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One person he does not have is his daughter, Ivanka Trump,

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because just moments after the former president said that

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he would have run again for 20, 24

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his daughter Ivanka released a statement essentially saying,

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look, I'm opting out

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She says this time around I'm choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life

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we are creating as a family.

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I do not plan to be involved in politics

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while I will always love and support my father.

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Going forward, I will do so outside the political arena.

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They are

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I mean,

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I remember when there was all the conversations of the so-called adults in the room

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and the person everyone kept on the speed dial.

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Aside from Mark Meadows during January 6th, it seemed to be contact Ivanka.

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You somehow could reel him in some way that's not there.

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Whether that was true or not fully, we don't know.

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But that's not going to be there.

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Well, neither will Jared.

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Apparently, between the two of them,

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they were probably three fourths of the Trump administration

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and running the decisions there.

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But that's part of what we're seeing is that even for his own family members,

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the shine is wearing off despite all of the goals that we saw in that

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assembly that announcement that he had.

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It's just the appeal is not the same.

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So what can Trump do up to be a little bit different

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and to set himself apart from other Republicans?

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Now, to the point about his hold on the Republican Party,

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it is absolutely there.

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But we also saw the Trump era drives people out of the Republican Party.

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If they didn't sign up as Democrats, I signed up as independents.

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So outside of a really raucous Republican primary,

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if Trump's winning the nomination could be a gift to Democrats.

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Exactly

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And you're right, as he's driven people out of the party,

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that's actually strengthened his hold on the party

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made it much less likely that he could ever be elected again.

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I mean, you don't have a Congresswoman, Liz Cheney,

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your vision of political leadership right now or Congress after this session is over.

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And we're going to have the good night in committee on January 6th as well.

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But I still wonder about not only who could take on from the Republican side, Donald Trump.

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I know Governor Santos, he is the shiny object right now,

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does not have arguably the most formidable opponent in his gubernatorial race,

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as one would expect at a presidential level.

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But you still have to have the support in many respects of the Republican leadership,

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the Mitch McConnell, who I don't think is there,

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the Kevin McCarthy who is undecided as of yet,

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whether he will go in as Congresswoman Stefanik

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and say, yes, I'm all in already.

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When you look at the leadership right now,

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and power in the Senate and soon to be the House,

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Does he have the support?

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Does who have the support? - Donald Trump

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That's what I'm talking about.

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Yeah, I think he does because for two reasons.

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One, the reason that everybody already knows is there are many members of Congress

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who are afraid to cross him because they're afraid of being called Lil senator X or, you know,

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Ron, the sanctimonious or whatever the nickname is

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I think you also have a situation

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where Republican members of Congress don't want to be primaried from their right.

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They fear that much more than a general election, at least up until this point.

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And so you have a situation where you want to stay on the President Trump's good side

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so that you don't incur that challenge

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- lightly around - the situation you have as a Republican right now,

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a Republican leader is they embrace Trump.

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And this is now

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the direct consequence of several years down the line of him having taken over the party

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I want a lightning round here for what do you think the Senate is going to run, throw his hat into the ring?

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I don't think Trump will be a post

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Really? What do you think? Oppose or not?

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I can see DeSantis running.

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What do you think?

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If he's going to run, he has to go now,

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even though he's only in his mid forties, Laura,

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if you wait too long, it's the Chris

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Christie rule. You miss your window.