Reporter, shelby talcott and new york times reporter ested herndon. one more on the former president s decision not to debate. here is governor ron desantis. i think he owes it to people. i don t think our voters, even people that appreciate what he did and i m one that appreciated a lot of what he did, too, i don t think they re going to look kindly on somebody that thinks they don t have to earn it. there is this really revealing focus group from your paper, the new york times, where they find one of the findings from this discussion is that assuming mr. trump skips the debate as planned, he might not really pay a price. many of the respondents felt his strong performance entitled him to a first-round bye. okay. so he s not there. we still know it. absolutely. i just came from iowa. we heard this sentiment over and over and over. the republican base built in support, that built-in trust of donald trump. the feeling among some he should
Skateboard, splashing paint on a statue of george floyd in broad daylight. okay? vandalism taking place just days after the statue, the sculpture i should say, along with depictions of late congressman john lewis and breonna taylor, made their debuts in new york city s union square. so joining me now, cnn political analyst and new york times political reporter sted herndon. and chris karabuchi. he is the artist behind those sculptures. chris, so glad to have you on. sted, thank you. you re always on. this is the first time a george floyd artwork of yours has been vandalized. are you surprised how brazen this was, though? no, i m not completely shocked. i guess i m somewhat surprised that it occurred in daylight. but i m not completely shocked. listen, i know that there s a diversity of opinion on george floyd. and i just think there are better ways to express oneself
During a republican administration, maybe not. some think what about clarence thomas, he s 80 years old, would he move over to give president trump a chance at a younger nominee. sources close to him say, look, he s having the time of his life right now, finally a lot of his dissents will be the majority opinions in the future he may not go either, jim. i m not sure that there is a vacancy among all this talk. folks don t like to give up those lifetime appointments. thanks very much. let s speak with sabrina siddiqui and ested herndon. sabrina, again, spokesman for mcconnell, other republicans will make the point, well, this is different, it s not quite the same as 2016, but, you know, as arian said it s pretty clear cut. any hesitation from republicans making that argument? well, look, remember in 2016 as much as republicans said that they were simply following precedent, they didn t even give
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