John,

If there was ever a time for Republicans to speak out and start to move away from Donald Trump, it's now.

We had yet another week where an indictment was announced and the former president had to appear in a court room. He may relish the attention, and his most avid supporters may think he did nothing wrong, but the fact is that the longer Republican candidates and party leaders stand by him, the longer it will be before we can win elections again.

As has happened before, nearly all of the other Republicans candidates running for president stood by him this week rather than calling for him to step aside for the good of the party and the country. I spoke this week about why this doesn't make any sense. Watch the clip here.

How much more evidence is needed? With Trump leading the party, we lost in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022! President Biden has historically low support, but the one Republican candidate he can defeat is Trump.

While it's not being discussed yet, the question I have is this: With all of Trump's legal problems mounting, could we get to the point where he cuts a deal that would mean dropping out of the race for president?

I discussed this in several interviews this week. Use the links below to watch them, and please let me know what you think.