Bret, good evening to you. Donald trumps closest advisers are spinning this indictment to advantage. Meanwhile his former number two, former Vice President mike pence who refused to overturn the results of the election is in attack mode. Former Vice President mike pence running against his old boss is coming out swinging. It wasnt just they asked for a pause. The president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes and literally coas would have ensued. Indictment pence allegedly told trump he had no authority to do so, according to the indictment, in response, the defendant told the Vice President youre too honest. Trump is staying positive at least publicly. Posting on social media hours ago thank you to everyone. I have never had so much support on anything before. The 45page indictment lays out an overarching theme. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election despite having lost the defendant was determined to remain in power.
i think that his defeat of hillary clinton in 2016 was probably the single most important political event in the 21st century in this country. but i believe i am better positioned to take the america first agenda even further than trump did. i think it s a fact, bret. we have to admit it. i don t blame trump or anybody else for this. 30% of this country becomes psychiatrically ill when he is in the white house. i m not yet having that effect on people even when i m advancing the same policies, in some instances going even further. that s how we unite this country. i think it s not by compromising on our prince tell pells. it s by being uncompromising who we are but doing it based on moral foundations and not vengeance and grievance. that s the way i will lead. bret: politically, what i m saying is that the former president could go up because of this indictment as we have seen in previous indictments. not only in fundraising but in the polls. so how do you fight that in this primary