Dana Milbank: Crazy Things Could Become Reality if Trump and Speaker Johnson Are in Power Together

SCARBOROUGH It is again ░░░░░░░░ s a concern for ░░░░░░░░ lot of lot of ░░░░░░░░ BRZEZINSKI Let s bring ░░░░░░░░ professor of history at ░░░░░░░░ University and Presidential Historian ░░░░░░░░ Brinkley Also with us ░░░░░░░░ for The Washington Post ░░░░░░░░ Milbank He is the ░░░░░░░░ of the new book ░░░░░░░░ Fools on the Hill ░░░░░░░░ Hooligans Saboteurs Conspiracy Theorists ░░░░░░░░ Dunces Who Burned Down ░░░░░░░░ House SCARBOROUGH We ll ░░░░░░░░ we ll get to ░░░░░░░░ in a minute And ░░░░░░░░ ve got to say ░░░░░░░░ always Dana I always ░░░░░░░░ to presidential historians first ░░░░░░░░ m a sucker for ░░░░░░░░ historians This is going ░░░░░░░░ be the exception this ░░░░░░░░ only because what we ░░░░░░░░ been talking about for ░░░░░░░░ first couple of hours ░░░░░░░░ this show And this ░░░░░░░░ the mainstream media and ░░░░░░░░ anti anti Trumpsters trying ░░░░░░░░ flatten this race out ░░░░░░░░ have a moral equivalence ░░░░░░░░ like it s 1996 ░░░░░░░░ this is Clinton v ░░░░░░░░ And what I m ░░░░░░░░ to say is not ░░░░░░░░ exaggeration You read columns ░░░░░░░░ The Wall Street Journal ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░ weekend argument is basically ░░░░░░░░ Well yes Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ have tried to overthrow ░░░░░░░░ presidential election and started ░░░░░░░░ on January 6th that ░░░░░░░░ members believe led to ░░░░░░░░ death of four police ░░░░░░░░ But Kamala Harris told ░░░░░░░░ story about her childhood ░░░░░░░░ a local Philadelphia interview ░░░░░░░░ getting to a very ░░░░░░░░ three part answer on ░░░░░░░░ she would do for ░░░░░░░░ America BRZEZINSKI I mean ░░░░░░░░ wasn t believed but ░░░░░░░░ Swear to God I ░░░░░░░░ m not I m ░░░░░░░░ exaggerating MILBANK Yeah SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ Wall Street a Pulitzer ░░░░░░░░ winner of The Wall ░░░░░░░░ Journal and a guy ░░░░░░░░ I respect who whom ░░░░░░░░ respect and a guy ░░░░░░░░ respect very much in ░░░░░░░░ New York Times this ░░░░░░░░ their argument MILBANK It ░░░░░░░░ a it s it ░░░░░░░░ a zany world that ░░░░░░░░ live in And you ░░░░░░░░ of course when Biden ░░░░░░░░ the nominee it would ░░░░░░░░ yeah the one guy ░░░░░░░░ to overturn a presidential ░░░░░░░░ But man that other ░░░░░░░░ is pretty old What ░░░░░░░░ ve tried to do ░░░░░░░░ this book is put ░░░░░░░░ into some perspective So ░░░░░░░░ can actually look at ░░░░░░░░ numbers of this Congress ░░░░░░░░ is on course right ░░░░░░░░ and it s almost ░░░░░░░░ I mean we just ░░░░░░░░ to have the lame ░░░░░░░░ now to be the ░░░░░░░░ productive Congress since 1860 ░░░░░░░░ years So that says ░░░░░░░░ are not normal times ░░░░░░░░ we re living in ░░░░░░░░ know there have been ░░░░░░░░ governments before You know ░░░░░░░░ and I came to ░░░░░░░░ around the time of ░░░░░░░░ Republican Revolution You guys ░░░░░░░░ Right MILBANK were fighting ░░░░░░░░ cats and dogs then ░░░░░░░░ you had triple the ░░░░░░░░ that these guys have ░░░░░░░░ So we re you ░░░░░░░░ going back to the ░░░░░░░░ when the union was ░░░░░░░░ to to have an ░░░░░░░░ to what s going ░░░░░░░░ today So I think ░░░░░░░░ s useful to keep ░░░░░░░░ in perspective That s ░░░░░░░░ I tried to do ░░░░░░░░ this book just to ░░░░░░░░ of a compendium of ░░░░░░░░ crazy of all the ░░░░░░░░ things that happened over ░░░░░░░░ last two years And ░░░░░░░░ Yeah MILBANK and that ░░░░░░░░ actually become reality if ░░░░░░░░ Trump and Speaker Johnson ░░░░░░░░ in power together.”