could be in a difficult circumstance. >> mike lawler cannot run away from donald trump.that hates donald trump. >> reporter: do you think that trump deserves to be in jail? >> i think trump deserves to be in prison but let's leave that up to the juries to decide. >> reporter: lawler is critical of trump's actions after he lost in 2020. >> i think donald trump's conduct post election was wrong. >> reporter: but not saying if he'd back trump as a nominee? >> would you support trump as a nominee? >> look, at the end of the day the republican primary voters are going to choose who the nominee is. i want the party to move in a different direction. >> reporter: though he has his limits. >> if he's convicted, he should not be running for public office period. >> reporter: lawler says jones used to represent a more liberal district is out of step. >> you're not a pragmatist, you're a political hack. >> reporter: his opponent says this. >> he's taking positions that i think are going to cause him problems in a general election. >> we need to end mass incarceration. >> reporter: a

so when president biden recently called vulnerable freshman mike lawler. >> the kind of republican i'm maga republicans. >> reporter: some democrats from were furious. >> people were horrified when they heard what joe biden had to say. >> reporter: did biden get it wrong? >> he got it wrong i think it was factually an shurd. >> reporter: laul letter with one of 18 republicans in districts that biden carried in 2020. >> i ran to represent this district. >> reporter: lawler says he's appealing to moderates. >> i've won twice in two to one democratic districts. when the president can a i'm to westchester and he said on stage i'm the type of republican he could work with. >> reporter: when the new york freshman voted to rescind a pentagon policy reimbursing personnel traveling for abortions. >> so he's totally fine with women in the military fighting for his freedom, but he won't even protect their rights. >> reporter: lawler defends his votes. >> using taxpayer funds to pay for travel related to abortion services we don't do that? er he could soon be in a difficult spot if the house begin

>> not only got it wrong, but i think it was just factually absurd. >> reporter: lawler is one of 18strict. >> he says he's appealing to moderates. >> i don't look at it as a vulnerability. i've won twice in 2-1 democratic districts. when the president came to westchester, he said on stage, i'm the type of republican he could work with. >> reporter: but his opponents are seething on his votes in the conservative dominated house. like when he voted to rescind a pentagon policy reimbursing personnel traveling for abortions. >> so he's totally fine with women in the military fighting for his freedom, but he won't protect their rights. >> reporter: lawler defends his vote. >> using taxpayer funds to pay for travel related to abortion services, we don't do that. >> reporter: he could soon be in another difficult spot. if the house begins an impeachment inquiry into biden. >> with respect to impeachment, we're not there. >> reporter: another complication, the prospect that donald trump could be atop the ticket as he faces criminal charges. >> he cannot run away from donald trump. this is a

those are the individuals that mike lawler, people like that were able to convince in the 2022 cyclen that joe biden was taking the country ins was not for the best. it's still going to be the economy stupid. we're going to be talking about those economic indicators for the forgotten people on main street. that's going to be the mess for republicans. those who get lost in these cultural wars, are going to be the ones that find themselves on the wrong end of the pendant. >> we try to view things through the primpl of trump or biden. it's a national election. those voters that they were talking to, it's a great window into a republican primary voter in iowa, which is a very type of voter, are not the voter who is are going to decide in november of 2024. my question is if you're the biden campaign, do you want to run against former president trump right now because he has all this baggage, because he has all these issues? >> another quick thing. there's an iowa voter, but there's a new hampshire voter, which is a very different voter. so it could change the calculous, depending on the o

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the wisdom and playfulness of the late, great peter lawler, who was something of an isi institution. and of course, working with such friends, editors at isi as mark henry, jeremy beer, jeff nelson, harvey young and, dan mccarthy. in recent years, i've had the pleasure of participating the george washington statesmanship program, delivering lectures on washing ten and lincoln, churchill and the goal and burke. i'm also pleased to have an article on the late jesuit theorist james v shaw and the brand new issue of modern age. there was a man who knew meaning of both reason and revelation to the very depths of his soul. i've always joked family and friends that i all seven good jesuits in the world. there may be 12 or 14, but i know them all. and father shaw was among the greatest of them. i'll tell you a quick story about him. months before he died at the age of 91. i had just published a book called the idol of our how the religion of humanity subverts christianity. and i wrote to father jim. and i said, father jim, i need your address on my scott nelson california to send you my new

mike lawler, who has been on, been effective, won by percentage pointings and jones in brand-new district? talk strategy with guy with a lot of power and assembled momentum. here is the president of congressional leadership fund dan constant. good to see you. there are tight races, one major topic hangs over all of it and that is abortion. have republicans been effective understanding how to message abortion? i think there is no question abortion is a motivating factor for base democrats, where it is on the ballot, blue states, where it was settled law, next to no impact and republicans have succeeded where they have been able to talk about why they believe what they believe in humane and caring and compassionate way. we think that it is an issue but there are so many profound issues that the country cared about, particularly with the balance of the house plays out in blue states. >> brian: when you talk to people, where are you looking for candidate? what should they stand for? >> i think you look at the way that speaker mccarthy and the house majority has governed and that is a clear gu

it's lawler they did for fun. it's what they did for pleasure. to me, this is justice and the fact that manhattan didn't give him a mug shot was offensive and he's a hero. >> even joe biden who never answers questions left his lake tahoe lair today to smirk. >> have you seen donald trump's mug shot yet? >> i did see it on television. >> what'd you think? >> [inaudible]. jesse: that's the first time biden's told the truth. it's a handsome mug shot. my wife says he looks fierce. he looks hard. he doesn't look scared, does he? doesn't look humiliated and he looks exactly the opposite of how the left thought he'd look the media once they observe the impact of the image now say it wasn't natural or authentic and the look was planned. >> former president's team discuss what had they wanted that mug shot to look like prior to him going to the fulton county jail and taking it and the former president himself ultimately decided he wanted to look "defiant. that's something that his advisers have told me. he chose purposesfully not to smile. jesse: can you

go along with something like this, but the images you're seeing on your screen of congressman mike lawleressman fitzpatrick of pennsylvania who's the cochair of the moderate bipartisan problem solvers caucus, they have all told my colleagues and myself that they are still questioning whether an impeachment inquiry can go forward because they don't know if there's enough evidence linking president biden to his son hunter's financial dealings. that is not stopping hard right members to push ahead and move forward in these relevant committees to continue to investigate these dealings. just a couple of hours ago this morning, we saw a memo from the house oversight committee which is examining the biden family's financial dealings saying they intend to push ahead with this link between the president and his son even though there's no actual proof that the president had benefitted financially from his son's foreign business dealings. nonetheless, the white house pushing back on this saying this investigation is all political maintaining the president did nothing wrong. when you look at the sche