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dy. Yet that's the way we play it. We act as if there's somebody who actually has that opinion. Have you ever met anybody who had the opinion that you couldn't have a qualified black vice president? It's not even a thing. Literally you couldn't find one functioning brain that would have that opinion. Nobody. But can you say that Kamala Harris is somewhat obviously not qualified? Yeah you could sa…

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g the Republicans would be done. So we would have a situation where Trump would be the Nazi but also possibly a convicted felon, potentially facing jail time if his appeal failed, right? So you assume if he got convicted there would be an appeal so that he would still become president. There's nothing that would stop him from being president, right? Even if he got convicted. If he were out on bail or he's appealing it. I mean it's not like he's a flight risk, right? Is Trump a flight risk? Where can he hide? He's the least flight risky guy of all time. You wouldn't even need bail would you? I don't think you would. You just say all right everybody's keeping an eye on you.

Well this is my first exposure to the details of this story but can somebody answer this question? Doesn't this give him perfect timing to use the prosecution as part of his campaign to say the government is corrupt and trying to rig the election by taking him out? So wouldn't it help him in the election? At the same time he could just pardon himself after it's done. I would vote for him just to pardon himself. I would. I would vote for him just to pardon himself. Policies? I would just vote for him to pardon himself. That would be the end because I don't see the prosecution as being something that would have happened with another person. I'm not saying he did or did not commit any technical violations. It might have been in fact probably. I just don't think they rise to the level of response.

So I think so far it looks like it could work in his favor because they're never going to tell you what's in the boxes. They're just going to wave their hands. Dangerous boxes. And eventually the longer you go without hearing what's in the box the less likely you think there's anything you care about. Yeah there might be some secrets but do they matter? Does anybody care? I doubt it.

All right Trump has said that there are a lot of passionate voters out there, more passionate than ever, and things would be quote very dangerous if he went to prison. Now I'd like to show you the faces of the people on CNN when they heard Trump say the most obvious thing in the world that it could be dangerous if one of the leading candidates is put in jail on charges that don't look credible. Now CNN decided that that was a threat. So I'd like to show you CNN face when he said it. Oh is that a threat? I love CNN face. I don't think MSNBC is quite the same way but CNN always does the face. You know when I say Joy Reid or any of the people on MSNBC they're on right it seems like versions of their own face but on CNN it's like they're actors who have to act extra disgusted. Like the Jake Tapper face. And then Trump walked to a helicopter you know like they're farting and crying at the same time. So MSNBC has dumb face maybe anyway.

Yeah so they're trying to turn Trump into a dangerous insurrectionist because he pointed out the most obvious and well-known fact in the world that if you illegitimately jail a major political character people might protest. I don't know that might surprise you.

All right Trump's lawyer, his new lawyer, cleverly and smartly is demanding cameras in the courtroom. Can we give a hand for Trump's new lawyer? Cameras in the courtroom. Now should there be cameras in the courtroom? I don't know that's not the point. The point is if you're a new lawyer and you're going to be presenting your case as it's a ridiculous case and it's political, oh yeah whether or not you get cameras is also a second question but the first thing you should say is cameras. Because he just reframed the situation. His new lawyer just successfully framed the situation as an illegitimate government

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process. One in which you can't trust that unless you better get some cameras in there so the public can protect itself. Get some cameras in there. We want some cameras now. Does the person who's accused of a crime usually ask for the cameras? Yes or no? The person who's the defendant, when does the defendant ask for cameras? I've never heard of it. Have you? Have you ever heard of it? It's a bal…

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