‘You’ve Got Dictatorship and Anarchy at the Same Time’: Beschloss on Trump’s 2024 Presidential Nomination

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CAPEHART: “We have a guilty verdict against the former president on 34 criminal counts while he is also running for president. There is no legal or political precedent for what we are witnessing. But how does this compare to other destabilizing moments in our history?”
BESCHLOSS: “I think the choice is actually pretty clear. You know, we have got a convicted felon. But in days of yore, if a convicted felon had run let’s say for alderman which was probably about as high as he or she would have aspired until the last couple of decades, that person would have said I served my time. I learned my lesson. I have remorse. There is going to be no one more zealous than I am in enforcing our legal system. Instead, you and I saw that rant at the bottom of the brass elevator at Trump Tower yesterday by the presumed Republican nominee of this year. And he is saying the system is rotten. I want to dismantle parts of the Constitution. I think that people should not respect the law. So when you have got someone who is promising at the same time to be dictator for a day, it will never be for a day as you know. It will be for four years, if not for his lifetime if that begins. At the same time, he is saying I’m going to dismantle our rule of law which is the glory of America, keeps the peace, assures fairness when it works for all Americans. You have got dictatorship and anarchy at the same time. Do you, Jonathan, think the majority of Americans will vote for dictatorship and anarchy? I don’t think so.”