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Most beloved leaders in our nations history. Ronald reagan, the gipper, the great communicator, americas 40th Commander In Chief. He railed against Big Government. The nine most terrifying words in the english language are im from the government and im here to help and sought peace through strength. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. 40 years after reagans landslide reelection, the Republican Party faces critical questions. What does it mean to be a conservative . We fight for the true. We are not going to worry about what the left and the media say about us. What is the key to a thriving eco...

That does it for the second republican primary debate. Live from the Ronald Reagan president ial. Thank you to all the candidates. We love having you here tonight and we will see you out on the campaign trail. Have a great evening. Thank you for joining us, everyone tonight. When i welcome to hannity, the second Republican Debate is now in the books and we are live from the spin room at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in beautiful simi valley, california. Coming up in just moments, Ron Desantis Nikki haley, the Vivek Ramaswamy mike pence, senator tim scott will join us right here on se...

Important point. reflect what i call the demand side problem that the gop has. a lot of their voters in these primaries want trumpian candidates. it's not that trump is sprinkling magic trump dust and blessing these candidates. it's that 40 plus percent of voters in these primaries prefer a trumpian candidate. and that can be a lot of votes in a multicandidate primary. so, that's why you have some of these candidates now on the ballot struggling because it's what their voters want. in fact, the longer term challenge isn't just trump. it's what their voters want. >> in some ways they've awakene...

Couple of exceptions of issues that he cared about. this is a bottom up thing. this is what i really had to grapple with in the book. i went back to 2008 when i was a young staffer for john mccain in iowa and thinking about the crowds that showed up to those rallies. i really should have seen this then, and i interviewed people that i worked with back then and we all kind of saw it but compartmentalized it in a box. it's coming from voters. it's a demand side problem, and, you know, they're the tail that's wagging donald trump, not the other way around, and so i think to your point that shows ...

In addition, former president trump posted on his social media platform that, quote, i hardly know hutchinson. he also called her a phony. what will the republican campaign to discredit her do, and will it work, do you think? >> depends on what you mean by work. i think it certainly is going -- >> keeping republicans in the fold. >> if that's the definition, i think absolutely they will keep supporters in the fold. look, this is what i tried to figure out when i was writing the book, which is why it's so relevant to today. why did people who know better continue to go along with this stuff? i ...