Hi everyone,

for Clark in New York, in a normal world, a pre-Trump world.

The 2024 presidential campaign would have been fundamentally reshaped in just the last 24 hours.

Twice.

First, an on-camera confession by the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump

about his centrality in the January 6th insurrection described as, quote, domestic terrorism by the Trump appointed

director of the FBI and second the most senior Republican official in

Congress the Republican Senate leader caught on tape, his own recordings no less, describing his party's presidential

nominee Donald Trump as a quote, despicable person.

And I should stop here and reiterate,

in pre-Trump politics, each of these events alone

is a race-changing blow.

But we'll start with the damning on-camera confession of sorts from Donald Trump himself.

The ex-president fielding questions from voters at a Univision town hall on Wednesday,

including a question from a former Trump supporter.

Here's the extraordinary exchange almost in its entirety, so once again, you can reach your own conclusions

about it.

I want to give you the opportunity to try to win back my vote.

Okay?

Your, I would say, action and maybe inaction during your presidency and the last few years sort of you know

was a little disturbing to me. You know what happened during January 6th and the fact that you

waited so long to take action while your supporters were attacking the capital.

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