Republican strategist compares Trump followers' conspiracy theories to 'crop circles'

Former President Donald Trump's grip on his followers allows him to convince them of any outlandish thing he wants, said longtime Republican strategist Stuart Stevens on Thursday's edition of MSNBC's "The ReidOut."

This comes as Trump's lawyers put forth a briefing in the presidential immunity case that lays out a litany of purported evidence for his voter fraud claims, that is so off base it might actually help special counsel Jack Smith prove his case.

"Obviously, there's the other X-factor, the calendar of Donald Trump's trials, civil and criminal," said anchor Joy Reid. "They all are interspersed ... with things like the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. This is a guy running to stay out of prison and to pardon himself. What impact do you expect his being on trial in multiple states and cases will have?"

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"I think this is helping him in the primary because, again, you have to get inside their minds," said Stevens. "If you believe that Donald Trump actually is the legal President of the United States, it makes perfect sense that this Deep State conspiracy, they have to convict him and put him in jail to stop him from returning to the White House."

"It's sort of like crop circles or something," he continued. "Once you understand that everything makes sense, aliens built the pyramids. But I don't think this is going to be a plus in a general election. I think you have to bet on America here. I think most Americans are going to ... find it unsettling."

"Donald Trump — I think this is the big dynamic in the race, Donald Trump is very much a candidate of the past," Stevens added. "He's still relitigating the '20 election. On all of these issues Republicans are just incredibly uncomfortable with where America is going, say what you will about Joe Biden's age, his best group was under 25 voters in '20. He represents a more optimistic future belief in America. And I think that's going to go for a lot."

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