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but now and i'd say all the way up until the running of mitt romney for president was about character right about these of protestant ethics. mormons are american but then of course today that's a different story. your personal interest in mormonism. are you mormon? no, i'm not. where is the interest come from? why this focus? the interest for me began. well, i did grow up mormon, so am familiar with the whole world in a lot of ways and so but in grad school i, i still mormon during grad school. and so was intrigued by mormon history mormon studies. and so i really got into that. but then i started becoming with how mormon studies was done. i was frustrated within mormon context, how secular history was done. i thought it didn't really look at religion seriously. it saw this sense it's invisible. it's not relevant. that's kind of how secular history often looked at it. um, at least when i was in grad school and then i'd look at religious historians and, they would focus on protestantism. and so the marginal groups were not really discussed. well, if discussed at all. and then mormon s

even republican senator mitt romney, who twice voted for mr. trump's impeachment still believe mr.rump is unfit for office and says the charges set a dangerous precedent. senator lindsey graham took to fox on the former president's behalf, asking for 2024 votes in cash. >> if you can afford five or $10, just pray. >> they are offering t-shirts with fake mugshots and raking in millions. joining us now are two republican strategists who are following all of this. he was consulted with republican and dog high is with us. he worked for the rnc and the george w. bush administration. welcome to you both. let's start with mitt romney's position because i find that to be really instructive and illuminating. mitt romney, someone who twice voted for his impeachment, donald trump's impeachment, is effectively coming to his defense. even if you agree with him on the merits that this case is political, it really illustrates the inherent complexities they have in trying to dethrone donald trump or move on from donald trump if that is what ey want to do. >> if i were trying to design a case that

mitt romney was.f asked about him and his priority could probably identify him. where are these lanes now an who can own them in th republican party >> look, i think you nailed it when mitt ran, it is reall fascinating to look back i retrospect you could see this craziness i the republican party and, we would sit in these rooms and look at these an basically there was nothing yo can do about it. you had to sort of come to thi and say, if the party was goin to go crazy, it was going to a crazy. you can adjacent we shouldn't try to get out in front of that. and romney ran on the economy, and basically take the positio in the primary if you are going to beat me, you have to beat me on the economy. and eventually nobody did. but it was not a prett process. it came down to brick center a and new to gingrich. not exactly giants of th political world. i think the hardest thing to accept is the republican party has not been hijacked. the republican became what i wanted to be and, donald trump is a logical rep

even republican senator mitt romney, who twice voted for mr.ment and still believes mr. trump is unfit for office, said the charges set a dangerous precedent. republican senator lindsey graham took to fox on the former president's behalf, asking for 2024 votes and cash. sen. graham: please help president trump, if you can afford $5 or $10. if you can't afford $1, fine. just pray. geoff: the trump campaign is swamping inboxes with fund-raising e-mails, offering t-shirts with fake mug shots, and raking in millions. that is as mr. trump blasts the case and three other investigations that coul eventually lead to additional charges. and joining us now are two republican strategists who are following all of this. whit ayres is the president of north star opinion research. he has consulted for republicans, including senators marco rubio and lindsey graham and florida governor ron desantis. and doug heye is with us. he's worked for the rnc and the george w. bush administration. with a welcome to you both, whit, let's start with mitt romney's position h

. >> bri: when mitt romney says he has been unjustly charged.in bragg defending his decision to defend donald trump, is he setting a dangerous precedence? bret baier has been tasked with that question, i hope he has an answer. terans. when i think of the veteran out there that needs to refi his home, he may want to purchase, we can help them and provide that financial solution for them and their families. it's a great rewarding feeling. everybody in the company, they have that deference and that respect and that love for the veteran that makes this company so unique. (woman) what would the ideal weight loss program look like? no hunger, no cravings, no isolation, more energy, lasting results, and easy. is that possible? it is with golo. these people changed their lives with golo without starvation dieting. whether you have 100 pounds to lose or want to shed those final 20, try golo for 60 days and never diet again. (uplifting music) >> steve: manhattan da alvin bragg defended his historic decision to have former president donald trump arrested a

because we've seen people who are traditionally critical of the president, including us, senator mitt romney or his former national security adviser, john bolton, who has been openly very vocally critical of the press, the former president himself poke holes into what they think is a weak case that cannot be said of the other cases. and particularly the federal cases that are under investigation right now, which are the involvement of the former president in the january 6 attack on the heart of american democracy in the capital. and in also it is withholding of that of secret and classified documentation and mar lago. those will likely be larger cases. it will depend on how these will be sequenced. but you're right, the republican base at least has been very rallied by ad the last 4 or 5 days at trump's campaigns, as they've been able to raise almost up to $9000000.00 on the back of these 4 days . based on fridays, i indictment and then by that same token, 8 of 10 republicans right now in current pulling say they would still like to see donald trump as their candidate. and then possibly as t

of days, how even the president's harshest critics from within the party i'm thinking of senator mitt romney and his former national security advisor. john bolton, have actually rallied out to the side of the president. not because they support donald trump as another a for another term, but on the merits of the case. so they say, and you're right, his base, the republican voters, are as energized as ever. his campaign has put out numbers that just in a short amount of time. in about a week since the indictment and then now arraignment, they've raised over $7000000.00 and campaign contributions and republican voters seem to be breaking $8.00 to $108.00 out of 10 for the former president. i am putting rhonda santas, possible challenger governor of florida way in the back seat. so it seems at least this moment right now is galvanizing the republican base. but an election cycle in the united states is long. and if more of these cases are brought forward, particularly the case in georgia on election fraud and the examination, the federal examination of the former president's involvement in janua

, make mitt romney seem unelectable.you don't want the january 6th guy, do you? remember what he did last time? m80 extremist? that is what he's going to take a he' s not going to say look what i did for four years. i could do better the next four years. he will say don't look here but look at the other guy. stuart: that is what he will say, but he has a huge problem, his vice president, kamala harris. will be go for six years within 80-year-old octogenarian president, a vice president in whom the country has no confidence? the country is in danger at this point, isn't it? brian: my thing with the vice president, doesn't put the work in and can't keep staff. stuart: what if she becomes the president? what will the russians do or the chinese do? brian: it is scary. the deal was the vice president, when he became president was going to have such a great staff and great vice president he could point to the fact that if worse comes to worse i've got the next generation next to me. instead, because he pigeon himself in, got t

if mitt romney found that out, even john mccain found that out. if you're republican it ready for president it's open season on you and the press has no shame. they have no conscience and they have no shame. john, at the 11th hour when the selection is winding down, do you have confidence now that the republicans will have their own house in order to get people to the polls and overcome whatever it will be thrown at them along the way. knowing how corrupt the media is. >> well, yeah, we have to play by the rules of the democrats have now established. everything from ballot harvesting to early voting to all of the things i have put in place to control elections. we aren't going to have control of the media. we will have one arm tied behind our back of the republican party will have to deal with that. very clearly, they've gotten away with it in 2016 and 2020 both. they will try again in 2024. literally 2 weeks before the election, we are standing around talking about the saying, we are not dealing with election interference from china or russia or

this is mitt romney, sort of showing the republican party how a don't rush to judgment.wait to see the indictment, then see the indictment and you can still be totally opposed to donald trump and put forward an argument that this is not a justified prosecution that that's sort of the playbook that mitt romney has put out there. and obviously the political impact coming from such a committed political opponent to donald trump. i mean, his lead sentence in the statement is the guy is unfit for office. um it will allow all republicans to sort of galvanize against this prosecution, and it will fortify the trump allies to continue to strike away at alvin bragg as their political strategy here. so you think the romney statement is going to have an impact and his fellow republicans? i mean, i don't think any position is going to be moved for it. i think it just demonstrates. how this indictment, this statement of facts has not altered the republican party from its fortifying around donald trump. even mitt romney is coming out and speaking a bit from the trump playbook in terms

reporter: even the former president's most consistent republican critic in washington, utah senator mitt romney, saying in a statement while he believes mr. trump is unfit for office, quote, the new york prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda bragg defending his case tuesday. >> these are felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct >> garrett, let's circle back if we can to that special counsel investigation. how soon might former vice president pence be called to testify? >> lester pence, won't appeal but former president trump's attorneys still might. they have lost before on executive privilege grounds, but even an unsuccessful appeal could delay any pence testimony. lester >> all right, garret haake, thank you. >>> tonight's other top story at least five people were killed when a tornado struck south eastern missouri with tens of millions under severe weather alerts tonight maggie vespa has more. >> reporter: tonight yet another ruthless round of severe storms leaves an

a statement from mitt romney.sident trump's character and conduct make him unfit for office even so i believe the new york prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda. mitt romney is not alone jeb bush spoke out in favor in support of donald trump essentially against the new york efforts. the manhattan d.a.'s efforts. so, to your point? scwacketsly. you are seeing some people who are having an interesting balance. even looking at some of the democratic responses. they have been rather tempered. we have seen from democratic leadership just kind of a slow reaction to this. we're not seeing celebration from democrats so far by and large. they are focused on the judicial process. and i think that really does show there is concern about how this could be viewed politically. they are concerned about the polling that shows that most americans view this as a political case it's clear feel are nervous how this is going to play. >> bret: how it plays politically is one thing,

but, for example, trump critic republican senator mitt romney had this to say. he said, quote, the new york prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda, the prosecutors overreached, that's a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damages the public's faith in our justice system i think, congressman, it's the necessary faith in justice system that are one of the pillars of a democracy >> absolutely. and as you know guilt or innocence will be determined by citizens in this democracy and so the prosecutor can present his case donald trump will have his day in court and he'll present his defense, but i think for my colleagues to get out in front of this like they are, is they're disingenuous to our system of jurisprudence in this country. so what we have to do is let the evidence defend itself i'm convinced that donald trump will get a fair trial. i'm convinced that the evidence will determine guilt or innocence and that he'll be judged by his peers. it's not an intimidation process. i'll tell y

even gop senator mitt romney, the only republican senator to vote to convict struck twice saying i believew york prosecutor has stretched to reach a fairly criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda. >> there will be people who will continue to support the former president regardless of what comes out. there will be those who think it is time to move on and have a more forward-looking vision for the republican party. >> this looks like donald trump's accusations of it which had coming home, coming to fruition but does that actually play out when it comes time to vote? that has yet to be determined. >> juju: he returned for a surreal 24 hours. trump left mar-a-lago on monday afternoon flying to laguardia airport about his own plane. today, his motorcade risking him downtown to new york supreme court. outside, political theater. hundreds of supporters and protesters gathered. but inside, beyond the glare of cameras, trump surrendered. he was arrested, booked, and process. his fingerprints were taken. but no mugshot. abc news -- abc news producer olivia rubin was inside the courtroom

mitt romney released a statement saying i believe president's character and conduct make him unfit for office. even so i believe the new york prosecutor stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda. on the other side, barbara lee running for senate released a statement saying this is unprecedented moment we face as a nation. we must ensure now more than ever that our country's rule of law is upheld and applied to all of those that break the law regardless of their status or position of power. political responses as we might imagine are falling on party lines. but politicians on both sides are calling for calm and speaking out against any potential political violence or protests. >> fascinating to see what happens. thank you so much, anne makovec. >> stick with cbs news bay area and continuing coverage of the historic arraignment of former president donald trump. this will be an address to his supporters at 5:00. read the full indictment and judge for yourself at kpix.com. tweet us and use the #kpix. >>> still ahead, headlines from around the bay area in

republican lawmakers have rallied behind the former president, even mitt romney who said mr. trump is unfit to be president, questioned the strength of this case. mr. trump is expected to be back in court in december just before the 2024 primaries. once again to discuss this case is larry gerston. we know how most republicans feel. they feel the case is weak. i did hear one commentator also agreed with that, a former prosecutor. what are your thoughts about the case? >> we're going to parse this thing out. when it all broke, there were three parts, the hush money, we know that. the fact it might have been done illegally through business practices and, third, maybe federal election campaign laws as the reason for making this crime a felony. that made it weak. but now we've learned that it may be the money, the illegal practices, but hanging on new york state tax laws, no lonr dependent on feder legislation. that for many people mes this a much stronger case than we might have first thought. >> the judge admonished mr. trump yesterday to refrain from language that could cause v

>> reporter: lawmakers rallying behind the former president with even some critics like senator mitt romney questioning the strength of the case that relies on an untested legal strategy to elevate the charges to felonies. >> we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. >> reporter: house gop leaders pushing to make the manhattan d.a. answer questions on capitol hill. >> we know this is all about, in our judgment, election interference, interference in the most important election we have. we want to talk to him. >> reporter: mr. trump is due back in court with a potential trial on a collision course with the 2024 republican presidential primary. as we approach primary season there are questions about how long former president trump's wall of republican support will hold especially if we start to see any indictments in the separate investigations he faces involving alleged election interference and classified documents. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >> thank you, alice. our coverage of former president trump's case continues later in the newscast. coming up at 5:30, our

and you mentioned mitt romney. you wanted to speaking of people . did you see what he said yesterday? he you know. romney who voted to impeach trump and his not hidden his feelings about him said, you know, trump's character and conduct make him unfit for office. but even so, i believe the new york prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges. in order to fit a political agenda. yeah look, i mean, i think i think this is going to be a critical question going forward. what are we watching now? essentially the entire republican party, including those running against him and the house regarding in in very kind of concrete ways by demanding testimony and documents kind of unprecedented , reaching into an investigation . the entire party is rallying around him and saying this is unfair. this is political. uh this is a witch hunt. and in some ways, it's you know, it's an easy target. it's the district. attorney in manhattan . very democratic jurisdiction. ah, and it is, you know, a case involving facts that are that are several years old. the

and sometimes, like mitt romney very, you know, nice, decent man, try to keep his distance from it. but when he needed to, he embraced. donald trump in 2011 who was the number one person and promoting far right extremism. so it's always been there. going back to barry goldwater, coming here. the circle was complete. if you look at arizona in the last couple of years now, you did a good job and in november, but as i say, you know, kerry got elected governor, right. it is an ongoing fight. it's not, you know. it's not quite a pendulum that swings back and forth, but it's something that's always been there in american politics. the republican party has always sought to exploit. thank you. i'd like you to follow up, please, with a question. but then if the other three could pitch in and this is a much bigger question, so i want to quote lincoln, if you don't mind. lincoln in 1838 about america's destruction, not out from without, but from within. so he said, destruction be our lot. we must ourselves be its author and finisher. so what i'm i'd like all of you to address, if you would ple

relied states people, people like al gore in 2000, people like john mccain in 2008, people like mitt romneyin 2012 to acknowledge edge when they lost that they had lost and for the first time in 2020. we someone who wouldn't do that and it is now gone on. i didn't make the 850 day number up its act look it up it's 850 days since the november 2020 election where we continue. see that here in arizona. you're seeing that from multiple candidates, you're seeing that from legislators. you're that from members of congress who were elected on the very same pieces of paper that joe biden and governor hobbs were elected on the very same page of that of those pieces of paper and those members. congress haven't really how their legitimacy is real, but the legitimacy of the person who was elected on the two races above them on the ballot is. yeah, yeah. so look is a really big question. why did people lose faith in institutions i don't have a unified answer for that because it's just enormous. and it's not just in government. there's a lot of hierarchical respect. you will all hierarchies are sort of s

mitt romney, who can't stand him has defended him. john bolton is on tv right now defending him.n the presidents harshest republican critics are coming to his aid, it's hard to imagine him not being upbeat with that kind of response. anchor: this is just the start of a long process. the next hearing will be in december. how is this going to affect the 2024 race? guest: it's hard to say because december is a long way away. there are motions to dismiss. we are assuming the next hearing is in december. but when you are running against nikki haley, if you are running against ron desantis, running against mike pence and they are all defending you, doesn't that make you feel better about your chances? if you're going to try to beat donald trump in a republican primary, you have to show how you are different, you have to get distance between you and him. with all his opponents defending him, it's hard to do that. the fact the hearing is not until december means this will drive media cycles for many months instead of just a couple of weeks as if we had the trial in may. it's going to suc

mitt romney. jonathan saying. no way are we going to help democrats with this? yeah i mean, they came out so quickly and with such a united front against this idea that had been floated last week by majority leader chuck schumer that he was going to come back from recess this week and ask the senate for unanimous consent to try and temporarily replace her on the senate judiciary committee. and like you noted, even republicans, who sometimes cross political lines to vote with democrats as a courtesy like mitt romney said. absolutely not. we are not going to do this here is a member of gop leadership, senator john cornyn. never not once have we allowed temporary substitutes on committees and now is not the time. to start. republicans are not going to break this precedent in order to bail out senator schumer or the biden ministrations, most controversial nominees. the question now, if there is no precedent for a temporary replacement on the senate judiciary committee, would there be more pressure now from senate democrats to get senator feinstein to retire to step

the mitt romney child allowance plan, for example, that provides monthly payments to moms even prenatally. these are the kinds of programs that i'm not gonna say are going to eliminate opposition to the pro-life movement, but are really important to concretely meeting peoe where they are in the real world on an issue, financial instability, which is one of the reasons why people seek out abortions. and so i think that there is room for a pro-life message that's very holistic. but the pro-life movement itself is very divided. - you've said one of the highlights of your time in law school was sitting in a room with former congressman jack kemp. listening to him detail his vision for a broader, multiethnic republican party. he made that case on "firing line," the original version with william f. buckley jr., in 1987. take a look at it here. - there are no pblems in this country that we can't resolve working together. there really are no limits to the future of this country, and we can't see a better life for each and every american, not only here, but from the inner city to the rural areas o

motion. gabriel's hondo al jazeera, new york, republican sinister and former presidential candidate mitt romney has white in on the charges against trump. romney, a long time critic of trump said that although he believes the former president's character and conduct to mike him unfit for office, he also believes the prosecutor new york has stretched to reach felony challenges and climbs those charges. fit a political agenda. romney added that the charges sets a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damage the public's faith in the united states. justice system, where thomas gift is the director of the center of us politics at university college london. he says the case against trump has the potential to vindicate his claim of political persecution. i don't think the trump wanted this fight despite the political upsize in the short term. but if an indictment were going to come down, i think this is how trump would want it to play out. and that's because compared to other cases that donald trump is embroiled in georgia vote reading case. the special council inquiry and cla

andrew that'll be right when the 2024 campaign starts to heat up, andrew thank you, and senator mitt romney, one of trump's biggest critics, is criticizing the manhattan d a. romney saying, i believe the new york prosecutor has stretched to reach a felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda. the prosecutors overreach sets a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents will have more on the trump indictment. later, this half hour expert looks at the charges and what comes next breaking overnight. liberals will now take majority control of the wisconsin supreme court for the first time in 15 years. milwaukee judge janet protege with defeated her conservative opponent who was supported by anti abortion groups. the race attracted record turnout as the court is expected to decide a lawsuit challenging the state's abortion ban. also new overnight , chicago has elected a new mayor, county commissioner brandon johnson, a progressive, supported by the teachers union defeated the former head of schools, paul vallas, had a runoff. johnson will succeed at lori lightfoot, wh

i mean, the reality is he has people like mitt romney a photo of his coming out and even defending him. he's got the entire field and, you know, potential field that's going to be running against him. coming out and saying, you know, this is a witch hunt. this is a miscarriage of justice. i actually expect that this may be closer and have more fanfare to an election announcement than the original one we saw several months ago. quick thoughts from everybody do so i would say cnn just had to pull this week, said 76% of americans believe that this prosecution was politically motivated. and i think after listening to ellie and others today and reading this indictment i think trump's gonna wave it and say this is politically motivated. americans are going to believe it because there is no there there. he's going to wave a jubilee and say, you know, come get me. we're gonna get this dismissed emotions. there's not gonna be a trial. i think that we're gonna hear trump talk about just in a little bit. look, i had hoped that there would be more in the indictment. ah and i think because it is so

by the reaction of senator mitt romney, who is obviously a staunch trump critic.yeah i found romney's comments. some of the most notable today he had been silent up until now. he was clearly waiting until seeing these charges come out and actually seeing the indictment, but it's notable because he is someone who voted twice to convict trump in his impeachment trials. he has said he is not going to vote for trump for president again, but he had some very critical words for the district attorney, he said in his statement. i believe that president trump's character and conduct make him unfit for the office. even so, i believe the new york prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda. so even some of trump's fiercest critics are coming to events which really just shows which way the political winds are blowing inside the gop right now, anderson i appreciate it. thanks, jake. anderson thanks so much the former president's attacks on manhattan district attorney alvin bragg tonight mirror similar attacks by his political al

you heard from mitt romney, someone who was not a fan of donald trump who said he too has problems withork is doing. what we're seeing here a republican party as a whole seems to be following lockstep behind donald trump and that will create problems, if you want to suddenly run against him, how do you do that we're going to have to see what happens going ahead but i think that is really the challenge and especially going back to those polls if donald trump is able to maintain that lady becomes very hard for any within his party to try and challenge him. —— that lead. party to try and challenge him. -- that lead-— -- that lead. thank you. we will have _ -- that lead. thank you. we will have more _ -- that lead. thank you. we will have more on _ -- that lead. thank you. we will have more on that - -- that lead. thank you. we will have more on that top l will have more on that top story later in the programme. israeli police have clashed with dozens of palestinian worshippers insidejerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound. they say they carried out a pre—dawn raid into the holy site after agit

yeah, it's interesting that you mentioned the rallying of the republican party because even mitt romney, his harshest republican critic has been defending him after today's indictment. there's of course, illegal dimension magic. and then there's a political dimension. and trump said that since this indictment is actually raised $10000000.00 in campaign funds, how do you see this affecting the 2020 for presidential election and the campaign? do you think it will reinvigorate his campaign? yeah, it clearly has already raised $70000000.00 in the last few days, i'm told roughly a 3rd of those donations are from new donors. so that's significant. those are people that can donate time and time and time again. it shows their significant engagement among his support asian among people that think this is wrong. look if we don't have a lot of developments between now and december, 4th, when the next hearing is i don't know that this is going to sustain that intensity . that said, he has at least 3 other jurisdictions that are considering pursuing criminal charges against him. sam, georgia, the st

it resonates with mitt romney, who is a big donald trump critic and the republican party it resonates across the board. you know, just be interested in how people that, you know, well, in the republican party, many pragmatic republican reasonable main street republicans are my guess. how are they feeling this moment and do they see his commentary like that as a solvent critique of america today? while i think, i think the different steve from 2016 is that president, trump, you know this isn't the rhetoric is somewhat familiar, but back in 2016, he was at least presenting some semblance of a platform. there was a time that all of us and republican circles we're trying to recreate like, what was, what's, are you talking building a wall? and we used to say for years like, what's the next build the wall? because it was so ingenious in it rallied people in it, it was a solution to a problem. and now it's just, just straight ra grievance politics and injects it right into the, you know, the veins of his base, so to speak. and for republicans, it makes it hard to present any kind of credible

mitt romney left the governorship in massachusetts when he when he ran for president and it was able to put together a coalition despite not being in office at the current time. if you have the right kind of funding and the platform, then you can do it. and i think what governor newsom is doing now, even in traveling to some red states and keeping his national brand out there, is laying that kind of groundwork for a longer term. it depends on what kind of position you put yourself in is hard when you're not in the news cycle and you don't have an ability to drive policy on a daily basis. but it certainly isn't impossible. rick klein, abc news political director, thank you so much. thanks, kristen. despite some of the most aggressive regulations to help cut air pollution, califf still has some of the worst air quality in the country. and we want to find out why. we'll talk with will barrett from the american lung association about the group's latest state of the air report. i'm jonathan lawson, here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial pen program. if you're age 50 to

mitt romney voted twice after the impeachment trials of donald trump saying that he felt that this was this conversation, but how do they pivot to criticising him as a candidate they are running against if they don't take on this legal challenges. we had run dissenters raising talk about the fact that this was hush money payment to a former porn star, but he has rode back on that. —— ron desantis. he sees a reaction from the donald trump world and says he can't say anything that makes it look like he is criticising donald trump, and i think that will be the short—term strategy at least. i think this particular story will die down reasonably fast is because there isn't another hearing until december. and court cases where you can't see anything and hear anything i'm massively interesting television.— i'm massively interesting television. , ~ television. do you still think that this could _ television. do you still think that this could undermine . television. do you still think- that this could undermine other candidates?— candidates? there will be no ox ten candidates? there will be no

we saw senator mitt romney say that the stories were --say that if the stories were accurate, it was potentially troubling. assign interview with congressman matt gaetz, not about this specific episode, but about the larger question about whether there should be some sort of code of conduct for the supreme court as there is with lower court federal judges, and the congressman said he was open to that. ew have certainly -- qw have certain -- we have certainly seen some conservative writers at the washington journal op-ed say there is no story here, but we linked to the primary source material when that is available. we think the facts are frankly not really in dispute here. host: james is in west point, mississippi, democrat. caller: good morning . host: go right ahead, james. caller: i have a comment i would like to make. i commend justin elliott for his investigative reporting. i think it is great that he is exposing these people who are possibly violating the law. the republican party seems to want people on the left to report on when they are in ethics violations, but it is ok whe