Heather Cox Richardson

Well, and I think that one of the things that I wrote about recently was the degree to which people voted for Trump literally believing he would not do the things he said he was going to do. And I don't quite know what one does with that because, of course, there was such pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to give every detail of her plans, and they did exist. I read them.

Well, and I think that one of the things that I wrote about recently was the degree to which people voted for Trump literally believing he would not do the things he said he was going to do. And I don't quite know what one does with that because, of course, there was such pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to give every detail of her plans, and they did exist. I read them.

Well, and I think that one of the things that I wrote about recently was the degree to which people voted for Trump literally believing he would not do the things he said he was going to do. And I don't quite know what one does with that because, of course, there was such pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to give every detail of her plans, and they did exist. I read them.

They got very little coverage. Whereas Trump would say these outrageous things, and people would just shrug and say he's not really going to do that. And, you know, the funny thing about it is, as you're talking, I am thinking about the Republican lawmakers as being in a way, I've said for a long time that the American people are in an abusive relationship with the Republican Party.

They got very little coverage. Whereas Trump would say these outrageous things, and people would just shrug and say he's not really going to do that. And, you know, the funny thing about it is, as you're talking, I am thinking about the Republican lawmakers as being in a way, I've said for a long time that the American people are in an abusive relationship with the Republican Party.

They got very little coverage. Whereas Trump would say these outrageous things, and people would just shrug and say he's not really going to do that. And, you know, the funny thing about it is, as you're talking, I am thinking about the Republican lawmakers as being in a way, I've said for a long time that the American people are in an abusive relationship with the Republican Party.

But the Republican lawmakers appear to be in an abusive relationship with Trump and now Elon Musk and perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy. And that is they somehow believe that if they keep appeasing this guy, it's going to make the difference. and he's gonna suddenly start behaving well.

But the Republican lawmakers appear to be in an abusive relationship with Trump and now Elon Musk and perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy. And that is they somehow believe that if they keep appeasing this guy, it's going to make the difference. and he's gonna suddenly start behaving well.

But the Republican lawmakers appear to be in an abusive relationship with Trump and now Elon Musk and perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy. And that is they somehow believe that if they keep appeasing this guy, it's going to make the difference. and he's gonna suddenly start behaving well.

And one of the things that has made me just bonkers throughout this whole thing is anybody who studies anything having to do with politics knows that you must stop these people. They cannot stop themselves.

And one of the things that has made me just bonkers throughout this whole thing is anybody who studies anything having to do with politics knows that you must stop these people. They cannot stop themselves.

And one of the things that has made me just bonkers throughout this whole thing is anybody who studies anything having to do with politics knows that you must stop these people. They cannot stop themselves.

And think about what would have happened if the Republican establishment, which by the way, I had a lot of problems with, had said to Trump in 2015, thanks, but no thanks, we're gonna come out against you. or if they had insisted on making sure in that convention that he couldn't manipulate the delegate votes the way he did to get that. I mean, we could go straight on.

And think about what would have happened if the Republican establishment, which by the way, I had a lot of problems with, had said to Trump in 2015, thanks, but no thanks, we're gonna come out against you. or if they had insisted on making sure in that convention that he couldn't manipulate the delegate votes the way he did to get that. I mean, we could go straight on.

And think about what would have happened if the Republican establishment, which by the way, I had a lot of problems with, had said to Trump in 2015, thanks, but no thanks, we're gonna come out against you. or if they had insisted on making sure in that convention that he couldn't manipulate the delegate votes the way he did to get that. I mean, we could go straight on.

The first impeachment, the second impeachment.

The first impeachment, the second impeachment.

The first impeachment, the second impeachment.

They could have stopped him, but they wanted his votes. And now in this moment, one of the things that I find is really interesting is you can tell that the Republican Party is at civil war. Mitch McConnell has made that very clear. And Trump really doesn't have anything to offer the elected,

They could have stopped him, but they wanted his votes. And now in this moment, one of the things that I find is really interesting is you can tell that the Republican Party is at civil war. Mitch McConnell has made that very clear. And Trump really doesn't have anything to offer the elected,