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Would do. or what when or not he would send out a statement or whatever. they are afraid of their own voters and that s really what this is about. they re afraid of the radicalization of their voters. and that radicalization has been done by gop leaders like donald trump but it s also been done by things like fox news and own and breitbart. they have radicalized the voters now in a place that, you know, enlightened the moderate republicans who stand for the country can t survive anymore, don. they just can t survive anymore in that party. yeah. gop congresswoman speaking of moderate liz cheney tweeting that actually, she is very conservative but she is tweeting that trump is at war with the constitution over his gonzales comments. a adam kinzinger adding and i quote here, i couldn t imagine being his age and obsessing about myself so much, knowing my legacy was destroyed. i mean, that was a great quote, adam kinzinger, by the way. but it s like the hunger games. ....
His decision. telling the new york times the former president is, quote, a cancer for the country. trump gloating in a statement, saying that one down, nine to go. joining me now to discuss is matthew dowd. he is a former adviser to george w. bush and the author of the new book revelations on the river. thank you for joining. i don t know why we care what donald trump says. but anyways, um, good evening. i mean, seriously. like, if he said something positive about something or that actually made sense, then that would be news. but that he said something toxic and ignorant is certainly not news, after all these years. so, matt he s consistent. he s consistent. yeah. he is consistently ignorant. so, congressman gonzales is far from the first. trump didn t drain the swamp. he made it radioactive, no? well, absolute well, he made it radioactive for the republican party. but i think the republican party, there was radiation fomenting before donald trump showed up which is why ....
Capitol police officer, vocal donald trump supporter told those under his command not to wear riot gear on january 6th. that is according to internal documents reviewed by cnn that detail allegations submitted to an officer tip line. a lieutenant who gave the tip believes at least one officer was sent to the hospital because of that decision. what action should be taken against that officer? well, if if that is true, that s egregious and and, you know, i think at minimum, he ought to face he should be fired. i mean, he you should a man in a leadership position and in the capitol police, under those circumstances, displaying that kind of behavior, i think is almost borderline prosecutable. hmm. do you agree, chief? well, i mean, i don t know enough about the circumstances under which he said that. it certainly doesn t make sense in light of what we know happened on january 6th. that s for sure. i have been in situations where a protest tried to start off in ....
You know, the godzilla emerged from the the the swamp. and, you know, has destroyed tried to destroy democracy. so, republicans have only themselves to blame of how they ended up in this place. and people like the congressman who decided not to run for re-election is a unicorn. they he understands, as i think many republicans do but not all, that that is now the party. all in 100% the party is the party of what trump represents. does the departure of lawmakers like gonzales open the door for another qanon and big lie believing radical just to step right in? well, i i i think even if he hadn t left, he would have probably been beaten by a qanon, you know, non-science, non-truth autocratic radical. i think that s what the republicans face today. and i think the republicans you know, i think about this they re not afraid of donald trump and what donald trump ....
How long can any republican on trump s revenge list hold on? well, i i think the question for them people like adam kinzinger and liz cheney who have stood on principle against donald trump. the question is they have to ask themselves is do they belong to a political party um that no longer exists? i mean, that the party they used to think existed no longer exists and a party they are out of step with. i think they are. i think everything is pointed in that direction. um, i don t think i think it s going to be very difficult for those two to survive in the party. so i think they have to say what can we do? and in my viewpoint, don, this is my viewpoint, i think we need two enlightened political parties that are for the constitution. we don t have those today. there is only one party that supports the constitution today, the democrats. and who support the idea of the common good. the republicans don t. and either, you are going to go as these as former republicans enjoin ....