These stories may be very old in Ron Paul's life, but they're very new to the American public and they deserve to be totally ventilated. I must say, I don't think it's an excuse in politics to have something go out under your name and say, 'Oh, by the way, I didn't write that.'
David Gergen comments on the implications of Ron Paul's newsletters and the accountability of politicians for materials published under their names.
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You know, his comments today about doctors are, you know, are milking the system so they can get rich off the pandemic. It is just so odious, and to go after Laura Ingraham like that was just wrongheaded.
Absolutely, absolutely. I -- Because the Republicans have gone at this in such a different way than the Democrats, the Democrats have been arguing the facts and the evidence, and the Republicans aren't contesting them on the facts.
He is trying to delegitimize this election in all sorts of ways, we know that.
Trust in our institutions has plunged over the last 20, 30 years. It started before Donald Trump got to office, but he has accelerated the downward spiral.
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