Joe Mathieu

Yeah.

It doesn't sound like you expect a breakthrough tonight either at the same time.

This was quite a day in Washington to see the former special counsel Jack Smith testify on Capitol Hill.

I don't know if you had an ear on his remarks, but he was pretty straightforward, warning that there are potentially catastrophic ongoing threats to U.S.

democracy because of the failure to hold President Trump accountable for what he called his criminal attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Is he right?

The president says he wants his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to file charges against Jack Smith.

Would that be a disservice to the nation?

You know what I haven't brought up yet in this entire lengthy conversation is the word affordability, which I think the administration wants me to talk about.

This is the

issue of the moment that might drive voters' decisions in the midterm elections.

The president got to this a bit in Davos yesterday.

But consider some of the ideas that we've heard, capping interest rates on credit cards, banning institutional buyers from the housing market, price controls.

These are pages out of Elizabeth Warren's book, but they're coming from this administration.

Is this a conservative White House?

Stay in touch with us on your work at the AAF.

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