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the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. lets be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonights debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusi...

Around the way what we often talk about his many legal troubles and not just how that impacts him as a candidate but how that affects whether or not voters should consider him for a second term. >> yeah, i think thats an interesting piece in all of this is how should voters consider him for a another term? and so the question becomes -- and ill put it back to you. if youre framing this question as a journalist, right, and youre covering the story, how do you frame it? how do you frame what you s...

Bargaining chip is because so many republican voices for the past few years have been urging him to make that his big concession to them. >> right. >> we want chain cpi, we think theres a huge social security crisis, we think social security is contribute to the deficit, and so its -- >> but i dont think its chain cpi thats been the gold standard for anyone. its the notion that we can be looking at how were calculating benefits, the entire edifice of spending and taxes because obviously somethin...

Unfortunately, i cant. i think there are two things. there are two types of power. one is the checkbook, and one is the constituency base. and thats why i think one of the things were seeing is some of those donors also decide whether theyre going to support the constituency base in terms of organizing. when we talk about the fact there hasnt been as much -- there has been a lot but not the same amount weve seen in other pockets -- its also because who writes checks for communities to organize a...