Well, 2024 shapes up to
be a bitter rematch.
Longtime Republican pollster
Frank Luntz is sharing some never
before seen video from his focus groups.
Sharing it with out front.
Take a look.
How condescending was Obama?
But you couldn't stand to watch that guy.
He just looked down on top of everybody.
Trump will get down in the dirt
and work with you,
so you're not very good on that.
You want respect,
but you have a president
who takes on women, minorities.
Everything but
you know why You want the election.
And he won. He didn't handle that.
He did.
I don't know why he's racist.
I have to ask you that way,
because we since I've been he says
all those Mexicans are rapists
and murderers. I don't know.
Yes.
Yes, you
can say that.
You're talking about
what I'm talking about. He was running.
I know he should be.
They said the word among them.
Some of them can.
Our rapists, some call me.
They ask me what I feel.
Frank is with me now. So that's just it.
I mean, that's a small snapshot, right?
You shared a fair amount of of video
with us.
When we look at that,
you've said
the country is more divided than ever.
I think a lot of people
would agree with you.
But this video evidence, why?
How why is it this bad?
What are you learning from
these groups in these moments
that there are
there's no editing anymore.
There's no censorship.
That we now say what we think.
We say what we want people to hear
rather than trying to learn.
To me, it's not about the mistakes made.
It's about the lessons learned.
And no one's trying
to learn anything from this.
They simply want to be heard
and they will shout to be heard.
They want to be heard.
Do they want to listen?
No, they don't want to listen.
They don't want to learn.
And my issue in
this is children are watching.
Our kids are watching this
and they're learning model behavior.
There's a reason why in universities
and in schools
all across America,
more young people are acting out.
There's more shouting.
There's more aggression.
And that they see it from the politics
as they see it from Washington, D.C.
They see it in Fox News.
They see it in school board meeting
and the school board through the worse.
Yes, parents go there
and they threaten
the people on the school board.
You have the cops in there.
What is wrong with this country?
And we've gone that far.
That's my question I keep asking.
Show it.
I think it's a question
a lot of Americans are asking.
I was struck, too.
You also sat down recently
with some younger voters
and you talk to them
specifically about democracy.
I want to play those moments.
Is our
democracy in danger of failing?
Raise your hands if you say yes.
Wow.
I'm shocked at how many times anyone
a year.
By a show of hands
think our democracy is truly strong.
You got two people.
That's it.
Two hands.
We're in trouble.
I don't know what to do about it.
This is my craft.
This has been my trade
for the last 30 years.
I've been seeing this
get worse and worse.
74% of Americans
now say they're mad as hell
and not going to take it anymore.
83% say or more divided
than we've ever been.
Even people 65 and older,
old enough
to remember the killing of Martin
Luther King, Bobby Kennedy.
Are cities burning down?
They say this is the most divided
it's ever been.
They're mad as hell
they're not going to take anymore.
You said, what, 74%.
But why are they mad?
Can they articulate why they're mad? Yes.
They believe
they've been ignored,
forgotten,
and the worst of all, betrayed.
And I'm paying attention
to the words and phrases
they use
because the stronger the language,
the greater the anger.
And I've seen this and I feel this,
and I'm reminding them.
Your children are watching
your friends are watching,
and they don't care anymore
because they want to own the opposition
rather than change the opposition
or talk to the opposition.
Really quickly, too,
because I do want to get
to one other topic with you.
The younger voters you spoke with there
who see the democracy at risk,
only two of them said the
democracy is strong.
Where are they?
Are they mad as hell?
Are they just throwing up their hands?
Do they want to try to change anything?
They don't like anybody.
They see Joe Biden as being too old.
They see Donald Trump as being corrupt.
They don't like anyone
they don't ever want to follow.
They're looking for a role model,
looking for someone to aspire to be,
and they don't see it.
And that's the situation.
So that's the frustration.
We're going to see
if they're able to change that.
I do want to ask you about you
to probably a lot of people
who are watching
may have seen a tweet for you
from you in the last day.
You posted that
you suffered a stroke on Monday
and yet you're sitting here tonight.
Part of the reason you want to come
in was to share that information,
but also to talk about some
some real health concerns.
And before we let you go,
I do want to give you a moment to do that
and to share with our viewers
why that's so important to you,
because it's personal responsibility.
And I'm I'm supposed to act properly.
I'm supposed to know what is right,
What is wrong?
I was very active in getting people
vaccinated during COVID.
I've been very active
in a nonpartizan way
and trying to teach people
what's the right thing to do.
And then I behave badly
and I suffer for it.
And so I look, people right now
take your medications,
do what your doctors tell you to do.
And we have to take
personal responsibility in this country.
We can no longer blame other people,
no longer say it's their fault.
It's my fault. I got it wrong.
Behave properly and do the right thing
and we can save our country.
We'll see if this starts to.
So maybe on a better track.
I'm glad you're doing well.
Glad you felt well enough
to be here tonight.
Continue that road to recovery.
Thank you. Thank you for.