For his political war chest. trump has managed to reap great financial reward for his constant focus on the big lie, even after being booted off social media. politico writes this. quote, the scenario is virtually unprecedented. never in history has a former president banked nine figures worth of donations to power a political operation. while the ex-president is out of office and has been deplatformed on social media sites, he maintains a massive online donor network he can lean on should he wage a 2024 comeback bid. sam stein is here and charlie sykes is still here. the reason you can t ignore him is because as a deplatformed, twice-impeached inciter of a deadly insurrection, he broke a record in terms of fundraising
Anderson, tee up a comeback bid for donald trump to run for president in 2024. for people throwing their beer cans at the tv screen right now saying no way that s possible, i heard everybody say that in 2016. i think people need to imagine the possibility that this is part of a trump comeback, as crazy as that sounds. he could potentially pull it off with the help of these republicans who had the chance to let him drift off into the ocean out to sea and never to be seen from again. unfortunately, they did not make that choice and history will long remember that, anderson. carl, you look at the statement that the former president released today attacking general milley or attacking him by saying, you know, if he was going to do a coup, he wouldn t do it with milley. he would be one of the last people he would want to do it with, i think he thinks that s a dis against milley. it makes him look ridiculous. there s no one this man will not
And i m going to i m going to cut him off at the knees. that s right, anderson. and and kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell had a choice when they made up their mind minds about trump after the insurrection that he, basically, was the the cause of it. they could have let him remain in exile, and not do what they re doing right now. mitch mcconnell, not as much as kevin mccarthy and some of the other house republicans are doing. they are breathing life into the ruins. the burning, smoldering ruins of the trump presidency. and they are putting trump in a position, where he could be a kingmaker for kevin mccarthy and the republicans, in 2022. that would, conceivably, anderson, tee up a comeback bid for donald trump to run for president in 2024. and for people who are throwing their beer cans at the tv screen right now and saying, no way that s possible. i heard everybody say that, in 2016. i think people need to imagine the possibility that this is part of a trump comeback, as cr
That s it. i mean, we hopefully have set the tone for the nation. reporter: meanwhile, cbs news has learned tonight that former attorney general jeff sessions is set to announce tomorrow a comeback bid for his old u.s. senate seat in alabama. sessions left the senate at the start of the trump administration to lead the justice department and was forced out of that job by president trump exactly one year ago tomorrow. norah? o donnell: all right ed, thank you. political violence in hong kong hit a new level today with the stabbing of a pro-china politician caught on camera. an anti-government activist approached the lawmaker pretending to be a supporter. he gave him flowers, asked to take a photo, and pulled out a knife and stabbed him. the man was quickly arrested. the lawmaker, apparently despised by protesters, is okay. there is still much more ahead on tonight s cbs evening news. could new evidence save a man who is about to be put to death in texas? later, how running just on
It s okay to lose the house, you can work with the democrats and run against a democratic house in 2020. that s bad advice. president trump s former chief strategist is looking to mount a comeback bid ahead of the 2018 midterms. that was steve bannon talking to ari mel buber. as bannon put it, he s trying to save the trump agenda. i m all in. donald trump is a winner. donald trump is a closer. hillary clinton really never closed the main deal. donald trump closed the primaries and the presidency and i think when everybody is focused on the stakes on november 6 that donald trump will close. bannon is singing trump s praises. he has formed a pro-trump political group made up of staffers.