Michael Steele

Lindsey says, well, it’s my duty to inquire about how these elections are run.

Rudy played a particular role for Donald Trump. He was, if nothing else, the great disruptor. He was the guy who was sent into sort of create and foment the chaos, to raise the questions, to stir the anxieties of the established order and…

He surrounds himself with people who will nod yes, try to figure out how to get it done.

If Donald Trump, Michael, runs again, and the indication early on seems that he is going to run again, do you think we will still see these kinds of crazies getting access to him and influencing him in round two?

The idea that the President first off running again is probably more of a defensive measure against any future prosecutions that may be underway.

What drives us beneath are a Constitution and bills of rights and so forth that are driven around abortion and guns and things that are enshrined one day and maybe, as we have just learned, not so much the next day.

So, there are -- to Keir`s point, there`s some real big differences that you can`t overlap and say, oh, one-for-one comparisons, because what drives us beneath are a Constitution and bills of rights and so forth that are driven around…

And what we have seen in modern times, certainly post late 20th century and early parts of this century, is a reflective reaction, if you will, to that administrative state, which is what Trump came in talking about going after it and…

Well, that`s where -- yes, and I think that`s where Keir just really excellently pointed out some of the stark differences between the approach, even though at -- near the end there, there was some evidence that Boris was probably looking…

If we can’t vote, if we can’t freely assemble, if we cannot exercise the rights that are duly given to us under the Constitution, none of that ish matters.

Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. It`s like -- it`s like, you know, General Washington or Napoleon or any great leader, going to the head of the crowd, you know, the head of the army that sort of serves them over.

Well, it`s obvious if you returned to power, we`re all screwed. I mean, beyond screwed at this point.

I think we need to be clear about accountability here.

In one way, the difference between Nixon and Trump is that Nixon was a patriot. You can say whatever else you want about him... but he had the dignity to resign, right? In the end, he loved his country more than he loved himself. That is…

The question is, do they look at this hearing? Do they look at what Republicans are offering as their solution to inflation into the economy and go where we want that, or do they sit back and go yes, I don`t like where we are in inflation…

At this point, everyone inside and outside the Trump administration full well knew he was lying. He knew he lost the election, yet 147 House Republicans still voted against certifying the election.

For all you Republicans out there, who think Donald Trump actually gives a crap about you, or anything related to you, just asked Mike Pence how that feels, baby.

It’d be interesting to see how she counter narratives a little bit off Caruso’s Law and Order kind of approach.

What it means is, there is a center space, right, that the American voter is looking for in these elections.

I think what we’ve seen from some of these primary results is the beginning of the cobblestones on that pathway.

There’s a point where there’s going to be an accounting by Trump. And when Trump decides that he’s had enough of DeSantis, that’s when that race gets very, very interesting.

I think there’s still a little bit of that narrative lingering out there with defund the police and things like that, that sort of, while not preeminent still kind of rattles a lot of the electorate.

This is the 2020 preview. This is the beta version of what`s going to happen in 2024.

This is political malfeasance that in my view at this point, it`s been people have been saying it forever and a day, what`s at stake here and what this looks like.

This is about what responsibility our elected leaders are going to take to do something about this.