in trouble in the first place. jimmy fallon upstairs last night. good morning. tuesday, june 4th. politico s jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post and analyst for msnbc, eugene robinson. vanity fair writer and host of the pod cast the fast politics, molly jong-fast. president biden made his most candid comments yet about trump s criminal conviction. in off-camera remarks, biden told the audience a convicted felon is seeking the office of the presidency. the president added, quote, as disturbing as that is, more damaging is the all out assault donald trump is making on the american system of justice. . biden is reported to have said, something snapped in this guy of the election and it is literally driving him crazy. biden went on to call trump unhinged. maybe a private preview, joe, of where we might see president biden go publicly as the campaign rolls out, now that donald trump has been convicted on 34 f
help along the margins. in a close race, that could matter. more than that, they think it s just the latest piece, the latest piece, willie, of this overall example they re building about how donald trump isn t fit for office. look at the lengths he would go to to keep power. look how he s only out for himself and not you, the american voter. yeah. given this came in late may, this verdict, we ll see how long it can burn through a long campaign, whether it stays alive as a conversation piece. molly, you re writing about this in vanity fair. molly s piece is titled trumpworld s post-conviction spin cycle. molly writes, while many trump surrogates appeared to go about their messaging in lockstep, there were some rather stark inconsistencies, suggesting that trump s verdict was not something republicans had a clear handle on. the weirdest dissonance came from mike lee, who couldn t seem to make up his mind on whether the trial was a boon or a bust. at 5:15 p.m. thursday, the utah