Something is dangerous, call it out. that s very reasonable sounding. that s what leaders are supposed to do by the way no matter what your political persuasion is. instead, what we ve been seeing is not that kind of courage at all. instead we ve seen too many republicans continue to echo donald trump. instead of calling out the rule of law the overwhelming majority are amplifying it. not exactly the profile encourage my next guest had in mind. what is that message to those republicans now and what else should republicans be focusing on for the next five months before the election. thank you so much for taking the time. i was remembering our conversation. when i spoke to a few months ago. you hoped republicans would start calling trump out on his dangerous rhetoric. instead many are now amplifying
When i sat down with my next guest last fall, he seemed to have a reasonable request from his republican colleagues across the aisle. i know great republicans out there who have not spoken up yet but who believe, as i do, that donald trump is dangerous. do you expect they will speak out? i know there are people afraid and that s what donald trump hopes. there are republicans that need to stand up and call it out and i would like to see that sooner rather than later. if you have a public platform and you think something is dangerous, call it out. that s reasonable sounding. that s what leaders are supposed to do no matter your political persuasion. what we have seen over and over including recent days is not the kind of courage at all. we have seen far too many republicans continue to echo trump s attacks. and studying instead of
There reminding people what he sounds like, how he goes off on these tangents, how he makes no sense, how he is always railing against immigrants and sounding, in their words, bonkers. they will use a different b word but i will say bonkers. that will remind voters that donald trump is and erratic and chaotic. what might he say, what more might he start? they think more of donald trump, not less, is better. this takes me exactly to my next question. there are people who do not want that to happen and they are not democrats. they are megarich gop donors was said that even in the last two weeks, yes, we re going to back you, donald. especially wall street ones were hot on desantis, how to nikki haley in the collectively said we are upset about january 6, we are done with trump, all
Of. there will be some nikki haley supporters who this will nudge them to vote, but at the end of the day i think the selection may not end up being biden versus trump. i think john is right about that. i don t think you can tell how this is going to affect the election. we do have a very short collective attention span. i had jen pulmonary on the air today, and i was so surprised by this, she was arguing to take donald trump s comments live more, to let them talk on television more. the exact opposite argument that democrats made in 2016 when they said you took donald trump too much, too much airtime, too much attention. now they are saying no, have him out there reminding people what he sounds like, how he goes off on these tangents, how he makes no sense, how he is always railing against immigrants and sounding, in their words, bunkers. i will say bunkers. that will remind voters that donald trump is erratic and chaotic, and he was not a good president. and it was exhausting havin