Trump's Comeback: Lisa Lerer (interview) | FRONTLINE

Lisa Lerer is a national political correspondent for The New York Times, which she joined in 2018. Lerer previously wrote about politics for the Associated Press and is the co-author of The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America.

The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on November 18, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.

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[TheTruthFollows]

The Government over reach was out of control and she's skimming over it like it's not a problem.

[TheBruceGday]

Spoken like a New York Times columnist. Half truths and half understanding of what happened. Megyn Kelly is spot on. She understands. She correctly describes Trump with all his boils and foibles. This is the establishment point of view with all its flaws.

[imveryhungry]

I don't like trump, but these people are in denial. They don't understand American political dynamics.

[Cotictimmy]

Don't you just love that attitude of condescension & that assumption of moral & intellectual superiority from Trump haters on legacy media? It's such a turn-on for 'normies'. 🤣

[lowellowen]

When she says he was rejected by the voters, this is not true he got more votes the second time than the first, that is not rejection.

[nancykleck]

She has missed the biggest point: Trump is a non-politician, and Americans love him for this.

[skyking]

IMO, Frontline lost all its credibility over the past 8-10 years (Trump era) along with PBS. I refuse to even watch this network/ show. I just stumbled across it on your and commented without even watching it. I used to watch the news hour and frontline religiously back when MacNeil was on and even further back during the MacNeil & Lehrer hour. Wow! That was awesome. Those two men seemed to have integrity and honesty in their reporting. IMO, Y’all suck now. PBS is just a leftist Democrat propaganda outlet. Too bad!

[jamesgraham]

For people that are so smart he really kicked their ass😅😅😅

[ralters]

It usually takes me about 2 to 10 seconds to find out when someone has Trump arrangement syndrome like she does little innuendos to plant seeds in the minds of those in doubt.

[enoleok]

They refuse to understand that much of Trump's popularity is founded in the unspoken contempt she spills out regarding his "poor, deluded, simpleton base."

[upyorkstate]

PBS has been reported to DOGE! PBS and NPR must be defunded!

[PurpleImpactStrategies]

He led the charge into the capitol? I missed that footage

[robertbell]

Who the heck is this woman she has no idea

[ocan]

This woman really does an extraordinary job of not getting it.

[weirdshibainu]

If she was an NFL coach and lost the Superbowl 42 to nothing...she'd blame the fans.

[theodoresmalletz]

She doesn’t mention how inept Harris is, her inability to form coherent sentences.

[ItsOYM]

Very good news to the GOP, let these liberals live in their own echo chamber as the country is fashioned into a new majority

[stephaniemoore]

Nope!!!! You dont get it 😂🤣😂 Thanks for playing 😉

[Abcdefghijklmnopqrstubwxyz]

This lady obviously hasn’t given two seconds of her life since the election to ponder these types of questions, this is almost impossible to watch

[MarshallJacksonKramer]

He never encouraged anyone to storm the Capitol. He offered up the National Guard long before J6. Speak facts.