revelations that were revealed today on capitol hill that he and his family accepted millions of dollars from foreign nationals. but they are sadly mistaken because the american people, republicans, independence, and sound minded democrats in this country will rally around president trump more than ever before and rally around law and order. we cannot stand for this. good hard americans. trace: part of that rally includes ron desantis, his closest competitor here, desantis said the following, quoting, weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. we have witnessed an uneven application of the law depending on political affiliation. why so zealous in pursuing trump yet so passive about hillary or hunter, the desantis administration will bring accountability to the doj, excise political bias and weaponization once and for all. so he came out in favor of the former president, a little campaign b
brazen weaponization of power accountable. now, campaign rival, ron desantis, he said something very similar, tweeting this, the weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. joining me now with reaction to all of this and new reporting this morning former trump white house deputy press secretary sarah matthews. we just got in more reaction and a statement from an interview of mike pence as we were just reporting on, sara was just talk being in the last block. i think we have a bit of this interview that he gave with hugh hewitt talking about what he wants to see now, calling on the attorney general to unseal the indictment. let s listen to this. justice department i think before the sun sets today the attorney general of the united states should be standing in front of the american people, should unseal this indictment, should provide the american people with all the facts and information here and the american people be able to judge for them