Kristol: Trump Was ‘Checked to Some Degree’ in His First Term, But Won’t Be in a Second

RUSH TRANSCRIPT MELBER Bill ░░░░░░░░ ve seen countries have ░░░░░░░░ standards for how much ░░░░░░░░ retribution politicized physical interference ░░░░░░░░ what would otherwise be ░░░░░░░░ we call politics and ░░░░░░░░ are ranges Having gone ░░░░░░░░ January 6th he s ░░░░░░░░ running on pardoning those ░░░░░░░░ convicted of violence and ░░░░░░░░ and talking this way ░░░░░░░░ into the closing weekend ░░░░░░░░ do you see the ░░░░░░░░ of that I hate ░░░░░░░░ say it that way ░░░░░░░░ it s what it ░░░░░░░░ He s talking with ░░░░░░░░ Carlson He s campaigning ░░░░░░░░ thinks this is a ░░░░░░░░ message KRISTOL He s ░░░░░░░░ politicizing the Justice Department ░░░░░░░░ has the courts giving ░░░░░░░░ broad immunity He is ░░░░░░░░ to pardon the j ░░░░░░░░ insurrectionists When you put ░░░░░░░░ together what is the ░░░░░░░░ of America we then ░░░░░░░░ The emboldening of violence ░░░░░░░░ his behalf whether it ░░░░░░░░ explicitly ordered or just ░░░░░░░░ of implicitly encouraged and ░░░░░░░░ upon and winked at ░░░░░░░░ Trump striking Is that ░░░░░░░░ voters want I don ░░░░░░░░ think so That s ░░░░░░░░ he s been losing ░░░░░░░░ little bit of ground ░░░░░░░░ this last week since ░░░░░░░░ Madison Square Garden event ░░░░░░░░ it s the real ░░░░░░░░ of Trump s second ░░░░░░░░ I would say it ░░░░░░░░ been hard to bring ░░░░░░░░ across to people because ░░░░░░░░ have such confidence in ░░░░░░░░ and such confidence those ░░░░░░░░ don t happen here ░░░░░░░░ his first term he ░░░░░░░░ checked to some degree ░░░░░░░░ people think well we ░░░░░░░░ it through four years ░░░░░░░░ can make it through ░░░░░░░░ four This second four ░░░░░░░░ not have people checking ░░░░░░░░ at the defense department ░░░░░░░░ the Justice Department and ░░░░░░░░ White House councils office.”