They could very well be the Robespierre of this French Revolution. In other words, think they're setting something great in motion that's going to put them on top and then watch the guillotine get them.
Begala warns that Republican leaders may be undermined by the forces they are unleashing within their party.
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When Trump talks about all this, all his own grudges, his own grievances, his own vendettas, his own vengeance, it riles up people he's already got, but it alienates the people he needs.
I think that's a good thing. But I think you point to the political challenge, which is he was elected by the middle class, and Democrats are going to want to say he's going to serve the billionaire class, right.
For the first time since Reagan, a Republican, won voters making less than 50 grand a year. Now, as a Democrat, I don't like that. But as an American, I admire it.
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