twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the republican party. i don t know that on january 7th, 2021, right after all the republicans who mattered had condemned donald trump s role in the attempted insurrection, that we thought we would be here a year and a half later. we are very far away from the republican party returning to normal, perhaps even knowing what normal is. we are very far away from an america where both of the two majority political parties respect the system and stand up for democracy. we know where donald trump stands on democracy and architecture. but it s not just trump. we know that he is a symptom, not the disease itself. every time i get a subpoena, my polls go up. reports were grand jury. it s all bowl to. it s all stuff. you can see the crowd, there but more than 2000 people stood in the wind and rain to cheer that trump rant. to cheer the subpoenas. the grand juries, the man
of building. have a good weekend, my friend. see you next week. all right, we are now the unofficial start of the 2024 presidential campaign season, six months out from 2024, and in a confluence events this week, yesterday in fact, rex exactly two and a half years since the january 6th attack on the capital. it s humbling for our country, for our democracy, that the twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the republican party. i don t know that on january 7th, 2021, right after all the republicans who mattered had condemned donald trump s role in the attempted insurrection, that we thought we would be here a year and a half later. we are very far away from the republican party returning to normal, perhaps even knowing what normal is. we are very far away from an america where both of the two majority political parties respect the system and stand up for democracy. we know where donald trump stands on demo
would pardon trump. so pardoning somebody who wanted to harm him is only understandable to a cult dynamics. so it s very difficult situation we re in right now. jennifer, we have a couple of people, as i say, if you add up chris christie and will hurd, will hurd is not polling at the moment because he just join the race. kristie was a at i think 2% earlier this week. asa hutchison, 1.3%. so we have 5% versus donald trump s 50 plus percent of republicans with a conscience who would like to save their party. on the one hand, ruth s right, most of the party is a cult. is this a way to save it or is it better than the republican party implodes and something else shows up in its place? it s not a good thing to have one political party that functions in this country. i don t think the republican base is willing to accept a sane non cold like figure. the party has been radicalized. they ve been radicalized to
leader. i ve been saying this for a long time. january 6th was a cult leader rescue operation. and trump for january six instituted loyalty requirements. because for autocrats only loyalty matters. more than policy, where the qualifications. and so the party is kind of stuck. and it is very revealing what has happened to some of the stronger challengers. for example, mike pence, who did the right thing on january 6th and paid a price of being targeted from harm, he s now parroting the party line about cleaning house at doj, and he s also talked about perhaps he would pardon trump. so pardoning somebody who wanted to harm him is only understandable to a cult dynamics. so it s very difficult situation we re in right now. jennifer, we have a couple of people, as i say, if you add up chris christie and will hurd, will hurd is not polling at the moment because he just join the race. kristie was a at i think 2% earlier this week. asa hutchison, 1. 3%.