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>> julie: tammy bruce, thank you for talking to us today. what should we make of these reports that biden pressured the afghan president, the former afghan president ghani to change the perception that things aren't going well in the taliban fight? >> he also said i think as many people now know to say that whether it was true or not. that was acknowledged in the call that this would be false. and the congresswoman's comments were right on point. when you are the president, what is so difficult about recognizing the truth? the only truths we have now are that afghanistan exists and that 13 of ...

They're responsible leaders and the world should trust them and they are saying hey, we would love to have women join the movement and things like that has the taliban actually turned over a new leaf or is this just spin? >> oh, give it time, steve. give it time. good old fashioned taliban propaganda. what they have a legitimacy advantage and legitimacy problem. their legitimacy advantage was that the afghan government was so corrupt and so incapable that when they rolled in they could prove hey, i can solve your land dispute that otherwise someone else with a different ethnic background will ...

Enough to permit it. indeed, whether this effort does or does not end up happening, a host of bad actors are already laying the groundwork for right now via a simple execution. and greg sergeant joins me now. you know, greg, there are sort of two parallel issues here, and they're related. but there's the question of, well, did the institutions hold, right? and raffensburger rebuffs trump and jeffrey rosen, the attorney general rebuffs trump. and jeffrey clark, the man who wrote that letter, that unbelievable letter that is a shameful piece of work product that should be tarred -- he should be ...

Legitimacy seems important here and something i am focused on. there is a legal regime. you can have a legal process in which all of the laws are followed, which is what we had in the last election. >> it was certified. everyone did their job in the end. but the legitimacy problem is deeper. not something that can be corrected. the attack is a deeper attack in some ways. >> well, you are absolutely right. your point about the elections abroad are well taken. those of us that are outside say that well, well there is smoke there is fire. that is why we send in international observers and why the...

Choked up. instead of 13 months away, getting control of the senate which means we can have the powerful fight. it's an incredibly stupid move. >> do you agree with that, rich? >> i think mike is a little too panicked over here, can barely get his words out. look, it's a short-term thing whether the obama care glitches get enough coverage the first week. the key question is whether there are really, over time, enough people signed up to make the exchanges work. they're very dubious about that. this law has a legitimacy problem. it was never popular when it was proposed, it's even less popular ...