Tom Nichols

Senator, it was great to see you. It's great talking with you. Listen, I want to talk again, but right now I got to go because I got to pencil out part of the 14th Amendment and then free a bunch of violent insurrectionists. I like your approach of, if you're in government, stern and silent disapproval, do your constitutional duties, execute your functions, carry out the people's business.

Senator, it was great to see you. It's great talking with you. Listen, I want to talk again, but right now I got to go because I got to pencil out part of the 14th Amendment and then free a bunch of violent insurrectionists. I like your approach of, if you're in government, stern and silent disapproval, do your constitutional duties, execute your functions, carry out the people's business.

You don't have to pretend that you're enjoying it and that things are okay. Going back to what you said about 2016... I had so many people saying, you know, when Trump finally was like, well, you know, it's over. We shouldn't be bound by norms. We shouldn't have to do this. We shouldn't play by the rules. We should fight dirty because what's it gotten us? And I kept saying what you did.

You don't have to pretend that you're enjoying it and that things are okay. Going back to what you said about 2016... I had so many people saying, you know, when Trump finally was like, well, you know, it's over. We shouldn't be bound by norms. We shouldn't have to do this. We shouldn't play by the rules. We should fight dirty because what's it gotten us? And I kept saying what you did.

You don't have to pretend that you're enjoying it and that things are okay. Going back to what you said about 2016... I had so many people saying, you know, when Trump finally was like, well, you know, it's over. We shouldn't be bound by norms. We shouldn't have to do this. We shouldn't play by the rules. We should fight dirty because what's it gotten us? And I kept saying what you did.

Well, what it got you in 2020 was a Democratic president and, you know, take over of the legislative branch and actually for pretty good years seemed to work. All you had to do was show up. 225,000 people swinging in like four or five states, and we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Well, what it got you in 2020 was a Democratic president and, you know, take over of the legislative branch and actually for pretty good years seemed to work. All you had to do was show up. 225,000 people swinging in like four or five states, and we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Well, what it got you in 2020 was a Democratic president and, you know, take over of the legislative branch and actually for pretty good years seemed to work. All you had to do was show up. 225,000 people swinging in like four or five states, and we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Yeah, I think everybody's trying to make sense of this. This is more the shock than 2016, to be honest. Of course. An Italian writer said about Berlusconi, you know, he said it didn't hurt as much the first time. It was the second time when everybody knew.

Yeah, I think everybody's trying to make sense of this. This is more the shock than 2016, to be honest. Of course. An Italian writer said about Berlusconi, you know, he said it didn't hurt as much the first time. It was the second time when everybody knew.

Yeah, I think everybody's trying to make sense of this. This is more the shock than 2016, to be honest. Of course. An Italian writer said about Berlusconi, you know, he said it didn't hurt as much the first time. It was the second time when everybody knew.

And so now you have all these people saying, well, I guess this is what the people want, and I'm just going to have to make my accommodations with it. But there is this sense that you can't, and I think this goes back, this is a point I wanted to make about the media as well, that if 50% of the public, of your audience, of your electorate,

And so now you have all these people saying, well, I guess this is what the people want, and I'm just going to have to make my accommodations with it. But there is this sense that you can't, and I think this goes back, this is a point I wanted to make about the media as well, that if 50% of the public, of your audience, of your electorate,

And so now you have all these people saying, well, I guess this is what the people want, and I'm just going to have to make my accommodations with it. But there is this sense that you can't, and I think this goes back, this is a point I wanted to make about the media as well, that if 50% of the public, of your audience, of your electorate,

thought this was a good idea, then you have to somehow split the difference and service that kind of speak for the median. And I think when 50% of the folks have become extreme and potentially violent, there's no way to square that circle.

thought this was a good idea, then you have to somehow split the difference and service that kind of speak for the median. And I think when 50% of the folks have become extreme and potentially violent, there's no way to square that circle.

thought this was a good idea, then you have to somehow split the difference and service that kind of speak for the median. And I think when 50% of the folks have become extreme and potentially violent, there's no way to square that circle.

Well, every time we're trying to find a bright spot, you lead me right back into the dark.

Well, every time we're trying to find a bright spot, you lead me right back into the dark.

Well, every time we're trying to find a bright spot, you lead me right back into the dark.