meeting this weekend, both claiming to be the chair of the michigan republican party. the rnc has no idea what to do with this problem with two nopr different people claiming to be the chair of the state party. for the purposes of the meeting, they officially listed the republican party chairman job as vacant. and they decided when both of the people who claimed to be the chairman showed up, they decideo they would give passes to the meeting to both of the people who claimed to be the chair of the michigan state party, but they only gave them guest passes, not like member passes or state party chair passes.ty so as guests, neither of them was able to vote on anything oro participate in anything official. did i mention that it's an n election your and that's one of the most important swing states in the country? heading into the big republican party meeting this weekend, it seemed like the national chair of the republican party might be thrown out of her job, too. and you know, that makes sense just from a 30,000 foot perspective. even if you knew nothing about her. if y

but on different days in that nevada state republican party reportedly has one paid full- time staff hairman is under felony, about to stand trial. barry that nevada republican party right now, but they're better off than some of the others, at least they have a state party chair, an indicted one, yes, but he has a job. in nearby arizona, big swing state, that republican state party chair there just resigned in a weird bribery and elite tape scandal. in florida, big important state, that republican state party chair that was fired against his will. in michigan, big important swing state, that republican party chair was just removed, but she refuses to leave. both she and that guy who might be her replacement showed up at that republican annual winter meeting this weekend. both claiming to be the chair of the michigan republican party. the rnc has no idea what to do with this problem, two different people claiming to be the chair of the state party, and for the purposes of the meeting this week, and they listed the michigan republican party chairman job as a vacant. and they decided th

today's republican party has embraced american weakness. are okay looking the other way and giving equity to vladimir putin and russia and that's not just a pivot of orthodoxy, that's a new chapter of republicanism, this chapter of american weakness that they are willing to run on. hopefully voters do see a distinction. >> help me understand, david, do you think of that embrace of that pifd as being just about donald trump or are there different origins that i'm not seeing? >> oh, i think it's the echo chamber. you can look at the tucker carlson interview and realize that so many, call them conservatives, magas, whatever they are, receive that word from tucker carlson as though that really matters. and then you see the likes of house republicans who are unwilling to legislate in the face of the threat. and so that's why the affirmation of the change of orthodoxy and the embrace of weakness is right in front of us. i think we've been duped into thinking this will all work out. somehow the house will pass the aid package. well, if they do the

that's what's been so crazy to me about the republican party. in a healthy political environment, they would be upset with him about this, about draining resources for the betterment of the party. that's always been the thing about donald trump. he doesn't care about those republican party. unless he cares about the republican party, the more desperately they are trying to help him and whatever they can for him only to the detriment of the party and any kind of principle or meaning fall ideological places, the thing that they want to do, it's just all about trump and they're not gonna have a platform, then i can be able to raise money for senate candidates, they're just gonna go all in on trump, and it's the whole republican party. republicans have nobody to blame but themselves because they let this happen. they could've stood up 1 million different times in 1 million different ways. they chose not to, and that's why we're here. >> to sara's point, you know, as a veteran of campaigns and politics, resources really do matter. they matter more the

it's not just demoralizing with the michigan republican party -- the michigan republican party gave us gerald ford, right, and this is what it's come to. but it is organizing that state particularly when they have so many options for voting, it's a big deal. so it really -- and that race is going to be super close. the biden-trump race in michigan is going to be very close. and not to lose your edge on organizing is not a small matter. it's a big deal. >> what do you make of the sort of loss of support that president biden has seen among the arab american community in michigan? i mean i know that the biden white house is sort of changing its position somewhat or at least its posture as it pertains to israel, prime minister netanyahu, and the war more broadly. but i do wonder with 29,000 people dead in gaza, whether that damage can even begin to be undone. dead bodies are just not something you can unmessage. >> right. certainly everyone understands what the situation is and the white house understands what the situation is globally and in terms of gaza and israel, and we all know the s

to be the real republican party. you might remember michigan republicans voted to oust their party chair, while she insisted the vote wasn't authorized, and she's still was the party chair. the people who say they voted her out and picked a new leader for the michigan republican party, insisting that he is the real chairman now. now, the national republican party, the rnc has weighed in, saying they do think she was probably removed, but they don't recognize the new guy. [laughter] so, at the rnc winter meeting that start tomorrow neither of them would be recognized on the rnc website. right now, michigan's state chair is listed as a vacant because, sure, who needs a party chair in one of the top battleground states in a presidential election here? that is michigan. in florida, that states republican chair was also ousted, no confusion about that one. he was ousted after news broke that he was being investigated for allegations of rape. police last week cleared him of the rape charges but they are now seeking video v

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so i think it is -- right now people are just looking at what this means for the republican party in congress. there was always this belief that donald trump was crazy and he was running the maga wing of the party and the house of representatives kind of went along with him, and now they're just dug whatever he tells them, but mitch mcconnell was sort of the dam that, you know, held them back in the senate and wouldn't allow some of the maga insanity to come over there. i think he probably just got tired of that fight and i think the fight over ukraine aid and israel aid and taiwan aid tired him o'out where he didn't want to keep doing this anymore. he was smart. most members cannot leave. they always serve one term too many. they always stick around a few more years past their prime. i think mcconnell is stepping aside at the right time. you can disagree with everything you want with him, but he has had some lasting impact on our economy, our judicial system, our campaign finance laws. he has taken arrows for the republican party for the last 20 or 30 years, and he's going to be -- h

at the same time, trump is tightening his grip on the official republican party apparatus. he has successfully pushed republican national committee chair, ronna mcdaniel, out of the job. mcdaniel plans to step down shortly after the south carolina primary. he has begun advocating for new rnc leadership, stocked with loyalists, including his own daughter-in-law. today, the daily beast reports, some trump allies are now predicting a full purge of the rnc, driving out any member who does not pledge absolute fealty to donald trump. the rnc is the only body that can, actually, remove trump from their ticket after he has locked up the nomination, and trump is about to take it over. so, we heare fast approaching a scenario in which the republican party is stuck with trump, no matter what happens to him in a court of law. joining me now, mark leibovich, staff writer at the atlantic, and author of thank you for your servitude. also with me, charlie sykes, cofounder, and former editor at large of the bulwark, and author of arhow the right lost its mind. thank you to both of you for be

started, a brand new republican party that started with the tea party, can you explain what's been happening? >> yeah, i mean, the strictures and the kind of traditional fault lines have changed so much in the last 14 years, the traditional republican party, the strong on foreign policy global leader type party that mitch mcconnell tried to lead for the last 15 years is dead. and we've shifted into a new sphere that of a republican party that doesn't want to support allies across the world, whether it be ukraine or in the house of representatives, suggesting that we offset or cut spending to allow us to give more money to israel. it's really something that i had never seen. and you add into the mix a new speaker of the house in mike johnson who has no real background that would lend him, give him the skills to be speaker of the house, take two bills to the floor, two serious bills, katy. they are messaging bills, in some respects. these are serious topics, aid to israel. impeaching alejandro mayorkas, a cabinet secretary and having those fails in prime time is unlike anything i have ever see

much more ahead this evening, including chaos and michigan's republican party, what a year of infighting, with chair summing and a broken ribs. what that means for michigan's republican primary election, next week. but first, a shocking ruling out of alabama, that could effectively and in vitro fertilization in that state, and others. aaron kermanshah is me to discuss that, next. rs to . so the five blades can get virtually every hair in one stroke. for the ultimate gillette shaving experience. the best a man can get is gillettelabs. these underwear are period-proof. and sneeze-proof. and sweat-proof. they're leakproof underwear, from knix. comfy & confident protection that feel just like normal. with so many styles and colors to choose from, switching is easy at knix.com we all know that words have power. they set things in motion and make us happy or sad. but there's one word that stands out, because when people say it, lives are changed. it's not a big word. it's itsy bitsy. it's only three little letters. but when you say it, the life of a kid like me can be changed. so what is this

>> i think that the republican party is in trouble. we now have, up to this point, four republican chairman of committees who are retiring from congress. that's a big deal. that's about as big of a promotion as one can get in congress. but they know that the speaker and the leadership is not governing, it's not working on behalf of the american people. but they're just trying to make donald trump happy. and to make people like marjorie taylor greene to have more influence over congress and american families. >> it is really wild, those four retirements being included, some of the most powerful committees that people spend a career waiting to be the chair of, and just being like, i'm piecing out. congresswoman grace meng, who represents parts of queens, we're out there at the l r i stations early in the morning -- as a part of this victory. thank you very much, congresswoman. >> thanks for having me. >> that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >> it's also interestinghey thought no

, he was considered a moral authority in the middle of the republican party, and he gave him the votes of such established republicans who were not sure how far trump was ready to leave the republican party. at the same time, he doesn't need it now because he's already built a very strong reputation, he's the personification of the republican party right now, and from that point of view, i think he's going to be looking for a person. which is trump on steroids, that is , he will look for a person who defends his ideas, but even more harshly, even more outrageously, even more boldly, and it is quite possible that they are talking about takril kalsin, tucker kalson fits in many ways, he is a very public figure, he is a very popular figure in the movement within the movement of the magician that donald trump created, and he, as we've seen, consistently championed the ideas of donald trump, supported him, that's what he paid for with his position, which... he lost his show on fox news, will it alienate the general electorate, so it's clear that the republicans will vote, but who can

i just want to say that i have never seen the republican party so unified as it is right now. >> we cannot verify the veracity of the truth of those statements, but -- only a quarter of republican primary voters in the state say nikki haley has the mental and physical health to serve effectively when compared with 38% who say donald trump does. kelly's campaign manager told nbc news tonight that, while they know the ads, they also know what is at stake, confirming they are staffed and ready to stay until the end of march. haley, for her part, has framed super tuesday, or march 5th, as a reassessment point for her campaign. let's just listen to some of what she said after tonight's results. >> the younger generation, my children's generation, knows it better than anyone. they deserve better. they deserve leadership. and so, i will keep fighting for them, and for you, and for all of america. >> so, according to nbc news exit polls, 38% of voters actually only -- don't trump -- i don't know with his physical and mental health situation is. >> i don't know. >> but look, nikki haley is still in

not the republican party of ronald reagan. that ronald reagan could win a primary in some of the states in today's republican party. if you look at the battle, you know, what's happening in congress over the border bill that the senate has. i asked christie about that he was saying look, ronald reagan had make it a compromise. they got together, and made a compromise, he would not have gotten everything that he wanted to get, and he would have moved the ball forward. that is something, which that is just not what the game is today on capitol hill. >> you have to wonder just how much longer that pining for the reagan era is going to last in this republican era. >> i don't know there is any pining. maybe in some subset of the republican party. but it is a different party now. they have to figure out what comes next as opposed to thinking that somehow they are going to drag it back to be the party of reagan. >> chris christie is making the case with his book that perhaps there is a little bit more room for the reagan era. anderso

also, the republican party really has moved farther away from him. he was first elected in morning in america. that was 1984, in ronald reagan's re-election. >> and it's not ronald reagan's party anymore. and that certainly an element his health is a concern age. all of those things, elements of this decision, a highly personal one. but also, as you noted on the lead in their look, he's the longest-serving major party leader and u.s. senate history in american political history. so that that makes him a giant some ways regardless of his politics with huge shoes to fill for who comes next. yeah. so he's going to stay on until the fall. >> who do you think will replace him? yeah. let's see. first, if you can stay on until the fall. i mean, donald trump is probably going to call for him to leave. there are the 3 johnson are jockeying for this position. thune, number shocking for this position. john cornyn from texas in is the whip. >> he's a jockeying for this position. and john barrasso. >> from wyoming, all 3 of them probably in that are kind the gold,

he said we have a diverse republican party. i want everyone in the fold, but i want people -- don't want people representing 10%, 15% of the party in the driver' seat. he is essentially saying don't put a black or a brown or a woman as the vp. then after that, he said trump might be, you know, he might have too much power to control things and do things that aren't so great if he becomes president, which is basically what ron desantis did in florida. your thoughts on that? >> governor desantis has used florida as a mixing bowl to advance white christian traditional orthodox white evangelical religious orthodoxy by using the powers of the state. if donald trump had figured that out first, he would do it at the federal level. what ron desantis is doing is telegraphing what donald trump can do to keep his coalition in place can keep desantis supporters. it's dangerous. it marginalizes communities and it's why it's got to be shut down. >> he said pick a white guy or else. >> up next on "the reidout," maga republicans shift gears say

what's next. >>> donald trump's ironclad grip on the republican party got even tighter this week afterngressional republicans to tank their own border bill. amy circadian, the former chair of the nevada republican party put it this way, quote, trump has a stronghold. it's not just what the republican base but also on the house. i don't know how to explain. it is completely mind-boggling to me the type of brainwashing that has been done. let's bring in washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution, tia mitchell. welcome to the table. >> thank you for having me. >> we are so happy to have you here. given the chaos that we have become accustomed to at the hands of the house gop, i was thinking to myself, whether it's over this week? why that what happened at that we need to be feels different? it felt like a declaration. republicans are not going to be able to get anything done between now and november. we may have thought that. it might have been the subtext. it is now abundantly clear. i just don't understand, a washington correspondent like yourself, wonder what you wil

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look, under the kind of ronald reagan version of the republican party, which is not a party that i agreedad, as part of their core identity, hostility to russia, the soviet union and then russia, as a geopolitical opponent to the united states, as an autocracy, whereas we were a democracy. and those things used to matter more to that republican party than beating democrats or playing some identity politics in this country. as the republican party has shifted, not just to be about trump's interests, but to be about a kind of brand of identity politics where they are out to get certain people, and they have an us versus them politics, again, certain groups in this country. and they have, frankly, an affinity for strongman and autocratic approaches to politics that discard democratic norms. vladimir putin is the avatar of all of that. he's the guy that got elected and then used the powers of the presidency of russia to dismantle democracy in a lot of the same ways that viktor orban, another friend of tucker carlson's, has done in hungary. and i think donald trump would like to do that in thi

actually took the messaging to the next level by actually calling them the putin wing of the republican party. as dan fifer today i think pointed out on his substack about messaging, republicans and democrats, vladimir putin is not popular. yes, donald trump likes him, tuckler carlson likes him. he has boomlet going among the celebrity spokespeople of the party, but ultimately this is not a system that republicans or certainly democrats revere at this point. i also would point out, you know, liz cheney and nikki haley are very robust voices. neither of them is likely to be the republican nominee anytime soon, but they're not aging out either, and they both make a compelling case, and i think it's great nikki haley, frankly, leading on this because trump isn't ducking this issue either. i think laura engram earlier tonight said something to the effect of the legal judgment going to cost him hundreds of millions of dollars is a form of navalny and a construction. but he's basically wrapping himself b in with the murder of navalny which is absurd on many levels. i think it's good there's a count

i've talking but the future of the republican party. >> well, anderson, you asked like what nikki haley? we asked you tonight. i have to say i'm hearing from my republican sources who are basically saying, look, she now is potentially going to pay a price for staying in to her own political future, whatever that may be, especially if this is didn't you hear people saying we still like her just not her time. i didn't hear people say if she stays in and continues to run against trump, i think that there is going to be i'm just picking up the sense that there are trying to be more harmful trump did himself harm and new hampshire when he stood up and behave as badly as he did in a moment of triumph. just acting like a jerk. and i think he tried to avoid that tonight. i wouldn't mistake that for the idea that they'll all be the cool if she hangs around too long and she's she's now running to be president of i told you so i mean, the faction you're talking about is predicated on trump winning the nomination, losing the presidency. and then she gives a speech and says, i told you that's the fa

republican nomination. >> reveals what the priorities are for donald trump as he shapes the republican party. thank you for all that. >>> john, an embarrassing defeat for nikki haley in nevada. even though she was the only major republican candidate on the ballot in the state's gop primary on tuesday, more republican voters selected the none of these options than her. donald trump skipped the primary, making it symbolic. donald trump will compete in caucuses where 26 delegates will be awarded. let's get to kylie at wood. the nikki haley campaign is shrugging this off. >> this is an embarrassment for nikki haley's campaign. they are saying, of course, they had no plans to compete in nevada because, as you laid it out, former president trump is competing in the caucus that's going to award all of the delegates in the state. by losing the primary, nikki haley is not changing her campaign's expectations of what she will pick up in support of the state. former president trump was encouraging his allies in the state to go out on primary day and cast ballots in favor of that option that was listed

the republican party, through grant's presidency, regarded the southern republican vote largely black, but not entirely as imperative to the of the national republican party. at the end of grant's term, the party and this partly accounts what happened in 1876 the party. came to believe that that was no longer viable and was looking increasingly to the midwest and far west to build its electoral majorities. ohio, your state being a being being being the linchpin actually of the republicans future plans. i guess you would know, jane, most people don't. how many how presidents came from ohio. it's not an not a coincidence so i do i think anything would been different. i think there would have been i think garfield shows signs that he would have prosecuted people who, committed acts of terror in the south against blacks. he would have more and they might have had a greater punishment. but it's not absolutely clear that i would have been true in practice to ask questions. one of our listeners said reports that many men from the south below the mason-dixon line still talk about weekend dril

and hopefully the republican party can find a candidate that -- i say to the republicans all the time, take back your party, the republican party is a great party. you've done great things for our country. you're not a cult to a thug. you're a great, grand old party. and recapture that, because the public -- america needs a strong republican party. a strong democratic party, too, but a strong republican party. so, hopefully as soon as we get through this, shall we say, cancerous situation that we're in, the malignancy of trump, that they will emerge in a strong way with the leadership that i know is there in the republican party. francine: up next, nancy pelosi's harsh assessment on china, and why she thinks the world's two biggest economies must cooperate on climate change. mrs. pelosi: we don't have shared values, but we have a shared planet. and we have to work with the chinese to save the planet, because they are now, i think, the biggest emitter. if not us, they're second, and they're part of the solution in all of this. ♪ francine: from taiwan to tech curbs, human rights concern

the post-defeat republican party. i so hope there are a few that say i am done once he starts stopping the steal. [applause] sarah: this is why nobody can get tired. this is why nobody can decide, i don't know, i don't feel like dealing with it. when i really want to ruin my own day, i sit there and say -- i call jvl. i do trump's fantasy cabinet. john eastman try to overturn the last election, he would probably be the head of the justice department. jonathan: jeff clark. sarah: with jeff clark. all the people who try to overturn it. the madisons, the kellys, everyone who kept the thing on the rails, nobody is joining the administration to do that. whoever he chooses as vice president would not be mike pence. it makes it much harder to do one of these alternative slates of electors. i do not think people are sufficiently alarmed about what a second trump -- it is not just american courage all over again -- american carnage all over again. there is burning the boats in a bad way where these people say they are writing

that has implications for real republican party.— real republican party.is that alexander smirnov are saying all these allegations against president biden and hunter biden was information fed to him, he is claiming, and looking at the charging documents, they say this guy, prosecutors are portraying him as a serial liar and he cannot tell the truth about basic details on his own life so can we trust him now? so what is truth in what is not? to your point, let's just say it is proven beyond a reasonable doubt that russia did use alexander smirnov to push the story in the us aboutjoe biden and hunter biden. it is seen as a big propaganda wing for vladimir putin and it would also mean that some of the us�*s biggest media stars, they have effectively been used by vladimir putin to push out these really dishonest talking points to a large american audience but that is if it is proven beyond a doubt what, yes, that is the kind of implications we are looking at. a hugely explosive story, as you said. thank you. seriously ill patients in england centre back can re

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but this is a republican party that has turned its back on its own principles, on its own dna. moved about as far from the party of ronald reagan and either one of the george bushes as you can move. they've become isolationists, pro-authoritarian. they've become anti-democracy here at home. this is, you know -- we are where we are. the costs of this are extraordinary. we're a day away from the second anniversary of russia's invasion, second invasion, if you will, of ukraine, coming eight years after their invasion of 2014. ukraine has been holding its own for two years, and now you've got, because of the republicans in the house of representatives, ukrainians are losing israeli and losing lives. it is unthinkable to imagine what's to these young men when they're taken prisoner by the russians. none of this is baked into the cake. none of this needed to happen. this is simply because the united states has pulled the rug out from under ukraine. the consequences of this are awful for ukraine, for all of europe, coupled with donald trump's comments about nato. you know, the old line

he is the head of the republican party. he issued marching orders to speaker johnson. s to this right ankle monika political establishment that is now the republican house. and that signals absolute paralysis. not passing ukraine aid. not taking severe actions against putin and his regime. that is a signal to eight or -- it is an invitation, that's the way putin sees it. that's what i really contend with on a regular basis. that's what i work to make sure the american public is aware of, so we don't have a second trump administration. >> lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, your words are sharp in mind particularly as we recognize we are going into the second year of this invasion by russia into ukraine. we appreciate your surface vein and your surface now. thank you, sir for coming on. when we come, back we take an in-depth look at the debacle unfolding across the party. and state republican parties, the former head of that michigan gia pate joins me live, next. choose advil liqui-gels for faster, stronger and longer-lasting relief than tylenol rapid release gels beca

may not be what — of the republican party may not be what -- _ of the republican party may notority are with him troth_ the vast majority are with him both elected officials and those _ both elected officials and those voting in the states and is been — those voting in the states and is been proven in iowa and new hampshire and nevada to a certain— hampshire and nevada to a certain extent and maybe michigan next week. donald trump — michigan next week. donald trump is _ michigan next week. donald trump is the clear leader of the republican party as it stands _ the republican party as it stands and he is going to continue to make it known. he didn't— continue to make it known. he didn't mention nikki haley in his speech. when he wakes up tomorrow— his speech. when he wakes up tomorrow morning he will go after— tomorrow morning he will go after her. _ tomorrow morning he will go after her, i believe. it will be annoyed she is still in the race — be annoyed she is still in the race because he believes all republicans, elected, voters, whatever _ republicans, elected, voters, whate

i want to bring up about how and why the republican party has so thoroughly capitulated to trump's whilesected republicans it felt like an answer to their prayers when a strong man parachuted in and started telling them what to do. maybe his orders were reckless and contradictory, as long as you did your best to keep obeying you could keep winning your primaries. it's such a cynical assessment but i think it's spot on. >> shout out to my colleague mckay. i agree with everything charlie said, but if you think about it this is not a think about it this is not a reasoned analysis of american policy or foreign policy position we're getting from the base. we're getting kind of wrote applause for donald trump, for the strong man. and if you think about what populism is at its core, in america today it's sort of celebrity, like that is populism. and donald trump i mean in its purest form rode that to victory. he's taken that but basically taking the most literal form and telling the people what to do, and they are applauding with no sense of what the policy ramifications could be and what the re

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party is changing. you know, republicans used to be golfers and bankers. and increasingly it is not that at all. it is a populist party. it is trump ended its gates. i think that johnson fits into that. so there is conflict there but i think essentially they are allies. they will disagree on some things, and gaetz is basically a libertarian. so that is not entirely compatible with what mike johnson believes but they have big goals and they want power so i think that my guess is they will figure out a way to make peace on most issues. >> it is interesting. as these two men are trying to carve the gop into their image, you've got the titular head of the party, donald trump, who is not a paragon of christian virtue. how do they reconcile that? is it just about he got us the supreme court? isn't just about he advocates for the things that we advocate, it doesn't matter whether or not he himself believes them or has any type of moral connection or even a theocratic one given what you are saying? >> it really depends on the individual but if we talk for instance about his spiritual adviser who was a wh

this party, the republican party, has now become maga. and trump leads it despite the very real possibility that he could be a convicted felon and soon. >> is donald trump calling the shots here, mr. speaker? >> of course not. he's not calling the shots. i'm calling the shots for the house. that's our responsibility. >> well, if he's not calling the shots, he is calling mike johnson. >> how often do you speak to him? >> pretty frequently now. every few days or so. he and i have been talking about this pretty frequently. i talked to him the night before last about the same subject. >> also, on the how, there is the echo chamber. the right wing outlets that hammer home this border crisis hour in and hour out, but especially during election years. >> you judge with your own eyes if the united states is being invaded. >> stunning exclusive new fox video of a train, packed car after packed car, filled with clearing people from all over the globe coming our way. >> foreign nationals are breaching our shores by boat and then sprinting through th

like, you know, if you look at any national poll, the embrace of donald trump by the republican party0%. so the idea that the party is divided is not accurate. it's not accurate that there's 40% of the republican party that's going anybody other than donald trump. that's only, honestly, that's a spin to take a negative situation of what happened to nikki haley in south carolina and try to describe the party in a way that a i don't think accurately reflects reality. pete: you're right. and and we're going to get to some of that in the voter analysis because i have a bit of a theory. it felt like the right moment for nikki haley. you're right, they spent about 90 minutes backstage, the right moment to say, hey, enough's enough. we went all the way through my home state, and the first 15 minutes of her speech -- or 10 at least -- was past tense. i want to thank you, supporters. it was a good run. there's a point i turned to will, and guy, i think she's to going to do it. and 9/11 she doubled down -- and then she doubled down. you're right, this isn't the soviet republic. we want other ca

they are splintering responses within the republican party apparatus. i mean, some of his allies are even still claiming that donald trump can be the one to hold pushing responsible and stand up to him. that's why he needs to be reelected. how can they keep a straight pace at this point? >> yeah, i saw those remarks from individuals like tim scott. these allies of the former president have not pointed to why they believe that what donald trump will do will be different from what he said, which is why you see people like even nikki haley and conservatives who have a more traditional american foreign policy view are pointing out that voters should listen to donald trump and believe and expect him to perform the way he is speaking right now. we know foreign policy doesn't rank at the top list of priorities for voters, but we also know voters in recent polls have said, russia actually is a threat, not just to america, but to the world to ferroelectric, is to human rights issues and putin is continuing to prove that. >> we know they care about ukraine. ambas