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>> i cant believe that was only five years ago. did you say that was only five years ago? it feels like a lifetime ago. i remember reporting on that so much, virtually every day, and you are right, there was a feeling that this cant stand, and now something has changed. we have come light years away from that. again, to my question, do you agree that for republicans, theres nothing disqualifying, that hes lying to voters at this point? >> well, i think republican voters, there is a significant n...

Number of them for whom these sorts of issues can be disqualifying. thats the reason why, for example, mastriano didnt get as many votes as oz in pennsylvania. its a reason why a lot of these republicans who disappointingly didnt win, even while other republicans were doing well, because voters distinguished between the republicans who were reality based and the republicans who were pretending that donald trump won the 2020 election. so, i take the senators point about polarization having increa...

This in a way that the committee cannot, which could mean a charge of seditious conspiracy for part of this inner circle. maybe it stone, maybe meadows, could go all the way to donald trump. but it would require proving that they were part of the plan for the physical attack on the capital of january six. now, the other charges certainly. but to me that seems to be such an egregious misconduct that would be a very important charge for the justice department to include and also lawrence, i think ...

That it would be a very important charge for the justice department to include. it also, lawrence, i think would bring with it the kind of conviction for insurrection rebellion that would be disqualifying for someone to hold future office under the 14th amendment. >> barbara, the one thing ive been able to glance at is the table of contents and youre not the first one to mention it and normally when were talking about the hot congressional report thats just come out thats not the thing people fo...

0 at the justice departments ability to compel their testimony. it is highly sensitive to go after information from a sitting member of congress. but theyre not being targeted because their members of congress. theyre being targeted because of the conduct, the conversations with donald trump on january 6th. so, i dont see how you investigate this case without talking to them. and maybe their witnesses, maybe their defendants. well see how that shakes out. >> charlie, before we. go just a big pic...

This. this strengthens me. what doesnt kill me makes me stronger. now you could change out people who love freedom to people who love trump, this may strengthen him. is there a good gauge among the electorate of how much this does or does not strengthen him? that to you, alice? >> his base, they are going to solidify behind him, and it will probably embolden his base, but there are a lot of people who have been really disenchanted with donald trump and his behavior since he left office. what he ...

Four. just look at the scoreboard. how did i do? david brook, ronald reagan, everybody thought he was too old. before his midterm, 60% of americans thought reagan shouldnt run. chuck grassley just got re-elected in iowa whos 89. and he won by 12 points. i dont think people see age as disqualifying right now. >> what do you think of that? >> i think a lot of americans do see it as disqualifying and theyre worried about it. i think paul is right. the pendulum has swung now. i think the dynamics of...

Got elected in iowa, who is 89. and he won by 12 points. so i dont think people see age as disqualifying right now. >> david gergen, what do you think of that? >> i think a lot of americans see it as, quote, both disqualifying. and they worried about it. i think paul is right. the pendulum has swung now. i think the dynamics of the rate of change in the last few days with the midterm election. before the midterms, it was clear that joe biden was going to be under a lot of quiet pressure from wit...

Have an impact on trump voters in the 2024 primary? i think it does not. 30% of the ride-or-die trumpers are still with him and dont care what he says and clauk it up to more -- chalk it up to more hyperbole by the former president. >> what does it say that even among those republicans speaking out against the comments by the former president few have said they are disqualifying. >> yes. well, listen, anderson, first of all i feel like you and i and maybe dave have had this conversation many, ma...

Disqualifying for a presidential candidate if they made comments like this? >> well, of course it is disqualifying. you know, the president takes an oath of office prescribed by the constitution itself that says he will to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution. trump himself took that oath. and effectively hes now saying he didnt mean it. and if god, forbid, he were ever elected and took the oath again, we couldnt trust he would abide by those words. i think this ...