and immigration. biden can t defend his policies of open borders. with early voting this weekend which issues will decide the election? biden 2024? my dad used to have an expression. don t compare me to the almighty. compare me to the alternative. are democrats coming around to the idea? inside politics now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. a tightening web of investigations into former president trump s is deeper. on wednesday new york attorney general james unveiled a staggering 200-page lawsuit alleging the business empire built on years of grift and fraud. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. and there cannot be different rules for people in this country or this state. the former president had choice words for the attorney general and the suit at a rally in north carolina on friday night. there s no better example of the left s chilling obsession than the base
message. a couple weeks ago goes to pennsylvania and talks about the republicans attacking the fbi, be apoll gists for january 6 and tough on crime. why doesn t he drive that message? democrats want to get trump back in the conversation and deflect the crime attack what better way to do that? we have not seen him on the campaign trail very much. will he go to swing states? next, republicans with the quote commitment to america. a very different media strategy from annuity gingrich s contract with america 28 years ago. we believe in thihis contrac and ththe reforms so deeply we haveve not only put them in writing today but a full page ad
house including trump family members. as the investigations begin to close in on the trump organization relating to the fraud they have committed over the years i think everyone is looking for ways to distract the public s attention. annuity gingrich is embarrassing. i would ask mike if i could please. yeah. virginia s not a state that embraced donald trump. virginia rejected donald trump. fairly soundly. now the democrats lost in important elections a few months ago but how does this play with most of the electorate in virginia? is it getting the attention that s going to cause this attorney general and maybe the new republican governor to think twice about playing to the trump base opposed to the majority of virginia citizens?
further donald trump s attempts to undermine the work and an incredible comment from annuity gingrich threatened the people investigating with retribution if republicans take control in the house and senate. listen. i think when you have a republican congress this is all going to come crashing down and the wolves find out they re sheep and are ricking jail for the laws they are breaking. liz cheney responded tweeting this. quote, a former speaker of the house is threatening jail time for members of congress. this is what it looks like when the rule of law unravels. that s where we start. national correspondent for politico is back. and joining us is mike schmidt.
he had good answers to some of the challenging questions, like, for example, he was challenged on his past marital history and he had a very good answer to that that i think, you know, seemed to resonate with people. so, i think it s keeping the dynamic in the same place, which is mitt versus newt. tj, did mitt do anything to cut into newt s lead. mitt had a lot of attacks on gingrich. the problem is you get defined by the sound bite and the sound bite, i ll wager $10,000 and it made him look like thurston howard iii. it could have been worse, he could have said i ll wager you to a fois gras eating contest. dave: there was an opportunity to separate himself from newt. said what s the difference between you and newt and started with a lunar landing