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bachmann.y gosh, is she going to be on her rocker is she going to. she was smart and new politics but when she went to ted cruz and said are you okay, you need an intervention, she said i'm going to be okay. my former colleagues until 2016, we got on a call and i can't tell you all because i want to keep whatever is covered. she was a gentle spirit and wise woman and i can imagine god needed her now to start all this out. so now a strategist and i'm just going to keep talking to her. [applause] >> time is short but let's get a couple of questions from the audience and compare so we still have a little time. >> thank you so much. >> please tell us who you are. >> of course. from florida, you both mentioned florida and we have a new resident who may be involved in the presidential election so i would appreciate your perspective on one issue that certainly is consistent, national security, economic security, humanitarian concerns. how or whether climate change will be framed in this upcoming elect

bachmann is presidential campaign.s worked for six republican presidential candidates, including mitt romney. does it? thinking he sends you that rubio is reportedly involve at least allegedly on a policy level, informed president trump's debate prep. i mean just watching him being decimated by chris christie. there's is painful well, everybody has a bad debate every now and then, but marco rubio was pretty good and the 2016 debates and more importantly than that, he's been involved in very significant detailed policy issues as united states senator and so my guess is he's helping president trump get up to speed on some the policies that he might get asked about in the debate and sharpen maybe some of the attack leinz that you can use against joe biden in the debate as well. >> you've watched the form frozen, obviously, debate. i mean, he's not somebody who in debate prep from everything all the reporting gets deep in the weeds on policy issues. i mean, it seems like he is more about moments and sort of lines of attack

bachmann is presidential campaign. it's worked for six republican presidential candidates, including mitt romney. doesn't make any sense you, that rubio is reportedly involve at least allegedly on a policy level, informed president trump's debate prep. i mean, just watching him being decimated by chris christie. there's is painful well, everybody has a bad debate every now and then, but marco rubio was pretty good. and in the 2016 debates and more importantly than that, he's been involved in very significant detailed policy issues as united states senator. and so my guess is he's helping president trump get up to speed. heat on some of the policies that he might get asked about in the debate. and sharpen maybe some of the attack leinz that you can use against joe biden in the debate as well. >> you've watched the foreign present obviously, debate. i mean, he's not somebody who in debate prep from everything, all the reporting gets deep in the weeds on policy issues. i mean, it seems like he is more about moments and so

then she later advised michele bachmann and rick santorum during their presidential runs.very lucky to have her on my time. alice fought passionately for me on the campaign trail. she was a joy to be around, always smiling, both personally and professionally. politics can be a harsh arena, but alice engaged with a light touch. she never lost her southern charm, her class, or her respect for others. she was one of the last few old school political operators who believed you can get along with anyone regardless of political differences. it's telling that many, many former colleagues and friends of alice's have echoed the very same sentiment about her, that she was unfailingly kind and a rare gem in the tumultuous world of politics. alice and i remained friends after the presidential run. this is a photo of the two of us when she came to my second swearing in here in the senate in 2019. not only was alice a talented communicator, she also served as deputy secretary of state in arkansas and became a resident fellow at harvard's institute of politics where she became a mentor f