Derek Johnson

And so we're going to have to dig out of this deep hole.

And people around the globe, they're watching this nation, which held a standard for every other country that we were not living up to.

You know, Donald Trump presented to the oligarch class something they could have never done themselves.

He has an appeal to the lowest common denomination of individuals who are the least educated or buy into the fear mongering that has been able to take place.

But if any of them actually sit and listen to his speeches, it's rambling.

It makes no sense.

But he says the right phrases, uses the right buzzwords at the right moment to appeal to the least educated or individuals who are educated but are under some illusion that he would not come after them and come after everyone else, or just fear mongering.

they would have never been able to do that without his brand of leadership.

It is worse than Ronald Reagan, who was at best a very effective actor playing the role of a governor, then later a president.

But all the books I've read about Reagan, he wasn't a policy wonk.

He didn't understand the details, but you put a script in front of him, he was an effective actor.

So first of all, the SAVE Act, when you look at the details of the bill, is a solution in search of a problem.

There isn't a problem that this piece of policy will save, fix, or secure.

And the top line, as you said earlier, everyone would say we want safe elections.

Everyone would say we need to have secure elections.

We all agree with that.

But the real question is the details behind the bill.

You said you got to have mass re-registration, everyone start over.

It disadvantaged not only the African-American community, it disadvantaged so many others.

If you say that we should have a photo ID or you need proof of citizenship,