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Might be, and it feels like despite this being the most serious charge in a democracy, for most republicans, it is a shrug, its a witch hunt, its the deep state, its not gonna change the vote. >> no, probably right, thats one of those many mornings where america wakes up thinking that they took crazy pills. i mean, can we just -- the federal judge said that the former president is a rapist and to joes point there is no job in america that this would not be disqualifying for except being a republ...

Former -- that a judge said the former president was a rapist? this would be disqualifying, except apparently for being the republican candidate of the united states. your point is exactly right. youve had two plus years of donald trump gaslighting the nation about what happened on january 6th. youve also seen this long march of donald trump and his allies through the institution of the american justice system, the delegitmiization of any institution that may hold him accountable. now, the repub...

It is all there in black and white and its coming if hes reelected. >> we need to get more into this. and as pete is describing, what is on paper, what we can analyze the campaign position papers that happen to be, as we said, torn from the pages of an autocrats play book. much more on all this, including picking up on petes point, what it would take the hire the staff in a very authoritarian second term. the litmus test that would be disqualifying. plus, as the last year has shown, abortion i...

Astounding, chris. we have courts for a reason in this country. thats where you bring evidence. its not a like he didnt have a bunch of judges that he had appointed that looked at the evidence they brought. so for all of these important elected officials in the republican party to embrace this, at this moment in time is frankly, it should be disqualifying. but clearly it is now foundational to be a republican. >> its interesting to me that she even does the throw of hand, we in someone in wayne ...

Most important things in the video, and he missed an opportunity that brings all americans together, definitely conservatives around protecting women sports, womens faces, preventing gender transition below the age of 18. that is our things with broad general agreement, and desantis did not focus on that. >> do you think this is disqualifying for desantis? >> i think there are going to be a lot of people who look and listen to the argument that people make, which is allegedly that governor desan...

Queen named lady mcgraw maga -- towards what the real threat was and the response from governor desantis, it was a total sidestep. he didnt address it, he didnt even address some of the most important things that were in that video. and he missed an opportunity of something that brings all americans together, definitely conservatives, around protecting women sports, protecting women spaces, preventing permanent gender transition below the age of 18. those are things with broad general agreement....

Region. that stated, i havent seen any republicans criticize trump for waving around a highly classified document with the u.s. militarys plans for attacking iran. have you? >> no. and that is stunning on top of stunning. look, lets just step back for a moment to think about what weve seen here. the former president of the united states on tape confessing to multiple feloies while he is laughing about it and then tries to surround this with lies. in any other case, at any other time, this would ...

Five criminal trials while theyre attempting to run the country. >> from a legal standpoint -- >> this indictment will do nothing to stop donald trump from running for office. in fact, theres nothing in our law or any of the laws charged here that would prevent a person whos been convicted or even imprisoned from serving as president. >> hes now been twice indicted. one at the state level. one at the federal level. twice impeached as well. this is not part of the qualifications and criteria that...

Even if i like these policies, it is too much of a distraction. nobody can face up to four or five criminal trials while trying to run the country. >> reporter: from a legal standpoint. >> this indictment will do nothing to stop them from trying to run for office. there is nothing in our laws that would prevent a person that has been convicted or imprisoned from serving as president. >> reporter: he has been indicted twice. and twice impeached. >> this is not part of the qualifications and crite...

Phillip has the day off. my dad and all of the dads out there, thanks for spending your fathers day with us. were still 7 months for the first votes being cast for the 2024 republican primary. five candidates gracing the sunday shows today to make their case to voters. but like it or not, there is one question every republican contender must answer. should voters look past a federal indictment of the front-runner donald j. trump? >> i cant defend what is alleged. but the former president deserve...