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american mainstream. i'm talking about main street americans in their millions. they come in all sizes, shapes and colors. blue collar workers, blacks, hispanics, shoe keepers, scholars, service people, housewives and professional men and women, they're the backbone of america. we can't move america without moving their hearts and minds, as well. >> they want all electric stoves all over the country. but we don't have the electric power for that. we want electric stoves, but we also want gas stoves. it's april fools'. why do they want that? >> cpac then and now. the conservative conf...

Off. >> nbc's ali rafa reporting for us there. jonathan lemire, let's step back and take the big view of this. we had donald trump at cpac speaking to really the disspill distilled down, core base of supporters. nikki haley was the only other candidate who showed up there. after her speech, she was chased by a crowd into an elevator. her aides had to get her out as they chanted "trump 2024." we know what cpac was. at the breakers in palm beach, other potential candidates and candidates were talking to donors, raising money. you did have this divide in the party. these two groups. one that want...

Overthrow the u.s. government to keep power. there will be no guardrails. there will be no guidelines. his administration will not be staffed by people who will push back against him. it will not be staffed by people who will tell him no. imagine the kinds of people who would be in trump 2.0's cabinet, the kind of people who would be around him. you look back at the first trump administration, which was, you know, thoroughly deplorable, but you had a lot of grown-ups in the room. they are gone. that's why i said, look at what you're seeing at cpac. that is what a trump administration would be ...

They want all electric stoves all over the country. but we don't have the electric power for that. the wall was sitting there waiting to be installed. easiest part. they took it away and hid it. they put it in a hiding air with a. we just investigate everybody. i was the only president in modern history with no new wars, i finished some old ones. they want windmills all over the place that ruin our ground and kill our birds. >> some of the strange lines from president trump's speech at cpac. the conference has turned into the trump show in recent years. this weekend no different. we'll have ta...

It was a statement. it seems this is trump's party. what possibly could change that? >> maybe nothing. but i also think it's early. right now, he is the only out there doing anything except for nikki haley. campaigns matter. so when ron desantis gets out there, when tim scott gets out there, when mike pompeo and whoever else gets out there, there is a chance to see if things get shaken up. now, they might not. one of the things that's struck me so far is how little the other candidates seem to know how to deal with donald trump. this was the problem in 2016 for all his primary opponents. he'd ...