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[00:00:00] IRONY IN THE FACT THAT YOU'RE
[00:00:06] CONSTITUTIONALLY OBLIGATED TO SWEAR ME IN IN JANUARY. [APPLAUSE]
[00:00:14] SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
[00:00:18] WOLVERINE ONE, BUCKEYES ZERO. [APPLAUSE]
[00:00:27] DONALD --
[00:00:28] >> MONDAY AMERICA'S LEADING
[00:00:33] TELEVISION CALL-IN PROGRAM C-SPAN'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL COMES TO PRIMETIME LIVE.
[00:00:36] >> I TRUST YOU GUYS COMPLETELY.
[00:00:39] >> EVERY MORNING WE HAVE BEEN
[00:00:43] TAKING AMERICA'S CALLS. >> THANKS FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR THEIR THOUGHTS.
[00:00:46] >> NOW THE CONVERSATION WILL ALSO COME TO PRIMETIME.
[00:00:52] WASHINGTON JOURNAL PRIMETIME WEEKNIGHTS STARTING MONDAY AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN.
[00:00:57] >> NOW, MORE OF C-SPAN'S ONGOING
[00:01:03] COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[00:01:06] VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT TO THE POLLS, OF THE RESULTS
[00:01:09] WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF
[00:01:11] POWER IN CONGRESS AND SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[00:01:15] WE BRING YOU THE LATEST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS, CANDIDATE
[00:01:19] REACTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[00:01:23] C-SPAN'S CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION NIGHT.
[00:01:27] HOST: 6:00 A.M. ON THE EAST
[00:01:32] COAST 3:00 WESTFORD YOU'RE WATCHING AN ELECTION DAY
[00:01:34] ADDITION OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
[00:01:38] OUR 14 OF OUR COVERAGE OF THE
[00:01:39] MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND AS OF THIS MORNING DEMOCRATS HAVE WON
[00:01:43] CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE
[00:01:45] SENATE WITH SEVERAL KEY PICKUPS INCLUDING TEXAS, MICHIGAN AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
[00:01:49] ON THE HOUSE SIDE DEMOCRATS OVERTURNING REPUBLICANS IN KEY
[00:01:53] DISTRICTS ACROSS THE U.S.. AS WE GO FORWARD WE WILL SHOW
[00:01:55] YOU NOT ONLY WHO WON AND LOST,
[00:01:59] BUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE 120TH CONGRESS NEXT YEAR.
[00:02:03] HERE IS AN UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS STAND WHEN IT COMES TO
[00:02:06] THE BALANCE OF POWER. ON THE SENATE SIDE DEMOCRATS
[00:02:09] NEEDED TO PICK UP FOUR SEATS TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
[00:02:13] THEY HAVE CURRENTLY 150 FOUR
[00:02:15] WITH SEVEN PICKUPS AS OF TODAY
[00:02:18] IN THE HOUSE SIDE ONLY THREE
[00:02:21] SEATS NEEDED TO BE FLIPPED FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:02:26] THEY HAVE ONE CURRENTLY 25 PICKUPS 220 EIGHT SEATS TOTAL WHEN IT COMES TO THAT CONTEST.
[00:02:32] GIVING CONTROL AS OF TODAY OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE TO
[00:02:36] DEMOCRATS IN THE 120TH CONGRESS IS SEATED.
[00:02:40] THERE ARE TWO OUTSTANDING SENATE SEATS TO BE DECIDED. RACES WE ARE WATCHING.
[00:02:44] IN MISSISSIPPI WITH THE
[00:02:47] INCUMBENT CINDY HYDE-SMITH NOW
[00:02:49] TRAILING A TIE WITH THE DEMOCRAT
[00:02:52] , THAT IS BEEN STAYING
[00:02:56] CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING INTO THIS MORNING WE
[00:02:59] WILL SEE HOW THAT CHANGES. ALASKA WITH SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN
[00:03:03] IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS
[00:03:05] GAINING A SLIGHT EDGE OVER MARY
[00:03:08] PELTOLA WITH 72% OF THOSE VOTES IN.
[00:03:13] 48 .5% FOR DAN SULLIVAN THERE. IF YOU GO TO KANSAS THERE IS A
[00:03:16] PICKUP SEAT THERE WITH ADAM
[00:03:18] HAMILTON WINNING, THE DEMOCRAT JUST A LITTLE OVER 50% OF
[00:03:22] SUPPORT OVER SENATOR ROGER MARSHALL. 98% OF THE VOTES IN.
[00:03:28] TURNING TO IOWA, JOSH TARIQ PICKING UP A SEAT IN THAT STATE
[00:03:32] IT'S BEEN A LONG WHILE SINCE IOWA HAS ANTIDEMOCRATIC TO THE SENATE.
[00:03:35] JOSH DEREK WITH A LITTLE OVER
[00:03:38] 50.5% OF SUPPORT WITH 98% OF
[00:03:42] VOTES IN OVER ASHLEY HINSON WHO GAINED 46.4%.
[00:03:47] JAMES TALARICO 94% OF THOSE
[00:03:48] VOTES COUNTED GAINING 54.9
[00:03:53] PERCENT OF SUPPORT OVER KEN PAXTON WITH 43.2% OF SUPPORT.
[00:03:58] TURNING TO SOME OTHER STATES, A
[00:04:02] PICKUP IN OHIO, SHERROD BROWN WHO SERVED IN CONGRESS AND THAT
[00:04:05] SEAT RETURNING NOW AFTER WINNING
[00:04:07] A VICTORY WITH 50% OF THE VOTE
[00:04:09] IN 99% OF THE VOTES COUNTED THE
[00:04:13] VICTORY OVER THE CURRENT INCUMBENT SENATOR JON HUSTED IN OHIO.
[00:04:18] IN MAINE, A LONG TIME WATCHED SEAT WITH SO MANY THINGS
[00:04:21] CHANGING IN THAT RACE OVERALL
[00:04:24] TROY JACKSON THE DEMOCRAT 86% OF
[00:04:27] VOTES IN 53.8% OF SUPPORT FOR
[00:04:29] TROY JACKSON OVER THE INCUMBENT
[00:04:33] SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS AS OF RIGHT NOW GAINING MORE THAN 46.1% IN THAT STATE.
[00:04:38] THE LONGTIME SENATOR FROM THAT STATE AND HAS SURVIVED MANY CHALLENGES.
[00:04:41] IN NORTH CAROLINA FORMER
[00:04:44] GOVERNOR ROY COOPER 58 .7% OF SUPPORT FOR HIM WITH 99% OF
[00:04:48] VOTES IN. HE DEFEATS MICHAEL IN THE NORTH
[00:04:52] CAROLINA RACE TURNING SOUTH
[00:04:55] CAROLINA ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR REPUBLICANS ANNIE ANDREWS THE DEMOCRAT WINNING WITH 99% OF VOTES IN.
[00:05:02] 51.1% OF SUPPORT OVER THE INCUMBENT SENDER DARLINE GRAHAM THE REPUBLICAN.
[00:05:09] IT WAS EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT MICHIGAN BECAME ANOTHER PICKUP SEAT FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE
[00:05:13] SENATE.
[00:05:14] ABDUL EL-SAYED WINNING WITH 95%
[00:05:21] OF VOTES IN.
[00:05:23] 52.4 PERCENT OF SUPPORT FOR HIM
[00:05:25] OVER THE REPUBLICAN MIKE ROGERS 45.6%.
[00:05:29] THOSE ARE ON THE SENATE SIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE KEY HOUSE
[00:05:32] RACES WHICH HELPED DETERMINE DEMOCRATS GAINING POWER IN THE
[00:05:36] HOUSE IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY ONE OF THOSE CLOSELY
[00:05:39] WATCHED RACES RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT WOULD DETERMINE THE NIGHT,
[00:05:42] THE DEMOCRAT DEFEATING RALPH ALVARADO.
[00:05:47] A VERY REPUBLICAN DISTRICT OF
[00:05:49] KENTUCKY AND INDIANA DEMOCRAT JD
[00:05:53] FORD BEATING THE CURRENT INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE
[00:05:56] VICTORIA SPARTZ SOMETIMES SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT
[00:05:58] SOMETIMES GOING AGAINST HIM IT IS NOW FINDING HERSELF BEHIND AS
[00:06:02] FAR AS THE VOTE.
[00:06:07] AND THEN BRYAN STEIL HEAD OF
[00:06:10] HOUSE ADMINISTRATION, LOSING
[00:06:16] AGAINST MITCHELL BERMAN 52% OF SUPPORT FOR HIM AND ANOTHER
[00:06:19] DEMOCRATIC PICKUP WITH 52%
[00:06:22] SUPPORT FOR MITCHELL BERMAN. SOME OF THE KEY HOUSE RACES.
[00:06:25] WE WILL WATCH AS THEY COME IN.
[00:06:28] TAKING A LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S
[00:06:31] RACES, A KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS THERE IN GEORGE OF THE DEMOCRAT
[00:06:35] WINNING OVER RICK JACKSON 54.3%
[00:06:37] OF SUPPORT FOR HER WITH 99% OF VOTES IN.
[00:06:42] THAT IS IN GEORGIA THERE. ANOTHER PICKUP IN OHIO AND THE
[00:06:46] GOVERNOR RACE WITH AMY ACTON
[00:06:48] WITH 52.3% OF SUPPORT AND 99% OF
[00:06:53] VOTES AND SHE DEFEATED VIVEK RAMASWAMY HIM ONLY GAINING 44.4%
[00:06:56] SUPPORTIVE STATE.
[00:06:59] IN TEXAS AND OTHER CLOSELY
[00:07:00] WATCHED RACE GINA IN A HOST
[00:07:04] DEFEATING THE CURRENT GOVERNOR
[00:07:05] GREG ABBOTT 52.8% OF SUPPORT FOR
[00:07:09] HER 94% OF VOTES IN. REPUBLICANS DID GAINED SEATS IN
[00:07:14] FLORIDA, BYRON DONALDS 50% OF
[00:07:18] SUPPORT FOR HIM WITH 99% OF VOTES COUNTED OVER THE FORMER
[00:07:22] REPUBLICAN NOW DEMOCRAT DAVID JOLLEY.
[00:07:24] HIM ONLY GAINING 48.7 PERCENT OF
[00:07:28] SUPPORT THERE IN THAT RACE. WE WILL SHOW YOU THESE CONTESTS
[00:07:31] AND MORE AS THEY COME IN DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING AS YOU
[00:07:35] TAKE A LOOK WE WILL GIVE YOU UPDATES AS THEY COME IN WHEN IT
[00:07:40] COMES TO THE BALANCE OF POWER EVEN THOUGH THE HOUSE AND THE
[00:07:44] SENATE ALREADY IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS AS OTHER RACES GET CALLED WE WILL SHOW THEM TO YOU.
[00:07:48] WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO THE CONVERSATION IF YOU WANT TO GIVE
[00:07:50] YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU SAW AND CONTINUING ON THROUGH TODAY.
[00:07:53] FOR DEMOCRATS IT IS 202-748-8000 .
[00:07:57] FOR REPUBLICANS, 202-748-8001.
[00:08:00] AND INDEPENDENTS, 202-748-8002.
[00:08:05] IF YOU WANT TO TEXT YOUR
[00:08:08] THOUGHTS ABOUT ELECTION DAY AND WINNERS AND LOSERS AND THINGS
[00:08:10] YOU'VE SEEN, 202-748-8003.
[00:08:15] YOU CAN ALWAYS POST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AS WELL AS
[00:08:19] YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH US THROUGH THE MORNING.
[00:08:21] JOINING US ON THE SIX-HOUR ADDITION OF OUR PROGRAM WILL
[00:08:26] CONTINUE ON THROUGH NOON AND TO GIVE US SOME CONTEXT AND UPDATES
[00:08:28] AS THEY COME ON ERIC OF NATIONAL
[00:08:32] JOURNAL THE HOTLINE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR
[00:08:35] TIME TODAY. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO
[00:08:39] UNDERSTAND THE SEACHANGE WE'VE SEEN FOR DEMOCRATS?
[00:08:41] GUEST: THIS IS A HUGE REFERENDUM
[00:08:44] ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE WAS COMING IN WITH HISTORICALLY LOW
[00:08:48] APPROVAL RATINGS. EIGHT MONTHS OF THE WAR IN IRAN
[00:08:51] AFTER PROMISES TO END OF THAT WAR WITHIN FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.
[00:08:55] SO REALLY DEMOCRATS WERE ABLE TO RUN WITH PRICES AT THE PUMP AND
[00:08:59] RUN THE ARGUMENT REPUBLICAN'S
[00:09:00] RENTED 2024 SAYING THE
[00:09:04] GOVERNMENT IS NOT THINGS A 4 -- MAKING THINGS AFFORDABLE FOR YOU. THEY'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO WALK
[00:09:08] IN PRETTY MUCH JUST ON PRESIDENT TRUMP.
[00:09:13] HOST: THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE
[00:09:16] WASN'T ON THE BALLOT YET NOT TOO
[00:09:19] LONG AFTER THAT SAYING I WASN'T ON THE BALLOT I IF I WAS HE WENT
[00:09:21] ON TO SAY WE WOULD RUN IN A
[00:09:25] LANDSLIDE. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION OF THIS MATTER.
[00:09:28] WHAT ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT HE WASN'T ON THE BALLOT?
[00:09:32] GUEST: HE GOT AS CLOSE AS HE
[00:09:35] POSSIBLY COULD TO GETTING ON THE BALLOT.
[00:09:38] HE WAS IN 29 STATES BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND NOVEMBER 1.
[00:09:41] A LOT OF THESE STRONGHOLDS HE WAS IN OKLAHOMA IN IOWA AND KANSAS.
[00:09:46] IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE HELPED THOSE DOWN BALLOT REPUBLICANS VERY MUCH.
[00:09:52] I'M PERSONALLY NOTING MARIA IN
[00:09:55] THE FLORIDA 27 IS UP BY A LITTLE
[00:09:57] BIT MORE THAN A POINT WITH 99% IN.
[00:10:01] SHE'S A STAND OUT AMONG REPUBLICANS BECAUSE SHE CUT AND
[00:10:05] ADD SAME TRUMPET GOING TO FIND IMMIGRATION.
[00:10:07] HER SOUTH FLORIDA SEAT HAS A
[00:10:10] HIGH CUBAN POPULATION SO THIS
[00:10:12] SEEMS TO SAVE HER FOR NOW BUT IS
[00:10:14] REALLY A CRITICAL SEEMS OF DON BEYER.
[00:10:17] >> WHEN COMES THE DEMOCRATS ON
[00:10:21] THE SENATE SIDE WAS IT THINGS THEY SAID AS TO WHAT THEY WILL PROMISE TO DO ONCE THEY GET TO
[00:10:25] THE SENATE OR MORE REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP?
[00:10:28] GUEST: THE WAY I AM READING THIS
[00:10:31] WITH BASICALLY EVERY SENATE BATTLEGROUND GOING TO DEMOCRATS IT SEEMS TO BE MUCH MORE OF A
[00:10:35] REFERENDUM ON TRUMP THAN ANY SPECIFIC A CANDIDATE.
[00:10:38] WE HAVE ABDUL EL-SAYED IN KANSAS
[00:10:42] AND ROGER MARSHALL, OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL FIT THEIR STATES A
[00:10:45] LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT IT DOES
[00:10:47] NOT SEEM LIKE THE CANDIDATE QUALITY MATTERED IN ANY STATE
[00:10:51] EXCEPT I WOULD SAY SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE SENATOR DARLINE
[00:10:55] GRAHAM STRUGGLED TO COME OUT OF THE PRIMARY AFTER HER BROTHER'S
[00:10:59] DEATH. SHE WENT FAMOUS FOR A DEBATE
[00:11:03] LINE SAYING SHE WAS UNPREPARED AND INEXPERIENCED AND I THINK THAT HARMED HER AND ALLOWED
[00:11:07] ANNIE ANDREWS TO STEP IN.
[00:11:08] HOST: SUSAN COLLINS A LONGTIME
[00:11:13] SENATOR FROM THE STATE A LOT OF NAME VALUE AND YET THIS TIME AROUND.
[00:11:18] GUEST: SHE JUST COULD NOT ESCAPE
[00:11:22] THIS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. EVERY MAIN VOTER GOT PULLED OVER
[00:11:24] THE LAST YEAR EVERY DOOR WAS KNOCKED.
[00:11:28] TROY JACKSON WAS VERY LATE INTO THE RACE HE HAD TO REPLACE
[00:11:30] GRAHAM PLATNER AFTER HE WAS
[00:11:32] BOGGED DOWN BY SCANDAL. I BELIEVE THE THIRD-PLACE
[00:11:36] FINISHER AND THE GOVERNOR'S PRIMARY EARLIER IN THE CYCLE SO
[00:11:39] HE HAD AN UPHILL BATTLE MANY
[00:11:43] DEMOCRATS WERE NOT HUGELY CONFIDENT ABOUT MAINE GOING IN EVEN IF THEY FELT GOOD ABOUT
[00:11:47] SENATE CONTROL.
[00:11:48] THIS WAS A TOUGH RACE SO IT
[00:11:52] REALLY SPEAKS TO THE ENVIRONMENT BUT HE WAS ABLE TO PULL THROUGH.
[00:11:55] HOST: TALK ABOUT THE TWO SENATE
[00:12:00] SEATS WE ARE WATCHING. WHAT SHOULD WE BE WATCHING FOR AS FAR AS WHO PULLS AHEAD IN THOSE RACES.
[00:12:04] GUEST: I BELIEVE IT'S WITHIN 43
[00:12:08] VOTES WITH 95% IN.
[00:12:11] THAT IS A RACE THAT ONLY CAME ONLINE VERY RECENTLY FOR
[00:12:15] DEMOCRATS GOING UP AGAINST CINDY HYDE-SMITH.
[00:12:21] ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL A LOT OF
[00:12:23] THEM HAVE PARACHUTED IN TO
[00:12:26] MISSISSIPPI IN THIS FINAL HEAT SHOWING SUPPORT FOR BLACK DEMOCRATS AS THEY WERE HARMED BY
[00:12:30] THE SUPREME COURT GUTTING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IN APRIL.
[00:12:34] THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RACES WHERE
[00:12:38] DEMOCRATS REALLY WANTED THAT SAID THE MONEY DID NOT COME IN.
[00:12:43] IF THIS REMAINS CLOSE AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE, HE HAS A
[00:12:46] CHANCE HERE BUT IF HE DOESN'T
[00:12:51] IT'S A HEARTBREAKER IT'S A CASE WHERE DEMOCRATS COULDN'T STRETCH
[00:12:54] THAT FAR ENOUGH ANOTHER TWO OR 3 MILLION MIGHT'VE PUSHED OVER THE LINE.
[00:12:58] HOST: ALASKA THEY HAVE BEEN
[00:13:02] TRADING THE TOP PLACE OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS WITH DAN SULLIVAN
[00:13:05] NOW ON TOP OF 48 POINT 5% OVER MARY PELTOLA.
[00:13:10] AGAIN STILL TOO EARLY TO CALL. THERE WILL BE SOME SITUATIONS IF
[00:13:14] NEITHER OF THOSE HIPPO THRESHOLD FOR RANKED CHOICE VOTING CAN YOU
[00:13:18] EXPLAIN THAT FOR VIEWERS.
[00:13:20] GUEST: ALASKA IS IN FOR A LONG
[00:13:25] DAY/NIGHT NOW. DAN SULLIVAN IS AHEAD THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE CANDIDATE CAN REACH THE 50%
[00:13:30] THRESHOLD.
[00:13:32] THE ONE WRINKLE I WOULD ADD IS
[00:13:34] THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
[00:13:36] BEEN VERY KEEN ON THIS RACE THERE ARE TWO DAN SULLIVAN'S IN
[00:13:40] THE RACE THOUGH RIGHT NOW THE SECOND ONE IS ONLY ABOUT 1.7%.
[00:13:46] INITIALLY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS ARGUING IT WOULD BE TOO CONFUSING FOR
[00:13:50] VOTERS AND IF THE LOSS WAS BY
[00:13:52] VERY SMALL MARGIN THAT THEY
[00:13:56] WOULD INTERVENE AND WERE TRYING
[00:13:58] TO GET ALASKA TO BLOCK CERTIFICATION OF THOSE RESULTS. IT REALLY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE
[00:14:02] WILL BE IN THAT POSITION. IT LOOKS LIKE EITHER SOMEONE
[00:14:05] WILL REACH 50% THRESHOLD OR A FAIRLY CLEAR ANSWER.
[00:14:10] I THINK REPUBLICANS WERE IN A
[00:14:11] MUCH BETTER POSITION AND YOU
[00:14:15] KNOW 54 SENATE SEATS VERSE 55 IS
[00:14:17] NOT TO BE THE DEALBREAKER THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN.
[00:14:20] HOST: REPUBLICANS ARGUE THAT
[00:14:23] OTHER DAN SULLIVAN WOULD CAUSE CONFUSION YET TO THESE NUMBERS SUGGEST THAT'S NOT THE CASE?
[00:14:27] GUEST: TOTALLY PAID 1.7% IS
[00:14:30] NOTHING. THERE WERE SOME VIDEOS OF VOTERS
[00:14:34] SAYING THEY WERE CONFUSED BUT A LOT OF THEM WERE TIED TO THE
[00:14:37] INCUMBENT SENATOR'S CAMPAIGN.
[00:14:40] SULLIVAN SEEMS TO BE -- ALASKA
[00:14:45] VOTERS WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY
[00:14:47] WRITE IN LISA MURKOWSKI WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES VOTERS
[00:14:51] TO PAY ATTENTION.
[00:14:52] HOST: WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSE RACES.
[00:14:55] WE WILL TALK ABOUT BOTH DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER. WHAT WAS THE SURPRISE FOR YOU.
[00:15:01] GUEST: NORTH CAROLINA IS A BLOODBATH.
[00:15:05] THERE WERE STATES DEMOCRATS DIDN'T EVEN INVEST IN.
[00:15:09] NORTH: 14 OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
[00:15:10] REALLY JUST WHERE THERE MAY HAVE
[00:15:14] BEEN MONEY ISSUES, DEMOCRATS IN
[00:15:20] THE HOUSE WERE REALLY ABLE TO
[00:15:23] CAPITALIZE ON THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY INVESTMENT.
[00:15:26] NORTH CAROLINA NINE WHICH IS THE
[00:15:30] NRC C CHAIRS SEAT.
[00:15:32] HE IS OUT, A 24 HOURS AGO I WAS
[00:15:35] SAYING HUDSON WOULD ALMOST
[00:15:38] DEFINITELY WIN THIS SEAT BUT IF HE WAS IN A CLOSE RACE THAT WAS
[00:15:41] GOING TO BE YOU KNOW A VERDICT ON REPUBLICANS.
[00:15:44] AND HE IS JUST OUT WHICH TELLS
[00:15:47] YOU HOW FAR DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
[00:15:50] HOST: 48.9% OF REPORTED THE
[00:15:55] IRONY IS IT'S HIS JOB TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET REELECTED BACK TO CONGRESS.
[00:15:57] >> HE WAS MANAGING THE NATIONAL
[00:16:00] CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES MONEY THIS YEAR.
[00:16:02] THEY HAVE A CASH ADVANTAGE OVER DEMOCRATS. BUT HE HAD TO PUT 500,000 INTO
[00:16:06] HIS OWN SEAT. OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE
[00:16:10] THAT WHEN YOU HAVE BATTLEGROUNDS.
[00:16:17] IN A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR DEMOCRATS -- FOR REPUBLICANS
[00:16:20] THAT SHOULDN'T BE TOUCHED AT ALL. FOR HIM TO NOT ONLY HAVE TO
[00:16:23] SPEND IN HIS RACE AND DO NOT
[00:16:25] HAVE SPENT ENOUGH IS A COMPLETE INDICTMENT.
[00:16:29] HOST: IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
[00:16:33] HER OR ABOUT THE RACES YOU'VE SEEN AND OBSERVATIONS YOU WANT TO MAKE THE PHONE NUMBERS WILL
[00:16:37] BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
[00:16:38] 202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:16:42] 202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS.
[00:16:47] INDEPENDENTS, 202-748-8002.
[00:16:51] RICHARD IN DELAWARE BUT YOU FOR CALLING US. GO AHEAD.
[00:16:56] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:17:00] I WANTED TO SAY ONE THING AT THE
[00:17:05] OUTSET, C-SPAN PRIME TIME --
[00:17:08] CONTENT WILL BE ALONG JUST WELCOME ADDITION TO YOUR PROGRAMMING.
[00:17:12] AS FAR AS THE ELECTION GOES I
[00:17:13] VOTED FOR CHRIS COONS, I
[00:17:17] CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A LIBERAL
[00:17:20] AND A PROGRESSIVE, I'M 75 YEARS
[00:17:24] OLD AND I GUESS I WOULD SAY A
[00:17:30] WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROCESS --
[00:17:34] PROTESTANT MALE. SOMEONE WHO GREW UP PRESBYTERIAN
[00:17:36] AND REPUBLICAN UNTIL HE WAS 10
[00:17:40] YEARS OLD OR SO AND WAS INCLINED
[00:17:43] TO VOTE FOR RICHARD NIXON IN
[00:17:45] 1960 BUT I WASN'T OLD ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY CAST THE VOTE.
[00:17:49] AND SINCE THEN I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH INTEREST IN VOTING
[00:17:53] REPUBLICAN FOR PRESIDENT AND I
[00:17:56] WAS PROUD THAT MY FATHER VOTED
[00:17:58] FOR JOHN KENNEDY AND THAT'S THE BACKGROUND I COME TO THIS WITH.
[00:18:04] I AM JEWISH TODAY AND I HAVE
[00:18:08] THOUGHTS ABOUT ISRAEL AND ALL OF THAT.
[00:18:11] I WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME ADVICE TO
[00:18:15] DEMOCRATS.
[00:18:19] BE PLEASED AND PROUD OF WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED NOW.
[00:18:23] BUT DON'T GLOAT OVER IT. I THINK THE MESSAGE THAT WE
[00:18:27] SHOULD ALL TAKE TO HEART IS THAT
[00:18:29] WE HAVE ONE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE
[00:18:33] ONE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
[00:18:36] AISLE TO QUOTE OUR PRESIDENT, BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
[00:18:40] AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE
[00:18:44] COUNTRY INCLUDING TWO ALASKA IS
[00:18:46] A YOUNG MAN AND I RAN ACROSS THE
[00:18:51] GOOD NATURE OF MANY FOLKS I RAN
[00:18:56] INTO.
[00:18:56] HOST: HE SAID A COUPLE OF THINGS
[00:19:00] AND I WANTED TO START WHAT FACES DEMOCRATS NOW THAT THEY HAVE THIS POWER.
[00:19:04] GUEST: THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT I'M THINKING OF.
[00:19:07] IN THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS AT 25 PICKUPS SO FAR.
[00:19:10] THEY SHOULD HAVE A FAIRLY COMFORTABLE MAJORITY.
[00:19:13] THERE WAS INITIALLY CONCERNED
[00:19:16] THAT HOUSE MINORITY LEADERS ARE TO BE HOUSE SPEAKER HAKEEM JEFFRIES WOULD HAVE CAUCUS
[00:19:20] ISSUES. THERE WERE A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE
[00:19:22] DEMOCRATS COMING IN AND SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON HAS A VERY SMALL
[00:19:26] MAJORITY SO HE HAS HAD TO WORK WITH EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER TO GET THEM WHAT THEY WANTED.
[00:19:31] IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. JEFFRIES WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE A
[00:19:35] SLIGHTLY MORE CENTRIST DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND A VERY
[00:19:38] LARGE MAJORITY SO HE IS KIND OF
[00:19:42] ABLE TO TELL SOME PEOPLE KNOW
[00:19:44] AND IN THE SENATE SIMILARLY THEY
[00:19:48] WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME A FILIBUSTER BUT 54 SEATS POSSIBLY
[00:19:52] MORE THAN THAT IS A VERY HEALTHY MAJORITY.
[00:19:55] THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A TON OF
[00:19:59] DEFECTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO MATTER NECESSARILY.
[00:20:00] HOST: FOR CANDIDATES LIKE ABDUL
[00:20:03] EL-SAYED WE SAW HIM CAMPAIGN
[00:20:06] WITH BERNIE SANDERS AND
[00:20:10] ALEXANDRA CAUSEY OF CORTEZ. WHO DOES HE HAVE TO ALIGN
[00:20:13] HIMSELF WITH AND HOW MUCH WILL
[00:20:16] HE PUSH BEING A PROGRESSIVE VERSUS WORKING WITH OTHER DEMOCRATS TO GET THINGS DONE.
[00:20:19] GUEST: -- HE IS A HUGE PROPONENT
[00:20:23] OF MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[00:20:25] IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME BUT THAT WILL HAVE SUPPORT IN THE
[00:20:28] DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS IN PRESIDENT
[00:20:30] TRUMP HAS SAID GOING IN.
[00:20:35] DEMOCRATS CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BUT WHETHER
[00:20:37] THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THE LEGISLATION IS ANOTHER QUESTION.
[00:20:41] TRUMP HAS SAID HE WILL BE MR. VITO BUT HE ALSO SAID HE WANTS
[00:20:44] TO MAKE DEALS WITH DEMOCRATS AND WORK WITH THEM HE DOESN'T WANT
[00:20:48] TO BE IN LAME DUCK FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN OFFICE.
[00:20:51] I WOULD GUESS THINGS ARE LIKELY GOING TO STAY IN THE BIPARTISAN
[00:20:56] LANE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS BUT
[00:20:57] I THINK DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS WILL
[00:21:00] BE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT THEY MIGHT DO 2028 AND BEYOND.
[00:21:04] HOST: IF YOU GO TO THE TRUTH
[00:21:09] SOCIALLY WAS EARLIER THIS MORNING HE POSTED THIS. ONE OF THOSE RED CAPS HE IS
[00:21:12] FAMILIAR WITH AND IN BIG BOLD LETTERS THE WORD VITO ON IT.
[00:21:15] >> HE'S BEEN SAYING THAT THE
[00:21:19] LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS.
[00:21:23] THIS IS HIS LAST SORT OF CHANCE
[00:21:25] HERE WITH REPUBLICANS LOSING
[00:21:29] POWER IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS. HE WILL LIKELY BE SIGNING THAT PEN A LOT.
[00:21:34] HE HASN'T HAD ANY VITO'S THE
[00:21:35] LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE HE'S BEEN
[00:21:38] ENJOYING PARTY CONTROL OF THE TWO CHAMBERS BUT I EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE.
[00:21:42] HOST: AS YOU ARE WATCHING
[00:21:47] VIEWERS IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR SCREEN ON THE LEFT SIDE
[00:21:50] THERE IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF INFORMATION WHERE THAT BALANCE
[00:21:53] OF POWER LIES MOMENT BY MOMENT. IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF
[00:21:57] YOUR SCREEN ON THE SENATE SIDE
[00:22:00] WE SEE THAT THERE IS 54 SEATS
[00:22:02] CLAIMED FOR DEMOCRATS TOTAL,
[00:22:04] SEVEN PICKUPS AGAINST 44 FOR THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE.
[00:22:09] ON THE HOUSE SIDE 228 SEATS CLAIMED FOR DEMOCRATS THERE.
[00:22:14] 25 PICKUPS 139 SEATS. ERICA FELL ON THE RED SIDE OF
[00:22:18] THE SCREEN NO PICKUPS ON EITHER
[00:22:21] ONE OF THOSE FRONTS THERE. TALK ABOUT THAT.
[00:22:23] GUEST: I WAS EYEING MATT DUNLAP
[00:22:27] WAS ONE OF REPUBLICANS TOP
[00:22:29] PICKUPS WITH JARED GOLDEN RETIRING.
[00:22:32] AS OF NOW DUNLAP IS UP LIKE 1000
[00:22:37] VOTES ROUGHLY WITH 85% IN SO IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT WILL HOLD
[00:22:41] BUT BEYOND THAT, THE ENVIRONMENT
[00:22:44] HAS BEEN TOO PAINFUL. THEY HAVE LOST TOO MANY SEATS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY
[00:22:49] INROADS ON THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY. HOST: DO YOU GET THE SENSE THAT
[00:22:55] NOW THAT THE RESULTS ARE AND THERE'LL BE SOUL-SEARCHING IN THE PARTY ITSELF.
[00:22:59] GUEST: ALMOST DEFINITELY.
[00:23:03] JOHN CURTIS TENDS TO BE MORE
[00:23:04] THAN MODERATE ON THE INSIDE BUT
[00:23:07] HE HAD POSTED AT SOME POINT LAST NIGHT REPUBLICANS NEEDED TO DO
[00:23:11] SOME SOUL-SEARCHING AND THEY NEEDED TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT THE VERY LEAST THEY NEED TO
[00:23:15] MESSAGE THAT THEY MESSED UP ON
[00:23:17] THE ECONOMY AND WILL NEED TO TURN SOMETHING AROUND ON THE IRAN WAR.
[00:23:22] THE PERSON WHO IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EMOTIONAL TURMOIL IS
[00:23:26] VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE WHO IS
[00:23:30] LIKELY TO RECEIVE THEIR PUBLIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT BUT IS
[00:23:32] GOING TO NEED TO ANSWER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTIONS.
[00:23:36] FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THUS FAR HE HAS BEEN A STAUNCH
[00:23:41] DEFENDER. THE QUESTION IS HOW STRONG A DEFENSE IS AFTER THESE RESULTS.
[00:23:45] HOST: TO WHAT DEGREE DO YOU GET THE SENSE THAT NOW THE DAMAGES
[00:23:49] DONE THERE WAS A SENSE OF HOW REPUBLICANS ALIGN THEMSELVES TO
[00:23:53] TRUMP AND IF IT WOULD BE MORE WILLING TO PULL AWAY.
[00:23:55] GUEST: I THINK THERE WILL BE
[00:23:59] SOME KIND OF DEFECTIONS SO TO SPEAK BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO BE
[00:24:02] SOMEWHAT CAREFUL HE IS STILL THE
[00:24:03] PRESIDENT AND AT LEAST AS A FEW
[00:24:07] MONTHS AGO SEEMED TO HAVE VERY STRONG CONTROL OVER THE PARTY.
[00:24:11] PART OF THE ISSUE HERE IS HE WAS
[00:24:14] ABLE TO GET MANY OF HIS PRIMARY PIX OUT OF THOSE RACES SO KEN
[00:24:18] PAXTON WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IN TEXAS.
[00:24:21] JOHN KASS OF LOUISIANA FOR THAT
[00:24:24] ONE SEEMS TO HAVE STAYED FINE FOR REPUBLICANS AND THOMAS
[00:24:27] MASSIE IN KENTUCKY WAS VERY OUTSPOKEN.
[00:24:31] IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT SOMEONE LIKE THOMAS MASSIE OR
[00:24:35] MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WHO ALSO RESIGNED OVER BREAKS WITH TRUMP
[00:24:38] IS GOING TO RISE TO PROMINENCE
[00:24:41] ONCE AGAIN BUT YOU MIGHT SEE MORE PEOPLE LIKE MARIA IN
[00:24:45] FLORIDA 27 WHO WILL SPEAK OUT
[00:24:47] AGAINST SPECIFIC POLICIES BUT TRUMP IS ENFORCING AND GO FROM THERE.
[00:24:52] HOST: WITH 94% OF THE VOTES IN
[00:24:56] JAMES TALARICO WITH 55.1% OF
[00:25:00] SUPPORT OVER ONE MILLION VOTES OVER KEN PAXTON.
[00:25:03] HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS HIS
[00:25:06] VICTORIES IS A JUST KEN PAXTON AS A CANDOR OVER THERE OTHER
[00:25:10] FORCES IN THE LONE STAR STATE THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
[00:25:11] GUEST: TEXAS WAS A DREAM FOR
[00:25:16] DEMOCRATS. WINNING IN ALMOST EVERY STATEWIDE CONTEST.
[00:25:19] GOVERNOR-ELECT GENE IN A HOST
[00:25:23] DEFEATING GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.
[00:25:24] LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S RACE, THE
[00:25:29] I BELIEVE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER HAS ALSO FLIPPED.
[00:25:32] THAT WAS A FAMOUS RACE BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE HAD
[00:25:37] SAID SOMETHING RACIALLY INSENSITIVE ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS POPULATION.
[00:25:42] SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD NOTE SO
[00:25:44] TALARICO IS THE LARGEST FUND
[00:25:48] RAISED CANDIDATE TODAY HE STILL
[00:25:56] MANAGED TO BE OUTSPENT BY REPUBLICAN GROUPS.
[00:25:59] HE WAS OUT THERE NATIONALLY HE WAS MAKING THAT NAME FOR HIMSELF.
[00:26:03] HE'S KIND OF DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE HERE IN TEXAS.
[00:26:05] HOST: WHAT WAS HE ABLE TO DO
[00:26:09] VERSUS A BETO O'ROURKE BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO.
[00:26:11] GUEST: IN SOME WAYS IT SEEMS TO BE RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME.
[00:26:18] DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS LOOK TO TEXAS FOR A LONG TIME.
[00:26:23] PAXTON VERY MUCH A WEAKER CANDIDATE THAN TED CRUZ WHO IS STILL IN OFFICE.
[00:26:28] BUT TALARICO IS COMING IN WITH HIS FAITH BASED APPROACH.
[00:26:32] HE IS A PASTOR AND JUST TALKED
[00:26:33] ABOUT THAT A LOT ON THE TRAIL AND HOW HE SEES CHRISTIANITY
[00:26:37] FITTING IN IN THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:26:39] PERSPECTIVE OF TRYING TO GO FOR WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.
[00:26:44] HOST: LET'S HEAR FROM JAMES
[00:26:48] TALARICO AFTER THE VICTORY THERE AND SOME OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. [VIDEO CLIP]
[00:26:52] >> WE BUILT A MOVEMENT UNLIKE
[00:26:57] ANY OF THE STATE HAS EVER SEEN.
[00:26:59] WE UNITED TEXANS FROM ALL
[00:27:02] BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS ON THE ONE TEAM TO TAKE ON THIS BROKEN
[00:27:06] CORRUPT POLITICAL SYSTEM.
[00:27:09] FIRST-TIME VOTERS, A THREE-TIME
[00:27:10] TRUMP VOTERS WORKING PEOPLE FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE WHO
[00:27:14] ARE FED UP AND READY FOR CHANGE.
[00:27:17] THIS WIN, THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY
[00:27:23] UNDERDOG WHO HAS BEEN COUNTED OUT AND LEFT BEHIND.
[00:27:26] THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY TEACHER
[00:27:29] AND EVERY NURSE, FOR EVERY
[00:27:31] FARMER AND EVERY RANCHER, FOR
[00:27:34] EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO'S TRYING TO BUY A HOME, FOR EVERY PARENT
[00:27:38] WHO IS TRYING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
[00:27:42] THIS WIN, THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY
[00:27:48] TEXAN WHOSE EVER WONDERED IF ANYONE WAS LISTENING.
[00:27:52] I HEARD YOU.
[00:27:55] WE HEARD YOU AND TONIGHT, THE WORLD HEARS YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[00:28:06] TO THE TEXANS WHO SUPPORTED THIS
[00:28:09] MOVEMENT, I AM HUMBLED BY YOUR
[00:28:12] TRUST AND I WILL WORK EVERY DAY TO BE WORTHY OF IT.
[00:28:16] AND TO THE TEXANS WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR ME, I WILL BE YOUR SENATOR TWO.
[00:28:23] I WILL ALWAYS SERVE YOU, I WILL
[00:28:29] ALWAYS FIGHT FOR YOU.
[00:28:32] THIS WIN IS NOT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR REPUBLICAN PARTY IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
[00:28:38] THERE IS SOMETHING BROKEN IN
[00:28:41] AMERICA.
[00:28:42] OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM IS BROKEN,
[00:28:46] OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS BROKEN. EVEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH
[00:28:51] OTHER FEEL BROKEN. THAT IS BECAUSE THE MOST
[00:28:55] POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WANT IT THAT WAY.
[00:28:58] MY GRANDDAD WAS A BAPTIST
[00:29:03] PREACHER IN SOUTH TEXAS AND WHEN
[00:29:04] I WAS LITTLE, HE TOLD ME THAT WE
[00:29:09] FOLLOW A BAREFOOT RABBI WHO GAVE US TWO COMMANDMENTS.
[00:29:11] LOVE GOD AND LOVE NEIGHBOR.
[00:29:16] BECAUSE -- BECAUSE THERE IS NO
[00:29:19] LOVE OF GOD WITHOUT LOVE OF NEIGHBOR.
[00:29:25] [APPLAUSE]
[00:29:29] EVERY SINGLE PERSON BEARS THE
[00:29:33] IMAGE OF THE SACRED. EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS HOLY.
[00:29:38] NOT JUST MY NEIGHBOR WHO LOOKS
[00:29:40] LIKE ME, MY NEIGHBOR WHO PRAYS
[00:29:43] LIKE ME, NOT JUST MY NEIGHBOR
[00:29:46] WHO VOTES LIKE ME. I AM CALLED TO LOVE ALL OF MY
[00:29:50] NEIGHBORS THE WAY I LOVE MYSELF.
[00:29:58] BECAUSE, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES
[00:30:02] , WE ALL WANT OF THE SAME THINGS.
[00:30:05] A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD A GOOD JOB,
[00:30:07] A HIGH QUALITY WELL-FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THE ABILITY TO
[00:30:11] SEE A DOCTOR WHEN WE NEED ONE.
[00:30:17] BUT THE BILLIONAIRES WHO OWN THE
[00:30:22] SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS, WHO OWN
[00:30:24] THE CABLE NEWS NETWORKS, WHO OWN
[00:30:26] THE FIGHTING, THEY WANT TO SET
[00:30:30] EACH OTHER'S THROATS. THEY WANT US FOCUSED ON HOW WE
[00:30:33] ARE DIFFERENT INSTEAD OF HOW WE ARE THE SAME. THEY WANT US LOOKING LEFT AND
[00:30:38] RIGHT AT EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF UP AT THEM.
[00:30:41] THE REAL FIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY
[00:30:45] IS NOT LEFT VERSUS RIGHT. IT IS TOP VERSUS BOTTOM.
[00:30:48] HOST: 6:30 ON THE EAST COAST
[00:30:53] HERE. WE HAVE 5.5 HOURS TO GO.
[00:30:57] JAMES TALARICO YOU JUST HEARD FROM. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING
[00:31:00] OUT MORE WHEN IT COMES TO THE DATA WE ARE TAKING IN FROM THE
[00:31:04] ASSOCIATED PRESS, GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
[00:31:07] YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CLICK THE STATES THAT ARE OF MOST INTEREST
[00:31:10] TO YOU AND EXAMINE THE SENATE,
[00:31:13] HOUSE, GOVERNOR'S RACE, AND OTHER DATA WHEN IT COMES TO THE
[00:31:17] LATEST INFORMATION. ALL OF AVAILABLE TO YOU AT C-SPAN.ORG.
[00:31:26] FROM THE FOLKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THERE IS DATA FROM VOTERS.
[00:31:30] TALK ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT ROLE IN TEXAS.
[00:31:34] IT SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF
[00:31:36] INDEPENDENT VOTERS, 60% OF THOSE BREAKING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:31:40] CANDIDATE, 19% FOR THE
[00:31:41] REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND ANOTHER
[00:31:45] CANDIDATE, 13 PERCENT. TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE INDEPENDENT.
[00:31:46] GUEST: THIS IS A HUGE SWING.
[00:31:50] IT SEEMS LIKE THE REPUBLICAN COALITION HAS SOMEWHAT FALLEN
[00:31:52] APART BUT INDEPENDENTS OR PART
[00:31:57] OF THAT IN 2024 IN THE REAL NAME OF THE GAME ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS
[00:32:01] WAS WINNING OVER INDEPENDENTS SO
[00:32:04] THIS WAS A HUGE SWING AND I
[00:32:06] THINK BEYOND THAT REPUBLICANS
[00:32:10] ARE MOVING AWAY FROM TRUMP, AT LEAST TO THE EXTENT THAT I DO
[00:32:13] NOT THINK WE KNOW YET. THEY MAY HAVE NOT SHOWN UP.
[00:32:16] OR THEY MAY HAVE JUST LEFT THE
[00:32:19] SENATE RACE BLANK BECAUSE OF ISSUES WITH KEN PAXTON, THE
[00:32:23] REPUBLICANS, BUT INDEPENDENTS
[00:32:26] WERE ABLE TO DELIVER FROM --
[00:32:31] DELIVER FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:32:32] HOST: IN CALIFORNIA, INDEPENDENT
[00:32:38] LINE, YOU ARE NEXT UP. GO AHEAD.
[00:32:42] >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN
[00:32:44] OBSERVATION ABOUT THIS TIME AROUND AS FAR AS THE GO.
[00:32:49] ESPECIALLY IN MICHIGAN WITH
[00:32:53] RACISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA REARING
[00:32:58] ITS HEAD DURING THE CAMPAIGN,
[00:33:00] EVERYBODY MAKING FUN OF
[00:33:02] EL-SAYED'S NAME AND FAITH AND
[00:33:06] CALLING HIM A TERRORIST, THAT SHOWS YOU IT IS OPEN SEASON ON
[00:33:11] MUSLIMS JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A DIFFERENT NAME, WHICH I DO AS WELL GROWING UP.
[00:33:15] THAT IS VERY CHILDISH AND FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
[00:33:19] STATES TO MAKE FUN OF HIS NAME
[00:33:22] BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ARABS THEY
[00:33:28] GIVE HIM AN AIRPLANE AS WELL AS BUYING HIS COINS.
[00:33:31] HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE FUN
[00:33:35] OF THEIR NAMES BUT THAT ITSELF
[00:33:39] -- SUBLIMINALLY EVEN IN YOUR A NOTICE THAT.
[00:33:46] YOU HAVE CALLED AMY ANDREWS DR.
[00:33:48] ANNIE ANDREWS SO MANY TIMES.
[00:33:51] BUT BEYOND THAT IS JUST -- IT
[00:33:56] REMINDED ME OF WHEN OBAMA WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND
[00:34:00] PICKING ON NAMES AT SUCH A CHILDISH THING TO DO AND I
[00:34:03] REMEMBER BACK IN SCHOOL AND THEY
[00:34:07] STILL DO THAT AND UNFORTUNATELY
[00:34:09] REPUBLICANS HAVE TENDENCIES TO DO THAT MORE.
[00:34:12] INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY CRITICIZING
[00:34:17] SOMEBODY ABOUT THEIR VIEWS OR
[00:34:19] OPINIONS OR POLICIES ALL THEY DO
[00:34:22] IS PICK ON THEIR NAMES.
[00:34:23] HOST: WE GOT THE POINT AND NOW
[00:34:27] WE CAN CALL HIM SENATOR ELECT ABDUL EL-SAYED.
[00:34:30] LEADING UP TO IT, THERE WERE NAMES BEING CALLED.
[00:34:34] CONNECTIONS MADE BY SOME TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. BUT NONE OF THAT WAS ABLE TO STICK.
[00:34:38] GUEST: IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
[00:34:42] THIS WAS PREVALENT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE ESPECIALLY IN MICHIGAN AND EVEN DOWN BALLOT.
[00:34:47] THERE WAS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
[00:34:49] WHO LOST IN THE PRIMARIES TO
[00:34:52] SOMEONE WHO HAD DROPPED OUT,
[00:34:55] LIKELY BECAUSE OF HIS NAME SO
[00:34:56] THIS WAS A POINT REPUBLICANS WERE HITTING ON AND I THINK PART
[00:35:00] OF IT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TO
[00:35:05] SHARE. THE ECONOMY IS IN NOT A GREAT PLACE.
[00:35:09] SO A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATS -- REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT GOING INTO
[00:35:12] THE MIDTERMS WAS DEMOCRATS ARE
[00:35:16] SCARY, DEMOCRATS ARE EXTREME, THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
[00:35:19] AND THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE PLAYED OUT FOR THEM.
[00:35:21] HOST: LEADING TO THE SENATE
[00:35:24] ELECTION IN MICHIGAN THERE WAS A
[00:35:25] QUESTION ON IF DR. EL-SAYED WAS
[00:35:29] ABLE TO GAIN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.
[00:35:30] GUEST: IT SEEMS HE HAS BEEN ABLE
[00:35:33] TO SUCCEED WITH MOST DEMOGRAPHICS. THERE WAS A LATE A SHAKEUP WHERE
[00:35:38] HALEY STEVENS, WHO LOST IN THE PRIMARY, ENDORSED MIKE ROGERS,
[00:35:41] CLAIMING HE HAD THE BETTER IN WITH BLACK VOTERS IN MICHIGAN.
[00:35:45] THAT IS NOT SEEM TO HAVE PLAYED
[00:35:46] OUT AND I WILL KNOW THAT
[00:35:50] EL-SAYED AND ANNIE ANDREWS IN
[00:35:50] SOUTH CAROLINA ARE TWO
[00:35:54] DEMOCRATIC DOCTORS TO COME INTO POWER AND I THINK IT IS NOTABLE
[00:35:57] BECAUSE DEMOCRATS TEND TO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE ON HEALTH CARE BUT
[00:36:00] REPUBLICANS CUT MEDICARE IN THE
[00:36:03] ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR SO I THINK THEY
[00:36:07] WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PLANS, ESPECIALLY EL-SAYED WITH
[00:36:10] MEDICARE FOR ALL TO THIS WAS A HUGE ADVANTAGE.
[00:36:12] HOST: NEVADA SIX WAS AN
[00:36:16] INTERESTING RACE FOR YOU TO WATCH AT THIS POINT. WE ARE WATCHING A LOT AND WE
[00:36:20] WILL TELL YOU A LOT DURING THE COURSE OF OUR TIME TOGETHER BUT WHY THERE?
[00:36:23] GUEST: NEVADA TWO.
[00:36:26] NORTHERN NEVADA HAS NEVER GONE DEMOCRATIC SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED
[00:36:31] IN 1983.
[00:36:34] CURRENTLY THE DEMOCRAT IS UP.
[00:36:39] THE REPUBLICAN IS AN INTERESTING CANDIDATE.
[00:36:41] HE WAS ORIGINALLY RUNNING IN NEVADA FOUR, THE LAS VEGAS AREA,
[00:36:46] BUT ONCE THE INCOME IT ANNOUNCED
[00:36:50] RETIREMENT HE MOVED OVER SO THAT HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS RACE
[00:36:54] BECAUSE HE IS COMING IN FROM A DIFFERENT AREA OF THE STATE AND
[00:36:57] HE ALSO HAD A LOT OF OPPOSITION
[00:37:01] SCANDALS DROP OVER THE LAST TWO
[00:37:05] WEEKS AND NATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS OVER HIM EMBELLISHING HIS MILITARY RECORD AND HAVING
[00:37:09] FINANCIAL CONCERNS TO THE POINT WHERE THE INCUMBENT VOTED
[00:37:13] THIRD-PARTY.
[00:37:14] SO IT SEEMS FLIPPO JUST DID NOT
[00:37:22] HAVE THE HOME SUPPORT TO CARRY THIS THROUGH.
[00:37:23] HOST: THAT RACE IS NOT CALLED
[00:37:27] YET BUT 80% OF VOTES IN THAT RACE AS WE LOOK AT IT.
[00:37:30] TAKING A LOOK AT THE SENATE RACE IN KANSAS, THE FIRST DEMOCRATS
[00:37:33] WIN IN 94 YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO ADAM HAMILTON.
[00:37:37] HOW DID THAT HAPPEN IN THAT STATE?
[00:37:39] GUEST: THAT IS THE THIRD DOCTOR
[00:37:43] ON THE SENATE BALLOT, ROGER MARSHALL, AN OB/GYN, AND THAT A
[00:37:46] HUGE PART OF HIS RACE WAS -- SO
[00:37:49] I'M HAMILTON'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER
[00:37:53] CAME FROM THE OPPOSITION RESEARCH WORLD AND BROUGHT ABOUT THIS SCANDAL THAT MARSHALL HAD
[00:37:57] GONE AFTER PATIENTS WHO DID NOT PAY ON TIME.
[00:38:02] THIS REALLY SEEMS TO PERMEATE TO
[00:38:03] THE POINT THAT MARSHALL KINDA
[00:38:06] MADE HIS OWN AD AGAINST THE ADVICE OF HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM.
[00:38:10] IT DID NOT AIR COMMIT TO DISPUTE
[00:38:14] THAT BUT THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
[00:38:16] SO MARSHALL WAS NOT PREPARED FOR
[00:38:21] A COMPETITIVE SENATE CONTEST. THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT CAME ONLINE PRETTY LATE BECAUSE IT
[00:38:25] HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE DEMOCRATS HAD A FIGHTING CHANCE IN THE SENATE AND KANSAS.
[00:38:31] MARSHALL ALSO IS A PASTOR WHO
[00:38:33] WAS ABLE TO RELY ON THAT BASE OF
[00:38:37] HIS CHURCH AND TAKE THAT TO VICTORY.
[00:38:38] HOST: TO WHAT DEGREE -- WE SAW
[00:38:41] HIM AND JAMES TALARICO AND OTHERS TALK ABOUT RELIGION.
[00:38:44] TO WHAT DEGREE ARE YOU SURPRISED HE BECAME THAT MUCH A COMPONENT OF THE RACE?
[00:38:48] GUEST: I'M ONLY SOMEWHAT
[00:38:52] SURPRISED BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE.
[00:38:56] TALARICO IS KIND OF THE MASTHEAD
[00:39:00] OF THIS IN IOWA AS WELL WHO DEFEATED ANOTHER ONE WHO IS A
[00:39:03] PASTOR WHO TALKED ABOUT THIS.
[00:39:05] REPUBLICANS ARGUED THE SORT OF
[00:39:08] DEMOCRATIC VISION OF RELIGION WAS NOT GOING TO PLAY WITH
[00:39:12] VOTERS. IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
[00:39:14] IT COULD BE THAT THEY REALLY ENJOYED THAT VISION OF RELIGION.
[00:39:17] IT COULD BE THEY DID NOT CARE
[00:39:20] AND JUST WANTED SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A REPUBLICAN.
[00:39:22] HOST: AS WE SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION THROUGH THE COURSE
[00:39:26] OF OUR MORNING IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR SCREEN YOU
[00:39:28] WILL SEE ALERTS AS FAR AS CURRENT RACES, WHERE THEY STAND
[00:39:33] CUT RIGHT NOW SHOWING THE FLORIDA -- THE GOVERNOR FROM
[00:39:36] GEORGIA RACE AND THE RESULTS THERE. THAT IS PART OF THE INFORMATION YOU CAN TAKE IN AS HE WATCHED
[00:39:40] THROUGH THE MORNING. LET'S HEAR FROM CALIFORNIA AS WELL.
[00:39:45] DEMOCRATS LINE. GOOD MORNING.
[00:39:47] CALLER: I LIVE IN OAKLAND,
[00:39:52] CALIFORNIA. I'M A TRANSPLANT FROM TEXAS SO I'M HAPPY TEXAS WHEN BLUE.
[00:39:59] YOUR HOST TALKED ABOUT MONEY IN POLITICS.
[00:40:01] I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT TALARICO DID NOT TAKE ANY AIPAC
[00:40:06] MONEY AND THEY WON IN TEXAS
[00:40:12] BASED OFF OF -- I'M THINKING OF ELON MUSK AND TRYING TO TAKE
[00:40:15] OVER SWATHS OF LAND FOR DATA
[00:40:17] CENTERS AND TESLA AND FACTORIES OUT THERE.
[00:40:20] I FIND IT VERY SURPRISING THEY WON IN TEXAS WITHOUT THAT MONEY
[00:40:24] BUT IN CALIFORNIA WE LOST THE
[00:40:28] BILLIONAIRES TAX, WHICH ALSO GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF LEAN
[00:40:33] INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
[00:40:37] I THINK JEFFRIES AND SCHUMER NEED TO GO.
[00:40:40] AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
[00:40:45] EL-SAYED AND TALARICO BOTH
[00:40:48] MENTIONED PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IN THEIR VICTORY SPEECHES.
[00:40:50] I THINK THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
[00:40:54] -- I WAS LISTENING TO NPR WHEN I WENT TO CAST MY BALLOT AND I
[00:41:00] HEARD THE PRESIDENT OF THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION SAY THEY ARE
[00:41:03] LOOKING TO PROJECTS 2029.
[00:41:05] FOR ME, IT COMES DOWN TO GAS,
[00:41:08] GRASS, GROCERIES, I.C.E., FLOCK,
[00:41:13] DATA CENTERS, AND ELON MUSK AND HOW WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OF POLITICS.
[00:41:16] HOST: THAT IS IN CALIFORNIA.
[00:41:21] BEFORE YOU RESPOND TO HIS
[00:41:22] THOUGHTS, JAMES TALARICO SHARING
[00:41:26] ON HIS INSTAGRAM FEED HIM AND
[00:41:27] THE GOVERNOR-ELECT CELEBRATING
[00:41:30] AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. IT COULD BE A WHATABURGER.
[00:41:34] THAT IS WHAT I AM THINKING. THEY ARE TOASTING.
[00:41:37] GO AHEAD AND RESPOND.
[00:41:38] GUEST: AIPAC PRIOR TO ELECTION
[00:41:41] NIGHT ANNOUNCED IT WILL NOT BE
[00:41:44] SPENDING IN CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES ANYMORE.
[00:41:47] IT STILL HAS THE UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT, WHICH IS ITS
[00:41:50] ALLIED PAC, EXPECTED TO
[00:41:54] CONTINUED SPENDING. THE AIPAC NAME HAS BECOME TOO
[00:41:57] TOXIC FOR THEM TO CONTINUE
[00:42:01] STAYING A PLAYER HERE. YOU POINTED OUT ELON MUSK, WHICH
[00:42:03] I WOULD SAY HE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST LOSERS OF TONIGHT.
[00:42:07] HE SPENT $190 MILLION IN TEXAS
[00:42:09] AND LOST NOT ONLY THE SENATE RACE BUT THE GOVERNOR'S RACE,
[00:42:13] WHICH LIKE YOU SAID IS HUGE FOR
[00:42:16] HIM JUST BECAUSE HE HAD A LOT OF
[00:42:19] -- TESLA IS BASED IN TEXAS.
[00:42:22] HE HAS BEEN ON REPUBLICANS TO
[00:42:26] OFFER FAVORABLE REGULATIONS FOR HIS COMPANIES.
[00:42:28] THAT IS WHY HE IS SPENDING SO
[00:42:30] MUCH IN TEXAS SO FOR HIM TO LOSE THESE STATEWIDE RACES IS GOING TO AFFECT HIM.
[00:42:34] HOST: BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE
[00:42:38] VICTORIES FOR DEMOCRATS CAME FROM STATES HANDILY WON BY
[00:42:40] PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHAT DOES IT
[00:42:44] SUGGEST GOING FORWARD AS OTHER CONTESTS TAKE PLACE PARTICULARLY
[00:42:48] AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO 2028?
[00:42:51] HOST: SOMETHING INTERESTING TO ME IS THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS IN
[00:42:55] TEXAS AND GEORGIA SO BOTH THE
[00:42:58] STATES, THE SENATORS WERE RUMORED TO BE CONSIDERED --
[00:43:02] CONSIDERING PRESIDENTIAL RUNS WITH THOSE ARE CONTINGENT ON THE
[00:43:04] GOVERNOR BEING PART OF THEIR SAME PARTY TO APPOINT A
[00:43:08] REPLACEMENT SO THAT IS TRUE FOR TED CRUZ IN TEXAS AND FOR JON
[00:43:13] OSSOFF IN GEORGIA SO TED CRUZ
[00:43:15] HAD BEEN RUMORED TO RUN MAC -- RUN.
[00:43:19] THE CALLER EARLIER MENTIONED DISCUSSIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM
[00:43:22] WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THAT IS WHERE TED CRUZ HAS BEEN
[00:43:25] TRYING TO CARVE A NICHE AFTER HE
[00:43:28] HAD RUN IN 2016. NOW HE MIGHT NEED TO RETHINK
[00:43:31] THINGS BECAUSE IF YOU WINS THAT NOMINATION HE WOULD NEED TO
[00:43:35] LEAVE THE SENATE.
[00:43:38] THE GOVERNOR WILL BE APPOINTING
[00:43:42] HIS REPLACEMENT. THAT COULD LEAVE A PATH FOR JAMES TALARICO THOUGH I HAVE NO
[00:43:45] IDEA IF HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. THE SAME THING IS TRUE IN WHERE
[00:43:49] JON OSSOFF HAS DENIED AMBITIONS
[00:43:52] TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY BUT KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS WAS MUCH
[00:43:56] MORE OF A LONGSHOT THAT HE WAS
[00:43:58] IN GEORGIA AND LANCE BOTTOMS WILL BE APPOINTING HIS
[00:44:02] REPLACEMENT, WHICH DOES GIVE HIM FREEDOM TO RUN WITHOUT THE RISK
[00:44:04] OF A REPUBLICAN SENATOR IN GEORGIA BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR YET.
[00:44:07] HOST: TWO YEARS AGO, HE WAS ON A
[00:44:12] DANGER LIST WHEN IT CAME TO WINNING ANOTHER TERM TO THE SENATE AND YET THAT WAS A CHANGE
[00:44:17] THAT TURNED AROUND FOR HIM.
[00:44:18] GUEST: HE WAS THE MOST
[00:44:21] VULNERABLE SENATE DEMOCRAT GOING INTO 2026 BUT IT TURNED AROUND.
[00:44:25] NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BUT BECAUSE OF MIKE
[00:44:29] COLLINS AS A CANDIDATE.
[00:44:32] HE WAS ANOTHER ONE FOR A LOT OF ALLEGATIONS OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS ON HIS STAFF.
[00:44:37] JOHN ALSO IF -- OSSOFF -- IT
[00:44:47] WAS TO THE POINT THAT SENATE REPUBLICAN GROUPS HAD CUT OFF
[00:44:50] SPENDING IN GEORGIA TO FOCUS ON OTHER RACES LIKE KANSAS AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
[00:44:54] HOST: THIS IS ERIKA FILTER
[00:44:58] JOINING US WITH NATIONAL JOURNAL, THE HOTLINE NATIONAL
[00:45:01] CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT, TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESULTS OF YESTERDAY, THE SENATE AND
[00:45:06] HOUSE NOW WILL BE IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS.
[00:45:10] YOU CAN SEE THOSE RESULTS ON YOUR SCREEN ON THE LEFT SIDE.
[00:45:13] WE WILL SHOW YOU THE SEATS THAT ARE PICKED UP ON THE NUMBER OF SEATS CLAIMED BY DEMOCRATS AND
[00:45:17] REPUBLICANS APPEARING ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN YOU WILL GET A CHANCE AND UP-TO-DATE
[00:45:21] MONITOR OF RESULTS OF RACES. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
[00:45:24] INFORMATION ON THAT CORNER, THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER.
[00:45:28] THERE IS A QR CODE YOU CAN ACCESS AND YOU CAN ALSO GET MORE
[00:45:32] INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE IF YOU WANT THE LATEST INFORMATION,
[00:45:36] PART OF OUR COVERAGE HERE AT C-SPAN.
[00:45:39] 20 HOURS TOTAL WILL BE THE TOTAL
[00:45:41] WHEN WE ARE DONE AT NOON SO STAY
[00:45:45] WITH US AND HAVE A CHANCE TO CALL IF YOU CAN.
[00:45:48] STEVE IN MISSOURI, INDEPENDENT LINE.
[00:45:50] CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[00:45:54] I'M HAPPY FOR THE DEMOCRATS. IT IS THE BEST CHOICE WE
[00:45:57] COULD'VE HAD BUT TALK IS CHEAP.
[00:46:01] WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO NOW?
[00:46:05] THE REPUBLICANS HAVE COMMITTED TREASON. AND I WANT THEM PROSECUTED.
[00:46:10] THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO BUT NUMBER
[00:46:13] ONE ON MY LIST, I WANT THEM PROSECUTED.
[00:46:16] I DO NOT WANT THEM TO JUST LIKE
[00:46:19] THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ELECTION.
[00:46:21] THAT IS THE HIGHEST CRIME IN OUR
[00:46:25] COUNTRY, TREASON, AND THAT IS
[00:46:26] JUST ONE AMONG HUNDRED THEY HAVE COMMITTED.
[00:46:30] IF YOU DON'T DO NOTHING ABOUT THAT, YOUR WIN MEANS NOTHING.
[00:46:34] AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. AND THANK YOU.
[00:46:37] HOST: IS THERE A SPECIFIC THING
[00:46:41] YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THEM INVESTIGATING? CALLER: MY GOD.
[00:46:45] THERE ARE SO MANY. WAR CRIMES. STEALING OUR MONEY.
[00:46:50] SIDING WITH RUSSIA. THAT IS THE HIGHEST TREASON.
[00:46:53] YOU CANNOT GET NO HIGHER THAN THAT AND THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
[00:47:00] I WISH THAN THE BEST OF LUCK. THEY GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT
[00:47:02] WE GOT TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE
[00:47:04] WE CAN SAY HURRAH ABOUT ANYTHING. THANK YOU.
[00:47:08] HOST: ERIKA FILTER COMMIT WAS
[00:47:11] ROBERT GARCIA, THE RANKING
[00:47:13] MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT, TALKED ABOUT THE
[00:47:17] ISSUES THEY WANT TO INVESTIGATE
[00:47:19] AND HE PUT" TWO WORDS -- LAWYER UP.
[00:47:22] IS THIS WHAT WE ARE FACING?
[00:47:24] GUEST: 100%.
[00:47:27] HE HAS BEEN IN POSITION TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE AS THE RANKING
[00:47:31] MEMBER ON THE HOOK -- HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
[00:47:33] HE HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO JEFFREY
[00:47:38] EPSTEIN AND THE ASSOCIATED FILES.
[00:47:42] THAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. THAT HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE LAST CONGRESS AND WILL
[00:47:46] LIKELY CONTINUE.
[00:47:50] GARCIA HAS SAID HE WILL PURSUE
[00:47:51] INVESTIGATIONS OF CORRUPTION.
[00:47:54] ENRICHING FROM AN TRUMP'S FAMILY
[00:47:58] AND PAY TO PLAY SCHEMES AT THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
[00:48:01] THESE ARE THE BIG PRIORITIES DEMOCRATS HAVE MENTIONED.
[00:48:05] LOOKING INTO TECH AND ELON MUSK,
[00:48:09] THESE ARE THE THINGS AND PETE
[00:48:11] HEGSETH MIGHT ALSO BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK BECAUSE OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN IRAN.
[00:48:15] HOST: SENATOR ED MARKEY PUT OUT
[00:48:17] THIS AND SAID THEY ARE GOING TO NEED TO PLANT NEW FORESTS FOR
[00:48:21] ALL THE SUBPOENAS WE WILL BE PRINTING.
[00:48:23] GUEST: ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD
[00:48:26] BLANCHE SAID THE JUSTICE
[00:48:31] DEPARTMENT WILL COOPERATE IN ANY INVESTIGATIONS BUT THAT WAS
[00:48:34] BEFORE DEMOCRATS OFFICIALLY TOOK
[00:48:36] CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND BEFORE ANY OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS HAVE
[00:48:40] BEEN ANNOUNCED. IN PAST TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS,
[00:48:44] BILL BARR WAS HESITANT TO GIVE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
[00:48:47] INFORMATION AND RECEIVED A CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS CHARGE SO
[00:48:50] THAT IS THE NEXT QUESTION. DEMOCRATS HAVE OPTIONS.
[00:48:53] THEY CAN GO TOWARD THE COMPANIES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
[00:48:57] WORKED WITH AND THOSE ARE LIKELY
[00:48:58] TO BE LAWYERING UP.
[00:49:02] HOST: WE HEARD DEMOCRATS TALK
[00:49:05] ABOUT IF THEY WERE REELECTED AND GIVEN POWER THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT ISSUES OF AFFORDABILITY
[00:49:09] AND THINGS OF POCKETBOOK NATURE FOR AMERICANS.
[00:49:13] WHAT DO THEY HAVE AS FAR AS A
[00:49:16] SPECIFIC PLAN GOING FORWARD ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THAT?
[00:49:20] ON HOW TO ACHIEVE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES OR MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR AMERICANS AS THEY TALKED ABOUT
[00:49:24] LEADING TO THE ELECTION? GUEST: GREAT QUESTION.
[00:49:28] A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR. THE BIG PRIORITIES NOW ARE
[00:49:31] STOPPING THE WAR IN IRAN AND
[00:49:32] CURBING TRUMP'S TARIFFS.
[00:49:36] CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TO LEVY WAR BUT THIS IS KIND OF
[00:49:41] GONE UNDER ENFORCED UNDER THE
[00:49:42] REPUBLICAN CONGRESS SO THAT IS LIKELY TO CHANGE AS SOON AS
[00:49:46] DEMOCRATS GET INTO POWER ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THEY HAVE SENATE CONTROL.
[00:49:50] TARIFFS -- IT IS A BIT OF A
[00:49:53] LEGAL BATTLE NOW. SO IN THEORY CONGRESS CAN GAIN
[00:49:56] MORE CONTROL OVER TARIFFS.
[00:50:00] HOST: BERNIE IS NEXT IN ALABAMA.
[00:50:07] -- BRITTANY IS IN ALABAMA ON THE LINE FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:50:12] GO AHEAD.
[00:50:12] CALLER: I WAS CALLING BECAUSE I
[00:50:19] DO LIVE IN ALABAMA BUT I AM FROM
[00:50:20] MISSISSIPPI AND -- I'M SORRY.
[00:50:26] I AM AT WORK. I'M VERY PROUD OF MY STATE
[00:50:30] BECAUSE I NOT ONCE EVER THOUGHT IN MY LIFETIME I WOULD BE WHERE
[00:50:34] WE COULD EVEN REMOTELY TURN TO A
[00:50:37] BLUE STATE SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM NOT ONLY CONCERN NOW IS
[00:50:41] THAT AS FAR AS THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:50:45] PARTY GOES THEY WILL GET IN AND UNDERPERFORM AND THAT HAS BEEN A
[00:50:48] PROBLEM FOR YEARS, PEOPLE WANT
[00:50:53] -- SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
[00:50:56] I DO FEEL LIKE OTHER THINGS ARE
[00:51:03] MORE IMPORTANT THAN GAS NOW.
[00:51:04] IT SHOULD NOT TAKE A TWO PERSON
[00:51:09] HOUSEHOLD TO SURVIVE. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE
[00:51:12] THAT SO IF YOU LIKE THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MORE NOW.
[00:51:16] BUT I'M PROUD OF MY HOME STATE.
[00:51:20] I AM ELATED THAT IS EVEN A POSSIBILITY OF HIM WINNING.
[00:51:24] HOST: THAT IS BRITTANY IN
[00:51:28] ALABAMA AND A COUPLE CALLERS TALKING ABOUT DON'T GET BOGGED DOWN ON THE LEGAL SIDE VERSUS
[00:51:31] OTHER THINGS PROMISED BY DEMOCRATS.
[00:51:34] GUEST: DEMOCRATS CAN WALK AND
[00:51:38] CHEW GUM ESPECIALLY WITH THE MAJORITIES THEY ARE LIKELY GOING TO HAVE IN THE HOUSE.
[00:51:41] SO I THINK IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE ROBERT GARCIA CAN DO
[00:51:45] HIS OWN THING WHILE THE MAJORITY OF CONGRESS IS FOCUSING ON
[00:51:48] TARIFFS AND THE WAR AND INITIATIVES TO GET THESE PRICES
[00:51:51] DOWN JUST BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:51:54] CAUCUS WILL BE SO CENTRIST.
[00:51:58] IT IS SO MANY FLIPS IN GOP TERRITORY THAT IT LIKELY WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FOCUSED
[00:52:03] ON MEETING INDEPENDENCE.
[00:52:06] THEY WANT TO KEEP THE SEAS EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT FAVORED TO KEEP
[00:52:09] THEM IN 2028 SO THEY WANT TO BRING SOMETHING ABOUT.
[00:52:14] THE OTHER QUESTION WILL BE WHAT TRUMP DOES. HE SAID HE WOULD BE MR. VITO.
[00:52:18] HE IS NOT GOING TO WANT TO CONTINUE MEASURES THAT MAKE LIFE
[00:52:22] MORE DIFFICULT FOR AMERICANS BUT HE IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO WANT TO GIVE DEMOCRATS WINDS TO
[00:52:26] CAMPAIGN ON IN 2028 AND BEYOND.
[00:52:27] HOST: THIS IS OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS.
[00:52:30] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.
[00:52:34] I AM A REPUBLICAN, BUT I'M
[00:52:39] SHOCKED, WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.
[00:52:43] I'M NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE ALL
[00:52:44] THIS MONEY THAT HAS GONE INTO
[00:52:51] THESE CAMPAIGNS, THEY THOUGHT
[00:52:53] THEY COULD CONTROL AMERICA.
[00:52:59] ALL THESE VERY POWERFUL PEOPLE
[00:53:04] -- PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING OUT HERE. I FEEL BAD FOR THEM.
[00:53:08] I CARE ABOUT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN AMERICA.
[00:53:11] AND YOU KNOW YOU GUYS AT C-SPAN
[00:53:17] HAVE DONE SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.
[00:53:20] YOU'RE SO AWESOME. BUT THEY COULD NOT BUY THE ELECTIONS.
[00:53:24] PEOPLE ARE PISSED OFF.
[00:53:29] PEOPLE ARE UPSET. IT IS OUT OF CONTROL.
[00:53:33] THEY TRY TO BUY THESE ELECTIONS AND THEY COULD NOT DO IT AND THE
[00:53:35] PEOPLE STOOD UP AND WE ARE GOING
[00:53:39] TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HOST: BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WHAT
[00:53:43] YOU THINK ABOUT GOVERNOR-ELECT
[00:53:48] BYRON DONALDS? CALLER: BYRON DONALDS WON. HE IS A GOOD MAN.
[00:53:55] MOODY IS FROM NEAR TAMPA.
[00:54:00] SHE IS IN POLITICS FOR A LONG TIME.
[00:54:06] BUT MARCO RUBIO, THIS IS HIS IN
[00:54:10] NOW IN 2028 BECAUSE HE CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
[00:54:15] WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
[00:54:16] HOST: LOU IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
[00:54:21] THERE.
[00:54:21] SENATOR MOODY WON 50.9% OF THE
[00:54:26] BOAT VERSUS HER DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER.
[00:54:29] IN A STATE LIKE FLORIDA, WHAT DO
[00:54:32] THOSE MARGINS TELL YOU? GUEST: THIS WAS SUCH AN
[00:54:36] INTERESTING RACE.
[00:54:38] ANGIE NIXON WAS DSA BACK.
[00:54:41] SHE BEAT OUT NOT EUGENE VINDMAN
[00:54:46] BUT THE OTHER BENJAMIN IN A
[00:54:48] PRIMARY -- VINDMAN IN THE
[00:54:55] PRIMARY. ALEX VINDMAN.
[00:54:59] ALEX VINDMAN IN FLORIDA WHO
[00:55:03] TESTIFIED AGAINST TRUMP IN 2024, I BELIEVE.
[00:55:08] BUT HE WAS KIND OF THE MAINSTREAM PICK.
[00:55:11] NIXON RAN A PHENOMENAL GROUND GAME.
[00:55:14] SHE WAS REALLY OUT THERE, ONE OF THESE INSTANCES OF SOUTHERN
[00:55:17] BLACK DEMOCRATS REALLY OVER PERFORMING.
[00:55:21] I THINK ONCE SHE WON THE PRIMARY NOT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT FLORIDA
[00:55:24] WAS IN PLACE SO THE FACT THIS WAS WITHIN THREE POINTS IS HUGE
[00:55:27] FOR HER SPECIFICALLY AND ALSO AN
[00:55:31] INDICTMENT OF REPUBLICANS.
[00:55:33] HOST: WITH THOSE MARGINS IN
[00:55:38] MIND, BYRON DONALDS, 50% OF THE VOTE HE HAS RECEIVED SO FAR
[00:55:41] VERSUS DAVID JOLIE, 48.7%.
[00:55:43] GUEST: DAVID JOLLY WAS NOT ON
[00:55:52] DEMOCRATS RADAR GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE MAP. DONALD'S HAD A TOUGH PRIMERICA
[00:55:57] FISHING -- FACING RACIAL ATTACKS
[00:56:00] FROM A NO-NAME CANADA BUT HE DID GET BUZZ FOR THAT DESPITE
[00:56:02] FINISHING WITH ABOUT 10% IN THAT PRIMARY.
[00:56:06] DONALD'S REMAINED CLOSE TO TRUMP. HE HAD THE ENDORSEMENT FROM THE PRIMARY ONWARDS.
[00:56:15] JOLLY IS OVER PERFORMING HERE. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD GO BLUE ANYTIME SOON BUT IS ANOTHER OF
[00:56:19] THE STATES THAT MIGHT BE LOOKED AT ONCE DEMOCRATS HAVE MORE
[00:56:23] MONEY TO PLAY WITH.
[00:56:23] HOST: LET'S HEAR REACTION FROM
[00:56:28] THE CURRENT SENATE MINORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER, EXPECTED
[00:56:31] TO BECOME THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER. HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY FOLLOWING ELECTION DAY.
[00:56:36] [VIDEO CLIP] >> WOW.
[00:56:41] NOW, AGAINST ALL ODDS, WE
[00:56:46] DEMOCRATS HAVE WON THE SENATE.
[00:56:49] AND WE HAVE FIVE WORDS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:56:54] RELIEF IS ON THE WAY.
[00:56:58] WHEN I FIRST TALKED ABOUT TAKING
[00:57:00] BACK THE SENATE IN 2025, PEOPLE
[00:57:04] ROLLED THEIR EYES AND SAID IT CANNOT BE DONE. HOW DID WE WIN?
[00:57:09] FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE FOCUSED
[00:57:11] ON AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THEIR PAIN AND NEEDS.
[00:57:15] THEIR SUFFERING.
[00:57:17] THEY ARE NOT HAVING A GOOD LIFE.
[00:57:20] AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.
[00:57:23] AND WE FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY NEEDED AND WHAT THEY WANTED AND
[00:57:28] WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. WE LISTENED TO THEM.
[00:57:31] THEY TALKED ABOUT COSTS ABOVE ALL. CHAOS AND CORRUPTION.
[00:57:38] WE ALSO RECRUITED GREAT CANDIDATES. EVEN IN RED STATES.
[00:57:42] THESE PEOPLE TOUCHED MY HEART. EVERYONE ONE OF THEM THAT WE
[00:57:47] RECRUITED HAD GREAT OTHER
[00:57:49] OPPORTUNITIES BUT THEY RAN OUT OF PATRIOTISM.
[00:57:53] THEY KNEW THEIR COUNTRY NEEDED THEM.
[00:57:55] THEY KNEW IN MANY CASES, EVERY CASE, THEY WERE THE BEST
[00:57:59] CANDIDATE FOR THEIR STATE AND THEY WERE GREAT.
[00:58:00] AND THEN THE REPUBLICANS AND
[00:58:15] FOLLOW TRUMP OVER THE CLIFF.
[00:58:18] SOME OF THE TIME, HE TALKED ABOUT EXTRANEOUS THINGS.
[00:58:21] THAT WERE RIDICULOUS BUT MUCH OF
[00:58:22] THE TIME HE IMPLEMENTED THINGS
[00:58:26] THAT RAISE THEIR COSTS ON
[00:58:30] ELECTRICITY, HEALTH CARE, ON GOODS.
[00:58:34] WELL, REPUBLICANS HAD A CHOICE. OF FOLLOWING TRUMP OVER THE
[00:58:39] CLIFF EVEN THOUGH TRUMP POLICIES
[00:58:42] MADE AMERICAN FAMILIES PAY MUCH WORSE -- PAIN MUCH WORSE.
[00:58:47] WE NEVER WAVERED. WE LISTENED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WANTED.
[00:58:52] WE SAT DOWN IN THEIR KITCHENS AND LIVING ROOMS AND SAID, WHAT
[00:58:56] SHOULD WE DO? THEY TOLD US AND WE LISTENED.
[00:59:00] WE LISTENED AND THEY DID NOT.
[00:59:03] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REDUCED THE
[00:59:07] RED BRICK WALL TO A PILE OF BRICKS.
[00:59:11] AS A RESULT, THERE IS NO A
[00:59:14] GENERATIONAL REMAKE OF THE SENATE MAP.
[00:59:18] THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE AMERICA
[00:59:21] NOW AND ON INTO THE FUTURE.
[00:59:24] AMERICANS VOTED FOR CHANGE.
[00:59:27] AND NOW DEMOCRATS MUST DELIVER.
[00:59:34] HOST: ERIKA FILTER AT THE
[00:59:38] UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AS FAR AS
[00:59:41] THEY'RE PULLING MORE INFORMATION THEY GOT, IT WAS NATIONWIDE WHEN
[00:59:45] IT COMES TO THE JOB DISAPPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT, THOSE SAYING
[00:59:48] THEY WERE VERY SATISFIED WITH THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION, 50 1%.
[00:59:52] 60% SAID THEY WERE SOMEWHAT SATISFIED AND 70 1% NOT
[00:59:56] SATISFIED AT ALL ALL FACTOR INTO WHAT WE SAW.
[01:00:00] YOU HEARD CHUCK SCHUMER SAY RELIEF IS ON THE WAY BUT NOW THEY HAVE TO DELIVER.
[01:00:08] GUEST: THAT WAS NOTABLE TO ME AS WELL. SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN BEFORE THE ELECTION EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC
[01:00:11] REPORTED MORE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAN 2024
[01:00:15] SO THIS IS NO SURPRISE HERE BUT
[01:00:18] SCHUMER IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE
[01:00:20] ACTION AND HE HAS REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO WITH AT
[01:00:24] LEAST 54 SENATE SEATS GOT TWO
[01:00:28] PENDING HERE. AS HE MENTIONED, HE WAS A MAJOR
[01:00:30] PLAYMAKERHE WAS A MAJOR PLAYMAK.
[01:00:38] JEFF TARIK WAS TOUGH AND IOWA.
[01:00:40] HE RECRUITED ROY COOPER.
[01:00:43] AND MARY PELTOLA, WHO REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHERE SHE IS AT IN ALASKA.
[01:00:50] HE BACKED HALEY STEVENS IN MICHIGAN BUT RAN WITH ABDUL
[01:00:52] EL-SAYED.
[01:00:55] DEMOCRATS GOT BEHIND HIM IN FULL
[01:00:57] FORCE, AND THEY ARE REAPING THOSE REWARDS.
[01:01:00] HOST: FIVE HOURS TO GO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COVERAGE OF
[01:01:04] ELECTION 2026 ON C-SPAN.
[01:01:08] >> MONDAY, AMERICANS LEADING TELEVISION CALL-IN PROGRAM,
[01:01:11] "WASHINGTON JOURNAL," COMES TO PRIMETIME LIVE.
[01:01:14] >> LEVEL HAVE IT COVERAGE. >> I TRUST YOU GUYS.
[01:01:18] >> EVERY MORNING FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN TAKING
[01:01:22] AMERICA'S CALLS. NOW THAT CONVERSATION WILL ALSO
[01:01:25] COME TO PRIME TIME. >> YOU ARE THE MOST UNBIASED
[01:01:29] STATION. >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL PRIMETIME," WEEKNIGHTS STARTING
[01:01:33] MONDAY AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN.
[01:01:36] >> NOW, MORE OF C-SPAN'S ONGOING
[01:01:38] COVERAGE OF THE 2020 SIX MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[01:01:42] VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT TO THE POLLS.
[01:01:45] THE RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER AND CONGRESS AND SHAPE THE POLITICAL
[01:01:49] LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[01:01:51] WE ARE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS, CANDIDATE
[01:01:55] REACTIONS, AND ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[01:02:00] C-SPAN'S CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YOUR
[01:02:01] FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION
[01:02:07] NIGHT.
[01:02:10] HOST: THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" FOR YOU, AS WE LOOK AND DIG INTO THE RENTAL -- THE RESULTS OF
[01:02:14] CAMPAIGN 2026, BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS
[01:02:18] AS OF THIS MORNING. AND WE ARE STILL WATCHING TO SEE
[01:02:20] THE RESULTS OF A COUPLE OF SENATE RACES.
[01:02:24] IN MISSISSIPPI, SCOTT CALLING
[01:02:28] CURRENTLY TIED WAS SENATOR CINDY HYDE-SMITH, 48 POINT 9% OF
[01:02:31] SUPPORT FOR BOTH OF THOSE, AS OF
[01:02:34] NOW WITH 96% OF VOTES COUNTED.
[01:02:37] AND IN ALASKA, AS WE CONTINUE TO
[01:02:40] WATCH THAT, SENATOR DAN
[01:02:42] SULLIVAN, THE REPUBLICAN, I HAD
[01:02:46] WITH 100,000 PLUS, 48.5% VERSUS
[01:02:49] MARY PELTOLA AT 47.7%.
[01:02:51] WE WILL WATCH THOSE RACES, AND
[01:02:53] WHEN CALLS ARE MADE DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING, PROBABLY
[01:02:58] MISSISSIPPI BEFORE ALASKA, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT.
[01:03:00] WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHERE THE BALANCE OF POWER STANDS
[01:03:04] SPECIFICALLY. ON OUR WEBSITE, LOOK AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN FOR THE
[01:03:08] CONSTANT UPDATE OF WHERE THINGS STAND.
[01:03:11] WE TOLD YOU BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS
[01:03:14] WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATS, 54
[01:03:18] SEATS SO FAR WAS SEVEN BEING
[01:03:22] PICKUPS, VERSUS 44 FOR REPUBLICANS AND FOR THE HOUSE.
[01:03:26] 220 EIGHT SEATS CURRENTLY
[01:03:29] GAINED, 25 PICKUPS FOR THE
[01:03:31] REPUBLICANS, 139 SEATS.
[01:03:34] WATCH THAT INFORMATION AS THE MORNING GOES ON.
[01:03:36] WE WILL CONTINUE ON UNTIL 12 OR
[01:03:38] NOT CLIP -- UNTIL 12:00, GETTING
[01:03:41] ANALYSIS AND LOOKING AT RACES AND HEARING FROM YOU IF YOU WANT
[01:03:44] TO MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS KNOWN.
[01:03:48] DEMOCRATS, (202) 748-8000. REPUBLICANS, (202) 748-8001.
[01:03:50] INDEPENDENTS, (202) 748-8002.
[01:03:58] JOINING US IS ERIKA FILTER OF NATIONAL JOURNAL, HERE TO WALK
[01:04:03] THROUGH THE RESULTS. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
[01:04:04] EVENTS IN IOWA.
[01:04:08] JOSH TURK WITH THAT SLIGHT LEAD
[01:04:10] OVER ASHLEY HINSON IN IOWA, OF ALL PLACES, A DEEPLY RED STATE
[01:04:14] AT ONE TIME. TALK ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF THIS RACE.
[01:04:19] GUEST: ASHLEY HINSON, THE REPUBLICAN, WAS ONE OF THE
[01:04:23] REPUBLICANS' BEST CANDIDATES GOING INTO LAST NIGHT. SHE WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE IN
[01:04:27] IOWA AND HAD BEEN DOING THE WORK
[01:04:31] OF TRUMP. IOWA WAS IN A TOUGH POSITION OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
[01:04:35] IT IS VERY AGRICULTURAL,
[01:04:38] AFFECTED BY THE TARIFFS ON THE WAR IN IRAN, AFFECTING BOTH
[01:04:42] IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. THESE AGRICULTURE CANDIDATES
[01:04:45] WERE STRUGGLING, ALLOWING
[01:04:47] DEMOCRATS TO WIN, NOT ONLY IN
[01:04:49] THE SENATE RACE BUT ALSO IN IOWA
[01:04:53] WHICH WAS VIEWED AS A TOSSUP IN THE FINAL RATINGS.
[01:04:57] EARLIER IN THE CYCLE, IT WAS NOT REALLY A DREAM IN IOWA.
[01:05:01] HOST: LOOKING AT OHIO, SENATE
[01:05:03] RACE THERE, A FAMILIAR FACE,
[01:05:06] SHERROD BROWN OVER JON HUSTED.
[01:05:09] WHY THE DYNAMICS IN THAT STATE, WHICH IS HAD REPUBLICAN
[01:05:12] GOVERNORS AND OVER MIKE DEWINE. WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
[01:05:16] GUEST: OHIO HAS BEEN TRENDING TO THE RIGHT, BUT THIS IS JUST A
[01:05:19] MAJOR REPUDIATION OF TRUMP.
[01:05:21] SHERROD BROWN WAS OUSTED IN 2024.
[01:05:24] THERE WAS SOME POLLING GOING AROUND EARLIER IN THE CYCLE AND
[01:05:28] PEOPLE WERE NOT QUITE SURE WHO WAS IN OFFICE, WHETHER IT WAS HOUSTON POPPA OR BROWN.
[01:05:33] -- WHETHER IT WAS HUSTED OR
[01:05:37] BROWN.
[01:05:41] BROWN IS A PROLABOR CANDIDATE
[01:05:45] AND ANTI-CRYPTOCURRENCY CANDIDATE. HE IS LIKELY TO COME IN SWINGING
[01:05:49] HERE. EXPECT THOSE POLICIES TO SHIFT
[01:05:54] AGAINST ATTACK. HOST: IN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
[01:05:58] BOTH A STRONG REPUBLICAN STATES AT ONE POINT, BUT NOT BIG
[01:06:02] CHANGES, PARTICULARLY IN NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE ELECTION OF ROY COOPER.
[01:06:08] GUEST: ROY COOPER, ALONG WITH JON OSSOFF AND GEORGIA, WERE
[01:06:10] SOME OF DEMOCRATS VESTS GOING
[01:06:18] INTO LAST NIGHT.
[01:06:21] THEY HAD STOPPED SPENDING TO
[01:06:24] FOCUS ON MORE VULNERABLE STATES LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL, WHICH
[01:06:27] ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS A SHOCKER.
[01:06:29] COOPER WAS GOING UP WITH FORMER
[01:06:32] RNC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL WHATLEY.
[01:06:35] OBVIOUSLY, HE WILL SKEW CLOSE TO TRUMP.
[01:06:38] COOPER, SUPER NAME ID, A GOOD
[01:06:41] REPUTATION WHEN HE GOT OUT AS GOVERNOR.
[01:06:47] GIVEN HOW THE REST OF THE MAP
[01:06:48] LOOKS, THERE WAS -- THIS IS NO
[01:06:52] SURPRISE. SOUTH CAROLINA IS A MAJOR SUPPLIES.
[01:06:55] DARLINE GRAHAM SUFFERED SOME CANDIDATE QUALITY ISSUES GOING
[01:06:58] IN, AND SHE HAD A TOUGH PRIMARY TO REPLACE HER BROTHER LINDSEY
[01:07:01] GRAHAM IN THE SENATE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
[01:07:05] ANNIE ANDREWS HAD LOST IN NANCY
[01:07:10] MACE'S DISTRICT IN 2022. SHE HAD NOT WON A RACE IN SOUTH
[01:07:14] CAROLINA KIND OF COMING INTO
[01:07:19] THIS, NOW WINNING STATEWIDE. HOST: A LARGE AMOUNT OF RED IN
[01:07:22] THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE, SOME NORTHERN PARTS.
[01:07:25] TOWARDS THAT MIDDLE, A LOT OF BLUE, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE
[01:07:29] ALWAYS. GUEST: KNOW, AND I AM LOOKING AT
[01:07:32] SOUTH CAROLINA ONE, WHICH I DO
[01:07:37] NOT THINK HAS BEEN CALLED YET.
[01:07:40] THIS IS ONE THAT DEMOCRATS HAD BEEN HOPING FOR BUT WAS VERY
[01:07:43] MUCH -- ANY BLUE AND SOUTH
[01:07:45] CAROLINA OTHER THAN JIM CLYBURN
[01:07:48] IS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE. ALSO THINKING ABOUT THIS IN
[01:07:51] TERMS OF 2028.
[01:07:55] DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD HER FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES IN SOUTH
[01:07:58] CAROLINA COME 2028. ANNIE ANDREWS LIKELY GOING TO
[01:08:02] BECOME A MAJOR DEMOCRATIC
[01:08:05] KINGMAKER IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
[01:08:10] HOST: ERICA WOLFF FRUCHTER --
[01:08:13] ERIKA FILTER WITH US. YOU WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT OUR SHOW TO END AT 10:00 BUT IT WILL
[01:08:17] BE EXTENDED BY TWO HOURS FOR THE
[01:08:19] LATEST RESULTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESULTS OF ELECTION IN GET
[01:08:23] YOUR THOUGHTS. YOU CAN CALL THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN.
[01:08:26] MISSISSIPPI IS NEXT.
[01:08:30] JEQUENTIS IN MISSISSIPPI,
[01:08:36] INDEPENDENT LINE. THANKS FOR HOLDING ON. GO AHEAD. HELLO?
[01:08:43] CALLER: HELLO. HOST: GO AHEAD, YOU ARE ON.
[01:08:47] CALLER: I AM GLAD THE DEMOCRATS
[01:08:49] WIN, BUT THEY HAVE TO REALLY
[01:08:52] TIGHTEN UP THEIR GAME FOR 2028 STILL.
[01:08:56] HOST: WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
[01:08:58] HOST: OK.
[01:09:06] 2028 NOW COMING INTO VIEW AS OF YESTERDAY.
[01:09:09] GUEST: YEAH, THE DYNAMICS OF THAT RACE WILL VERY MUCH DEPEND
[01:09:12] ON WHAT DEMOCRATS DO IN CONGRESS
[01:09:15] AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[01:09:17] IN SOME WAYS, THEY'RE KIND OF
[01:09:22] BLOODBATH TONIGHT HAS ALMOST OPENED UP A PATH FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
[01:09:26] A LOT OF CALLERS TODAY HAVE SAID
[01:09:32] DEMOCRATS NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROMISES THEY HAVE MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL OVER THE
[01:09:34] LAST YEAR OR TWO. IT IS A STRANGE POSITION WHERE
[01:09:38] THEY HAD THESE LARGE MAJORITIES, BUT THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE
[01:09:41] TO PASS A TON OF LEGISLATION AND LESS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WILLING
[01:09:45] TO PLAY BALL. SO IT WILL BE A STRANGE DECISION
[01:09:49] POINT OF DECIDING WHETHER TO GIVE DEMOCRATS VICTORIES THEY
[01:09:52] MIGHT BE ABLE TO CAMPAIGN ON IN 20 28.
[01:09:56] INSTEAD, THEY MIGHT HAVE A
[01:09:58] FLIP-FLOPPING OF REPUBLICANS COMING IN AND SAYING DEMOCRATS
[01:10:02] HAD CONTROL OF CONGRESS. THERE COULD BE A FLIP-FLOP.
[01:10:06] IT COMES OUT TO IT DEMOCRATS CAN GET DONE.
[01:10:09] HOST: SPEAKING A FLIP-FLOPPING, WE ARE SHOWING PEOPLE ON THE
[01:10:13] SCREEN, LOOK AT DISTRICTS SIX OUT OF KENTUCKY, A DEMOCRAT NOW WINNING THAT RACE.
[01:10:16] TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT.
[01:10:19] GUEST: THAT WAS A DREAM FOR DEMOCRATS, AN EARLY INDICATOR OF A DEMOCRATIC TSUNAMI.
[01:10:25] KENTUCKY SEX HAS BEEN KIND OF A LARGE DREAM FOR DEMOCRATS FOR A WHILE.
[01:10:28] -- KENTUCKY SIX HAS BEEN KIND OF
[01:10:36] A LARGE DREAM FOR DEMOCRATS FOR A WHILE. ANDY BESHEAR IS THE CURRENT
[01:10:40] GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY, AND HE WAS
[01:10:43] KIND OF USING THIS AS HIS WHITE WHALE GOING INTO THE CYCLE.
[01:10:46] HE SPENT $600,000 FOR GUMBO,
[01:10:53] WHICH GOES A LONG WAY IN KENTUCKY.
[01:10:56] HE HAS A LOT MORE TO BRAG ABOUT
[01:10:59] COMING THE NEXT FOLLOWING WEEKS
[01:11:01] OR MONTHS, BUT THAT IS A
[01:11:04] HOMESTEAD VICTORY FOR HIM.
[01:11:05] HOST: MICHAEL JOINS US FROM
[01:11:09] KENTUCKY, REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: HELLO, SIR.
[01:11:14] I WANT TO GO ON HERE TO SAY I
[01:11:18] MYSELF HAVE NOT VOTED, AND
[01:11:23] BECAUSE BACK IN 2020I VOTED FOR
[01:11:26] DONALD TRUMP, AND I AM A REPUBLICAN AND WILL STAND BY IT,
[01:11:30] AND ALL THESE PROMISES THAT ARE
[01:11:31] MADE -- TO THE PEOPLE LIKE ME, I
[01:11:36] AM 20 YEARS OLD AND PAY MY OWN
[01:11:38] BILLS, WORKING BLUE-COLLAR.
[01:11:42] ALL THESE PROMISES ALL THESE POLITICIANS MAKE, AND NOBODY
[01:11:45] FOLLOWS UP ON HALF OF THE PROMISES.
[01:11:49] ABOUT THE INFLATION, EVERYONE IN MY GENERATION IS YOUNG AND
[01:11:53] SUFFERING. PEOPLE GOT KIDS AT 21 AND CAN BARELY FEED THEM.
[01:11:58] ANDY BARR, I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE PREACHES
[01:12:02] ABOUT FIGHTING INFLATION.
[01:12:04] I HOPE HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEEDED.
[01:12:08] GAS IS GOING CRAZY, GROCERIES. EGGS GOING CRAZY, JUST EVERYTHING.
[01:12:13] I REALLY JUST WISH IT WAS NOT SO
[01:12:18] REPUBLICAN VERSUS DEMOCRAT. I WISH WE COULD MEET IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE, LIKE A
[01:12:22] DEMOCRAT THAT BELIEVES IN SOME REPUBLICAN VALUES.
[01:12:26] WE LIVE IN SUCH A GREAT COUNTRY.
[01:12:31] THAT IS ALL I GOT TO SAY.
[01:12:36] HOST: OK. REPUBLICANS WHO EITHER DID NOT VOTE OR VOTED FOR A DEMOCRAT,
[01:12:39] HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DID THAT HAVE?
[01:12:43] GUEST: I THINK A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE IN THAT SAME BOAT WERE THEY PROBABLY STAYED
[01:12:47] HOME AND WERE NOT SUPER EXCITED ABOUT TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS.
[01:12:51] TRUMP HAS SAID HE WAS NOT ON THE
[01:12:54] BALLOT, OTHERWISE REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE WIN IN A LANDSLIDE.
[01:12:57] BUT HE WAS ALL OVER THE TRAIL OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
[01:13:00] PEOPLE WERE VERY MUCH AWARE AND A LOT OF THESE GOP STRONGHOLDS
[01:13:04] WHAT TRUMP WAS DOING. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THAT
[01:13:07] REALLY PUSHED THE NEEDLE IN ANY WAY. TRUMP HAD ACTUALLY GIVEN HIS
[01:13:11] KIND OF CLOSING ARGUMENT ON
[01:13:14] MONDAY AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL.
[01:13:16] HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT D.C. BEAUTIFICATION, BUT
[01:13:20] HE ALSO SAID HE MET ALL OF HIS PROMISES AND MORE.
[01:13:22] I REALLY THINK PEOPLE JUST DID NOT BUY THAT.
[01:13:25] THEY ARE SEEING PAIN AT THE GROCERY STORE AND AT THE GAS PUMP.
[01:13:29] IT IS NOT ENOUGH, AND REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO NEED TO
[01:13:32] WORK WITH DEMOCRATS TO SALVAGE
[01:13:36] ANY APPROVALS GOING INTO 20 28.
[01:13:40] HOST: ASSUMING THEY WON THE
[01:13:42] POSITIONS, WHAT FACES THE SENATE
[01:13:45] MINORITY LEADER JOHN THUNE AND A
[01:13:50] GUEST: JOHNSON HAS HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A VERY
[01:13:52] NARROW REPUBLICAN MAJORITY, SO
[01:13:57] HE HAS HAD TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE PAST.
[01:14:00] DEMOCRATS HAVE SAVED HIM FROM SEVERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS. THERE IS ONE COMING UP THAT WILL
[01:14:03] LIKELY BE LAME-DUCK, AND I
[01:14:10] BELIEVE FUNDING EXPIRES SOMETIME IN DECEMBER.
[01:14:13] THAT WILL KIND OF BE THE ACTIVITY GOING INTO THE REST OF THIS MONTH.
[01:14:16] ANOTHER QUESTION FOR JOHNSON IS WHETHER A LOT OF THIS
[01:14:20] REPUBLICANS EVEN COME BACK TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS LAME-DUCK PERIOD.
[01:14:25] WITH DEMOCRATS HAVING THE MAJORITIES THAT THEY DO, IT IS
[01:14:27] NOT CLEAR THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS
[01:14:30] ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
[01:14:34] THEY JUST MIGHT NOT WANT TO REALLY PLAY BALL HERE.
[01:14:37] ONCE YOU ARE IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THESE
[01:14:42] FOLKS AND WILL HAVE TO TALK TO
[01:14:43] REPORTERS ABOUT DEFEAT.
[01:14:47] MANY REPUBLICANS TONIGHT HAVE GIVEN CONCESSION SPEECHES.
[01:14:50] BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
[01:14:51] BETWEEN THAT AND COMING INTO THE
[01:14:54] LAME-DUCK, MAKING ADDITIONAL CHOICES THAT WILL LIKELY BE
[01:14:57] UNPOPULAR AND MIGHT EVEN BE REVERSED ONCE DEMOCRATS GET INTO POWER.
[01:15:02] THERE HAD ALREADY NOT BEEN A TON OF ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE OF THE
[01:15:05] MIDTERM OUTLOOK, AND NOW THAT
[01:15:08] DEMOCRATS HAVE GOTTEN THOSE VICTORIES, IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME
[01:15:12] THAT REPUBLICANS WILL SHOW UP COME WHENEVER THEY ARE BACK.
[01:15:15] HOST: THE CURRENT HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON MAKING COMMENTS AFTER YESTERDAY, AND HERE IS
[01:15:19] SOME OF THOSE. [VIDEO CLIP]
[01:15:22] >> WE ARE ON THE TWO HUNDRED 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST
[01:15:25] NATION AT THE WORLD, THE MOST FREE, SUCCESSFUL, POWERFUL,
[01:15:30] BENEVOLENT NATION. BUT IT IS STILL A GRAND
[01:15:34] EXPERIMENT, GOVERNMENT OF, BY, AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
[01:15:36] WE DO NOT HAVE A KING OR MONARCH, WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR OURSELVES.
[01:15:40] FOR ALL THOSE WHO TAKE THAT SACRIFICE TO STEP UP AND SERVE,
[01:15:43] WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM ALL.
[01:15:45] I ALSO WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE AND THE WHOLE CABINET.
[01:15:50] THEY RAN WITH OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES HAND IN HAND,
[01:15:54] ALONGSIDE OUR CANDIDATES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT, REALLY WAS.
[01:15:58] I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT WE FACE, SURREAL ODDS HERE.
[01:16:00] FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THIS ELECTION, WE KNEW THAT YOU KEEP
[01:16:04] THE HOUSE AND SUSTAIN OUR MAJORITY, WE WOULD HAVE TO DEIFY
[01:16:07] MORE THAN A CENTURY OF MIDTERM HISTORY.
[01:16:10] ONLY HAPPENED TWICE IN 90 YEARS AT A SITTING PRESIDENT HAS
[01:16:13] PICKED UP OR HELD SEATS FOR HIS
[01:16:15] PART IN THAT FIRST TWO-YEAR CYCLE.
[01:16:18] A LOT OF REASONS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME.
[01:16:21] LOOKS LIKE HISTORY WILL BE KEPT TONIGHT.
[01:16:24] WE WENT ON OFFENSE EARLY AND LAUNCHED ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC
[01:16:28] POLITICAL OPERATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF CONGRESS. I PROMISE YOU THAT.
[01:16:31] WE MADE OUR CASE IN TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE OF COMMON SENSE.
[01:16:34] WE SAID THIS IS A CONTRAST ELECTION BETWEEN COMMON SENSE AND CRAZY.
[01:16:39] I WILL MAINTAIN THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. I SAID FROM DAY ONE THAT I WAS
[01:16:42] GOING TO LEAVE EVERYTHING ON THE FIELD IN THIS ENDEAVOR, AND I AM
[01:16:46] PROUD TO SAY THAT IS WHAT WE DID. THEY GAVE ME THE STATS.
[01:16:50] IN THIS TWO-YOUR CYCLE, I LET
[01:16:54] ALMOST 500 INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS ACROSS 36 STATES.
[01:16:58] I BROKE EVERY FUNDRAISING RECORD THERE HAS EVER BEEN, BY GOD'S
[01:17:01] GRACE, AND BECAUSE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
[01:17:04] WE RAISED MORE THAN $526 MILLION FOR THIS CYCLE.
[01:17:12] SO LISTEN TO THIS, I AM TELLING
[01:17:13] YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND HAVE BEEN A BIG PART
[01:17:17] OF THIS, SINCE BECOMING SPEAKER, I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM ABOUT
[01:17:20] TO TELL YOU, I HAVE RAISED MORE
[01:17:23] THAN $870 MILLION, WHICH MAKES
[01:17:25] ME I THINK THE LARGEST FUNDRAISER AND THE REPUBLICAN
[01:17:29] PARTY FOR DONALD J. TRUMP. [APPLAUSE]
[01:17:34] I HAVE ALSO -- LISTEN TO THIS, I
[01:17:36] HAVE ALSO TRAVELED ENOUGH CAMPAIGN MILES TO CIRCLE THE
[01:17:40] GLOBE MORE THAN 14 TIMES, OK.
[01:17:44] HOST: HE IS LISTING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THERE. I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IN
[01:17:50] LOUISIANA, HE WAS ALSO
[01:17:53] CAMPAIGNING QUITE FREQUENTLY FOR JULIA LETLOW, SHE JUST BARELY
[01:17:56] WINNING HER RACE THERE. GUEST: YEAH, THIS WAS ANOTHER
[01:17:59] KIND OF SLEEPER RACE FOR DEMOCRATS.
[01:18:03] THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THERE, BUT THEY ALSO HAD NOT SPENT
[01:18:07] ANYTHING WHATSOEVER. THE BIG KIND OF INTRIGUE IN
[01:18:10] LOUISIANA WAS THE INCUMBENT SENATOR BILL CASSIDY WAS DEFEATED.
[01:18:15] CASSIDY WAS ONE OF THE ONLY REMAINING SENATORS WHO HAD VOTED
[01:18:19] TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP, ALONG WITH SUSAN COLLINS, I
[01:18:22] BELIEVE, WHO IS ALSO OUT NOW.
[01:18:26] LETLOW KIND OF GLIDED AWAY WITH THE PRIMARY.
[01:18:29] SHE HAD TRUMP'S SUPPORT.
[01:18:31] BUT THERE WAS SOME LINGERING QUESTIONS AFTER CASSIDY HAD BEEN OUSTER THERE.
[01:18:36] HOST: THE DATA WE RECEIVED FROM
[01:18:40] VOTERS, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY WERE VOTING AND THE ISSUES THEY FOUND IMPORTANT,
[01:18:44] WHEN IT COMES TO THAT MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE, THE WAR IN IRAN
[01:18:48] TOPPING AT 43 PERCENT FOR
[01:18:50] DEMOCRATS, 28% FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:18:54] IMMIGRATION, 15 PERCENT, 53 PERCENT FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:18:58] HEALTH, 54% FOR DEMOCRATS, 33% FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:19:03] ECONOMY THE LARGEST ISSUE, 60 1%
[01:19:05] FOR DEMOCRATS AND 55% FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:19:09] THEY ASKED THE QUESTION OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, IF AMERICA'S BEST DAYS ARE BEHIND THEM.
[01:19:14] 59% OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS SAID
[01:19:17] THAT, 40% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE RESPONDING THAT WAY.
[01:19:21] OTHER DATA THAT CAME IN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO,
[01:19:23] FIRST-TIME VOTERS THERE, 62% OF FIRST-TIME VOTERS VOTING FOR A
[01:19:27] DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, AND 34
[01:19:31] PERCENT GIVING THEIR SUPPORT TO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
[01:19:33] AND THEN THE CONGRESSIONAL JOB
[01:19:38] APPROVAL, 40 7% OF REPUBLICAN
[01:19:40] VOTERS, ONLY 12% OF DEMOCRATS.
[01:19:44] THAT DATA GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF MOOD, AND I SUPPOSE MOOD
[01:19:47] GOING INTO THIS ELECTION WAS SOMETHING THAT PLAYED OUT WITH
[01:19:51] THE VICTORIES OF DEMOCRATS THIS TIME AROUND.
[01:19:53] GUEST: THE ECONOMY AND THE WAR
[01:19:57] ARE VERY CLOSELY INTERTWINED.
[01:20:02] . PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT IN THESE TARIFFS BUT ALSO THE BLOCKAGE OF
[01:20:06] THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ANYWHERE ON
[01:20:10] AFFECTED TRADE AND FUEL PRICES
[01:20:13] VERY MUCH -- THE BLOCKAGE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN IRAN
[01:20:17] AFFECTED TRADE AND FUEL PRICES VERY MUCH. THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL CUT
[01:20:20] MEDICARE LAST YEAR AND A LOT OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
[01:20:23] SO IF YOU ARE ALREADY HURTING, YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
[01:20:27] MAY HAVE GONE UP IN THE LAST YEAR.
[01:20:30] OVERALL, A POOR PICTURE FOR REPUBLICANS. THEY WERE NOT GOING INTO LAST
[01:20:34] NIGHT FOR OPTIMISTIC. THIS IS VERY MUCH A REPUDIATION
[01:20:37] AND SIGN THAT VOTERS ARE DEMANDING CHANGE, AND THEY ARE
[01:20:40] ANGRY WITH THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP. HOST: JOHN JOINS US FROM
[01:20:44] CALIFORNIA, DEMOCRAT. THANKS FOR WAKING UP EARLY WITH
[01:20:46] US AND CALLING IN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:20:50] THIS IS JOHN IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
[01:20:52] I JUST WANTED TO ASK ERIKA A
[01:21:00] QUICK QUESTION.
[01:21:00] IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT WHEN
[01:21:04] DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS WAKE UP THIS MORNING, THERE'S
[01:21:06] GOING TO BE A GREAT FRACTURE IN
[01:21:10] THE LOYALTY THAT THE REPUBLICANS
[01:21:11] HAD FOR TRUMP.
[01:21:14] NOW THAT THE DEMOCRATS HOLD 54
[01:21:17] SEATS AND POSSIBLY TWO MORE
[01:21:20] SEATS THAT THEY MAY GAIN, THAT WOULD PUT US AT 56 SEATS, I
[01:21:24] WANTED TO ASK HER THOUGHTS ABOUT
[01:21:26] POSSIBLY PERSUADING 10
[01:21:30] REPUBLICANS TO COME OVER TO GAIN
[01:21:31] THAT 66 SEATS WE WOULD NEED TO NOT ONLY IMPEACH HIM BUT TO
[01:21:35] REMOVE HIM.
[01:21:40] GUEST: SO, PRIOR TO LAST NIGHTS RESULTS, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
[01:21:43] HAD BEEN VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO IMPEACHMENT AND THEREFORE
[01:21:47] REMOVAL. BUT EVEN 50 SEATS IN THE SENATE
[01:21:50] WAS A GUARANTEE BY ANY MEANS. SO THEY ARE MY SHIFT.
[01:21:56] HOWEVER, I THINK SHOULD THAT HAPPEN, IT WOULD BE A VERY SLOW
[01:22:00] PROCESS. THAT WOULD START WITH
[01:22:04] INVESTIGATIONS, LIKELY IN THE HOUSE, FROM CALIFORNIA REP
[01:22:08] ROBERT GARCIA. A LOT OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATS, JD
[01:22:11] PRITZKER WAS ON ONE OF THE SHOWS EARLIER THIS WEEK SAYING LET'S
[01:22:14] WAIT FOR INVESTIGATIONS TO SEE WHAT THOSE BRING UP.
[01:22:18] THEY SAID TO KIND OF HOLD THE PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE BUT HAVE
[01:22:21] NOT SPELLED OUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
[01:22:24] THAT COULD CHANGE, EITHER BASED
[01:22:26] ON THESE LARGE MAJORITIES OR
[01:22:29] COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT
[01:22:30] THEY SORT OF UNCOVER IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
[01:22:34] I WILL ALSO NOTE, LISA MURKOWSKI
[01:22:37] IN ALASKA HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A THORN IN SENATE REPUBLICANS'
[01:22:42] SIDE.
[01:22:43] SUE COLLINS AND BILL CASSIDY ARE
[01:22:47] BOTH ON THEIR WAY OUT, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN WILLING TO FLIP,
[01:22:50] ALONG WITH MITCH MCCONNELL WHO IS RETIRING.
[01:22:54] SO IT IS NOT TOTALLY CLEAR TO ME WHERE THOSE DEFECTIONS WILL COME
[01:22:57] IN OTHER THAN MOST LIKELY MURKOWSKI, WHO TRUMP HAS ALREADY
[01:23:01] SAID HE KIND OF HAS HIS EYE ON GOING INTO 2028.
[01:23:05] WITH AT LEAST 44 SEATS FOR
[01:23:07] DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE, I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO BE
[01:23:11] WILLING TO NEGOTIATE.
[01:23:15] HOST: 54 SEATS BEING CLAIMED BY
[01:23:19] DEMOCRATS CURRENTLY, SEVEN PICKUPS.
[01:23:22] 44 SEATS CLAIMED BY REPUBLICANS. TWO SEATS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
[01:23:26] ON THE HOUSE SIDE, 200 28 SEATS,
[01:23:30] 25 PICKUPS WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF THE HOUSE,
[01:23:34] 100 39 FOR REPUBLICANS. DEMOCRATS ON THE SENATE SIDE HAVE TALKED OVER THE YEARS,
[01:23:38] SHOULD THEY GAIN POWER, TWO THINGS, FUTURE OF FILIBUSTER AND
[01:23:41] WHAT THEY DO ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT. HOW DOES THAT CONVERSATION CHANGE NOW?
[01:23:47] GUEST: TOP OF MY LIST WOULD BE THE SUPREME COURT.
[01:23:50] ALMOST EVERY NATIONAL DEMOCRAT
[01:23:53] HAS TALKED ABOUT REFORMING THE SUPREME COURT IN SOME WAY.
[01:23:57] THAT IS FOR A LOT OF REASONS BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST IS LOUISIANA
[01:24:00] AND WHAT HAPPENED IN APRIL, WHICH BASICALLY IT ALLOWED
[01:24:04] REDISTRICTING THAT DID NOT PLAY OUT FOR REPUBLICANS BUT HAMPERED
[01:24:07] THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT THROUGH A
[01:24:12] LOT OF THESE MAJORITY MINORITY DISTRICTS. DEMOCRATS ARE KIND OF
[01:24:15] HEARTBROKEN BY THIS, ESPECIALLY
[01:24:17] THE LOSS OF POWER IT MEANT FOR BLACK SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS.
[01:24:21] SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN KIND OF A HUGE APPETITE TO REFORM THE
[01:24:25] COURT IN SOME WAY, WHETHER THAT IS ADDING A CODE OF ETHICS,
[01:24:28] ADDING TERM LIMITS, OR EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES ON THE
[01:24:33] COURT. KIND OF FUNNY ACTUALLY BECAUSE
[01:24:36] SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE EXPLICITLY SAID THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES.
[01:24:39] AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE ELON
[01:24:42] MUSK BEFORE THE ELECTION THREATENING THAT DEMOCRATS WILL
[01:24:45] EXPAND THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES.
[01:24:47] I THINK THAT IS LIKELY AN REFORM
[01:24:51] IS ALMOST CERTAIN IN SOME WAY.
[01:24:53] HOST: AND FUTURE POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS ON THE SUPREME COURT AND WHETHER THAT GETS
[01:24:57] APPROVED OR NOT. GUEST: YEAH, THE TWO KIND OF
[01:25:01] TARGET JUSTICES WOULD BE SAMUEL ALITO AND CLARENCE THOMAS.
[01:25:04] SAMUEL ALITO, THERE WAS A KIND OF A SNAFU EARLIER THIS YEAR
[01:25:07] WERE IT WAS REPORTED HE WAS GOING TO RETIRE, BUT THAT WAS RETRACTED.
[01:25:11] HE MOST RECENTLY SAID HE THINKS ABOUT WHETHER TO RETIRE EVERY
[01:25:15] YEAR AND SAID HE WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT POLITICS.
[01:25:19] BUT AT THAT TIME, THE SENATE WAS
[01:25:21] NOT AT THE POINT IT IS NOW.
[01:25:24] CLARENCE THOMAS HAS EXPLICITLY SAID HE HAS NO INTEREST IN
[01:25:27] RETIRING, BUT HE IS THE OLDEST SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND IS ON
[01:25:30] THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE.
[01:25:32] TWO YEARS HERE, AND A LOT OF
[01:25:35] THESE SIGNATURES WILL BE IN FOR SIX-YEAR TERMS.
[01:25:38] SO THERE IS TIME FOR MOVEMENT THERE.
[01:25:41] HOST: LINE FOR REPUBLICANS, NORTH CAROLINA, SCOTT, HELLO.
[01:25:45] CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[01:25:47] I JUST HAD A FEW COMMENTS. WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
[01:25:51] I MEAN, THEY ALREADY SPELLED IT OUT.
[01:25:54] JAMIE RASKIN IN CALIFORNIA, LAWYER UP.
[01:25:57] THEY ARE GOING TO DO NOTHING ABOUT COST OF LIVING.
[01:26:01] HERE IS MY PREDICTION, THEY ARE
[01:26:05] GOING TO GO AFTER EVERYONE AND ANYTHING THEY CAN GET THEIR
[01:26:08] HANDS ON.
[01:26:10] THEY ARE GOING TO PACK THE
[01:26:13] SUPREME COURT AND KILL THE FILIBUSTER.
[01:26:15] AND TRUMP WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT
[01:26:18] OBAMA DID, RULED BY THE PEN.
[01:26:24] EVERYTHING WILL BE EXECUTIVE ORDER. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING, OTHER
[01:26:28] THAN THE COURT JUSTICES AND
[01:26:28] SUPREME COURT, IF ONE SHALL
[01:26:32] OPEN, THAT DEMOCRATS WILL BE ABLE TO DO. YOU KNOW.
[01:26:35] TRUMP HAS VETO POWER.
[01:26:39] REPUBLICANS THAT ARE STAYING IN
[01:26:40] WILL NOT GO ALONG WITH ANYTHING
[01:26:44] THAT DEMOCRATS PUT ON THE TABLE.
[01:26:48] THEY WILL HAVE TO BARGAIN. LIKE TRUMP SAID, HE IS WILLING
[01:26:52] TO NEGOTIATE, BUT THEY ARE NOT
[01:26:55] GOING TO GET THERE CLAWING BACK
[01:26:59] OF ANY BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
[01:27:03] THEY WILL HAVE TO GET THAT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND HE
[01:27:07] WILL NOT SIGN THAT. AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE
[01:27:09] OVERWHELMING SUPPORT BY
[01:27:12] REPUBLICANS TO DO SO.
[01:27:16] THIS WHOLE FAÇADE OF EVERYTHING
[01:27:19] IS GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE GOOD,
[01:27:22] I MEAN, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO STOP THE WAR IN IRAN?
[01:27:26] ARE THEY GOING TO CUT OFF FUNDING FOR THESE SOLDIERS? I DON'T THINK SO.
[01:27:30] THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY THE
[01:27:34] LAST THING THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY WANT TO CUT
[01:27:38] OFF FUNDING.
[01:27:43] IT IS A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT, AND GREAT JOB FOR DEMOCRATS FOR
[01:27:46] WINNING, BUT I FEEL LIKE NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE.
[01:27:50] HOST: OK, YOU PUT A LOT OUT THERE FOR OUR GUEST. ERIKA FILTER, WALK US THROUGH
[01:27:54] IT. GUEST: SOON TO BE SENATE
[01:27:57] MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SAID RELIEF IS ON THE WAY.
[01:28:01] BUT AMERICANS HAVE A LOT OF DISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND
[01:28:05] CONGRESS RIGHT NOW.
[01:28:07] A LOT IN THE PRIMARIES, A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO
[01:28:11] SOUGHT STATEWIDE OFFICE, IT WAS
[01:28:15] MOST LIKELY BECAUSE OF DISSATISFACTION WITH WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
[01:28:20] IT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY LOW OUTPUTS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
[01:28:23] CONGRESSES. ONE THING THAT MIGHT SHIFT AS
[01:28:26] THE SIZE OF THESE MAJORITIES. HISTORICALLY, AS THERE'S BEEN
[01:28:29] VERY SLOW MAJORITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUSE, THAT REALLY DO NOT
[01:28:33] ALLOW FOR MUCH TO GET DONE. HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE
[01:28:37] ROOM FOR SOMEONE LIKE HAKEEM JEFFRIES MEANS THERE IS A LEGITIMATE POSSIBILITY OF REALLY
[01:28:41] PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THERE.
[01:28:42] THAT SAID, AS THE CALLER POINTED
[01:28:47] OUT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL STILL BE SORT OF THE BE ALL END ALL
[01:28:51] WITH THE ULTIMATE VETO POWER.
[01:28:53] DEMOCRATS WILL NOT HAVE THE POWER TO OVERRULE THOSE VETOES.
[01:28:57] SO HE CAN REALLY DECIDE WHAT GETS DONE. DEMOCRATS WILL OBVIOUSLY COME IN
[01:29:01] WITH A LOT OF POWER. BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUAL CHANGE,
[01:29:05] IT WILL SOMEWHAT DEPEND ON WHAT TRUMP IS GOING TO ALLOW.
[01:29:09] HOST: HE REFERENCED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA FAMOUSLY SAID I
[01:29:10] HAVE A PEN AND I HAVE A PHONE
[01:29:14] AND I WILL USE IT, AND HE SAID THE CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS THE SAME.
[01:29:19] GUEST: DEMOCRATS HAVE TALKED ABOUT REDUCING PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
[01:29:23] THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORIC NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, AND SOME
[01:29:26] HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED IN COURT, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A MEANS OF
[01:29:30] GETTING AROUND THE GRIDLOCK IN CONGRESS. DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SORT OF
[01:29:33] LOOKING FOR -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY LOOPHOLES, BUT AREAS IN
[01:29:38] WHICH THE PRESIDENTIAL POWER HAS
[01:29:41] EXPANDED, ESPECIALLY WITH A FRIENDLY CONGRESS.
[01:29:42] THEY ARE LIKELY TO PUT CURBS ON
[01:29:46] THOSE, EVEN IF THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT 2028.
[01:29:50] I THINK THERE IS A CURRENT PRIORY -- PRIORITY OF REDUCING
[01:29:54] THAT EXECUTIVE POWER.
[01:29:56] HOST: THIS IS C-SPAN'S COVERAGE
[01:29:59] OF ELECTION 20, "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" SPECIAL EDITION THAT
[01:30:02] GOES UNTIL NOON TODAY, WALKING
[01:30:04] TO THE RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S ELECTION, SHOWING YOU WHERE THE
[01:30:08] BALANCE OF POWER LIES, TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE HOUSE
[01:30:10] AND SENATE NOW THAT IT IS IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS.
[01:30:13] YOU ARE INVITED JOINT AS FOR THE CONVERSATION.
[01:30:17] YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL OR TEXT US YOUR THOUGHTS.
[01:30:20] A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
[01:30:23] IF YOU WATCH OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW, ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE
[01:30:26] LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT BALANCE OF POWER, AND THE
[01:30:29] BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, RESULTS FROM SOME RACES.
[01:30:32] YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND ANALYZE WHAT IS GOING ON ON THE
[01:30:36] HOUSE AND SENATE SIDE AS FAR AS
[01:30:40] THE BALANCE OF DATA. AT C-SPAN.ORG FOR THAT.
[01:30:44] WE WILL GO UNTIL NOON TODAY. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF
[01:30:47] THE GOVERNOR RACES.
[01:30:49] NOW THAT WE HAVE RESULTS,
[01:30:51] STARTING IN GEORGIA, A CLOSELY
[01:30:55] WATCHED CONTEST, KEISHA LANCE
[01:30:56] BOTTOMS WITH 54.3% OF SUPPORT
[01:31:00] WERE 99% OF VOTES IN, THE WINNER OF THAT RACE OF THAT RACE OVER
[01:31:03] PHARMACEUTICAL MAGNATE RICK
[01:31:05] JANSSEN -- RICK JACKSON, 45.7%.
[01:31:11] LOOKING AT OHIO, AMY ACTON THE WINNER IN THAT CONTEST WITH
[01:31:15] 52.3% OVER VIVEK RAMASWAMY.
[01:31:19] IN TAXES, WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU THAT, BIG NIGHT FOR TAXES
[01:31:23] OVERALL -- -- IN TEXAS, A BIG
[01:31:30] NIGHT OVERALL. GINA HINOJOSA, DEMOCRAT, WITH
[01:31:33] 52.8% OF HER GREG ABBOTT. SHE WAS DECLARED THE WINNER IN
[01:31:37] THAT CONTEST. IN FLORIDA, CONGRESSMAN BYRON
[01:31:41] DONALDS NOW THE GOVERNOR-ELECT OF FLORIDA.
[01:31:45] 50% OF THE SUPPORT AND THAT RACE OVER DAVID JOLLEY.
[01:31:49] 99 PERCENT OF VOTES IN. LET'S HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM THE GOVERNOR-ELECT.
[01:31:54] [VIDEO CLIP]
[01:31:57] >> MY 30 YEARS IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING 30
[01:32:00] YEARS, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, A
[01:32:02] STORY OF REDEMPTION, A STORY OF
[01:32:06] PEOPLE I MET ALONG THE WAY BACK IN COLLEGE, THROUGH YOUNG
[01:32:09] ADULTHOOD, COACHING KIDS,
[01:32:12] SERVING IN CHURCH, BEING IN THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT, FIGHTING MY
[01:32:15] WAY TO POLITICS, AND NOW I AM
[01:32:20] YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR. [APPLAUSE]
[01:32:27] I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, BECAUSE
[01:32:30] ERICA HAS BEEN THE ROCK OF OUR FAMILY.
[01:32:34] SHE HAS ALLOWED ME TO DO THIS. EVERYBODY, GIVE IT UP FOR THE
[01:32:38] NEXT FIRST LADY OF THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA. [APPLAUSE]
[01:32:45] I WANT TO THANK MY SONS, BECAUSE
[01:32:49] MY SONS HAVE HAD TO SACRIFICE PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
[01:32:53] YOU SEE, FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING, NOTHING HAPPENS JUST
[01:32:56] BECAUSE IT HAPPENS.
[01:33:00] IT IS A LOT OF SACRIFICE ALONG THE WAY. SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICE THE MOST ARE THE
[01:33:03] PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU THE MOST. SO I WANT TO THANK MY SONS FOR
[01:33:07] LETTING ME BE ON THIS JOURNEY. [APPLAUSE]
[01:33:13] TO MY FAMILY, TO MY MOM, MY MOM IS HERE TONIGHT --
[01:33:17] [APPLAUSE]
[01:33:22] TO MY MOTHER, YOU LAID THE
[01:33:27] FOUNDATION OF THE MAN THAT I HAVE BECOME, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, MOM, THANK YOU.
[01:33:32] I JUST HAD A PHONE CALL -- I
[01:33:35] ACTUALLY JUST HAD TWO PHONE CALLS. THE FIRST PHONE CALL WAS FROM
[01:33:38] DAVID JOLLEY -- NO, NO, NO, HOLD
[01:33:42] ON. WE TALKED, AND I HAD TO
[01:33:47] CONGRATULATE DAVID ON RUNNING A HARD-FOUGHT RACE. HE DID. [APPLAUSE]
[01:33:54] SO WHEN THIS CAMPAIGN -- IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING FROM ME, WE WORK
[01:33:57] HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WE WORK HARD AND WE DO IT WITH
[01:34:01] INTEGRITY, AND WE WIN WITH CLASS AND DIGNITY.
[01:34:04] AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE DAVID ON A HARD-FOUGHT RACE. [APPLAUSE]
[01:34:14] BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, IN OUR STATE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING.
[01:34:17] WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THEIR INSURANCE BILLS.
[01:34:21] WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS, NOT
[01:34:24] MONTH IN, MONTH OUT, DAY-IN, DAY
[01:34:27] OUT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WILL MAKE ENDS MEET.
[01:34:30] MY MISSION IS TO ENSURE THEY CAN BUILD A GREAT LIFE HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA.
[01:34:34] [APPLAUSE]
[01:34:39] HOST: THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELECTED TO GOVERNORSHIP IN THE
[01:34:42] STATE OF FLORIDA, BYRON DONALDS, MAKING COMMENTS THERE.
[01:34:45] IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MAP, LARGE SWATHS OF RED WHEN IT COMES TO
[01:34:49] THE VICTORY THAT BYRON DONALDS
[01:34:53] HAD, IT HAD POCKETS OF BLUE.
[01:34:55] TALK ABOUT THAT RACE, BUT WHAT
[01:34:57] OTHER GOVERNOR RACES DID YOU SEE LAST NIGHT?
[01:35:01] GUEST: BYRON DONALDS CAME IN WITH A MASSIVE WARCHEST, BUT HE
[01:35:05] HAS SORT OF A DIFFICULT PRIMARY. HE HAD PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
[01:35:09] ENDORSEMENT, BUT FLORIDA
[01:35:12] GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS HAD BEEN PRETTY SLOW TO SUPPORT DONALD'S.
[01:35:16] THIS WAS IN SOME WAYS A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR HIM.
[01:35:20] THIS IS SO FLORIDA, DAVID JOLLEY
[01:35:24] WAS NOT ON MOST DEMOCRATS' RADARS.
[01:35:27] HE ENDED UP WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
[01:35:30] A LOT OF THE STATES HAD A STRONG
[01:35:34] PERFORMANCE FOR REPUBLICANS, JUST COMPARATIVELY.
[01:35:37] LOOKING AT THE MAP, KEEPING AN EYE ON KANSAS WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
[01:35:41] CALLED YET, THAT WAS THE SECOND
[01:35:46] MOST LIKELY RACE TO FLIP, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IT
[01:35:49] WILL BE STAYING WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
[01:35:52] LAURA KELLY HAS BEEN THERE FOR TWO TERMS BUT IS NOW OUT.
[01:35:55] THE DEMOCRAT WON AND SORT OF AN
[01:35:57] UPSET AGAINST ETHAN CORSON WHO
[01:36:00] HAD BEEN LAURA KELLY'S PICK. WHOLE SURE AND MASTERSON ARE
[01:36:05] BOTH IN THE KANSAS STATE HOUSE AND HAVE SIMILAR VOTING PROFILES
[01:36:08] ON A LOT OF THE ISSUES IN
[01:36:10] KANSAS, INCLUDING DATA CENTERS
[01:36:14] SORT OF AT LARGE AND THE MOVING OF THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS STADIUM.
[01:36:18] JUST GIVEN THE SENATE RESULTS, I
[01:36:20] THINK THAT WHOLE SURE HAT -- HOL
[01:36:28] SCHER HAS A SHOT NOW.
[01:36:30] HOST: WHAT CAME ABOUT IN TEXAS
[01:36:34] WITH GINA HINOJOSA AND HER RACE?
[01:36:37] GUEST: SHE WAS PULLING VERY WELL.
[01:36:40] JAMES TALARICO WAS KIND OF A TSUNAMI FOR TEXAS. BUT DEMOCRATS WERE KIND OF
[01:36:45] BICKERING OVER HOW MUCH TO SPEND
[01:36:47] IN THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S RACE
[01:36:51] BECAUSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
[01:36:55] IT LATINO DEMOCRATS HAD
[01:36:56] PETITIONED FOR THE DJA CHAIR,
[01:37:02] KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, TO INVEST $10 MILLION IN THE
[01:37:06] TEXAS RACE. THEY NEVER GOT THERE.
[01:37:07] I THINK THEY GOT TO ABOUT $1 MILLION. BUT GINA HINOJOSA WAS ABLE TO
[01:37:11] PULL THROUGH THIS BY VERY MUCH
[01:37:15] BEING AN UNDERDOG AND KIND OF BEING AN UNDERDOG EVEN IN
[01:37:18] DEMOCRATIC CIRCLES.
[01:37:21] MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER ANDY BESHEAR STILL FACES SOME
[01:37:24] SCRUTINY FOR HIS DECISION TO LEAVE KANSAS ALONE.
[01:37:29] OBVIOUSLY, A HERE -- I DO NOT
[01:37:34] THINK ANYONE WILL BE ACTIVELY MAD AT HIM. BUT ONCE WE ARE TALKING 2028,
[01:37:39] ESPECIALLY WITH THESE RESULTS, I THINK ANYONE WHO HAD THE THOUGHT
[01:37:42] IN THE HEAD OF RUNNING IN 2028,
[01:37:44] THAT IS KIND OF A SHOUT NOW. THERE SEEMS TO BE A TON OF DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM.
[01:37:50] SMALL DISAGREEMENTS LIKE THIS ONE MIGHT COME BACK OUT.
[01:37:54] HOST: JORDIN IN TEXAS, DEMOCRAT.
[01:37:57] CALLER: GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? HOST: THANK YOU, YOU ARE ON.
[01:38:01] CALLER: I WANTED TO COME ON HERE AND SAY I AM A DEMOCRAT HERE IN
[01:38:06] NORTH TEXAS, IN THE HASLETT AREA, ROANOKE.
[01:38:09] LAST NIGHT WAS A COMPLETE AND
[01:38:12] AND -- COMPLETE AND UTTER REFERENDUM ON THE PRESIDENT TO
[01:38:15] LET HIM KNOW THAT TEXAS IS NOT
[01:38:17] FOR SALE, IT WILL NEVER BE FOR SALE, AND YOU CAN NEVER BRIBE US
[01:38:22] WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS PREYED ON
[01:38:29] PEDOPHILES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND HAS RUN TO ANOTHER STATE TO DO IT.
[01:38:33] PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW THROWING CATCH UP AT THE WALL. WE ARE SO EXCITED.
[01:38:37] TEXAS IS MOTIVATED AND HAPPY FOR GINA AND HAPPY FOR JAMES,
[01:38:41] BECAUSE WE KNOW NOW THAT THE POWER IS WITH THE PEOPLE.
[01:38:44] IT IS NOT GOING TO BE WITH
[01:38:46] BILLIONAIRES AND ALL, ELON MUSK AND THESE TECH GURUS.
[01:38:49] SUPER PAC'S ARE ABOUT TO GET BANNED.
[01:38:55] WE ARE SO ECSTATIC, AND I WANT TO THINK THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR
[01:38:58] EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE. WAKING UP AND SINGING THROUGH
[01:39:02] THE LIES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. DEMOCRATS WANT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
[01:39:05] THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND DO
[01:39:09] EVERYTHING FOR TRANS PEOPLE AND ALL THESE LIES THAT ARE MADE UP BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING ELSE TO RUN ON.
[01:39:15] THE DOGS ARE BARKING.
[01:39:20] GOOD JOB, DEMOCRATS, AND GOOD JOB, TEXAS.
[01:39:24] HOST: IT IS PLACES LIKE PRESIDIO, THE DISTRICT THERE FOR
[01:39:27] GINA HINOJOSA, A LOT OF RED, BUT IF YOU GO TO SOME OF THESE
[01:39:30] COUNTIES TOWARDS THE SOUTH, THAT
[01:39:33] IS WHERE THE POWER WAS, EVEN GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF RED IN THAT
[01:39:37] STATE. GUEST: ALSO LOOKING AT THE RIO
[01:39:40] GRANDE VALLEY THAT WAS SORT OF
[01:39:41] THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR HINOJOSA .
[01:39:45] 40 POINT SWINGS AND SOME OF THESE AREAS.
[01:39:49] REPUBLICANS TRIED TO REDRAW A LOT OF THOSE DISTRICTS,
[01:39:52] ESPECIALLY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TO BE MORE FAVORABLE TO THEM.
[01:39:56] SO FAR, THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE PLAYED OUT.
[01:40:00] I AM OF TWO MINDS HERE.
[01:40:02] IN ONE WAY, DEMOCRATS HAVE WON
[01:40:05] NEARLY EVERY STATE WIDE RACE IN TEXAS, OBVIOUSLY A HUGE
[01:40:08] REPUDIATION OF TRUMP.
[01:40:10] I AM NOT SURE THEY KEEP THOSE BEYOND THIS CYCLE.
[01:40:14] THE NEXT QUESTION FOR DEMOCRATS LOOKING TO EXPAND IS WHETHER
[01:40:16] THEY CAN SNAG TEXAS 40 ELECTORAL
[01:40:21] VOTES FOR THE 2028 GENERAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
[01:40:24] HOST: WHY DO YOU QUESTION THEM KEEPING THE RACES?
[01:40:27] GUEST: IT WILL DEPEND ON THE DEMOCRATS DO.
[01:40:31] THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BLUE TSUNAMI.
[01:40:34] I THINK ONCE TRUMP IS KIND OF
[01:40:36] CLOSER TO THE OUT OF OFFICE AND ONCE DEMOCRATS HAVE SORT OF
[01:40:39] SHOWN WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO IT IN A GOVERNMENT CAPACITY,
[01:40:43] THERE MIGHT BE MORE SKEPTICISM. REPUBLICANS MIGHT BECOME
[01:40:47] INTERESTED AGAIN AND SOME OF THESE RACES.
[01:40:49] WE HAVE SEEN HOW EXTREME SOME OF THE MARGINS WERE.
[01:40:54] 2028 HAS NOT EVEN BEGUN IN A LOT
[01:40:56] OF WAYS BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE WHAT DEMOCRATS DO ONCE THEY ARE
[01:41:00] IN OFFICE. BUT THE GENERAL DEMOCRATIC
[01:41:03] ENTHUSIASM AND ANGER TOWARD
[01:41:06] REPUBLICANS HAS DRIVEN A LOT OF
[01:41:10] THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE LONG TERM HOLDS.
[01:41:13] HOST: WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT INDEPENDENT VOTER DATA REFLECTED
[01:41:16] IN TEXAS, DEMOCRATS GETTING 60% OF THOSE INDEPENDENT VOTERS
[01:41:20] THERE IN THE LONE STAR STATE, 19 PERCENT FOR REPUBLICANS, AND
[01:41:24] OTHER CANDIDATES 13%.
[01:41:27] INDEPENDENTS MAKING A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
[01:41:31] GUEST: THIS IS A MAJOR SWING, WHAT YOU NEED SOMEWHERE LIKE TEXAS.
[01:41:34] THERE ARE CERTAIN RACES AROUND THE MAP WHERE DEMOCRATS CAN RELY
[01:41:38] ON JUST GENERAL ENTHUSIASM AND RALLYING THEIR BASE, BUT TEXAS
[01:41:42] IS SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU NEED TO RECRUIT IS INDEPENDENTS.
[01:41:48] SOMETHING FOR TEXAS, THE LATINO VOTE, THAT IS WHAT REPUBLICANS
[01:41:50] WERE RELYING ON IN THEIR
[01:41:53] REDRAWING OF DISTRICTS.
[01:41:56] LATINOS SWUNG HARD FOR TRUMP IN
[01:42:00] 2024, BUT NOW THEY REALLY SEEM TO HAVE MOVED AWAY, ALONG WITH OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS.
[01:42:05] LATINOS ARE VERY SENSITIVE
[01:42:07] TOWARDS THE ECONOMY AND ALSO
[01:42:10] TOWARDS TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICY, ESPECIALLY IN A BORDER
[01:42:14] STATE LIKE TEXAS. HOST: FRANK JOINS US FROM
[01:42:17] DELAWARE, REPUBLICAN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:42:20] I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT AS THE WOMAN WHAT
[01:42:24] SHE THINKS THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DO, AND SHE CANNOT TELL
[01:42:27] YOU WHAT SHE THINKS THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DO
[01:42:30] BECAUSE SHE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DO.
[01:42:34] AND NEITHER DID THE DEMOCRATS THAT RAN FOR OFFICE.
[01:42:38] THE QUESTION ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, THEY COULD NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
[01:42:42] THE ONLY THING THEY RAN ON WAS
[01:42:44] AFFORDABILITY AND BEATING DONALD TRUMP. WHEN IT COMES TO ASK THEM
[01:42:48] QUESTIONS, THEY COULD NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. THEY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS.
[01:42:52] THEY JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH
[01:42:53] THIS NEXT TWO YEARS TAXING YOU,
[01:42:58] LYING TO YOU, ANYTHING THEY CAN
[01:43:00] TO GET THROUGH THIS TWO YEARS,
[01:43:03] THEN WE GO THROUGH ALL THIS AGAIN.
[01:43:06] AND CALIFORNIA, THEY WILL NEVER GET ANY SMARTER IN CALIFORNIA.
[01:43:09] I AM 76 YEARS OLD NOW, 30, 40
[01:43:14] YEARS I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THESE ELECTIONS, THEY HAVE NEVER
[01:43:17] GOT ANY SMARTER. THESE DEMOCRATS, NO WONDER THEY
[01:43:21] HAVE A DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP THEM.
[01:43:24] BECAUSE THEY ARE IN AN INSANE
[01:43:27] ASYLUM, AND YOU ARE LETTING THEM RUN IT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
[01:43:33] HOST: MONTE IS IN SPRING, TEXAS, INDEPENDENT.
[01:43:36] CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT
[01:43:37] LAST CALLER IS THE REASON WHY REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE STATE
[01:43:41] THEY ARE IN. THEY WANT TO RUN CULTURAL WARFARE. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT DEMOCRATS
[01:43:44] ARE NOT GOING TO DO, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO AFTER PEOPLE FOR
[01:43:48] USING CANNABIS. IT IS A BIG REASON FOR TAXES,
[01:43:52] THEY WERE DOING VOTING
[01:43:56] RECRUITMENT AT VAPES SHOPS.
[01:44:01] THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PERSECUTE THE IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE THE
[01:44:05] DIRTY LITTLE SECRET IN TAXES.
[01:44:07] EVERYONE KNOWS UNDOCUMENTED LABOR IS USED IN ALMOST EVERY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN TEXAS.
[01:44:14] THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO GO AFTER THE HARD-WORKING
[01:44:18] IMMIGRANTS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH THEY DID.
[01:44:20] THAT IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO.
[01:44:24] I AM INDEPENDENT AND DON'T VOTE DEMOCRATIC.
[01:44:27] I HAVE NEVER VOTED FOR ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATES SINCE
[01:44:32] 1992, ROSS PEROT. BUT IF DEMOCRATS CAN READ THE ROOM AND NOT DO THE THINGS THAT
[01:44:36] GOT TRUMP IN THE OFFICE THE FIRST TIME, THEN THE SECOND
[01:44:40] TIME. THIS IS A POPULIST ERA AND THEY
[01:44:42] NEED TO LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS. THEY DO NOT NEED TO RAISE A BUNCH OF MONEY.
[01:44:46] THEY NEED TO GO VIRAL, WHICH IS WORTH MILLIONS.
[01:44:51] YOU JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY SAYING AND WHAT THEY REALLY WANT. READ THE ROOM.
[01:44:55] HOST: OK, THANKS. HE SAID IT IS A POPULIST ERA.
[01:44:57] WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? GUEST: IT REALLY DOES SEEM LIKE
[01:45:01] DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO NEED TO CONTINUE HAMMERING OUT THIS
[01:45:04] MESSAGE OF AFFORDABILITY, KIND
[01:45:07] OF THE BUZZWORD.
[01:45:13] IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE ALL VOTERS CARE ABOUT IS HELPING THEIR
[01:45:17] POCKETBOOKS, NOT SAYING UNJUSTIFIABLY.
[01:45:22] IT IS JUST A QUESTION WHAT DEMOCRATS CAN ACCOMPLISH ONCE THEY ARE IN OFFICE.
[01:45:26] I DID WANT TO KNOW, BOTH CALLS MENTION TO THE CULTURE WAR
[01:45:29] ASPECT OF THINGS. I THINK BECAUSE OF THE POPULIST
[01:45:32] SENTIMENT HERE, THERE WAS AN
[01:45:36] ANALYSIS FROM THE TRANSGENDER FREEDOM ALLIANCE THAT SAW THAT
[01:45:40] 2% OF DEMOCRATS' ADS AGREED ON
[01:45:44] THE ANTI-TRANS POLICIES THAT REPUBLICANS HAD BROUGHT UP.
[01:45:47] MOST OF THEM WERE KIND OF
[01:45:49] TALKING MORE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OR CHILDREN'S SAFETY OR THE
[01:45:53] EPSTEIN FILES OR HEALTH CARE.
[01:45:56] ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AT LEAST, THEY WERE ABLE TO REFOCUS THE
[01:46:00] CONVERSATION AWAY FROM CULTURE WARS AND AUTO POLICY.
[01:46:03] WHETHER THOSE POLICIES SHOW UP AND HOW THEY SHOW UP ARE STILL
[01:46:07] BIG QUESTIONS. HOST: IN VIRGINIA, THERE WERE THREE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS,
[01:46:11] WHEN DEALING WITH REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, MARRIAGE EQUALITY, AND
[01:46:14] THE OTHER ON VOTING RIGHTS, ALL PASSING WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH
[01:46:18] OF VIRGINIA. TO WHAT DEGREE IS THAT A SURPRISE?
[01:46:22] GUEST: THERE HAD BEEN KIND OF A
[01:46:26] SMALL CAMPAIGN OPPOSING THE FIRST TWO OF THOSE
[01:46:28] CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. I AM NOT SUPER SURPRISED THAT ALL THREE PAST.
[01:46:35] SPANBERGER WIN BY A PRETTY BIG
[01:46:37] MERCHAN IN 2025, AND WHILE SHE
[01:46:42] IS NOT INCREDIBLY POPULAR WITH THE DEMOCRATIC BASE, SHE IS LESS PROGRESSIVE THAN THE VIRGINIA
[01:46:45] STATE HEISE -- STATEHOUSE.
[01:46:50] HOST: A GOVERNOR'S RACE, JOHNSON
[01:46:53] AND BENSON OUT OF MICHIGAN --
[01:46:58] JOCELYN BENSON OUT OF MICHIGAN.
[01:47:02] GUEST: JOHNSON WAS FAVORED TO KEEP THIS RACE FOR DEMOCRATS,
[01:47:05] STILL IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN MICHIGAN AND WAS THE
[01:47:08] SECRETARY OF STATE IN 2020, SO FACED TRUMP'S ATTACKS ON
[01:47:13] ELECTIONS FOLLOWING THE 2020 ELECTION.
[01:47:15] SHE DID NOT TALK ABOUT A TON,
[01:47:20] BUT IT HELPS FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW
[01:47:26] WHO SHE IS.
[01:47:29] THE QUESTION NOW IS WHERE
[01:47:31] GRETCHEN WHITMER GOES. SHE CANNOT RUN FOR GOVERNOR
[01:47:35] AGAIN.
[01:47:36] SHE HAS SEEN LIKE SHE IS
[01:47:40] HESITANT ON THE 2028 QUESTION.
[01:47:44] HOST: SHE HAS MADE FRIENDLY
[01:47:46] GESTURES TOWARDS THE PRESIDENT AT TIMES WITH CERTAIN ISSUES,
[01:47:49] GETTING A LOT OF FLAK FOR THAT. GUEST: SHE CAUGHT A TON OF FLAK FOR THAT.
[01:47:54] THERE IS A PICTURE OF HER HIDING COMING OUT OF A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
[01:47:59] THE HAVE DISASTERS IN THEIR STATES AND NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR EMERGENCY
[01:48:04] FUNDING, SO THEY NEED TO KEEP A
[01:48:06] FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
[01:48:09] HOPEFULLY THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS THAT HE IS GOING TO
[01:48:13] HOLD DEALS WITH DEMOCRATS HOLD.
[01:48:16] HOST: THAT GOVERNORS RACE FOR
[01:48:21] MICHIGAN, 96% OF VOTES IN.
[01:48:26] LET'S HEAR FROM JAMES IN NEW YORK CITY, DEMOCRAT.
[01:48:30] YOU ARE NEXT. CALLER: HI, I JUST HAVE TO SAY I
[01:48:34] AM VERY ELATED THAT THE BLUE
[01:48:39] TSUNAMI HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
[01:48:41] AND TO SOME OF THE CALLERS AND A
[01:48:46] LOT OF THE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE
[01:48:47] LISTENED FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS,
[01:48:51] I GUESS WITH BEING A NEW YORKER,
[01:48:55] WE ALWAYS KNEW WHAT DONALD TRUMP WAS AND IS.
[01:49:03] THE THING THAT REALLY GOT ME IS
[01:49:04] THE CAPITULATION OF INSTITUTIONS
[01:49:09] , SCHOOLS, LAW FIRMS THAT HE
[01:49:15] CARED ABOUT THEM.
[01:49:19] THIS IS BEYOND JUST -- WE ALL
[01:49:21] KNOW HE IS RACIST, XENOPHOBIC,
[01:49:25] AND MISOGYNIST, WE ALL KNOW THAT .
[01:49:28] HE IS AN ELITIST. AND OUT OF THE DEMOCRATS WILL
[01:49:31] HAVE TO ESTABLISH LAW THAT HAS
[01:49:35] TO BE FOLLOWED, AND I AM SO
[01:49:36] HAPPY THAT ELON MUSK WASTED $417
[01:49:43] MILLION, JUST LIKE HE LOST IN WISCONSIN, THINKING THAT HE
[01:49:46] COULD BUY A SOUTH AFRICAN THAT
[01:49:49] IS GOING TO COME INTO THIS COUNTRY AND TRY TO BUY US OFF.
[01:49:54] HONESTLY, PEDRO, I WAS GIVING UP ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
[01:49:58] AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE SPOKEN.
[01:50:01] ONE MORE THING, MY GIRLFRIEND FROM AUSTRALIA WAS HERE.
[01:50:05] I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND HAVE
[01:50:06] TO USE THE VOTING MACHINE IN NEW YORK.
[01:50:11] IT BROKE DOWN YESTERDAY.
[01:50:13] OK, YOU DO IT WITH A HEADSET.
[01:50:17] THE PEOPLE HELPED ME. THEY HAD A REPUBLICAN AND A
[01:50:21] DEMOCRAT, AND MY GIRLFRIEND FROM
[01:50:25] AUSTRALIA FILLED IN THE LITTLE OVAL.
[01:50:27] THEY TOLD ME THE FIRST VOTE IS
[01:50:31] VOID AND THE SECOND ONE IS GOOD.
[01:50:34] THAT JUST SHOWS THE REPUBLICANS, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR
[01:50:38] VOTING PROCESS. IT IS ALL THE REPUBLICANS. HOST: OK, GOT YOU.
[01:50:42] THANK YOU. ANYTHING FROM THAT?
[01:50:45] GUEST: YEAH, HE NOTED THAT TRUMP
[01:50:47] IS KIND OF THIS ELITIST, AND
[01:50:49] THAT REALLY WAS A MAJOR THEME.
[01:50:54] OBVIOUSLY, DEMOCRATS WILL NEED TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING FOR SORT OF THE COMMON MAN.
[01:50:57] BUT ONE ASPECT OF THAT WILL
[01:50:59] LIKELY BE THE INVESTIGATIONS
[01:51:02] THAT ROBERT GARCIA IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD.
[01:51:05] IT IS VERY MUCH CENTERED ON HOW
[01:51:08] TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY HAVE ENRICHED THEMSELVES WHILE IN
[01:51:11] OFFICE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND
[01:51:13] FAMILY, AND ALSO THE FREEDOM 250
[01:51:18] GROUP WHICH WORKED A LOT WITH MAJOR CORPORATIONS.
[01:51:20] KIND OF A LOT TO WORK WITH HERE.
[01:51:23] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BALLROOM, THE
[01:51:27] 250, VARIOUS BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY.
[01:51:30] ALL OF THIS IS VERY LIKELY TO BE A GREATER TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
[01:51:34] GOING INTO THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[01:51:36] BUT I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE WILL BE THAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO SHOW
[01:51:41] THAT THEY ARE READY.
[01:51:44] HOST: AND THERE IS THIS IDEA OF
[01:51:47] CORRUPTION, POLLING SHOWED PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT IT,
[01:51:50] DEMOCRATS LATCHED ONTO IT LEADING UP TO IT, AND NOW THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE NOW
[01:51:54] THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
[01:51:57] IS THIS THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS OR OTHER MEANS?
[01:52:00] GUEST: YOU ARE RIGHT THAT CORRUPTION WAS KIND OF A MAJOR
[01:52:03] FACTOR HERE, WHICH I THINK WAS A
[01:52:04] BIT OF A SURPRISE, USUALLY
[01:52:08] ELECTIONS OUR ECONOMY, ECONOMY, ECONOMY.
[01:52:12] OBVIOUSLY, CORRUPTION IS PART OF THAT.
[01:52:14] IT HARKENS BACK TO THE 2006
[01:52:21] ELECTION. THERE WERE KIND OF A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY THIS TIME
[01:52:24] AROUND THAT WERE PRESENT IN 2006
[01:52:29] . PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN OFFICE WERE CORRUPT.
[01:52:32] THERE WAS A WAR WITH THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY, AND THE ECONOMY
[01:52:34] WAS KIND OF IN THE TOILET.
[01:52:40] WE HAVE ULTIMATELY BEEN HERE BEFORE.
[01:52:41] THE QUESTION IS WHETHER
[01:52:44] DEMOCRATS CAN INVESTIGATE AND ALSO WHETHER THEY CAN PUT IN
[01:52:47] SOME ETHICS MEASURES.
[01:52:50] RAHM EMANUEL, THE DNC CHAIR IN
[01:52:56] 2006, HAS PROPOSED CODES OF
[01:52:57] ETHICS BEFORE -- FOR I THINK
[01:53:01] BASICALLY EVERY FEDERAL OFFICE, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENCY.
[01:53:04] THAT MIGHT GO SOMEWHERE DEPENDING ON THE APPETITE. BUT I WOULD FIGURE IT WILL BE A
[01:53:08] LITTLE BIT LOWER PRIORITY THAN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ON THE
[01:53:13] DEMOCRATS' AGENDA.
[01:53:14] HOST: U.S. SENATE, 54 SEATS
[01:53:17] CLAIMED BY DEMOCRATS, GIVING
[01:53:19] THEM POWER GOING INTO THE 100 20TH CONGRESS.
[01:53:23] SEVEN PICK UP SEATS THERE, VERSUS 44 SEATS WERE REPUBLICANS.
[01:53:26] IN THE HOUSE, 228 SEATS PICKED
[01:53:29] UP BY DEMOCRATS HERE AT 139
[01:53:32] SEATS GAIN FOR REPUBLICANS. WE ARE WATCHING TWO SENATE
[01:53:36] RACES, MISSISSIPPI AND ALASKA. SPEAKING OF THE HOUSE, HERE IS
[01:53:41] THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES FROM YESTERDAY. [VIDEO CLIP]
[01:53:43] >> MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS
[01:53:47] COUNTRY AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY
[01:53:52] SINGLE AMERICAN. [APPLAUSE]
[01:53:55] THIS IS A CHANGE ELECTION, AND
[01:53:59] WE UNDERSTAND AS HOUSE DEMOCRATS
[01:54:01] THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER DRAMATIC
[01:54:05] CHANGE. THINGS ARE BROKEN.
[01:54:08] WE NEED A CONGRESS THAT PUTS THE
[01:54:11] AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
[01:54:14] THE WEALTHY, THE WELL-OFF, AND
[01:54:15] THE WELL-CONNECTED TRIED TO BUY
[01:54:19] THIS ELECTION.
[01:54:23] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED IN A RESOUNDING WAY
[01:54:26] AND MADE CLEAR THAT AMERICA IS
[01:54:30] NOT FOR SALE. [APPLAUSE]
[01:54:37] WE WILL DELIVER A CONGRESS THAT
[01:54:43] PUTS EVERYDAY AMERICANS FIRST,
[01:54:46] WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS FIRST,
[01:54:49] MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS FIRST,
[01:54:51] AND ALL THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO BE
[01:54:54] PART OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO
[01:54:58] FIGHTING FOR AN AFFORDABLE AMERICA.
[01:55:00] WE WILL FIGHT HARD TO LOWER THE
[01:55:03] HIGH COST OF HOUSING AND
[01:55:05] GROCERIES AND GAS. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT HARD TO
[01:55:09] MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENSURE
[01:55:12] THAT EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CAN
[01:55:17] AFFORD TO GO SEE A DOCTOR WHEN THEY NEED ONE. [APPLAUSE]
[01:55:25] WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR HOSPITALS.
[01:55:28] WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR NURSING HOMES. WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
[01:55:32] BASED HEALTH CENTERS. AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT TO
[01:55:35] REVERSE THESE PAINFUL MEDICAID CUTS. [APPLAUSE]
[01:55:43] WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, IN
[01:55:47] ADDITION TO FIGHTING TO MAKE
[01:55:48] THIS COUNTRY AFFORDABLE, WE ARE
[01:55:51] GOING TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO
[01:55:54] THOSE WHO HAVE VISITED
[01:55:56] UNPRECEDENTED CORRUPTION ON THIS
[01:56:00] COUNTRY, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN HIGH OFFICE WHO ARE SO
[01:56:03] FOCUSED ON ENRICHING THEMSELVES,
[01:56:07] THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR
[01:56:08] FRIENDS, OR THEIR DONORS, THEN THEY ARE NOT FOCUSED ON MAKING
[01:56:12] LIFE BETTER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[01:56:15] BUT HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
[01:56:19] WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION , A DRAMATIC CHANGE ELECTION,
[01:56:23] MEANS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT FOR
[01:56:27] TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. WE HEAR YOU. WE SEE YOU.
[01:56:31] WE FEEL YOU. AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
[01:56:34] COMMITTED TO MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[01:56:40] BEGINNING ON DAY ONE.
[01:56:46] THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT.
[01:56:51] THIS IS A PATRIOTIC ONE.
[01:56:54] THIS IS NOT A BLUE MOMENT OR A
[01:56:59] RED MOMENT. IT IS A RED WHITE AND BLUE MOMENT, BECAUSE AMERICA HAS WIN
[01:57:03] TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE]
[01:57:08] HOST: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER EXPECTED TO BECOME THE HOUSE
[01:57:12] SPEAKER, HAKEEM JEFFRIES, MAKING COMMENTS THERE.
[01:57:14] WHEN DO WE START SEEING MORE
[01:57:17] COMMENTS AND PRESS CONFERENCES, THINGS LIKE THAT? HOW DOES THAT USUALLY WORK AS
[01:57:21] FAR AS HOW THEY WILL ACHIEVE THE GOALS STATED?
[01:57:25] GUEST: THAT BEGINS TODAY, BUT THEY KIND OF NEED TO WAIT FOR A
[01:57:29] FEW MORE CALLS. DEMOCRATS HAVE A VERY STRONG
[01:57:32] HOLD ON THE HOUSE, BUT THE
[01:57:34] QUESTION IS HOW MUCH THEY GROW THAT MAJORITY.
[01:57:37] I THINK 60 RACES LEFT TO BE CALLED.
[01:57:40] NOT ALL THOSE WILL GO TOWARDS DEMOCRATS.
[01:57:46] 228 VERSUS 268 IS A VERY
[01:57:49] DIFFERENT NUMBER. THERE WERE CONCERNS EARLIER THIS
[01:57:53] CYCLE THAT JEFFRIES WOULD HAVE A SMALL MAJORITY, HAS BEEN THE
[01:57:56] CASE IN MANY PAST CONGRESSES.
[01:58:01] HE IS ON TRACK TO HAVE A VERY COMFORTABLE MAJORITY.
[01:58:05] HE WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO DO KIND OF WHATEVER HE WANTS,
[01:58:09] LIKELY ALONG THIS CENTRIST PATH,
[01:58:14] ESPECIALLY WITH TRUMP STILL IN OFFICE. IT KINDA REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
[01:58:18] WE HAVE FIGURED OUT AS MORE
[01:58:19] RACES GET CALLED --
[01:58:26] HOST: DOES THE TRANSITION PERIOD BEGIN AUTOMATICALLY?
[01:58:30] A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE, CONSIDERING THEY ARE COMING INTO POWER THE NEXT YEAR?
[01:58:35] GUEST: LAME-DUCK PERIOD UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR, THEY WILL
[01:58:39] COME IN ON JANUARY 3. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS FOR THE
[01:58:43] REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE TO FIGURE OUT. ANYTHING THEY GET DONE NOW,
[01:58:48] ALMOST ANYTHING, COULD BE REVERSED BY DEMOCRATS.
[01:58:51] I THINK THE ULTIMATE QUESTION IS
[01:58:52] GOING TO COME DOWN TO TRUMP'S VETO POWER.
[01:58:56] HE SAID HE WILL BE MR. VITO, BUT
[01:58:58] HE IS ALSO SAID HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE A COMPLETE LAME-DUCK
[01:59:02] PRESIDENT AND HE IS WILLING TO CUT DEALS WITH DEMOCRATS.
[01:59:05] IN SOME WAYS, IT WILL BE UP TO HIM WHETHER LEGISLATION GOES
[01:59:08] THROUGH. HOST: IF YOU ARE JOINING US, WE HAVE BEEN WALKING YOU THROUGH
[01:59:12] THE RESULTS, OR THE RESULTS AS WE KNOW THEM AS OF RIGHT NOW
[01:59:15] WHEN IT COMES TO LAST NIGHT ELECTION.
[01:59:17] WE DO KNOW THAT DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AS
[01:59:20] YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.
[01:59:23] 54 SEATS SO FAR TAKEN BY
[01:59:25] DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE, SEVEN PICKUP'S.
[01:59:29] 228 SEATS IN THE HOUSE, 25 PICKUPS THERE.
[01:59:32] WE INVITE YOU TO CALL IN THIS MORNING, AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON
[01:59:36] UNTIL NOON. ERIKA FILTER TALKED ABOUT SOME
[01:59:40] OF THOSE RACES WE STILL HAVE TO DECIDE ON, ESPECIALLY IN THE
[01:59:43] SENATE AS WE WATCH THOSE TWO RACES. AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE YOURSELF.
[01:59:47] DEMOCRATS, (202) 748-8000. REPUBLICANS, (202) 748-8001.
[01:59:50] INDEPENDENTS, (202) 748-8002.
[01:59:58] AND IF YOU WANT TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE YOU CAN SEE MORE
[02:00:02] INFORMATION THERE AT C-SPAN.ORG. THIS IS PART OF OUR ELECTION
[02:00:06] 2026 COVERAGE AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MIDTERMS, PART OF 20
[02:00:09] HOURS OF PROGRAMMING ON C-SPAN.
[02:00:16] >> MONDAY, AMERICA'S LEADING TELEVISION: PROGRAM, C-SPAN'S
[02:00:19] "WASHINGTON JOURNAL," COMES TO PRIME TIME, LIVE.
[02:00:24] EVERY MORNING FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TAKING AMERICA'S CALLS.
[02:00:28] >> I AM FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR
[02:00:30] THEIR THOUGHTS. >> NOW THEIR CONVERSATION WILL ALSO COME TO PRIME TIME.
[02:00:36] >> YOU ARE THE MOST UNBIASED STATION OUT THERE.
[02:00:40] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL PRIME TIME.
[02:00:43] >> NOW MORE OF C-SPAN'S ONGOING
[02:00:46] COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[02:00:50] VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT TO THE POLLS. RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE
[02:00:54] BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[02:00:58] WE ARE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST
[02:01:04] DEVELOPMENTS, CANDIDATE REACTIONS, AND ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[02:01:09] C-SPAN'S CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YOUR FRONT SEAT TO ELECTION NIGHT. HOST: AS PART OF THEIR FRONT ROW
[02:01:12] SEAT IT IS A SPECIAL EXTENDED
[02:01:15] EDITION OF "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." WE ARE GOING UNTIL NOON, GIVING
[02:01:21] YOU THE RESULTS FROM CAMPAIGN 2026.
[02:01:23] AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS KNOWN ON THE PHONE LINES.
[02:01:27] WE ARE WATCHING SUB OR RACES AS WE GO ON.
[02:01:31] TWO RACES YET TO BE CALLED ON THE SENATE. SEVERAL RACES YET TO BE CALLED IN THE HOUSE.
[02:01:36] MCGRATH HOLDING THE BALANCE OF POWER GOING INTO THE 128
[02:01:39] CONGRESS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. WE WILL GIVE YOU THAT
[02:01:43] INFORMATION AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, ESPECIALLY SHOWING
[02:01:46] WHAT HAPPENED DISTRICT BY DISTRICT AND STATE-BY-STATE.
[02:01:50] THERE IS A LOOK AT HOW SOME STATES ARE TREATING LAST NIGHT VIA NEWSPAPERS.
[02:01:54] THE ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS. THIS IS THEIR HEADLINE THIS
[02:01:58] MORNING. DEMOCRATS WIN BACK U.S. SENATE.
[02:02:03] ELECTION PICTURE THERE OF SOMEONE VOTING.
[02:02:04] IF YOU GO TO THE TAMPA BAY TIMES, REFLECTING WHAT WE SHOWED
[02:02:08] YOU NOT LONG AGO WITH BYRON DONALDS, THE GOVERNOR-ELECT.
[02:02:12] ONLY IN AMERICA. ART OF THAT SPEECH HE MADE LAST
[02:02:16] NIGHT, CAPTURED BY THE TAMPA BAY TIMES.
[02:02:18] THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION CAPTURING KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS'
[02:02:23] VICTORY, BECOMING THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. THIS IS THE ATLANTA
[02:02:27] JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. HISTORIC.
[02:02:31] KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS SHATTERS RACIAL AND GENDER CLASS CEILING.
[02:02:35] THE NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER TALKING ABOUT CHRIS PAPPAS.
[02:02:38] ADDING HIS SENATE SEAT. THAT IS THEIR HEADLINE THIS MORNING.
[02:02:43] IF YOU GO TO THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
[02:02:48] ON THE SENATE SIDE IT IS JAMES TALARICO'S VICTORY ON THE
[02:02:51] GOVERNOR SIDE IT IS GINA HINOJO
[02:02:57] SA'S VICTORY.
[02:02:59] IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW
[02:03:02] YORK POST, TRUMP SUFFERS HISTORIC REBUKE AS DEMOCRATS ROMP IN MIDTERMS.
[02:03:06] THEY HAVE THE GRAPHIC THERE. LOU TSUNAMI IS HOW THEY DECIDE TO HEADLINE IT.
[02:03:11] THAT IS A SNAPSHOT, TAKING A LOOK AT HEADLINES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
[02:03:16] IF YOU HAVE JOINED US AS PART OF
[02:03:19] OUR 20 HOURS, YOU KNOW WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU THIS TIME AROUND
[02:03:21] WITH SOMETHING CALLED THE
[02:03:24] DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD, WHICH GIVES YOU THAT GRANULAR LOOK OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
[02:03:28] HERE TO UPDATE US ARE JOHN MCARDLE AND JACOB ARE BASKING.
[02:03:33] >> WE ARE ITCHING TO GET BACK TO
[02:03:37] THE DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD.
[02:03:39] 14 HOURS AGO, JACOB, IF YOU HAD
[02:03:41] TOLD US THERE ARE TWO SENATE
[02:03:46] RACES YET TO BE CALLED WE WOULD HAVE SAID ALASKA IS ONE OF THOSE, BUT MISSISSIPPI?
[02:03:50] CAN WE START IN MISSISSIPPI AND WHAT IS GOING ON? >> LET'S DO IT.
[02:03:56] MISSISSIPPI, NAILBITER.
[02:04:00] THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE THERE IS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AHEAD BY
[02:04:03] 43 VOTES. NOT 43%, 43 VOTES.
[02:04:08] OVERSEEN CINDY HEIGHT-SMITH, THE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT.
[02:04:12] WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO HERE. AP SAYS 96% OF THE VOTE IN.
[02:04:18] WE CAN CLICK THROUGH A FEW OF THESE COUNTIES. >> JACKSON COUNTY IN THE
[02:04:22] SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. THIS IS CINDY HYDE-SMITH TERRITORY.
[02:04:25] >> ON THE GULF COAST.
[02:04:29] STILL SOME VOTES IN. YOU CLICK THROUGH TO DEMOCRATIC
[02:04:33] COUNTIES, PLACES LIKE HOLMES,
[02:04:37] YAZOO COUNTY STILL 5% OUT. THESE ARE GOOD PLACES FOR SCOTT
[02:04:41] COLON -- SCOTT COLOM.
[02:04:47] WE ARE NOT DONE WITH MISSISSIPPI JUST QUITE YET.
[02:04:49] >> WITH TWO RACES YET TO BE
[02:04:56] CALLED, DEMOCRATS TRYING TO GET UP TO 56 SEATS IN THE SENATE.
[02:04:58] JUST TO CHECK IN ON ALASKA, 72% OF THE VOTE IN.
[02:05:02] IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME FOR THE REST OF THAT VOTE TOTAL
[02:05:05] TO COME IN, BUT WHAT ARE WE SEEING NOW?
[02:05:08] >> IT IS REALLY CLOSE AND THAT
[02:05:12] IS WHAT WE EXPECTED HEADING INTO THIS ELECTION. IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
[02:05:15] TIGHT CONTEST BETWEEN DAN
[02:05:18] SULLIVAN AND MARY PELTOLA.
[02:05:22] SULLIVAN CURRENTLY UP BY 1600 VOTES, BUT MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE BOAT LEFT TO BE COUNTED,
[02:05:25] AND WE KNOW FROM PREVIOUS
[02:05:30] ELECTIONS THAT VOTE SHOULD FAVOR MARY PELTOLA.
[02:05:34] IT IS COMING FROM THE FAR REACHES OF THE STATEMENT ALASKA,
[02:05:37] ONE OF THE RARE STATES IN THE UNION WHERE THE MORE RURAL AREAS
[02:05:41] VOTE MORE DEMOCRATIC DUE TO THEIR NATIVE POPULATION.
[02:05:46] AND THE URBAN AREAS IN ALASKA,
[02:05:49] LIKE FAIRBANKS, VOTE MORE REPUBLICAN.
[02:05:52] AS WE TALLY MORE OF THESE VOTES
[02:05:54] THEY SHOULD BE GOOD FOR PELT OLA
[02:05:57] -- PELTOLA.
[02:05:59] >> JACOB, YOU WERE SAYING IT IS
[02:06:04] STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A MAP OUT OF 1998. WHAT DID YOU MEAN?
[02:06:07] >> THE SOUTH GOT SOMETHING TO SAY.
[02:06:14] VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA.
[02:06:17] WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC FLIP IN MISSISSIPPI.
[02:06:21] OBVIOUSLY, DEMOCRATS FLIPPED TEXAS.
[02:06:23] LAST NIGHT WE WERE WAITING TO SEE WHETHER DEMOCRATS COULD FLIP
[02:06:26] A GOVERNORS RACE IN TENNESSEE. THERE WAS A MOMENT IN THE LATE
[02:06:32] 90'S WHERE BILL CLINTON AND AL
[02:06:36] GORE WHERE THE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND HAS THE COUNTRY HEADED INTO THE 2000S
[02:06:40] THERE WAS A THOUGHT THAT DEMOCRATS COULD PUT TOGETHER A
[02:06:43] DURABLE COALITION IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH.
[02:06:48] NOT JUST THE SOLID SOUTH OF DEMOCRATIC YORK, BUT SOMETHING
[02:06:51] THAT COMBINED LIBERAL WHITE VOTERS WITH A MOTIVATED BLACK
[02:06:53] VOTER BASE TO KEEP THOSE ESTATES COMPETITIVE. IT DID NOT PAN OUT.
[02:06:58] WE SELL REPUBLICANS RUN DOMINANT ACROSS THE AMERICAN SOUTH FOR
[02:07:01] THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
[02:07:04] BUT THESE RESULTS TONIGHT, A
[02:07:07] CLOSE RACE IN LOUISIANA, A CLOSE GOVERNORS RACE IN ALABAMA
[02:07:09] BETWEEN JOB -- DOUG JONES AND TOMMY TUBERVILLE.
[02:07:16] THIS FEELS A LOT LIKE WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S PROMISE WAS 25 YEARS AGO.
[02:07:19] >> THIS PART OF THE SOUTH IS A
[02:07:23] PART WHERE DONALD TRUMP HAD HIS FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE SENATE RACES.
[02:07:26] IF THIS IS A REPUDIATION OF DONALD TRUMP IN THESE MIDTERM
[02:07:30] ELECTIONS, TALK ABOUT HIS ROLE IN SOME OF THESE RACES IN THE SOUTH.
[02:07:33] >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
[02:07:36] THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS WE
[02:07:40] SAW LAST NIGHT, BUT I THINK CHIEF AMONG THEM HAS TO BE DONALD TRUMP.
[02:07:44] THE REASON IS BECAUSE HE GOT INCREDIBLY INVOLVED IN THESE SENATE RACES.
[02:07:48] WE CAN START IN TEXAS, WHERE THE
[02:07:51] INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR, JOHN CORNYN, FOUND HIMSELF ON
[02:07:55] THE SHORT END OF THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT STICK.
[02:07:58] KEN PAXTON WAS THE BENEFICIARY
[02:08:00] THERE AND JAMES TALARICO PUTTING A GENERATIONAL DRUBBING ON KEN
[02:08:04] PAXTON.
[02:08:06] DEMOCRATS WINNING EVERY SINGLE STATEWIDE OFFICE IN TEXAS.
[02:08:09] THIS IS CATACLYSMIC FOR THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND IT
[02:08:12] IS BECAUSE TRUMP PICKED KEN PAXTON AS THE SENATE NOMINEE.
[02:08:17] WE CAN CONTINUE EAST HERE.
[02:08:20] LOUISIANA, REPUBLICANS ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF. LOOK AT THAT.
[02:08:24] A LESS THAN TWO-POINT MARGIN IN
[02:08:26] LOUISIANA, A STATE DONALD TRUMP CARRIED BY 20-PLUS POINTS TWO
[02:08:30] YEARS AGO. HE GOT IN HERE AND ENDORSED
[02:08:35] AGAINST BILL CASSIDY, THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR. THAT MADE IT AN OPEN SEAT AND
[02:08:40] GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS TO PULL OFF AN UPSET.
[02:08:43] >> MISSISSIPPI. WE TALKED ABOUT MISSISSIPPI.
[02:08:47] COME OVER TO GEORGIA AND THE PEACH STATE.
[02:08:48] >> TRUMP HAS THIS LONG-STANDING
[02:08:53] BEEF WITH BRIAN KEMP, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE REPUBLICANS' DREAM CANDIDATE.
[02:08:57] IT NEVER MADE SENSE FOR KEMP TO TAKE THAT PLUNGE THIS CYCLE.
[02:09:03] TRUMP-ENDORSED MIKE COLLINS OVER DEREK DOOLEY.
[02:09:04] I DON'T THINK DOOLEY WOULD HAVE
[02:09:10] WON, BUT HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN MIKE COLLINS.
[02:09:13] IT IS ANOTHER ONE TRUMP GOT INVOLVED IN.
[02:09:15] >> GEORGIA WAS PLUS TWO FOR
[02:09:19] TRUMP IN 2024.
[02:09:21] SOUTH CAROLINA WAS PLUS 18 TRUMP TERRITORY TWO YEARS AGO.
[02:09:24] >> THIS IS A REPUBLICAN STATE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
[02:09:30] DARLINE GRAHAM, FIVE MONTHS AGO, WAS 1000 MILES AWAY FROM THE
[02:09:34] UNITED STATES SENATE.
[02:09:37] THEN TRUMP NOT ONLY ENDORSED
[02:09:39] HER, BUT HE MADE SURE THAT SHE
[02:09:41] GOT OVER THE FINISH LINE IN THAT
[02:09:44] REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, WHICH WAS NO EASY FEAT. HE RALLIED FOR HER SEVERAL TIMES.
[02:09:49] HE MADE HER PART OF HIS POLITICAL PROJECT, AND CLEARLY
[02:09:53] VOTERS WERE NOT BUYING IT. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IF
[02:09:56] RALPH NORMAN WERE THE NOMINEE, THE REPUBLICAN DARLINE GRAHAM BEAT.
[02:10:00] >> FROM THIS PART OF THE STATE. THERE IS A LOT OF GLUE DOWN THERE.
[02:10:03] >> ANNIE ANDREWS CAN GIVE HER
[02:10:07] THANKS TO THE RALPH NORMAN VOTERS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
[02:10:11] IN THAT AREA, THEN IN GREENVILLE
[02:10:14] COUNTY, WHICH SHE CARRIED NARROWLY IN LAST NIGHT'S ELECTION.
[02:10:19] AGAIN, THIS IS A CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP PUT ON THE MAP, DARLINE GRAHAM.
[02:10:23] SHE WAS NOT GOING TO BE THE SENATE CANDIDATE UNTIL TRUMP GOT INVOLVED HERE.
[02:10:28] NOW IT IS A DEMOCRATIC C.
[02:10:28] >> TO FINISH OFF, NORTH
[02:10:33] CAROLINA, THE TAR HEEL STATE. >> THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST
[02:10:36] EGREGIOUS OF THE ALL, BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP CAME INTO NORTH
[02:10:40] CAROLINA A YEAR AGO AND SAID, I'M GOING TO PICK THE NOMINEE. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A
[02:10:45] NOMINEE, IT IS GOING TO BE MY PICK. FOR A MOMENT IT LOOKED LIKE IT
[02:10:49] MIGHT BE HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT DO IT, SO
[02:10:53] TRUMP SAID WE ARE GOING TO GO WITH MICHAEL WHATLEY.
[02:10:57] IF YOU WERE NOT PLUGGED IN, MICHAEL WHATLEY WAS THE CHAIRMAN
[02:11:00] OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THEN BRIEFLY WAS
[02:11:03] THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RNC, THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY.
[02:11:07] BUT HE HAD NEVER SERVED IN ELECTED OFFICE BEFORE.
[02:11:10] HE HAD WORKED AS A LOBBYIST. HE HAD WORKED AS A PARTY LEADER AND WAS UNPROVEN ON THE
[02:11:14] ELECTORAL STAGE, AND THIS IS THE RESULT HERE.
[02:11:18] ROY COOPER, WHO WAS THE STRONGEST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
[02:11:22] PROBABLY ANYWHERE ACROSS THE MAP LAST NIGHT, WINNING BY 19 POINTS.
[02:11:25] >> A PLACE DONALD TRUMP WON BY
[02:11:28] THREE POINTS JUST TWO YEARS AGO. >> EXACTLY.
[02:11:32] THIS WIN HAS MASSIVE IMPLICATIONS DOWN BALLOT AS WELL, WHICH I'M SURE WE WILL GET INTO.
[02:11:36] THIS IS A CANDIDATE WHO WAS
[02:11:40] HANDPICKED BY DONALD TRUMP, WHO HAS GONE ON TO A GENERATIONAL DEFEAT IN THEIR STATE.
[02:11:43] >> THAT IS ONE OF THE
[02:11:46] POSTMORTEMS HERE THIS MORNING.
[02:11:49] WE WILL GET INTO A LOT MORE FOR YOU AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.
[02:11:51] HOST: GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY
[02:11:55] MUCH. SPEAKING OF NORTH CAROLINA, MIKE JOINS US FROM THAT STATE, REPUBLICAN LINE. HI.
[02:11:59] CALLER: HI. YES, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[02:12:05] LOOK, NO, I THINK IT IS A TOTAL REPUDIATION, REALLY, OF TRUMP.
[02:12:12] AND I JUST THINK IT IS A
[02:12:14] THOROUGHGOING REPUDIATION.
[02:12:18] I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS, THE BIGGEST LESSON TO BE LEARNED
[02:12:22] -- THERE IS ALWAYS A SILVER LINING AND IT IS THAT
[02:12:25] REPUBLICANS JUST DID NOT DELIVER HERE.
[02:12:28] YOU KNOW, FROM 2025 YOU KNOW,
[02:12:32] WHEN CONGRESS WAS SWORN IN, TO
[02:12:35] TODAY, ROUGHLY TWO YEARS, REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT DELIVERED A WHOLE LOT.
[02:12:39] I THINK THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
[02:12:42] I KNOW THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT IS TOUGH AND THE ECONOMY. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE REASONS
[02:12:46] FOR THAT, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY
[02:12:49] NECESSARILY GET TO PICK A LOT OF THAT AND YOU'VE GOT TO GOVERN
[02:12:53] AND DELIVER THROUGH THAT.
[02:12:56] AND MEET FOLKS WHERE THEY ARE AT, OR RIGHT?
[02:12:59] WITH POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO HELP FAMILIES, HELP COMMUNITIES.
[02:13:04] I THINK REPUBLICANS FOR A WHOLE HOST OF REASONS JUST DID NOT GET IT DONE.
[02:13:08] I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST
[02:13:10] LESSON HERE, IS, JUST REFOCUS ON PEOPLE'S PRIORITIES.
[02:13:16] IT IS NOT EVEN NECESSARILY ABOUT TRUMP.
[02:13:18] I THINK THIS IS OBVIOUSLY KIND
[02:13:20] OF THE BEGINNING OF THE END, LEGISLATIVELY, OF TRUMP, AND OF
[02:13:25] COURSE THERE IS STILL TWO MORE
[02:13:28] YEARS OF TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT LEGISLATIVELY IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
[02:13:33] BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS STILL WORK TO DO AND YOU'VE GOT TO
[02:13:37] APPROACH IT WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE.
[02:13:39] SO, JUST REPUBLICANS NEED TO
[02:13:42] REORIENT AND FOCUS ON POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE.
[02:13:44] HOST: THANK YOU, MIKE FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
[02:13:48] HE TALKED ABOUT THE END LEGISLATIVELY. YOUR HEAD IS NODDING.
[02:13:50] GUEST: THAT APPEARS TO BE TRUE.
[02:13:55] HONESTLY, CONGRESS HAD NOT BEEN DOING A LOT PRE-THIS ELECTION.
[02:14:01] THE MARQUEE LEGISLATION WAS THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, BUT THAT WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY TRUMP.
[02:14:06] TRUMP TOLD THEM TO GET IT DONE AND THEY GOT IT DONE.
[02:14:09] IT WAS NOT SUPER-INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS BEYOND MAKING SURE IT
[02:14:13] PASSED, BUT CONGRESS HAS BEEN IN LOCKSTEP PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THAT IS LONG GONE NOW.
[02:14:19] HE STILL HAS THE POWER OF THE PEN.
[02:14:22] HE HAS SIGNED MANY EXECUTIVE ORDERS, EVEN BEFORE LOSING CONTROL OF CONGRESS, AND I
[02:14:26] EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE.
[02:14:29] REALLY, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WHETHER DEMOCRATS MAKE AN
[02:14:33] ATTEMPT TO RESTRICT TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
[02:14:36] IT HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE AMONG THE BASE. IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT THEY
[02:14:40] CAN DO AND WHETHER THEY WILL HAVE TIME, KEEPING IN MIND THAT
[02:14:43] TRUMP CAN VETO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THEY CAN PASS.
[02:14:45] HOST: THE PRESIDENT ON TRUTH
[02:14:48] SOCIAL, GIVING HIS THOUGHTS, POSTING THERE.
[02:14:51] THIS IS HIM FROM EARLY THIS MORNING.
[02:14:54] I WASN'T ON THE BALLOT, AND IF I WAS WE WOULD HAVE WON IN A LANDSLIDE.
[02:14:58] THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, SIGNED, THE PRESIDENT.
[02:15:02] ALSO POSTING ON TRUE SOCIAL, AS
[02:15:06] OUR GUEST HAS REFERENCED, A RED CAP, COMMONLY KNOWN WITH HIS
[02:15:11] CAMPAIGN, WITH LARGE LETTERS IN WHITE SPELLING OUT "VETO."
[02:15:16] THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING TO
[02:15:17] DASHA BURNS, THE HOST OF OUR
[02:15:20] "CEASEFIRE" PROGRAM ON C-SPAN DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR COVERAGE.
[02:15:24] HE GAVE THE PRESIDENT A CALL AND TRY TO FIND OUT HIS THOUGHTS POST-ELECTION DAY.
[02:15:29] HERE IS THAT FROM YESTERDAY. >> LET'S TRY TO CALL THE
[02:15:33] PRESIDENT. I THINK IT IS TIME. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HIM.
[02:15:37] LET'S SEE IF HE PICKS UP.
[02:15:41] LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> WE ARE GETTING THERE.
[02:15:44] >> ASK HIM THAT ISRAEL P.M.
[02:15:50] QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]
[02:15:53] >> MIGHT BE A LITTLE BUSY.
[02:15:57] >> HI, MAY I ASK WHO IS CALLING?
[02:16:00] >> THIS IS DASHA BURNS WITH POLITICO.
[02:16:05] HELLO? >> ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
[02:16:12] PRES. TRUMP: DASHA, HOW ARE YOU?
[02:16:15] >> YOU ARE ON WITH MY COLLEAGUES
[02:16:18] HERE AT POLITICO. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE? WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED WITH
[02:16:22] YOUR PARTY TONIGHT? PRES. TRUMP: I WASN'T ON THE
[02:16:25] BALLOT, AND WE DIDN'T GET THE PEOPLE OUT, BUT I WASN'T ON THE BALLOT.
[02:16:28] IF I WAS ON THE BALLOT WE WOULD HAVE WON. WE WOULD HAVE WON IT ALL EASILY.
[02:16:33] >> YOU TOLD VOTERS TO VOTE AS IF YOU ARE ON THE BALLOT.
[02:16:38] PRES. TRUMP: YEAH. THINK ABOUT ME BEING ON THE
[02:16:40] BALLOT, BUT THEY DIDN'T AGREE AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE CANDIDATES IN MOST CASES.
[02:16:45] JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
[02:16:49] >> ARE THERE CANDIDATES YOU THINK DID NOT DO ENOUGH IN THIS ELECTION?
[02:16:54] PRES. TRUMP: I DON'T WANT TO BLAME EVERYBODY.
[02:16:57] IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING PERIOD OF TIME.
[02:16:59] I WATCHED WITH GREAT INTEREST, LEARN FROM IT.
[02:17:02] >> WHAT DID YOU LEARN, SIR?
[02:17:04] PRES. TRUMP: WELL, WE ARE GOING
[02:17:08] TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS TO MAKE SURE THINGS GO WELL FOR OUR COUNTRY. THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
[02:17:12] THEY HAVE ALREADY CALLED AND THEY WANT TO WORK WITH ME.
[02:17:14] I HAVE THE RIGHT OF THE TWO EVERYTHING, BUT ANNA WANT TO BE
[02:17:18] SITTING THERE FOR TWO YEARS VETOING EVERYTHING.
[02:17:19] WE WANT TO SEE THINGS HAPPEN TOO. I HAVE SPOKEN TO CERTAIN LEADERS
[02:17:23] OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, AND WE
[02:17:25] WILL PROBABLY -- I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE DEMOCRATS ALSO.
[02:17:29] >> HAS HAKEEM JEFFRIES CALLED?
[02:17:32] PRES. TRUMP: I WANT TO SAY WHO,
[02:17:36] BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS AND MAKE THINGS WORK OUT WELL.
[02:17:39] >> WOULD YOU CONSIDER DOING AN IMMIGRATION DEAL?
[02:17:42] PRES. TRUMP: I WERE CONSIDERED WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE AND GOOD
[02:17:46] FOR THE COUNTRY. >> HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH CHUCK SCHUMER?
[02:17:50] PRES. TRUMP: DEMOCRATS CALLED ME.
[02:17:53] >> SO, YOU ARE WILLING TO DO SOME BIPARTISAN WORK?
[02:17:57] PRES. TRUMP: I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO DO THAT.
[02:18:01] I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT
[02:18:05] ANY TIME, INCLUDING TWO YEARS AGO I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
[02:18:07] >> HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK, MR.
[02:18:11] PRESIDENT, THIS CHANGES THE TRAJECTORY OF THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION?
[02:18:14] PRES. TRUMP: I WILL LET YOU KNOW A YEAR FROM NOW.
[02:18:20] WE HAVE A POWERFUL VETO POWER. THE ULTIMATE. IT IS THE ULTIMATE POWER.
[02:18:27] AND I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, HOW DO WE GET IT DONE?
[02:18:31] WE WILL GET SOME THINGS IN.
[02:18:33] >> DOES THIS CHANGE YOUR
[02:18:36] THINKING ABOUT 2028? MARCO RUBIO, JD VANCE, SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE?
[02:18:39] PRES. TRUMP: THAT IS A LONG WAY OFF.
[02:18:42] >> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
[02:18:45] PRES. TRUMP: ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS COME TOGETHER.
[02:18:50] JUST KEEP GOOD POLICY. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THE OIL
[02:18:54] PRICE BECAUSE OF IRAN, BUT I'M
[02:18:57] VERY -- I'M TOTALLY CONVINCED
[02:19:00] THAT MY DECISION ON IRAN FOR THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF OUR COUNTRY
[02:19:04] -- FOR THE WORLD -- WAS A CORRECT 1 -- AND IT CONTINUES TO BE.
[02:19:07] >> WHAT CAN AMERICANS EXPECT IN IRAN?
[02:19:11] ARE YOU GOING TO ESCALATE NOW? PRES. TRUMP: WELL, WE ARE GOING
[02:19:14] TO TAKE A LOOK AND IF WE SEE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO DO ONE THING OR ANOTHER WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT
[02:19:19] IS BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY. >> THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION
[02:19:22] YOU MIGHT USE NUCLEAR POWER OVER IRAN. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY?
[02:19:26] PRES. TRUMP: I DON'T NEED A. WE HAVE ALREADY KNOCKED THEM
[02:19:30] OUT, SO I DON'T NEED THAT.
[02:19:30] >> WE SPOKE TO BYRON DONALDS
[02:19:34] EARLIER TONIGHT, WHO IS SOMEONE YOU HAVE ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED
[02:19:38] AND WAS A REAL BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
[02:19:41] WHAT DO YOU THINK HE DID TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHERE OTHERS WEREN'T?
[02:19:43] PRES. TRUMP: HE IS A GOOD GUY
[02:19:47] AND CANDIDATE AND HE RAN A GOOD RACE AND I ENDORSED HIM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
[02:19:51] HE CALLED ME AN HOUR AGO AND
[02:19:53] THANKED ME, AND WE HAD THE
[02:19:56] SENATOR, ASHLEY OLSEN, ELECTED, WITH MY ENDORSEMENT.
[02:20:00] MY ENDORSEMENT ELECTED A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> DO YOU THINK THAT MIKE
[02:20:05] JOHNSON SHOULD STAY ON AS MINORITY LEADER?
[02:20:06] PRES. TRUMP: I THINK HE HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB.
[02:20:11] I THINK HE HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. >> SO YOU THINK HE SHOULD KEEP A
[02:20:15] LEADERSHIP POSITION? PRES. TRUMP: I THINK HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB.
[02:20:19] THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
[02:20:23] BUT HE IS A GOOD PERSON AND HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB.
[02:20:26] I WILL SEE YOU, WE WILL DO AN INTERVIEW. I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
[02:20:29] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. APPRECIATE IT.
[02:20:32] HOST: PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY
[02:20:36] GIVING HIS THOUGHTS POST-ELECTION DAY. LET'S HEAR FROM AUDREY,
[02:20:39] PHILADELPHIA, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:20:43] IT IS A NEW DAY IN AMERICA.
[02:20:46] I WAS UP UNTIL 3:00 A.M. WATCHING C-SPAN COVERAGE AND YOU
[02:20:51] GUYS DID A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE IT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRIME TIME: SHOW.
[02:20:57] I'M SO PROUD OF AMERICA AFTER YESTERDAY. IT WAS NOT JUST DEMOCRATS WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN.
[02:21:01] IT WAS LACKS -- BLACKS, WHITES,
[02:21:08] DEMOCRATS, AND PRINCIPAL CONSERVATIVES.
[02:21:23] I THINK HE SOWED THE SEEDS FOR A LOT OF THIS MOVEMENT.
[02:21:26] I WENT AND VOTED AFTER WORK YESTERDAY, AND I WAS ABLE TO
[02:21:30] VOTE FOR CHRIS RABB, A
[02:21:36] DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST WHO IS NOW GOING TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND I DON'T
[02:21:38] WANT CHUCK SCHUMER AND HAKEEM JEFFRIES IN LEADERSHIP.
[02:21:43] I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BERNIE SANDERS HEADING THE SENATE
[02:21:47] MAJORITY AND RO KHANNA IN THE HOUSE.
[02:21:51] AND KING A POLITICAL GEEK I CAME
[02:21:54] UP WITH A 20-POINT AGENDA FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
[02:21:57] I WON'T TELL YOU ALL OF THEM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU MY TOP FIVE.
[02:22:01] I WANT THEM TO REVOKE CITIZENS UNITED, I WANT MEDICARE FOR ALL,
[02:22:05] I WANT THEM TO END THE IRAN WAR,
[02:22:08] SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY, AND IMPEACH PETE HEGSETH. I THINK THEY CAN DO ALL OF THAT.
[02:22:13] I DON'T WANT THEM TO IMPEACH TRUMP.
[02:22:16] I JUST WANT THEM TO HOLD HIM IN CHECK UNTIL HE IS OUT OF OFFICE.
[02:22:20] AND I WOULD URGE EVERYBODY TO
[02:22:22] LISTEN TO EL-SAYED'S VICTORY
[02:22:28] SPEECH, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT ELON MUSK
[02:22:31] AND AIPAC MONEY GOT FLUSHED LAST NIGHT.
[02:22:35] THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY EVERYTHING. HOST: AUDREY IN PHILADELPHIA THERE.
[02:22:40] A LAUNDRY LIST SHE LISTED OFF, I'M SURE MANY PROGRESSIVES WANT TO SEE.
[02:22:45] PROMISING IS ONE, GOVERNING IS ANOTHER.
[02:22:48] WHAT FACES THE DEMOCRATS NOW AS THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROMISES MADE?
[02:22:51] GUEST: YEAH. SOMETHING SHE POINTED OUT THAT I
[02:22:55] FIND INTERESTING IS REVOKING CITIZENS UNITED.
[02:22:59] THERE IS NO REAL WAY FOR CONGRESS TO DO THAT, AS FAR AS
[02:23:02] I'M AWARE, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IN MONTANA THERE WAS A BALLOT
[02:23:07] INITIATIVE WHICH -- THIS IS KIND
[02:23:12] OF A DEMOCRATIC LEGAL THEORY THAT WOULD CHANGE THE DEFINITION
[02:23:16] OF -- OR, RELY ON THE DEFINITION
[02:23:19] OF A CORPORATION TO REDUCE HOW MUCH THEY CAN SPEND ON RACES IN MONTANA.
[02:23:24] IT IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED. AS OF RIGHT NOW THAT IS PASSING
[02:23:28] WITH 65%.
[02:23:30] VERY MUCH A SIGN THAT AMERICANS WANT SOMETHING TO BE DONE TO
[02:23:34] RESTRICT CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
[02:23:36] ANOTHER MEASURE IN ALASKA THAT WOULD REPEAL RANKED CHOICE
[02:23:39] VOTING, THEIR TOP FOUR PRIMARY,
[02:23:43] AND CAMPAIGN-FINANCE RULES, IS CURRENTLY FAILING BY TWO POINTS.
[02:23:47] BUT THAT WAS REALLY CLOSE. OVERALL IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A
[02:23:50] HUGE APPETITE TO REPEAL CAMPAIGN-FINANCE.
[02:23:56] THERE WAS A KNOW THE IN HAWAII
[02:23:58] PAST TO RESTRICT CORPORATE
[02:24:01] SPEECH, ESSENTIALLY, AND THAT WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
[02:24:06] SO, IT KINDA REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
[02:24:09] THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE DEMOCRATS NEED TO LOOK AT SUPREME COURT REFORM,
[02:24:13] POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES, EVEN THOUGH THERE
[02:24:17] IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS GOING INTO THEIR GOVERNANCE OF CONGRESS AFTER THESE LARGE VICTORIES.
[02:24:20] HOST: JOSHUA IN ILLINOIS, DEMOCRATS' LINE.
[02:24:24] HI. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:24:28] I WANT TO START OFF AND SAY, THANK YOU, AMERICA, FOR GOING OUT TO VOTE.
[02:24:33] I WAS AFFECTED BY THE TARIFFS.
[02:24:38] WE WERE FORCED TO LEGALLY COLLECT TARIFFS WE HAD TO CHARGE AMERICAN COMPANIES.
[02:24:43] EVENTUALLY THE SUPREME COURT RULED THOSE ILLEGAL.
[02:24:45] EVERY TIME I CALLED INTO C-SPAN THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
[02:24:48] REPUBLICAN PARTY GAVE UP THEIR POWERS TO THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REPUDIATION FOR THAT.
[02:24:53] SECOND, I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE WERE NAMING CORRUPTION AS ONE OF
[02:24:55] THE MAIN REASONS THEY VOTED THIS ADMINISTRATION OUT.
[02:25:00] AFFORDABILITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT CORRUPTION SHOULD BE A MANDATE TO GO AFTER ALL OF THESE
[02:25:04] GRIFTERS IN POWER.
[02:25:06] LASTLY, I WANT TO ASK YOUR GUEST
[02:25:09] ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY OF
[02:25:12] A SINGLE-ISSUE LEGISLATION SO YOU CAN PUT THESE REPUBLICANS ON
[02:25:16] THE RECORD AND FORCE THEM TO VOTE AGAINST AMERICANS. AMERICANS, YOU KNOW?
[02:25:23] THEY FOLLOWED WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS?
[02:25:26] WE NEED HOPE FOR AMERICANS AND I JUST WANT TO ASK THE GUEST IF
[02:25:28] THEY REMEMBER THE LAST TIME
[02:25:30] EITHER PARTY WAS PASSING
[02:25:34] SINGLE-ISSUE LEGISLATION? WE ARE USED TO SEEING THESE
[02:25:37] OMNIBUS, THESE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILLS. IT IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAVE SEEN --
[02:25:42] GUEST: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION
[02:25:46] AND A GREAT POINT. ACTUALLY, REPUBLICANS HAD DONE
[02:25:49] THIS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE MIDTERMS.
[02:25:52] THEY HAD A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO FORCE DEMOCRATS TO CONDEMN SOCIALISM.
[02:25:57] A FEW OTHER TOUGH VOTES.
[02:25:59] AT TIMES TO GET THEM ON THE
[02:26:02] RECORD ON SOME UNPOPULAR ISSUES GOING INTO 2026.
[02:26:06] OBVIOUSLY, THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE PANNED OUT FOR REPUBLICANS, BUT DEMOCRATS ARE
[02:26:10] VERY LIKELY TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
[02:26:13] ESPECIALLY BECAUSE TRUMP HAS ULTIMATE VETO POWER.
[02:26:17] DEMOCRATS MOST LIKELY WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE
[02:26:19] FILIBUSTER IN THE SENATE, SO
[02:26:22] THEY REALLY WANT A LOT OF THESE SYMBOLIC VOTES, SO TO SPEAK.
[02:26:26] WANT TO GET REPUBLICANS ON THE RECORD. THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR 2028 ALREADY.
[02:26:31] THEY WANT TO HOLD ON TO THE DISTRICTS THEY HAVE WON.
[02:26:33] YOU WANT TO EXPAND IN 2020.
[02:26:36] IT IS UP TO THEM TO FORCE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE AND ALSO
[02:26:40] EXPAND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A
[02:26:41] BEGINNING OF A DIVORCE BETWEEN
[02:26:45] CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHICH I THINK
[02:26:47] COULD PLAY OUT IN SOME OF THESE.
[02:26:50] HOST: OUR GUEST IS WITH US
[02:26:53] THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT JOINING US THROUGHOUT THE MORNING TO TALK
[02:26:56] ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF WHAT
[02:26:58] HAPPENS NOW, WITH THE VICTORIES OF DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND
[02:27:03] SENATE, STEVE NEWCOMB OF THE WASHINGTON SUN.
[02:27:07] GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
[02:27:11] HOST: WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS NOW?
[02:27:14] >> NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
[02:27:18] DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATION. RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE THE NEXT STEPS.
[02:27:23] DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF THIS AND
[02:27:26] SCOPE THE HOUSE IS PROBABLY
[02:27:30] GOING TO REACH OVER 250
[02:27:34] DEMOCRATS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, EVEN
[02:27:35] IF I HAD TOLD MY MOST, SORT OF,
[02:27:41] EAGER DEMOCRATIC SOURCES THAT LAST WEEK I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BELIEVED ME. RIGHT NOW I THINK DEMOCRATS,
[02:27:45] SORTING THROUGH JUST HOW BIG OF A VICTORY THIS COULD BE.
[02:27:49] WE STILL HAVE RESULTS IN ALASKA, SOME OTHER PLACES.
[02:27:52] I KNOW THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE RACE IS NOT FINISHED AS WELL.
[02:27:57] THEY WILL GET TO CAPITOL HILL NEXT WEEKEND THAT IS WHEN THE
[02:28:00] RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS AND SHAPING AN AGENDA.
[02:28:03] HOST: WHEN THEY COME BACK NEXT WEEK WHAT ARE THE LEADERS IN THE
[02:28:08] HOUSE CURRENTLY, MIKE JOHNSON
[02:28:12] AND SENATOR THUNE, WHAT ARE THEY TELEGRAPHING AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS OR WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
[02:28:15] >> NEXT WEEK WILL BE LEADERSHIP
[02:28:20] ELECTIONS FOR AT LEAST THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE TO WATCH.
[02:28:25] THEY GOT WIPED OUT IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. USUALLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS YOU
[02:28:30] SEE CAUCUSES AND CONFERENCES
[02:28:35] WANT TO CHANGE AT THE TOP. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
[02:28:40] NOW, CURRENTLY SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, IF HE STICKS AROUND AND
[02:28:44] TRIES TO BE MINORITY LEADER FOR HOUSE REPUBLICANS.
[02:28:45] BUT ALSO SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A
[02:28:48] WORSE RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUMP IS THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, JOHN THUNE.
[02:28:53] SO, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE
[02:28:56] MOST IMMEDIATE DRAMA IN
[02:28:58] WASHINGTON IS GOING TO BE THOSE LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS NEXT WEEK
[02:29:01] ON CAPITOL HILL.
[02:29:06] WE HOST: HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF PROGRESSIVES ELECTED TO CONGRESS. AND NOT ONLY WHAT IT WOULD MEAN
[02:29:09] FOR HAKEEM JEFFRIES, SHOULD HE
[02:29:13] BECOME HOUSE SPEAKER, WHICH IS EXPECTED, AND THE RETURN OF THE
[02:29:15] SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER.
[02:29:19] HOW MUCH PUSH WILL THEY GET FROM THERE AND HOW MUCH WILL EITHER OF THOSE GENTLEMEN YIELDS TO
[02:29:23] THOSE THINGS?
[02:29:23] >> I ACTUALLY THINK THE SORT OF
[02:29:27] SIZE OF THIS DEMOCRATIC FLOOD,
[02:29:29] OR TSUNAMI, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
[02:29:32] KIND OF DROWN OUT SOME OF THE
[02:29:34] PROGRESSIVE VOICES ON THE HILL.
[02:29:37] BECAUSE OF THE MARGINS THAT THESE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE
[02:29:41] LOOKING AT, LIKE I SAID IN THE
[02:29:42] HOUSE 250-PLUS SEATS, THAT GIVES
[02:29:45] HER HAKEEM JEFFRIES, WHO IS IN LINE TO BECOME SPEAKER, A BIGGER
[02:29:49] MAJORITY THEN HE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED AND PUTS THEM IN A
[02:29:52] POSITION WHERE HE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ACQUIESCED TO THE
[02:29:57] DEMANDS OF A NUMBER OF PROGRESSIVES. THE SAME FOR CHUCK SCHUMER IN THE SENATE.
[02:30:02] THESE SENATE SEATS THEY WON WHICH ARE THE MAJORITY MAKERS,
[02:30:05] WE ARE TALKING ABOUT KANSAS, ALASKA, OHIO.
[02:30:09] IF THEY HOLD ONTO MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, THESE ARE MODERATE
[02:30:12] CANDIDATES WHO WERE RECRUITED BY
[02:30:15] SCHUMER, WHO WERE BACKED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT. YES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
[02:30:19] PROGRESSIVE WILL WIN IN MICHIGAN. BUT THE MAJORITY-MAKERS ARE
[02:30:22] MODERATES AND I THINK THIS WILL
[02:30:24] ONLY BOLSTER THE HAND OF SOME
[02:30:29] MODERATE LEADERS LIKE HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND CHUCK SCHUMER.
[02:30:30] HOST: I KNOW IT IS EARLY, BUT
[02:30:34] WHEN CONGRESS IS SEATED NEXT YEAR, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT LOOKS
[02:30:36] LIKE IN TERMS OF COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP, ACTIVITY?
[02:30:41] WILL THERE BE HEARINGS? LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS?
[02:30:44] WHAT IS THAT BREAKDOWN FOR YOU?
[02:30:46] >> ALL OF THE ABOVE, AND I THINK
[02:30:50] THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR DEMOCRATS, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO
[02:30:53] HIT FIRST, WHAT TO SORT OF DO FIRST. I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF FOLKS
[02:30:57] WHO SAY IN THE RUN-UP TO
[02:30:59] EXPECTING WINNING THE MAJORITY,
[02:31:02] NOW THE REALITY, THAT THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY.
[02:31:07] THAT THIS IS WHAT GOT THEM HERE.
[02:31:09] THAT UNDERLYING THIS BLUE WAVE IS THIS ECONOMIC ANXIETY, THESE
[02:31:12] CONCERNS ABOUT CORRUPTION, AND
[02:31:16] THAT DEMOCRATIC, SORT OF,
[02:31:17] MESSAGE AND PLATFORM HAS TO ATTACK THAT EARLY NEXT YEAR.
[02:31:23] YOU ARE TALKING ACA TAX CREDITS, MEDICAID CUTS THAT REPUBLICANS
[02:31:26] MADE LAST YEAR THROUGH THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL.
[02:31:30] THOSE ARE CONCRETE STEPS DEMOCRATS, REVERSING CUTS
[02:31:34] REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE, THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IMMEDIATELY.
[02:31:37] YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF HEARINGS, INVESTIGATIONS INTO
[02:31:40] THE PRESIDENT HIS FAMILY, AND HIS CLOSE ALLIES.
[02:31:42] HOST: WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF
[02:31:47] THE WEEKS WHEN CONGRESS RETURNS TO THE END OF THE YEAR AT THE START OF THE LAME-DUCK?
[02:31:50] GUEST: WELL, I KNOW REPUBLICANS
[02:31:56] WANTED TO GET A LOT DONE IN THE LAME-DUCK. I CAN IMAGINE, GIVEN THE RESULTS
[02:31:59] LAST NIGHT, THERE WILL BE A
[02:32:03] DESIRE TO SHOVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DOWN THE THROAT OF CONGRESS THAT THEY CAN.
[02:32:08] THAT IS, REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES.
[02:32:11] THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO FAST-TRACK YOUR WAY TO LEGISLATION.
[02:32:17] NOW, I THINK THE TERRAIN GETS ROCKIER AND YOU GET TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH
[02:32:21] POWER A LAME-DUCK PRESIDENT AND LAME-DUCK CONGRESS HAS, BUT I
[02:32:25] THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE REPUBLICANS TRY TO DO A LOT IN
[02:32:29] THIS LAME-DUCK BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR LAST SHOT.
[02:32:30] HOST: OUR GUEST WAS TELLING US
[02:32:33] THERE IS STILL A DEADLINE, SO TO SPEAK, WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT.
[02:32:37] >> ABSOLUTELY. GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
[02:32:41] YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DEBT CEILING, WHICH IS
[02:32:44] MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING IN A WAY.
[02:32:48] SO, THAT IS ACTUALLY AN AREA
[02:32:50] WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL HAVE SOME COMMON GROUND WITH DEMOCRATS.
[02:32:54] I KNOW THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE DEBT LIMIT.
[02:32:58] ELIZABETH WARREN. THAT IS SOMETHING PRESIDENT
[02:33:01] TRUMP HAS TALKED ABOUT AS WELL. THEY HAVE SOME BIG THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF WHEN THEY GET BACK
[02:33:06] BEFORE LEAVING AND THEN COMING BACK IN JANUARY.
[02:33:09] HOST: STEPHEN NEUKAM REPORTS FOR THE WASHINGTON SUN.
[02:33:14] THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
[02:33:17] HOST: GIVING US THEIR TIME THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
[02:33:22] MORNING, OUR DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD AND DEMOCRACY HUB.
[02:33:25] >> LET'S FOCUS ON THE HOUSE FOR
[02:33:30] A SECOND. DEMOCRATS ONLY NEEDED THREE PICKUPS TO TAKE THE HOUSE.
[02:33:33] RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 25 AND THERE ARE 68 RACES STILL OUTSTANDING.
[02:33:37] WE DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH THEY WILL GO, BUT ESTIMATES THAT THEY
[02:33:40] COULD END UP WITH TO HUNT 50,
[02:33:43] 200 55 OR MORE SEATS IN THE HOUSE WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE.
[02:33:48] LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STORY OF THE HOUSE THROUGH THE TAR HEEL STATE.
[02:33:52] WE ARE GOING TO DIVE BACK INTO NORTH CAROLINA.
[02:33:54] >> THE TAR HEEL STATE, TO ME, IS
[02:33:59] THE STORY OF LAST NIGHT'S ELECTION IN TERMS OF THE DEPTH
[02:34:03] OF THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES. WE CAN TELL THAT STORY.
[02:34:06] WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ONE SPECIFIC COUNTY.
[02:34:09] >> IT IS EASIER TO SEE THOSE
[02:34:13] WHEN WE SHIFT TO THE SENATE RESULTS HERE. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT GUILFORD COUNTY.
[02:34:17] THIS IS GREENSBORO.
[02:34:18] >> JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER, I'M
[02:34:21] GOING TO CIRCLE THAT SQUARE. >> THERE WE GO.
[02:34:26] WINNSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, ONE OF THE STATE'S LARGEST CITIES.
[02:34:29] ROY COOPER PUTTING UP A 42 POINT
[02:34:33] WIN OVER MICHAEL WHATLEY, THE REPUBLICAN IN THE SENATE RACE.
[02:34:36] IF WE GO BACK TO 2020 CAN SEE
[02:34:39] CAL CUNNINGHAM DID WIN IT AS WELL BY 22 POINTS.
[02:34:44] ROY COOPER, OUTPERFORMING THE LAST SENATE NOMINEE BY 20 POINTS IN GUILFORD COUNTY.
[02:34:49] THIS TELLS A BIG PART OF WHY ROY COOPER WAS ABLE TO PUT UP A
[02:34:53] SIGNIFICANT STATEWIDE VICTORY, BUT IT ALSO HAS DOWN BALLOT
[02:34:57] IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THE HOUSE MAP WHAT WE SEE IS
[02:35:01] THAT GUILFORD COUNTY TOUCHES THREE DIFFERENT REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS.
[02:35:07] >> FORMERLY-REPUBLICAN.
[02:35:09] >> ALL THREE OF THESE DISTRICTS
[02:35:13] THE DEMOCRAT IS LEADING IN, AND IT IS BECAUSE THEY CARVED UP GREENSBORO.
[02:35:17] THEY PARCELED OUT THOSE DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
[02:35:20] THEY DIDN'T THINK SOMEBODY WOULD WIN THAT COUNTING ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE BY 20 POINTS.
[02:35:24] NOW THAT HAS HAPPENED AND ALL THREE OF THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE WAVE.
[02:35:29] THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY THREE DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT ARE GOING TO FLIP TOWARD
[02:35:33] DEMOCRATS. BUT LET'S RUN THROUGH THE TAPE. .
[02:35:35] >> LET'S GO FROM WEST TO EAST.
[02:35:40] THIS IS ONE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER LAST NIGHT.
[02:35:42] >> JAMIE EGER -- JAMIE AGER WAS
[02:35:48] A DEMOCRATIC STAR. THE MARGIN, CERTAINLY IMPRESSIVE.
[02:35:53] AS A DISTRICT DONALD TRUMP WON BY 11 POINTS.
[02:35:57] THIS ONE, ALREADY IN THE DEMOCRATIC COLUMN.
[02:35:58] >> THIS ONE WAS NOT. THE 14TH DISTRICT.
[02:36:02] >> THE 14TH DISTRICT, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
[02:36:06] TIM MOORE DREW THIS DISTRICT FOR HIMSELF.
[02:36:10] THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT WAS
[02:36:13] CUSTOM-DESIGNED BY TIM MOORE. NOT JUST TO BE A REPUBLICAN
[02:36:17] DISTRICT. TO BE TIM MOORE'S DISTRICT WHEN
[02:36:20] HE WAS STATEHOUSE LEADER. NOW HE IS TRAILING LAKISHA
[02:36:25] WOMACK, WHO HE OUTSPENT IN THIS
[02:36:29] RACE 35 TO ONE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
[02:36:32] DIFFERENCE OF $1.9 MILLION TO $55,000.
[02:36:36] >> HOW MUCH DID YOU KNOW ABOUT LAKISHA WOMACK FOR LAST NIGHT?
[02:36:40] >> I HAVE A 100% HONESTY POLICY HERE.
[02:36:44] I DID NOT KNOW WHO SHE WAS, AND I DO THIS FOR A LIVING.
[02:36:48] A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW WHO LAKISHA WOMACK WAS UNTIL THIS RACE CAME ONLINE.
[02:36:53] I DON'T KNOW IF TIM MOORE KNEW WHO SHE WAS, BUT HE CERTAINLY DOES NOW.
[02:36:56] >> MOVING ACROSS THE STATE, COME
[02:37:00] UP TO THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
[02:37:00] >> VIRGINIA FOXX IS THE CHAIRMAN
[02:37:05] OF THE RULES COMMITTEE. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLY SENIOR
[02:37:08] REPUBLICAN, A CLOSE ALLY OF HOUSE LEADERSHIP. SHE IS CURRENTLY TRAILING BY 99
[02:37:12] VOTES TO CHUCK HUBBARD. HE IS A LOCAL JOURNALIST.
[02:37:17] HE IS FROM WILKES COUNTY.
[02:37:20] TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS DISTRICT TOUCHES GREENSBORO.
[02:37:23] I DIDN'T KNOW WHO CHUCK HUBBARD WAS, ONLY BECAUSE VIRGINIA FOXX
[02:37:25] STARTED AIRING ATTACK ADS SICKO.
[02:37:29] I SAID, THAT'S INTERESTING.
[02:37:31] THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP BY 18 POINTS.
[02:37:36] WHAT IS A SENIOR REPUBLICAN DOING ELEVATING HER OPPONENT TO ATTACK HIM?
[02:37:40] NOW WE KNOW THE ANSWER. HE WAS PROBABLY GOING TO WIN. >> THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
[02:37:44] >> THIS IS A TRUMP PLUS 17 C.
[02:37:49] ANOTHER ONE OF THESE GREENSBORO DISTRICTS. THIS IS ANOTHER SEAT THAT NORTH
[02:37:53] CAROLINA REPUBLICANS REDREW LAST CYCLE TO ELECT A REPUBLICAN.
[02:37:57] THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE THAT TIME, BUT HE FACED SERIAL JEFFERSON.
[02:38:03] THIS RACE DID NOT GET A TON OF
[02:38:04] SPENDING, BUT MCDOWELL STILL
[02:38:08] OUTSPENT JEFFERSON 61. THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE HIM FROM THIS WAY.
[02:38:11] >> THEN RICHARD HUDSON, THE RNCC
[02:38:18] CHAIR. WHOSE JOB WAS TO DESIGN A
[02:38:22] STRATEGY FOR REPUBLICANS TO HOLD THE HOUSE. HE MAY BE LOSING HIS OWN SCENE.
[02:38:25] >> AND HE IS LOSING IT TO
[02:38:27] RICHARD OJEDA, WHO IS A
[02:38:31] PERENNIAL CANDIDATE. HE RAN FOR CONGRESS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
[02:38:37] HE EVEN RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN
[02:38:39] 2020 VERY BRIEFLY, THOUGH OBVIOUSLY DID NOT CATCH FIRE
[02:38:43] THERE. BEFORE MOVING BACK TO HIS HOME STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
[02:38:47] NOW HE IS GOING TO BE
[02:38:51] CONGRESSMAN-LOCKED -- CONGRESSMAN-ELECT RICHARD OJEDA.
[02:38:54] >> ONE MORE IN NORTH CAROLINA TO
[02:38:58] TALK ABOUT AS THE RESULTS COME IN.
[02:39:02] WHEN THEY UPDATE THESE RESULTS WE LOSE THEM FOR A SECOND.
[02:39:05] LET'S DIVE BACK INTO THE TAR HEEL STATE.
[02:39:11] >> SO, PAUL BARRINGER IS AN ATTORNEY. HE IS A HEALTH CARE CONSULTANT.
[02:39:15] HE MOVED BACK TO THE STATE A YEAR OR TWO AGO. THIS IS ANOTHER RACE THAT CAME
[02:39:20] ONLINE THIS IS A TRUMP PLUS 16
[02:39:22] DISTRICT, BUT BRAD KNOTT, A
[02:39:27] FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LOOKS LIKE HE COULD LOSE HIS SEAT AFTER ONE TERM IN CONGRESS.
[02:39:30] >> THAT IS A STORY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
[02:39:34] CAN WE BUMP OVER TO THE VOLUNTEER STATE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TENNESSEE?
[02:39:40] TENNESSEE RIGHT NOW, EIGHT REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS TO POTENTIALLY ONE DEMOCRATIC
[02:39:43] DISTRICT. THAT WOULD BE THE SAME AS 2024,
[02:39:46] BUT THIS IS A RACE THAT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO YOU
[02:39:50] BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
[02:39:52] >> NONE OF US WERE EXPECTING THIS RIGHT.
[02:40:00] TRAILING BY 280 VOTES. IF ANYONE TELLS YOU THIS RACE
[02:40:04] WAS ON THEIR RADAR THEY ARE LYING TO YOU. NOBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS RACE.
[02:40:08] THE STORY HEADING INTO LAST NIGHT IN TENNESSEE WAS ALL ABOUT
[02:40:11] THE REDISTRICTING THAT CRACKED MEMPHIS.
[02:40:15] >> THAT WAS THIS DISTRICT IN
[02:40:20] TENNESSEE, THAT MEMPHIS AREA. WE WILL COME BACK TO IT AND DRAW AROUND MEMPHIS OVER HERE.
[02:40:25] THEY WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF THE BLUE VOTE BY MOVING IT INTO
[02:40:28] OTHER DISTRICTS IN TENNESSEE. >> LET'S BE REAL.
[02:40:32] THEY WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF
[02:40:32] THE BLACK VOTE BY PARCELING OUT
[02:40:36] MEMPHIS VOTERS INTO THREE OTHER SEATS.
[02:40:38] IF WE LOOK AT THE 2026 RESULTS
[02:40:40] WE CAN SEE THAT, IN FACT, THEY LOOKED TO BE FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL.
[02:40:45] THEY BROUGHT THE FIFTH DISTRICT IN. THAT IS A CLOSE RACE, BUT THE
[02:40:49] REPUBLICAN IS GOING TO WIN.
[02:40:51] THEY BROUGHT THE NINTH DISTRICT,
[02:40:54] WHICH USED TO BE CONCENTRATED HERE IN MEMPHIS, ALL THE WAY OUT.
[02:40:57] THE REPUBLICAN LOOKS LIKE HE IS
[02:41:00] GOING TO WIN THERE AS WELL, BUT THEY WERE SO CONCENTRATED ON
[02:41:03] MEMPHIS THEY FORGOT TO CHECK ON NASHVILLE.
[02:41:05] WHEN THEY BROUGHT SCOTT DES
[02:41:12] JARLAIS DISTRICT IN, --
[02:41:17] THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A DISTRICT THAT SHOULD BE ON
[02:41:20] DEMOCRATS' RADAR, AND THAT IS WHY IT WASN'T.
[02:41:23] HIS DISTRICT GOT 19 POINTS LESS REPUBLICAN. HE HAS HAD SOME SCANDALS.
[02:41:28] THAT HAS NOT FOR HIM WHEN HE HAS BEEN IN A LOOP BE RITZY.
[02:41:32] BUT YOU GIVE HIM COMPETITIVENESS
[02:41:34] AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS COULD BE THE UPSET OF THE NIGHT.
[02:41:39] VICTORIA BRODERICK IS GOING TO BE THE DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING THE MOST REPUBLICAN DISTRICT IN AMERICA.
[02:41:45] IF SHE CAN HOLD ONTO THAT VICTORY.
[02:41:47] >> WITH THOSE STORY LINES, WITH
[02:41:52] THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE
[02:41:53] GERRYMANDER YOU THINK THIS MAKES REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
[02:41:58] RECONSIDER THEIR QUICKNESS TO GERRYMANDER IN ELECTIONS TO COME?
[02:42:00] >> IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
[02:42:04] REPUBLICANS THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THEIR SILVER BULLET
[02:42:06] AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO WIN ANY OF THE SEATS THEY REDREW FOR
[02:42:10] THEIR OWN BENEFIT. HE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS.
[02:42:14] WE TALKED THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE. IN FLORIDA LAST NIGHT.
[02:42:19] THESE ARE PLACES REPUBLICANS WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO REDRAW MAPS AND IT DID NOT HELP THEM.
[02:42:23] IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT THE PARTIES COULD TAKE A BEAT
[02:42:27] BEFORE THEY EMBARK ON THEIR 2028 REDISTRICTING CAMPAIGNS OVER THE
[02:42:30] NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> 68 DISTRICTS YET TO BE CALLED.
[02:42:34] WE WILL DIVE INTO A FEW MORE OF THEM AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE MORNING.
[02:42:37] HOST: LET'S GO BACK TO CALLS.
[02:42:41] JOHN IN MASSACHUSETTS, REPUBLICAN LINE. THANKS FOR WAITING.
[02:42:43] CALLER: I AM ON THE AIR? HOST: YOU ARE ON.
[02:42:47] GO AHEAD. CALLER: I THINK THIS IS A TOUGH
[02:42:50] LOSS FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
[02:42:54] AT THE END OF THE DAY ALL I
[02:42:55] REALLY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT IS --
[02:42:59] HOST: LET'S GO TO VOELKER IN
[02:43:04] MINNESOTA, INDEPENDENT LINE. YOU ARE NEXT UP.
[02:43:06] CALLER: HI, MORNING.
[02:43:12] YEAH, GREAT ELECTION.
[02:43:14] I MEAN, WE OVERCAME THE
[02:43:20] PREJUDICE TOWARDS GENDER,
[02:43:24] NATIONALITY, ORIGIN, AND RELIGION.
[02:43:29] THAT, I THINK, IS GREAT FOR THE FUTURE.
[02:43:34] MY OPINION, I THINK, FINISH THAT
[02:43:37] IRAN THING, NO MATTER HOW.
[02:43:41] THAT HAS AN IMPACT THROUGH THE
[02:43:44] STRAIT OF HORMUZ ON OUR ECONOMY.
[02:43:50] AND REINSTATE THE FUNDING FOR
[02:43:53] UKRAINE.
[02:43:57] NATIONAL HEALTH, AND SO ON.
[02:44:01] AND CLEAR THE EPSTEIN AND
[02:44:06] WHATEVER ELSE SCANDAL.
[02:44:10] BUT, YEAH, IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
[02:44:14] MY OPINION, THE WAR. HOST: OK.
[02:44:20] ERICA, WAS FOREIGN POLICY BEING THIS TIME AROUND?
[02:44:21] GUEST: YES. I GUESS IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS
[02:44:25] THAT ARE SOMEONE-RELATED.
[02:44:28] FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE WAR IN IRAN HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR EIGHT
[02:44:31] MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH TRUMP SAID IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF WEEKS BEFORE IT WAS RESOLVED.
[02:44:35] IT IS A PRIMARILY ECONOMIC ISSUE.
[02:44:39] BLOCKING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, JACKING UP FUEL PRICES. NO HUGE SURPRISES THERE.
[02:44:45] THAT WAS ALWAYS A BOONDOGGLE FOR REPUBLICANS.
[02:44:47] THE OTHER FOREIGN POLICY HASN'T SHOWN UP IS THE U.S. RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL.
[02:44:52] THIS SHOWED UP A LOT IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES, TO THE
[02:44:55] POINT WHERE AIPAC IS NO LONGER
[02:44:58] GOING TO SPEND IN CONGRESSIONAL
[02:45:00] RACES, ED ANNOUNCED -- LAST WEEK, EARLIER THIS WEEK?
[02:45:04] AT SOME POINT. JUST A CLEAR SIGNAL OF HOW TOXIC
[02:45:08] THAT BRAND HAS BECOME. TRUMP ALSO ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY,
[02:45:11] I BELIEVE, THAT HE WOULD END $4
[02:45:16] BILLION IN AID TO ISRAEL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
[02:45:20] WHETHER HE STICKS WITH THAT IS UNCLEAR, BUT HE WAS SAYING, I DON'T WANT REPUBLICANS SADDLED
[02:45:24] WITH THIS. THEY ARE GETTING HIT WITH THIS A LOT ON THE TRAIL. CLEARLY AN ISSUE.
[02:45:29] ISRAEL IS ALSO PUSHING TRUMP TO STRIKE IRAN. IT IS PART OF THAT CONFLICT AS WELL.
[02:45:33] THE MIDDLE EAST VERY MUCH ON THE TOP OF MIND FOR VOTERS.
[02:45:37] HOST: THAT LATTER PART ABOUT THE
[02:45:42] SUSPENSION OF FUNDS, I SUPPOSE THAT MIGHT GET PUSHED BACK FOR REPUBLICANS AND MR. TRUMP SUPPORTERS AS WELL?
[02:45:46] GUEST: I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE MR. TRUMP ANNOUNCE THAT YESTERDAY.
[02:45:50] I ALMOST THINK IF HE HAD ANNOUNCED THAT A FEW WEEKS
[02:45:52] EARLIER IT MAY HAVE ACTUALLY SHIFTED THE NEEDLE IN SOME OF
[02:45:56] THESE REDWALL AREAS.
[02:45:59] BUT, YEAH, REPUBLICANS HAVE A
[02:46:02] BETTER TRACK RECORD WITH ISRAEL THAN DEMOCRATS, BUT BOTH
[02:46:05] PARTIES, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES, ARE
[02:46:08] BECOMING INCREASINGLY SKEPTICAL OF THE U.S. RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL.
[02:46:12] HOW MUCH IS BEING SPENT, ESPECIALLY, IN TERMS OF THE U.S.
[02:46:16] ECONOMY STRUGGLING. PEOPLE ARE ASKING, WHY IS ALL OF
[02:46:19] THIS MONEY GOING TO ISRAEL AND A WAR IN IRAN?
[02:46:23] THERE LIKELY WILL BE REPUBLICAN PUSHBACK, BUT I THINK THAT
[02:46:27] HONESTLY MIGHT GET WRAPPED UP IN A LOT OF REPUBLICAN SOUL-SEARCHING.
[02:46:31] HOST: THE WAR IN IRAN, 43% OF
[02:46:36] DEMOCRATS WHO GAVE THEIR OPINION FOR THAT DATA, VERSUS 20%
[02:46:40] REPUBLICANS, SAYING THAT WAS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.
[02:46:43] THEN THE ECONOMY, WHICH YOU REFERENCED, 61% OF DEMOCRATS
[02:46:46] SAYING THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.
[02:46:49] 55% REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE. THAT MANIFESTED ITSELF LAST NIGHT.
[02:46:53] GUEST: NEARLY EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC
[02:46:57] HAD SAID THEY HAD FACED INCREASED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
[02:47:01] SINCE 2024. THERE IS NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO IT THAT IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN.
[02:47:05] JD VANCE WAS PROBABLY THE TOP NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SPEAKING ON
[02:47:09] THE ECONOMY DURING HIS LINE WAS
[02:47:11] VERY MUCH, GIVE US TIME, GIVE US ANOTHER CHANCE HERE.
[02:47:16] BOTH HE AND TRUMP WERE PROMISING A SWIFT END TO THE WAR IN IRAN
[02:47:20] THAT WOULD LOWER, ESPECIALLY FUEL PRICES.
[02:47:24] ULTIMATELY IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.
[02:47:28] THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DELIVER ENOUGH IN TIME. DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO NEED TO
[02:47:31] AT LEAST SHOW THEY WANT TO LOWER
[02:47:35] PRICES, TO SORT OF KEEP THE SUPPORT THEY GOT LAST NIGHT.
[02:47:37] HOST: LARRY, NORTH CAROLINA.
[02:47:41] DEMOCRATS' LINE. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
[02:47:42] CALLER: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
[02:47:46] HOW PROUD AM OF THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
[02:47:52] TELLING TRUMP WHAT HE CAN DO WITH HIS $5,000 BRIBE.
[02:47:58] TELL HIM WHERE TO SHOVE IT.
[02:47:59] HOST: THE PRESIDENT, SAYING IF
[02:48:03] IT WENT THE OTHER WAY, HE HAD
[02:48:05] MADE THESE PROMISES LEADING UP TO ELECTION DAY.
[02:48:07] GUEST: YEAH, HE WAS INCREASINGLY DESPERATE.
[02:48:13] I DON'T WANT TO SAY BRIBES, BUT INCENTIVES FOR VOTERS TO CHOOSE REPUBLICANS. THOSE DID NOT TURN OUT.
[02:48:19] THE MOST PROMINENT WAS THOSE $5,000 CHECKS, WHICH HE
[02:48:22] ANNOUNCED AT THE MIDTERM CONVENTION IN DALLAS IN
[02:48:26] SEPTEMBER. BUT THEN IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENTS ON MONDAY HE BROUGHT
[02:48:30] IT UP AGAIN. HE SAID, EVERY AMERICAN WOULD GET $5,000.
[02:48:34] THEY WOULD HAVE TO SPEND IT IN THE U.S. THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE VERY MUCH OVER.
[02:48:38] I GUESS PART OF HIS MIDTERM STRATEGY WAS ALSO ANNOUNCING
[02:48:42] INVESTMENTS IN STATES HE WAS
[02:48:44] POINTING TO CONSTRUCTION OF AUTO
[02:48:47] PLANS, OF STEEL PLANTS IN THESE REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS.
[02:48:51] STILL WAS NOT ENOUGH. IDEALLY THEY WILL STILL GO THROUGH.
[02:48:55] IT WILL STILL ECONOMICALLY BENEFIT STATES, BUT YOU MIGHT
[02:48:58] NOT GET THE CREDIT FOR IT NOW THAT IT IS A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.
[02:49:00] HOST: FROM WESLEY -- WESLEY
[02:49:05] JOINS US FROM MARYLAND, OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. GO AHEAD.
[02:49:08] CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE
[02:49:12] ACTUAL BALLOT, AND I LIVE IN
[02:49:13] MARYLAND AND I FEEL THAT -- I'VE
[02:49:18] STILL FEEL IT IS FRAUDULENT.
[02:49:21] THERE WAS NO SENATE REPUBLICAN ON THE BALLOT IN MY COUNTY. CHARLES COUNTY.
[02:49:28] AND, I MEAN, WHEN WE GOING TO
[02:49:30] GET TO A LEVEL WHERE IT IS
[02:49:33] FEDERALLY-REGULATED, WHERE ALL OF THE BALLOTS MUST BE THE SAME
[02:49:36] EXCEPT FOR, SAY -- I MEAN,
[02:49:42] YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE REPUBLICANS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN EQUAL SYSTEM HERE.
[02:49:46] I CANNOT REMEMBER WHO THE SENATE REPUBLICAN WAS, SO I COULD NOT WRITE HIM IN.
[02:49:51] AND I DON'T FEEL THAT WE ARE
[02:49:53] EVEN THERE YET ON THE CLARITY OF
[02:49:57] WHO IS VOTING FOR WHAT AND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE. OUR BALLOTS GO.
[02:50:02] THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. I STILL FEEL IT IS FRAUDULENT.
[02:50:06] WAS THERE ANY ANSWER TO THAT? HOST: THAT IS WESLEY IN MARYLAND.
[02:50:12] ERICA FILTER, ELECTION INTEGRITY, SECURITY, ALL OF THOSE ISSUES LEADING UP TO THIS
[02:50:16] TIME AROUND. NOW THAT IT IS DONE, WHAT DO WE
[02:50:19] KNOW AS FAR AS CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS, ETC.?
[02:50:21] GUEST: THE CALLER KIND OF
[02:50:26] MENTIONED WANTING FEDERAL CONTROL OVER BALLOTS. THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP A LITTLE BIT.
[02:50:29] STATES DO HAVE THE ULTIMATE
[02:50:32] CONTROL OVER THEIR BALLOTS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
[02:50:35] YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA HAS A SUPERLONG BALLOTS. THE DESIGN IS ULTIMATELY UP TO
[02:50:38] THE STATES. IN TERMS OF ELECTION INTEGRITY I
[02:50:41] THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE
[02:50:45] BEAT, PROBABLY MYSELF INCLUDED, WERE EXPECTING MORE DRAMA.
[02:50:50] ON ELECTION DAY WESTCHESTER
[02:50:53] COUNTY IN NEW YORK 17, WHERE MICHAEL LAWLER CONCEDED, HAD SOME ISSUES EARLY ON ELECTION DAY.
[02:50:58] THE BALLOTS THEY PRINTED WERE TOO THICK FOR THE SCANNERS, SO
[02:51:02] THEY HAD TO TABULATE BY HAND. THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
[02:51:05] HAD AGREED TO PROCESS ALL OF
[02:51:09] THOSE RESULTS IN A CENTRAL COUNTY. NO ISSUES THERE AGAIN.
[02:51:12] LAWLER CONCEDED.
[02:51:18] EVEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WHICH MANY HAD BEEN WORRIED
[02:51:21] WOULD CONTINUE SOWING DOUBT ON
[02:51:23] ELECTIONS, AS IT HAD DURING
[02:51:27] PUMP'S PRIMETIME SPEECH IN JULY. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE COMING
[02:51:30] THROUGH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE MAJORITIES AND BECAUSE OF THE MARGINS.
[02:51:35] THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS IN
[02:51:36] ALASKA, WHERE THE DOJ HAD FILED
[02:51:39] A LAWSUIT TO BLOCK THE CERTIFICATION OF THE RESULTS IF
[02:51:43] DAN SULLIVAN LOSES.
[02:51:44] THE COURTS HAD STRUCK DOWN THAT
[02:51:48] LAWSUIT, SO ALASKA IS FREE TO
[02:51:51] CERTIFY ITS OWN RESULTS, PENDING A STATE OF MASTICATION.
[02:51:53] BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW IT IS LOOKING LIKE THAT WILL NOT
[02:51:56] MATTER BECAUSE THERE IS 54 SEATS FOR DEMOCRATS WITHOUT ALASKA.
[02:52:00] TRUMP HAS SAID HE WILL ACCEPT
[02:52:01] THE ELECTION RESULTS. HAD IT BEEN CLOSER THERE MAY
[02:52:05] HAVE BEEN MORE QUESTIONS, BUT
[02:52:08] JUST BECAUSE OF THE PERFORMANCE WE SAW FROM DEMOCRATS LAST NIGHT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO MAKE CHALLENGES.
[02:52:12] HOST: ACCORDING TO DATA, THERE
[02:52:14] WAS NO SENATE RACE IN MARYLAND.
[02:52:17] THAT IS FROM OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU
[02:52:21] CAN SEE AND TRACK NOT ONLY SENATE RACES ACROSS THE UNITED
[02:52:25] STATES, BUT ALSO MANIPULATE THE HOUSE RACES BY DISTRICT. GOVERNORS RACES AS WELL.
[02:52:29] THAT IS PART OF OUR COVERAGE THERE. IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN WE
[02:52:33] WILL KEEP A RUNNING TALLY OF THE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE,
[02:52:36] BOTH IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS AS OF
[02:52:39] RIGHT NOW IN THE 120TH CONGRESS.
[02:52:42] IF THE FOUR SEATS GAINED BY DEMOCRATS IN THIS YEAR'S
[02:52:45] CONTEST, WITH SEVEN PICKUPS. 44 SEATS FOR REPUBLICANS.
[02:52:50] YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEMOCRATS, 228 SEATS.
[02:52:55] 139 SEATS HELD BY REPUBLICANS. STILL MORE TO COME ON THE HOUSE SIDE.
[02:53:00] TWO RACES TO WATCH ON THE SENATE SIDE AS WELL.
[02:53:02] WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AND AS
[02:53:06] WE GO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WE WILL ALSO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
[02:53:08] REACTION FROM CANDIDATES IN SOME
[02:53:12] OF THOSE RACES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
[02:53:14] IT WAS IN KANSAS, DEMOCRAT ADAM HAMILTON WINNING. WE GOT HIS RESPONSE.
[02:53:19] WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM HIS
[02:53:20] CHALLENGER, REPUBLICAN ROGER MARSHALL.
[02:53:24] >> HERBERT HOOVER WAS PRESIDENT
[02:53:28] THE LAST TIME A DEMOCRAT WAS ELECTED.
[02:53:33] [LAUGHTER] I WANT TO SAM GRATEFUL FOR ALL
[02:53:37] OF THE REPORTERS BACK IN THE ROOM. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER
[02:53:41] POLITICIANS THAT MOCK YOU AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO IN TELLING THE TRUTH. [APPLAUSE]
[02:53:56] IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
[02:53:57] HOW DID A DEMOCRAT WIN IN KANSAS
[02:54:01] FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A CENTURY?
[02:54:04] ESPECIALLY IN A STATE WHERE ONLY 25% OF THE PEOPLE ARE DEMOCRATS?
[02:54:08] HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
[02:54:12] I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT I THINK THE PEOPLE IN
[02:54:16] KANSAS, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, WERE SAYING WHAT IS
[02:54:20] HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON IS NOT OK. [APPLAUSE]
[02:54:23] I WANT TO LIST A FEW THINGS WE ALREADY KNOW. OF COURSE, A WAR NOBODY WANTED.
[02:54:27] TARIFFS. THESE THINGS HAVE ADDED $250 A
[02:54:31] MONTH TO THE AVERAGE PERSON IN KANSAS.
[02:54:34] HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING PAYCHECK BY PAYCHECK.
[02:54:39] DECISIONS IN WASHINGTON ARE HURTING PEOPLE STRUGGLING ALREADY.
[02:54:44] FARMERS, BUSINESSES, RANCHERS, EVERY KANSAN HEARD BY THE TEARS.
[02:54:47] I THINK ABOUT 60,000 KANSANS WHO
[02:54:49] A YEAR AND A HALF AGO DON'T HAVE
[02:54:52] HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE OF DECISIONS MADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
[02:54:55] THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE. I THINK ABOUT THOUSANDS OF
[02:54:58] CHILDREN TAKEN OFF OF SNAP BENEFITS. I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF FOOD
[02:55:02] PANTRIES IN KANSAS. WE HAVE A FOOD MOBILE THAT
[02:55:06] DISTRIBUTES FOOD IN FOOD DESERTS. [APPLAUSE]
[02:55:12] A SOURCE OF FOOD IN KANSAS CITY FOR PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE.
[02:55:15] WHEN YOU VISIT THESE PLACES THEY SAY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
[02:55:18] ANYMORE BECAUSE BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT MADE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. THAT IS NOT OK.
[02:55:23] THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE IN KANSAS.
[02:55:28] KANSANS ARE ALSO FED UP WITH THE WAY POLITICIANS DIVIDE US. [APPLAUSE]
[02:55:33] MARIAN TOLD ME, SHE IS IN HER
[02:55:36] 70'S, LAST TIME I WAS IN GREENSBURG WAS 15 YEARS AGO WHEN
[02:55:39] I GOT TO DELIVER A FIRE TRUCK. THE TORNADOES TOOK THEIRS OUT
[02:55:44] AND OUR CHURCH PURCHASED A FIRE TRUCK. I WAS TALKING TO MARION AND SHE
[02:55:48] SAID, IN ADDITION TO HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO
[02:55:51] FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE,
[02:55:55] I WANT MY NEXT SENATOR TO HELP US NOT TO DISLIKE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER PARTY.
[02:55:59] [APPLAUSE]
[02:56:03] SHE SAID, OUR POLITICIANS ARE SO DIVIDED.
[02:56:06] I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS I CAN'T TALK TO ANYMORE.
[02:56:09] I HAVE KIDS I GREW UP WITH AND WE ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS.
[02:56:13] I WANT SOMEBODY TO BRING US TOGETHER.
[02:56:16] >> THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
[02:56:19] I TRIED TO READ A CHAPTER FROM A
[02:56:21] BOOK OF PROVERBS TODAY, AND TODAY IS NOVEMBER 3.
[02:56:26] PROVERBS THREE, CHAPTER FIVE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART.
[02:56:31] THAT YOU SHOULD LEAN NOT ON YOUR
[02:56:34] OWN UNDERSTANDING AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM IN ALL YOU SHOULD DO AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR
[02:56:38] PATHS STRAIGHT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING.
[02:56:41] WE ARE GOING TO KEEP LEANING NOT ON OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, WE ARE
[02:56:45] GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AND TRUST HIM WITH THIS GREAT NATION.
[02:56:50] I CALLED ADAM HAMILTON. I CONGRATULATED HIM.
[02:56:53] WE ARE CONCEDING. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.
[02:56:56] IT HAS BEEN A GREAT HONOR OF MY LIFE TO SERVE KANSAS FOR 10 YEARS.
[02:57:02] JUST LOVE THIS STATE, LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
[02:57:04] YOU KNOW, THINK OF BENJAMIN
[02:57:08] FRANKLIN SAYING, OR WE GOING TO KEEP THIS REPUBLIC OR NOT?
[02:57:11] AND, YOU KNOW, I SURE HOPE AND PRAY SO.
[02:57:15] I AM GRATEFUL. ALL OF MY STAFF, THE HARD
[02:57:19] WORKERS, THE DOORKNOCKER'S, MY
[02:57:22] CHIEF, ROBERTSON, AND KATIE
[02:57:27] SAWYER, AND MY CAMPAIGN CHAIR. OF COURSE, MY FAMILY AS WELL.
[02:57:31] IT IS HUMBLING, RIGHT?
[02:57:32] IT IS VERY HUMBLING.
[02:57:36] I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, MAKE DISAPPOINTMENT AN APPOINTMENT
[02:57:38] WITH GOD, AND THAT IS WHAT THE MARSHALL FAMILY WILL BE DOING.
[02:57:41] I'M GRATEFUL YOU ALL WOULD COME AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT.
[02:57:46] SO MANY OF YOU HAVE GIVEN UP YOUR TIME, YOUR TREASURE, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
[02:57:52] GOSH, 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM. WE KNEW IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE FREE.
[02:57:56] AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP FIGHTING FOR THIS GREAT NATION.
[02:58:00] SO, JUST FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, WE LOVE YOU, WE
[02:58:04] WANT TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY AND THIS REPUBLIC.
[02:58:07] APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT TONIGHT. GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[02:58:16] HOST: THE RESULTS IN THAT KANSAS SENATE RACE. YOU HEARD FROM THE VICTOR AND
[02:58:20] ROGER HAMILTON, WHO WAS DEFEATED. PART OF OUR COVERAGE AT C-SPAN.
[02:58:23] YOU CAN SEE THINGS IN UPDATED AS WE GET INFORMATION ON OUR
[02:58:27] WEBSITE AND ALSO THE SCREEN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MORNING.
[02:58:31] ERICA FILTER JOINING US AS WELL. WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET SURPRISED
[02:58:35] AS OF THE RESULTS OF YESTERDAY?
[02:58:36] GUEST: 100% THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE.
[02:58:41] I THINK -- I KNOW WAS NOT ON OUR SENATE REPORTER'S RADAR.
[02:58:45] WE WERE LOOKING AT LOUISIANA, KANSAS, MISSISSIPPI AS OUR MAYBES.
[02:58:51] SOUTH CAROLINA, DARLINE GRAHAM WAS THE SENATOR ELECTED AFTER HER BROTHER DIED EARLIER THIS
[02:58:55] YEAR, BUT SHE HAD A TOUGH GO OF IT IN THEIR PRIMARY.
[02:59:00] SHE KIND OF HAD A VIRAL DEBATE
[02:59:02] MOMENT, SAYING SHE WAS NOT SUPER
[02:59:06] EXPERIENCED, NOT SUPER PREPARED. THAT SEEMS TO HAVE HARMED HER.
[02:59:10] IT IS ANNIE ANDREWS, WHO LOST
[02:59:13] AGAINST NANCY MACE IN 2022, WILL BE THE SENATOR FROM SOUTH
[02:59:17] CAROLINA FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
[02:59:20] HONESTLY, A TOTAL UPSET. I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE SAW THIS COMING AT ALL.
[02:59:24] I THINK IT WILL BE A BIG ROLE IN
[02:59:28] THE 2028 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
[02:59:30] SOUTH CAROLINA IS SET TO VOTE FIRST.
[02:59:33] EXPECT A LOT OF THESE 2028 PEOPLE TO GO TO ANNIE ANDREWS VICTORY PARTIES.
[02:59:37] HOST: THIS IS PART OF OUR COVERAGE.
[02:59:41] WE HAVE SLATED 20 HOURS STARTING AT 4:00 YESTERDAY WHEN IT COMES
[02:59:45] TO COVERAGE OF CAMPAIGN 20 TO BRING YOU THE LATEST IN INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO NOT
[02:59:49] ONLY WHO WON, BUT ULTIMATELY WHO
[02:59:51] WILL CONTROL CONGRESS JOHN -- CONGRESS.
[02:59:56] YOU ARE WATCHING C-SPAN'S COVERAGE OF ELECTION 2026.
[03:00:01] >> MONDAY C-SPAN'S WASHINGTON
[03:00:05] JOURNAL COMES TO PRIME TIME LIVE.
[03:00:07] >> THE MOST LEVELHEADED COVERAGE.
[03:00:11] >> EVERY MORNING FOR 40 YEARS WE
[03:00:15] HAVE BEEN TAKING AMERICA'S CALLS. >> THANKS FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR
[03:00:18] THEIR THOUGHTS. >> NOW I WILL COME TO PRIME TIME.
[03:00:22] >> YOU ARE THE MOST UNBIASED STATION OUT THERE.
[03:00:26] WEEK NINE STARTING MONDAY AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN.
[03:00:28] >> NOW MORE OF C-SPAN'S ONGOING
[03:00:34] COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[03:00:38] VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT TO THE POLLS. THE RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE
[03:00:41] BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[03:00:46] WE ARE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST
[03:00:48] ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS, CANDIDATE REACTIONS, AND ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[03:00:54] C-SPAN'S CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION NIGHT.
[03:00:57] HOST: THAT FRONT ROW SEAT
[03:01:00] CONTINUES FOR THREE MORE HOURS ON THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL AS WE TAKE A
[03:01:04] LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF CAMPAIGN
[03:01:07] 2026 AND WHAT IT DOES WHEN IT
[03:01:11] DETERMINES THE POWER OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE, BOTH IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS AS OF TODAY.
[03:01:15] WE WILL SEE THE 120TH CONGRESS
[03:01:20] CONTROLLED BY THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
[03:01:22] THERE ARE SOME RACE IS OUTSTANDING.
[03:01:25] IN MISSISSIPPI, STATIC AT 48.9%
[03:01:29] EACH.
[03:01:31] 96% OF VOTES IN.
[03:01:39] ALASKA AS YOU HEARD IS
[03:01:40] REFERENCE, MARY PELTOLA.
[03:01:46] SHE AND SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN
[03:01:48] HAVE BEEN FLIP-FLOPPING BUT NOW
[03:01:52] WITH 48.2% OF THE VOTES WAS 74% TOTAL COUNTED.
[03:01:56] SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN WITH 47.9% OF THE VOTES IN.
[03:02:00] LOOKING AT THE KEY RACES WHEN HE WAS A TOSSUP RACE IN KANSAS.
[03:02:05] YOU HEARD FROM THOSE TWO
[03:02:07] CANDIDATES, ADAM HAMILTON AND ROGER MARSHALL.
[03:02:10] ADAM HAMILTON WINNING WITH 50.9% OF THE VOTE.
[03:02:15] IN IOWA, JOSH DIRECT VERSUS ASHLEY HINSON.
[03:02:18] IT ENDS DECORATIVE GOP
[03:02:22] CONTROL ABILITIES.
[03:02:24] 50.5% FOR JOSH TUREK.
[03:02:35] JAMES TALARICO GAINING 55.2% OF THE VOTE OVER KEN PAXTON IN THE RACE.
[03:02:37] TURNING TO OHIO, FORMER SENATOR
[03:02:43] SHERROD BROWN BECOMES A SENATOR ELECT SHERROD BROWN AS HE GOES BACK TO CONGRESS.
[03:02:45] 50% OF THE VOTE GAINED IN THAT SENATE SPECIAL RACE IN OHIO.
[03:02:51] OUT OF MAINE, LONG TIME SENATOR
[03:02:53] SUSAN COLLINS LOSING TO TROY
[03:02:58] JACKSON. TROY JACKSON GETTING 53.8% OF
[03:03:00] SUPPORT THERE OVER SUSAN COLLINS
[03:03:03] WITH 86% OF THE VOTES IN. TO THE CAROLINAS AND NORTH
[03:03:06] CAROLINA, ROY COOPER VERSUS MICHAEL WHATLEY.
[03:03:08] GOVERNOR COOPER WINNING HANDILY
[03:03:12] IN THAT RACE WITH 58.7% OF SUPPORT IN NORTH CAROLINA.
[03:03:17] SOUTH CAROLINA, HE HEARD IS REFERENCE THAT. SENATOR DARLINE GRAHAM LOSING TO
[03:03:21] ANNIE ANDREWS WITH 51.1% OF THE VOTE.
[03:03:25] 99% OF THOSE VOTES IN.
[03:03:26] IN MICHIGAN, ABDUL EL-SAYED WILL
[03:03:33] NOW BECOME SENATOR ELECT.
[03:03:40] THAT IS WITH 97% OF THE VOTES IN. THOSE ARE THE TOSSUP'S WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THROUGHOUT THE
[03:03:44] COURSE OF THE MORNING. WE WILL UPDATE OTHER RACES AS
[03:03:47] THEY COME IN, INCLUDING RACES
[03:03:51] ACCORDING -- THAT OCCURRED ON THE WEST COAST AND CALIFORNIA.
[03:03:55] WE GO BACK TO OUR DEMOCRACY HUB.
[03:03:56] HOST: WE WANT TO DIVE INTO THE
[03:03:59] GOLDEN STATE. WE THOUGHT MAYBE THIS WAS A
[03:04:03] TIGHT ELECTION WE WOULD BE BITING OUR NAILS ABOUT CONTROL
[03:04:05] OF THE HOUSE AND SOME OF THE CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS.
[03:04:10] IT HAS NOT COME DOWN TO THAT. DEMOCRATS HAVE 25 SEATS.
[03:04:13] 240 SEATS AND THERE ARE 68 RACES TO BE CALLED IN THE HOUSE.
[03:04:19] JACOB, LET'S WALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS THAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE
[03:04:23] PRETTY FOCUSED ON BUT PLAYED A
[03:04:25] KEY ROLE IN DEMOCRATS' VICTORY LAST NIGHT.
[03:04:28] >> THEY REDREW THE MAP IN
[03:04:32] RESPONSE TO THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN GERRYMANDER.
[03:04:35] THEY STARTED IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. MIKE MCGUIRE, A STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADER HANDILY
[03:04:39] DEFEATED JAMES GALLAGHER, THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN.
[03:04:43] THAT IS A DEMOCRATIC FLIP OFF THE BOARD.
[03:04:45] HOST: THERE IS A SQUIGGLY LITTLE
[03:04:49] DISTRICT RIGHT THERE. IT IS TOUGH TO CLICK ON.
[03:04:52] GUEST: THERE WAS A LITTLE
[03:04:55] MUSICAL CHAIRS BETWEEN CONGRESS AND KEVIN KILEY AND HOBBY BARRA. THEY FLIPPED DISTRICTS.
[03:05:01] KEVIN KILEY ABANDONED THE REPUBLICAN LABEL TO RUN AS NO
[03:05:04] PARTY AFFILIATION IN CALIFORNIA.
[03:05:08] THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO ESCAPE THIS BLUE WAVE.
[03:05:09] RICHARD PAN IS A DOCTOR AND HE
[03:05:13] WON HIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH A 15 POINT LEAD WITH HALF THE VOTE COUNTED.
[03:05:17] HOST: AND THE CENTRAL BALLOT -- CENTRAL VALLEY HERE.
[03:05:20] GUEST: WE DON'T HAVE A RACE CALLED AND WE ARE WAITING FOR A
[03:05:24] HALF OF THOSE TO BE COUNTED BUT
[03:05:26] RANDY V.A. GUESS -- VILLEGAS,
[03:05:31] NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE BUT HE BE THE ESTABLISHMENT
[03:05:34] CANDIDATE IN THE PRIMARY AND HE IS RUNNING WELL AHEAD OF DAVID
[03:05:40] VALADEO, ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN SURVIVORS IN THE CONFERENCE.
[03:05:44] WE TALKED ABOUT MIKE LAWLER WHO CONCEDED HIS RACE.
[03:05:48] BRIAN FITZPATRICK WHO LOST A BOB HARVEY.
[03:05:49] HOST: THIS WAS A NAME WE KEPT HEARING CYCLE AFTER CYCLE.
[03:05:53] GUEST: THIS GUY CAN HOLD ON THROUGH A WAVE.
[03:05:57] THE RACE HAS NOT BEEN CALLED BUT
[03:05:59] RANDY VILLEGAS WITH THE LEAD
[03:06:03] LOOKS PRETTY COMFORTABLE AS WE ENTER WEDNESDAY.
[03:06:06] HOST: 43% TO VOTE FOR THE DEBTS
[03:06:10] TO COME FOR THE VOTE. THE 40TH DISTRICT.
[03:06:12] GUEST: THIS WAS HELD BY DARRELL
[03:06:20] ISSA. HE DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION.
[03:06:27] MARNIE VON WILPERT.
[03:06:35] BY ALMOST 20 POINTS HERE WITH HALF THE VOTE COUNTED.
[03:06:38] THIS IS A FLIP FOR DEMOCRATS.
[03:06:41] WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW GERRYMANDERING HAS NOT BEEN
[03:06:45] SUCCESSFUL OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR REPUBLICANS TONIGHT.
[03:06:49] THE CALIFORNIA MAP DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO FOR DEMOCRATS.
[03:06:51] HOST: WHEN WILL WE KNOW FOR
[03:06:58] SURE IN CALIFORNIA?
[03:06:58] GUEST: YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS
[03:07:03] MINE. CALIFORNIA WILL TAKE ITS TIME BUT WITH A NUMBER OF RACES THE
[03:07:06] WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR REPUBLICANS.
[03:07:09] WE TALKED ABOUT TENNESSEE 4.
[03:07:12] I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY WINNING CALIFORNIA 48.
[03:07:14] HOST: YOUR GUESS IS USUALLY A
[03:07:17] LOT BETTER THAN MINE. PEDRO, YOU TALKED ABOUT SUSAN
[03:07:22] COLLINS NOT RETURNING. IN THE HOUSE SIDE SOME OF THE
[03:07:23] LONGEST-SERVING MEMBERS ARE RETURNING.
[03:07:27] I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MARCY
[03:07:30] KAPTUR, THE LONGEST-SERVING WOMAN IN THE HOUSE.
[03:07:33] SHE WILL BE BACK FOR EIGHT 23RD TERM IN CONGRESS.
[03:07:36] GUEST: THE MAYOR OF TOLEDO.
[03:07:39] WE WERE WAITING ON TOLEDO TO REPORT LAST NIGHT. LUCAS COUNTY.
[03:07:43] A LATE SHIPMENT OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS FROM THE POST OFFICE.
[03:07:47] THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPORT VOTES UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING.
[03:07:51] FOR A LONG TIME DEREK MAREN WAS IN THE LEAD.
[03:07:53] HOST: THEY WERE QUESTIONING IF SHE WOULD RETURN FOR THE 23RD TERM.
[03:07:56] GUEST: WHEN THE VOTES CAME IN
[03:07:59] AND LUCAS COUNTY HIT, MARCY KAPTUR FIRMLY IN THE LEAD.
[03:08:05] THE LONGEST-SERVING WOMAN IN THE CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY. HOST: LET'S GO WITH A MEMBER OF
[03:08:09] CONGRESS WHO SERVED JUST ONE TERM LONGER THAN MARCY KAPTUR, HAL ROGERS.
[03:08:15] HE WAS FIRST ELECTED ABOUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE I WAS BORN.
[03:08:18] GUEST: WELL, WE WON'T SAY WHAT
[03:08:23] YEAR THAT WAS ON AIR, JOHN.
[03:08:28] HE AND RONALD REAGAN WERE ELECTED TO FEDERAL OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME.
[03:08:32] HAL ROGERS STILL KICKING IN HIS ADVANCED AGE.
[03:08:35] HOST: HE WILL BE THE DEAN OF THE
[03:08:37] HOUSE AGAIN, THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER REGARDLESS OF PARTY IN THE HOUSE.
[03:08:42] GUEST: IT'S A CEREMONIAL POSITION. THEY GET TO WHERE THE SPEAKER.
[03:08:47] HAL ROGERS AND HAKEEM JEFFRIES ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL GET AN NICE LITTLE PHOTO OP AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
[03:08:53] AGAIN, ONE OF THE MOST REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS, PERHAPS THE MOST REPUBLICAN DISTRICT IN
[03:08:56] THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE BLUE WAVE DID NOT QUITE MAKE IT TO EASTERN KENTUCKY.
[03:09:00] HOST: HAL ROGERS AND HAKEEM
[03:09:04] JEFFRIES, A PHOTO OP YOU CAN WATCH ON C-SPAN, PEDRO. HOST: THANK YOU.
[03:09:08] ONE MORE THING TO DISCUSS WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
[03:09:12] WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE SENATE RACE THERE.
[03:09:16] IN MANY STATES IT IS A CLOSE RACE. PEOPLE CAN ASK FOR A RECOUNT. WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN
[03:09:20] MISSISSIPPI?
[03:09:23] GUEST: THE MARGIN IS 43 VOTES IF
[03:09:25] THE DEMOCRAT'S UP EVER SO SLIGHTLY.
[03:09:29] I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONLY STATE
[03:09:32] WHERE THEY HAVE NO AUTOMATIC RECOUNT NO MATTER HOW CLOSE IT
[03:09:35] IS AND THE CANDIDATES ACTUALLY CAN'T REQUEST IT RECOUNT UNLESS THERE IS SOME SORT OF JUDICIAL INTERVENTION.
[03:09:41] IF HE HOLDS THE LEAD I WOULD EXPECT THAT JUDICIAL INTERVENTION TO COME THROUGH.
[03:09:46] I WOULD EXPECT SOME SORT OF
[03:09:46] RECOUNT BUT IF NOT, THERE'S NOT
[03:09:50] A LOT HE CAN DO HERE.
[03:09:52] THIS WAS A RACE THAT WAS VERY
[03:09:56] LATE TO COME ONLINE BECAUSE IT IS MISSISSIPPI.
[03:10:01] THE DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE THROUGH AND
[03:10:05] $500,000 -- FACE -- A DEMOCRATIC
[03:10:10] SUPER PAC THROUGH AND $2 MILLION FOR A COLUMN. THIS IS THE LAST OF THE FLIPS THEY WANTED.
[03:10:14] THIS WOULD BE HUGE IF THEY GOT
[03:10:15] IT BUT GIVEN HOW CLOSE IT IS NOW
[03:10:21] IT IS NOWHERE NEAR GUARANTEE.
[03:10:21] HOST: WE GO UNTIL NOON.
[03:10:25] AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING IS CONCERNED, 11:00 WE ARE
[03:10:28] EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK
[03:10:32] SCHUMER ON EVENTS OF YESTERDAY.
[03:10:34] LATER ON IN THE MORNING AROUND
[03:10:37] NOON WE WILL HEAR FROM HAKEEM JEFFRIES AS WELL.
[03:10:39] AS THAT HAPPENS WE WILL BRING
[03:10:41] THAT TO YOU. WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU KNOW
[03:10:45] KRISTEN BAY TALK OF THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER, WHO COVERS THE WHITE HOUSE.
[03:10:50] THE MOOD AT THE WHITE HOUSE, HOW WOULD YOU GET TO THAT?
[03:10:53] -- GAUGE THAT?
[03:10:54] GUEST: MULTIPLE STAGES OF GRIEF
[03:10:59] OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS OR SO. MY TALKS WITH WHITE HOUSE
[03:11:03] OFFICIALS, THERE WAS A LOT OF PROFANITIES AND STUFF THAT CANNOT BE REPEATED ON AIR.
[03:11:09] FOLKS WERE DEFIANT. THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD TO DESCRIBE THE MOOD RIGHT NOW.
[03:11:12] ONE OFFICIAL TOLD ME VOTERS ARE
[03:11:15] GOING TO HAVE BUYERS REMORSE BECAUSE THEY CLEARLY BELIEVE THE
[03:11:17] WAR IN IRAN WAS THE MAIN POINT
[03:11:19] OF BLAME FOR THE RESULTS.
[03:11:25] ULTIMATELY THEY ARE STILL SAYING GAS PRICES ARE GOING TO COME DOWN SUPER QUICKLY BECAUSE
[03:11:28] PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO WRAP UP THE WAR INCREDIBLY QUICKLY.
[03:11:33] THEY ALSO TOLD ME THE PRESIDENT
[03:11:35] IS GOING TO ESCALATE AND INTENSIFY THE RADICAL LEFT.
[03:11:40] AN AIDE SAID SIMPLY BUCKLE UP. I THINK WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
[03:11:44] SAYING IS A LITTLE MORE NUANCED.
[03:11:46] WE SAW HIM ON TRUTH SOCIAL
[03:11:49] BLAMING EVERYBODY FROM "RHINO
[03:11:51] GREG ABBOTT" THE FOX NEWS AND
[03:11:55] THEIR DECISION TO HAVE DEMOCRATIC ON DENTS THE AIR AT
[03:11:57] ALL TIMES FOR THE ELECTION LOSSES.
[03:12:01] THAT RHETORIC DID NOT STOP HIM FROM DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX
[03:12:04] NEWS SUPER EARLY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
[03:12:07] A MUCH MORE CONCILIATORY TONE. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE IS
[03:12:10] FRIENDS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE AISLE AND WANTS TO WORK WITH THE OTHER PARTY TO ADDRESS
[03:12:15] IMMIGRATION AND OTHER ISSUES. HE TOLD US HE SPOKE TO AT LEAST
[03:12:19] FIVE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN, SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN ON
[03:12:23] TUESDAY NIGHT. ULTIMATELY HE THINKS HE CAN WORK
[03:12:27] ACROSS THE AISLE.
[03:12:30] HE HAS THE UNIMPEACHABLE POWER OF THE VETO.
[03:12:32] HOST: ON YOUR EX FEED YOU
[03:12:36] REPOSTED WITH THE PRESIDENT POSTED HIMSELF, A RED HAT WITH
[03:12:39] THE WORD VETO ON IT. IF THAT IS A SIGNAL, LET ME KNOW.
[03:12:43] IT SOUNDS LIKE A -- HOST: IT SOUNDS --
[03:12:46] GUEST: IT SOUNDS LIKE A THREAT.
[03:12:49] AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE DONALD TRUMP AT HIS WORD.
[03:12:52] ON THE ONE HAND HE'S REJECTING STRENGTH AND TELLING DEMOCRATS
[03:12:55] EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE BOTH
[03:12:58] MAJORITIES AND THE MARGINS ARE
[03:13:00] SIGNIFICANTLY WIDER THAN WHAT REPUBLICANS HELD IN THE LAST TWO
[03:13:04] YEARS, HE'S NOT AFRAID TO STAND IN THEIR WAY.
[03:13:07] AT THE SAME TIME LET'S PAY
[03:13:10] ATTENTION TO WHAT HE SAID IN THAT FOX NEWS INTERVIEW.
[03:13:12] THERE IS STILL REAL OPPORTUNITY
[03:13:16] FOR BIPARTISAN ACCORD ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
[03:13:20] WHETHER IT IS REWRITING THE IMMIGRATION CODE. DURING THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST
[03:13:24] TERM HE WAS WILLING TO EXTEND
[03:13:26] AMNESTY TO DR. -- DACA
[03:13:30] RECIPIENTS IF THEY WOULD GET ON BOARD WITH HIS BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVES.
[03:13:34] I THINK THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS AFFORDABILITY.
[03:13:37] EVEN REPUBLICANS WOULD CONCEDE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DONE TO
[03:13:42] ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
[03:13:45] THAT IS WHAT VOTERS WANT TO SEE. WILL DEMOCRATS PLAY BALL WITH
[03:13:49] THE PRESIDENT OR WILL THEY SIMPLY LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS,
[03:13:52] IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS? IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL BUT
[03:13:55] BASED ON THE MAP WHILE I THINK
[03:13:59] THE BALL IS IN DEMOCRATS COURT RIGHT NOW.
[03:14:00] HOST: WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE HOW ARE THEY PREPARING AS FAR AS
[03:14:04] STAFFING IS CONCERNED TO GO TO
[03:14:06] CONGRESS UNDER THIS NEW REGIME TO WORK OUT WHAT GETS DONE
[03:14:10] LEGISLATIVELY?
[03:14:13] GUEST: THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR -- THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE
[03:14:17] DIRECTOR JAMES BRAID HAS RECENTLY DEPARTED THE WHITE
[03:14:18] HOUSE AS HIS DEPUTY KATIE
[03:14:22] PHILLIPS WAS ELEVATED INTO HIS ROLE. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS THE FACT THAT THE WHITE HOUSE
[03:14:25] COUNSEL'S OFFICE HAD STAFFED UP
[03:14:30] IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION.
[03:14:31] THEY ARE CLEARLY PREPARED TO GO
[03:14:34] TOE TO TOE WITH DEMOCRATS, WHETHER IT'S ON LEGISLATIVE
[03:14:37] MATTERS OR FIGHTING THESE POTENTIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND IMPEACHMENT.
[03:14:42] I THINK WE CAN'T TAKE PRESIDENT
[03:14:46] TRUMP'S WORD HEAVILY ENOUGH. HE'S TELLING US HE IS ALREADY
[03:14:49] REACHING OUT TO DEMOCRATS.
[03:14:50] WE KNOW JARED KUSHNER AND A TOP
[03:14:54] INTERMEDIARY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
[03:14:56] MET WITH HAKEEM JEFFRIES, A MEETING THAT POTENTIALLY SEEM TO
[03:14:59] BE SPEAKER JEFFRIES TOOK A LOT OF HEAT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS OVER.
[03:15:03] THAT TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS SUMMER. THE OUTREACH IS HAPPENING.
[03:15:07] TO WHAT EXTENT AND WHETHER OR NOT DEMOCRATS WILL BE WILLING TO
[03:15:12] EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES VOTERS REALLY CARE ABOUT, THAT IS TO BE DECIDED.
[03:15:16] HOST: ON THE WHITE HOUSE FEED
[03:15:19] THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE PRESIDENT THAT SAYS PSA, TRUMP IS STILL YOUR PRESIDENT.
[03:15:24] I SUPPOSE THE KIDS WOULD CALL IT A FLEX. THEY ARE PROBABLY CRINGING BY
[03:15:28] NOW BUT THIS IS THE ATTEMPT TO REMIND PEOPLE HE IS STILL IN POWER.
[03:15:30] GUEST: THAT'S RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT IS CORRECT.
[03:15:35] HE HAS THE VETO.
[03:15:36] EVEN THOUGH DEMOCRATS HAVE SUCH
[03:15:40] IMPRESSIVE PICKUPS ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
[03:15:44] HAVE A COMPLETELY VETO-PROOF MAJORITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
[03:15:47] THEY NEED TWO THIRDS VOTES IN
[03:15:51] BOTH CHAMBERS TO OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
[03:15:54] THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME TYPE OF BIPARTISAN ACCORD. DEMOCRATS NEED TO BE VERY
[03:16:00] CAREFUL AFTER THIS ELECTION.
[03:16:02] THE MARGIN DEMOGRAPHICS THAT
[03:16:05] SWUNG THESE RACES BLUE, MANY OF
[03:16:07] THEM VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS IN THE 2024 ELECTION.
[03:16:12] THEY ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY DEMOCRATS. THEY WANT TO SEE RESULTS AND THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN
[03:16:17] CONGRESS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOSES SIGHT OR LOSES TRACK
[03:16:21] OF THAT, THEY PRIORITIZE THE
[03:16:25] INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT AND
[03:16:27] HIS TOP DEPUTIES OVER ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY.
[03:16:31] MAYBE REGULATING DATA CENTERS. THAT WAS A HUGE, HUGE ISSUE FOR
[03:16:35] VOTERS IN EXIT POLLS. THERE MIGHT BE A SWING BACK TO THE RIGHT IN THE 20 28 CYCLE.
[03:16:40] HOST: WHAT IS THE STORY YOU WILL PURSUE IN THE DAYS AHEAD?
[03:16:44] GUEST: I HAVE 12 OF MY NOTEBOOK NOW.
[03:16:48] I THINK THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST INTRIGUING TO ME, AND I HATE TO
[03:16:51] SAY IT BECAUSE WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE 2026 ELECTION IS WHAT DO
[03:16:55] THESE RESULTS MEAN FOR 2028.
[03:16:58] IT IS KIND OF OBVIOUS, NO-BRAINER, BUT WILL JD VANCE
[03:17:02] EVEN BE ABLE TO RUN RIGHT NOW? I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
[03:17:05] PEOPLE IN THE PARTY WHO ARE LOOKING AT MARCO RUBIO AS
[03:17:09] PERHAPS A RESET CANDIDATE WHO
[03:17:10] MIGHT BE ABLE TO RE-CONSOLIDATE
[03:17:13] THE OLD REPUBLICAN PARTY, PULLING IN PARTS OF THE MEGA
[03:17:16] COALITION -- MAGA COALITION.
[03:17:22] YOU HAVE TO ASK THE SAME THING ON THE OTHERS OF THE AISLE. WHAT IS HIS BLUE WAVE MEAN FOR
[03:17:25] THE NEXT CROP OF DEMOCRATS?
[03:17:28] THERE ARE THREE GOVERNORS WHO WON REELECTION LAST NIGHT.
[03:17:31] WES MOORE, JB PRITZKER AND JOSH SHAPIRO OF PENNSYLVANIA.
[03:17:35] SOMEONE NOT ON THE BALLOT,
[03:17:37] ALEXANDRA CAUSEY OF CORTEZ,
[03:17:39] COULD MAKE -- ALEXANDRIA CAUSEY
[03:17:42] OF CORTEZ -- OCASIO-CORTEZ
[03:17:49] COULD MAKE HISTORY. IS THAT AN OF CENTRIST DEMOCRATS?
[03:17:53] THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
[03:17:54] HOST: WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM.
[03:18:01] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. GUEST: ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
[03:18:05] HOST: ERICA FILTER.
[03:18:09] 2028 IS ON YOUR RADAR. GUEST: CHRISTIAN IS RICE.
[03:18:14] VANCE HAS A TALL TASK SHOULD HE CHOOSE TO RUN.
[03:18:17] HE'S BEEN A STAUNCH DEFENDER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING INTO LAST
[03:18:21] NIGHT AND HE'S GOING TO NEED TO
[03:18:24] CHANGE HIS TUNE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
[03:18:26] HIS ECONOMIC MESSAGING PRIOR TO LAST NIGHT WAS KIND OF, YOU
[03:18:31] KNOW, WAIT IT OUT AND GIVE REPUBLICANS A CHANCE. I KNOW YOU ARE HURTING BUT YOU
[03:18:35] NEED TO TRUST US. THE AMERICAN VOTERS SHOWED THEY
[03:18:39] DID NOT TRUST THIS ADMINISTRATION.
[03:18:42] IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO GET OUT FROM UNDER TRUMP,
[03:18:47] ESPECIALLY -- HE IS THE NUMBER TWO AND TRUMP IS STILL IN OFFICE
[03:18:50] AND LIKELY GOING TO HOLD MEMBERS
[03:18:54] OF HIS CABINET AS CLOSE TO HIM AS HE CAN. TRUMP SAID 2020 IT IS TOO FAR
[03:18:58] OFF. -- 2028 IS TOO FAR OFF.
[03:19:03] HOST: EVELYN JOINS US FROM
[03:19:07] TEXAS, INDEPENDENT LINE. GO AHEAD. CALLER: THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING.
[03:19:11] I AM SO HAPPY FOR THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
[03:19:13] JEANNE SHAHEEN OSA -- JEANNE
[03:19:17] SHAHEEN OS -- GINA HINAJOSA.
[03:19:28] I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE WOMEN. LOOK AT THE WOMEN GOVERNORS,
[03:19:32] FROM -- I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
[03:19:34] THESE WOMEN AND MOST ESPECIALLY
[03:19:36] KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS.
[03:19:39] I'M SO JOYFUL, SO ELATED.
[03:19:43] I MUST HAVE SLEPT AN HOUR. I COULD NOT SLEEP.
[03:19:47] PEDRO, YOU AND MIMI -- SORRY, I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL.
[03:19:52] I'M SO HAPPY WHEN I WATCH YOU GUYS. I WAS HURTING WHEN ONE OF THE
[03:19:56] CALLERS ATTACKED MIMI YESTERDAY.
[03:20:02] I WANTED TO JUMP INTO MY TV AND
[03:20:02] HUG MIMI THE WAY I WANT TO HUG
[03:20:06] DR. AMY ACTON, DR. ANNIE ANDREWS.
[03:20:11] ALL THESE WOMEN THAT ARE RUNNING. I'M SO HAPPY.
[03:20:13] AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO COME
[03:20:18] TOGETHER AND START RESPECTING ONE ANOTHER. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY.
[03:20:21] THANK YOU, PEDRO.
[03:20:24] PLEASE HUG MIMI FOR ME.
[03:20:27] I DID NOT LIKE SHE WAS BEING ATTACKED.
[03:20:29] I'M SORRY TO GET EMOTIONAL BUT WOMEN NEED TO BE RESPECTED ALL AROUND.
[03:20:35] WHETHER YOU ARE DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, OR INDEPENDENT.
[03:20:39] HOST: THANK YOU FOR THE SENTIMENTS.
[03:20:42] I'M SURE MIMI APPRECIATES IT
[03:20:46] TOO. HAVE WE SEEN A CYCLE WHERE WOMEN GAINED SO MUCH POWER?
[03:20:50] GUEST: 2018 WAS THE YEAR THE
[03:20:54] WOMEN, THE OTHER MIDTERM UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF HISTORY
[03:20:58] MAKING CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
[03:21:01] EARLIER TODAY WE POINTED OUT THEY ARE NOW FIVE BLACK
[03:21:04] GOVERNORS IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS, DAVID
[03:21:08] CROWLEY, WES MOORE, BYRON DONALDS, DEB HAALAND I BELIEVE
[03:21:12] IS NOW THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN GOVERNOR IN NEW MEXICO.
[03:21:16] THERE IS A LOT TO BE HAPPY ABOUT
[03:21:17] A LOT OF HISTORY MADE LAST NIGHT.
[03:21:21] HOST: TIFFANY IN NEBRASKA, DEMOCRATS LINE.
[03:21:25] CALLER: HELLO.
[03:21:28] GOOD MORNING FROM DISTRICT 2 IN NEBRASKA.
[03:21:32] HOST: GO AHEAD.
[03:21:35] CALLER: I WANT TO SAY TO EVERY
[03:21:38] PERSON OUT THERE WHO IS
[03:21:42] DISENFRANCHISED AND THINK THEIR VOTE DOES NOT MATTER, THIS SHOWS
[03:21:46] WE MATTER. OUR VOICES ARE BEING REPRESENTED.
[03:21:50] THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE. NOT THE VOICE OF THE ELITE.
[03:21:54] I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT
[03:21:56] DREW PEOPLE WHERE THE MEDICARE
[03:22:00] INCREASES.
[03:22:03] PEOPLE WENT TO ENROLL AND FOUND
[03:22:08] WHAT AN EXPENSIVE ADJUSTMENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MADE TO OUR
[03:22:12] LIFE AND OUR REASON AND ABILITY TO EXIST.
[03:22:16] I AM SO PROUD OF DR. EL-SAYED
[03:22:22] AND POWELL IN MY DISTRICT
[03:22:24] SHOWING WE ARE A COUNTRY OF MANY COLORS.
[03:22:27] WE ARE NOT JUST WHAT YOU WANT US
[03:22:31] TO BE. OUR STATES HAVE THE RIGHT TO
[03:22:35] MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. I DO NOT WANT TO EVER SEE THE
[03:22:40] REGULAR -- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGULATE OUR VOTES.
[03:22:42] THIS IS OUR COUNTRY. I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD TODAY.
[03:22:45] HOST: IN YOUR STATE THE INCOME
[03:22:50] AT SENATOR PETE RICKETTS HOLDING OFF A CHALLENGE FROM THE INDEPENDENT DAN OSBORNE.
[03:22:54] HOW DID YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THAT RESULT?
[03:22:57] CALLER: IT MAKES ME KIND OF SAD.
[03:23:02] THE WAY THAT RICKETTS HAS BEEN RUNNING THINGS.
[03:23:06] I KNOW THAT DAN DID NOT GET THE
[03:23:11] -- HIS VOICE OUT THERE CLEARLY.
[03:23:13] THERE WAS A LOT OF -- A LOT OF
[03:23:17] JUST, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THE
[03:23:20] POLITICS IS DIRTY AND THE
[03:23:23] RECORDINGS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT THAT THEY WILL SHARE WITH EVERYBODY AND PUSH
[03:23:26] EVERYBODY AGAINST SOMEONE INSTEAD OF GOING ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
[03:23:30] OUR RECORD.
[03:23:32] WHO IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR US AND WHO IS NOT.
[03:23:36] I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT WE
[03:23:41] HAVE NOT PROGRESSED IN THAT AREA.
[03:23:42] I THINK WITH POWELL BEING A
[03:23:45] REPRESENTATIVE IS GOING TO HELP.
[03:23:47] HOST: TIFFANY IN NEBRASKA.
[03:23:51] THIS RACE, ONE OF THE FEW WITH
[03:23:55] INDEPENDENTS RUNNING AS A MAJOR CANDIDATE.
[03:23:56] GUEST: THAT IS A STORYLINE THAT
[03:23:59] HAS NOT PANNED OUT THE CYCLE.
[03:24:02] THERE WERE SEVERAL INDEPENDENTS
[03:24:04] DEMOCRATS FELT GOOD ABOUT AND THAT WAS NEBRASKA, MONTANA, EVEN IDAHO.
[03:24:09] THERE WERE CANDIDATES THAT
[03:24:12] DEMOCRATS WERE HOPING WOULD NOT HAVE THE PARTY BRAND THAT WOULD
[03:24:16] BE ABLE TO SIPHON OFF THAT OPPOSITION TOWARD REPUBLICANS.
[03:24:19] THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE HAPPENED.
[03:24:22] OSBORNE RAN IN 2024.
[03:24:27] ULTIMATELY WAS NOT ABLE TO SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT BEING SO MUCH BETTER
[03:24:31] FOR REPUBLICANS TWO YEARS AGO. THIS TIME AROUND IT SEEMS LIKE
[03:24:35] PEOPLE KNOW WHO OSBORNE IS. LAST TIME HE COULD GET AWAY WITH
[03:24:39] BEING THE FACELESS CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.
[03:24:44] EVEN THOUGH THE ENVIRONMENT IS MORE IN HIS FAVOR PEOPLE KNOW
[03:24:48] WHO HE IS IN THE GIMMICK IS A LITTLE LESS, YOU KNOW, WILL NOT
[03:24:52] WORK AS EFFECTIVELY THE SECOND TIME AROUND.
[03:24:53] THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A
[03:24:57] GROWING TREND OF INDEPENDENTS AND HE COULD GO SOMEWHERE IN
[03:25:01] FUTURE CYCLES. IT WAS I THIS TIME AROUND.
[03:25:02] HOST: WE ARE HOLDING AT 54 SEATS
[03:25:06] TAKEN BY DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ACCORDING TO OUR SCREEN.
[03:25:11] 44 SEATS HELD BY REPUBLICANS. SEVEN PICKUPS TO DATE WHEN IT
[03:25:15] COMES TO THAT. WE TURN TO THE HOUSE I, 228
[03:25:18] SEATS HELD BY DEMOCRATS CURRENTLY.
[03:25:20] 25 PICKUPS, 139 SEATS HELD BY
[03:25:24] REPUBLICANS GIVING DEMOCRATS POWER IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.
[03:25:27] REX FROM WEST VIRGINIA,
[03:25:32] REPUBLICAN LINE. YOU ARE NEXT UP.
[03:25:33] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, PEDRO AND
[03:25:36] THE YOUNG LADY ON THE SCREEN.
[03:25:40] I WATCHED THIS LAST NIGHT AND AM
[03:25:42] PICTURING IN MY HEAD HOW DID
[03:25:47] VIRGINIA WIN A SENATE SEAT SEAT 1% OF THE VOTE IN.
[03:25:49] ALL THE DEMOCRATS ARE PROMISING
[03:25:52] EVERYTHING. AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
[03:25:57] I CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE WITH
[03:26:01] $2300 A MONTH AND I'M A RETIRED
[03:26:02] WORKER HOW THE WORLD CAN A
[03:26:07] PERSON -- CONGRATULATION ON
[03:26:10] THEIR WINS, BUT PROMISES CAP SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE ON THEIR
[03:26:14] PRIORITY. THEY DON'T KEEP PROMISES.
[03:26:19] THE NEXT THING I'M GOING TO SAY
[03:26:20] IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE -- THEY
[03:26:23] ARE GOING TO WIND UP AS SOON AS I GET SWORN IN AT THE FIRST OF
[03:26:27] THE YEAR, THEY WILL IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP.
[03:26:31] HAVE A GOOD DAY. HOST: WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE
[03:26:35] ABOUT THIS. SEVERAL HIGH DEMOCRATS HAD RESISTED AGAINST THAT IDEA.
[03:26:38] GUEST: YES, BUT THAT WAS WHERE
[03:26:42] DEMOCRATS HAD 28 PICKUPS.
[03:26:43] 25, SORRY.
[03:26:47] SEVEN IN THE SENATE.
[03:26:49] THE BASE IS GOING TO BE ITCHING FOR IMPEACHMENT OR AT THE VERY LEAST SOME ACTION TOWARDS
[03:26:54] PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT COULD SHIFT.
[03:26:58] LEADERSHIP HAS HESITATED. THEY WANT TO AT LEAST START WITH
[03:27:01] EFFORTS TO DELIVER ON THESE PROMISES OF AFFORDABILITY.
[03:27:06] THEY WANT TO HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE WITHOUT NECESSARILY IMPEACHING HIM FOR A THIRD TIME
[03:27:11] BECAUSE THAT HAS BACKFIRED ON DEMOCRATS IN PREVIOUS CYCLES.
[03:27:14] THE BASE REALLY WANTS IT AND A
[03:27:17] LOT OF DEMOCRATS SAY LETS SEE WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION GOES.
[03:27:20] THERE MIGHT BE ROOM FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN.
[03:27:23] HOST: IT'S BEING REPORTED FROM
[03:27:27] PUNCH BOWL SAYING REPRESENTATIVE JIM JORDAN WILL ANNOUNCE
[03:27:31] HE'S RUNNING FOR HOUSE MINORITY LEADER. THAT MANEUVERING IS NOT TO BE UNEXPECTED.
[03:27:34] GUEST: HE HAD BEEN SIGNALING THIS PRIOR TO LAST NIGHT'S
[03:27:43] ELECTIONS. HE CHALLENGED KEVIN MCCARTHY AND SPEAKER ELECTIONS FOR MIKE JOHNSON WAS EVENTUALLY CHOSEN.
[03:27:47] JORDAN, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO INFLAMMATORY AT THE LEAST.
[03:27:52] HE'S OUTSPOKEN IN THE SENATE -- THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
[03:27:54] I COULD SEE HIM WINNING A LEADERSHIP ELECTION WHICH WILL
[03:27:59] HAPPEN ON TUESDAY ACTUALLY. LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
[03:28:04] JORDAN WILL BE ABLE TO BE
[03:28:07] ALLOWED VOICE AS THE MINORITY PARTY.
[03:28:12] REPUBLICANS WILL BE ABLE TO CRITICIZE DEMOCRATS FOR ANY
[03:28:15] ACTIONS THEY TAKE LOUDLY AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE PATH
[03:28:19] TO ELECTORAL SUCCESS IN 2028 AND 2032.
[03:28:23] I SEE JORDAN HAVING A LEGITIMATE SHOT AT LEADERSHIP WHEN HE CAN
[03:28:25] USE THIS AS A TOOL FOR CRITIQUE
[03:28:30] THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY CONSTRUCTIVE.
[03:28:31] HOST: THE DELEGATES AND
[03:28:35] REPUBLICANS, HE HAS THE SUPPORT AND CERTAIN FACTORS?
[03:28:38] GUEST: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
[03:28:42] IS NOT TOTALLY CLEAR TO ME.
[03:28:45] WE NEED TO SEE HOW MANY REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS LOSE ELECTIONS TODAY.
[03:28:49] IF RICHARD HUDSON IN NORTH
[03:28:51] CAROLINA 9 IS LOSING THE
[03:28:56] ELECTION, THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A FAX.
[03:29:00] HOWEVER -- HAVE AN EFFECT. JORDAN IS MORE ON THE FREEDOM
[03:29:05] CAUCUS HARD RIGHT SIDE OF THE THING.
[03:29:10] REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE MORE AUTOMATIC VICTORIES IN THE TRUMP HEAVY DISTRICTS.
[03:29:15] THERE IS A PATH FOR HIM TO GET THERE. HOST: LET'S ASSUME MIKE JOHNSON
[03:29:19] WILL NOT JUST LET THAT HAPPEN EASILY. GUEST: NO, HE INDICATED HE WANTS
[03:29:23] TO SEEK REELECTION TO HIS ROLE
[03:29:26] AS HOUSE -- NOW MINORITY LEADER.
[03:29:29] I WAS NOTICING THIS EARLIER.
[03:29:32] HE WAS SPEAKING LAST NIGHT ABOUT
[03:29:34] HIS ABILITY TO FUND RAISE FOR
[03:29:38] OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT LAST NIGHT, WHICH WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
[03:29:42] REPUBLICANS HAD A HUGE CASH ADVANTAGE FROM THESE INFRASTRUCTURE GROUPS.
[03:29:46] MAGA, INC. IN THE CONTEXT OF
[03:29:55] NOT WINNING THIS ELECTION. THAT IS WHAT I EXPECT JOHNSON TO
[03:29:58] LEAN ON, HE CAN FUND RAISE AND
[03:30:00] AN OPPORTUNITY TO AFFORD THE
[03:30:04] BATTLES THAT WILL COME IN 2028 AND 2032.
[03:30:08] HOST: 20 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING
[03:30:12] AROUND THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THAT STARTED AT 4:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE ON
[03:30:16] THROUGH TODAY AT NOON, AND ALL DURING THAT TIME WE WILL PROVIDE
[03:30:20] ANALYSIS THAT YOU ARE HEARING
[03:30:25] NOW. YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ON YOUR SCREENS AT OUR WEBSITE AND FOLLOW ALONG ON OUR VARIOUS PLATFORMS.
[03:30:29] ONE OF THE GREAT ADD-ONS THIS YEAR IS OUR DEMOCRACY HUB.
[03:30:32] THAT IS WHERE OUR GENTLEMEN JOIN US AT THE DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD.
[03:30:35] HOST: SOMETIMES IT IS THE
[03:30:39] DEMOCRACY DUDES AND THE DEMOCRACY HUB AND DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD.
[03:30:42] WE WILL TAKE WHATEVER YOU CALL US.
[03:30:46] I'M SURE VIEWERS ARE NOT SUPER EXCITED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT CYCLE BUT YOU CAN'T HELP IT.
[03:30:51] THE CYCLE BEGINS IMMEDIATELY AFTER ONE CYCLE ENDS.
[03:30:54] LET'S TALK ABOUT 2028.
[03:30:58] THIS IS THE END OF THE 2026 CYCLE AND WE ARE WAITING FOR TWO CALLS IN THE SENATE.
[03:31:02] WHAT'S A GOOD WAY TO TALK ABOUT
[03:31:03] THE SENATE AND 2028? -- IN 2028?
[03:31:09] GUEST: LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST TIME THAT CLASS WAS UP FOR
[03:31:12] ELECTION IN 2022. THESE ARE THE SEATS THAT ARE
[03:31:16] GOING TO BE UP FOR REELECTION IN 2028.
[03:31:20] HOST: IS IT HELPFUL TO CHANGE
[03:31:23] THIS TO AN EIGHT TO SEE THE
[03:31:26] FIELD WE ARE TALKING ABOUT?
[03:31:30] REPUBLICANS, STILL TWO RACES TO BE CALLED FOR THE SENATE. FOR REPUBLICANS TO WIN BACK THE
[03:31:34] SENATE IN 2028 THEY NEED AROUND
[03:31:38] FIVE PICKUPS AND THE PRESIDENCY OR MAYBE SIX PICKUPS.
[03:31:41] DO THEY HAVE, LOOKING AT THE EARLY MAP, DO THEY HAVE THOSE
[03:31:44] OPPORTUNITIES TWO YEARS FROM NOW?
[03:31:46] GUEST: THEY MAY BUT THEY WOULD
[03:31:49] HAVE TO RUN THE TABLE. WE CAN WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF
[03:31:53] PLACES WHERE THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING.
[03:31:56] THE FIRST IS CURRENTLY READ ON THE MAP BUT WE MIGHT SHADED THAT
[03:32:00] BLUE -- EIGHT IT BLUE IN OHIO.
[03:32:06] GUEST: THIS WAS THE JD VANCE PICKUP.
[03:32:09] GUEST: THIS IS NOW SHERROD
[03:32:13] BROWN'S SEAT THAT HE WON LAST NIGHT.
[03:32:16] REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO TARGET THAT RACE IN TWO YEARS WHEN IT'S UP FOR A FULL TERM.
[03:32:20] HOST: SHERROD BROWN RAN TWO
[03:32:24] YEARS AGO, RAN THIS YEAR, AND WILL HAVE TO RUN IN TWO YEARS AGAIN.
[03:32:29] GUEST: THREE CAMPAIGNS IN THREE CYCLES WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE RUN FOR THE SENATE IS TO AVOID
[03:32:32] HAVING TO RUN EVERY TWO YEARS.
[03:32:34] HOST: WHERE ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO TARGET?
[03:32:38] GUEST: THEY WILL LOOK AT GEORGIA
[03:32:41] DESPITE THE DRUMMING LAST NIGHT.
[03:32:45] WHO KNOWS IF WARNOCK WILL BE RUNNING OR PERHAPS A DIFFERENT
[03:32:47] RACE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN 2028.
[03:32:50] THAT'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL PICKUP OPPORTUNITY. NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BE A REPUBLICAN TARGET EVEN THOUGH
[03:32:54] THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IN QUITE SOME TIME.
[03:32:58] THAT IS THREE. THEN YOU HAVE TO PUSH ACROSS TO
[03:33:02] THE WEST COAST.
[03:33:05] ARIZONA, MARK KELLY'S SEAT.
[03:33:09] HE WON A REASONABLE VICTORY IN 2022.
[03:33:12] ALSO A NARROW RACE. HE WILL BE A TARGET.
[03:33:15] HOST: NEVADA.
[03:33:17] GUEST: CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO IS
[03:33:21] UP FOR REELECTION IN 2028.
[03:33:24] THAT'S A REPUBLICAN TARGET. LET'S COUNT THEM UP.
[03:33:28] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. DEPENDING ON ALASKA AND
[03:33:34] MISSISSIPPI, REPUBLICANS COULD BE IN A REALLY DIFFICULT SPOT HEADING INTO 2028.
[03:33:38] HOST: WE THOUGHT DEMOCRATS WOULD BE IN A DIFFICULT SPOT HEADING
[03:33:43] INTO 2026, AND BY THE WAY,
[03:33:47] HERE'S HOW IT'S ENDING UP IN 2026. MISSISSIPPI AND ALASKA ARE YET TO BE CALLED.
[03:33:51] GUEST: THIS IS THE ULTIMATE LESSON, AS FUN AS IT IS TO TALK
[03:33:54] ABOUT 2028.
[03:33:57] TWO YEARS IS AN ETERNITY IN POLITICS. WHAT SENATE DEMOCRATS SHOWED US
[03:34:00] IS BECAUSE A MAP IS STRUCTURALLY DIFFICULT DOES NOT NECESSARILY
[03:34:06] MEAN YOU CAN'T MAKE PLAYS IF THE ENVIRONMENT IS GOOD ENOUGH.
[03:34:08] IF YOU GO BACK TO 2022, I WILL MAKE A POINT CLEAR.
[03:34:12] STATES LIKE OREGON AND ILLINOIS
[03:34:16] AND, YOU KNOW, CONNECTICUT,
[03:34:22] CERTAINLY PENNSYLVANIA.
[03:34:23] HOST: JOHN FETTERMAN'S SEAT.
[03:34:26] GUEST: THAT WILL BE A COMPETITIVE RACE.
[03:34:30] THEY ARE AS DEMOCRATIC AS TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTH
[03:34:33] CAROLINA ARE REPUBLICAN.
[03:34:37] THE FACT THE DEMOCRATS COULD PUT THOSE RACES ON THE BOARD THIS
[03:34:41] YEAR MEANS REPUBLICANS, LOOK,
[03:34:46] THEY ARE NOT HAVING A GOOD WEEK RIGHT NOW.
[03:34:49] IF THE SILVER LINING IS THERE
[03:34:51] FOR REPUBLICANS, TONIGHT SHOWED
[03:34:53] YOU CAN BEAT PARTISANSHIP IF THE FACTORS ARE ALIGNED IN YOUR
[03:34:57] FAVOR.
[03:34:58] HOST: THAT'S A VERY EARLY LOOK AT 2028 IN THE SENATE.
[03:35:02] HOST: THANK YOU, DELMON.
[03:35:05] THE DUDES, AS THEY WILL BE GIVEN OUT FROM HERE ON OUT.
[03:35:08] TAKE THIS FOR WHAT YOU WELL. MARKET WAS REPORTING THAT THE
[03:35:12] DOW WAS SET UP IN 1000 POINTS HIGHER, LEADING ONE OF ITS TOP
[03:35:16] DAYS IN 2026.
[03:35:19] LET'S HEAR FROM CRAIG IN SOUTH CAROLINA, INDEPENDENT LINE.
[03:35:22] CALLER: THANKS FOR C-SPAN.
[03:35:25] YOU HAVE TO KEEP HUMOR IN THE
[03:35:27] BACK POCKET AND INTEGRATED, THE
[03:35:34] YOUNG KID WAS CAUGHT SPEEDING THROUGH TOWN. ALL HE SAYS THROUGHOUT 20
[03:35:38] MINUTES OF THE SHOW IS MY DAD IS
[03:35:41] GOING TO GET ME OUT OF THIS. THIS RICH KID.
[03:35:47] DONALD TRUMP HAS PRESSURED EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET TO GET HIM OUT OF HER LAWN.
[03:35:51] THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
[03:35:54] NO ONE IS GOING TO GET US OUT OF THIS MESS EXCEPT FOR CONGRESS.
[03:35:59] CONGRESS SLOWED DOWN THE VIETNAM WAR.
[03:36:02] YOU CUT DOWN FUNDING AND IRAN IS
[03:36:06] COSTING US $3 BILLION A DAY.
[03:36:09] AMERICA'S TOTAL DEBT AND LESS THAN THREE MONTHS HAS GONE UP BY $550 BILLION.
[03:36:14] YOUR GRANDKIDS.
[03:36:18] I WILL STOP THERE.
[03:36:21] THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS
[03:36:27] JIMMIE JOHNSON OR WHOEVER WANTS TO RUN THE HOUSE OF
[03:36:30] REPRESENTATIVES, THE FREEDOM CAUCUS IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAD A
[03:36:33] GENTLEMAN NAMED RJ MAY.
[03:36:38] HE PRODUCED KIDS PORN AND SENT
[03:36:41] IT OUT WEST. ALAN WILSON JUST GOT VOTED IN AS GOVERNOR.
[03:36:45] THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE PAPER. ALAN WILSON WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
[03:36:52] THEY NEVER BUSTED THE SEXUAL PREDATOR.
[03:36:55] THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TOLD THE MOTHERS A LIBERTY SHUT UP.
[03:36:59] THEY SAID WHAT? THEY SAID OK.
[03:37:02] HOST: CRAIG BRODD OF THE IRAN WORK.
[03:37:06] THAT IS SOMETHING THE NEW CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO FACE AS FAR AS HOW TO RESOLVE THAT ON THEIR END.
[03:37:10] GUEST: IT'S A MAJOR QUESTION NOW.
[03:37:13] THERE WAS REPORTING PRIOR TO THE ELECTION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS CONSIDERING RESUMING STRIKES
[03:37:17] AND IRAN. -- IN IRAN.
[03:37:24] WE SAW SELECTED STRIKES THE MORNING OF ELECTION DAY. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE.
[03:37:28] TRUMP GREEN LET VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE TO NEGOTIATE WITH IRAN.
[03:37:32] HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING VERY HIGHLY OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.
[03:37:37] HE WAS ALSO FACING A MIDTERM ELECTION WHERE A LOT OF VOTERS
[03:37:40] WANT A SWIFT END TO THE WAR.
[03:37:43] IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT CONGRESS CAN DO IF TRUMP DOES NOT WANT
[03:37:46] CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION.
[03:37:49] CONGRESS DOES HAVE THE ULTIMATE POWER TO DECLARE WAR.
[03:37:53] TRUMP HAS THE VETO POWER. DEPENDING ON WHAT CONGRESS TRIES
[03:37:56] TO DO IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT WILL
[03:38:00] HAPPEN. WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IS THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT OUT
[03:38:06] RESOLUTIONS TO CURB TRUMP'S POWERS AND IRAN.
[03:38:08] THOSE ARE LIKELY TO PASS.
[03:38:13] SOME HAD ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE. THEY WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT IN THE CURRENT SENATE. NOW IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME.
[03:38:17] HOST: HARRISON FROM SOUTH
[03:38:20] CAROLINA, ONE OF THE STATES TO WATCH LAST NIGHT. DEMOCRATS LINE. BELOW.
[03:38:23] CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[03:38:28] I'M VERY TIRED THIS MORNING. I HAD NO INTENTION OF STAYING UP
[03:38:31] WATCHING ALL THAT UNFOLD BUT WOW .
[03:38:35] AS I DIGEST WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS MY TAKE AWAY.
[03:38:40] I DON'T THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATS
[03:38:45] WON. I DON'T THINK THE REPUBLICANS
[03:38:49] LOST. I THINK THAT TRUMP THE PERSON LOST.
[03:38:54] MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I SAW AND
[03:38:59] THE OPTIMISM THAT I HAD HIS BIG
[03:39:01] MONEY LOST LAST NIGHT -- IS BIG
[03:39:06] MONEY LOST LAST NIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE
[03:39:09] MONEY THAT WAS SPENT AND IN MY
[03:39:12] OPINION WAS COMPLETELY WASTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
[03:39:17] WE ALWAYS HEAR THE POLITICAL
[03:39:21] PUNDITS TALK ABOUT HE OUTSPENT HIM OR HIS WARCHEST IS THIS BIG.
[03:39:25] IT LOOKED LIKE THE MONEY JUST
[03:39:28] BLEW UP IN EVERYONE'S FACE THAT THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.
[03:39:31] ONE LAST POINT.
[03:39:34] GOING FORWARD THERE WILL BE A
[03:39:36] LITTLE BIT OF A HONEYMOON.
[03:39:41] IT'S UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO GET UGLY AGAIN.
[03:39:46] I SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO MY FRIENDS.
[03:39:49] I LIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND I'M IN THE MINORITY CALLING ON THE DEMOCRAT LINE.
[03:39:55] IF THIS IS NOT A WAKE-UP CALL TO
[03:39:57] START RUNNING ON PLATFORMS -- I
[03:40:00] HAVE SAID IT 70 TIMES THAT I'M BLUE IN THE FACE.
[03:40:02] IT IS TIME TO GET BACK TO PLATFORM POLITICS.
[03:40:06] I THINK THE PARTIES SHOULD TAKE THAT AS A LESSON.
[03:40:10] THANK YOU. HOST: STARTING WITH THE MONEY,
[03:40:14] OPEN SECRETS.
[03:40:18] 12 BILLION DOLLARS SPENT THE CYCLE. GUEST: THE LAST ESTIMATE WAS
[03:40:21] $11.6 BILLION. JUST AN AVALANCHE OF MONEY.
[03:40:26] I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.
[03:40:28] I LOVE TALKING ABOUT THIS. THIS WAS THE BIG POLITICAL
[03:40:31] SCIENCE EXPERIMENT.
[03:40:34] REPUBLICANS WERE UNPOPULAR.
[03:40:39] TRUMP WAS HISTORICALLY UNPOPULAR. THE ECONOMY LOOKED BAD. POLLING LOOKED BAD. EVERYTHING BUT THE MONEY WAS
[03:40:43] WORKING AGAINST REPUBLICANS. THE QUESTION WAS CAN $1 BILLION A REPUBLICANS?
[03:40:48] TRUMP'S GROUP SPENT NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.
[03:40:53] ELON MUSK SPENT NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.
[03:40:58] DEMOCRATS WERE ABLE TO WIN IN THE RACES THEY REALLY DID NOT INVEST IN, ESPECIALLY NORTH
[03:41:01] CAROLINA AND LAUREN BOEBERT'S
[03:41:06] DISTRICT. THERE WERE CONCERNS EARLIER IN
[03:41:09] THE CYCLE BECAUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD A MASSIVE CASH DISADVANTAGE. THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
[03:41:14] CAPITALIZE ON THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET THEIR CANDIDATES OUT.
[03:41:19] LARGELY THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE AFFECTED IT. PEOPLE WERE SMART.
[03:41:23] THEY RECOGNIZED WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY WITH THEIR VOTE.
[03:41:27] THE ONE EXCEPTION MIGHT BE MISSISSIPPI.
[03:41:30] THE COUNT HAS NOT MOVED IN A WHILE AND STILL 43 VOTES UP FOR
[03:41:33] THE DEMOCRAT WITH 96% IN.
[03:41:36] THIS WAS NOT REALLY A RACE ON THE DEMOCRATS RADAR WHEN THEY
[03:41:40] WERE NOT SURE THEY WOULD HAVE SENT A CONTROL AT ALL, LET ALONE 54 SEATS.
[03:41:45] IT IS POSSIBLE DEMOCRATS WILL
[03:41:49] SAY THEY WISH THEY COULD'VE SPENT MORE IN MISSISSIPPI.
[03:41:52] THE MONEY REALLY DID NOT MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR REPUBLICANS.
[03:41:56] HOST: THE ONE PERSON NOT
[03:41:59] SPENDING HIS OWN MONEY WAS DONALD TRUMP ITSELF. GUEST: HE SPENT ABOUT $400
[03:42:03] MILLION FOR MAGGOT INC. --
[03:42:07] MAGA, INC.
[03:42:11] A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL BECAUSE IN THE PAST MIDTERM CYCLES HE HAS NOT SPENT THAT
[03:42:15] MONEY. HE KEPT IT FOR HIS OWN REELECTION BATTLES, FOR HIS
[03:42:19] LEGAL FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
[03:42:22] SOME SPECULATED HE WOULD GIVE THE MONEY FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY.
[03:42:26] I THINK HE STILL HAS $100
[03:42:28] MILLION IN THE BANK IN MAGA, INC.
[03:42:33] IT'S MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE HAVE.
[03:42:38] HE DID PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS.
[03:42:41] WHEN REPUBLICANS ARE DOING RECRIMINATIONS AFTER LAST NIGHT'S ELECTION, THEY MIGHT
[03:42:45] JUST SAY TRUMP DID NOT SPEND EARLY ENOUGH IN SOME OF THE RACES.
[03:42:48] I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CAN SPEND A WHAT YOU CAN REALLY SAY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
[03:42:52] HOST: LUBBOCK, TEXAS. THE LINE FOR REPUBLICANS,
[03:42:57] LORENZO. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, PEDRO AND
[03:43:01] ERICA. I'M SCARED.
[03:43:05] I'M GROUCHY.
[03:43:07] I'M REAL WORRIED ABOUT MYSELF.
[03:43:10] I'M TIRED.
[03:43:13] I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN ABOUT.
[03:43:17] THIS IS CLEARLY A REFERENDUM ON
[03:43:21] THE REPUBLICANS' TOTAL
[03:43:26] INABILITY TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS PERMANENT. PEOPLE ARE STANDING IN LINE.
[03:43:31] THEY HAVE TO LET YOU VOTE. IT IS POSSUMS AND WORK THINGS OUT.
[03:43:35] IT IS NOT FAIR, NOT RIGHT.
[03:43:39] IT IS NOT DECENT. I WILL TAKE MY ANSWER OFF THE AIR.
[03:43:43] HOST: LET ME REPHRASE THAT AS A
[03:43:47] SENSE OF TURNOUT BY REPUBLICANS. GUEST: ONE BIG QUESTION GOING IN
[03:43:51] WAS TRUMP IS SUCCESSFUL WITH VOTERS WHO ONLY TURNED WHEN
[03:43:55] TRUMP IS ON THE BALLOT. CAN THEY GET THOSE VOTERS TO
[03:43:59] TURN OUT FOR DOWN BALLOT REPUBLICANS WHEN TRUMP IS NOT ON
[03:44:02] THE BALLOT?
[03:44:07] HE SAID ON TRUE SOCIAL LAST NIGHT IF HE WAS ON THE BALLOT REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE WON IN A LANDSLIDE. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S TRUE IN THE
[03:44:11] SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS STAYED HOME AND NOT READY TO GO
[03:44:14] TO BAT FOR THESE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO TRUMP.
[03:44:19] THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE IN TEXAS WHERE JAMES TALARICO IS WINNING
[03:44:23] HANDILY.
[03:44:25] ANECDOTAL REPORTS WERE SAYING A LOT OF REPUBLICANS LEFT THE
[03:44:29] SENATE RACE BLANK BECAUSE KEN
[03:44:31] PAXTON HAD A LOT OF BAGGAGE.
[03:44:37] NOT A SUPER LIKABLE CANDIDATE. IF NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
[03:44:40] REPUBLICANS, PAXTON WILL NOT DRIVE YOU TO TURNOUT.
[03:44:43] HOST: IN THE MAINE SENATE RACE,
[03:44:48] TROY JACKSON CAME AND LACEY MANAGED TO BE THE VICTOR. WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT?
[03:44:53] GUEST: THAT WAS A RACE I WAS SKEPTICAL ON.
[03:44:57] SUSAN COLLINS WAS THE IRON LADY.
[03:45:00] SHE HAD SURVIVED SO MANY TIGHT REELECTION CONTESTS.
[03:45:03] SHE WAS THE ONLY GOP SENATOR IN
[03:45:05] A STATE THAT I GOT FOR KAMALA HARRIS.
[03:45:10] IF KANSAS SENATE IS FLIPPING, IF SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE IS
[03:45:13] FLIPPING, THERE IS NO WAY MAINE
[03:45:17] IS GOING TO ELECT SUSAN COLLINS.
[03:45:21] TROY JACKSON DEFINITELY CAME IN WITH AN UPHILL BATTLE.
[03:45:25] HE ENTERED LATE. HE FINISHED THIRD IN THE STATE'S
[03:45:29] DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY.
[03:45:33] I DO THINK A YEAR OR TWO AGO SO IT WAS A TROY JACKSON WOULD WIN
[03:45:36] THAT RACE. IT SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH CAN CHANGE.
[03:45:39] HOST: LET'S HEAR FROM SENATOR
[03:45:42] ELECT TROY JACKSON AND THE CURRENT SENATOR NOW LEAVING
[03:45:46] OFFICE, SUSAN COLLINS. [VIDEO] >> WE DID IT. WORKING PEOPLE DID IT.
[03:45:53] [CHEERS]
[03:45:56] I'M SO PROUD TO BE STANDING HERE
[03:45:59] WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT -- THIS MORNING NOW.
[03:46:04] [LAUGHTER]
[03:46:10] A LITTLE MORE THAN 100 DAYS AGO I STOOD IN FRONT OF OUR
[03:46:14] CONVENTION AND ASKED YOU TO PUT
[03:46:15] YOUR FAITH --
[03:46:20] [CHEERS]
[03:46:23] I TOLD YOU WE HAD A PARTY
[03:46:27] TONIGHT UNITE, A MOVEMENT TO DEFEAT.
[03:46:30] [CHEERS]
[03:46:35] TONIGHT -- TONIGHT -- THIS
[03:46:41] MORNING THE PEOPLE OF MAINE HAVE ELECTED THAT BLOGGER TO THE
[03:46:44] UNITED STATES SENATE. [CHEERS]
[03:47:02] [LAUGHTER]
[03:47:09] IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS AFTER
[03:47:12] GETTING HOME FROM A SHIFT OR
[03:47:14] SITTING AT THE TABLE WONDERING HOW YOU ARE GOING TO PAY THE
[03:47:17] NEXT BILL, I WANT YOU TO HEAR
[03:47:21] SOMETHING VERY CLEARLY. YOU ARE SENDING SOMEBODY TO
[03:47:26] WASHINGTON WHO KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.
[03:47:28] [CHEERS] [APPLAUSE]
[03:47:35] BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I AM GOING
[03:47:38] TO REMEMBER WHO SENT ME THERE.
[03:47:42] >> MY LIST IS REALLY ENDLESS.
[03:47:47] I AM SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE
[03:47:51] COUNTY AND TOWN CHAIRS.
[03:47:54] YOU KNOCKED ON DOORS, YOU MADE
[03:47:56] THOSE CALLS, YOU PUT UP THE
[03:47:59] SIGNS, YOU ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO VOTE. YOU MADE THE CASE.
[03:48:04] I AM SO GRATEFUL TO EACH AND
[03:48:08] EVERY ONE OF YOU. OUR PARTY CHAIRMAN IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.
[03:48:13] THERE IS SO MANY OTHER HERE AND
[03:48:18] 70 OTHER PEOPLE WHO PLAYED SUCH IMPORTANT ROLES.
[03:48:22] MICHAEL BOB, A GREAT HELP TO ME.
[03:48:26] THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS, I SHOULD STOP NOW OR I WILL GO
[03:48:30] DOWN A LIST OF LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
[03:48:35] WE HAD A GREAT ALL OF MAINE BUS
[03:48:40] TOUR. WE WENT ALL OVER THE STATE.
[03:48:43] I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU, THE
[03:48:47] CROWDS WERE HUGE, THE RECEPTION
[03:48:48] WAS WARM, AND THE RESPONSE COULD
[03:48:51] NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER.
[03:48:56] IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO REPRESENT MAINE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
[03:49:02] THE RESULTS ARE GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO COME IN.
[03:49:06] WE WILL KEEP WATCHING AND I WILL
[03:49:08] BE BACK THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
[03:49:10] IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE KNOW HOW
[03:49:16] GRATEFUL I AM TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
[03:49:21] LET'S CELEBRATE. [CHEERS]
[03:49:26] HOST: THAT WAS SENATOR SUSAN
[03:49:30] COLLINS BEFORE THE RACE WAS CALLED. TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF THE FINAL
[03:49:35] THOUGHTS, YOU CAN SEE MORE THAT ON OUR VARIOUS PLATFORMS.
[03:49:38] IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A SENATE WITHOUT A SUSAN COLLINS. WHAT ULTIMATELY LED TO HER DOWNFALL?
[03:49:42] GUEST: SHE HAS BEEN A GIANT OF
[03:49:45] THE SENATE FOR SO LONG.
[03:49:48] ULTIMATELY THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE REPUBLICANS
[03:49:52] CAN'T SURVIVE IN A STATE THAT
[03:49:54] KAMALA HARRIS ONE AND 2024 --
[03:49:58] WON IN BANK 24.
[03:50:01] SHE WAS THE ONLY GOP SENATOR WHERE HARRIS WON BACK IN.
[03:50:05] HUGE SHIFT TO THE LEFT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[03:50:08] SOMEONE LIKE MAINE ON A HAIR TRIGGER.
[03:50:12] SOMETHING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE
[03:50:14] HAVE BEEN INCREASING SKEPTICISM
[03:50:17] TOWARD OLDER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
[03:50:21] AS SOME HAD HEALTH ISSUES WHILE IN OFFICE.
[03:50:25] LINDSEY GRAHAM PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR LEADING TO HIS SISTER
[03:50:29] TAKING HIS SEAT AND EVENTUALLY LOSING IT TO ANNIE ANDREWS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
[03:50:33] IT HAS BEEN MORE PRONOUNCED ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRIMARIES.
[03:50:39] NATIONALLY AND IN BOTH PARTIES THERE IS A LOOK AT WHO THE LEADERS ARE AND WHETHER THEY
[03:50:45] WILL, YOU KNOW, BE OF SOUND MIND
[03:50:46] AND BODY IN THE NEXT 2, 4, 6
[03:50:51] YEARS OF THEIR TERMS IN OFFICE.
[03:50:53] HOST: TOM KANE ALSO LOSING AND
[03:50:57] THAT WAS AFTER HIS ABSENCE FROM CONGRESS PRISON AND EXTENDED
[03:51:01] PERIOD OF TIME.
[03:51:03] GUEST: THEY STOPPED SPENDING ON
[03:51:07] THAT RACE PRETTY EARLY. THE FIRST CANDIDATE THEY HAD A TRIAGE TO DEFEND OTHERS IN THIS
[03:51:12] TOUGH MAP FOR REPUBLICANS.
[03:51:14] HE WAS GONE IN AN UNEXPLAINED WAY FOR MONTHS.
[03:51:18] NEW JERSEY 7 ALREADY A SWINGY
[03:51:22] DISTRICT AND THIS WAS THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR KANE.
[03:51:27] HOST: TEXAS, THE LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS, DANIEL.
[03:51:30] CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[03:51:33] HOST: GO AHEAD. CALLER: I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT.
[03:51:38] THERE ARE FIVE REASONS WHY DONALD TRUMP HAS COST THE
[03:51:43] REPUBLICANS -- WELL, THEY WERE
[03:51:46] SUPPOSED TO WIN BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN.
[03:51:49] NUMBER ONE, ON JULY -- I BELIEVE
[03:51:55] IT WAS JULY 16, 2025, DONALD
[03:51:57] TRUMP POSTED ON TRUE SOCIAL THAT
[03:51:59] THE EPSTEIN HOAX WAS A SCAM AND
[03:52:02] THEY BOUGHT INTO IT. I DON'T NEED YOUR SUPPORT ANYMORE. OK THEN.
[03:52:08] YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
[03:52:11] THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE IN SPITE
[03:52:14] OF DONALD TRUMP. THEY WILL BUT INDEPENDENT,
[03:52:18] DEMOCRATIC, OR NOT AT ALL. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
[03:52:22] HAPPENED. WHEN YOU ATTACK YOUR BASE, THEY WILL TURN ON HIM AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
[03:52:26] THEN WE HAVE TARIFFS.
[03:52:30] TALK ABOUT RENAMING LAKE ONTARIO .
[03:52:34] THE GULF OF AMERICA.
[03:52:38] BOOT LICKING NETANYAHU. STARTING THE IRAN WAR.
[03:52:42] RAISING GAS PRICES.
[03:52:45] CAMPAIGNING AT RALLIES TALKING
[03:52:46] ABOUT MEN'S BUTTS.
[03:52:51] HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
[03:52:53] IT DOESN'T WHEN YOU ELECT A
[03:52:57] CLOWN, EXPECT A CIRCUS. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AMERICA
[03:53:01] GREAT AGAIN? WHEN THIS CLOWN GETS OUT OF OFFICE --
[03:53:05] HOST: THANK YOU.
[03:53:08] THE LAUNDRY LIST AS FAR AS THE REASONS DEMOCRATS HAD A GOOD NIGHT LAST NIGHT.
[03:53:13] GUEST: I THINK THE NATIONAL
[03:53:16] POLITICAL CLASS WAS LOOKING AT
[03:53:18] THE EPSTEIN INVESTIGATIONS THAT THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
[03:53:21] WAS CONDUCTING LAST YEAR, AND
[03:53:25] EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE UNDER DEMOCRATS. THE SOON-TO-BE HOUSE OVERSIGHT
[03:53:29] COMMITTEE CHAIR ROBERT GARCIA WAS INFLUENTIAL IN DEMOCRATS
[03:53:33] DECIDE PURSUING THE INVESTIGATION. THEY WANTED TO TIE THAT TO TRUMP
[03:53:36] AND MAKE THEM LOOK BAD AHEAD OF THE CYCLE. EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE.
[03:53:41] THE OTHER THING HE MENTIONED WAS TRUMP FLIPPED HIS OWN STRATEGY
[03:53:45] AND TALKED ABOUT RENAMING LAKE
[03:53:49] ONTARIO AND GULF OF MEXICO AND
[03:53:53] JOHN HUSTED AND ALL THESE
[03:53:57] THINGS. STEVE BANNON HAD BOASTED ABOUT
[03:54:01] THIS FLIP HIS OWN STRATEGY.
[03:54:02] IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK WHEN
[03:54:05] REPUBLICANS ARE ON DEFENSE ON SO MANY ISSUES.
[03:54:08] WHEN YOU ARE FACING A BAD
[03:54:10] ECONOMY, AND WARNER RON, HIGH FUEL PRICES, TARIFFS, ALL THE
[03:54:13] THINGS HE MENTIONED, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BE FOCUSED ON HOW YOU
[03:54:17] ARE SOLVING THE ISSUES INSTEAD OF STARTING MORE CONTROVERSIES.
[03:54:23] AT CERTAIN POINT VOTERS JUST SEE HOW MANY ISSUES THERE ARE AND
[03:54:26] THERE'S AN OVERARCHING SENTIMENT OF OPPOSITION TO REPUBLICANS.
[03:54:30] HOST: YOU ARE WATCHING A SPECIAL
[03:54:33] EDITION OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL. NORMALLY WE WOULD FINISH AT 10:00.
[03:54:37] WE WILL GO UNTIL NOON. IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN AND
[03:54:40] COMMENT ON THE ELECTIONS, THE
[03:54:43] RESULTS, THE VICTORIES ARE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, YOU CAN DO THAT AT (202)
[03:54:46] 748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[03:54:48] (202) 748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS.
[03:54:51] INDEPENDENTS, (202) 748-8002.
[03:54:56] IF YOU WANT TO TEXT US, YOU CAN DO THAT AT (202) 748-8003.
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[03:55:07] MAKE YOUR COMMENTS KNOWN FOR OUR
[03:55:10] GUEST THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MORNING.
[03:55:13] WE WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH NOON WITH OUR COVERAGE TODAY.
[03:55:16] CALIFORNIA IS NEXT, DON ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
[03:55:20] CALLER: I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AND PREFERENCE THIS WITH
[03:55:24] ANY PRESIDENT AS FAR AS STATE ELECTIONS.
[03:55:30] I KNOW IT'S ALREADY OVER BUT FOR
[03:55:34] THE PRESIDENT TO TRAVEL AROUND -- WE CAN DO THE MATH.
[03:55:38] 25 CAMPAIGN RALLIES AND ALL THE STATES HE TRAVELED AROUND TRYING
[03:55:44] TO DRUM UP VOTERS, HOW MUCH COST
[03:55:47] WAS THAT FOR HIM TO TRAVEL AROUND?
[03:55:49] LET'S SAY CONSERVATIVE --
[03:55:53] CONSERVATIVELY $1 MILLION TO GO TO EACH STATE.
[03:55:55] WHO IS PAYING FOR THAT?
[03:55:59] THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY, AND NOBODY IS STANDING UP TO THIS PRESIDENT. NOBODY QUESTIONING HIM.
[03:56:03] EVERYBODY IS AFRAID OF HIM. THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH MONEY
[03:56:07] IN POLITICS.
[03:56:08] JANUARY 6, THAT WAS WRONG TO PARDON ALL HIS PEOPLE.
[03:56:13] THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT THAT OUR MISTAKES THAT
[03:56:17] HAPPENED BECAUSE OF POWER, CONTROL AND MONEY.
[03:56:20] I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR GUEST AND
[03:56:25] HER COMMENTS ON WHO PAID FOR HIM TO TRAVEL AROUND THIS COUNTRY.
[03:56:30] GUEST: IT'S DEFINITELY TAXPAYER
[03:56:34] DOLLARS. THAT IS SOMETHING TO POINT OUT. I NOTED THIS EARLIER.
[03:56:40] TRUMP'S CLOSING ARGUMENT WAS HE SPENT MORE THAN 20 MINUTES
[03:56:43] TALKING ABOUT HIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
[03:56:50] THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL, HIS BALLROOM, THE ARCH HE
[03:56:53] IS PLANNING, ALL THESE THINGS
[03:56:55] THAT REALLY DRAW ATTENTION TO WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE IS
[03:56:59] SPENDING -- WHERE THE WHITE
[03:57:01] HOUSE'S SPENDING IS GOING WHEN AMERICANS ARE FEELING PAIN IN THE POCKETBOOKS.
[03:57:07] IT'S DIFFICULT TO CLOSE ON THE ARGUMENT OF D.C. BEAUTIFICATION
[03:57:11] WHICH NOT EVEN EVERY DZ RESIDENT CARES ABOUT, LET ALONE SOMEONE
[03:57:15] IN CALIFORNIA -- D.C. RESIDENT.
[03:57:18] TRUMP WAS IN A LOT OF THESE GOP STRONGHOLDS IN THE LEAD UP TO
[03:57:21] THE ELECTION. IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THE
[03:57:25] TAXPAYER MONEY THEY DID GO TOWARDS THOSE VISITS EVEN YIELD
[03:57:28] AND HAVE VERY MANY ELECTORAL VICTORIES.
[03:57:32] HOST: IN NEW HAMPSHIRE -- I
[03:57:37] DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT DIRECTLY BUT CHRIS PAPPAS WILL BECOME SENATOR FROM NEW
[03:57:41] HAMPSHIRE. THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SENATOR.
[03:57:45] THAT ALSO DEFEATED JOHN SUNUNU, SOME WITH A FAMILY LINE WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS.
[03:57:50] GIVE THAT ASSESSMENT. GUEST: IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE
[03:57:55] THIS THAT WILL NEVER BE A CONCERN FOR DEMOCRATS. THERE WAS A BRIEF MOMENT OF FEAR
[03:57:58] THAT POPULACE MIGHT BE IN
[03:58:00] TROUBLE -- PAPPAS MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE.
[03:58:05] JOHN SUNUNU IS THE LESS POPULAR
[03:58:06] BROTHER TO CHRIS SUNUNU.
[03:58:12] NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS ARE SMART.
[03:58:15] AS FAR AS I KNOW -- I HAVEN'T
[03:58:19] CHECKED IN A WHILE BUT I BELIEVE THE REPUBLICAN IS IN A SAFE SPOT
[03:58:23] TO SECURE REELECTION.
[03:58:23] THE GOVERNORS VERSUS THE HOUSE
[03:58:28] AND SENATE ARE DIFFERENT STORIES. NEW HAMPSHIRE IS TRADITIONALLY PRETTY BLUE IN CONGRESS.
[03:58:33] EVEN THOUGH HE'S KIND OF A MODERATE THAT SHE IS KIND OF A
[03:58:38] MODERATE, THEY ARE GOING TO
[03:58:39] REMAIN WITH THE DEMOCRATS
[03:58:43] PRETTY SOLIDLY. HOST: WE ARE GIVING YOU THIS
[03:58:47] INFORMATION. WE WANT TO THANK OUR GUEST FOR STAYING WITH US AND GIVING HER
[03:58:51] ANALYSIS FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL. WORKING PEOPLE FIND YOU WORK?
[03:58:54] GUEST:
[03:58:58] NATIONALJOURNAL.COM/HOTLINE.
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[03:59:03] HOST: WHAT IS THE NEXT STORY YOU
[03:59:07] ARE LOOKING AT AFTER TODAY?
[03:59:08] GUEST: THE 2028 PRIMARY STARTS
[03:59:13] NOW. JB PRITZKER PUT OUT A 75 PAGE MEMO ON WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD DO
[03:59:17] ON DAY ONE OF CONGRESSIONAL CONTROL.
[03:59:19] I WILL BE FOLLOWING THAT CLOSELY
[03:59:22] AND WHERE THE REPUBLICAN FIELD PLANS FOR 2028 AS WELL.
[03:59:24] HOST: ERICA FILTER, THANK YOU
[03:59:26] FOR YOUR TIME THIS 20. YOU ARE WATCHING CONTINUING
[03:59:30] COVERAGE OF CAMPAIGN 2026. IT IS 10:00 ON THE EAST COAST.
[03:59:34] WE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. STAY WITH US AS WE SHOW YOU THE
[03:59:37] LATEST RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT SELECTIONS.
[03:59:45] >> MONDAY, AMERICA'S LEADING TELEVISION CALL-IN PROGRAM COMES TO PRIME TIME.
[03:59:48] >> THE MOST LEVELHEADED COVERAGE.
[03:59:52] >> I TRUST YOU GUYS COMPLETELY.
[03:59:56] >> I'M FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR
[03:59:59] THEIR THOUGHTS. >> THAT CONVERSATION WILL COME
[04:00:03] TO PRIME TIME.
[04:00:04] >> THE MOST UNBIASED STATION OUT
[04:00:08] THERE.
[04:00:08] >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" PRIME
[04:00:12] TIME STARTING WEEKNIGHTS AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN. >> THE MIDTERM ELECTION
[04:00:16] RESULTS. THE RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE
[04:00:18] BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND
[04:00:21] SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[04:00:24] FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[04:00:28] CANDIDATE ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[04:00:31] CAMPAIGN 2020 SIX IS YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION NIGHT.
[04:00:41] HOST: THIS IS THE COVERAGE, 20
[04:00:45] HOURS IN TOTAL, TWO HOURS LEFT UNTIL NOON AS WE CONTINUE ON
[04:00:50] SHOWING YOU THE LATEST IN RESULTS.
[04:00:54] GIVE ANALYSIS AS WELL.
[04:00:59] KEEP CALLING UNTIL NOON.
[04:01:00] (202) 748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[04:01:04] REPUBLICANS, (202) 748-8001.
[04:01:08] INDEPENDENTS, (202) 748-8002.
[04:01:12] THIS TELLS THE TALE OF WHERE WE STAND.
[04:01:15] 54 SEATS IN THE SENATE CLAIMED BY DEMOCRATS. SEVEN PICKUPS AS A RESULT OF
[04:01:20] THAT.
[04:01:21] ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, 44 SEATS
[04:01:26] .
[04:01:26] IN THE HOUSE, 280, 220 EIGHT
[04:01:31] SEATS CLAIMED BY DEMOCRATS. 100 39 CLAIMED BY REPUBLICANS.
[04:01:35] THAT WILL CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MORNING.
[04:01:38] YOU COULD CONTINUE MONITORING THE AIR AS WE GET THAT
[04:01:41] INFORMATION PLUS OTHER INFORMATION ON THE LATEST RESULT AS WELL.
[04:01:45] IT IS A DASHBOARD OF SORTS BUT
[04:01:47] NOT THE DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING.
[04:01:55] GAINED AND MANAGED. TAKE IT AWAY.
[04:01:56] >> LET'S GO OVER IT.
[04:02:00] YOU MENTIONED IT, IT COULD GO AS
[04:02:07] HIGH AS NINE SEATS BY THE TIME IT IS SAID AND DONE.
[04:02:10] WE TALKED ABOUT JUST HOW CLOSE MISSISSIPPI IS.
[04:02:13] LET'S CHECK IN ON ALASKA THAT HAS TURNED BACK TO BLUE.
[04:02:21] MEANING MARY PELTOLA IS BACK AHEAD.
[04:02:25] 74% EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE VOTE OUT.
[04:02:28] WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE LATEST NUMBERS?
[04:02:32] >> IT'S HARD NOT TO GET EXCITED
[04:02:35] WE KNOW THIS COULD BE HEADING
[04:02:38] TOWARDS CHOICE VOTING
[04:02:43] TABULATION. THAT HAPPENS IF NO CANDIDATE
[04:02:46] ENDS WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE. WE HAVE PELTOLA, SENATOR
[04:02:51] SULLIVAN, WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN
[04:02:55] AND TEACHER DAN SULLIVAN.
[04:02:57] >> EXACTLY.
[04:02:59] >> I EXPECT THESE TWO WILL TRADE
[04:03:04] BACK AND FORTH OVER THE COMING DAYS AND POTENTIALLY WEEKS.
[04:03:07] MARY PELTOLA DOES VERY WELL OUT
[04:03:10] OF THE MORE RURAL, REMOTE PARTS OF ALASKA.
[04:03:13] SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST ALASKAN NATIVE SENATOR.
[04:03:17] WHERE THE RURAL AND MORE OUTWARD
[04:03:21] AREAS.
[04:03:23] >> ALASKA IS AN INTERESTING
[04:03:28] STATE. THE POLITICS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OUT THERE.
[04:03:33] YOU MENTIONED THE MORE OUTER
[04:03:34] LYING PARTS OF THE STATE AGAIN
[04:03:38] SIGNIFICANT POPULATIONS. THOSE ARE THE MORE DEMOCRATIC AREAS.
[04:03:44] THEY COULD GENEROUSLY BE CALLED THE ANCHORAGE SUBURBS.
[04:03:49] IT IS PROBABLY LARGER THAN A COUPLE OF STATES.
[04:03:55] FAIRBANKS, THE OTHER REPUBLICAN
[04:03:59] STRONGHOLD IN ALASKA.
[04:04:03] REPUBLICANS DO WELL IN THE RURAL AREAS.
[04:04:07] >> CHECK ON THE HOUSE RACE FOR
[04:04:11] US IN ALASKA.
[04:04:11] >> DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY GOT BEHIND
[04:04:17] AN INDEPENDENT, BILL HILL, A
[04:04:23] TEACHER. HE CURRENTLY TRAILS THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN.
[04:04:28] BEAT MARY PELTOLA BY ABOUT NINE POINTS.
[04:04:32] KIND OF A BLACK SHEEP IN HIS FAMILY.
[04:04:37] THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY THE FIRST
[04:04:44] FAMILY FAMILY OF ALASKA. DIED IN A PLANE CRASH AS IT IS
[04:04:48] UNFORTUNATELY TOO COMMON IN ALASKA.
[04:04:54] FROM 2009 THROUGH 2015.
[04:04:58] HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS IN DECENT POSITION.
[04:05:02] INCLUDING A DEMOCRAT WHO HAS
[04:05:08] NEVER BEEN TO ALASKA BUT IS SERVING FEDERAL TIME.
[04:05:12] HE GOT ON THE BALLOT. HE IS A PERENNIAL CANDIDATE.
[04:05:20] IT MIGHT WORK OUT FOR NICK BEGICH.
[04:05:24] >> THE LAST FRONTIER, WE ARE
[04:05:28] WATCHING A LOT OF ONE CALLED HOUSE RACES FROM THE LAST FRONTIER TO THE CIVIL STATE.
[04:05:33] TAKE US TO THAT MASSIVE NORTHERN NEVADA DISTRICT.
[04:05:38] >> NEVADA2, THIS DISTRICT IS
[04:05:45] AROUND YOUR AGE.
[04:05:48] A LITTLE YOUNGER.
[04:05:50] 1982 IS THE FIRST TIME THIS NORTHERN NEVADA SEAT WAS UP FOR GRABS.
[04:05:57] WE HAVE WASHOE COUNTY, RENO IS THE DOMINANT CITY.
[04:06:00] DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY DREW THIS CONGRESSIONAL MAP DREW THIS
[04:06:05] DISTRICT TO BE A REPUBLICAN VOTE SINK.
[04:06:10] A VOTE SINK IS WHERE YOU PUT ALL
[04:06:12] OF THE VOTES FROM A PARTY.
[04:06:18] WE HAVE LAS VEGAS DOWN THERE.
[04:06:22] THREE DISTRICTS TOUCH LAS VEGAS.
[04:06:24] THE FIRST, THIRD, FOURTH ALL TOUCH LAS VEGAS.
[04:06:29] THEY ARE ALL DEMOCRATIC LEANING DISTRICTS.
[04:06:33] NEVADA IS PRETTY EVENLY FUNDED STATE.
[04:06:36] THE ANSWER IS IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
[04:06:40] THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SEED THAT REPUBLICANS WIN.
[04:06:48] TERESA BONITA S THOMPSON, THE
[04:06:49] DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IS SIX POINTS AHEAD.
[04:06:55] SHE'S ALSO A FORMER MISS NEVADA. SHE'S A VERY GOOD POLITICIAN.
[04:07:02] CONVERSELY HE HAD SOME ISSUES. HE BEAT THE ESTABLISHMENT
[04:07:06] CANDIDATE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
[04:07:11] TRUMP-ENDORSED FLIP OH OVER THE GOVERNOR.
[04:07:18] HE BECAME DEATHLY POSE -- DAVE
[04:07:28] FLIPPO'S WORST NIGHTMARE. HE VOTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN THE RACE.
[04:07:32] SHE IS GETTING ABOUT 5% OF THE VOTE.
[04:07:37] >> 6%.
[04:07:41] MAYBE IT DIDN'T MATTER. MIGHT HAVE WON THE MAJORITY ANYWAY.
[04:07:48] THE FACT THEY TAKE THESE REPUBLICAN VOTERS CLEARLY HURTING.
[04:07:51] >> LET'S HEAD TO ARIZONA IN ONE
[04:07:58] OF THOSE MASSIVE RURAL DISTRICTS.
[04:08:00] >> WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE RACE,
[04:08:04] JUST 86 VOTES SEPARATE THE
[04:08:07] DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
[04:08:09] >> 80% OF THE VOTES IN.
[04:08:20] IN THAT SAME DISTRICT, SAME
[04:08:22] CANDIDATES, ELI CRANE WON BY NINE POINTS.
[04:08:29] NOW WINNING BY 0.1%.
[04:08:33] A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAJO
[04:08:35] NATION WHICH HAS A HEALTHY PRESENCE.
[04:08:39] IT WILL BE A PICK UP IF IT HOLDS.
[04:08:43] TALK ABOUT THE SIX DISTRICT OF ARIZONA.
[04:08:44] >> A TUCSON BASED DISTRICT.
[04:08:52] ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN RISING
[04:08:53] STARS IN THE STATE, A FORMER AID
[04:08:56] WHO LED THE STATE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
[04:08:59] HE WON A VERY CLOSE ELECTION IN
[04:09:04] 2020 TWO, A CLOSE ELECTION IN 2024 AGAINST THE SAME OPPONENT.
[04:09:09] PREVIOUSLY NOMINATED A LIBERAL WHITE COLLEGE PROFESSOR TO RUN
[04:09:13] AGAINST.
[04:09:15] THIS TIME THEY RAN A MARINE
[04:09:19] DRILL INSTRUCTOR, SHE IS WINNING
[04:09:23] BY ABOUT EIGHT POINTS WITH 80% OF THE VOTE IN.
[04:09:27] GIVEN HOW THE NIGHT IS GOING FOR DEMOCRATS I WOULDN'T BE
[04:09:31] SURPRISED IF SHE GETS THE CALL.
[04:09:33] >> WHAT IS GOING ON IN ARIZONA,
[04:09:36] IS IT THE FIRST DISTRICT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?
[04:09:38] >> THIS IS SCOTTSDALE, A
[04:09:42] WEALTHY, HIGHLY EDUCATED SEAT.
[04:09:45] OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS,
[04:09:49] CONGRESSMAN DAVE SCHWEIKERT, HE GOT MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH.
[04:09:55] EVEN WHEN THEIR DISTRICTS WERE
[04:09:57] VOTING, THEY FOUND A WAY TO HOLD ON.
[04:10:02] >> EVEN AS SUSAN COLLINS HEADS
[04:10:07] TO DEFEAT, SHE HAS EARNED HER
[04:10:09] PLACE WITH THE JOE MANCHIN'S AND
[04:10:13] THE JON TESTER'S.
[04:10:15] DAVE SCHWEIKERT BY LEAVING THIS
[04:10:17] SEAT OPEN HAS CREATED THE
[04:10:21] CONDITIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WHO VIEWERS MIGHT KNOW
[04:10:26] BETTER.
[04:10:27] THE FORMER NFL PLAYER KICKER,
[04:10:31] PLAYED FOR THE CARDINALS, AS WELL AS ANOTHER -- A NUMBER OF OTHER TEAMS.
[04:10:37] ONE OF SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC DOCTORS.
[04:10:40] FROM THE GRAND CANYON STATE.
[04:10:43] LET'S CHECK ON THINGS IN THE CENTENNIAL STATE.
[04:10:46] THE TWO DISTRICTS OF THE OTHER'' LINE.
[04:10:50] LET'S START WITH LAUREN BOEBERT'S DISTRICT.
[04:10:51] >> SHE CURRENTLY TRAILS EILEEN
[04:10:55] LA BACHER BY ABOUT 5000 VOTES.
[04:11:00] A LOT LEFT TO COUNT.
[04:11:02] THIS IS THE MOST REPUBLICAN DISTRICT IN THE STATE.
[04:11:06] IT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW UNPOPULAR LAUREN BOEBERT IS THAT
[04:11:10] SHE IS TRAILING EVEN IN HER OLD
[04:11:12] DISTRICT, COLORADO THREE, THE
[04:11:15] REPUBLICAN IS CLEARING --
[04:11:18] CLINGING TO A NARROW LEAD.
[04:11:20] IT IS SEVERAL POINTS LESS REPUBLICAN.
[04:11:24] IF ANY REPUBLICAN IS GOING TO
[04:11:25] SURVIVE THE BLOODBATH, IT'S
[04:11:29] GOING TO BE JEFF HURD OVER LOW IN BOEBERT -- LAUREN BOEBERT.
[04:11:34] PHIL WEISER UP 27 POINTS OVER VICTOR MARX.
[04:11:40] 77% OF THE VOTING. THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENT.
[04:11:48] IN ABSOLUTE COLLAPSE FOR REPUBLICANS AT THE TOP.
[04:11:52] >> IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST, WE WILL KEEP TAKING TOURS AROUND THE STATE.
[04:11:57] HOST: HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT OVER
[04:12:01] THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. CHUCK SCHUMER IS EXPECTED TO
[04:12:03] MAKE SOME COMMENTS AT AROUND
[04:12:07] 11:00 -- AROUND 11:00 LEFT. WE ARE EXPECTED TO HEAR FROM THE
[04:12:10] HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES WHEN IT COMES TO LAST
[04:12:15] NIGHT'S ELECTION. WE MAY HEAR DIRECTLY FROM SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON.
[04:12:19] THERE IS REPORTING OUT SAYING
[04:12:22] SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAID HE'S NOT RUNNING FOR HOUSE GOP
[04:12:26] LEADER.
[04:12:29] ABBY TURNER FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL JOINS US, WELCOME BACK.
[04:12:32] GUEST: THANK YOU.
[04:12:34] HOST: IF THAT DOES COME TRUE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
[04:12:37] GUEST: REPUBLICANS LOSE A POSITION.
[04:12:42] THEY LOSE THE SPEAKERSHIP HERE.
[04:12:44] THE MAJORITY LEADER WILL BECOME THE MINORITY LEADER. THAT IS STEVE SCALISE.
[04:12:49] I'M NOT SURPRISED JOHNSON IS SAYING HE'S NOT GOING TO GO FOR THIS POSITION.
[04:12:55] MAYBE IF DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE
[04:12:59] WON A COUPLE OF SEATS. THEY COULD'VE HAD AN ARGUMENT.
[04:13:02] DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING UPWARDS OF 250 SEATS.
[04:13:07] I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE MUCH SUPPORT AT ALL AMONG THE
[04:13:09] REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.
[04:13:12] JIM JORDAN IS GOING TO RUN FOR THE MINORITY LEADER.
[04:13:16] WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM STILLEY'S IF HE IS EXPECTED TO GET IN.
[04:13:21] THE ARGUMENT THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE IS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
[04:13:24] THIS LOSS AND WHAT IS THE PATHWAY FORWARD HERE?
[04:13:30] HE HAS THE INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE TO KIND OF PUSH BACK
[04:13:33] AGAINST SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC
[04:13:38] INVESTIGATIONS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. INQUIRIES, ALL OF THAT.
[04:13:43] I'M NOT SURPRISED JOHNSON IS MAKING THIS. I WILL BE EXCITED TO SEE IF HE
[04:13:49] SPEAKS TODAY OR NOT. I THINK THERE WILL BE A MAJOR
[04:13:54] SHAKEUP BECAUSE THINGS WENT SO DRASTICALLY WRONG.
[04:13:59] THE RESULT WE SAW LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING WAS THE PIE-IN-THE-SKY FOR DEMOCRATS.
[04:14:05] THIS WAS THE OUTCOME THEY WANTED. THAT CAME TO FRUITION.
[04:14:09] HOST: TO GOVERNOR'S RACE IS TO
[04:14:13] FOCUS ON. TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BOTH OF THOSE RACES?
[04:14:17] GUEST: KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS IS
[04:14:22] THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED GOVERNOR IN U.S. HISTORY.
[04:14:26] BYRON DONALDS IS THE REPUBLICAN NARROWLY ELECTED HERE.
[04:14:29] WE SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF BLACK
[04:14:33] GOVERNORS ELECTED LAST NIGHT. YOU HAD DAVID CROWLEY IN
[04:14:36] WISCONSIN. A LOT OF FIRSTS LAST NIGHT.
[04:14:38] HOST: WHEN IT COMES TO KEISHA
[04:14:43] LANCE BOTTOMS, A COMPETITOR WITH A LOT OF MONEY.
[04:14:46] WHAT BROUGHT HER OVER DO YOU THINK?
[04:14:47] GUEST: BEFORE LAST NIGHT I THINK
[04:14:52] THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT SHE WILL NEED SENATOR JON OSSOFF TO HELP HER CROSS THE
[04:14:56] FINISH LINE.
[04:14:59] WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT, SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT ALL BY HERSELF.
[04:15:04] RICK JACKSON PUT UP OVER $200 MILLION ON THE AIRWAVE.
[04:15:09] AT SOME POINT IT BECOMES OVERSATURATED.
[04:15:13] AS I THINK I WAS LOOKING AT THE
[04:15:15] RESULTS THIS MORNING FOR A LOT
[04:15:17] OF THESE GOVERNORS RACES THAT RAN CLOSELY.
[04:15:21] WHAT WE SEE IS GOVERNORS RACES
[04:15:23] THAT ARE INSULATED FROM NATIONAL HEADWINDS.
[04:15:26] HOST: BYRON DONALDS, STATE THAT
[04:15:31] HE WON NARROWLY, HE WAS A FORMER REPUBLICAN NOW.
[04:15:36] WHAT WENT IN HIS FAVOR?
[04:15:41] GUEST: GET A TON OF MONEY HERE IN FLORIDA.
[04:15:46] EVEN AS WE SAW FLORIDA AND EVERY OTHER STATE SWING TOWARDS
[04:15:51] DEMOCRATS, IT IS A HEAVY REPUBLICAN STATE HERE.
[04:15:54] JOLLY I THINK COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM SOME NATURAL RESOURCES.
[04:15:58] HE WAS MAKING THAT PLEA.
[04:16:01] SAYING IF I HAD MORE MONEY I COULD PULL THIS OFF.
[04:16:05] HOST: ABBY TURNER WILL JOIN US
[04:16:11] AND KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING WHEN IT COMES TO INFORMATION.
[04:16:17] LET'S HEAR FROM FRESNO CALIFORNIA.
[04:16:20] CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO START
[04:16:24] WITH I AM THRILLED WITH THE BLUE WAVE.
[04:16:27] WE ARE TRULY SHOWING THAT WE ARE
[04:16:31] A PARTY. LOOKING AT THE RESULTS, THERE IS
[04:16:35] PROOF OF THAT.
[04:16:38] I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ETHICS AND
[04:16:41] ACCOUNTABILITY GOT BACK INTO
[04:16:45] CONGRESS. I KNOW THAT WHEN I WORKED FOR
[04:16:47] THE GOVERNMENT WE WERE CLEARLY
[04:16:50] VERSED ON ETHICS.
[04:16:58] CYBERSECURITY, MY POSITION WAS
[04:17:02] ONE THAT WAS TARGETED BY DOGE
[04:17:06] AND LED TO MY DECISION TO RETIRE EARLY.
[04:17:11] SHOUT OUT TO ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. WE ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST
[04:17:15] WORKING PEOPLE.
[04:17:18] IN TERMS OF OUR NEW CONGRESS I
[04:17:22] WOULD LIKE TO SEE AGAIN
[04:17:25] ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS IN
[04:17:30] REGARDS TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
[04:17:32] FIND YOUR IDENTITY.
[04:17:38] THAT WAS POSSIBLE THROUGH A HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
[04:17:46] IF YOU ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO
[04:17:47] SUPPORT YOU, YOU ARE NO LONGER
[04:17:50] THE GOP. I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH
[04:17:54] THIS IS YOU ARE THE PARTY OF DO
[04:17:58] AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO.
[04:18:02] LOSING SUPPORT, YOU ARE TO BLAME
[04:18:07] FOR THAT.
[04:18:09] WHAT WE ARE SHOWING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS WE ARE A
[04:18:12] PARTY THAT IS WELCOMING NEW
[04:18:14] IDEAS OF DIVERSITY AND WE ARE
[04:18:19] WILLING TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT
[04:18:22] ARE NEEDED TO MOVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD.
[04:18:27] I AM THRILLED WITH THE OUTCOME.
[04:18:28] HOST: THANK YOU VERY MUST --
[04:18:32] MUCH. OF COURSE WE HAVE SEEN IT PLAY
[04:18:36] OUT ON THE SENATE.
[04:18:38] WHEN YOU GO TO GOVERNORS RACES, DO THOSE ISSUES PLAY OUT THERE AS WELL?
[04:18:43] GUEST: COVERING STATES I HAVE
[04:18:48] ALWAYS SAID GOVERNORS RACES ARE INSULATED.
[04:18:52] I THINK SOME OF THE FRUSTRATIONS
[04:18:54] VOTERS HAVE WITH REPUBLICANS ARE BEING OVER INTO THESE GOVERNORS RACES AS WELL.
[04:19:01] TRUMP STILL PLAYS VERY HEAVILY HERE.
[04:19:04] YOU NEED TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT TO WIN A PRIMARY.
[04:19:07] TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT DIDN'T ALWAYS HELP YOU IN A GENERAL ELECTION.
[04:19:12] I THINK TO THE CALLER'S POINT
[04:19:15] ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FIGURING OUT WHO THEY ARE.
[04:19:20] HOW MUCH WEIGHT DOES MAG I HAVE
[04:19:24] -- MAGA HAVE IN THIS PARTY?
[04:19:27] HOST: THE REPORT THAT STEVE
[04:19:31] SCALISE IS RUNNING FOR MINORITY LEADER.
[04:19:33] GUEST: NO SURPRISE.
[04:19:36] HE HOLDS A MINORITY LEADER SPOT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THIS
[04:19:41] WILL PLAY OUT YET.
[04:19:42] WE WILL SEE WHO ELSE LOSES.
[04:19:48] THE OTHER REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS
[04:19:49] ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, IT WILL
[04:19:55] BE BETTER TO UNDERSTAND WHERE CERTAIN MEMBERS ARE GOING.
[04:19:59] THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME FOR THESE MEMBERS.
[04:20:03] HOST: TALK ABOUT STATE
[04:20:06] LEGISLATORS, WHAT WE SEE HAPPEN?
[04:20:08] GUEST: DEMOCRAT SECURED TRIFECTA
[04:20:11] IS IN A NUMBER OF STATES.
[04:20:13] LAST NIGHT DEMOCRATIC SECURED
[04:20:17] TRIFECTA'S IN MICHIGAN,
[04:20:20] MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA IS STILL TEETERING.
[04:20:24] DEMOCRATS COULD HAVE A TRIFECTA THERE.
[04:20:26] BOTH HOUSES OF THE STATE LEGISLATOR.
[04:20:33] IT HAS ALSO CLAIMED VICTORY IN
[04:20:36] THE GEORGIA HOUSE, NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE.
[04:20:40] VERY BIG NIGHT FOR DEMOCRATS.
[04:20:43] JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK. REPUBLICANS MADE A VERY BIG
[04:20:48] INVESTMENT.
[04:20:52] DEMOCRATS HAVE STRUGGLED TO BUILD BACKGROUND AFTER THIS.
[04:20:58] HOST: LET'S HEAR FROM ZACH
[04:21:02] JOINING US FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
[04:21:05] CALLER: MORNING, HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
[04:21:13] BEING A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN, IT
[04:21:16] WAS A VERY HOPEFUL FEELING IN
[04:21:20] WHERE OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS FALLEN THUS FAR.
[04:21:24] HOPEFULLY WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
[04:21:29] MY POINT WOULD BE NOW THAT HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND CHUCK
[04:21:33] SCHUMER ARE ESSENTIALLY IN CHARGE NOW, I'M WONDERING IF
[04:21:36] THEIR FEET WILL BE HELD TO THE FIRE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY
[04:21:41] THEY HAVE ACCEPTED REPRESENTING FOREIGN INTEREST.
[04:21:45] I KNOW A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATS I
[04:21:47] SEE AND I LIVE NEXT TO HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS AND
[04:21:51] THEY ARE VERY NERVOUS AS TO WHERE THEIR ALLEGIANCES LIVE.
[04:21:55] IS IT AMERICA OR IS IT FOREIGN INTEREST?
[04:22:03] MY SECOND POINT HAD TO DO WITH
[04:22:05] THE CLEAR BIAS OF NOTRE DAME AND
[04:22:09] HOW THEY DON'T LIKE NOTRE DAME AND THEY ARE PUSHING THE SEC ON THEIR NETWORKS.
[04:22:13] GUEST: I THINK ESPECIALLY IN THE
[04:22:17] HOUSE HAKEEM JEFFRIES WILL FACE A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM PROGRESSIVES.
[04:22:21] IT IS MITIGATED BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE MAJORITY THEY HAVE.
[04:22:27] LARGE-SCALE DONATIONS, MONEY
[04:22:31] FROM PLACES LIKE AIPAC, ALL OF THAT.
[04:22:35] THEY PUT PRESSURE ON JEFFRIES AND SCHUMER.
[04:22:40] IT CHANGES AND WHERE DEMOCRATS STAND ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
[04:22:45] HOST: TO WHAT DEGREE DO YOU FIND
[04:22:48] THE MONEY ABOUT AIPAC HAS BECOME A STORYLINE ABOUT THE CYCLE?
[04:22:51] GUEST: YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE
[04:22:55] MICHIGAN, THIS EMERGED OUT OF THE SENATE RACE.
[04:22:59] REPRESENTATIVE HALEY STEVENS.
[04:23:02] THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
[04:23:05] LARGE-SCALE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
[04:23:08] IS COMING IN FROM CERTAIN INTERESTS HERE.
[04:23:11] THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TOPIC.
[04:23:16] THEY ARE SCALING BACK AS WELL. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY.
[04:23:23] HOST: YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES ON THE
[04:23:27] STATE LEVEL, THE ISSUES THEY
[04:23:31] BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IS IN A FIGHT OR IMPRESSION AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS OVERALL?
[04:23:35] WHAT FACTORS DO YOU THINK LED TO VICTORIES?
[04:23:40] GUEST: IT COMES DOWN TO STATE FACTORS.
[04:23:43] IOWA IS A STATE THAT IS TRENDING
[04:23:47] TOWARDS GOVERNOR-ELECT. HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TRUMP AT
[04:23:51] ALL.
[04:23:55] THE RISING CANCER RATES.
[04:23:59] OBVIOUSLY WHEN VOTERS WENT OUT TO THE POLLS YESTERDAY THEY WERE
[04:24:03] THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE IMPLICATIONS.
[04:24:08] DIESEL PRICES.
[04:24:12] YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN
[04:24:15] MY COMMUNITY THAT HAVE CANCER.
[04:24:19] GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES, THEY
[04:24:22] ARE BENEFITING FROM THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
[04:24:25] TO REALLY SEAL THE DEAL YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THESE HYPER LOCAL ISSUES.
[04:24:30] HOST: ROY JOINS US FROM KANSAS,
[04:24:34] INDEPENDENT LINE.
[04:24:37] CALLER: I JUST WANT TO MAKE A
[04:24:40] COMMENT LAST WEEK ON WASHINGTON
[04:24:48] JOURNAL A LADY CALLED IN A
[04:24:52] STRONG TRUMP SUPPORTER AND SHE
[04:24:52] GUARANTEED THAT THE REPUBLICANS
[04:24:58] WOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD THE HOUSE AND SENATE AFTER THE ELECTION.
[04:25:03] I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LADY IS THINKING ABOUT TODAY.
[04:25:09] A GENTLEMAN CALLED IN FROM TENNESSEE SAYING NOT LONG AFTER
[04:25:12] THAT LADY WAS ON, SHE SAID
[04:25:15] DONALD TRUMP IS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER.
[04:25:23] I CAN IMAGINE HE IS HAPPY WITH THE TURNOUT.
[04:25:27] I'M HOPEFUL FOR AMERICA.
[04:25:31] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[04:25:33] HOST: ABBY TURNER, WHAT IS THE
[04:25:38] NEW GOVERNOR-ELECT OF MICHIGAN THINKING TODAY?
[04:25:43] GUEST: I THINK SHE'S FEELING
[04:25:46] PRETTY GOOD. AFTER MIKE DUGGAN GOT OUT OF THIS RACE, DEMOCRATS WERE HAVING
[04:25:50] AN AMAZING DAY.
[04:25:54] IT HAPPENS DIFFERENTLY THAN IT DOES IN A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
[04:25:58] YOU HAVE A MORE EDUCATED ELECTOR
[04:26:02] AND IT TURNS OUT. JOCELYN BENSON KNEW THIS WAS GOING HER WAY.
[04:26:06] WASN'T GOING TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
[04:26:09] THAT IS THE THIRD TIME JOHN JAMES HAS LOST STATE IN MICHIGAN.
[04:26:12] HOST: DID YOU REPEAT THINGS FROM
[04:26:16] THE PREVIOUS TWO TIMES?
[04:26:19] WAS IT JUST OVERALL UPSET OR DISSATISFACTION WITH DONALD TRUMP?
[04:26:23] GUEST: HE FOCUSED TOO MUCH ON
[04:26:26] DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.
[04:26:30] HIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN WAS TRYING TO
[04:26:31] TIE JOCELYN BENSON TO MAMDANI,
[04:26:34] ABDUL EL-SAYED.
[04:26:40] THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING THE GOVERNORS RACE, THE SENATE RACE.
[04:26:47] THAT ARGUMENT REALLY FELL THROUGH.
[04:26:49] HOST: WHAT FACTORS LED TO AMY
[04:26:53] ACTON'S VICTORY IN OHIO?
[04:26:55] GUEST: THE AD THAT CAME OUT FROM
[04:26:59] VIVEK RAMASWAMY, WE WERE SEEING BEFORE THAT THAT HE WAS NOT
[04:27:03] DOING GOOD. IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO SELL HIS
[04:27:06] CHARACTER TO VOTERS ON A TIME OF HIGH CLASS.
[04:27:13] LOWERING TAXES, ADDRESSING HIGH COSTS.
[04:27:16] I THINK THAT IS REALLY HARD FOR THOSE TO CONTEND WITH.
[04:27:21] HOST: SPEAKING OF OHIO, THAT IS
[04:27:25] WHERE OUR NEXT CALLER IS FROM.
[04:27:28] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU.
[04:27:33] THE FIRST IS THAT I'M SO PROUD
[04:27:36] OF AMERICA.
[04:27:39] I HAVE BEEN SO HOPELESS SINCE
[04:27:42] THE DAY TRUMP GOT BACK INTO OFFICE.
[04:27:46] I'M SITTING ON THE COUCH.
[04:27:49] I FEEL LIKE FLOATING AWAY.
[04:27:55] I WANTED TO CALL BECAUSE THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT TRUMP DOING
[04:28:00] THESE RALLIES. VOTE LIKE I AM ON THE BALLOT.
[04:28:07] I BELIEVE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
[04:28:10] WE VOTED ON TRUMP BEING ON THE BALLOT.
[04:28:14] I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE I'M SEEING THAT WERE
[04:28:19] ELECTED IN AREAS.
[04:28:24] I'M SORRY I'M GETTING WORDLESS. FRESH FACES.
[04:28:28] THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT WON IN TEXAS.
[04:28:31] I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME.
[04:28:35] HE IS A CHRISTIAN MAN.
[04:28:37] WHEN I HEARD HIM SPEAK OVER THE
[04:28:42] LAST COUPLE WEEKS, I CALLED HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES.
[04:28:47] A TRUE CHRISTIAN, IF YOU WANT TO
[04:28:54] KNOW WHAT IS IN THE BIBLE AND
[04:28:58] LOVE EVERYBODY ELSE THE SAME.
[04:29:03] YOU ARE REPRESENTING ME.
[04:29:08] TRULY, I HAVE HEARD PRESIDENT
[04:29:10] TRUMP SAY THE WORD.
[04:29:14] IT MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP.
[04:29:18] I'M EXCITED, FRESH FACES.
[04:29:22] BE AN INDIGENOUS LADY THAT GOT ELECTED.
[04:29:27] WE NEED THOSE PEOPLE TO
[04:29:32] REPRESENT EVERYBODY. HOST: PUT A LOT OUT THERE FOR
[04:29:36] THE GUESTS, WE WILL LET HER RESPOND.
[04:29:38] GUEST: SHE TOUCHED ON DEMOCRATS
[04:29:43] RUNNING CANDIDATES OF FAITH. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE
[04:29:46] STRUGGLED TO CONTEND WITH AND REPUBLICANS HAVE LEANED INTO FAITH. WE SAW A FEW DEMOCRATS.
[04:29:53] WE HAD STATE REPRESENTATIVE LINDSAY JAMES, SHE IS A CHAPLAIN.
[04:30:02] DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO LEAN MORE INTO TALKING ABOUT THEIR FAITH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
[04:30:08] HOST: ABBY TURNER WILL CONTINUE
[04:30:12] ON WITH US. BEFORE WE GO TO AN UPDATE ON
[04:30:14] SOME RACES THERE, INTERNATIONALLY THIS WAS BEING
[04:30:18] WATCHED BY MANY ACROSS THE WORLD.
[04:30:24] YOU CAN SEE THE DEMOCRATIC WAVE IN CONGRESS.
[04:30:27] HISTORIC VICTORIES.
[04:30:30] THAT IS PART OF LAMONT'S COVERAGE.
[04:30:35] THEY GO WITH BLUE WAVE IN THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE.
[04:30:40] OUT OF LONDON, THE TIMES THEY
[04:30:42] ARE, TRUMP IS STILL YOUR PRESIDENT.
[04:30:45] WHITE HOUSE INSISTS HE WILL IT ACCEPT THE RESULT AS VOTERS BACK HIS OPPONENT.
[04:30:51] THE BLUE WAVE IS SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY TO BERLIN.
[04:30:55] IT CHANGES THE LAW INCLUDING FOR THE CHANCELLOR THERE AND RIO DE
[04:31:00] JANEIRO, IT IS A SETBACK FOR TRUMP.
[04:31:04] THEY SPEND SCRUTINY OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
[04:31:08] THIS FOCUSING ON THE MINUTE -- MICHIGAN SENATE RACE.
[04:31:12] IT IS NO BARRIER TO WINNING BATTLEGROUND STATES.
[04:31:16] SOME OF THE COVERAGE INTERNATIONALLY.
[04:31:21] SAYING TODAY THE DECLINING POWER AND HEGEMONY OF THE UNITED
[04:31:24] STATES SUFFERED A REVERSIBLE
[04:31:27] FALL. IT'S HARD MILITARY POWER AND ITS INTERNATIONAL SOFT POWER.
[04:31:32] GOING ON TO SAY THE PROCESS OF THE U.S. COLLAPSE HAS
[04:31:36] ACCELERATED. THAT IS SOME OF THE
[04:31:40] INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO OUR ELECTION YESTERDAY.
[04:31:42] WE HAVE BEEN GIVING YOU A DETAILED REACTION TO WHAT
[04:31:45] HAPPENED YESTERDAY COURTESY OF OUR DASHBOARD GOING BACK NOW.
[04:31:52] >> A LOT OF TALK BEFORE THE
[04:31:55] ELECTION. JACOB AND I HAVE BEEN GOING
[04:32:00] THROUGH THE FINAL POLLING AVERAGE FOR THE MAIN SENATE RACES.
[04:32:04] >> INCLUDING MAINE.
[04:32:09] >> I WILL THROW A LOT OF NUMBERS
[04:32:13] OUT AND THEN I WILL LET YOU COOK.
[04:32:16] TROY JACKSON, THE FINAL POLLING NUMBERS HAD HIM AHEAD BY FIVE.
[04:32:20] COME DOWN TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
[04:32:24] CHRIS PAPPAS, THE FINAL POLLING AVERAGE HAD HIM AHEAD BY NINE.
[04:32:30] ROY COOPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
[04:32:32] FINAL POLLING AVERAGE, PLUS 12,
[04:32:34] HE WINS BY CLOSE TO 2019.
[04:32:43] TO GEORGIA, JON OSSOFF WAS PLUS
[04:32:47] 10, HE WINS BY PLUS 18.
[04:32:49] OHIO, IT WAS SHERROD BROWN BY PLUS THREE.
[04:32:52] JAMES TALARICO, FOR IN THE FINAL
[04:32:56] POLLING AVERAGE, HE WINS BY PLUS 12.
[04:33:00] WE DO IOWA, JOSH DEREK WAS UP BY ONE.
[04:33:07] ADAM HAMILTON WAS UP IN THE FINAL POLLING AVERAGE, HE WINS
[04:33:10] BY PLUS FIVE.
[04:33:14] WHERE THE POLLS GOOD? WERE THEY ACCURATE?
[04:33:16] >> NEXT -- EL-SAYED PLUS
[04:33:24] SIX IN THE FINAL POLLS.
[04:33:27] >> THERE IS AN INTERESTING TREND
[04:33:34] , THE POLLS HAD A DECENT NIGHT.
[04:33:37] THE MARGIN WAS FAIRLY CLOSE.
[04:33:40] THE DIFFERENCE, OHIO, IOWA, EVEN
[04:33:46] KANSAS, THEY WERE A POINT OR TWO
[04:33:48] OFF AS WE EXPECT THEM TO BE ALL
[04:33:51] IN THE DEMOCRATIC DIRECTION. ROUGHLY DIRECTIONALLY CORRECT
[04:33:56] HERE. IT IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[04:34:00] WHERE WE SAW THE POLLS UNDER SHOE DEMOCRATS.
[04:34:02] >> OFF BY EIGHT IN TEXAS AND OFF
[04:34:07] BY EIGHT AGAIN IN GEORGIA. WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE POLLING
[04:34:11] IN THAT ONE.
[04:34:13] >> NOBODY WAS BOTHERING OUTSIDE
[04:34:17] OF A FEW PARTISAN POLLSTERS. NORTH CAROLINA WE HAVE PLENTY OF
[04:34:22] POLLING AND IT UNDERSHOT DEMOCRATS THERE CONSIDERABLY.
[04:34:27] TO ME, WE HAVE TO DIG IN DEEP TO THESE NUMBERS.
[04:34:31] RIGHT OFF THE TOP I THINK THE
[04:34:34] COMPOSITION OF THE ELECTORATE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, BARELY
[04:34:38] DIFFERENT THAN WHAT POLLSTERS WERE ANTICIPATING. A FAIR AMOUNT OF PERSUASION.
[04:34:46] POTENTIALLY VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT.
[04:34:49] IT HELPS BUT IT DOESN'T GET YOU ALL THE WAY THERE.
[04:34:52] THERE ARE TRUMP VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR SCOTT COLON IN THAT RACE.
[04:34:59] >> IT WAS UNDER POLLING DEMOCRATS, ARE YOU FEELING GOOD
[04:35:02] IF YOU ARE OUT THERE IN ALASKA WAITING FOR THE FINAL QUARTER OF
[04:35:06] THE BOAT TO COME IN?
[04:35:08] >> I'VE TEXTED WITH THE FEW
[04:35:12] SOURCES IN ALASKA AS WE WAIT FOR THOSE FINAL VOTES TO COME IN.
[04:35:18] ALASKA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE LOWER 48.
[04:35:21] I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO
[04:35:25] READ TOO MUCH INTO THE TEA LEAVES HERE.
[04:35:30] NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT POLITICAL
[04:35:33] WORLDS. THE FACT REMAINS THAT EVERY ONE
[04:35:36] OF THESE RACES, DEMOCRATS BEAT
[04:35:39] THEIR OPPONENT ESSENTIALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME.
[04:35:43] IF YOU ARE MARY PELTOLA AND YOU ARE LEADING NARROWLY IN THE
[04:35:48] POLLS, AT WORST IT MAKES YOU FEEL NEUTRAL, AT BEST IT MAKES
[04:35:52] YOU FEEL GOOD.
[04:35:53] >> AS YOU LOOK AT THE 2020, THE
[04:35:59] POLLS STILL A BIG FACTOR IN HOW YOU DO YOUR RACE?
[04:36:03] >> POLLS ARE THE WORST FORM OF
[04:36:08] POLITICAL ANALYSIS EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHER ONES. THEY ARE STILL THE BEST TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
[04:36:13] DIRECTIONALLY THEY WERE CORRECT.
[04:36:16] DEMOCRATS WIN MANY RACES WHERE THEY WERE TRAILING IN THE POLLING?
[04:36:19] THEY WERE LEAVING IN THOSE
[04:36:21] STATES THAT YOU READ OFF.
[04:36:28] AT LEAST ON THE SENATE SIDE.
[04:36:29] >> IT WAS SIX AT THE END, SHE
[04:36:34] ENDS UP WINNING BY PLUS THREE.
[04:36:36] >> THE DEMOCRATIC OVER PERFORMANCE FROM THE POLLING.
[04:36:39] NOT SOMETHING SO DRASTIC.
[04:36:46] IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW POLLSTERS RECAPITULATE AFTER
[04:36:49] THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
[04:36:56] MISSING OUT ON TRUMP VOTERS. GRASA WE WILL FIND OUT AS THEY
[04:36:59] WERE BEING OVERLY CONSERVATIVE WITH THEIR SAMPLING, WITH THEIR
[04:37:04] ASSUMPTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED THEY WOULD UNDER SHOE THE REPUBLICAN SUPPORTING.
[04:37:10] THEY RESULTED IN A PRETTY UNIFORM OVER PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE BOARD.
[04:37:13] >> THAT'S YOUR DEEP DIVE INTO THE POLLS.
[04:37:17] HOST: THANK YOU.
[04:37:21] THIS IS COMING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ABOUT
[04:37:25] ISSUES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO VOTERS THIS TIME AROUND WHEN IT
[04:37:27] COMES TO THE WAR. 43% SAYING IT WAS THE MOST
[04:37:31] IMPORTANT ISSUE VERSUS 28% OF REPUBLICANS.
[04:37:36] 15% OF DEMOCRATS SAYING IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THEM.
[04:37:40] REPUBLICANS ON HEALTH CARE, SAYING THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.
[04:37:47] SOMETHING YOU WORRIED ABOUT OVER THE WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS, THE ECONOMY.
[04:37:52] SAYING THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE VERSUS REPUBLICANS.
[04:37:56] PEOPLE ASKED ABOUT IF AMERICA'S BEST DAYS WERE BEHIND THEM.
[04:38:02] 59% OF THOSE VOTERS SAID YES,
[04:38:05] THAT IS THE CASE.
[04:38:10] THOSE FIRST-TIME VOTERS PARTICIPATING, WHO DID THEY VOTE FOR? WHO DID THEY SUPPORT IN THE
[04:38:14] GENERAL SENSE?
[04:38:17] 62% SUPPORTING A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE VERSUS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
[04:38:22] LEADING UP TO IT WE HEARD ABOUT JOB APPROVAL.
[04:38:26] CONGRESS OVERALL AND HOW THAT FACTORS INTO THINGS.
[04:38:30] 12% GAVE CONGRESS THAT RATING OF APPROVAL.
[04:38:36] THE PRESIDENT'S JOB DISAPPROVAL
[04:38:41] RATINGS DIRECTLY BY SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO VERY SATISFIED
[04:38:46] WITH FINANCIAL SITUATIONS.
[04:38:51] NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS, 71%.
[04:38:56] A LOT OF DATA, DOES THAT MAKE IT
[04:38:58] DOWN TO THE GOVERNORS RACES, DO THOSE ISSUES RESONATE THERE?
[04:39:01] GUEST: FEELINGS ABOUT THE
[04:39:05] ECONOMY WERE PROBABLY SOME OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS.
[04:39:08] THEY LOOKED TOWARDS THE PRESIDENCY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
[04:39:13] THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR TAXES VERY QUICKLY.
[04:39:18] THEY COULD TAKE AWAY A GROCERY
[04:39:21] TAX, WHEN I TALK TO STATE
[04:39:23] LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES, THEY
[04:39:27] WERE HEARING A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH WASHINGTON AND CHANNELING THAT TO LOOKING TO
[04:39:31] THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS FOR HOPE.
[04:39:33] HOST: WHERE THEIR CANDIDATES I
[04:39:37] REALLY CAPITALIZED ON THAT SENTIMENT OR DISSATISFACTION?
[04:39:40] GUEST: I THINK ALL OF THE
[04:39:43] DEMOCRATS HAD A HARD-LINE FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY.
[04:39:47] ONE THING I WILL FOCUS ON IS KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS.
[04:39:50] THIS IS A STATE THAT THEY HAVE A
[04:39:55] VERY STRAINED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM .
[04:39:57] NOT ONLY WAS SHE FOCUSING ON THE ECONOMY BUT SIGN THAT INTO
[04:40:01] HEALTH CARE. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRAW THAT
[04:40:05] CONTRAST WITH A BILLIONAIRE
[04:40:07] HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVE. BRIAN JOINS US FROM SOUTH
[04:40:11] CAROLINA. GO AHEAD.
[04:40:12] CALLER: I APPRECIATE THE TIME
[04:40:16] YOU HAVE GIVEN ME HERE.
[04:40:20] I AM NOT DEMOCRAT, I AM NOT A REPUBLICAN.
[04:40:26] I AM ONE OF THE NATIONAL
[04:40:28] ADVOCATES FOR REDUCING TOXIC
[04:40:30] WATER AND HELP REPRESENT FAMILY
[04:40:34] MEMBERS AFFECTED.
[04:40:36] DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
[04:40:40] CAMPAIGN RALLY IN NORTH CAROLINA
[04:40:42] HE MENTIONED THAT IF THE
[04:40:44] REPUBLICANS WIN, SETTLEMENTS
[04:40:50] WOULD BE MADE. IF YOU LOST THERE WOULD BE NO SETTLEMENTS.
[04:40:53] FOR ME, USING VETERANS AND THEIR
[04:40:58] FAMILIES AS POLITICAL PONDS IS
[04:41:02] TOTALLY WRONG.
[04:41:05] WITH WHAT IS GOING ON LESS THAN
[04:41:09] 2% OF THE VETERANS FAMILIES OF
[04:41:14] THE 470,000 CLAIMS HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN FOUR YEARS.
[04:41:19] THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 73 YEARS.
[04:41:23] BOTH PARTIES HAVE DONE WHAT
[04:41:27] COULD'VE BEEN MORE FOR THE VETERANS IN CONGRESS.
[04:41:33] THIS SUBJECT ABOUT PRESIDENT
[04:41:35] TRUMP AND VETERANS AS PAWNS.
[04:41:40] HOST: WE HAVE YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[04:41:46] THE ROLE VETERANS PLAY THIS TIME AROUND. WE HAD ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE
[04:41:49] OR THINGS WITH GOVERNORS AND STATE LEGISLATORS.
[04:41:53] GUEST: THERE WAS JUST SOME OF
[04:41:57] THIS SATISFIED -- DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WAR IN IRAN NOT BEING DECLARED A WAR.
[04:42:04] I THINK THERE IS SOME
[04:42:06] FRUSTRATION AMONG VETERANS, PEOPLE BEING DEPLOYED TO THIS
[04:42:10] AREA. THE EARLY 2000'S.
[04:42:14] I SAW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS ON
[04:42:18] THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. GRAHAM PLATNER WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS
[04:42:23] WAS MY EXPERIENCE AND THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING NOW WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
[04:42:28] HOST: ALAN WILSON, THE
[04:42:33] REPUBLICAN, ONE OF THE FEW AFTER LAST NIGHT.
[04:42:36] TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE.
[04:42:41] >> IT WAS A LOT CLOSER THAN
[04:42:45] EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE SENATE RACE. JERMAINE JOHNSON IS THE
[04:42:49] DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR. WILSON WAS OK.
[04:42:56] I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE TWO
[04:42:58] STATES SO FAR WHERE WE HAVE RESULTS SPLITTING THEIR TICKET
[04:43:03] BETWEEN GOVERNOR AND SENATE.
[04:43:07] I THINK BASED ON THE POLLING WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT MORE
[04:43:10] SPLIT TICKETS WITH GEORGIA,
[04:43:13] TEXAS, IOWA, WHAT WE SEE HERE IS
[04:43:16] VOTERS FELT THE SAME WAY THEY DID ABOUT THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.
[04:43:20] HOST: ONE MILLION PLUS VOTES FOR
[04:43:24] ALAN WILSON OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
[04:43:27] AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, SENATE
[04:43:32] MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE CAMPAIGN
[04:43:34] COMMITTEE SCHEDULED FOR 11:00.
[04:43:38] WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE WILL TAKE YOU TO IT.
[04:43:41] AND THEN LATER ON ABOUT NOON THE
[04:43:45] HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES EXPECTED TO MAKE COMMENTS AS WELL.
[04:43:49] MARIA IS IN VIRGINIA, INDEPENDENT LINE. HELLO.
[04:43:51] CALLER: HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
[04:43:55] COVERAGE LAST NIGHT, THAT WAS AMAZING.
[04:44:01] I AM A TRUE INDEPENDENT. I AM PURPLE AND I HAVE ALWAYS
[04:44:04] VOTED FOR WHO I THINK WILL
[04:44:07] REPRESENT ME AND THE PEOPLE OF MY COMMUNITY THE BEST THAT THEY WILL DO.
[04:44:13] WHEN TRUMP WON THIS ELECTION, I
[04:44:17] ASSUMED THAT WHEN HE WAS DOING OVERREACH OF THE EXECUTIVE
[04:44:21] POWERS THAT THE SENATE
[04:44:25] LEADERSHIP, THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP WOULD PUT -- WOULD
[04:44:28] STAND IN LINE TO DO THE BALANCE OF POWER.
[04:44:33] THIS COUNTRY IS A BALANCE OF POWER MADE FOR THE PEOPLE.
[04:44:38] I AM SO GLAD THAT THE PEOPLE
[04:44:43] STOOD UP. WHEN THE RICH CONTROL THE
[04:44:47] COUNTRY, DEMOCRACY IS DEAD. I WAS SCARED AND NOW I HAVE HOPE.
[04:44:51] FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME I VOTED ALL BLUE.
[04:44:55] I NEVER VOTED THE PARTY LINE IN MY LIFE.
[04:44:57] HOST: MARIA IN VIRGINIA SAYING
[04:45:02] SHE VOTED ALL BLUE IN TEXAS.
[04:45:04] A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR ALL
[04:45:08] BLUE.
[04:45:09] GINA HE AND A HOST OF -- GINA
[04:45:14] TAKING HIS FOURTH RUN FOR
[04:45:20] GRANTED HERE. DEMOCRATS WERE A LITTLE WORRIED
[04:45:23] TO INVEST IN TEXAS.
[04:45:29] EVEN IF THEY THREW 10 OR $15 MILLION IT MIGHT NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
[04:45:33] THE KEY TO WINNING THIS RACE WAS
[04:45:36] TALKING ABOUT THE BILLIONAIRES, TALKING ABOUT BIG TECH.
[04:45:40] SHE RAN MULTIPLE ADS. SHE REALLY TAPPED INTO SOME OF
[04:45:44] THOSE VOTER SENTIMENT ACROSS BIG
[04:45:46] TECH, AI, SOME OF THE POWERS
[04:45:50] HABIT COZIED UP TO DURING HIS TERM.
[04:45:55] I HAVEN'T CHECKED SINCE THIS MORNING BUT THEY WERE CLAIMING
[04:45:58] VICTORY THAT THEY HAVE FLIPPED THE TEXAS STATE HOUSE, THAT
[04:46:02] WOULD BE HUGE. THAT IS THE SAME LEGISLATURE THAT REDREW TEXAS MAPS.
[04:46:09] I THINK THE REDISTRICTING THAT
[04:46:10] KICKED OFF WAS VERY MUCH ON
[04:46:13] DEMOCRATS MINDS.
[04:46:15] IF ATTIC KEPT THE GOVERNORSHIP,
[04:46:19] THEY KEPT THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE THEY COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN BEFORE 2028.
[04:46:23] THE TEXAS STATE HOUSE, IF THEY
[04:46:26] DO FLIP IT, THAT VERY MUCH HAS
[04:46:30] TO DO WITH SOME OF VOTER BACKLASH.
[04:46:35] HOST: WE SHOWED YOU AND DISCUSS
[04:46:38] THE GOVERNOR RACE IN OHIO WITH
[04:46:42] AMY ACTON AND VIVEK RAMASWAMY, LET'S LISTEN TO A PORTION OF THEIR SPEECHES.
[04:46:46] >> THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
[04:46:50] A MOVEMENT BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
[04:46:55] THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY OHIOAN WHO
[04:47:02] HAS LONGED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AGAIN.
[04:47:09] WHO SOLVE PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF
[04:47:09] MAKING THEM.
[04:47:13] WHO DO NOT MISTAKE KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS.
[04:47:20] BECAUSE OF YOUR HARD WORK OHIO
[04:47:24] HAS CHOSEN UNITY AND INDECENCY.
[04:47:30] OVER DIVISION AND HATE.
[04:47:38] THE HEALING BEGINS TODAY.
[04:47:47] WE MUST NEVER GIVE UP ON ONE ANOTHER.
[04:47:53] THIS WAS A TOUGH RACE. THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER.
[04:48:01] I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY
[04:48:04] CLEAR TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
[04:48:07] I WILL BE A GOVERNOR FOR ALL OHIOANS.
[04:48:10] >> AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IT
[04:48:16] IS A TOUGH AND CHALLENGING NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[04:48:22] A TOUGH NIGHT FOR US HERE IN OHIO.
[04:48:25] EARLIER THIS EVENING, I HAD AN
[04:48:28] OPPORTUNITY TO CALL DR. ACTON TO
[04:48:30] CONGRATULATE HER ON HER VICTORY
[04:48:34] IN THIS RACE. I WISH HER WELL TO LEAD THIS
[04:48:38] STATE TO HOPEFULLY GREATER HEIGHTS IN THE FUTURE.
[04:48:42] IT WAS A TOUGH RACE.
[04:48:44] IT WAS BITTER AT TIMES IN BOTH
[04:48:47] DIRECTIONS.
[04:48:49] THE TIME TOMORROW IS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE HER LEADERSHIP
[04:48:53] BRING THE STATE TOGETHER.
[04:48:57] I HAVE HOPE AND CONFIDENCE THAT
[04:48:59] SHE WILL DO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BRING OHIO TOGETHER, TO BRING
[04:49:04] OUR VOTERS AND CITIZENS TOGETHER TO LEAD OHIO TO THE BEST PLACE
[04:49:08] POSSIBLE. WE ARE ROOTING FOR THE SUCCESS
[04:49:11] OF THE STATE, YOUR SUCCESS.
[04:49:14] THAT MEANS ALL OF US SHOULD BE
[04:49:16] ROOTING FOR THE SUCCESS OF HER ADMINISTRATION.
[04:49:20] WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR OHIO TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS.
[04:49:25] HOST: AS ALWAYS YOU COULD FIND
[04:49:29] THESE SPEECHES ON OUR WEBSITE
[04:49:32] AND CONTINUE WATCHING ON C-SPAN.ORG.
[04:49:35] LET'S GO TO ILLINOIS, DEMOCRATS LINE.
[04:49:42] CALLER: WE CANNOT FORGET WE HAVE
[04:49:47] AN ELECTION IN 2028 COMING UP.
[04:49:50] AS MUCH AS DEMOCRATS HAVE POWER,
[04:49:57] THEY ALSO DON'T. THEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT.
[04:49:59] I'M FROM A POLITICAL SCIENCE
[04:50:05] BACKGROUND.
[04:50:05] I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL --
[04:50:09] EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW, THEY
[04:50:13] CAN'T DO EVERYTHING IN TWO YEARS.
[04:50:16] THE DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING IF THEY
[04:50:19] ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL NEEDS
[04:50:22] TO BE ON WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT CONTROL.
[04:50:30] GUEST: I THINK YOU WILL SEE A
[04:50:34] LOT OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, WASHINGTON MAY BE STALLED.
[04:50:39] GOVERNORS, THIS IS A MESSAGE
[04:50:42] DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAMMER HOME.
[04:50:45] THE GOVERNORSHIPS, SOME OF THE
[04:50:49] OTHER SWING STATES HAVE PUT TEXAS ON THE MAP.
[04:50:53] IF DEMOCRATS COULD RUN GOVERNORS
[04:50:59] LIKE SCHAPIRO, PRITZKER.
[04:51:02] THEY COULD TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THEY'RE GOVERNOR HAS DONE FOR THEM.
[04:51:06] I WAS TALKING TO SOME
[04:51:08] STRATEGISTS THE REPUBLICANS COME
[04:51:12] IN, IN 2028.
[04:51:21] THIS WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CYCLE, ONE OF THE TOP
[04:51:25] OPPORTUNITIES FOR REPUBLICANS.
[04:51:29] KARI LAKE, NOT THE BEST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN 2022.
[04:51:32] BIG SWING ON LATINO VOTERS FOR TRUMP AS WELL.
[04:51:37] THOSE LATINO VOTERS SWUNG BACK.
[04:51:40] A VERY CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF CONGRESS UP AGAINST HOBBS HERE.
[04:51:44] HE WAS THE RIGHT PROFILE FOR ARIZONA THIS YEAR.
[04:51:48] HOST: SPEAKING OF GIVING HIS
[04:51:52] THOUGHTS TO 2028, GOVERNOR
[04:51:55] DESANTIS FROM FLORIDA MAKING HIS OWN THOUGHTS FROM LAST NIGHT.
[04:51:58] I WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. [VIDEO CLIP]
[04:52:02] >> LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
[04:52:06] HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. THIS IS CLOSE TO AN EXTINCTION
[04:52:09] LEVEL EVENT FOR REPUBLICANS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WE
[04:52:13] HAVE SEEN PROBABLY IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.
[04:52:18] WHEN EVERYONE AND OFFERS LEAVES
[04:52:22] FOR EITHER A TERM LIMIT OR GOT VOTED OUT.
[04:52:28] ONLY ONE STATE WILL HAVE REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE STATE.
[04:52:34] IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CHIEF RIVAL
[04:52:37] AND IN A HEALTHY SENSE, OVER MY
[04:52:41] LIFETIME, TEXAS HAS BEEN THE CROWN JEWEL OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
[04:52:50] THE LEADER FOR REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES, WHEN YOU GO THE GENERATION.
[04:52:59] THEY LOSE A VERY PUBLICIZED U.S. SENATE RACE, THEY LOST EVERYTHING.
[04:53:05] THE GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
[04:53:08] THEY LOST FOUR SUPREME COURT
[04:53:10] JUSTICES ON THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT.
[04:53:14] THEY MAY EVEN LOSE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN ONE HOUSE OR EVEN BOTH.
[04:53:20] NOT JUST FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD
[04:53:26] REVERBERATE. THE REPUBLICAN DOESN'T HAVE
[04:53:30] TEXAS AS AN ANCHOR, WE WILL NOT
[04:53:33] BE VIABLE NATIONALLY GOING FORWARD.
[04:53:40] IT WAS VERY CLEAR, WE WERE RUNNING THE HEADWINDS.
[04:53:45] I SAID A VICTORY WOULD BE MINIMIZING THE LOSSES GIVING THE CLIMATE.
[04:53:57] WE KNEW THEY COULD BE WORSE.
[04:54:00] I DON'T THINK WE THOUGHT IT COULD BE QUITE THIS BAD.
[04:54:04] THE DEMOCRATS WILL LIKELY GO
[04:54:07] INTO JANUARY WITH 56 SENATE
[04:54:08] SEATS AND AS MUCH AS 250 EIGHT
[04:54:12] U.S. HOUSE SEATS. WHAT THAT DOES, NOT ONLY WILL
[04:54:16] THAT TOTALLY CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO THE
[04:54:20] DETRIMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
[04:54:23] THIS WILL LAST FAR BEYOND TWO YEARS.
[04:54:28] YOU ARE NOT AS REPUBLICANS GOING
[04:54:32] TO BE ABLE TO RETAKE THE SENATE
[04:54:36] JUST TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
[04:54:38] PROBABLY NOT VIABLE TO TAKE THAT BACK AS WELL.
[04:54:43] THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS,
[04:54:46] SIX YEARS.
[04:54:52] UNIFIED CONTROL IN WASHINGTON
[04:54:54] AGAIN LIKE WE ENJOYED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
[04:54:58] JUST THINK WHAT THIS MEANS
[04:55:00] HAVING 56 SENATORS. THAT MEANS NO SUPREME COURT
[04:55:04] JUSTICE WILL BE CONFIRMED UNDER
[04:55:07] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
[04:55:16] THERE WILL BE ABLE TO BE CONFIRMED.
[04:55:18] THAT WOULD LIKELY BE TRUE FOR THE FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT.
[04:55:23] HOST: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE WORDS?
[04:55:27] GUEST: I WILL LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THE 2028 LENS.
[04:55:31] WHAT I'M HEARING IS HE SAYING TEXAS IS NOT THIS REPUBLICAN
[04:55:35] STRONGHOLD ANYMORE.
[04:55:38] FLORIDA MAYBE DIDN'T DO SO GREAT ON THEIR GERRYMANDERED HOUSE
[04:55:41] SEATS BUT THEY WEATHERED THE STORM STATEWIDE. THEY KEPT THE SENATE SEAT HERE.
[04:55:48] IN THE POLITICAL REALITY WE ARE IN.
[04:55:54] VERY BIG, VERY ELECTORAL COLLEGE HEAVY STATES LEANING REPUBLICAN
[04:55:57] AND SAY FLORIDA SEEMS TO BE THE MORE REPUBLICAN STATE NOW.
[04:56:00] HOST: ABBY TURNER IS JOINING US.
[04:56:04] WE ARE EXPECTING COMMENTS FROM SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER.
[04:56:09] WHEN HE GETS TO THE MICROPHONE
[04:56:12] WE WILL TAKE THAT LIVE FOR YOU,
[04:56:14] DALLAS, TEXAS, JUMP ON IN.
[04:56:18] CALLER: I'M FROM DALLAS, NORTH
[04:56:22] CAROLINA.
[04:56:26] I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, I AM A
[04:56:28] REAL DIEHARD REPUBLICAN.
[04:56:31] SKY WASN'T FOLLOWING.
[04:56:37] IT IS KIND OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE.
[04:56:43] I CAN'T SEE WHY PEOPLE IN NORTH
[04:56:47] CAROLINA VOTED ROY COOPER FOR GOVERNOR.
[04:56:50] WHAT HE DID WITH THE HURRICANES
[04:56:52] IN NORTH CAROLINA, I DON'T
[04:56:56] BELIEVE HE WILL DO ANYMORE.
[04:57:00] PEDRO, I'M NOT LOOKING TO HELP
[04:57:03] OUT BUT I THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[04:57:06] HOST: MIKE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA
[04:57:11] WITH COMMENTS FOR ROY COOPER. GUEST: ROY COOPER SEEMS TO BE AN
[04:57:15] ANOMALY.
[04:57:17] I DON'T THINK HE HAS EVER LOST
[04:57:21] AN ELECTION.
[04:57:22] HE HAS WON TIME AFTER TIME BY VERY LARGE MARGINS.
[04:57:29] HE IS EXTREMELY POPULAR. HE PUT THIS SENATE SEAT BED VERY
[04:57:32] EARLY ON IN THIS CYCLE.
[04:57:37] REPUBLICANS WILL TRY TO CHALLENGE THIS.
[04:57:40] I THINK HE'S IN A PRETTY SOLID SPOT FOR NOW.
[04:57:45] HOST: JEFFREY IS FROM OHIO. WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM CHUCK
[04:57:48] SCHUMER IN A LITTLE BIT. CALLER: IF LAST NIGHTS ELECTION
[04:57:54] RESULTS WERE A REPUDIATION OF
[04:57:57] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICIES AND HIS PRESIDENCY, HOW DO I
[04:58:01] UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE TERMS
[04:58:02] THAT HE HAS BEEN TWICE ELECTED
[04:58:06] PRESIDENT. IN HIS OWN MIND HE HAS BEEN ELECTED THREE TIMES.
[04:58:10] IS IT A MATTER OF DESPERATION BY
[04:58:13] VOTERS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THAT
[04:58:15] EXPLAIN HIS ELECTIONS AND ALSO
[04:58:19] LAST NIGHTS ELECTION RESULTS? THAT IS IT.
[04:58:22] CALLER: IT'S IT --
[04:58:25] GUEST: IT'S A DESPERATION FROM VOTERS.
[04:58:29] DEMOCRATS WERE SAYING WE DID ALL
[04:58:31] OF THESE THINGS FOR THE ECONOMY.
[04:58:34] PEOPLE WERE NOT FEELING LIKE THAT.
[04:58:38] TRUMP HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO TURN OUT VOTERS WHEN HE'S ON THE
[04:58:42] BALLOT AND HE COULD TURN OUT NEW TRUMP VOTERS.
[04:58:46] WE SOUGHT LATINO VOTERS, BLACK
[04:58:50] VOTERS, WE HAVE THIS GROUP.
[04:58:52] HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE
[04:58:56] HAVE SEEN IS 2024 HE WAS
[04:59:01] PROMISING TO FIX THE ECONOMY AND WOULD NOT START NEW WARS, LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
[04:59:05] HOST: DO YOU THINK LAST NIGHT
[04:59:09] HURTS THE BRAND AND THE ABILITY TO RISE ABOVE?
[04:59:10] GUEST: I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW SOMBER HE WAS LAST NIGHT WHEN HE
[04:59:15] CALLED INTO SOME OF THE SHOWS.
[04:59:17] I WILL WORK WITH DEMOCRATS ON SOME THINGS.
[04:59:21] HE SAID HE WOULD ACCEPT THE RESULTS. THERE'S A RECKONING OF WHAT
[04:59:25] PLACE DOES MAGA HAVE?
[04:59:30] THEY DOMINATE PRIMARIES AND SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES STRUGGLE
[04:59:34] WITH THE GENERAL ELECTORATE. WHO DOES THE PARTY RECRUIT POP
[04:59:38] UP? WHO THE REPUBLICANS AS A BASE WANT AS THEIR NOMINEE?
[04:59:41] HOST: WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH
[04:59:45] MOVEMENT ON THE FRONTS. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THE SENATE
[04:59:48] NOW AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES,
[04:59:51] 54 SEEDS GAINED AFTER LAST NIGHTS ELECTION.
[04:59:54] ON THE HOUSE IT IS 200 28 SEATS
[04:59:57] WITH 20 FIVE PICKUPS. ONE 39 HELD FOR REPUBLICANS.
[05:00:01] THIS AND OTHER THINGS AS PART OF
[05:00:03] OUR COVERAGE OF ELECTION 2026.
[05:00:07] 20 HOURS OF COVERAGE. WE ARE ON THE TAIL END OF THAT NOW.
[05:00:10] STAY WITH US AS WE
[05:00:15] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL COMES TO
[05:00:21] PRIME LIVE. >> BUBBLEHEADED COVERAGE.
[05:00:23] >> TRUST YOU COMPLETELY -- THE
[05:00:28] MOST LEVELHEADED COVERAGE.
[05:00:29] >> THANKS FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR THEIR THOUGHTS.
[05:00:33] >> THE CONVERSATION WILL COME TO PRIMETIME.
[05:00:36] >> THE MOST UNBIASED OUT THERE.
[05:00:38] ANNOUNCER: STARTING MONDAY AT 9 P.M. EASTERN.
[05:00:42] ANNOUNCER: MORE OF C-SPAN
[05:00:47] ONGOING COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[05:00:51] VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS, THE
[05:00:54] RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND
[05:00:58] SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[05:01:00] THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS,
[05:01:04] CANDIDATE REACTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[05:01:07] CAMPAIGN 2026, YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION NIGHT.
[05:01:10] HOST: 19 HOURS WE'VE COMMITTED
[05:01:15] TO COVERAGE OF CAMPAIGN 2026.
[05:01:20] IN THIS FINAL HOUR, ANALYSIS AND
[05:01:23] PENDING COMMENTS FROM CHUCK
[05:01:27] SCHUMER, AS WELL AS HAKEEM JEFFRIES.
[05:01:30] PART OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY, THE
[05:01:33] BALANCE OF POWER FOR NEXT YEAR, DEMOCRATS HOLDING THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
[05:01:38] THE MARGINS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
[05:01:39] TWO SENATE RACES STILL PLAYING.
[05:01:44] MANY HOUSE RACES PLAYING OUT. YOU CAN BE PART OF THE
[05:01:48] CONVERSATION. STAY WITH US. (202)-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[05:01:52] (202)-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS. (202)-748-8002 FOR INDEPENDENTS. YOU CAN TEXT US AT (202)-748-8003.
[05:02:02] AS WE WAIT FOR SENATOR SCHUMER,
[05:02:07] WE GO BACK TO THE DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD.
[05:02:10] >> WE WERE DOING A TOUR OF THE
[05:02:15] CLOSEST RACES IN THE COUNTRY.
[05:02:16] THE CLOSEST IS A STATEWIDE RACE
[05:02:21] IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE, MISSISSIPPI.
[05:02:26] JACOB, 43 VOTES SEPARATE LOSS
[05:02:29] AND VICTORY HERE.
[05:02:32] JACOB: 43 VOTES FOR SCOTT COLOM.
[05:02:38] CINDY HYDE-SMITH HAS SOWN THE
[05:02:42] SEEDS OF HER OWN DESTRUCTION,
[05:02:46] SHE BRAGGED ABOUT HOW SHE
[05:02:47] STOPPED COLOM'S CAREER RISE.
[05:02:52] >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS HE GOT IN THE RACE.
[05:02:55] >> HERE WE ARE, WE STILL HAVE A
[05:03:00] BIT LEFT ACCOUNT.
[05:03:01] COLOM'S CAMPAIGN SAID THEY ARE
[05:03:08] TRACKING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT COULD COME IN OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
[05:03:11] >> WHAT'S THE RECOUNT PROCEDURE.
[05:03:14] >> THIS IS THE THING, NO RUNOFF
[05:03:18] OR RECOUNT IN MISSISSIPPI. A LOT OF OTHER STATES HAVE
[05:03:23] RUNOFFS BUT NOT MISSISSIPPI.
[05:03:26] NO PROVISION IN STATE LAW ALLOWS FOR A RECOUNT UNLESS ON A JUDGE'S ORDERS.
[05:03:31] JOHN: UNLESS A JUDGE DECIDES TO ORDER A RECOUNT/
[05:03:35] JACOB: CORRECT.
[05:03:40] JOHN: THIS STATEWIDE RACE MAKES
[05:03:44] SOME OF THESE OTHER RACES LOOK LIKE A BLOWOUT.
[05:03:46] TWICE THE AMOUNT OF VOTES
[05:03:49] SEPARATING THE CANDIDATES IN
[05:03:52] ARIZONA'S 2ND. 86 VOTES.
[05:03:57] JACOB: NAILBITER OF A HOUSE RACE.
[05:04:01] NEZ, FORMER OF THE NAVAJO
[05:04:05] NATION, IN A REMATCH AGAINST
[05:04:08] CRANE, SHARK TANK AND NAVY VETERAN, HIS COMPANY BOTTLE
[05:04:13] BREACH, RIGHT NOW HE MIGHT BE
[05:04:14] CRACKING OPERA BOTTLE --
[05:04:19] CRACKING OPEN A BOTTLE BECAUSE HE IS TRAILING.
[05:04:20] JOHN: COLORADO, THIS IS A
[05:04:28] SEPARATION OF 1200 VOTES.
[05:04:29] JACOB: WE'VE GONE FROM MINUSCULE TO A BLOWOUT.
[05:04:33] .4% SEPARATING THEM IN THE
[05:04:38] COLORADO THIRD. JOHN: THE VOLUNTEER STATE, TENNESSEE.
[05:04:44] SCOTT DESJARLAIS'S EFFORTS TO
[05:04:46] STAY IN THE HOUSE, HE'S IN ONE OF THE CLOSEST RACES IN THE
[05:04:50] COUNTRY AT THIS HOUR. HE'S BEHIND BY 280 VOTES.
[05:04:54] JACOB: THE MOST SHOCKING ON THE HOUSE SIDE.
[05:04:59] VICTORIA BRODERICK AHEAD OF
[05:05:02] SCOTT, 280 VOTES, .2% BY THE
[05:05:06] MARGIN.
[05:05:06] JOHN: OVER TO NORTH CAROLINA,
[05:05:10] THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
[05:05:14] LESS THAN 100 VOTES.
[05:05:15] JACOB: NAILBITER IN THE TAR
[05:05:19] HEEL, COVERED ON THE PRECIPICE
[05:05:22] OF OUSTING HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
[05:05:25] CHAIRWOMAN VIRGINIA FOXX, A
[05:05:29] SENIOR REPUBLICAN IN THAT CHAMBER POTENTIALLY GOING FOR DEFEAT.
[05:05:31] JOHN: THESE RED DISTRICTS, AND
[05:05:35] WHAT WAS EXPECTED A SAFE PART OF THE STATE FOR REPUBLICANS, LET'S
[05:05:39] START IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
[05:05:41] JACOB: THIS IS THE DISTRICT THEY
[05:05:45] MADE LESS REPUBLICAN TO MAKE THE FIRST DISTRICT TO THE NORTH LESS
[05:05:50] DEMOCRATIC. JOHN: THEY DIDN'T WIN THE FIRST
[05:05:53] DISTRICT AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE THIRD.
[05:05:55] JACOB: 233 VOTES BETWEEN MURPHY
[05:05:59] AND SMITH, THIS IS CLOSE.
[05:06:00] JOHN: ONE MORE BEFORE WE LEAVE
[05:06:04] NORTH CAROLINA, CRAZY HOW MUCH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM.
[05:06:08] LESS THAN 2500 VOTES IN THE SEVENTH.
[05:06:10] JACOB: I NAILBITER FOR DAVID ROUSER.
[05:06:15] TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, 14
[05:06:19] DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, DEMOCRATS LEADING IN 10 AND THEN
[05:06:23] THOSE TWO DISTRICTS IN THE EAST WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE CLINGING TO TINY LEADS.
[05:06:28] IN THE OTHER TWO SEATS, IT'S NOT
[05:06:31] AS IF REPUBLICANS ARE BLOWING THE DOORS OFF. ONE POINT LEAD IN THE 10TH DISTRICT.
[05:06:36] IN THE EIGHTH, A TWO POINT LEAD.
[05:06:39] MARK HARRIS IS A BIG WINNER
[05:06:42] TONIGHT WITH A 1.8% MARGIN.
[05:06:45] JOHN: A STATE THAT REPUBLICANS
[05:06:49] GERRYMANDERED AND THEY COULD END UP WITH TWO OF THE 14 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE?
[05:06:53] JACOB: THEY GERRYMANDERED IT AHEAD OF 2024.
[05:06:57] THEY GOT ANOTHER SHOT.
[05:07:00] UPDATED INFO 2026 THEY REDREW AGAIN AND THEY STILL MAY HAVE
[05:07:03] STRETCHED THEMSELVES TOO THIN.
[05:07:06] ROY COOPER 18 POINT VICTORY AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET CAUSING THEM HEARTBURN.
[05:07:10] JOHN: ONE MORE RACE, LESS THAN
[05:07:15] HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT SEPARATING THE CANDIDATES, IN
[05:07:18] THE NORTHERN MAINE DISTRICT,
[05:07:21] THAT RURAL AREA UP THERE, IT IS LESS THAN 800 VOTES.
[05:07:24] JACOB: WE ARE WAITING FOR A LOT
[05:07:27] OF THE VOTE LEFT, 15% BEING COUNT SLOWLY.
[05:07:32] FORMER STATE AUDITOR MATT DUNLAP IN THE LEAD AGAINST FORMER GOVERNOR PAULA PAGE.
[05:07:36] THE PAGE -- LEPAGE, EACH TIME HE
[05:07:42] HAS CARRIED THE SECOND DISTRICT.
[05:07:45] HE HAS WON IT IN ALL THREE
[05:07:50] PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
[05:07:56] DUNLAP IT BE INSULT TO INJURY. JOHN: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
[05:08:01] NIGHT, DEMOCRATS NEEDED THREE
[05:08:03] SEATS TO TAKE THE HOUSE, THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT 25 PICKUPS.
[05:08:07] WHAT COULD THIS NUMBER GET TO? 50?
[05:08:11] JACOB: THAT MIGHT BE A STRETCH.
[05:08:15] PERFECTLY POSSIBLE DEMOCRATS GET
[05:08:17] 40 OR 41 PICKUPS IN THE HOUSE.
[05:08:22] THAT WOULD PUT THEM AT 256.
[05:08:27] 41 SEATS WOULD BE 256, THEIR
[05:08:29] BIGGEST MAJORITY SINCE 2008,
[05:08:33] THAT BROUGHT US BARACK OBAMA. JOHN: A COMFORTABLE MAJORITY IN
[05:08:37] THE HOUSE. HOST: APPRECIATE IT.
[05:08:42] EXPECTING COMMENTS FROM CHUCK
[05:08:45] SCHUMER, MOMENTS FROM NOW.
[05:08:47] JD VANCE PUTTING OUT A LONG TWEET ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
[05:08:52] HERE'S PART OF THE ASSESSMENT.
[05:08:57] SAYING THE REASON WE LOST IS THE WAR, THE PRESIDENT SAID SO
[05:09:01] HIMSELF LAST NIGHT. P ARGUES IT WAS WORTH IT.
[05:09:07] AGREE OR DISAGREE, THAT IS AT
[05:09:10] LEAST HONEST BUT EVERYONE KNOWS WHY WE LOST.
[05:09:14] ANY HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE MUST START THEIR.
[05:09:17] I REMEMBER, TAKE THAT ENERGY
[05:09:25] INTO ELECTING REPUBLICANS.
[05:09:27] TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE PISSED, LET'S
[05:09:32] GET BACK TO SAVING OUR COUNTRY.
[05:09:33] GUEST: IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS ACCEPTING BLAME.
[05:09:38] WE REALIZE WHAT WE DID IS NOT RIGHT TO FOCUS ON.
[05:09:41] LET'S GET TOGETHER AHEAD OF 2028.
[05:09:43] FURTHER DOWN, HE HAS A LIST,
[05:09:48] FOCUS ON ENDING THE WAR, INFLATION, AMERICA FIRST.
[05:09:53] YOU CAN EXPECT THAT FROM A CAMPAIGN.
[05:09:55] HOST: UNDERCURRENT. GUEST: THESE ARE THINGS HE WILL
[05:09:59] BE FOCUSING ON AS HE LAUNCHES A PRESIDENTIAL BID.
[05:10:04] HOST: WE'VE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT
[05:10:08] TRUMP LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. WE ARE HEARING FROM YOU.
[05:10:12] WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM CHUCK SCHUMER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
[05:10:16] WE WILL KEEP YOU TUNED IN.
[05:10:20] CAMPAIGN 2026.
[05:10:23] WISCONSIN, DEMOCRATS, JEAN JUMP ON IN.
[05:10:26] CALLER: I LOST MY VOICE.
[05:10:31] I'VE BEEN AT THE BREWERS PARADE.
[05:10:34] THE BREWERS ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE MONEY DOESN'T BY WINNING.
[05:10:39] SUCH AN AMAZING DIVERSE TEAM. PLAYERS FROM VENEZUELA.
[05:10:44] IT'S A NICE ANALOGY. I'M EXCITED.
[05:10:50] WE JUST GOT BACK FROM OSLO, NORWAY.
[05:10:55] I'M SICKENED BY THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENT THAT THE COUNTRY IS TERRIBLE.
[05:10:59] SHOUT OUT TO NORWAY. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. OSLO.
[05:11:04] IT'S EMBARRASSING TO BE THERE
[05:11:06] BECAUSE -- HE CAN'T TAKE THE
[05:11:13] MEDAL.
[05:11:15] THEY SAID IT TOOK TWO REGIMES TO GET RID OF DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA.
[05:11:20] WE ARE SO EXCITED WE STOPPED THIS DISMANTLING.
[05:11:24] THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA. SO EXCITED ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA,
[05:11:28] TEXAS.
[05:11:29] IN WISCONSIN, WE ARE IN THE
[05:11:33] WESTERN SUBURBS MAKING PROGRESS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK'S.
[05:11:38] SCOTT FITZGERALD IS THE NEXT ONE.
[05:11:41] HE HIDES A HALF A MILE FROM OUR HOME AND WE NEVER SEE HIM.
[05:11:45] SO MUCH CREDIT, REBECCA.
[05:11:49] ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TO VOTE, IT IS CHANGING AMERICA.
[05:11:53] WE WERE AT A CONCERT LAST NIGHT. EVERYONE AROUND US WAS WATCHING C-SPAN.
[05:12:00] IT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE 30 YEAR OLD AND YOUNGER CROWD. SO PROUD OF THEM.
[05:12:04] LET'S KEEP GOING, KEEP THIS MOMENTUM.
[05:12:08] IT'S MORE ABOUT SMART POLITICS.
[05:12:12] I BELIEVE IN A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SMART POLITICS.
[05:12:17] PEOPLE KNOW WHY THEY VOTE FOR SOMEONE.
[05:12:18] IN THIS COUNTY, ASK PEOPLE, WHY
[05:12:24] THEY ARE VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP, WELL IT IS KIND OF OCCULT THING.
[05:12:28] THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY. I HOPE WE CAN CHANGE THAT. LOOKS LIKE WE ARE.
[05:12:32] HOST: THE YOUNGER VOTER,
[05:12:36] GOVERNORS RACES, THEIR INFLUENCES?
[05:12:39] GUEST: YOUNGER VOTERS WERE
[05:12:43] ENFRANCHISED IN TEXAS.
[05:12:43] WE SAW THAT WITH JAMES TALARICO.
[05:12:48] THEY WERE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
[05:12:51] MICHIGAN, ABDUL EL-SAYED,
[05:12:56] UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ALL THOSE PLACES.
[05:12:59] YOUNG VOTERS WERE ENERGIZED.
[05:13:01] A POLL EARLIER SAID 60 SOME NEW
[05:13:04] VOTERS WENT FOR DEMOCRATS THERE.
[05:13:07] THAT PROBABLY INCLUDES YOUNG
[05:13:09] 18-YEAR-OLD VOTERS, COLLEGE STUDENTS.
[05:13:12] HOST: DAVID GROLEY
[05:13:19] DEFEATING TIFFANY. GUEST: THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
[05:13:22] EASIER FOR REPUBLICANS.
[05:13:25] TOM TIFFANY, VERY CONSERVATIVE,
[05:13:29] RAN A VERY SMART CAMPAIGN.
[05:13:33] WASN'T TOUTING HIS TRUMP ENDORSEMENT MUCH ON THE AIRWAVES.
[05:13:36] FOLKSY GRANDPA VIBE, LIKE HE
[05:13:39] WOULD SIT WITH AT THANKSGIVING AND CHAT WITH.
[05:13:42] DEMOCRATS SAID THAT IS THE CHARACTER WE ARE HAVING TO RUN
[05:13:47] AGAINST BUT IT IS SHEER ENVIRONMENT.
[05:13:48] HOST: ROBERTA, CALIFORNIA,
[05:13:52] REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HEY.
[05:13:56] KIND OF IRONIC. LIVING CALIFORNIA.
[05:14:02] IF WE THINK CALIFORNIA IS THE WAY WE WANT TO BE, DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
[05:14:06] EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
[05:14:08] WE HAVE EVERY PROBLEM SOCIALLY
[05:14:11] WRONG FROM HOMELESSNESS TO
[05:14:13] MENTAL ILLNESS TO A GOVERNOR WHO
[05:14:17] IS CRAZY, WHOSE WIFE IS CRAZIER.
[05:14:21] LET ME ASK YOU, ALL THESE
[05:14:24] DEMOCRATS WHEN OUTVOTED -- WENT
[05:14:27] OUT AND VOTED BECAUSE OF WHAT?
[05:14:30] I HAVEN'T HEARD THE NAME SOROS AT ALL.
[05:14:34] HE HAS BEEN BUYING DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS FOR YEARS.
[05:14:37] WE ARE ALL SITTING HERE ACTING LIKE HE DIDN'T BUY THIS ONE.
[05:14:41] ANOTHER DEMOCRAT FROM CHINA PUT
[05:14:44] IN BILLIONS AND BILLIONS INTO OUR ELECTIONS.
[05:14:47] EVERYONE IS ACTING LIKE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY OUT HERE --
[05:14:51] EITHER THEY DON'T KNOW OR THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
[05:14:53] I WILL TELL YOU, C-SPAN, YOU NOW
[05:14:59] HAVE OWNERSHIP BY ABC.
[05:15:04] WE SHOULD START TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT. HOST: THERE IS NO PART OWNERSHIP BY ABC.
[05:15:08] CALLER: YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
[05:15:13] EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT COMES UP ON C-SPAN. ABC.
[05:15:18] HOST: WE ARE AN ENTITY UNTO OURSELVES.
[05:15:21] WE SOMETIMES RELY ON OTHER THINGS LIKE VIDEO FEEDS BUT WE
[05:15:24] ARE A NETWORK UNTO OURSELVES. CALLER: EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU ASKED FOR MONEY.
[05:15:28] HOST: SURE WE DO. WE HAVE EXPANDED THE FUNDING STREAM.
[05:15:32] CALLER: YOU ASKED FOR PRIVATE MONEY. HOST: WE DO.
[05:15:36] CALLER: YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT YOURSELF?
[05:15:38] HOST: I AM FULLY AWARE.
[05:15:41] I WILL LEAVE YOU THERE BECAUSE I
[05:15:44] WILL CLARIFY AGAIN, WE HAVE TO
[05:15:46] ASK FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS, IF THEY WISH TO SUPPORT THIS
[05:15:50] NETWORK, IT IS PART OF THE EXPANDING EFFORT WE ARE MAKING
[05:15:54] IN TERMS OF OUR MAJORITY OF SUPPORT FROM THE CABLE INDUSTRY,
[05:15:58] AND WE ARE EXPANDING OUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR CALLING AND LISTENING.
[05:16:03] TWO MINUTES AGO WE GOT THE WARNING FROM SENATOR SCHUMER.
[05:16:08] WE ARE EXPECTING TO GO TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
[05:16:10] ABBY TURNER, LOOKING AHEAD,
[05:16:13] GOING FROM HERE, WHAT ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO?
[05:16:20] NOW THAT THESE CHANGES MAY HAVE BEEN MADE?
[05:16:22] GUEST: GOING AHEAD, I WANT TO
[05:16:26] SEEK AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS DELIVER ON THIS?
[05:16:28] EARLY ON IN THE CYCLE, THERE WAS
[05:16:31] CONCERN AFFORDABILITY WAS
[05:16:33] BECOMING THE DEMOCRACY BUZZWORD FOR 2024.
[05:16:37] FIGHTING AGAINST TRUMP, THERE
[05:16:41] WAS CONCERN IF WE THREW OUT WORD AFFORDABILITY EVERYWHERE, IT WOULD LOSE IMPACT ON VOTERS.
[05:16:47] AS THE CYCLE PROGRESSED I HEARD LESS ABOUT THAT, I HEARD SPECIFICS.
[05:16:51] THE BIG TEST IS IF GOVERNORS CAN
[05:16:53] DELIVER ON THESE, ESPECIALLY IN
[05:16:56] STATES WHERE THEY HAVE TO COMPROMISE WITH GOP LEGISLATORS LIKE GEORGIA AND IOWA.
[05:17:00] HOST: HEALTH CARE BEING A MAJOR
[05:17:05] ISSUE, THE PROGRESSIVES WILL BE A CHALLENGE AS WELL.
[05:17:07] GUEST: THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN.
[05:17:12] THERE ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
[05:17:16] NOT AS BIG OF A CONVERSATION IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND SENATE BUT IN PLACES LIKE NEW
[05:17:20] YORK, BLUE STATES ARE SEEING THE RISE OF THIS AS WELL.
[05:17:22] HOST: MARYLAND, INDEPENDENT-MINDED.
[05:17:26] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, PEDRO AND
[05:17:30] GUEST. I'M LOOKING BIGGER PICTURE.
[05:17:35] IT'S GOOD THE DEMOCRATS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED.
[05:17:41] DON'T COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
[05:17:47] IN GOD WE TRUST.
[05:17:51] IF I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THINGS --
[05:17:54] HOST: LET ME PAUSE YOU THERE. SENATOR SCHUMER.
[05:18:02] SEN. SCHUMER: LET ME BEGIN BY
[05:18:06] PLAGIARIZING FRANKIE VALLEY. OH WHAT A NIGHT.
[05:18:11] AGAINST ALL ODDS.
[05:18:13] DEMOCRATS WON THE SENATE AND WE
[05:18:16] HAVE FIVE WORDS FOR THE PEOPLE. RELIEF IS ON THE WAY.
[05:18:24] 2025 I SAID WE COULD WIN BACK THE SENATE AFTER HE LOST THE
[05:18:27] PRESIDENCY AND THE SENATE, PEOPLE ROLLED THEIR EYES.
[05:18:33] WE NEVER WAVERED.
[05:18:37] NOW WE HAVE WON THE SENATE. WHAT CHANGED?
[05:18:42] FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR
[05:18:45] COALITION MOVED AS ONE BODY
[05:18:48] HOUSE AND SENATE TO DEFINE THE
[05:18:52] ISSUES AMERICANS CARED MOST ABOUT. WE TALKED TO AMERICANS.
[05:18:56] WHAT'S ON YOUR MINDS? NUMBER ONE, COST.
[05:19:01] THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
[05:19:04] HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO RAISE A
[05:19:07] FAMILY AND DO THE THINGS YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU TO HAVE
[05:19:11] A GOOD LIFE AND YOUR KIDS WOULD HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
[05:19:16] SECOND, TRUMP'S CORRUPTION.
[05:19:18] THEY KNOW HE WAS THE
[05:19:24] MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT EVER BUY A LOT AND PEOPLE HATED IT.
[05:19:27] WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
[05:19:29] NUMBER ONE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNEW WE WERE ON THEIR SIDE ON
[05:19:33] THE ISSUES. THE SECOND THING WE DID, WE
[05:19:37] INCLUDED GREAT CANDIDATES WHO KNEW HOW TO TAILOR THEIR MESSAGE TO THE STATES.
[05:19:43] EVERY CANDIDATE WE RECRUITED,
[05:19:46] WHENEVER I TALKED TO THEM, THE
[05:19:49] NUMBER ONE THING THAT MOTIVATED THEM WAS PATRIOTISM.
[05:19:51] EACH ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE
[05:19:54] GOTTEN A DIFFERENT JOB, PROBABLY
[05:19:55] PAID MORE, TAKEN LESS TIME.
[05:20:01] THEY BELIEVED IN THEIR STATES, IN THEIR COUNTRY.
[05:20:05] AS THEY CAMPAIGNED, THE PEOPLE SAW THAT.
[05:20:09] THESE WERE GOOD PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARED.
[05:20:12] WE HAVE AN AMAZING CROP OF NEW SENATORS.
[05:20:17] THAT'S GREAT.
[05:20:21] WHAT WE HAVE NOW SEEN, THIS IS
[05:20:25] IMPORTANT, IS A GENERATIONAL
[05:20:26] REMAKE OF THE SENATE MAP THAT'S
[05:20:30] GOING TO CHANGE AMERICA NOT ONLY NOW BUT INTO THE FUTURE.
[05:20:35] WHEN YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC
[05:20:37] SENATORS INTENT ON WORKING THEIR STATES AND SHOWING PEOPLE OF
[05:20:40] THEIR STATE WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE
[05:20:43] REALLY ABOUT, WHETHER IOWA,
[05:20:47] SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, IT WILL
[05:20:51] MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS AGAIN IS A GENERATIONAL
[05:20:56] REMAKE OF THE SENATE MAP THAT
[05:21:00] HAS HUGE CONSEQUENCES FOR HISTORY.
[05:21:05] WELL, IN TERMS OF THE MAJORITY
[05:21:09] -- IT'S NOW 54, COULD GO UP TO
[05:21:14] 55, 56 -- WITH THIS MAJORITY,
[05:21:23] AMERICANS HAVE GIVEN DEMOCRATS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE OURSELVES WORTHY OF THEIR TRUST.
[05:21:27] THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB, MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING THE
[05:21:32] ELECTION -- DOING THINGS.
[05:21:34] NOT ONLY HAVE WE LISTENED TO YOU AND WE ARE LISTENING BUT WE WILL
[05:21:39] DO THINGS TO MAKE YOUR LIVES BETTER. MANY FOLKS WHO VOTED FOR US
[05:21:44] YESTERDAY ARE STILL SKEPTICAL. THAT'S OK.
[05:21:46] THESE VOTERS DIDN'T GIVE US THE MAJORITY SO WE CAN DO WHATEVER
[05:21:50] WE WANT. THEY ENTRUSTED US WITH THE
[05:21:52] MAJORITY TO DO WHAT THEY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT.
[05:21:57] REPUBLICANS RECEIVED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO YEARS AGO AND
[05:22:00] SQUANDERED IT.
[05:22:05] GOP MISREAD AMERICANS DEMAND FOR CHANGE AS A MANDATE TO DO
[05:22:09] TRUMP'S SELF-SERVING BIDDING.
[05:22:13] TRUMP SPENT HALF HIS TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS RELEVANT TO
[05:22:16] THEIR LIVES, ANNOYING -- THE
[05:22:21] REFLECTING POOL, THE NEW WALL --
[05:22:27] MOST OF THE TIME, HE DID THINGS THAT HURT THEM.
[05:22:33] RAISED THEIR HEALTH CARE COSTS,
[05:22:35] ELECTRICITY BILLS, GASOLINE AND DIESEL COSTS.
[05:22:41] REPUBLICAN EYES WERE SO GLUED TO
[05:22:44] TRUMP'S SOCIAL FEED, THEY MISSED
[05:22:48] THE TRUTH STARING THEM DEAD IN THE FACE.
[05:22:51] AMERICANS HATE THE DIRECTION OUR COUNTRY IS GOING RIGHT NOW.
[05:22:57] NOW REPUBLICANS HAVE TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO KEEP LISTENING TO THE
[05:23:02] NONSENSE COMING OUT OF 1600
[05:23:04] PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE OR START
[05:23:08] ACTING IN THE INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IF THEY CONTINUE TO EMBRACE
[05:23:13] TRUMP, THEY WILL BE FOLLOWING
[05:23:15] HIM RIGHT OVER THE CLIFF AS THIS
[05:23:18] ELECTION HAS SHOWN AND IT WILL GET EVEN WORSE FOR THEM.
[05:23:22] WHAT IS OUR ASSIGNMENT?
[05:23:25] FIRST, AMERICANS WANT WASHINGTON TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING.
[05:23:29] THE ANGUISH AMERICAN FAMILIES
[05:23:31] FEEL AS THEY ASK THEMSELVES DO I PAY FOR GAS TO DRIVE TO WORK OR
[05:23:35] GROCERIES TO FEED THE KIDS?
[05:23:36] HEALTH CARE OR ELECTRICITY TO
[05:23:41] KEEP MY FAMILY WARM THIS WINTER?
[05:23:44] SECOND, AMERICANS WANT US TO CLEAN UP CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT.
[05:23:48] THEY KNOW TRUMP IS THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
[05:23:52] NO AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE
[05:23:55] TRADE-OFFS AT THE SUPERMARKET WHILE TRUMP IS MAKING INSIDER TRADES ON THE STOCK MARKET.
[05:24:02] AMERICANS ARE CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT ACCOMMODATION.
[05:24:07] THIRD, THEY WANT TO CHECK ON TRUMP'S CHAOS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
[05:24:12] WE HAVE SEEN TOO MANY AMERICANS DIE ON OUR STREETS AND IN A
[05:24:16] UNIFORM OVERSEAS BECAUSE OF TRUMP POSSE READ A JUDGMENT.
[05:24:19] THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK WE ARE FIGHTING FOR IN IRAN.
[05:24:23] HE'S NEVER MADE IT CLEAR, HE CHANGES HIS MIND MINUTE TO
[05:24:27] MINUTE. THIS WAR MUST END, IT MUST END.
[05:24:31] MAKE NO MISTAKE, WHENEVER TRUMP
[05:24:35] DEFIES THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OR THE LAW, WE WILL
[05:24:38] LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS, TAKE HIM
[05:24:42] TO COURT AND ENTANGLE HIM IN LEGISLATIVE RAZOR WIRE.
[05:24:45] THE DAYS OF TRUMP'S SUPPLICANT SENATE ARE OVER.
[05:24:49] I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY IN THE COMING DAYS ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS
[05:24:52] PULLED OFF THIS VICTORY, HOW OUR MAJORITY PLANS TO DELIVER FOR
[05:24:56] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[05:24:59] BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE ON
[05:25:01] THIS NOTE, IF THERE IS ONE
[05:25:05] HOPEFUL OPTIMISTIC TAKE AWAY, WE SHOULD REMEMBER, FROM THIS
[05:25:09] ELECTION, OUR DEMOCRACY RUNS DEEP. VERY DEEP.
[05:25:14] OUR FOUNDERS CREATED THIS AMAZING DOCUMENT, THE CONSTITUTION.
[05:25:18] THEY ENVISIONED COEQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
[05:25:23] BUT THEY SAID WAS AMBITION WAS MADE TO COUNTERACT AMBITION.
[05:25:28] WHEN AMBITION TURNS TO BLIND LOYALTY, THERE IS ONE LESS FIREWALL.
[05:25:33] THEY THOUGHT THE LEGISLATURE
[05:25:37] WOULD CHECK A KING LIKE PRESIDENT. THIS SENATE HAS FAILED.
[05:25:43] THERE WAS ONE LESS FIREWALL.
[05:25:45] IN OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND
[05:25:48] BALANCES WHERE POWER DERIVES FROM THE CONSENT OF THE
[05:25:52] GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE STRONGEST LEVER
[05:25:55] AMERICANS HAVE TO COUNTER A WANT TO BE KING.
[05:26:02] SO LONG AS AMERICANS ARE WILLING TO USE IT. YESTERDAY AMERICA DID.
[05:26:07] EVEN DURING THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES, THESE TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN
[05:26:11] AMONG THEM, AMERICANS HAVE NEVER
[05:26:13] LOST FAITH THEY CAN CHANGE THIS COUNTRY WITH THEIR VOTE.
[05:26:19] THE ONUS IS NOW ON US TO PROVE THEM RIGHT.
[05:26:23] YES. NO NO NO.
[05:26:27] NOPE NOPE NOPE.
[05:26:28] >> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE
[05:26:32] PRESIDENT YET ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE THAT FIREWALL?
[05:26:36] SEN. SCHUMER: NOT YET. >> HOW ARE DEMOCRATS GOING TO
[05:26:39] END THE WAR WITH IRAN? SEN. SCHUMER: WE ARE GOING TO
[05:26:43] END THE WAR. WE HAVE SOME REPUBLICANS ALREADY WHO HAVE JOINED US.
[05:26:50] THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD THE POWER OF THE PURSE AS ONE OF THE
[05:26:54] WAYS OF DETERRING A PRESIDENT
[05:26:56] WHO DOES WAR WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. YES?
[05:26:59] >> YOU TOOK A LOT OF CRITICISM IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
[05:27:05] WAS THIS A VINDICATION FOR YOU AND YOUR VISION FOR THE SENATE?
[05:27:08] SEN. SCHUMER: THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
[05:27:14] THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE, WHAT
[05:27:17] THEY WANT AND NEED AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, PLAIN AND
[05:27:21] SIMPLE. YES? IGOR.
[05:27:25] NO. IGOR? >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:27:30] SEN. SCHUMER: EVERYONE WILL MAKE
[05:27:34] THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF PETE HEGSETH. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:27:39] IS THIS GOING TO BE A BLANKET HOLD? [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:27:42] SEN. SCHUMER:: WE WANT JUDICIAL
[05:27:46] NOMINEES LIKE WE SHOWED IN 2023.
[05:27:54] WHO OBEY THE LAW AND HAVE FIDELITY TO THE RULE OF LAW.
[05:27:56] TOO MANY OF TRUMP'S NOMINEES DID
[05:28:00] NOT HAVE THAT AT ALL. YES. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:28:05] -- ABOLISH THE FILIBUSTER -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:28:08] -- WOULD YOU SUPPORT -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:28:11] SEN. SCHUMER: THE FIRST THING WE
[05:28:14] ARE GOING TO DO IS REDUCE
[05:28:16] PEOPLE'S COSTS, WORK THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS SO IT DOES.
[05:28:20] THANK YOU. [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:28:25] SEN. SCHUMER: HE ASKED CAN I WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT OK.
[05:28:30] WE ARE GOING TO WORK HARD TO
[05:28:33] DRIVE COSTS DOWN WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WITHOUT HIM.
[05:28:38] PERIOD. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:28:42] HOST: SENATE MINORITY LEADER
[05:28:47] CHUCK SCHUMER COMMENTING ON YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS, EXPECTED
[05:28:49] TO BECOME THE MAJORITY LEADER WHEN THE 120TH CONGRESS COMES IN.
[05:28:53] GUEST: A LOT OF THINGS STOOD OUT.
[05:28:57] VOTERS GAVE US TRUST BUT WE HAVEN'T EARNED IT.
[05:29:00] HOST: HE'S COMING BACK. SEN. SCHUMER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:29:05] ASK YOUR QUESTION. >> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A
[05:29:11] DIFFERENT CONFERENCE WITH A LOT OF SENATORS FROM RED STATES.
[05:29:16] IS THIS A REPUDIATION OF THE LEFT? HOW DOES THIS CHANGE HOW YOU GOVERN?
[05:29:20] SEN. SCHUMER: IF YOU LISTENED TO
[05:29:22] OUR CANDIDATES, WHETHER
[05:29:25] PROGRESSIVE OR MODERATE, AND WE
[05:29:28] HAD SOME OF EACH BECAUSE WE ARE A BIG TENT, THEY WERE SAYING THE SAME THINGS.
[05:29:32] THIS MORNING, CORY BOOKER,
[05:29:35] BEFORE I WENT ON MORNING JOE,
[05:29:38] ADAM HAMILTON, WHAT THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DO WAS REMARKABLY
[05:29:42] SIMILAR. REDUCE COSTS AND AND THE CORRUPTION.
[05:29:46] EACH CANDIDATE'S, SOON TO BE
[05:29:50] SENATORS, SAID IT IN A WAY THAT FIT THEIR STATE.
[05:29:55] IT'S DIFFERENT IN MAINE, IN KANSAS.
[05:29:59] IT WAS THE SAME MESSAGE.
[05:30:01] WE WILL BE UNITED AS A CAUCUS FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES.
[05:30:05] WHAT WHAT WHAT?
[05:30:05] >> WHAT ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS,
[05:30:10] THE BALANCE BETWEEN INVESTIGATIONS AND POLICY? SEN. SCHUMER: THERE WERE SUCH
[05:30:14] RAMPANT CORRUPTION, THERE HAS TO
[05:30:17] BE INVESTIGATIONS BUT WE WILL NOT TAKE OUR EYE OFF THE BALL.
[05:30:19] NUMBER ONE, REDUCING COSTS AND ENDING CORRUPTION.
[05:30:23] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:30:24] SEN. SCHUMER: WE HAVE A
[05:30:29] BIPARTISAN GROUP WORKING ON
[05:30:32] PERMITTING REFORM, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME UP WITH --
[05:30:36] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:30:40] >> HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE
[05:30:43] CANDIDATES WHO WON WHO SAID THEY WOULDN'T VOTE FOR YOU?
[05:30:46] SEN. SCHUMER: TO REPEAT THE
[05:30:49] ANSWER, THE ISSUE IS NOT ME.
[05:30:54] I WILL BE REELECTED AS MAJORITY LEADER.
[05:30:58] THE ISSUE IS FOCUSING ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WANT. [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:31:08] HOST: I BELIEVE HE HAS DONE THIS TIME AROUND.
[05:31:13] TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EXTENDED VERSION? GUEST: REDUCE COSTS.
[05:31:19] TAMP DOWN CORRUPTION.
[05:31:23] IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR DEMOCRATS. TRUMP WILL BE STANDING IN THE
[05:31:27] WAY WITH THE VETO.
[05:31:32] INTERESTING NEXT FEW MONTHS TO SEE HOW DEMOCRATS APPROACH THE BALANCE.
[05:31:39] THEY HAVE TO REDUCE COSTS, STRIKE THE BALANCE WITH INVESTIGATIONS.
[05:31:44] IN THE FINAL FEW WEEKS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, DEMOCRATS WERE
[05:31:47] WARY TO TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION,
[05:31:50] TYING IT BACK TO DEMOCRACY, SORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
[05:31:54] TRUMP FAMILY, THROUGH THE COST-OF-LIVING ISSUE.
[05:31:57] WHAT THIS FAMILY IS DOING IS THE REASON WHY COSTS ARE SO HIGH FOR YOU.
[05:32:01] I COULD SEE A WAY WHERE THEY
[05:32:03] COULD WEASEL THAT IN, START TO
[05:32:05] DO INVESTIGATIONS SCHUMER TALKED ABOUT AND SAY THIS IS HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
[05:32:11] IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO GET ANYTHING ACROSS THE LINE.
[05:32:13] HOST: YOU ARE WATCHING
[05:32:20] CONTINUING COVERAGE OF ELECTION
[05:32:21] 2026, THE MIDTERMS, PART OF 20
[05:32:25] HOURS OF COVERAGE HERE AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON OUR WEBSITE, OUR APP.
[05:32:30] YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN INFORMATION PERTAINING TO WHERE POWER STANDS.
[05:32:34] THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL BE CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS NEXT
[05:32:38] YEAR. WE ARE WAITING FOR HAKEEM
[05:32:41] JEFFRIES TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE
[05:32:43] HOUSE SIDE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST
[05:32:46] NIGHT AND WHAT IT MEANS GOING FORWARD.
[05:32:48] WHEN HE APPEARS, WE WILL TAKE THOSE COMMENTS LIVE IN TALK TO YOU.
[05:32:54] MARYLAND, GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR THOUGHT?
[05:32:56] CALLER: IN GOD WE TRUST.
[05:33:00] I THINK THIS COMES FROM THE TOP. WE NEED A BUDGET.
[05:33:05] GET A BUDGET. TOP TO BOTTOM.
[05:33:13] DON'T OVERSPEND.
[05:33:16] LET'S GET THIS DEBT IN FOCUS,
[05:33:20] FIND OUT HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH THE BUDGET AND THIS DEBT.
[05:33:25] THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT MONEY
[05:33:27] SPENDING AND THAT OTHER STUFF.
[05:33:30] BEFORE NOW, BEFORE THE DEMOCRATS
[05:33:33] GOT IN, AND WERE IN BEFORE, OK?
[05:33:39] THE UNEXPECTED, WE DEAL WITH A
[05:33:42] LOT OF ISSUES NOT FORESEEN.
[05:33:44] THIS CLIMATE CHANGE, AI STUFF, A
[05:33:49] BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
[05:33:55] WE NEED TO PUT OUR MINDS WITH A MINDSET TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
[05:34:00] JUST LIKE MR. SCHUMER SAID, I'M
[05:34:01] AGREEING WITH HIM, WE NEED TO
[05:34:04] BRING THE PEOPLE IN PERSPECTIVE
[05:34:07] ON HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE
[05:34:11] THIS.
[05:34:15] LET'S GET WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO
[05:34:16] DO FOR US, LET US GET IT
[05:34:20] TOGETHER, TOGETHER. HOST: WHETHER CHUCK SCHUMER OR
[05:34:23] THE STATE LEVEL, CAMPAIGNING IS ONE THING AND GOVERNING IS
[05:34:27] HARDER WHEN YOU'VE MADE PROMISES. GUEST: SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME. [LAUGHTER]
[05:34:32] THE SENATE AND HOUSE HAVE TO DO THIS.
[05:34:38] GOVERNORS WHO DON'T HAVE A TRIFECTA WILL HAVE TO SET A REALITY CHECK WITH THEIR
[05:34:42] CONSTITUENTS. THESE ARE MY PROMISES, THESE ARE
[05:34:45] THE FACTORS I'M UP AGAINST.
[05:34:47] TRUMP'S VETO, A GOP STATE
[05:34:51] LEGISLATOR HERE. AT THE STATE LEVEL, THERE ARE
[05:34:54] EXECUTIVE ACTIONS GOVERNORS SAID THEY WANT TO TAKE.
[05:34:58] A LOT HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON DATA
[05:35:02] CENTERS. A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THEY CAN
[05:35:06] DO IN STATES BUT A LOT OF THE
[05:35:08] AFFORDABILITY STUFF HAS TO BE DONE BY A STATE LEGISLATURE.
[05:35:12] HOST: MATT, VIRGINIA, DEMOCRAT.
[05:35:15] CALLER: THANK YOU.
[05:35:24] ORIGINALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA.
[05:35:26] YOU MENTIONED JD VANCE'S POST.
[05:35:33] THEY HAVE GIVEN THE DEMOCRATS A
[05:35:34] GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ONE OF THE
[05:35:37] THINGS I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT --
[05:35:40] HOW ARE THE DEMOCRATS GOING TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISES TO LOWER COSTS?
[05:35:45] IT'S ALWAYS EASIER TO BE AGAINST SOMETHING THAN FOR SOMETHING.
[05:35:48] JD VANCE'S PRIMARILY MENTIONING
[05:35:54] THEY LOST BECAUSE OF ONE REASON AND THAT WAS THE WAR.
[05:35:57] HE SAID THAT IS ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES.
[05:36:00] IF I AM DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP, THE FIRST THING I DO IS PUT
[05:36:05] SOMETHING WHETHER A WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OR A VOTE FRONT AND CENTER.
[05:36:10] MENTIONED THAT THE VICE
[05:36:11] PRESIDENT AGREES, THAT THE WAR
[05:36:14] NEEDS TO END AND TIE THAT IN IN
[05:36:15] TERMS OF ENDING THE WAR AND HOW
[05:36:18] THAT COULD THEREBY LOWER PRICES FOR AMERICANS. PUT THAT FRONT AND CENTER.
[05:36:26] PUT THOSE MODERATE REPUBLICANS,
[05:36:29] DEMOCRATS ON RECORD AS HAVING TO VOTE RIGHT THERE.
[05:36:34] IT WOULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING
[05:36:38] TANGIBLE TO SHOW IF THEY COULD PASS THAT AND IT PUTS THE BALL
[05:36:41] -- THE SENATE COULD PASS THAT
[05:36:45] HOPEFULLY WITH THEIR NEW MAJORITY AS WELL. THEN YOU WOULD REALLY MAKE IT
[05:36:49] DIFFICULT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
[05:36:51] VETO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT IS
[05:36:55] TALKING ABOUT THAT. TRUMP HIMSELF ALLUDED TO THE
[05:37:00] WAR, THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
[05:37:05] THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON. HOST: THANK YOU.
[05:37:08] GUEST: OUR CALLER MIGHT BE
[05:37:12] HAVING A SNEAK PEEK AT CHUCK SCHUMER'S PLAYBOOK.
[05:37:15] THIS WOULD BE AN INTERESTING MANEUVER.
[05:37:19] POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF CUTTING OFF FUNDING FOR THE WAR. POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS.
[05:37:24] TRUMP THINKS ABOUT HIMSELF A LOT.
[05:37:26] HE ALSO WANTS TO MAKE SURE REPUBLICANS HAVE A CHANCE AT WINNING 2028.
[05:37:32] HE HAS TO CONTEND WITH DO I WANT TO END THE WAR OR JEOPARDIZE JD VANCE?
[05:37:37] VERY BAD LOOK FOR VANCE IF HE
[05:37:39] HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SAYING THE REASON WHY COSTS ARE HIGH IS
[05:37:42] THE WAR AND WE WANT TO END IT AND YOUR OWN PRESIDENT WILL NOT
[05:37:46] SIGN THIS TO END IT.
[05:37:49] IT WOULD BE A PRECARIOUS POSITION FOR JD VANCE TO BE IN.
[05:37:52] TRUMP WILL HAVE TO WAY THAT.
[05:37:53] HOST: JOINING US FOR THE RIDE,
[05:37:56] IT WILL BE A PRECARIOUS
[05:37:59] SITUATION IF I DON'T GO BACK TO THE DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD
[05:38:03] PARTICULARLY FOR TAXES.
[05:38:04] JOHN: WHEN LAST WE TALKED, WE
[05:38:11] TALKED ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN GERRYMANDER IN 2024, THEN A
[05:38:14] SECOND SHOT IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HOW THAT CHANGED IT.
[05:38:18] THIS IS THE 2024 DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, YOU CAN SEE HOW
[05:38:23] MUCH BLUER IT IS IN 2026. THE LONE STAR STATE.
[05:38:27] VERY HIGH-PROFILE REDISTRICTING.
[05:38:31] DID IT BACKFIRE?
[05:38:33] DID TEXAS NORTH CAROLINA ITSELF?
[05:38:37] JACOB: THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO
[05:38:40] HAVE NORTH CAROLINAD ITSELF.
[05:38:43] THEY GOT DANGEROUSLY CLOSE.
[05:38:47] THAT IS NOT TO SAY TEXAS HAS GONE WELL FOR REPUBLICANS.
[05:38:50] THEY LOST EVERY STATEWIDE RACE
[05:38:52] AND THEY WILL PROBABLY LOSE A
[05:38:54] HOUSE DISTRICT, DESPITE THE FACT
[05:38:57] THEY REDREW THE MAP TO PICK UP AS MANY AS FIVE SEATS.
[05:39:00] JOHN: NOT A GREAT NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS.
[05:39:03] WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO HOLD ON?
[05:39:05] JACOB: LET'S LOOK AT HOUSTON.
[05:39:11] COUPLE DISTRICTS, THE SECOND DISTRICT, THIS CAME ONLINE LATE.
[05:39:15] CLOSED POLLING. THE OPEN DAN CRENSHAW SEAT.
[05:39:20] TOTH AHEAD OF FINNIE BY TWO
[05:39:25] POINTS.
[05:39:26] JOHN: NEXT DOOR IS THE 38TH READ
[05:39:29] JACOB: BONCK WILL BE THE NEXT
[05:39:34] REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN HERE.
[05:39:37] THEY REDREW THIS IN 2022 TO BE SOLID REPUBLICAN.
[05:39:40] THEN THEY LOST THE GOP PRIMARY. THREE POINT VICTORY IN A
[05:39:44] DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP BY 21 POINTS TWO YEARS AGO.
[05:39:48] JOHN: THE DISTRICTS THAT TOUCH
[05:39:54] SUBURBAN DALLAS, THE FIFTH.
[05:39:55] JACOB: TEXAS FIVE, TRUMP PLUS 22
[05:40:01] SEAT, NOT ON ANYONE'S RADAR.
[05:40:04] LOOKING FOR THE UNCALLED RACE,
[05:40:07] GOOD AND AHEAD BY JUST 7000 VOTES, A MARGIN OF 3%.
[05:40:10] JOHN: ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS
[05:40:12] THAT TOUCHES WHAT BECAME A BLUE
[05:40:15] PART OF THE STATE LAST NIGHT, THE 27TH.
[05:40:18] JACOB: MICHAEL CLOUD, ANOTHER
[05:40:22] TRUMP PLUS 21 SEAT, HE'S UP BY
[05:40:25] JUST TWO AND A HALF POINTS, ANOTHER UNCALLED RACE.
[05:40:27] JOHN: WHY NOT GO BACK TO DALLAS?
[05:40:30] JACOB: JACE YARBOROUGH AHEAD BY
[05:40:34] THREE POINTS OF DAN BARRIOS,
[05:40:37] ANOTHER RACE THAT REPUBLICANS STARTED SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY
[05:40:40] ON IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, THE CLUB FOR GROWTH SPENT SEVERAL MILLIONS.
[05:40:45] THE STORY OF WHY TEXAS REPUBLICANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE
[05:40:49] TO HOLD ON IS BECAUSE THEIR CANDIDATES HAD SO MUCH MONEY AS WELL AS THE PARTISANSHIP.
[05:40:55] TEXAS 32, A TRUMP PLUS 18 DISTRICT.
[05:41:00] REPUBLICANS WILL DROP A SEAT AND LOSE THE NINTH IN HOUSTON.
[05:41:04] COUPLE POINTS WORSE FOR THEM AND THEY COULD HAVE LOST ANOTHER SIX
[05:41:09] DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE DOWN THERE, BACK TO HOUSTON, THE
[05:41:13] NAILS SEAT, USED TO BE TROY
[05:41:16] NEHLS, NOW IT IS HIS IDENTICAL
[05:41:20] TWIN BROTHER TREVOR NELS, RUNNING FOR THIS. HE'S UP BY THREE POINTS.
[05:41:26] UNINSPIRING REPUBLICAN VICTORIES IN SIX DISTRICTS THAT VOTED FOR
[05:41:30] TRUMP BY A MARGIN OF 18 POINTS OR MORE.
[05:41:32] THAT IS THE STORY OF TEXAS,
[05:41:35] STRUGGLING TO HOLD ONTO THE REPUBLICAN PARTS OF THE STATE.
[05:41:38] JOHN: THAT IS TEXAS.
[05:41:41] WE HAVE BEEN TELLING STORIES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING OF ALL THESE STATES.
[05:41:45] HOST: THANKS.
[05:41:49] SEAN, COLORADO, REPUBLICAN LINE. THANKS FOR WAITING.
[05:41:53] CALLER: NO WORRIES. WHAT'S UP PEDRO?
[05:41:59] SAD DAY FOR AMERICA. YOU ARE LIKE KIDS ON CHRISTMAS.
[05:42:04] THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT PUSHED THE DEMOCRATS OVER THE LINE.
[05:42:09] 70 IS A MEMBERS IN, ABDUL, OMAR
[05:42:14] WINNING EVEN THOUGH SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER AND STOLE MILLIONS AND SHE STILL WINS.
[05:42:18] THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OBAMA
[05:42:22] IMPORTS THOUSANDS OF SOMALIANS AND WE HAVE MAIL-IN VOTING.
[05:42:25] I WAS AT LINE IN THE POLLS IN COLORADO.
[05:42:27] I SWEAR TO GOD, THEY CALLED IT
[05:42:32] 1% AND PEOPLE WERE STILL IN LINE.
[05:42:34] THEY CALLED THE COLORADO ELECTION. THESE BLUE CITIES ARE STEALING
[05:42:38] STATES. ONE STATE AFTER ANOTHER, THEY STEAL IT.
[05:42:44] THE MAIL-IN VOTING GOES ON FOR MONTHS AND WEEKS.
[05:42:47] I HAVE A HOME IN EUROPE. FLORIDA IS A GREAT STATE.
[05:42:52] EUROPE IS DESTROYED. THESE KIDS, CHARLIE KIRK WAS RIGHT.
[05:42:57] THESE KIDS ARE INDOCTRINATED. POLITICS ARE DESTROYING THEIR MINDS.
[05:43:01] SAD DAY FOR AMERICA.
[05:43:02] HOST: DAVID, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, INDEPENDENT.
[05:43:06] CALLER: THANK YOU.
[05:43:11] ABOLISH AND PROSECUTE I.C.E.,
[05:43:18] ZIONISM IS RACIST AND GENOCIDAL.
[05:43:18] THE ELECTION LAST NIGHT WAS A
[05:43:22] VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS.
[05:43:27] THEY DO NOT PROPOSE AN OPPOSITION PARTY TO THE FASCIST
[05:43:30] RISING IN AMERICA.
[05:43:34] CHUCK SCHUMER AND HAKEEM JEFFRIES NEED TO GO. THEY LACK LEADERSHIP.
[05:43:38] THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN THERE TO BE THE ANTI-TRUMP.
[05:43:40] THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE LIFTING US
[05:43:44] UP TO LET US GO AGAIN AND I
[05:43:44] FULLY SUPPORT ABSOLUTELY A LARGE
[05:43:50] SOCIALIST WORKING PARTY MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY.
[05:43:53] WE NEED TO OWN THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION. THE RESULTS OF LAST NIGHTS
[05:43:58] ELECTION, MERELY WE DON'T LIKE WHAT TRUMP IS DOING.
[05:44:02] BOTH PARTIES HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN LETTING US DOWN.
[05:44:06] THE FOUNDING FATHERS, EVEN
[05:44:09] THOUGH THEY WERE SLAVE OWNERS AND ABHORRENT PEOPLE, TOLD US
[05:44:14] THAT THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM MAKES US NATIONALISTIC, TO FOCUS ON IDOLATRY.
[05:44:19] WE NEED A THIRD PARTY SYSTEM, RANK CHOICE VOTING MOVING FORWARD.
[05:44:24] WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THE WIN BUT THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ACROSS
[05:44:28] THE NATION NEED TO NOT JUST
[05:44:31] STAND AGAINST I.C.E., USE THEIR
[05:44:38] POLICE FORCES TO OPPOSE THEM PHYSICALLY.
[05:44:39] WE HAVE MAST FIGURES MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTRY AND KILLING US.
[05:44:43] HOST: DAVID IN CHICAGO WASN'T
[05:44:48] THE FIRST WANT TO MENTION ON THE
[05:44:48] DEMOCRATIC SIDE THAT THE LEADERS
[05:44:52] SCHUMER AND JEFFRIES HAVE TO GO. WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT HAPPENING?
[05:44:56] GUEST: THEY ARE BOTH SAFE TO
[05:44:59] HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE
[05:45:03] POSITIONS. WE SAW CANDIDATES ON BOTH SIDES SAYING THEY WOULD NOT BACK THEN
[05:45:08] BUT THEIR MARGINS ARE COMFORTABLE.
[05:45:12] JEFFRIES, IF HE HAD A DOZEN OR
[05:45:14] SO MARGIN OVER THE REPUBLICANS,
[05:45:17] MIGHT HAVE BEEN TESTY WITH THESE PROGRESSIVE DSA CANDIDATES.
[05:45:21] WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING UPWARDS OF
[05:45:23] 250, THAT NULLIFIES THIS WING OF THE PARTY IN OPPOSING HIM FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP.
[05:45:27] HOST: RUDY, CALIFORNIA, HAKEEM
[05:45:32] JEFFRIES WAITING, DEMOCRAT LINE.
[05:45:35] CALLER: HOW YOU DOING PEDRO AND
[05:45:39] ABIGAIL? I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER, I CALLER ABBY.
[05:45:44] SENATOR SCHUMER HAS THE RIGHT IDEA.
[05:45:48] DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH
[05:45:51] IMPEACHMENT OR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.
[05:45:55] THEY DON'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE
[05:45:57] OR GAS IN THE CAR, TAKE CARE OF HEALTH CARE AND CHILDCARE.
[05:46:00] FOR ME, THE DEMOCRATS BETTER
[05:46:06] RECOGNIZE IMPEACHMENT AND THAT STUFF IS NOT GOING TO DO THEM
[05:46:10] GOOD. THANK YOU.
[05:46:13] HOST: HOW LONG DO HONEYMOON
[05:46:16] PERIODS LAST IN THESE
[05:46:20] SITUATIONS?
[05:46:21] GUEST: NOT LONG AND NOT WHEN
[05:46:24] PRICES ARE THIS HIGH.
[05:46:27] VOTERS WANT TO SEE DEMOCRATS IN POWER. THEY WANT TO SEE PRICES LOWERED.
[05:46:31] THERE IS SKEPTICISM OVER TRUMP
[05:46:35] 1, LOOKING AT THE MOVES DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER THE
[05:46:38] ANTI-MAGA.
[05:46:41] VOTERS WANTED MORE FROM THEM, TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR.
[05:46:46] THAT IS THE TASK AT HAND FOR DEMOCRATS AHEAD OF 2028.
[05:46:51] MAYBE THAT TAKES COMPROMISING WITH TRUMP TO GET THINGS ACROSS
[05:46:54] THE LINE, TO LOWER COSTS AND END THE WAR IN IRAN.
[05:46:59] IT WILL BE HARD FOR DEMOCRATS TO GET THIS DONE WITH A DIVIDED
[05:47:02] GOVERNMENT. HOST: MARY, OHIO, REPUBLICAN
[05:47:06] LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS
[05:47:11] CALLER, IMPEACHMENT WILL PUT FOOD ON ANYONE STABLE.
[05:47:14] I AGREE WITH THE CALLER FROM MARYLAND ABOUT THE BUDGET BEING SO IMPORTANT.
[05:47:20] FIND IT INTERESTING CHUCK SCHUMER REFERENCED THE POWER OF THE PURSE, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE
[05:47:25] WAR, BUT 12 TIMES A YEAR BOTH
[05:47:29] PARTIES REFUSED TO DO THEIR JOB AND THEY AVOID PASSING BUDGET
[05:47:33] BILLS AND THAT IS THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION.
[05:47:34] AS FOR THE BLUE WAVE, I HOPE IT
[05:47:38] PRODUCES SOMETHING POSITIVE. MAYBE IT WILL FORCE COMPROMISE.
[05:47:43] I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THAT LIFE-CHANGING.
[05:47:46] PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS LIKE CLINTON, OBAMA AND GEORGE BUSH
[05:47:51] FACED OPPOSITION PARTIES AND THE CONGRESS AND SOMETIMES IT CAN LEAD TO A GRIDLOCK AS WELL.
[05:47:56] I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE
[05:47:59] WANT CHANGE, WE ARE TIRED OF
[05:48:03] GRANDSTANDING, OF THE POLITICAL AND DECISION.
[05:48:07] WE WANT SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR EVERYONE. HOST: A SIMILAR THEME.
[05:48:12] PEOPLE WANT PEOPLE TO OWN UP TO WHAT THEY PROMISED.
[05:48:14] GUEST: AS WE HAVE SEEN IN MANY
[05:48:17] CONGRESS IS A RECENT, FEWER
[05:48:20] BILLS INTRODUCED IN PAST BUT THEY ARE VERY LARGE BILLS.
[05:48:27] 6 MILLION LEGISLATIVE WORDS PER CONGRESS, FEWER NUMBER OF BILLS.
[05:48:31] WE WILL PROBABLY SEE BIG BUDGET BILLS.
[05:48:33] HOST: SO-CALLED REGULAR ORDER, I
[05:48:37] GUESS THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
[05:48:40] WHETHER THEY DELIVER ON IT IS ANOTHER THING.
[05:48:42] CLIFF, THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, A
[05:48:47] CLOSE WATCH AREA, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: HI, GLAD TO BE ABLE TO TALK.
[05:48:52] I'M IN THE VILLAGES.
[05:48:59] I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING HOW
[05:49:02] THE AFFORDABILITY PART CANNOT BE
[05:49:06] SOMETHING THE DEMOCRATS THAT'S
[05:49:08] WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS IN
[05:49:12] FLORIDA, WE PASSED AMENDMENT THREE, WHICH IS GOING TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
[05:49:17] THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS HERE TO GET RID OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE.
[05:49:21] I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GAS PART.
[05:49:25] MOST OF WHAT I COULD SEE, THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING ON IS THE WAR
[05:49:29] IS BAD AND THAT IS INCREASING OR GAS PRICES.
[05:49:33] I THINK THEY WERE THE SAME PARTY THAT BLOCKED THE KEYSTONE
[05:49:38] PIPELINE, THEY HIT OFFSHORE DRILLING, THEY STOPPED ALASKA
[05:49:43] ENERGY, GRID LINE FIVE AND THEY
[05:49:46] DRAINED THE OIL RESERVES. I'M WONDERING WHAT THEY REALLY
[05:49:51] BELIEVE, ENDING THE WAR IN IRAN
[05:49:55] IS GOING TO DO TO LOWER GAS
[05:49:58] PRICES, WHEN WE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REFINERIES?
[05:50:02] WE ARE NOT PRODUCING, A COUNTRY
[05:50:06] INDEPENDENT OF OIL AGAIN. WE ARE GOING IN REVERSE.
[05:50:08] I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PLAN ON
[05:50:13] REDUCING COSTS TO THE CONSUMER.
[05:50:16] HOST: WHEN YOU ARE VOTING FOR
[05:50:19] GOVERNOR, IF I MAY ASK, WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR?
[05:50:22] CALLER: HE WAS NOT MY FIRST
[05:50:27] ELECTION BUT HE ENDED UP BEING A REPUBLICAN.
[05:50:32] DONALD. HOST: THAT WAS CLIFF.
[05:50:39] WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF AFFORDABILITY, BYRON DONALDS?
[05:50:43] GUEST: ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS
[05:50:47] THAT EMERGED IN THIS WAS HURRICANE INSURANCE.
[05:50:50] WE SEE MORE HURRICANES. THEY BECOME MORE DISASTROUS YEAR
[05:50:54] AFTER YEAR. FLORIDIANS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
[05:50:58] THAT IS SOMETHING HE MAY HAVE TO TAKE UP AS WELL.
[05:51:00] HOST: SOME GOVERNORS HAVE TO
[05:51:04] DEAL WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES, ESPECIALLY VIRGINIA.
[05:51:08] WHAT DO THOSE TELL US ABOUT THE SENTIMENT PEOPLE HAD?
[05:51:11] GUEST: I COVERED SOME OF THE
[05:51:17] ABORTION RELATED BALLOT MEASURES, VIRGINIA, NEVADA,
[05:51:21] IDAHO, MISSOURI.
[05:51:25] MISSOURI, THIS MEASURE WOULD REPEAL THE CONSTITUTIONAL
[05:51:28] AMENDMENT PASSED IN 2024 TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS.
[05:51:31] THERE WAS A GOP LED EFFORT FROM
[05:51:35] THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO NULLIFY THAT AND VOTERS REJECTED IT.
[05:51:38] ABORTION RIGHTS WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL ALL OVER THE BALLOT.
[05:51:42] IDAHO HAD A MEASURE, IT WAS NOT
[05:51:46] CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. IT WAS MORE STATUTORY.
[05:51:50] IT WOULD BE PUT INTO LAW TO ENSHRINE ABORTION RIGHTS BUT
[05:51:53] VOTERS REJECTED THAT.
[05:51:56] VIRGINIA AND NEVADA BOTH HAVE THE STATUTORY RIGHT TO ABORTION
[05:51:59] BUT THEY BOTH ENSHRINED THAT IN THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS LAST NIGHT.
[05:52:02] HOST: HAKEEM JEFFRIES EXPECTED
[05:52:07] MOMENTARILY, AT LEAST BY NOON.
[05:52:09] RICK,, ILLINOIS, REPUBLICAN LINE.
[05:52:12] CALLER: HOW YOU DOING?
[05:52:15] JUST HAPPY THE PEOPLE SPOKE TO
[05:52:19] THE COUNTRY.
[05:52:25] LET THE REPUBLICANS TAKE A COUPLE YEARS OFF.
[05:52:29] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:52:32] ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON IN THE WHITE HOUSE --
[05:52:36] HOST: ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
[05:52:40] CALLER: REPUBLICAN.
[05:52:43] I VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS LAST NIGHT.
[05:52:46] I WANT CHANGE.
[05:52:51] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:52:53] I DIDN'T WANT TO BUT I DID VOTE
[05:52:57] DEMOCRAT BUT I JUST WANT
[05:52:59] EVERYONE TO KNOW, LET THE PEOPLE
[05:53:05] DO THEIR JOB THAT GOT IN.
[05:53:07] HOST: WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY?
[05:53:11] CALLER: CHANGE, GETTING FOOD ON
[05:53:17] THE TABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE MONEY.
[05:53:20] PEOPLE WORKING THREE JOBS A WEEK. IT IS SAD OUT THERE.
[05:53:30] I SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
[05:53:32] YOU NEVER HEAR [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:53:40] -- IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE EVERY
[05:53:42] TIME DONALD TRUMP SAID DO IT, THEY DO IT.
[05:53:49] I SAW HOW EVERYTHING WAS GOING. [INDISCERNIBLE]
[05:53:55] I DID IT.
[05:53:57] HOST: OK.
[05:53:59] CALLER: I'M JUST HAPPY AND I
[05:54:03] HOPE THEY LET REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DO THEIR JOBS.
[05:54:07] HOST: THANK YOU.
[05:54:08] GUEST: ONE OF THE BEST CASES
[05:54:11] THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED FOR REPUBLICANS LAST NIGHT IS THERE VOTERS STAYED HOME.
[05:54:17] THIS IS A REPUBLICAN WHO VOTED DEMOCRATIC.
[05:54:20] THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE SEEING SUCH A BIG WAVE HERE.
[05:54:23] THE PROBLEM REPUBLICANS FACED --
[05:54:27] THEY WANTED TO GET VOTERS TO THE POLLS AND VOTE REPUBLICAN.
[05:54:32] SOME REPUBLICAN VOTERS WERE SO DISILLUSIONED, THEY WENT OUT AND VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS.
[05:54:36] HOST: WE WILL LEARN ABOUT
[05:54:39] TURNOUT IN THE DAYS AHEAD. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
[05:54:43] WHAT FACTORS KEPT PEOPLE HOME OR
[05:54:46] CAUSED THEM TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THAT WILL BE AND WHAT YOU COVER?
[05:54:50] GUEST: SOME STATES, REPUBLICANS
[05:54:54] HAD TO TURN OUT TO DELIVER DEMOCRATS A VICTORY. IOWA.
[05:55:00] REPUBLICANS HAVE A HEAVY VOTER REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE HERE.
[05:55:04] ROB STAND MADE A UNIQUE APPEAL.
[05:55:07] HE WOULD OPEN RALLIES WITH EVERYONE SINGING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.
[05:55:12] EVERYONE WOULD CLAP FOR REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND
[05:55:16] INDEPENDENTS. HE WAS ABLE TO WIN THEM OVER BECAUSE OF HIS MESSAGE.
[05:55:22] CALLERS SAID THEY WERE TIRED OF THE DIVISIVENESS IN THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
[05:55:28] SAND IS A DEMOCRAT BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE.
[05:55:30] HE'S CRITICIZED BOTH PARTIES AND HE DOESN'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
[05:55:34] A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
[05:55:34] HOST: ANGELA, ALABAMA, DEMOCRAT.
[05:55:38] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[05:55:41] FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNDER DOD.
[05:55:46] I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, HER
[05:55:51] THOUGHTS ABOUT FEDERAL WORKERS TURNING OUT FOR THE ELECTION.
[05:55:56] LIVE IN ALABAMA.
[05:56:03] I KNOW SHOMARI FIGURES DID WIN
[05:56:07] THE GERRYMANDERED DISTRICT.
[05:56:13] WON MORE STATEHOUSES IN ALABAMA.
[05:56:18] IF SHE COULD EXPOUND ON THAT. HOST: THANKS.
[05:56:20] GUEST: STATEHOUSES I'M NOT SURE
[05:56:23] BUT I KNOW DEMOCRATS HAD A
[05:56:26] VICTORIOUS WAVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN FLIPPING STATE LEGISLATIVE SEATS.
[05:56:29] ON FEDERAL WORKERS, WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS YET.
[05:56:34] I DON'T KNOW IF WE COLLECT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS.
[05:56:39] 2025, FEDERAL WORKERS, DOGE
[05:56:44] PLAYED HEAVILY INTO THE VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
[05:56:47] MANY WERE DISGRUNTLED.
[05:56:51] ON SHOMARI FIGURES DISTRICT, THIS IS ONE OF THE STATES
[05:56:55] REPUBLICANS REDREW AND IT BACKFIRED. THEY SPENT MILLIONS.
[05:56:59] THEY REDUCED THE BLACK VOTING
[05:57:04] POPULATION TO AROUND 40% I THINK.
[05:57:06] THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES
[05:57:09] REPUBLICANS TRIED AND FAILED TO DRAW A DEMOCRAT OUT.
[05:57:13] ONE OF THE REASONS DEMOCRATS
[05:57:16] WERE SO SUCCESSFUL IN SOME OF THESE REDRAWN DISTRICTS WERE
[05:57:20] BECAUSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES DIDN'T ALL RETIRE.
[05:57:23] KATHY CASTOR, SOTO, FIGURES.
[05:57:29] IT HELPS TO HAVE THE INCUMBENCY ADVANTAGE.
[05:57:30] HOST: 54 SEATS PICKED UP BY
[05:57:34] DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE, SEVEN PICKUPS OVERALL.
[05:57:38] 228 IN THE HOUSE, 25 PICKUPS.
[05:57:43] WHAT ARE THE STORIES YOU ARE INTERESTED IN REPORTING IN THE DAYS AHEAD?
[05:57:46] GUEST: I LOVE MY STATES.
[05:57:49] I'M A LITTLE BIASED.
[05:57:51] INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE
[05:57:53] SURPRISE GAINS DEMOCRATS MADE AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
[05:57:59] THEY ARE DECLARING VICTORY IN TEXAS, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[05:58:04] I DON'T KNOW IF AP HAS CALLED ALL THE NUMBERS YET.
[05:58:07] THERE'S A STORY TO BE TOLD ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS TRIED TO INVEST AT
[05:58:11] THE STATE LEVEL FOLLOWING REPUBLICANS HAVING SUCH A HEAVY
[05:58:15] HOLD OVER STATE LEGISLATORS AFTER THEIR 2010 INITIATIVE.
[05:58:19] HOST: WHAT WAS THE SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT FOR GOVERNORS RACES?
[05:58:24] GUEST: ABSOLUTELY TEXAS.
[05:58:29] BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WERE WARY OF SAYING ANYTHING.
[05:58:33] DEMOCRATS DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH THIS TO THE FOREFRONT.
[05:58:37] THEY'VE TRIED AND FAILED TO UNSEAT ABBOTT BEFORE. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOO
[05:58:41] HOPEFUL.
[05:58:45] THERE WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST CAMPAIGNS OF A DEMOCRAT I SAW IN THE FIELD THIS CYCLE.
[05:58:50] SHE KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUES. SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT DATA
[05:58:53] CENTERS, CAMERAS AND BIG TECH THAT HAS COME TO TEXAS.
[05:58:59] THE ROLE OF BILLIONAIRES. SHE WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THE
[05:59:04] PSYCHE, THIS GROWING FEAR OF THE ROLE OF BILLIONAIRES AND BIG TECH.
[05:59:08] HOST: THESE ARE ISSUES PEOPLE
[05:59:11] CAN RELATE TO RATHER THAN LARGER POLICY ISSUES.
[05:59:13] GUEST: WHEN I TALKED TO PEOPLE
[05:59:17] WHO WORK ON THE TECH SIDE AND STRATEGISTS, THEY SAY THE
[05:59:21] DATACENTER ISSUE WORKS SO WELL BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
[05:59:25] IT'S A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF
[05:59:26] THE FEARS AMERICA HAS HAD ABOUT
[05:59:30] THE GROWING ROLE OF TACK AND BILLIONAIRES.
[05:59:33] HOST: YOU ARE WATCHING COVERAGE
[05:59:35] OF ELECTION
[05:59:39] >> MONDAY AMERICA'S LEADING TELEVISION CALL-IN PROGRAM,
[05:59:43] C-SPAN'S "WASHINGTON JOURNAL," COMES TO PRIMETIME LIVE.
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[05:59:49] >> EVERY MORNING FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TAKING AMERICA'S CALLS.
[05:59:53] >> THANKS FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR THEIR THOUGHTS.
[05:59:55] >> NOW THAT CONVERSATION WILL ALSO COME TO PRIMETIME.
[05:59:58] >> YOU ARE THE MOST UNBIASED STATION OUT THERE.
[06:00:02] >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" PRIMETIME WEEKNIGHTS STARTING
[06:00:04] MONDAY AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN.
[06:00:07] >> NOW MORE OF C-SPAN'S ONGOING
[06:00:10] COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[06:00:13] VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT TO THE POLLS.
[06:00:16] THE RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND
[06:00:20] SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[06:00:23] WE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS, CANDIDATE
[06:00:27] REACTIONS, AND ANALYSIS OF THE
[06:00:28] RACES TO WATCH.
[06:00:32] C-SPAN'S CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YOUR
[06:00:33] FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION
[06:00:37] NIGHT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE BALANCE OF POWER WE KNOW DEMOCRATS WILL
[06:00:39] CONTROL THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.
[06:00:42] TWO RACES STILL ON THE SENATE SIDE THAT WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE
[06:00:45] ON OVER THE NEXT DAYS.
[06:00:47] OUT OF MISSISSIPPI THAT WE HAVE
[06:00:50] SHOWN YOU BEFORE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, SCOTT COLOM
[06:00:55] STILL WITH 48.9% WITH THE VOTES IN.
[06:00:59] A TIE,