Madeleine Dean

Voters weighed in.

Donald Trump's dismissal of their concerns has been weighing on his political standing.

Well, I had a scholar's help, somebody who has studied Congress and the Constitution and different administrations over many decades.

That's Norm Ornstein.

So he and I got together and he knew that I had been there on January the 6th.

He knew that I saw that the Capitol was overrun by insurrectionists, incited by a president, invited by a president, and ultimately not interrupted by a president for 187 minutes.

And then disgustingly, on his first day back in office, January of last year, pardoned by a president.

So Norm and I together decided it's hard to choose.

You have to admit, because I have other horrors within my mind.

The drug pardons are beyond belief in terms of drug trafficking.

As this president claims, he cares so much about fentanyl coming into this country and killing people.

our young people.

But let's take a look at January the 20th.

The president is sworn back in, and on the first day, he pardons more than 1,500 insurrectionists.

That is

To me, it was massively heartbreaking for this country, for our Constitution, for our Capitol, for the people who were at risk there, including his own vice president, for all of our staff.

And I think so much, I have to tell you, I think so much of the staff who, after this disastrous, dangerous insurrection, cleaned up the mess.

They they they they stood up and they did their duty far greater than this president ever did.

Have you seen the price of gas?

Have you seen the price of everything?