candidate, except the one who has just been indicted, participated in a forward-looking policy driven forum in georgia. that all sounds refreshingly normal-ish, right? it s normal. maybe we are back to normal. except here s the problem, the big problem. things are not normal. the most important photo for history books this week, when we all look back, will not be of republican candidates cooking up burgers or standing onstage debating energy and tax policy on wednesday. it will be the mugshot of the ex president of the united states, from when he surrenders. for the fourth time, in just over four months. on charges that he orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to steal the 2020 election in georgia. on wednesday, the day of the debate, trump plans to release a prerecorded video on social media with the tv guy, formerly employed by fox. the next day, he may reportedly turn himself in. here s the crazy thing, as if all of that isn t crazy enough.
media with the tv guy, formerly employed by fox. the next day, he may reportedly turn himself in. here s the crazy thing, as if all of that isn t crazy enough. despite the indictments thing, the jail thing, and even the mugshot thing, donald trump is still absolutely crushing everyone in the republican field. by double digits. coming up, we will talk to steve kornacki and and i will pollster and sell sir that shows trump leading desantis by over 20 points. that s an interesting date underneath there as well. those candidates do not know exactly what to do with those numbers. they haven t moved that much in a while. so they keep talking about looking forward, and not looking back, instead of attacking trump head on. i don t think it serves us good to have a presidential election focused on what happened four years ago in january. so i want to focus on looking