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Frankly, i mean, brian, i don't want to put too fine a point about this, a lot of people have talked about trumpism as a political cult, but we may be seeing a schism in christianity, of populist trumpist christianity, he would be happy to lead this new church on his own, because his ego is that big, that overweening. i think a large number of those evangelicals who supported him in 2016 will stick with him, in spite of the passion and correctness of this article today. >> over on the other side of the aisle, rick, what did you make of the democrats and the discussion of purity testing and win...

Don't want to put too fine a point on this, but a lot of people have talked about trumpism as a political cult. we may be seeing a schism in christianity as a popular trumpist christianity now that he would be happy to lead this new church on his own because his ego is that big. it is that overweaning. so i think that there's going to be a large fraction of those evangelical christians who support him in '16 are going to stick with despite the sort of passion and correctness, i think, of this article today. >> and over on the other side of the islanaisle, rick, what did make of the democrats a...

>> jason, watching these clips, i'm reminded that the phrase purity test was introduced tonight by mayor pete. a lot of centrist democrats find purity testing absolutely maddening. >> right. people complain about purity tests usually when they're impure. that part of the issue he has. i saw in our or five people that could be president very easy because a lot of people are qualified. but the idea of the purity test when you're talking about medicare for all, because that's one of the things that mayor pete -- it's like, look, we can't be ridiculous about this. i understand it. but every single...

>> jason, watching these clips, i'm reminded that the phrase purity test was introduced tonight by mayor pete. a lot of centrist democrats find purity testing absolutely maddening. >> right. people complain about purity tests usually when they're impure. that part of the issue he has. i saw in our or five people that could be president very easy because a lot of people are qualified.

Democratic party, the side of the purity testing or the middle of the road center of the party that wants electability or is that a false choice? >> i think from the point of view of the democratic party, it had better be a false choice. i mean, there has to be, in the final analysis, some sort of synthesis that allows the party to unify around a nominee. and so, you've seen elizabeth warren, for example, explaining that, yes, there's going to be medicare for all and no private insurance, but first, there's going to be something else, first there's going to be some sort of initial step toward ...