It would be so helpful to the country. I can't tell you how disgusted people are and frustrated they are with the politics dominating everything as opposed to some really constructive national effort.
Gergen expresses frustration over political gridlock and the need for constructive efforts to solve national issues.
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Yes, absolutely, Anderson. And in fact, Democrats on the House side are starting on this and of course, Nancy Pelosi is pushing it within the confines of the badly run negotiations.
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.
Never before has the opposition undermined the legitimacy of a new President before he has even taken office to anything like this degree or in this fashion.
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…
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