For Donald Trump to go for a 24-plus hours without a word being said is an outrage in and of itself. This is a man who is seeking the nomination of a major political party, very likely to get it. And now look at the leadership he is showing. It's worse than it used to be. It's not better.
Gergen criticizes Donald Trump's silence following the attack on Paul Pelosi, highlighting the unacceptable nature of his leadership.
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We need leadership now, at the Presidential level, that it matches the leadership we're seeing at the gubernatorial level.
But it's very clear that the President of the United States believes that he has the right, and he will exercise it, to take a sword to his enemies through the Department of Justice, and - and build a shield for himself and for his friend…
I think it's something that's spontaneous. It's happening in the country where just tons and tons of people are coming out because they feel that democracy is at stake that we're in real trouble here.
I think there's a lot of anger greeting this, this development. You know, three nights in a row, we've had people out there, you know, demonstrating and, and expressing, you know, their gratitude to RBG.
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