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Republican party is if they do not hold the president accountable to the principles that they believe in, here is the thing. it doesn t matter who you are. people will let you down. those principles do not let you down. the constitution is there to protect people. and i think this was a clear mark in the sand for republicans to say i m on the side of the platform and the constitution rather than being on the side of protecting and defending the president at all costs. but david, i m sure go ahead. i was going say, i might add. you ask if these folks, these members that voted against it fear the president. i think what they re realizing is they fear their constituents, right? the president doesn t have the unilateral authority to dismiss them from their jobs, but the voters do. and i think they re listening to their constituents when they decided how they were going to vote today. it s interesting, though, kerstin, you would think that the argument if republicans voted to give t ....
President coming after them in their races. mia, i think kerstin raises a really interesting point. bob woodward in his book said that president trump says real power is fear. yeah. do. you see this as fear of, you know, the president getting angry at republicans if they clearly for the president, he sees this as a loyalty test. i see this as if you are fearful of the president, you shouldn t be sitting as a member of congress. you have a job, and your job is to do everything you can to be a representative of the people who have elect you d there. and also, i believe as republicans, we have to make sure that we re holding the person accountable to the principles and the platform of the party. it s not just follow the president at all costs. it s one of the things that i think will end up hurting the republican party is if they do not hold the president accountable to the principles that they believe in, here is the thing. it doesn t matter who you are. people will let you dow ....
but david, i m sure go ahead. i was going say, i might add. you ask if these folks, these members that voted against it fear the president. i think what they re realizing is they fear their constituents, right? the president doesn t have the unilateral authority to dismiss them from their jobs, but the voters do. and i think they re listening to their constituents when they decided how they were going to vote today. it s interesting, though, kerstin, you would think that the argument if republicans voted to give the president this power, if there is a democratic president who wants a national emergency for climate change, you know, they clearly would not want to go along with that. and yet these days the argument that, well, you ve flip-flop and it s hypocritical that you gave the republican president this power. you re not going give a ....
In the campaign. the amount of arrogance displayed about the trump campaign who raised any questions, who said you don t have our interest at heart. we did. people s lives are ruined. he s looking at life in prison. this isn t an i told you so moment. this is a sad moment. kerstin, the probe has resulted in 199 overall criminal accounts against 37 people and entities, six trump associates have been indicted or pled guilty, paul manafort, rick gates, michael cohen, michael flynn, roger stone and george papadopoulos. any other president, this would be splashing news anywhere if this had been barack obama s ....
President, according to the new york times. more than six in ten democratic leaning voters told cnn that biden should get in the race. even biden admits there are legitimate questions about his age. he would be 77 years old at the next inauguration. let s go to our panel. kerstin you say he may have a hard time winning the nomination. why is this. the democratic party is critical of a lot of things that happened when joe biden was in power, the crime bill in particular, which was one of his issues. i m not sure that he will be aready to apologize as much as he needs to. i don t think it s a one apology kind of thing. i think that we have, you know, a base who is really demanding in terms of these issues. i think rightfully so. when you have somebody who is a former vice president, who has been around a long time, i could see him starting to get a little irritated and then the anita hill issue as well will come back. biden has not spoken to ....