stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense, quote, here s a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti trump elements in the fbi framed him and a maga protesters by using undercover agents and to instigate the january 6th riot. and there the left wing anti-fascist played a role in attacking the capitol that day, and that trump s lieutenants have gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amounts of voter and election fraud, and quote, in 2020, in swing states. and heavily democratic urban areas, as his long basically claimed, and quote. if trump s team as we ve been discussed calling witnesses, like nancy pelosi and other political foes to the stand, in an effort to pay them as the true violence of january six. that new reporting helps explain why just last week, the special counsel jack smith asked the judge overseein
lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. aly you , know that thing happens once in awhile where one of our great guests guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television. that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing back tonight finishes thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us his view of how the 14th amendment, how it has the power to keep donald trump off the ballot in some states. i look forw
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: good morning. it is 6:00 a.m. :00 am in new york city and you were just listening to the navy band ceremonial band performing the national anthem. this memorial day weekend, send us your photos and stories of servicemembers who died while serving. you can e-mail email those, friends@foxnews.com. joey is in for pete this morning. joey:he lets the sitting his place on the couch and i said what side do you sit on? i couldn t remember so i stood here and waited to for will to get up. i m happy to be here. rachel: glad to have you especially this weekend. joe: great weekend to be here and give pete the weekend a. rachel: president biden baltzer camp david even though congress has not reached a deal on the debt ceiling. will: janet yellen pushes back the default deadline by two days. joe: alexandria hoff is live in washington dc. reporter: a major fiction point for stronger work requirements in certain kinds of fed
I didn t get invited to her thanksgiving after a while. he s got so many distractions. the constant fighting, something every day. i m not sure that he can focus on moving the country forward. we definitely need somebody that can freaking when. i think you lose out if you voted on trump. david jolly, former republican congressman of florida. tara setmayer worked as a communications director on capitol hill, now a senior adviser for the lincoln project. both join us now. david, trump is a loser. that s kind of a fairly often heard statement from a lot of us, but is this message stinking in with chris back to voters, or they just by never trumpers now, digging in their heels? i think it is the latter, based on the 30 point lead that ron don trump has overrun desantis. that translates over the primary states. what you re seeing, and you see donald trump despite all of the crazy that you heard in that
Us, but is this message sinking in with perspective voters or are they just hearing trump is being attacked by never trumpers now, and digging in their heels. i think it s the latter, katie, based on a 30 point lead that donald trump has overrun desantis, and that translates in most of the early primary states. i think what you are seeing, and you see donald trump despite all of the crazy that you heard in that clip returning to a theme that got him to the white house in 2016 which is economic populism. angry economic populism and even though you prefer trump it was laced and xenophobia and, racism, and the diverse economy is going to take away your privilege in your place in society, donald trump is pursuing a message of economic populism, and the reason rhonda scent is continues to trail is because he s not competing on that field he is trying to make this about cultural populism, about this war on woke, and frankly cultural populism is showing that it is a lower ceiling in terms o