And I'm so curious - watching them with this book and your interviews for it in the background, what have you learned about the former president and his allies?
You know, we are on the eve of new hearings by the congressional panel investigating those attacks. But I want to focus on, actually, some of the later years that your book covers - the period surrounding the 2020 election and culminating with the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. SUMMERS: So your book begins in the midst of the 2016 Republican presidential primary. And it's also the subject of his new book, "Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington And The Price Of Submission." Mark Leibovich joins me now. SUMMERS: That fealty, that blind loyalty is something that Atlantic writer Mark Leibovich says has been central to Trump's ability to hold on to power in the Republican Party. Trump.ĬRUZ: Well, I am supporting the Republican nominee because I think Hillary Clinton is. The Republican candidate for president, Donald J.
RUBIO: Donald Trump has committed to cut taxes. GRAHAM: Trump can be a handful, but he is the most dominant figure in the Republican Party. SUMMERS: Well, those Republicans - South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Texas Senator Ted Cruz - and many others have since changed their tune. TED CRUZ: This man is a pathological liar. MARCO RUBIO: We are not going to turn over the conservative movement to a con artist who is telling. LINDSEY GRAHAM: He's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. The first time he ran for president, his fellow Republicans - well, they were not so welcoming.
Donald Trump has been teasing he plans to run for president in 2024.
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