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[00:00:02] TO PRIME TIME.
[00:00:03] >> THE MOST UNBIASED STATION OUT
[00:00:07] THERE.
[00:00:07] >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" PRIME
[00:00:12] TIME STARTING WEEKNIGHTS AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN. >> THE MIDTERM ELECTION
[00:00:16] RESULTS. THE RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE
[00:00:18] BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND
[00:00:20] SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[00:00:23] FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[00:00:27] CANDIDATE ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[00:00:30] CAMPAIGN 2020 SIX IS YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION NIGHT.
[00:00:40] HOST: THIS IS THE COVERAGE, 20
[00:00:44] HOURS IN TOTAL, TWO HOURS LEFT UNTIL NOON AS WE CONTINUE ON
[00:00:49] SHOWING YOU THE LATEST IN RESULTS.
[00:00:53] GIVE ANALYSIS AS WELL.
[00:00:58] KEEP CALLING UNTIL NOON.
[00:00:59] (202) 748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:01:03] REPUBLICANS, (202) 748-8001.
[00:01:08] INDEPENDENTS, (202) 748-8002.
[00:01:12] THIS TELLS THE TALE OF WHERE WE STAND.
[00:01:14] 54 SEATS IN THE SENATE CLAIMED BY DEMOCRATS. SEVEN PICKUPS AS A RESULT OF
[00:01:19] THAT.
[00:01:20] ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, 44 SEATS
[00:01:25] .
[00:01:25] IN THE HOUSE, 280, 220 EIGHT
[00:01:31] SEATS CLAIMED BY DEMOCRATS. 100 39 CLAIMED BY REPUBLICANS.
[00:01:35] THAT WILL CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MORNING.
[00:01:37] YOU COULD CONTINUE MONITORING THE AIR AS WE GET THAT
[00:01:41] INFORMATION PLUS OTHER INFORMATION ON THE LATEST RESULT AS WELL.
[00:01:44] IT IS A DASHBOARD OF SORTS BUT
[00:01:46] NOT THE DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING.
[00:01:54] GAINED AND MANAGED. TAKE IT AWAY.
[00:01:55] >> LET'S GO OVER IT.
[00:01:59] YOU MENTIONED IT, IT COULD GO AS
[00:02:06] HIGH AS NINE SEATS BY THE TIME IT IS SAID AND DONE.
[00:02:09] WE TALKED ABOUT JUST HOW CLOSE MISSISSIPPI IS.
[00:02:12] LET'S CHECK IN ON ALASKA THAT HAS TURNED BACK TO BLUE.
[00:02:20] MEANING MARY PELTOLA IS BACK AHEAD.
[00:02:24] 74% EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE VOTE OUT.
[00:02:27] WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE LATEST NUMBERS?
[00:02:31] >> IT'S HARD NOT TO GET EXCITED
[00:02:35] WE KNOW THIS COULD BE HEADING
[00:02:37] TOWARDS CHOICE VOTING
[00:02:43] TABULATION. THAT HAPPENS IF NO CANDIDATE
[00:02:45] ENDS WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE. WE HAVE PELTOLA, SENATOR
[00:02:50] SULLIVAN, WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN
[00:02:54] AND TEACHER DAN SULLIVAN.
[00:02:56] >> EXACTLY.
[00:02:58] >> I EXPECT THESE TWO WILL TRADE
[00:03:03] BACK AND FORTH OVER THE COMING DAYS AND POTENTIALLY WEEKS.
[00:03:06] MARY PELTOLA DOES VERY WELL OUT
[00:03:09] OF THE MORE RURAL, REMOTE PARTS OF ALASKA.
[00:03:12] SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST ALASKAN NATIVE SENATOR.
[00:03:16] WHERE THE RURAL AND MORE OUTWARD
[00:03:21] AREAS.
[00:03:23] >> ALASKA IS AN INTERESTING
[00:03:27] STATE. THE POLITICS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OUT THERE.
[00:03:32] YOU MENTIONED THE MORE OUTER
[00:03:33] LYING PARTS OF THE STATE AGAIN
[00:03:37] SIGNIFICANT POPULATIONS. THOSE ARE THE MORE DEMOCRATIC AREAS.
[00:03:43] THEY COULD GENEROUSLY BE CALLED THE ANCHORAGE SUBURBS.
[00:03:48] IT IS PROBABLY LARGER THAN A COUPLE OF STATES.
[00:03:54] FAIRBANKS, THE OTHER REPUBLICAN
[00:03:58] STRONGHOLD IN ALASKA.
[00:04:03] REPUBLICANS DO WELL IN THE RURAL AREAS.
[00:04:06] >> CHECK ON THE HOUSE RACE FOR
[00:04:10] US IN ALASKA.
[00:04:10] >> DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY GOT BEHIND
[00:04:16] AN INDEPENDENT, BILL HILL, A
[00:04:22] TEACHER. HE CURRENTLY TRAILS THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN.
[00:04:27] BEAT MARY PELTOLA BY ABOUT NINE POINTS.
[00:04:31] KIND OF A BLACK SHEEP IN HIS FAMILY.
[00:04:37] THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY THE FIRST
[00:04:43] FAMILY FAMILY OF ALASKA. DIED IN A PLANE CRASH AS IT IS
[00:04:47] UNFORTUNATELY TOO COMMON IN ALASKA.
[00:04:53] FROM 2009 THROUGH 2015.
[00:04:57] HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS IN DECENT POSITION.
[00:05:01] INCLUDING A DEMOCRAT WHO HAS
[00:05:07] NEVER BEEN TO ALASKA BUT IS SERVING FEDERAL TIME.
[00:05:12] HE GOT ON THE BALLOT. HE IS A PERENNIAL CANDIDATE.
[00:05:19] IT MIGHT WORK OUT FOR NICK BEGICH.
[00:05:23] >> THE LAST FRONTIER, WE ARE
[00:05:27] WATCHING A LOT OF ONE CALLED HOUSE RACES FROM THE LAST FRONTIER TO THE CIVIL STATE.
[00:05:32] TAKE US TO THAT MASSIVE NORTHERN NEVADA DISTRICT.
[00:05:37] >> NEVADA2, THIS DISTRICT IS
[00:05:44] AROUND YOUR AGE.
[00:05:48] A LITTLE YOUNGER.
[00:05:49] 1982 IS THE FIRST TIME THIS NORTHERN NEVADA SEAT WAS UP FOR GRABS.
[00:05:56] WE HAVE WASHOE COUNTY, RENO IS THE DOMINANT CITY.
[00:05:59] DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY DREW THIS CONGRESSIONAL MAP DREW THIS
[00:06:04] DISTRICT TO BE A REPUBLICAN VOTE SINK.
[00:06:09] A VOTE SINK IS WHERE YOU PUT ALL
[00:06:11] OF THE VOTES FROM A PARTY.
[00:06:17] WE HAVE LAS VEGAS DOWN THERE.
[00:06:21] THREE DISTRICTS TOUCH LAS VEGAS.
[00:06:23] THE FIRST, THIRD, FOURTH ALL TOUCH LAS VEGAS.
[00:06:29] THEY ARE ALL DEMOCRATIC LEANING DISTRICTS.
[00:06:32] NEVADA IS PRETTY EVENLY FUNDED STATE.
[00:06:35] THE ANSWER IS IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
[00:06:39] THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SEED THAT REPUBLICANS WIN.
[00:06:47] TERESA BONITA S THOMPSON, THE
[00:06:48] DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IS SIX POINTS AHEAD.
[00:06:54] SHE'S ALSO A FORMER MISS NEVADA. SHE'S A VERY GOOD POLITICIAN.
[00:07:01] CONVERSELY HE HAD SOME ISSUES. HE BEAT THE ESTABLISHMENT
[00:07:05] CANDIDATE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
[00:07:10] TRUMP-ENDORSED FLIP OH OVER THE GOVERNOR.
[00:07:17] HE BECAME DEATHLY POSE -- DAVE
[00:07:27] FLIPPO'S WORST NIGHTMARE. HE VOTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN THE RACE.
[00:07:31] SHE IS GETTING ABOUT 5% OF THE VOTE.
[00:07:36] >> 6%.
[00:07:40] MAYBE IT DIDN'T MATTER. MIGHT HAVE WON THE MAJORITY ANYWAY.
[00:07:47] THE FACT THEY TAKE THESE REPUBLICAN VOTERS CLEARLY HURTING.
[00:07:50] >> LET'S HEAD TO ARIZONA IN ONE
[00:07:57] OF THOSE MASSIVE RURAL DISTRICTS.
[00:07:59] >> WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE RACE,
[00:08:03] JUST 86 VOTES SEPARATE THE
[00:08:06] DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
[00:08:09] >> 80% OF THE VOTES IN.
[00:08:19] IN THAT SAME DISTRICT, SAME
[00:08:21] CANDIDATES, ELI CRANE WON BY NINE POINTS.
[00:08:28] NOW WINNING BY 0.1%.
[00:08:32] A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAJO
[00:08:34] NATION WHICH HAS A HEALTHY PRESENCE.
[00:08:38] IT WILL BE A PICK UP IF IT HOLDS.
[00:08:42] TALK ABOUT THE SIX DISTRICT OF ARIZONA.
[00:08:43] >> A TUCSON BASED DISTRICT.
[00:08:51] ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN RISING
[00:08:52] STARS IN THE STATE, A FORMER AID
[00:08:55] WHO LED THE STATE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
[00:08:58] HE WON A VERY CLOSE ELECTION IN
[00:09:03] 2020 TWO, A CLOSE ELECTION IN 2024 AGAINST THE SAME OPPONENT.
[00:09:08] PREVIOUSLY NOMINATED A LIBERAL WHITE COLLEGE PROFESSOR TO RUN
[00:09:12] AGAINST.
[00:09:14] THIS TIME THEY RAN A MARINE
[00:09:18] DRILL INSTRUCTOR, SHE IS WINNING
[00:09:22] BY ABOUT EIGHT POINTS WITH 80% OF THE VOTE IN.
[00:09:27] GIVEN HOW THE NIGHT IS GOING FOR DEMOCRATS I WOULDN'T BE
[00:09:30] SURPRISED IF SHE GETS THE CALL.
[00:09:32] >> WHAT IS GOING ON IN ARIZONA,
[00:09:35] IS IT THE FIRST DISTRICT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?
[00:09:37] >> THIS IS SCOTTSDALE, A
[00:09:41] WEALTHY, HIGHLY EDUCATED SEAT.
[00:09:44] OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS,
[00:09:48] CONGRESSMAN DAVE SCHWEIKERT, HE GOT MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH.
[00:09:54] EVEN WHEN THEIR DISTRICTS WERE
[00:09:56] VOTING, THEY FOUND A WAY TO HOLD ON.
[00:10:01] >> EVEN AS SUSAN COLLINS HEADS
[00:10:06] TO DEFEAT, SHE HAS EARNED HER
[00:10:08] PLACE WITH THE JOE MANCHIN'S AND
[00:10:12] THE JON TESTER'S.
[00:10:14] DAVE SCHWEIKERT BY LEAVING THIS
[00:10:17] SEAT OPEN HAS CREATED THE
[00:10:20] CONDITIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WHO VIEWERS MIGHT KNOW
[00:10:25] BETTER.
[00:10:26] THE FORMER NFL PLAYER KICKER,
[00:10:30] PLAYED FOR THE CARDINALS, AS WELL AS ANOTHER -- A NUMBER OF OTHER TEAMS.
[00:10:37] ONE OF SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC DOCTORS.
[00:10:39] FROM THE GRAND CANYON STATE.
[00:10:42] LET'S CHECK ON THINGS IN THE CENTENNIAL STATE.
[00:10:45] THE TWO DISTRICTS OF THE OTHER'' LINE.
[00:10:49] LET'S START WITH LAUREN BOEBERT'S DISTRICT.
[00:10:50] >> SHE CURRENTLY TRAILS EILEEN
[00:10:54] LA BACHER BY ABOUT 5000 VOTES.
[00:10:59] A LOT LEFT TO COUNT.
[00:11:01] THIS IS THE MOST REPUBLICAN DISTRICT IN THE STATE.
[00:11:05] IT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW UNPOPULAR LAUREN BOEBERT IS THAT
[00:11:09] SHE IS TRAILING EVEN IN HER OLD
[00:11:11] DISTRICT, COLORADO THREE, THE
[00:11:14] REPUBLICAN IS CLEARING --
[00:11:18] CLINGING TO A NARROW LEAD.
[00:11:20] IT IS SEVERAL POINTS LESS REPUBLICAN.
[00:11:23] IF ANY REPUBLICAN IS GOING TO
[00:11:24] SURVIVE THE BLOODBATH, IT'S
[00:11:28] GOING TO BE JEFF HURD OVER LOW IN BOEBERT -- LAUREN BOEBERT.
[00:11:33] PHIL WEISER UP 27 POINTS OVER VICTOR MARX.
[00:11:39] 77% OF THE VOTING. THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENT.
[00:11:47] IN ABSOLUTE COLLAPSE FOR REPUBLICANS AT THE TOP.
[00:11:51] >> IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST, WE WILL KEEP TAKING TOURS AROUND THE STATE.
[00:11:57] HOST: HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT OVER
[00:12:00] THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. CHUCK SCHUMER IS EXPECTED TO
[00:12:02] MAKE SOME COMMENTS AT AROUND
[00:12:06] 11:00 -- AROUND 11:00 LEFT. WE ARE EXPECTED TO HEAR FROM THE
[00:12:10] HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES WHEN IT COMES TO LAST
[00:12:14] NIGHT'S ELECTION. WE MAY HEAR DIRECTLY FROM SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON.
[00:12:18] THERE IS REPORTING OUT SAYING
[00:12:22] SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAID HE'S NOT RUNNING FOR HOUSE GOP
[00:12:26] LEADER.
[00:12:28] ABBY TURNER FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL JOINS US, WELCOME BACK.
[00:12:31] GUEST: THANK YOU.
[00:12:33] HOST: IF THAT DOES COME TRUE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
[00:12:37] GUEST: REPUBLICANS LOSE A POSITION.
[00:12:41] THEY LOSE THE SPEAKERSHIP HERE.
[00:12:43] THE MAJORITY LEADER WILL BECOME THE MINORITY LEADER. THAT IS STEVE SCALISE.
[00:12:48] I'M NOT SURPRISED JOHNSON IS SAYING HE'S NOT GOING TO GO FOR THIS POSITION.
[00:12:54] MAYBE IF DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE
[00:12:58] WON A COUPLE OF SEATS. THEY COULD'VE HAD AN ARGUMENT.
[00:13:01] DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING UPWARDS OF 250 SEATS.
[00:13:06] I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE MUCH SUPPORT AT ALL AMONG THE
[00:13:08] REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.
[00:13:11] JIM JORDAN IS GOING TO RUN FOR THE MINORITY LEADER.
[00:13:15] WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM STILLEY'S IF HE IS EXPECTED TO GET IN.
[00:13:20] THE ARGUMENT THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE IS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
[00:13:24] THIS LOSS AND WHAT IS THE PATHWAY FORWARD HERE?
[00:13:29] HE HAS THE INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE TO KIND OF PUSH BACK
[00:13:32] AGAINST SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:13:37] INVESTIGATIONS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. INQUIRIES, ALL OF THAT.
[00:13:43] I'M NOT SURPRISED JOHNSON IS MAKING THIS. I WILL BE EXCITED TO SEE IF HE
[00:13:48] SPEAKS TODAY OR NOT. I THINK THERE WILL BE A MAJOR
[00:13:53] SHAKEUP BECAUSE THINGS WENT SO DRASTICALLY WRONG.
[00:13:58] THE RESULT WE SAW LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING WAS THE PIE-IN-THE-SKY FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:14:04] THIS WAS THE OUTCOME THEY WANTED. THAT CAME TO FRUITION.
[00:14:08] HOST: TO GOVERNOR'S RACE IS TO
[00:14:12] FOCUS ON. TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BOTH OF THOSE RACES?
[00:14:17] GUEST: KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS IS
[00:14:21] THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED GOVERNOR IN U.S. HISTORY.
[00:14:25] BYRON DONALDS IS THE REPUBLICAN NARROWLY ELECTED HERE.
[00:14:28] WE SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF BLACK
[00:14:32] GOVERNORS ELECTED LAST NIGHT. YOU HAD DAVID CROWLEY IN
[00:14:35] WISCONSIN. A LOT OF FIRSTS LAST NIGHT.
[00:14:37] HOST: WHEN IT COMES TO KEISHA
[00:14:42] LANCE BOTTOMS, A COMPETITOR WITH A LOT OF MONEY.
[00:14:46] WHAT BROUGHT HER OVER DO YOU THINK?
[00:14:47] GUEST: BEFORE LAST NIGHT I THINK
[00:14:51] THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT SHE WILL NEED SENATOR JON OSSOFF TO HELP HER CROSS THE
[00:14:55] FINISH LINE.
[00:14:58] WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT, SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT ALL BY HERSELF.
[00:15:03] RICK JACKSON PUT UP OVER $200 MILLION ON THE AIRWAVE.
[00:15:08] AT SOME POINT IT BECOMES OVERSATURATED.
[00:15:12] AS I THINK I WAS LOOKING AT THE
[00:15:14] RESULTS THIS MORNING FOR A LOT
[00:15:17] OF THESE GOVERNORS RACES THAT RAN CLOSELY.
[00:15:20] WHAT WE SEE IS GOVERNORS RACES
[00:15:23] THAT ARE INSULATED FROM NATIONAL HEADWINDS.
[00:15:25] HOST: BYRON DONALDS, STATE THAT
[00:15:30] HE WON NARROWLY, HE WAS A FORMER REPUBLICAN NOW.
[00:15:35] WHAT WENT IN HIS FAVOR?
[00:15:40] GUEST: GET A TON OF MONEY HERE IN FLORIDA.
[00:15:45] EVEN AS WE SAW FLORIDA AND EVERY OTHER STATE SWING TOWARDS
[00:15:50] DEMOCRATS, IT IS A HEAVY REPUBLICAN STATE HERE.
[00:15:53] JOLLY I THINK COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM SOME NATURAL RESOURCES.
[00:15:57] HE WAS MAKING THAT PLEA.
[00:16:00] SAYING IF I HAD MORE MONEY I COULD PULL THIS OFF.
[00:16:04] HOST: ABBY TURNER WILL JOIN US
[00:16:10] AND KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING WHEN IT COMES TO INFORMATION.
[00:16:16] LET'S HEAR FROM FRESNO CALIFORNIA.
[00:16:19] CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO START
[00:16:23] WITH I AM THRILLED WITH THE BLUE WAVE.
[00:16:26] WE ARE TRULY SHOWING THAT WE ARE
[00:16:30] A PARTY. LOOKING AT THE RESULTS, THERE IS
[00:16:35] PROOF OF THAT.
[00:16:37] I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ETHICS AND
[00:16:40] ACCOUNTABILITY GOT BACK INTO
[00:16:45] CONGRESS. I KNOW THAT WHEN I WORKED FOR
[00:16:47] THE GOVERNMENT WE WERE CLEARLY
[00:16:49] VERSED ON ETHICS.
[00:16:57] CYBERSECURITY, MY POSITION WAS
[00:17:01] ONE THAT WAS TARGETED BY DOGE
[00:17:05] AND LED TO MY DECISION TO RETIRE EARLY.
[00:17:10] SHOUT OUT TO ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. WE ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST
[00:17:14] WORKING PEOPLE.
[00:17:17] IN TERMS OF OUR NEW CONGRESS I
[00:17:21] WOULD LIKE TO SEE AGAIN
[00:17:24] ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS IN
[00:17:29] REGARDS TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
[00:17:31] FIND YOUR IDENTITY.
[00:17:37] THAT WAS POSSIBLE THROUGH A HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
[00:17:45] IF YOU ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO
[00:17:46] SUPPORT YOU, YOU ARE NO LONGER
[00:17:50] THE GOP. I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH
[00:17:54] THIS IS YOU ARE THE PARTY OF DO
[00:17:58] AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO.
[00:18:01] LOSING SUPPORT, YOU ARE TO BLAME
[00:18:06] FOR THAT.
[00:18:09] WHAT WE ARE SHOWING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS WE ARE A
[00:18:11] PARTY THAT IS WELCOMING NEW
[00:18:13] IDEAS OF DIVERSITY AND WE ARE
[00:18:18] WILLING TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT
[00:18:21] ARE NEEDED TO MOVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD.
[00:18:26] I AM THRILLED WITH THE OUTCOME.
[00:18:27] HOST: THANK YOU VERY MUST --
[00:18:32] MUCH. OF COURSE WE HAVE SEEN IT PLAY
[00:18:35] OUT ON THE SENATE.
[00:18:37] WHEN YOU GO TO GOVERNORS RACES, DO THOSE ISSUES PLAY OUT THERE AS WELL?
[00:18:42] GUEST: COVERING STATES I HAVE
[00:18:47] ALWAYS SAID GOVERNORS RACES ARE INSULATED.
[00:18:51] I THINK SOME OF THE FRUSTRATIONS
[00:18:53] VOTERS HAVE WITH REPUBLICANS ARE BEING OVER INTO THESE GOVERNORS RACES AS WELL.
[00:19:00] TRUMP STILL PLAYS VERY HEAVILY HERE.
[00:19:03] YOU NEED TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT TO WIN A PRIMARY.
[00:19:06] TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT DIDN'T ALWAYS HELP YOU IN A GENERAL ELECTION.
[00:19:11] I THINK TO THE CALLER'S POINT
[00:19:14] ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FIGURING OUT WHO THEY ARE.
[00:19:20] HOW MUCH WEIGHT DOES MAG I HAVE
[00:19:23] -- MAGA HAVE IN THIS PARTY?
[00:19:26] HOST: THE REPORT THAT STEVE
[00:19:30] SCALISE IS RUNNING FOR MINORITY LEADER.
[00:19:32] GUEST: NO SURPRISE.
[00:19:35] HE HOLDS A MINORITY LEADER SPOT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THIS
[00:19:40] WILL PLAY OUT YET.
[00:19:41] WE WILL SEE WHO ELSE LOSES.
[00:19:47] THE OTHER REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS
[00:19:48] ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, IT WILL
[00:19:54] BE BETTER TO UNDERSTAND WHERE CERTAIN MEMBERS ARE GOING.
[00:19:58] THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME FOR THESE MEMBERS.
[00:20:02] HOST: TALK ABOUT STATE
[00:20:05] LEGISLATORS, WHAT WE SEE HAPPEN?
[00:20:07] GUEST: DEMOCRAT SECURED TRIFECTA
[00:20:10] IS IN A NUMBER OF STATES.
[00:20:12] LAST NIGHT DEMOCRATIC SECURED
[00:20:16] TRIFECTA'S IN MICHIGAN,
[00:20:19] MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA IS STILL TEETERING.
[00:20:23] DEMOCRATS COULD HAVE A TRIFECTA THERE.
[00:20:25] BOTH HOUSES OF THE STATE LEGISLATOR.
[00:20:32] IT HAS ALSO CLAIMED VICTORY IN
[00:20:35] THE GEORGIA HOUSE, NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE.
[00:20:39] VERY BIG NIGHT FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:20:43] JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK. REPUBLICANS MADE A VERY BIG
[00:20:47] INVESTMENT.
[00:20:51] DEMOCRATS HAVE STRUGGLED TO BUILD BACKGROUND AFTER THIS.
[00:20:57] HOST: LET'S HEAR FROM ZACH
[00:21:01] JOINING US FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:21:04] CALLER: MORNING, HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
[00:21:12] BEING A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN, IT
[00:21:15] WAS A VERY HOPEFUL FEELING IN
[00:21:19] WHERE OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS FALLEN THUS FAR.
[00:21:23] HOPEFULLY WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
[00:21:28] MY POINT WOULD BE NOW THAT HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND CHUCK
[00:21:32] SCHUMER ARE ESSENTIALLY IN CHARGE NOW, I'M WONDERING IF
[00:21:35] THEIR FEET WILL BE HELD TO THE FIRE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY
[00:21:40] THEY HAVE ACCEPTED REPRESENTING FOREIGN INTEREST.
[00:21:44] I KNOW A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATS I
[00:21:46] SEE AND I LIVE NEXT TO HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS AND
[00:21:50] THEY ARE VERY NERVOUS AS TO WHERE THEIR ALLEGIANCES LIVE.
[00:21:54] IS IT AMERICA OR IS IT FOREIGN INTEREST?
[00:22:02] MY SECOND POINT HAD TO DO WITH
[00:22:04] THE CLEAR BIAS OF NOTRE DAME AND
[00:22:08] HOW THEY DON'T LIKE NOTRE DAME AND THEY ARE PUSHING THE SEC ON THEIR NETWORKS.
[00:22:12] GUEST: I THINK ESPECIALLY IN THE
[00:22:17] HOUSE HAKEEM JEFFRIES WILL FACE A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM PROGRESSIVES.
[00:22:20] IT IS MITIGATED BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE MAJORITY THEY HAVE.
[00:22:26] LARGE-SCALE DONATIONS, MONEY
[00:22:30] FROM PLACES LIKE AIPAC, ALL OF THAT.
[00:22:34] THEY PUT PRESSURE ON JEFFRIES AND SCHUMER.
[00:22:39] IT CHANGES AND WHERE DEMOCRATS STAND ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
[00:22:44] HOST: TO WHAT DEGREE DO YOU FIND
[00:22:47] THE MONEY ABOUT AIPAC HAS BECOME A STORYLINE ABOUT THE CYCLE?
[00:22:50] GUEST: YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE
[00:22:54] MICHIGAN, THIS EMERGED OUT OF THE SENATE RACE.
[00:22:58] REPRESENTATIVE HALEY STEVENS.
[00:23:01] THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
[00:23:04] LARGE-SCALE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
[00:23:07] IS COMING IN FROM CERTAIN INTERESTS HERE.
[00:23:10] THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TOPIC.
[00:23:15] THEY ARE SCALING BACK AS WELL. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY.
[00:23:22] HOST: YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES ON THE
[00:23:26] STATE LEVEL, THE ISSUES THEY
[00:23:30] BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IS IN A FIGHT OR IMPRESSION AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS OVERALL?
[00:23:35] WHAT FACTORS DO YOU THINK LED TO VICTORIES?
[00:23:39] GUEST: IT COMES DOWN TO STATE FACTORS.
[00:23:42] IOWA IS A STATE THAT IS TRENDING
[00:23:46] TOWARDS GOVERNOR-ELECT. HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TRUMP AT
[00:23:50] ALL.
[00:23:54] THE RISING CANCER RATES.
[00:23:58] OBVIOUSLY WHEN VOTERS WENT OUT TO THE POLLS YESTERDAY THEY WERE
[00:24:02] THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE IMPLICATIONS.
[00:24:07] DIESEL PRICES.
[00:24:11] YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN
[00:24:14] MY COMMUNITY THAT HAVE CANCER.
[00:24:18] GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES, THEY
[00:24:22] ARE BENEFITING FROM THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
[00:24:24] TO REALLY SEAL THE DEAL YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THESE HYPER LOCAL ISSUES.
[00:24:29] HOST: ROY JOINS US FROM KANSAS,
[00:24:33] INDEPENDENT LINE.
[00:24:36] CALLER: I JUST WANT TO MAKE A
[00:24:40] COMMENT LAST WEEK ON WASHINGTON
[00:24:47] JOURNAL A LADY CALLED IN A
[00:24:51] STRONG TRUMP SUPPORTER AND SHE
[00:24:51] GUARANTEED THAT THE REPUBLICANS
[00:24:57] WOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD THE HOUSE AND SENATE AFTER THE ELECTION.
[00:25:02] I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LADY IS THINKING ABOUT TODAY.
[00:25:08] A GENTLEMAN CALLED IN FROM TENNESSEE SAYING NOT LONG AFTER
[00:25:11] THAT LADY WAS ON, SHE SAID
[00:25:14] DONALD TRUMP IS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER.
[00:25:22] I CAN IMAGINE HE IS HAPPY WITH THE TURNOUT.
[00:25:26] I'M HOPEFUL FOR AMERICA.
[00:25:30] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:25:32] HOST: ABBY TURNER, WHAT IS THE
[00:25:37] NEW GOVERNOR-ELECT OF MICHIGAN THINKING TODAY?
[00:25:42] GUEST: I THINK SHE'S FEELING
[00:25:46] PRETTY GOOD. AFTER MIKE DUGGAN GOT OUT OF THIS RACE, DEMOCRATS WERE HAVING
[00:25:49] AN AMAZING DAY.
[00:25:53] IT HAPPENS DIFFERENTLY THAN IT DOES IN A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
[00:25:57] YOU HAVE A MORE EDUCATED ELECTOR
[00:26:01] AND IT TURNS OUT. JOCELYN BENSON KNEW THIS WAS GOING HER WAY.
[00:26:05] WASN'T GOING TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
[00:26:08] THAT IS THE THIRD TIME JOHN JAMES HAS LOST STATE IN MICHIGAN.
[00:26:12] HOST: DID YOU REPEAT THINGS FROM
[00:26:15] THE PREVIOUS TWO TIMES?
[00:26:18] WAS IT JUST OVERALL UPSET OR DISSATISFACTION WITH DONALD TRUMP?
[00:26:22] GUEST: HE FOCUSED TOO MUCH ON
[00:26:26] DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.
[00:26:29] HIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN WAS TRYING TO
[00:26:30] TIE JOCELYN BENSON TO MAMDANI,
[00:26:34] ABDUL EL-SAYED.
[00:26:39] THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING THE GOVERNORS RACE, THE SENATE RACE.
[00:26:46] THAT ARGUMENT REALLY FELL THROUGH.
[00:26:48] HOST: WHAT FACTORS LED TO AMY
[00:26:52] ACTON'S VICTORY IN OHIO?
[00:26:54] GUEST: THE AD THAT CAME OUT FROM
[00:26:58] VIVEK RAMASWAMY, WE WERE SEEING BEFORE THAT THAT HE WAS NOT
[00:27:02] DOING GOOD. IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO SELL HIS
[00:27:05] CHARACTER TO VOTERS ON A TIME OF HIGH CLASS.
[00:27:13] LOWERING TAXES, ADDRESSING HIGH COSTS.
[00:27:16] I THINK THAT IS REALLY HARD FOR THOSE TO CONTEND WITH.
[00:27:20] HOST: SPEAKING OF OHIO, THAT IS
[00:27:24] WHERE OUR NEXT CALLER IS FROM.
[00:27:27] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU.
[00:27:32] THE FIRST IS THAT I'M SO PROUD
[00:27:36] OF AMERICA.
[00:27:38] I HAVE BEEN SO HOPELESS SINCE
[00:27:41] THE DAY TRUMP GOT BACK INTO OFFICE.
[00:27:45] I'M SITTING ON THE COUCH.
[00:27:48] I FEEL LIKE FLOATING AWAY.
[00:27:55] I WANTED TO CALL BECAUSE THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT TRUMP DOING
[00:28:00] THESE RALLIES. VOTE LIKE I AM ON THE BALLOT.
[00:28:06] I BELIEVE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
[00:28:09] WE VOTED ON TRUMP BEING ON THE BALLOT.
[00:28:13] I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE I'M SEEING THAT WERE
[00:28:18] ELECTED IN AREAS.
[00:28:23] I'M SORRY I'M GETTING WORDLESS. FRESH FACES.
[00:28:27] THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT WON IN TEXAS.
[00:28:30] I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME.
[00:28:34] HE IS A CHRISTIAN MAN.
[00:28:36] WHEN I HEARD HIM SPEAK OVER THE
[00:28:41] LAST COUPLE WEEKS, I CALLED HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES.
[00:28:46] A TRUE CHRISTIAN, IF YOU WANT TO
[00:28:53] KNOW WHAT IS IN THE BIBLE AND
[00:28:57] LOVE EVERYBODY ELSE THE SAME.
[00:29:02] YOU ARE REPRESENTING ME.
[00:29:07] TRULY, I HAVE HEARD PRESIDENT
[00:29:09] TRUMP SAY THE WORD.
[00:29:13] IT MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP.
[00:29:17] I'M EXCITED, FRESH FACES.
[00:29:21] BE AN INDIGENOUS LADY THAT GOT ELECTED.
[00:29:26] WE NEED THOSE PEOPLE TO
[00:29:32] REPRESENT EVERYBODY. HOST: PUT A LOT OUT THERE FOR
[00:29:36] THE GUESTS, WE WILL LET HER RESPOND.
[00:29:37] GUEST: SHE TOUCHED ON DEMOCRATS
[00:29:42] RUNNING CANDIDATES OF FAITH. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE
[00:29:46] STRUGGLED TO CONTEND WITH AND REPUBLICANS HAVE LEANED INTO FAITH. WE SAW A FEW DEMOCRATS.
[00:29:53] WE HAD STATE REPRESENTATIVE LINDSAY JAMES, SHE IS A CHAPLAIN.
[00:30:01] DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO LEAN MORE INTO TALKING ABOUT THEIR FAITH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
[00:30:07] HOST: ABBY TURNER WILL CONTINUE
[00:30:11] ON WITH US. BEFORE WE GO TO AN UPDATE ON
[00:30:13] SOME RACES THERE, INTERNATIONALLY THIS WAS BEING
[00:30:17] WATCHED BY MANY ACROSS THE WORLD.
[00:30:24] YOU CAN SEE THE DEMOCRATIC WAVE IN CONGRESS.
[00:30:27] HISTORIC VICTORIES.
[00:30:30] THAT IS PART OF LAMONT'S COVERAGE.
[00:30:34] THEY GO WITH BLUE WAVE IN THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE.
[00:30:39] OUT OF LONDON, THE TIMES THEY
[00:30:41] ARE, TRUMP IS STILL YOUR PRESIDENT.
[00:30:44] WHITE HOUSE INSISTS HE WILL IT ACCEPT THE RESULT AS VOTERS BACK HIS OPPONENT.
[00:30:50] THE BLUE WAVE IS SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY TO BERLIN.
[00:30:54] IT CHANGES THE LAW INCLUDING FOR THE CHANCELLOR THERE AND RIO DE
[00:30:59] JANEIRO, IT IS A SETBACK FOR TRUMP.
[00:31:04] THEY SPEND SCRUTINY OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
[00:31:07] THIS FOCUSING ON THE MINUTE -- MICHIGAN SENATE RACE.
[00:31:11] IT IS NO BARRIER TO WINNING BATTLEGROUND STATES.
[00:31:15] SOME OF THE COVERAGE INTERNATIONALLY.
[00:31:20] SAYING TODAY THE DECLINING POWER AND HEGEMONY OF THE UNITED
[00:31:23] STATES SUFFERED A REVERSIBLE
[00:31:26] FALL. IT'S HARD MILITARY POWER AND ITS INTERNATIONAL SOFT POWER.
[00:31:31] GOING ON TO SAY THE PROCESS OF THE U.S. COLLAPSE HAS
[00:31:35] ACCELERATED. THAT IS SOME OF THE
[00:31:39] INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO OUR ELECTION YESTERDAY.
[00:31:42] WE HAVE BEEN GIVING YOU A DETAILED REACTION TO WHAT
[00:31:44] HAPPENED YESTERDAY COURTESY OF OUR DASHBOARD GOING BACK NOW.
[00:31:51] >> A LOT OF TALK BEFORE THE
[00:31:55] ELECTION. JACOB AND I HAVE BEEN GOING
[00:31:59] THROUGH THE FINAL POLLING AVERAGE FOR THE MAIN SENATE RACES.
[00:32:03] >> INCLUDING MAINE.
[00:32:08] >> I WILL THROW A LOT OF NUMBERS
[00:32:12] OUT AND THEN I WILL LET YOU COOK.
[00:32:16] TROY JACKSON, THE FINAL POLLING NUMBERS HAD HIM AHEAD BY FIVE.
[00:32:19] COME DOWN TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
[00:32:23] CHRIS PAPPAS, THE FINAL POLLING AVERAGE HAD HIM AHEAD BY NINE.
[00:32:29] ROY COOPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
[00:32:31] FINAL POLLING AVERAGE, PLUS 12,
[00:32:33] HE WINS BY CLOSE TO 2019.
[00:32:42] TO GEORGIA, JON OSSOFF WAS PLUS
[00:32:46] 10, HE WINS BY PLUS 18.
[00:32:49] OHIO, IT WAS SHERROD BROWN BY PLUS THREE.
[00:32:52] JAMES TALARICO, FOR IN THE FINAL
[00:32:55] POLLING AVERAGE, HE WINS BY PLUS 12.
[00:32:59] WE DO IOWA, JOSH DEREK WAS UP BY ONE.
[00:33:06] ADAM HAMILTON WAS UP IN THE FINAL POLLING AVERAGE, HE WINS
[00:33:09] BY PLUS FIVE.
[00:33:13] WHERE THE POLLS GOOD? WERE THEY ACCURATE?
[00:33:15] >> NEXT -- EL-SAYED PLUS
[00:33:24] SIX IN THE FINAL POLLS.
[00:33:26] >> THERE IS AN INTERESTING TREND
[00:33:33] , THE POLLS HAD A DECENT NIGHT.
[00:33:36] THE MARGIN WAS FAIRLY CLOSE.
[00:33:39] THE DIFFERENCE, OHIO, IOWA, EVEN
[00:33:45] KANSAS, THEY WERE A POINT OR TWO
[00:33:47] OFF AS WE EXPECT THEM TO BE ALL
[00:33:50] IN THE DEMOCRATIC DIRECTION. ROUGHLY DIRECTIONALLY CORRECT
[00:33:55] HERE. IT IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[00:33:59] WHERE WE SAW THE POLLS UNDER SHOE DEMOCRATS.
[00:34:02] >> OFF BY EIGHT IN TEXAS AND OFF
[00:34:06] BY EIGHT AGAIN IN GEORGIA. WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE POLLING
[00:34:10] IN THAT ONE.
[00:34:12] >> NOBODY WAS BOTHERING OUTSIDE
[00:34:16] OF A FEW PARTISAN POLLSTERS. NORTH CAROLINA WE HAVE PLENTY OF
[00:34:21] POLLING AND IT UNDERSHOT DEMOCRATS THERE CONSIDERABLY.
[00:34:26] TO ME, WE HAVE TO DIG IN DEEP TO THESE NUMBERS.
[00:34:30] RIGHT OFF THE TOP I THINK THE
[00:34:33] COMPOSITION OF THE ELECTORATE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, BARELY
[00:34:37] DIFFERENT THAN WHAT POLLSTERS WERE ANTICIPATING. A FAIR AMOUNT OF PERSUASION.
[00:34:45] POTENTIALLY VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT.
[00:34:48] IT HELPS BUT IT DOESN'T GET YOU ALL THE WAY THERE.
[00:34:51] THERE ARE TRUMP VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR SCOTT COLON IN THAT RACE.
[00:34:58] >> IT WAS UNDER POLLING DEMOCRATS, ARE YOU FEELING GOOD
[00:35:01] IF YOU ARE OUT THERE IN ALASKA WAITING FOR THE FINAL QUARTER OF
[00:35:05] THE BOAT TO COME IN?
[00:35:07] >> I'VE TEXTED WITH THE FEW
[00:35:11] SOURCES IN ALASKA AS WE WAIT FOR THOSE FINAL VOTES TO COME IN.
[00:35:17] ALASKA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE LOWER 48.
[00:35:20] I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO
[00:35:24] READ TOO MUCH INTO THE TEA LEAVES HERE.
[00:35:29] NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT POLITICAL
[00:35:32] WORLDS. THE FACT REMAINS THAT EVERY ONE
[00:35:36] OF THESE RACES, DEMOCRATS BEAT
[00:35:38] THEIR OPPONENT ESSENTIALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME.
[00:35:42] IF YOU ARE MARY PELTOLA AND YOU ARE LEADING NARROWLY IN THE
[00:35:47] POLLS, AT WORST IT MAKES YOU FEEL NEUTRAL, AT BEST IT MAKES
[00:35:51] YOU FEEL GOOD.
[00:35:52] >> AS YOU LOOK AT THE 2020, THE
[00:35:58] POLLS STILL A BIG FACTOR IN HOW YOU DO YOUR RACE?
[00:36:02] >> POLLS ARE THE WORST FORM OF
[00:36:07] POLITICAL ANALYSIS EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHER ONES. THEY ARE STILL THE BEST TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
[00:36:12] DIRECTIONALLY THEY WERE CORRECT.
[00:36:15] DEMOCRATS WIN MANY RACES WHERE THEY WERE TRAILING IN THE POLLING?
[00:36:18] THEY WERE LEAVING IN THOSE
[00:36:20] STATES THAT YOU READ OFF.
[00:36:27] AT LEAST ON THE SENATE SIDE.
[00:36:28] >> IT WAS SIX AT THE END, SHE
[00:36:33] ENDS UP WINNING BY PLUS THREE.
[00:36:35] >> THE DEMOCRATIC OVER PERFORMANCE FROM THE POLLING.
[00:36:38] NOT SOMETHING SO DRASTIC.
[00:36:45] IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW POLLSTERS RECAPITULATE AFTER
[00:36:48] THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
[00:36:55] MISSING OUT ON TRUMP VOTERS. GRASA WE WILL FIND OUT AS THEY
[00:36:58] WERE BEING OVERLY CONSERVATIVE WITH THEIR SAMPLING, WITH THEIR
[00:37:03] ASSUMPTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED THEY WOULD UNDER SHOE THE REPUBLICAN SUPPORTING.
[00:37:09] THEY RESULTED IN A PRETTY UNIFORM OVER PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE BOARD.
[00:37:12] >> THAT'S YOUR DEEP DIVE INTO THE POLLS.
[00:37:17] HOST: THANK YOU.
[00:37:20] THIS IS COMING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ABOUT
[00:37:24] ISSUES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO VOTERS THIS TIME AROUND WHEN IT
[00:37:26] COMES TO THE WAR. 43% SAYING IT WAS THE MOST
[00:37:30] IMPORTANT ISSUE VERSUS 28% OF REPUBLICANS.
[00:37:35] 15% OF DEMOCRATS SAYING IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THEM.
[00:37:39] REPUBLICANS ON HEALTH CARE, SAYING THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.
[00:37:46] SOMETHING YOU WORRIED ABOUT OVER THE WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS, THE ECONOMY.
[00:37:51] SAYING THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE VERSUS REPUBLICANS.
[00:37:56] PEOPLE ASKED ABOUT IF AMERICA'S BEST DAYS WERE BEHIND THEM.
[00:38:01] 59% OF THOSE VOTERS SAID YES,
[00:38:04] THAT IS THE CASE.
[00:38:09] THOSE FIRST-TIME VOTERS PARTICIPATING, WHO DID THEY VOTE FOR? WHO DID THEY SUPPORT IN THE
[00:38:13] GENERAL SENSE?
[00:38:16] 62% SUPPORTING A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE VERSUS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
[00:38:21] LEADING UP TO IT WE HEARD ABOUT JOB APPROVAL.
[00:38:26] CONGRESS OVERALL AND HOW THAT FACTORS INTO THINGS.
[00:38:29] 12% GAVE CONGRESS THAT RATING OF APPROVAL.
[00:38:35] THE PRESIDENT'S JOB DISAPPROVAL
[00:38:40] RATINGS DIRECTLY BY SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO VERY SATISFIED
[00:38:45] WITH FINANCIAL SITUATIONS.
[00:38:50] NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS, 71%.
[00:38:55] A LOT OF DATA, DOES THAT MAKE IT
[00:38:57] DOWN TO THE GOVERNORS RACES, DO THOSE ISSUES RESONATE THERE?
[00:39:01] GUEST: FEELINGS ABOUT THE
[00:39:04] ECONOMY WERE PROBABLY SOME OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS.
[00:39:07] THEY LOOKED TOWARDS THE PRESIDENCY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
[00:39:12] THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR TAXES VERY QUICKLY.
[00:39:17] THEY COULD TAKE AWAY A GROCERY
[00:39:20] TAX, WHEN I TALK TO STATE
[00:39:22] LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES, THEY
[00:39:26] WERE HEARING A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH WASHINGTON AND CHANNELING THAT TO LOOKING TO
[00:39:30] THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS FOR HOPE.
[00:39:32] HOST: WHERE THEIR CANDIDATES I
[00:39:36] REALLY CAPITALIZED ON THAT SENTIMENT OR DISSATISFACTION?
[00:39:39] GUEST: I THINK ALL OF THE
[00:39:42] DEMOCRATS HAD A HARD-LINE FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY.
[00:39:46] ONE THING I WILL FOCUS ON IS KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS.
[00:39:50] THIS IS A STATE THAT THEY HAVE A
[00:39:54] VERY STRAINED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM .
[00:39:57] NOT ONLY WAS SHE FOCUSING ON THE ECONOMY BUT SIGN THAT INTO
[00:40:00] HEALTH CARE. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRAW THAT
[00:40:04] CONTRAST WITH A BILLIONAIRE
[00:40:06] HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVE. BRIAN JOINS US FROM SOUTH
[00:40:10] CAROLINA. GO AHEAD.
[00:40:11] CALLER: I APPRECIATE THE TIME
[00:40:15] YOU HAVE GIVEN ME HERE.
[00:40:20] I AM NOT DEMOCRAT, I AM NOT A REPUBLICAN.
[00:40:25] I AM ONE OF THE NATIONAL
[00:40:27] ADVOCATES FOR REDUCING TOXIC
[00:40:29] WATER AND HELP REPRESENT FAMILY
[00:40:33] MEMBERS AFFECTED.
[00:40:35] DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
[00:40:39] CAMPAIGN RALLY IN NORTH CAROLINA
[00:40:42] HE MENTIONED THAT IF THE
[00:40:44] REPUBLICANS WIN, SETTLEMENTS
[00:40:49] WOULD BE MADE. IF YOU LOST THERE WOULD BE NO SETTLEMENTS.
[00:40:52] FOR ME, USING VETERANS AND THEIR
[00:40:57] FAMILIES AS POLITICAL PONDS IS
[00:41:01] TOTALLY WRONG.
[00:41:04] WITH WHAT IS GOING ON LESS THAN
[00:41:08] 2% OF THE VETERANS FAMILIES OF
[00:41:13] THE 470,000 CLAIMS HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN FOUR YEARS.
[00:41:18] THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 73 YEARS.
[00:41:22] BOTH PARTIES HAVE DONE WHAT
[00:41:26] COULD'VE BEEN MORE FOR THE VETERANS IN CONGRESS.
[00:41:32] THIS SUBJECT ABOUT PRESIDENT
[00:41:34] TRUMP AND VETERANS AS PAWNS.
[00:41:39] HOST: WE HAVE YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[00:41:45] THE ROLE VETERANS PLAY THIS TIME AROUND. WE HAD ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE
[00:41:48] OR THINGS WITH GOVERNORS AND STATE LEGISLATORS.
[00:41:52] GUEST: THERE WAS JUST SOME OF
[00:41:56] THIS SATISFIED -- DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WAR IN IRAN NOT BEING DECLARED A WAR.
[00:42:03] I THINK THERE IS SOME
[00:42:06] FRUSTRATION AMONG VETERANS, PEOPLE BEING DEPLOYED TO THIS
[00:42:09] AREA. THE EARLY 2000'S.
[00:42:13] I SAW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS ON
[00:42:17] THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. GRAHAM PLATNER WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS
[00:42:22] WAS MY EXPERIENCE AND THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING NOW WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
[00:42:27] HOST: ALAN WILSON, THE
[00:42:32] REPUBLICAN, ONE OF THE FEW AFTER LAST NIGHT.
[00:42:36] TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE.
[00:42:40] >> IT WAS A LOT CLOSER THAN
[00:42:44] EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE SENATE RACE. JERMAINE JOHNSON IS THE
[00:42:48] DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR. WILSON WAS OK.
[00:42:56] I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE TWO
[00:42:57] STATES SO FAR WHERE WE HAVE RESULTS SPLITTING THEIR TICKET
[00:43:02] BETWEEN GOVERNOR AND SENATE.
[00:43:06] I THINK BASED ON THE POLLING WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT MORE
[00:43:09] SPLIT TICKETS WITH GEORGIA,
[00:43:12] TEXAS, IOWA, WHAT WE SEE HERE IS
[00:43:15] VOTERS FELT THE SAME WAY THEY DID ABOUT THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.
[00:43:19] HOST: ONE MILLION PLUS VOTES FOR
[00:43:23] ALAN WILSON OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
[00:43:26] AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, SENATE
[00:43:31] MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE CAMPAIGN
[00:43:34] COMMITTEE SCHEDULED FOR 11:00.
[00:43:37] WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE WILL TAKE YOU TO IT.
[00:43:40] AND THEN LATER ON ABOUT NOON THE
[00:43:44] HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES EXPECTED TO MAKE COMMENTS AS WELL.
[00:43:48] MARIA IS IN VIRGINIA, INDEPENDENT LINE. HELLO.
[00:43:50] CALLER: HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
[00:43:54] COVERAGE LAST NIGHT, THAT WAS AMAZING.
[00:44:00] I AM A TRUE INDEPENDENT. I AM PURPLE AND I HAVE ALWAYS
[00:44:03] VOTED FOR WHO I THINK WILL
[00:44:06] REPRESENT ME AND THE PEOPLE OF MY COMMUNITY THE BEST THAT THEY WILL DO.
[00:44:12] WHEN TRUMP WON THIS ELECTION, I
[00:44:16] ASSUMED THAT WHEN HE WAS DOING OVERREACH OF THE EXECUTIVE
[00:44:20] POWERS THAT THE SENATE
[00:44:24] LEADERSHIP, THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP WOULD PUT -- WOULD
[00:44:28] STAND IN LINE TO DO THE BALANCE OF POWER.
[00:44:32] THIS COUNTRY IS A BALANCE OF POWER MADE FOR THE PEOPLE.
[00:44:37] I AM SO GLAD THAT THE PEOPLE
[00:44:42] STOOD UP. WHEN THE RICH CONTROL THE
[00:44:46] COUNTRY, DEMOCRACY IS DEAD. I WAS SCARED AND NOW I HAVE HOPE.
[00:44:50] FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME I VOTED ALL BLUE.
[00:44:54] I NEVER VOTED THE PARTY LINE IN MY LIFE.
[00:44:56] HOST: MARIA IN VIRGINIA SAYING
[00:45:01] SHE VOTED ALL BLUE IN TEXAS.
[00:45:03] A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR ALL
[00:45:08] BLUE.
[00:45:08] GINA HE AND A HOST OF -- GINA
[00:45:13] TAKING HIS FOURTH RUN FOR
[00:45:19] GRANTED HERE. DEMOCRATS WERE A LITTLE WORRIED
[00:45:22] TO INVEST IN TEXAS.
[00:45:28] EVEN IF THEY THREW 10 OR $15 MILLION IT MIGHT NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
[00:45:32] THE KEY TO WINNING THIS RACE WAS
[00:45:35] TALKING ABOUT THE BILLIONAIRES, TALKING ABOUT BIG TECH.
[00:45:39] SHE RAN MULTIPLE ADS. SHE REALLY TAPPED INTO SOME OF
[00:45:43] THOSE VOTER SENTIMENT ACROSS BIG
[00:45:45] TECH, AI, SOME OF THE POWERS
[00:45:49] HABIT COZIED UP TO DURING HIS TERM.
[00:45:55] I HAVEN'T CHECKED SINCE THIS MORNING BUT THEY WERE CLAIMING
[00:45:57] VICTORY THAT THEY HAVE FLIPPED THE TEXAS STATE HOUSE, THAT
[00:46:01] WOULD BE HUGE. THAT IS THE SAME LEGISLATURE THAT REDREW TEXAS MAPS.
[00:46:08] I THINK THE REDISTRICTING THAT
[00:46:09] KICKED OFF WAS VERY MUCH ON
[00:46:13] DEMOCRATS MINDS.
[00:46:14] IF ATTIC KEPT THE GOVERNORSHIP,
[00:46:18] THEY KEPT THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE THEY COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN BEFORE 2028.
[00:46:22] THE TEXAS STATE HOUSE, IF THEY
[00:46:25] DO FLIP IT, THAT VERY MUCH HAS
[00:46:29] TO DO WITH SOME OF VOTER BACKLASH.
[00:46:34] HOST: WE SHOWED YOU AND DISCUSS
[00:46:37] THE GOVERNOR RACE IN OHIO WITH
[00:46:41] AMY ACTON AND VIVEK RAMASWAMY, LET'S LISTEN TO A PORTION OF THEIR SPEECHES.
[00:46:45] >> THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
[00:46:49] A MOVEMENT BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
[00:46:54] THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY OHIOAN WHO
[00:47:01] HAS LONGED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AGAIN.
[00:47:08] WHO SOLVE PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF
[00:47:08] MAKING THEM.
[00:47:12] WHO DO NOT MISTAKE KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS.
[00:47:19] BECAUSE OF YOUR HARD WORK OHIO
[00:47:23] HAS CHOSEN UNITY AND INDECENCY.
[00:47:29] OVER DIVISION AND HATE.
[00:47:38] THE HEALING BEGINS TODAY.
[00:47:46] WE MUST NEVER GIVE UP ON ONE ANOTHER.
[00:47:52] THIS WAS A TOUGH RACE. THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER.
[00:48:00] I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY
[00:48:03] CLEAR TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
[00:48:06] I WILL BE A GOVERNOR FOR ALL OHIOANS.
[00:48:09] >> AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IT
[00:48:15] IS A TOUGH AND CHALLENGING NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[00:48:21] A TOUGH NIGHT FOR US HERE IN OHIO.
[00:48:24] EARLIER THIS EVENING, I HAD AN
[00:48:27] OPPORTUNITY TO CALL DR. ACTON TO
[00:48:29] CONGRATULATE HER ON HER VICTORY
[00:48:33] IN THIS RACE. I WISH HER WELL TO LEAD THIS
[00:48:37] STATE TO HOPEFULLY GREATER HEIGHTS IN THE FUTURE.
[00:48:41] IT WAS A TOUGH RACE.
[00:48:43] IT WAS BITTER AT TIMES IN BOTH
[00:48:47] DIRECTIONS.
[00:48:49] THE TIME TOMORROW IS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE HER LEADERSHIP
[00:48:52] BRING THE STATE TOGETHER.
[00:48:56] I HAVE HOPE AND CONFIDENCE THAT
[00:48:58] SHE WILL DO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BRING OHIO TOGETHER, TO BRING
[00:49:03] OUR VOTERS AND CITIZENS TOGETHER TO LEAD OHIO TO THE BEST PLACE
[00:49:07] POSSIBLE. WE ARE ROOTING FOR THE SUCCESS
[00:49:10] OF THE STATE, YOUR SUCCESS.
[00:49:13] THAT MEANS ALL OF US SHOULD BE
[00:49:15] ROOTING FOR THE SUCCESS OF HER ADMINISTRATION.
[00:49:20] WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR OHIO TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS.
[00:49:24] HOST: AS ALWAYS YOU COULD FIND
[00:49:28] THESE SPEECHES ON OUR WEBSITE
[00:49:31] AND CONTINUE WATCHING ON C-SPAN.ORG.
[00:49:34] LET'S GO TO ILLINOIS, DEMOCRATS LINE.
[00:49:41] CALLER: WE CANNOT FORGET WE HAVE
[00:49:46] AN ELECTION IN 2028 COMING UP.
[00:49:49] AS MUCH AS DEMOCRATS HAVE POWER,
[00:49:56] THEY ALSO DON'T. THEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT.
[00:49:58] I'M FROM A POLITICAL SCIENCE
[00:50:04] BACKGROUND.
[00:50:04] I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL --
[00:50:08] EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW, THEY
[00:50:12] CAN'T DO EVERYTHING IN TWO YEARS.
[00:50:15] THE DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING IF THEY
[00:50:18] ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL NEEDS
[00:50:21] TO BE ON WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT CONTROL.
[00:50:29] GUEST: I THINK YOU WILL SEE A
[00:50:33] LOT OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, WASHINGTON MAY BE STALLED.
[00:50:38] GOVERNORS, THIS IS A MESSAGE
[00:50:41] DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAMMER HOME.
[00:50:44] THE GOVERNORSHIPS, SOME OF THE
[00:50:48] OTHER SWING STATES HAVE PUT TEXAS ON THE MAP.
[00:50:52] IF DEMOCRATS COULD RUN GOVERNORS
[00:50:58] LIKE SCHAPIRO, PRITZKER.
[00:51:01] THEY COULD TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THEY'RE GOVERNOR HAS DONE FOR THEM.
[00:51:05] I WAS TALKING TO SOME
[00:51:07] STRATEGISTS THE REPUBLICANS COME
[00:51:11] IN, IN 2028.
[00:51:20] THIS WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CYCLE, ONE OF THE TOP
[00:51:24] OPPORTUNITIES FOR REPUBLICANS.
[00:51:28] KARI LAKE, NOT THE BEST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN 2022.
[00:51:32] BIG SWING ON LATINO VOTERS FOR TRUMP AS WELL.
[00:51:36] THOSE LATINO VOTERS SWUNG BACK.
[00:51:39] A VERY CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF CONGRESS UP AGAINST HOBBS HERE.
[00:51:43] HE WAS THE RIGHT PROFILE FOR ARIZONA THIS YEAR.
[00:51:47] HOST: SPEAKING OF GIVING HIS
[00:51:52] THOUGHTS TO 2028, GOVERNOR
[00:51:54] DESANTIS FROM FLORIDA MAKING HIS OWN THOUGHTS FROM LAST NIGHT.
[00:51:57] I WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. [VIDEO CLIP]
[00:52:01] >> LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
[00:52:05] HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. THIS IS CLOSE TO AN EXTINCTION
[00:52:08] LEVEL EVENT FOR REPUBLICANS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WE
[00:52:12] HAVE SEEN PROBABLY IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.
[00:52:17] WHEN EVERYONE AND OFFERS LEAVES
[00:52:21] FOR EITHER A TERM LIMIT OR GOT VOTED OUT.
[00:52:27] ONLY ONE STATE WILL HAVE REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE STATE.
[00:52:33] IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CHIEF RIVAL
[00:52:36] AND IN A HEALTHY SENSE, OVER MY
[00:52:40] LIFETIME, TEXAS HAS BEEN THE CROWN JEWEL OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
[00:52:49] THE LEADER FOR REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES, WHEN YOU GO THE GENERATION.
[00:52:58] THEY LOSE A VERY PUBLICIZED U.S. SENATE RACE, THEY LOST EVERYTHING.
[00:53:04] THE GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
[00:53:08] THEY LOST FOUR SUPREME COURT
[00:53:09] JUSTICES ON THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT.
[00:53:13] THEY MAY EVEN LOSE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN ONE HOUSE OR EVEN BOTH.
[00:53:19] NOT JUST FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD
[00:53:25] REVERBERATE. THE REPUBLICAN DOESN'T HAVE
[00:53:29] TEXAS AS AN ANCHOR, WE WILL NOT
[00:53:32] BE VIABLE NATIONALLY GOING FORWARD.
[00:53:39] IT WAS VERY CLEAR, WE WERE RUNNING THE HEADWINDS.
[00:53:44] I SAID A VICTORY WOULD BE MINIMIZING THE LOSSES GIVING THE CLIMATE.
[00:53:56] WE KNEW THEY COULD BE WORSE.
[00:53:59] I DON'T THINK WE THOUGHT IT COULD BE QUITE THIS BAD.
[00:54:03] THE DEMOCRATS WILL LIKELY GO
[00:54:06] INTO JANUARY WITH 56 SENATE
[00:54:07] SEATS AND AS MUCH AS 250 EIGHT
[00:54:11] U.S. HOUSE SEATS. WHAT THAT DOES, NOT ONLY WILL
[00:54:15] THAT TOTALLY CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO THE
[00:54:19] DETRIMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
[00:54:22] THIS WILL LAST FAR BEYOND TWO YEARS.
[00:54:27] YOU ARE NOT AS REPUBLICANS GOING
[00:54:31] TO BE ABLE TO RETAKE THE SENATE
[00:54:35] JUST TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
[00:54:38] PROBABLY NOT VIABLE TO TAKE THAT BACK AS WELL.
[00:54:42] THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS,
[00:54:45] SIX YEARS.
[00:54:51] UNIFIED CONTROL IN WASHINGTON
[00:54:53] AGAIN LIKE WE ENJOYED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
[00:54:57] JUST THINK WHAT THIS MEANS
[00:54:59] HAVING 56 SENATORS. THAT MEANS NO SUPREME COURT
[00:55:03] JUSTICE WILL BE CONFIRMED UNDER
[00:55:06] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
[00:55:15] THERE WILL BE ABLE TO BE CONFIRMED.
[00:55:17] THAT WOULD LIKELY BE TRUE FOR THE FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT.
[00:55:22] HOST: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE WORDS?
[00:55:26] GUEST: I WILL LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THE 2028 LENS.
[00:55:30] WHAT I'M HEARING IS HE SAYING TEXAS IS NOT THIS REPUBLICAN
[00:55:34] STRONGHOLD ANYMORE.
[00:55:37] FLORIDA MAYBE DIDN'T DO SO GREAT ON THEIR GERRYMANDERED HOUSE
[00:55:41] SEATS BUT THEY WEATHERED THE STORM STATEWIDE. THEY KEPT THE SENATE SEAT HERE.
[00:55:47] IN THE POLITICAL REALITY WE ARE IN.
[00:55:53] VERY BIG, VERY ELECTORAL COLLEGE HEAVY STATES LEANING REPUBLICAN
[00:55:56] AND SAY FLORIDA SEEMS TO BE THE MORE REPUBLICAN STATE NOW.
[00:55:59] HOST: ABBY TURNER IS JOINING US.
[00:56:03] WE ARE EXPECTING COMMENTS FROM SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER.
[00:56:08] WHEN HE GETS TO THE MICROPHONE
[00:56:11] WE WILL TAKE THAT LIVE FOR YOU,
[00:56:13] DALLAS, TEXAS, JUMP ON IN.
[00:56:18] CALLER: I'M FROM DALLAS, NORTH
[00:56:21] CAROLINA.
[00:56:25] I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, I AM A
[00:56:27] REAL DIEHARD REPUBLICAN.
[00:56:30] SKY WASN'T FOLLOWING.
[00:56:36] IT IS KIND OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE.
[00:56:42] I CAN'T SEE WHY PEOPLE IN NORTH
[00:56:47] CAROLINA VOTED ROY COOPER FOR GOVERNOR.
[00:56:49] WHAT HE DID WITH THE HURRICANES
[00:56:51] IN NORTH CAROLINA, I DON'T
[00:56:55] BELIEVE HE WILL DO ANYMORE.
[00:57:00] PEDRO, I'M NOT LOOKING TO HELP
[00:57:02] OUT BUT I THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[00:57:05] HOST: MIKE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA
[00:57:10] WITH COMMENTS FOR ROY COOPER. GUEST: ROY COOPER SEEMS TO BE AN
[00:57:14] ANOMALY.
[00:57:16] I DON'T THINK HE HAS EVER LOST
[00:57:20] AN ELECTION.
[00:57:21] HE HAS WON TIME AFTER TIME BY VERY LARGE MARGINS.
[00:57:28] HE IS EXTREMELY POPULAR. HE PUT THIS SENATE SEAT BED VERY
[00:57:31] EARLY ON IN THIS CYCLE.
[00:57:36] REPUBLICANS WILL TRY TO CHALLENGE THIS.
[00:57:39] I THINK HE'S IN A PRETTY SOLID SPOT FOR NOW.
[00:57:44] HOST: JEFFREY IS FROM OHIO. WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM CHUCK
[00:57:47] SCHUMER IN A LITTLE BIT. CALLER: IF LAST NIGHTS ELECTION
[00:57:53] RESULTS WERE A REPUDIATION OF
[00:57:56] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICIES AND HIS PRESIDENCY, HOW DO I
[00:58:00] UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE TERMS
[00:58:01] THAT HE HAS BEEN TWICE ELECTED
[00:58:05] PRESIDENT. IN HIS OWN MIND HE HAS BEEN ELECTED THREE TIMES.
[00:58:09] IS IT A MATTER OF DESPERATION BY
[00:58:12] VOTERS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THAT
[00:58:14] EXPLAIN HIS ELECTIONS AND ALSO
[00:58:18] LAST NIGHTS ELECTION RESULTS? THAT IS IT.
[00:58:21] CALLER: IT'S IT --
[00:58:24] GUEST: IT'S A DESPERATION FROM VOTERS.
[00:58:29] DEMOCRATS WERE SAYING WE DID ALL
[00:58:30] OF THESE THINGS FOR THE ECONOMY.
[00:58:33] PEOPLE WERE NOT FEELING LIKE THAT.
[00:58:37] TRUMP HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO TURN OUT VOTERS WHEN HE'S ON THE
[00:58:41] BALLOT AND HE COULD TURN OUT NEW TRUMP VOTERS.
[00:58:45] WE SOUGHT LATINO VOTERS, BLACK
[00:58:49] VOTERS, WE HAVE THIS GROUP.
[00:58:52] HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE
[00:58:55] HAVE SEEN IS 2024 HE WAS
[00:59:00] PROMISING TO FIX THE ECONOMY AND WOULD NOT START NEW WARS, LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
[00:59:05] HOST: DO YOU THINK LAST NIGHT
[00:59:08] HURTS THE BRAND AND THE ABILITY TO RISE ABOVE?
[00:59:10] GUEST: I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW SOMBER HE WAS LAST NIGHT WHEN HE
[00:59:14] CALLED INTO SOME OF THE SHOWS.
[00:59:16] I WILL WORK WITH DEMOCRATS ON SOME THINGS.
[00:59:20] HE SAID HE WOULD ACCEPT THE RESULTS. THERE'S A RECKONING OF WHAT
[00:59:24] PLACE DOES MAGA HAVE?
[00:59:29] THEY DOMINATE PRIMARIES AND SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES STRUGGLE
[00:59:33] WITH THE GENERAL ELECTORATE. WHO DOES THE PARTY RECRUIT POP
[00:59:37] UP? WHO THE REPUBLICANS AS A BASE WANT AS THEIR NOMINEE?
[00:59:40] HOST: WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH
[00:59:44] MOVEMENT ON THE FRONTS. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THE SENATE
[00:59:47] NOW AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES,
[00:59:50] 54 SEEDS GAINED AFTER LAST NIGHTS ELECTION.
[00:59:53] ON THE HOUSE IT IS 200 28 SEATS
[00:59:56] WITH 20 FIVE PICKUPS. ONE 39 HELD FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:00:00] THIS AND OTHER THINGS AS PART OF
[01:00:02] OUR COVERAGE OF ELECTION 2026.
[01:00:06] 20 HOURS OF COVERAGE. WE ARE ON THE TAIL END OF THAT NOW.
[01:00:09] STAY WITH US AS WE
[01:00:14] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL COMES TO
[01:00:20] PRIME LIVE. >> BUBBLEHEADED COVERAGE.
[01:00:22] >> TRUST YOU COMPLETELY -- THE
[01:00:28] MOST LEVELHEADED COVERAGE.
[01:00:28] >> THANKS FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR THEIR THOUGHTS.
[01:00:32] >> THE CONVERSATION WILL COME TO PRIMETIME.
[01:00:35] >> THE MOST UNBIASED OUT THERE.
[01:00:38] ANNOUNCER: STARTING MONDAY AT 9 P.M. EASTERN.
[01:00:42] ANNOUNCER: MORE OF C-SPAN
[01:00:46] ONGOING COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[01:00:50] VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS, THE
[01:00:53] RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND
[01:00:57] SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[01:00:59] THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS,
[01:01:03] CANDIDATE REACTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE RACES TO WATCH.
[01:01:06] CAMPAIGN 2026, YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION NIGHT.
[01:01:10] HOST: 19 HOURS WE'VE COMMITTED
[01:01:14] TO COVERAGE OF CAMPAIGN 2026.
[01:01:19] IN THIS FINAL HOUR, ANALYSIS AND
[01:01:22] PENDING COMMENTS FROM CHUCK
[01:01:26] SCHUMER, AS WELL AS HAKEEM JEFFRIES.
[01:01:30] PART OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY, THE
[01:01:32] BALANCE OF POWER FOR NEXT YEAR, DEMOCRATS HOLDING THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
[01:01:37] THE MARGINS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
[01:01:38] TWO SENATE RACES STILL PLAYING.
[01:01:43] MANY HOUSE RACES PLAYING OUT. YOU CAN BE PART OF THE
[01:01:47] CONVERSATION. STAY WITH US. (202)-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[01:01:51] (202)-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS. (202)-748-8002 FOR INDEPENDENTS. YOU CAN TEXT US AT (202)-748-8003.
[01:02:01] AS WE WAIT FOR SENATOR SCHUMER,
[01:02:06] WE GO BACK TO THE DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD.
[01:02:09] >> WE WERE DOING A TOUR OF THE
[01:02:14] CLOSEST RACES IN THE COUNTRY.
[01:02:16] THE CLOSEST IS A STATEWIDE RACE
[01:02:20] IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE, MISSISSIPPI.
[01:02:25] JACOB, 43 VOTES SEPARATE LOSS
[01:02:28] AND VICTORY HERE.
[01:02:31] JACOB: 43 VOTES FOR SCOTT COLOM.
[01:02:37] CINDY HYDE-SMITH HAS SOWN THE
[01:02:42] SEEDS OF HER OWN DESTRUCTION,
[01:02:45] SHE BRAGGED ABOUT HOW SHE
[01:02:46] STOPPED COLOM'S CAREER RISE.
[01:02:51] >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS HE GOT IN THE RACE.
[01:02:54] >> HERE WE ARE, WE STILL HAVE A
[01:02:59] BIT LEFT ACCOUNT.
[01:03:01] COLOM'S CAMPAIGN SAID THEY ARE
[01:03:07] TRACKING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT COULD COME IN OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
[01:03:10] >> WHAT'S THE RECOUNT PROCEDURE.
[01:03:13] >> THIS IS THE THING, NO RUNOFF
[01:03:17] OR RECOUNT IN MISSISSIPPI. A LOT OF OTHER STATES HAVE
[01:03:22] RUNOFFS BUT NOT MISSISSIPPI.
[01:03:25] NO PROVISION IN STATE LAW ALLOWS FOR A RECOUNT UNLESS ON A JUDGE'S ORDERS.
[01:03:30] JOHN: UNLESS A JUDGE DECIDES TO ORDER A RECOUNT/
[01:03:34] JACOB: CORRECT.
[01:03:39] JOHN: THIS STATEWIDE RACE MAKES
[01:03:43] SOME OF THESE OTHER RACES LOOK LIKE A BLOWOUT.
[01:03:45] TWICE THE AMOUNT OF VOTES
[01:03:48] SEPARATING THE CANDIDATES IN
[01:03:52] ARIZONA'S 2ND. 86 VOTES.
[01:03:56] JACOB: NAILBITER OF A HOUSE RACE.
[01:04:00] NEZ, FORMER OF THE NAVAJO
[01:04:04] NATION, IN A REMATCH AGAINST
[01:04:07] CRANE, SHARK TANK AND NAVY VETERAN, HIS COMPANY BOTTLE
[01:04:12] BREACH, RIGHT NOW HE MIGHT BE
[01:04:14] CRACKING OPERA BOTTLE --
[01:04:18] CRACKING OPEN A BOTTLE BECAUSE HE IS TRAILING.
[01:04:19] JOHN: COLORADO, THIS IS A
[01:04:27] SEPARATION OF 1200 VOTES.
[01:04:28] JACOB: WE'VE GONE FROM MINUSCULE TO A BLOWOUT.
[01:04:32] .4% SEPARATING THEM IN THE
[01:04:38] COLORADO THIRD. JOHN: THE VOLUNTEER STATE, TENNESSEE.
[01:04:43] SCOTT DESJARLAIS'S EFFORTS TO
[01:04:45] STAY IN THE HOUSE, HE'S IN ONE OF THE CLOSEST RACES IN THE
[01:04:49] COUNTRY AT THIS HOUR. HE'S BEHIND BY 280 VOTES.
[01:04:53] JACOB: THE MOST SHOCKING ON THE HOUSE SIDE.
[01:04:58] VICTORIA BRODERICK AHEAD OF
[01:05:01] SCOTT, 280 VOTES, .2% BY THE
[01:05:05] MARGIN.
[01:05:05] JOHN: OVER TO NORTH CAROLINA,
[01:05:09] THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
[01:05:13] LESS THAN 100 VOTES.
[01:05:14] JACOB: NAILBITER IN THE TAR
[01:05:18] HEEL, COVERED ON THE PRECIPICE
[01:05:21] OF OUSTING HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
[01:05:24] CHAIRWOMAN VIRGINIA FOXX, A
[01:05:28] SENIOR REPUBLICAN IN THAT CHAMBER POTENTIALLY GOING FOR DEFEAT.
[01:05:30] JOHN: THESE RED DISTRICTS, AND
[01:05:34] WHAT WAS EXPECTED A SAFE PART OF THE STATE FOR REPUBLICANS, LET'S
[01:05:38] START IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
[01:05:41] JACOB: THIS IS THE DISTRICT THEY
[01:05:44] MADE LESS REPUBLICAN TO MAKE THE FIRST DISTRICT TO THE NORTH LESS
[01:05:49] DEMOCRATIC. JOHN: THEY DIDN'T WIN THE FIRST
[01:05:52] DISTRICT AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE THIRD.
[01:05:54] JACOB: 233 VOTES BETWEEN MURPHY
[01:05:58] AND SMITH, THIS IS CLOSE.
[01:05:59] JOHN: ONE MORE BEFORE WE LEAVE
[01:06:03] NORTH CAROLINA, CRAZY HOW MUCH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM.
[01:06:07] LESS THAN 2500 VOTES IN THE SEVENTH.
[01:06:09] JACOB: I NAILBITER FOR DAVID ROUSER.
[01:06:14] TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, 14
[01:06:18] DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, DEMOCRATS LEADING IN 10 AND THEN
[01:06:22] THOSE TWO DISTRICTS IN THE EAST WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE CLINGING TO TINY LEADS.
[01:06:27] IN THE OTHER TWO SEATS, IT'S NOT
[01:06:30] AS IF REPUBLICANS ARE BLOWING THE DOORS OFF. ONE POINT LEAD IN THE 10TH DISTRICT.
[01:06:35] IN THE EIGHTH, A TWO POINT LEAD.
[01:06:38] MARK HARRIS IS A BIG WINNER
[01:06:41] TONIGHT WITH A 1.8% MARGIN.
[01:06:44] JOHN: A STATE THAT REPUBLICANS
[01:06:48] GERRYMANDERED AND THEY COULD END UP WITH TWO OF THE 14 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE?
[01:06:52] JACOB: THEY GERRYMANDERED IT AHEAD OF 2024.
[01:06:56] THEY GOT ANOTHER SHOT.
[01:06:59] UPDATED INFO 2026 THEY REDREW AGAIN AND THEY STILL MAY HAVE
[01:07:02] STRETCHED THEMSELVES TOO THIN.
[01:07:05] ROY COOPER 18 POINT VICTORY AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET CAUSING THEM HEARTBURN.
[01:07:09] JOHN: ONE MORE RACE, LESS THAN
[01:07:14] HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT SEPARATING THE CANDIDATES, IN
[01:07:17] THE NORTHERN MAINE DISTRICT,
[01:07:20] THAT RURAL AREA UP THERE, IT IS LESS THAN 800 VOTES.
[01:07:23] JACOB: WE ARE WAITING FOR A LOT
[01:07:26] OF THE VOTE LEFT, 15% BEING COUNT SLOWLY.
[01:07:31] FORMER STATE AUDITOR MATT DUNLAP IN THE LEAD AGAINST FORMER GOVERNOR PAULA PAGE.
[01:07:35] THE PAGE -- LEPAGE, EACH TIME HE
[01:07:42] HAS CARRIED THE SECOND DISTRICT.
[01:07:44] HE HAS WON IT IN ALL THREE
[01:07:50] PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
[01:07:55] DUNLAP IT BE INSULT TO INJURY. JOHN: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
[01:08:00] NIGHT, DEMOCRATS NEEDED THREE
[01:08:02] SEATS TO TAKE THE HOUSE, THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT 25 PICKUPS.
[01:08:07] WHAT COULD THIS NUMBER GET TO? 50?
[01:08:10] JACOB: THAT MIGHT BE A STRETCH.
[01:08:14] PERFECTLY POSSIBLE DEMOCRATS GET
[01:08:16] 40 OR 41 PICKUPS IN THE HOUSE.
[01:08:21] THAT WOULD PUT THEM AT 256.
[01:08:26] 41 SEATS WOULD BE 256, THEIR
[01:08:28] BIGGEST MAJORITY SINCE 2008,
[01:08:32] THAT BROUGHT US BARACK OBAMA. JOHN: A COMFORTABLE MAJORITY IN
[01:08:36] THE HOUSE. HOST: APPRECIATE IT.
[01:08:41] EXPECTING COMMENTS FROM CHUCK
[01:08:44] SCHUMER, MOMENTS FROM NOW.
[01:08:46] JD VANCE PUTTING OUT A LONG TWEET ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
[01:08:51] HERE'S PART OF THE ASSESSMENT.
[01:08:57] SAYING THE REASON WE LOST IS THE WAR, THE PRESIDENT SAID SO
[01:09:00] HIMSELF LAST NIGHT. P ARGUES IT WAS WORTH IT.
[01:09:06] AGREE OR DISAGREE, THAT IS AT
[01:09:09] LEAST HONEST BUT EVERYONE KNOWS WHY WE LOST.
[01:09:13] ANY HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE MUST START THEIR.
[01:09:16] I REMEMBER, TAKE THAT ENERGY
[01:09:24] INTO ELECTING REPUBLICANS.
[01:09:26] TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE PISSED, LET'S
[01:09:31] GET BACK TO SAVING OUR COUNTRY.
[01:09:32] GUEST: IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS ACCEPTING BLAME.
[01:09:37] WE REALIZE WHAT WE DID IS NOT RIGHT TO FOCUS ON.
[01:09:40] LET'S GET TOGETHER AHEAD OF 2028.
[01:09:42] FURTHER DOWN, HE HAS A LIST,
[01:09:47] FOCUS ON ENDING THE WAR, INFLATION, AMERICA FIRST.
[01:09:52] YOU CAN EXPECT THAT FROM A CAMPAIGN.
[01:09:54] HOST: UNDERCURRENT. GUEST: THESE ARE THINGS HE WILL
[01:09:58] BE FOCUSING ON AS HE LAUNCHES A PRESIDENTIAL BID.
[01:10:03] HOST: WE'VE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT
[01:10:07] TRUMP LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. WE ARE HEARING FROM YOU.
[01:10:11] WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM CHUCK SCHUMER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
[01:10:15] WE WILL KEEP YOU TUNED IN.
[01:10:19] CAMPAIGN 2026.
[01:10:22] WISCONSIN, DEMOCRATS, JEAN JUMP ON IN.
[01:10:25] CALLER: I LOST MY VOICE.
[01:10:30] I'VE BEEN AT THE BREWERS PARADE.
[01:10:33] THE BREWERS ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE MONEY DOESN'T BY WINNING.
[01:10:39] SUCH AN AMAZING DIVERSE TEAM. PLAYERS FROM VENEZUELA.
[01:10:43] IT'S A NICE ANALOGY. I'M EXCITED.
[01:10:49] WE JUST GOT BACK FROM OSLO, NORWAY.
[01:10:54] I'M SICKENED BY THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENT THAT THE COUNTRY IS TERRIBLE.
[01:10:58] SHOUT OUT TO NORWAY. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. OSLO.
[01:11:03] IT'S EMBARRASSING TO BE THERE
[01:11:05] BECAUSE -- HE CAN'T TAKE THE
[01:11:12] MEDAL.
[01:11:14] THEY SAID IT TOOK TWO REGIMES TO GET RID OF DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA.
[01:11:19] WE ARE SO EXCITED WE STOPPED THIS DISMANTLING.
[01:11:24] THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA. SO EXCITED ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA,
[01:11:27] TEXAS.
[01:11:28] IN WISCONSIN, WE ARE IN THE
[01:11:32] WESTERN SUBURBS MAKING PROGRESS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK'S.
[01:11:37] SCOTT FITZGERALD IS THE NEXT ONE.
[01:11:40] HE HIDES A HALF A MILE FROM OUR HOME AND WE NEVER SEE HIM.
[01:11:44] SO MUCH CREDIT, REBECCA.
[01:11:48] ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TO VOTE, IT IS CHANGING AMERICA.
[01:11:52] WE WERE AT A CONCERT LAST NIGHT. EVERYONE AROUND US WAS WATCHING C-SPAN.
[01:11:59] IT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE 30 YEAR OLD AND YOUNGER CROWD. SO PROUD OF THEM.
[01:12:03] LET'S KEEP GOING, KEEP THIS MOMENTUM.
[01:12:08] IT'S MORE ABOUT SMART POLITICS.
[01:12:11] I BELIEVE IN A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SMART POLITICS.
[01:12:16] PEOPLE KNOW WHY THEY VOTE FOR SOMEONE.
[01:12:17] IN THIS COUNTY, ASK PEOPLE, WHY
[01:12:23] THEY ARE VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP, WELL IT IS KIND OF OCCULT THING.
[01:12:27] THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY. I HOPE WE CAN CHANGE THAT. LOOKS LIKE WE ARE.
[01:12:31] HOST: THE YOUNGER VOTER,
[01:12:36] GOVERNORS RACES, THEIR INFLUENCES?
[01:12:38] GUEST: YOUNGER VOTERS WERE
[01:12:42] ENFRANCHISED IN TEXAS.
[01:12:42] WE SAW THAT WITH JAMES TALARICO.
[01:12:47] THEY WERE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
[01:12:51] MICHIGAN, ABDUL EL-SAYED,
[01:12:55] UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ALL THOSE PLACES.
[01:12:58] YOUNG VOTERS WERE ENERGIZED.
[01:13:00] A POLL EARLIER SAID 60 SOME NEW
[01:13:03] VOTERS WENT FOR DEMOCRATS THERE.
[01:13:06] THAT PROBABLY INCLUDES YOUNG
[01:13:08] 18-YEAR-OLD VOTERS, COLLEGE STUDENTS.
[01:13:11] HOST: DAVID GROLEY
[01:13:18] DEFEATING TIFFANY. GUEST: THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
[01:13:21] EASIER FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:13:25] TOM TIFFANY, VERY CONSERVATIVE,
[01:13:28] RAN A VERY SMART CAMPAIGN.
[01:13:32] WASN'T TOUTING HIS TRUMP ENDORSEMENT MUCH ON THE AIRWAVES.
[01:13:35] FOLKSY GRANDPA VIBE, LIKE HE
[01:13:38] WOULD SIT WITH AT THANKSGIVING AND CHAT WITH.
[01:13:41] DEMOCRATS SAID THAT IS THE CHARACTER WE ARE HAVING TO RUN
[01:13:46] AGAINST BUT IT IS SHEER ENVIRONMENT.
[01:13:47] HOST: ROBERTA, CALIFORNIA,
[01:13:51] REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HEY.
[01:13:55] KIND OF IRONIC. LIVING CALIFORNIA.
[01:14:01] IF WE THINK CALIFORNIA IS THE WAY WE WANT TO BE, DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
[01:14:05] EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
[01:14:07] WE HAVE EVERY PROBLEM SOCIALLY
[01:14:10] WRONG FROM HOMELESSNESS TO
[01:14:12] MENTAL ILLNESS TO A GOVERNOR WHO
[01:14:16] IS CRAZY, WHOSE WIFE IS CRAZIER.
[01:14:20] LET ME ASK YOU, ALL THESE
[01:14:23] DEMOCRATS WHEN OUTVOTED -- WENT
[01:14:26] OUT AND VOTED BECAUSE OF WHAT?
[01:14:29] I HAVEN'T HEARD THE NAME SOROS AT ALL.
[01:14:33] HE HAS BEEN BUYING DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS FOR YEARS.
[01:14:36] WE ARE ALL SITTING HERE ACTING LIKE HE DIDN'T BUY THIS ONE.
[01:14:40] ANOTHER DEMOCRAT FROM CHINA PUT
[01:14:43] IN BILLIONS AND BILLIONS INTO OUR ELECTIONS.
[01:14:46] EVERYONE IS ACTING LIKE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY OUT HERE --
[01:14:50] EITHER THEY DON'T KNOW OR THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
[01:14:52] I WILL TELL YOU, C-SPAN, YOU NOW
[01:14:58] HAVE OWNERSHIP BY ABC.
[01:15:03] WE SHOULD START TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT. HOST: THERE IS NO PART OWNERSHIP BY ABC.
[01:15:07] CALLER: YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
[01:15:12] EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT COMES UP ON C-SPAN. ABC.
[01:15:17] HOST: WE ARE AN ENTITY UNTO OURSELVES.
[01:15:20] WE SOMETIMES RELY ON OTHER THINGS LIKE VIDEO FEEDS BUT WE
[01:15:24] ARE A NETWORK UNTO OURSELVES. CALLER: EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU ASKED FOR MONEY.
[01:15:27] HOST: SURE WE DO. WE HAVE EXPANDED THE FUNDING STREAM.
[01:15:31] CALLER: YOU ASKED FOR PRIVATE MONEY. HOST: WE DO.
[01:15:35] CALLER: YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT YOURSELF?
[01:15:37] HOST: I AM FULLY AWARE.
[01:15:40] I WILL LEAVE YOU THERE BECAUSE I
[01:15:43] WILL CLARIFY AGAIN, WE HAVE TO
[01:15:45] ASK FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS, IF THEY WISH TO SUPPORT THIS
[01:15:50] NETWORK, IT IS PART OF THE EXPANDING EFFORT WE ARE MAKING
[01:15:53] IN TERMS OF OUR MAJORITY OF SUPPORT FROM THE CABLE INDUSTRY,
[01:15:57] AND WE ARE EXPANDING OUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR CALLING AND LISTENING.
[01:16:02] TWO MINUTES AGO WE GOT THE WARNING FROM SENATOR SCHUMER.
[01:16:07] WE ARE EXPECTING TO GO TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
[01:16:09] ABBY TURNER, LOOKING AHEAD,
[01:16:12] GOING FROM HERE, WHAT ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO?
[01:16:19] NOW THAT THESE CHANGES MAY HAVE BEEN MADE?
[01:16:21] GUEST: GOING AHEAD, I WANT TO
[01:16:25] SEEK AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS DELIVER ON THIS?
[01:16:27] EARLY ON IN THE CYCLE, THERE WAS
[01:16:30] CONCERN AFFORDABILITY WAS
[01:16:33] BECOMING THE DEMOCRACY BUZZWORD FOR 2024.
[01:16:36] FIGHTING AGAINST TRUMP, THERE
[01:16:40] WAS CONCERN IF WE THREW OUT WORD AFFORDABILITY EVERYWHERE, IT WOULD LOSE IMPACT ON VOTERS.
[01:16:46] AS THE CYCLE PROGRESSED I HEARD LESS ABOUT THAT, I HEARD SPECIFICS.
[01:16:50] THE BIG TEST IS IF GOVERNORS CAN
[01:16:52] DELIVER ON THESE, ESPECIALLY IN
[01:16:55] STATES WHERE THEY HAVE TO COMPROMISE WITH GOP LEGISLATORS LIKE GEORGIA AND IOWA.
[01:16:59] HOST: HEALTH CARE BEING A MAJOR
[01:17:04] ISSUE, THE PROGRESSIVES WILL BE A CHALLENGE AS WELL.
[01:17:06] GUEST: THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN.
[01:17:11] THERE ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
[01:17:15] NOT AS BIG OF A CONVERSATION IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND SENATE BUT IN PLACES LIKE NEW
[01:17:19] YORK, BLUE STATES ARE SEEING THE RISE OF THIS AS WELL.
[01:17:22] HOST: MARYLAND, INDEPENDENT-MINDED.
[01:17:25] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, PEDRO AND
[01:17:30] GUEST. I'M LOOKING BIGGER PICTURE.
[01:17:34] IT'S GOOD THE DEMOCRATS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED.
[01:17:40] DON'T COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
[01:17:46] IN GOD WE TRUST.
[01:17:50] IF I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THINGS --
[01:17:53] HOST: LET ME PAUSE YOU THERE. SENATOR SCHUMER.
[01:18:02] SEN. SCHUMER: LET ME BEGIN BY
[01:18:05] PLAGIARIZING FRANKIE VALLEY. OH WHAT A NIGHT.
[01:18:10] AGAINST ALL ODDS.
[01:18:12] DEMOCRATS WON THE SENATE AND WE
[01:18:15] HAVE FIVE WORDS FOR THE PEOPLE. RELIEF IS ON THE WAY.
[01:18:23] 2025 I SAID WE COULD WIN BACK THE SENATE AFTER HE LOST THE
[01:18:27] PRESIDENCY AND THE SENATE, PEOPLE ROLLED THEIR EYES.
[01:18:32] WE NEVER WAVERED.
[01:18:36] NOW WE HAVE WON THE SENATE. WHAT CHANGED?
[01:18:41] FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR
[01:18:44] COALITION MOVED AS ONE BODY
[01:18:47] HOUSE AND SENATE TO DEFINE THE
[01:18:51] ISSUES AMERICANS CARED MOST ABOUT. WE TALKED TO AMERICANS.
[01:18:55] WHAT'S ON YOUR MINDS? NUMBER ONE, COST.
[01:19:00] THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
[01:19:03] HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO RAISE A
[01:19:06] FAMILY AND DO THE THINGS YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU TO HAVE
[01:19:10] A GOOD LIFE AND YOUR KIDS WOULD HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
[01:19:15] SECOND, TRUMP'S CORRUPTION.
[01:19:17] THEY KNOW HE WAS THE
[01:19:23] MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT EVER BUY A LOT AND PEOPLE HATED IT.
[01:19:26] WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
[01:19:29] NUMBER ONE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNEW WE WERE ON THEIR SIDE ON
[01:19:32] THE ISSUES. THE SECOND THING WE DID, WE
[01:19:36] INCLUDED GREAT CANDIDATES WHO KNEW HOW TO TAILOR THEIR MESSAGE TO THE STATES.
[01:19:42] EVERY CANDIDATE WE RECRUITED,
[01:19:45] WHENEVER I TALKED TO THEM, THE
[01:19:48] NUMBER ONE THING THAT MOTIVATED THEM WAS PATRIOTISM.
[01:19:50] EACH ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE
[01:19:53] GOTTEN A DIFFERENT JOB, PROBABLY
[01:19:55] PAID MORE, TAKEN LESS TIME.
[01:20:00] THEY BELIEVED IN THEIR STATES, IN THEIR COUNTRY.
[01:20:04] AS THEY CAMPAIGNED, THE PEOPLE SAW THAT.
[01:20:09] THESE WERE GOOD PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARED.
[01:20:12] WE HAVE AN AMAZING CROP OF NEW SENATORS.
[01:20:16] THAT'S GREAT.
[01:20:20] WHAT WE HAVE NOW SEEN, THIS IS
[01:20:24] IMPORTANT, IS A GENERATIONAL
[01:20:25] REMAKE OF THE SENATE MAP THAT'S
[01:20:29] GOING TO CHANGE AMERICA NOT ONLY NOW BUT INTO THE FUTURE.
[01:20:34] WHEN YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC
[01:20:36] SENATORS INTENT ON WORKING THEIR STATES AND SHOWING PEOPLE OF
[01:20:39] THEIR STATE WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE
[01:20:42] REALLY ABOUT, WHETHER IOWA,
[01:20:46] SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, IT WILL
[01:20:50] MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS AGAIN IS A GENERATIONAL
[01:20:56] REMAKE OF THE SENATE MAP THAT
[01:20:59] HAS HUGE CONSEQUENCES FOR HISTORY.
[01:21:04] WELL, IN TERMS OF THE MAJORITY
[01:21:08] -- IT'S NOW 54, COULD GO UP TO
[01:21:13] 55, 56 -- WITH THIS MAJORITY,
[01:21:22] AMERICANS HAVE GIVEN DEMOCRATS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE OURSELVES WORTHY OF THEIR TRUST.
[01:21:26] THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB, MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING THE
[01:21:32] ELECTION -- DOING THINGS.
[01:21:34] NOT ONLY HAVE WE LISTENED TO YOU AND WE ARE LISTENING BUT WE WILL
[01:21:38] DO THINGS TO MAKE YOUR LIVES BETTER. MANY FOLKS WHO VOTED FOR US
[01:21:43] YESTERDAY ARE STILL SKEPTICAL. THAT'S OK.
[01:21:45] THESE VOTERS DIDN'T GIVE US THE MAJORITY SO WE CAN DO WHATEVER
[01:21:49] WE WANT. THEY ENTRUSTED US WITH THE
[01:21:51] MAJORITY TO DO WHAT THEY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT.
[01:21:56] REPUBLICANS RECEIVED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO YEARS AGO AND
[01:21:59] SQUANDERED IT.
[01:22:04] GOP MISREAD AMERICANS DEMAND FOR CHANGE AS A MANDATE TO DO
[01:22:08] TRUMP'S SELF-SERVING BIDDING.
[01:22:12] TRUMP SPENT HALF HIS TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS RELEVANT TO
[01:22:15] THEIR LIVES, ANNOYING -- THE
[01:22:20] REFLECTING POOL, THE NEW WALL --
[01:22:26] MOST OF THE TIME, HE DID THINGS THAT HURT THEM.
[01:22:32] RAISED THEIR HEALTH CARE COSTS,
[01:22:34] ELECTRICITY BILLS, GASOLINE AND DIESEL COSTS.
[01:22:40] REPUBLICAN EYES WERE SO GLUED TO
[01:22:43] TRUMP'S SOCIAL FEED, THEY MISSED
[01:22:47] THE TRUTH STARING THEM DEAD IN THE FACE.
[01:22:50] AMERICANS HATE THE DIRECTION OUR COUNTRY IS GOING RIGHT NOW.
[01:22:56] NOW REPUBLICANS HAVE TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO KEEP LISTENING TO THE
[01:23:02] NONSENSE COMING OUT OF 1600
[01:23:03] PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE OR START
[01:23:07] ACTING IN THE INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IF THEY CONTINUE TO EMBRACE
[01:23:12] TRUMP, THEY WILL BE FOLLOWING
[01:23:14] HIM RIGHT OVER THE CLIFF AS THIS
[01:23:17] ELECTION HAS SHOWN AND IT WILL GET EVEN WORSE FOR THEM.
[01:23:21] WHAT IS OUR ASSIGNMENT?
[01:23:24] FIRST, AMERICANS WANT WASHINGTON TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING.
[01:23:28] THE ANGUISH AMERICAN FAMILIES
[01:23:30] FEEL AS THEY ASK THEMSELVES DO I PAY FOR GAS TO DRIVE TO WORK OR
[01:23:34] GROCERIES TO FEED THE KIDS?
[01:23:35] HEALTH CARE OR ELECTRICITY TO
[01:23:40] KEEP MY FAMILY WARM THIS WINTER?
[01:23:44] SECOND, AMERICANS WANT US TO CLEAN UP CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT.
[01:23:47] THEY KNOW TRUMP IS THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
[01:23:51] NO AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE
[01:23:54] TRADE-OFFS AT THE SUPERMARKET WHILE TRUMP IS MAKING INSIDER TRADES ON THE STOCK MARKET.
[01:24:01] AMERICANS ARE CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT ACCOMMODATION.
[01:24:06] THIRD, THEY WANT TO CHECK ON TRUMP'S CHAOS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
[01:24:11] WE HAVE SEEN TOO MANY AMERICANS DIE ON OUR STREETS AND IN A
[01:24:15] UNIFORM OVERSEAS BECAUSE OF TRUMP POSSE READ A JUDGMENT.
[01:24:18] THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK WE ARE FIGHTING FOR IN IRAN.
[01:24:22] HE'S NEVER MADE IT CLEAR, HE CHANGES HIS MIND MINUTE TO
[01:24:26] MINUTE. THIS WAR MUST END, IT MUST END.
[01:24:31] MAKE NO MISTAKE, WHENEVER TRUMP
[01:24:34] DEFIES THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OR THE LAW, WE WILL
[01:24:37] LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS, TAKE HIM
[01:24:41] TO COURT AND ENTANGLE HIM IN LEGISLATIVE RAZOR WIRE.
[01:24:44] THE DAYS OF TRUMP'S SUPPLICANT SENATE ARE OVER.
[01:24:48] I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY IN THE COMING DAYS ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS
[01:24:52] PULLED OFF THIS VICTORY, HOW OUR MAJORITY PLANS TO DELIVER FOR
[01:24:55] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[01:24:58] BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE ON
[01:25:00] THIS NOTE, IF THERE IS ONE
[01:25:04] HOPEFUL OPTIMISTIC TAKE AWAY, WE SHOULD REMEMBER, FROM THIS
[01:25:08] ELECTION, OUR DEMOCRACY RUNS DEEP. VERY DEEP.
[01:25:14] OUR FOUNDERS CREATED THIS AMAZING DOCUMENT, THE CONSTITUTION.
[01:25:17] THEY ENVISIONED COEQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
[01:25:22] BUT THEY SAID WAS AMBITION WAS MADE TO COUNTERACT AMBITION.
[01:25:27] WHEN AMBITION TURNS TO BLIND LOYALTY, THERE IS ONE LESS FIREWALL.
[01:25:32] THEY THOUGHT THE LEGISLATURE
[01:25:36] WOULD CHECK A KING LIKE PRESIDENT. THIS SENATE HAS FAILED.
[01:25:42] THERE WAS ONE LESS FIREWALL.
[01:25:44] IN OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND
[01:25:47] BALANCES WHERE POWER DERIVES FROM THE CONSENT OF THE
[01:25:52] GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE STRONGEST LEVER
[01:25:54] AMERICANS HAVE TO COUNTER A WANT TO BE KING.
[01:26:01] SO LONG AS AMERICANS ARE WILLING TO USE IT. YESTERDAY AMERICA DID.
[01:26:06] EVEN DURING THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES, THESE TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN
[01:26:10] AMONG THEM, AMERICANS HAVE NEVER
[01:26:12] LOST FAITH THEY CAN CHANGE THIS COUNTRY WITH THEIR VOTE.
[01:26:18] THE ONUS IS NOW ON US TO PROVE THEM RIGHT.
[01:26:22] YES. NO NO NO.
[01:26:26] NOPE NOPE NOPE.
[01:26:28] >> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE
[01:26:31] PRESIDENT YET ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE THAT FIREWALL?
[01:26:35] SEN. SCHUMER: NOT YET. >> HOW ARE DEMOCRATS GOING TO
[01:26:38] END THE WAR WITH IRAN? SEN. SCHUMER: WE ARE GOING TO
[01:26:43] END THE WAR. WE HAVE SOME REPUBLICANS ALREADY WHO HAVE JOINED US.
[01:26:49] THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD THE POWER OF THE PURSE AS ONE OF THE
[01:26:53] WAYS OF DETERRING A PRESIDENT
[01:26:56] WHO DOES WAR WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. YES?
[01:26:58] >> YOU TOOK A LOT OF CRITICISM IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
[01:27:05] WAS THIS A VINDICATION FOR YOU AND YOUR VISION FOR THE SENATE?
[01:27:08] SEN. SCHUMER: THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
[01:27:13] THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE, WHAT
[01:27:16] THEY WANT AND NEED AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, PLAIN AND
[01:27:20] SIMPLE. YES? IGOR.
[01:27:24] NO. IGOR? >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:27:29] SEN. SCHUMER: EVERYONE WILL MAKE
[01:27:33] THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF PETE HEGSETH. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:27:38] IS THIS GOING TO BE A BLANKET HOLD? [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:27:41] SEN. SCHUMER:: WE WANT JUDICIAL
[01:27:45] NOMINEES LIKE WE SHOWED IN 2023.
[01:27:53] WHO OBEY THE LAW AND HAVE FIDELITY TO THE RULE OF LAW.
[01:27:55] TOO MANY OF TRUMP'S NOMINEES DID
[01:27:59] NOT HAVE THAT AT ALL. YES. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:28:04] -- ABOLISH THE FILIBUSTER -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:28:07] -- WOULD YOU SUPPORT -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:28:10] SEN. SCHUMER: THE FIRST THING WE
[01:28:13] ARE GOING TO DO IS REDUCE
[01:28:16] PEOPLE'S COSTS, WORK THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS SO IT DOES.
[01:28:19] THANK YOU. [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:28:24] SEN. SCHUMER: HE ASKED CAN I WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT OK.
[01:28:30] WE ARE GOING TO WORK HARD TO
[01:28:32] DRIVE COSTS DOWN WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WITHOUT HIM.
[01:28:37] PERIOD. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:28:41] HOST: SENATE MINORITY LEADER
[01:28:46] CHUCK SCHUMER COMMENTING ON YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS, EXPECTED
[01:28:48] TO BECOME THE MAJORITY LEADER WHEN THE 120TH CONGRESS COMES IN.
[01:28:52] GUEST: A LOT OF THINGS STOOD OUT.
[01:28:56] VOTERS GAVE US TRUST BUT WE HAVEN'T EARNED IT.
[01:28:59] HOST: HE'S COMING BACK. SEN. SCHUMER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:29:05] ASK YOUR QUESTION. >> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A
[01:29:10] DIFFERENT CONFERENCE WITH A LOT OF SENATORS FROM RED STATES.
[01:29:15] IS THIS A REPUDIATION OF THE LEFT? HOW DOES THIS CHANGE HOW YOU GOVERN?
[01:29:19] SEN. SCHUMER: IF YOU LISTENED TO
[01:29:21] OUR CANDIDATES, WHETHER
[01:29:24] PROGRESSIVE OR MODERATE, AND WE
[01:29:27] HAD SOME OF EACH BECAUSE WE ARE A BIG TENT, THEY WERE SAYING THE SAME THINGS.
[01:29:31] THIS MORNING, CORY BOOKER,
[01:29:35] BEFORE I WENT ON MORNING JOE,
[01:29:38] ADAM HAMILTON, WHAT THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DO WAS REMARKABLY
[01:29:41] SIMILAR. REDUCE COSTS AND AND THE CORRUPTION.
[01:29:46] EACH CANDIDATE'S, SOON TO BE
[01:29:49] SENATORS, SAID IT IN A WAY THAT FIT THEIR STATE.
[01:29:54] IT'S DIFFERENT IN MAINE, IN KANSAS.
[01:29:58] IT WAS THE SAME MESSAGE.
[01:30:00] WE WILL BE UNITED AS A CAUCUS FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES.
[01:30:04] WHAT WHAT WHAT?
[01:30:04] >> WHAT ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS,
[01:30:09] THE BALANCE BETWEEN INVESTIGATIONS AND POLICY? SEN. SCHUMER: THERE WERE SUCH
[01:30:13] RAMPANT CORRUPTION, THERE HAS TO
[01:30:17] BE INVESTIGATIONS BUT WE WILL NOT TAKE OUR EYE OFF THE BALL.
[01:30:18] NUMBER ONE, REDUCING COSTS AND ENDING CORRUPTION.
[01:30:22] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:30:24] SEN. SCHUMER: WE HAVE A
[01:30:28] BIPARTISAN GROUP WORKING ON
[01:30:31] PERMITTING REFORM, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME UP WITH --
[01:30:35] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:30:39] >> HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE
[01:30:43] CANDIDATES WHO WON WHO SAID THEY WOULDN'T VOTE FOR YOU?
[01:30:45] SEN. SCHUMER: TO REPEAT THE
[01:30:48] ANSWER, THE ISSUE IS NOT ME.
[01:30:53] I WILL BE REELECTED AS MAJORITY LEADER.
[01:30:57] THE ISSUE IS FOCUSING ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WANT. [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:31:07] HOST: I BELIEVE HE HAS DONE THIS TIME AROUND.
[01:31:12] TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EXTENDED VERSION? GUEST: REDUCE COSTS.
[01:31:18] TAMP DOWN CORRUPTION.
[01:31:22] IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR DEMOCRATS. TRUMP WILL BE STANDING IN THE
[01:31:26] WAY WITH THE VETO.
[01:31:32] INTERESTING NEXT FEW MONTHS TO SEE HOW DEMOCRATS APPROACH THE BALANCE.
[01:31:38] THEY HAVE TO REDUCE COSTS, STRIKE THE BALANCE WITH INVESTIGATIONS.
[01:31:43] IN THE FINAL FEW WEEKS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, DEMOCRATS WERE
[01:31:46] WARY TO TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION,
[01:31:49] TYING IT BACK TO DEMOCRACY, SORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
[01:31:53] TRUMP FAMILY, THROUGH THE COST-OF-LIVING ISSUE.
[01:31:56] WHAT THIS FAMILY IS DOING IS THE REASON WHY COSTS ARE SO HIGH FOR YOU.
[01:32:00] I COULD SEE A WAY WHERE THEY
[01:32:03] COULD WEASEL THAT IN, START TO
[01:32:05] DO INVESTIGATIONS SCHUMER TALKED ABOUT AND SAY THIS IS HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
[01:32:10] IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO GET ANYTHING ACROSS THE LINE.
[01:32:12] HOST: YOU ARE WATCHING
[01:32:19] CONTINUING COVERAGE OF ELECTION
[01:32:21] 2026, THE MIDTERMS, PART OF 20
[01:32:24] HOURS OF COVERAGE HERE AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON OUR WEBSITE, OUR APP.
[01:32:29] YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN INFORMATION PERTAINING TO WHERE POWER STANDS.
[01:32:33] THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL BE CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS NEXT
[01:32:37] YEAR. WE ARE WAITING FOR HAKEEM
[01:32:40] JEFFRIES TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE
[01:32:42] HOUSE SIDE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST
[01:32:46] NIGHT AND WHAT IT MEANS GOING FORWARD.
[01:32:47] WHEN HE APPEARS, WE WILL TAKE THOSE COMMENTS LIVE IN TALK TO YOU.
[01:32:53] MARYLAND, GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR THOUGHT?
[01:32:55] CALLER: IN GOD WE TRUST.
[01:33:00] I THINK THIS COMES FROM THE TOP. WE NEED A BUDGET.
[01:33:04] GET A BUDGET. TOP TO BOTTOM.
[01:33:12] DON'T OVERSPEND.
[01:33:15] LET'S GET THIS DEBT IN FOCUS,
[01:33:19] FIND OUT HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH THE BUDGET AND THIS DEBT.
[01:33:24] THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT MONEY
[01:33:26] SPENDING AND THAT OTHER STUFF.
[01:33:29] BEFORE NOW, BEFORE THE DEMOCRATS
[01:33:32] GOT IN, AND WERE IN BEFORE, OK?
[01:33:38] THE UNEXPECTED, WE DEAL WITH A
[01:33:41] LOT OF ISSUES NOT FORESEEN.
[01:33:44] THIS CLIMATE CHANGE, AI STUFF, A
[01:33:48] BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
[01:33:54] WE NEED TO PUT OUR MINDS WITH A MINDSET TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
[01:33:59] JUST LIKE MR. SCHUMER SAID, I'M
[01:34:00] AGREEING WITH HIM, WE NEED TO
[01:34:03] BRING THE PEOPLE IN PERSPECTIVE
[01:34:06] ON HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE
[01:34:11] THIS.
[01:34:14] LET'S GET WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO
[01:34:15] DO FOR US, LET US GET IT
[01:34:19] TOGETHER, TOGETHER. HOST: WHETHER CHUCK SCHUMER OR
[01:34:22] THE STATE LEVEL, CAMPAIGNING IS ONE THING AND GOVERNING IS
[01:34:26] HARDER WHEN YOU'VE MADE PROMISES. GUEST: SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME. [LAUGHTER]
[01:34:31] THE SENATE AND HOUSE HAVE TO DO THIS.
[01:34:37] GOVERNORS WHO DON'T HAVE A TRIFECTA WILL HAVE TO SET A REALITY CHECK WITH THEIR
[01:34:41] CONSTITUENTS. THESE ARE MY PROMISES, THESE ARE
[01:34:44] THE FACTORS I'M UP AGAINST.
[01:34:46] TRUMP'S VETO, A GOP STATE
[01:34:50] LEGISLATOR HERE. AT THE STATE LEVEL, THERE ARE
[01:34:53] EXECUTIVE ACTIONS GOVERNORS SAID THEY WANT TO TAKE.
[01:34:57] A LOT HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON DATA
[01:35:01] CENTERS. A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THEY CAN
[01:35:05] DO IN STATES BUT A LOT OF THE
[01:35:07] AFFORDABILITY STUFF HAS TO BE DONE BY A STATE LEGISLATURE.
[01:35:11] HOST: MATT, VIRGINIA, DEMOCRAT.
[01:35:14] CALLER: THANK YOU.
[01:35:23] ORIGINALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA.
[01:35:25] YOU MENTIONED JD VANCE'S POST.
[01:35:32] THEY HAVE GIVEN THE DEMOCRATS A
[01:35:33] GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ONE OF THE
[01:35:36] THINGS I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT --
[01:35:39] HOW ARE THE DEMOCRATS GOING TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISES TO LOWER COSTS?
[01:35:44] IT'S ALWAYS EASIER TO BE AGAINST SOMETHING THAN FOR SOMETHING.
[01:35:47] JD VANCE'S PRIMARILY MENTIONING
[01:35:53] THEY LOST BECAUSE OF ONE REASON AND THAT WAS THE WAR.
[01:35:57] HE SAID THAT IS ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES.
[01:35:59] IF I AM DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP, THE FIRST THING I DO IS PUT
[01:36:04] SOMETHING WHETHER A WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OR A VOTE FRONT AND CENTER.
[01:36:09] MENTIONED THAT THE VICE
[01:36:10] PRESIDENT AGREES, THAT THE WAR
[01:36:13] NEEDS TO END AND TIE THAT IN IN
[01:36:14] TERMS OF ENDING THE WAR AND HOW
[01:36:17] THAT COULD THEREBY LOWER PRICES FOR AMERICANS. PUT THAT FRONT AND CENTER.
[01:36:25] PUT THOSE MODERATE REPUBLICANS,
[01:36:28] DEMOCRATS ON RECORD AS HAVING TO VOTE RIGHT THERE.
[01:36:33] IT WOULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING
[01:36:37] TANGIBLE TO SHOW IF THEY COULD PASS THAT AND IT PUTS THE BALL
[01:36:40] -- THE SENATE COULD PASS THAT
[01:36:44] HOPEFULLY WITH THEIR NEW MAJORITY AS WELL. THEN YOU WOULD REALLY MAKE IT
[01:36:48] DIFFICULT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
[01:36:50] VETO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT IS
[01:36:54] TALKING ABOUT THAT. TRUMP HIMSELF ALLUDED TO THE
[01:36:59] WAR, THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
[01:37:04] THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON. HOST: THANK YOU.
[01:37:08] GUEST: OUR CALLER MIGHT BE
[01:37:11] HAVING A SNEAK PEEK AT CHUCK SCHUMER'S PLAYBOOK.
[01:37:14] THIS WOULD BE AN INTERESTING MANEUVER.
[01:37:18] POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF CUTTING OFF FUNDING FOR THE WAR. POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS.
[01:37:24] TRUMP THINKS ABOUT HIMSELF A LOT.
[01:37:26] HE ALSO WANTS TO MAKE SURE REPUBLICANS HAVE A CHANCE AT WINNING 2028.
[01:37:31] HE HAS TO CONTEND WITH DO I WANT TO END THE WAR OR JEOPARDIZE JD VANCE?
[01:37:36] VERY BAD LOOK FOR VANCE IF HE
[01:37:38] HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SAYING THE REASON WHY COSTS ARE HIGH IS
[01:37:41] THE WAR AND WE WANT TO END IT AND YOUR OWN PRESIDENT WILL NOT
[01:37:45] SIGN THIS TO END IT.
[01:37:48] IT WOULD BE A PRECARIOUS POSITION FOR JD VANCE TO BE IN.
[01:37:51] TRUMP WILL HAVE TO WAY THAT.
[01:37:53] HOST: JOINING US FOR THE RIDE,
[01:37:56] IT WILL BE A PRECARIOUS
[01:37:59] SITUATION IF I DON'T GO BACK TO THE DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD
[01:38:02] PARTICULARLY FOR TAXES.
[01:38:03] JOHN: WHEN LAST WE TALKED, WE
[01:38:10] TALKED ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN GERRYMANDER IN 2024, THEN A
[01:38:13] SECOND SHOT IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HOW THAT CHANGED IT.
[01:38:17] THIS IS THE 2024 DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, YOU CAN SEE HOW
[01:38:22] MUCH BLUER IT IS IN 2026. THE LONE STAR STATE.
[01:38:26] VERY HIGH-PROFILE REDISTRICTING.
[01:38:30] DID IT BACKFIRE?
[01:38:32] DID TEXAS NORTH CAROLINA ITSELF?
[01:38:36] JACOB: THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO
[01:38:39] HAVE NORTH CAROLINAD ITSELF.
[01:38:43] THEY GOT DANGEROUSLY CLOSE.
[01:38:46] THAT IS NOT TO SAY TEXAS HAS GONE WELL FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:38:49] THEY LOST EVERY STATEWIDE RACE
[01:38:51] AND THEY WILL PROBABLY LOSE A
[01:38:53] HOUSE DISTRICT, DESPITE THE FACT
[01:38:56] THEY REDREW THE MAP TO PICK UP AS MANY AS FIVE SEATS.
[01:38:59] JOHN: NOT A GREAT NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS.
[01:39:02] WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO HOLD ON?
[01:39:04] JACOB: LET'S LOOK AT HOUSTON.
[01:39:10] COUPLE DISTRICTS, THE SECOND DISTRICT, THIS CAME ONLINE LATE.
[01:39:15] CLOSED POLLING. THE OPEN DAN CRENSHAW SEAT.
[01:39:19] TOTH AHEAD OF FINNIE BY TWO
[01:39:24] POINTS.
[01:39:25] JOHN: NEXT DOOR IS THE 38TH READ
[01:39:28] JACOB: BONCK WILL BE THE NEXT
[01:39:34] REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN HERE.
[01:39:36] THEY REDREW THIS IN 2022 TO BE SOLID REPUBLICAN.
[01:39:39] THEN THEY LOST THE GOP PRIMARY. THREE POINT VICTORY IN A
[01:39:43] DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP BY 21 POINTS TWO YEARS AGO.
[01:39:47] JOHN: THE DISTRICTS THAT TOUCH
[01:39:53] SUBURBAN DALLAS, THE FIFTH.
[01:39:54] JACOB: TEXAS FIVE, TRUMP PLUS 22
[01:40:00] SEAT, NOT ON ANYONE'S RADAR.
[01:40:03] LOOKING FOR THE UNCALLED RACE,
[01:40:06] GOOD AND AHEAD BY JUST 7000 VOTES, A MARGIN OF 3%.
[01:40:10] JOHN: ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS
[01:40:12] THAT TOUCHES WHAT BECAME A BLUE
[01:40:14] PART OF THE STATE LAST NIGHT, THE 27TH.
[01:40:17] JACOB: MICHAEL CLOUD, ANOTHER
[01:40:21] TRUMP PLUS 21 SEAT, HE'S UP BY
[01:40:24] JUST TWO AND A HALF POINTS, ANOTHER UNCALLED RACE.
[01:40:26] JOHN: WHY NOT GO BACK TO DALLAS?
[01:40:29] JACOB: JACE YARBOROUGH AHEAD BY
[01:40:33] THREE POINTS OF DAN BARRIOS,
[01:40:36] ANOTHER RACE THAT REPUBLICANS STARTED SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY
[01:40:39] ON IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, THE CLUB FOR GROWTH SPENT SEVERAL MILLIONS.
[01:40:44] THE STORY OF WHY TEXAS REPUBLICANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE
[01:40:48] TO HOLD ON IS BECAUSE THEIR CANDIDATES HAD SO MUCH MONEY AS WELL AS THE PARTISANSHIP.
[01:40:54] TEXAS 32, A TRUMP PLUS 18 DISTRICT.
[01:40:59] REPUBLICANS WILL DROP A SEAT AND LOSE THE NINTH IN HOUSTON.
[01:41:03] COUPLE POINTS WORSE FOR THEM AND THEY COULD HAVE LOST ANOTHER SIX
[01:41:08] DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE DOWN THERE, BACK TO HOUSTON, THE
[01:41:12] NAILS SEAT, USED TO BE TROY
[01:41:16] NEHLS, NOW IT IS HIS IDENTICAL
[01:41:19] TWIN BROTHER TREVOR NELS, RUNNING FOR THIS. HE'S UP BY THREE POINTS.
[01:41:25] UNINSPIRING REPUBLICAN VICTORIES IN SIX DISTRICTS THAT VOTED FOR
[01:41:29] TRUMP BY A MARGIN OF 18 POINTS OR MORE.
[01:41:31] THAT IS THE STORY OF TEXAS,
[01:41:34] STRUGGLING TO HOLD ONTO THE REPUBLICAN PARTS OF THE STATE.
[01:41:37] JOHN: THAT IS TEXAS.
[01:41:40] WE HAVE BEEN TELLING STORIES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING OF ALL THESE STATES.
[01:41:44] HOST: THANKS.
[01:41:48] SEAN, COLORADO, REPUBLICAN LINE. THANKS FOR WAITING.
[01:41:53] CALLER: NO WORRIES. WHAT'S UP PEDRO?
[01:41:58] SAD DAY FOR AMERICA. YOU ARE LIKE KIDS ON CHRISTMAS.
[01:42:03] THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT PUSHED THE DEMOCRATS OVER THE LINE.
[01:42:08] 70 IS A MEMBERS IN, ABDUL, OMAR
[01:42:13] WINNING EVEN THOUGH SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER AND STOLE MILLIONS AND SHE STILL WINS.
[01:42:17] THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OBAMA
[01:42:21] IMPORTS THOUSANDS OF SOMALIANS AND WE HAVE MAIL-IN VOTING.
[01:42:24] I WAS AT LINE IN THE POLLS IN COLORADO.
[01:42:26] I SWEAR TO GOD, THEY CALLED IT
[01:42:31] 1% AND PEOPLE WERE STILL IN LINE.
[01:42:34] THEY CALLED THE COLORADO ELECTION. THESE BLUE CITIES ARE STEALING
[01:42:38] STATES. ONE STATE AFTER ANOTHER, THEY STEAL IT.
[01:42:43] THE MAIL-IN VOTING GOES ON FOR MONTHS AND WEEKS.
[01:42:46] I HAVE A HOME IN EUROPE. FLORIDA IS A GREAT STATE.
[01:42:51] EUROPE IS DESTROYED. THESE KIDS, CHARLIE KIRK WAS RIGHT.
[01:42:56] THESE KIDS ARE INDOCTRINATED. POLITICS ARE DESTROYING THEIR MINDS.
[01:43:00] SAD DAY FOR AMERICA.
[01:43:01] HOST: DAVID, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, INDEPENDENT.
[01:43:05] CALLER: THANK YOU.
[01:43:10] ABOLISH AND PROSECUTE I.C.E.,
[01:43:17] ZIONISM IS RACIST AND GENOCIDAL.
[01:43:18] THE ELECTION LAST NIGHT WAS A
[01:43:21] VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS.
[01:43:26] THEY DO NOT PROPOSE AN OPPOSITION PARTY TO THE FASCIST
[01:43:29] RISING IN AMERICA.
[01:43:33] CHUCK SCHUMER AND HAKEEM JEFFRIES NEED TO GO. THEY LACK LEADERSHIP.
[01:43:37] THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN THERE TO BE THE ANTI-TRUMP.
[01:43:39] THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE LIFTING US
[01:43:43] UP TO LET US GO AGAIN AND I
[01:43:44] FULLY SUPPORT ABSOLUTELY A LARGE
[01:43:50] SOCIALIST WORKING PARTY MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY.
[01:43:52] WE NEED TO OWN THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION. THE RESULTS OF LAST NIGHTS
[01:43:58] ELECTION, MERELY WE DON'T LIKE WHAT TRUMP IS DOING.
[01:44:01] BOTH PARTIES HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN LETTING US DOWN.
[01:44:05] THE FOUNDING FATHERS, EVEN
[01:44:08] THOUGH THEY WERE SLAVE OWNERS AND ABHORRENT PEOPLE, TOLD US
[01:44:13] THAT THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM MAKES US NATIONALISTIC, TO FOCUS ON IDOLATRY.
[01:44:18] WE NEED A THIRD PARTY SYSTEM, RANK CHOICE VOTING MOVING FORWARD.
[01:44:23] WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THE WIN BUT THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ACROSS
[01:44:27] THE NATION NEED TO NOT JUST
[01:44:30] STAND AGAINST I.C.E., USE THEIR
[01:44:37] POLICE FORCES TO OPPOSE THEM PHYSICALLY.
[01:44:38] WE HAVE MAST FIGURES MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTRY AND KILLING US.
[01:44:42] HOST: DAVID IN CHICAGO WASN'T
[01:44:47] THE FIRST WANT TO MENTION ON THE
[01:44:47] DEMOCRATIC SIDE THAT THE LEADERS
[01:44:51] SCHUMER AND JEFFRIES HAVE TO GO. WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT HAPPENING?
[01:44:55] GUEST: THEY ARE BOTH SAFE TO
[01:44:58] HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE
[01:45:02] POSITIONS. WE SAW CANDIDATES ON BOTH SIDES SAYING THEY WOULD NOT BACK THEN
[01:45:07] BUT THEIR MARGINS ARE COMFORTABLE.
[01:45:11] JEFFRIES, IF HE HAD A DOZEN OR
[01:45:13] SO MARGIN OVER THE REPUBLICANS,
[01:45:16] MIGHT HAVE BEEN TESTY WITH THESE PROGRESSIVE DSA CANDIDATES.
[01:45:20] WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING UPWARDS OF
[01:45:22] 250, THAT NULLIFIES THIS WING OF THE PARTY IN OPPOSING HIM FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP.
[01:45:27] HOST: RUDY, CALIFORNIA, HAKEEM
[01:45:31] JEFFRIES WAITING, DEMOCRAT LINE.
[01:45:34] CALLER: HOW YOU DOING PEDRO AND
[01:45:38] ABIGAIL? I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER, I CALLER ABBY.
[01:45:43] SENATOR SCHUMER HAS THE RIGHT IDEA.
[01:45:47] DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH
[01:45:50] IMPEACHMENT OR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.
[01:45:54] THEY DON'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE
[01:45:56] OR GAS IN THE CAR, TAKE CARE OF HEALTH CARE AND CHILDCARE.
[01:45:59] FOR ME, THE DEMOCRATS BETTER
[01:46:05] RECOGNIZE IMPEACHMENT AND THAT STUFF IS NOT GOING TO DO THEM
[01:46:10] GOOD. THANK YOU.
[01:46:12] HOST: HOW LONG DO HONEYMOON
[01:46:15] PERIODS LAST IN THESE
[01:46:19] SITUATIONS?
[01:46:20] GUEST: NOT LONG AND NOT WHEN
[01:46:24] PRICES ARE THIS HIGH.
[01:46:26] VOTERS WANT TO SEE DEMOCRATS IN POWER. THEY WANT TO SEE PRICES LOWERED.
[01:46:30] THERE IS SKEPTICISM OVER TRUMP
[01:46:34] 1, LOOKING AT THE MOVES DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER THE
[01:46:38] ANTI-MAGA.
[01:46:40] VOTERS WANTED MORE FROM THEM, TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR.
[01:46:45] THAT IS THE TASK AT HAND FOR DEMOCRATS AHEAD OF 2028.
[01:46:51] MAYBE THAT TAKES COMPROMISING WITH TRUMP TO GET THINGS ACROSS
[01:46:53] THE LINE, TO LOWER COSTS AND END THE WAR IN IRAN.
[01:46:58] IT WILL BE HARD FOR DEMOCRATS TO GET THIS DONE WITH A DIVIDED
[01:47:02] GOVERNMENT. HOST: MARY, OHIO, REPUBLICAN
[01:47:06] LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS
[01:47:10] CALLER, IMPEACHMENT WILL PUT FOOD ON ANYONE STABLE.
[01:47:13] I AGREE WITH THE CALLER FROM MARYLAND ABOUT THE BUDGET BEING SO IMPORTANT.
[01:47:19] FIND IT INTERESTING CHUCK SCHUMER REFERENCED THE POWER OF THE PURSE, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE
[01:47:24] WAR, BUT 12 TIMES A YEAR BOTH
[01:47:28] PARTIES REFUSED TO DO THEIR JOB AND THEY AVOID PASSING BUDGET
[01:47:32] BILLS AND THAT IS THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION.
[01:47:34] AS FOR THE BLUE WAVE, I HOPE IT
[01:47:37] PRODUCES SOMETHING POSITIVE. MAYBE IT WILL FORCE COMPROMISE.
[01:47:42] I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THAT LIFE-CHANGING.
[01:47:45] PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS LIKE CLINTON, OBAMA AND GEORGE BUSH
[01:47:50] FACED OPPOSITION PARTIES AND THE CONGRESS AND SOMETIMES IT CAN LEAD TO A GRIDLOCK AS WELL.
[01:47:55] I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE
[01:47:59] WANT CHANGE, WE ARE TIRED OF
[01:48:02] GRANDSTANDING, OF THE POLITICAL AND DECISION.
[01:48:06] WE WANT SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR EVERYONE. HOST: A SIMILAR THEME.
[01:48:11] PEOPLE WANT PEOPLE TO OWN UP TO WHAT THEY PROMISED.
[01:48:13] GUEST: AS WE HAVE SEEN IN MANY
[01:48:16] CONGRESS IS A RECENT, FEWER
[01:48:19] BILLS INTRODUCED IN PAST BUT THEY ARE VERY LARGE BILLS.
[01:48:26] 6 MILLION LEGISLATIVE WORDS PER CONGRESS, FEWER NUMBER OF BILLS.
[01:48:30] WE WILL PROBABLY SEE BIG BUDGET BILLS.
[01:48:32] HOST: SO-CALLED REGULAR ORDER, I
[01:48:36] GUESS THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
[01:48:39] WHETHER THEY DELIVER ON IT IS ANOTHER THING.
[01:48:41] CLIFF, THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, A
[01:48:46] CLOSE WATCH AREA, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: HI, GLAD TO BE ABLE TO TALK.
[01:48:51] I'M IN THE VILLAGES.
[01:48:58] I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING HOW
[01:49:01] THE AFFORDABILITY PART CANNOT BE
[01:49:05] SOMETHING THE DEMOCRATS THAT'S
[01:49:07] WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS IN
[01:49:11] FLORIDA, WE PASSED AMENDMENT THREE, WHICH IS GOING TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
[01:49:16] THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS HERE TO GET RID OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE.
[01:49:20] I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GAS PART.
[01:49:24] MOST OF WHAT I COULD SEE, THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING ON IS THE WAR
[01:49:28] IS BAD AND THAT IS INCREASING OR GAS PRICES.
[01:49:32] I THINK THEY WERE THE SAME PARTY THAT BLOCKED THE KEYSTONE
[01:49:38] PIPELINE, THEY HIT OFFSHORE DRILLING, THEY STOPPED ALASKA
[01:49:42] ENERGY, GRID LINE FIVE AND THEY
[01:49:45] DRAINED THE OIL RESERVES. I'M WONDERING WHAT THEY REALLY
[01:49:50] BELIEVE, ENDING THE WAR IN IRAN
[01:49:54] IS GOING TO DO TO LOWER GAS
[01:49:57] PRICES, WHEN WE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REFINERIES?
[01:50:01] WE ARE NOT PRODUCING, A COUNTRY
[01:50:05] INDEPENDENT OF OIL AGAIN. WE ARE GOING IN REVERSE.
[01:50:07] I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PLAN ON
[01:50:12] REDUCING COSTS TO THE CONSUMER.
[01:50:15] HOST: WHEN YOU ARE VOTING FOR
[01:50:18] GOVERNOR, IF I MAY ASK, WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR?
[01:50:22] CALLER: HE WAS NOT MY FIRST
[01:50:26] ELECTION BUT HE ENDED UP BEING A REPUBLICAN.
[01:50:31] DONALD. HOST: THAT WAS CLIFF.
[01:50:38] WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF AFFORDABILITY, BYRON DONALDS?
[01:50:42] GUEST: ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS
[01:50:46] THAT EMERGED IN THIS WAS HURRICANE INSURANCE.
[01:50:49] WE SEE MORE HURRICANES. THEY BECOME MORE DISASTROUS YEAR
[01:50:53] AFTER YEAR. FLORIDIANS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
[01:50:57] THAT IS SOMETHING HE MAY HAVE TO TAKE UP AS WELL.
[01:50:59] HOST: SOME GOVERNORS HAVE TO
[01:51:03] DEAL WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES, ESPECIALLY VIRGINIA.
[01:51:07] WHAT DO THOSE TELL US ABOUT THE SENTIMENT PEOPLE HAD?
[01:51:10] GUEST: I COVERED SOME OF THE
[01:51:16] ABORTION RELATED BALLOT MEASURES, VIRGINIA, NEVADA,
[01:51:20] IDAHO, MISSOURI.
[01:51:24] MISSOURI, THIS MEASURE WOULD REPEAL THE CONSTITUTIONAL
[01:51:27] AMENDMENT PASSED IN 2024 TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS.
[01:51:30] THERE WAS A GOP LED EFFORT FROM
[01:51:34] THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO NULLIFY THAT AND VOTERS REJECTED IT.
[01:51:37] ABORTION RIGHTS WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL ALL OVER THE BALLOT.
[01:51:41] IDAHO HAD A MEASURE, IT WAS NOT
[01:51:45] CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. IT WAS MORE STATUTORY.
[01:51:49] IT WOULD BE PUT INTO LAW TO ENSHRINE ABORTION RIGHTS BUT
[01:51:52] VOTERS REJECTED THAT.
[01:51:55] VIRGINIA AND NEVADA BOTH HAVE THE STATUTORY RIGHT TO ABORTION
[01:51:58] BUT THEY BOTH ENSHRINED THAT IN THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS LAST NIGHT.
[01:52:01] HOST: HAKEEM JEFFRIES EXPECTED
[01:52:06] MOMENTARILY, AT LEAST BY NOON.
[01:52:08] RICK,, ILLINOIS, REPUBLICAN LINE.
[01:52:11] CALLER: HOW YOU DOING?
[01:52:14] JUST HAPPY THE PEOPLE SPOKE TO
[01:52:18] THE COUNTRY.
[01:52:25] LET THE REPUBLICANS TAKE A COUPLE YEARS OFF.
[01:52:29] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:52:32] ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON IN THE WHITE HOUSE --
[01:52:35] HOST: ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
[01:52:39] CALLER: REPUBLICAN.
[01:52:42] I VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS LAST NIGHT.
[01:52:45] I WANT CHANGE.
[01:52:50] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:52:52] I DIDN'T WANT TO BUT I DID VOTE
[01:52:56] DEMOCRAT BUT I JUST WANT
[01:52:59] EVERYONE TO KNOW, LET THE PEOPLE
[01:53:05] DO THEIR JOB THAT GOT IN.
[01:53:06] HOST: WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY?
[01:53:10] CALLER: CHANGE, GETTING FOOD ON
[01:53:16] THE TABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE MONEY.
[01:53:19] PEOPLE WORKING THREE JOBS A WEEK. IT IS SAD OUT THERE.
[01:53:29] I SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
[01:53:32] YOU NEVER HEAR [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:53:39] -- IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE EVERY
[01:53:41] TIME DONALD TRUMP SAID DO IT, THEY DO IT.
[01:53:48] I SAW HOW EVERYTHING WAS GOING. [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:53:54] I DID IT.
[01:53:56] HOST: OK.
[01:53:58] CALLER: I'M JUST HAPPY AND I
[01:54:02] HOPE THEY LET REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DO THEIR JOBS.
[01:54:06] HOST: THANK YOU.
[01:54:07] GUEST: ONE OF THE BEST CASES
[01:54:11] THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED FOR REPUBLICANS LAST NIGHT IS THERE VOTERS STAYED HOME.
[01:54:16] THIS IS A REPUBLICAN WHO VOTED DEMOCRATIC.
[01:54:19] THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE SEEING SUCH A BIG WAVE HERE.
[01:54:22] THE PROBLEM REPUBLICANS FACED --
[01:54:27] THEY WANTED TO GET VOTERS TO THE POLLS AND VOTE REPUBLICAN.
[01:54:31] SOME REPUBLICAN VOTERS WERE SO DISILLUSIONED, THEY WENT OUT AND VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS.
[01:54:35] HOST: WE WILL LEARN ABOUT
[01:54:38] TURNOUT IN THE DAYS AHEAD. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
[01:54:42] WHAT FACTORS KEPT PEOPLE HOME OR
[01:54:45] CAUSED THEM TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THAT WILL BE AND WHAT YOU COVER?
[01:54:49] GUEST: SOME STATES, REPUBLICANS
[01:54:53] HAD TO TURN OUT TO DELIVER DEMOCRATS A VICTORY. IOWA.
[01:54:59] REPUBLICANS HAVE A HEAVY VOTER REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE HERE.
[01:55:04] ROB STAND MADE A UNIQUE APPEAL.
[01:55:06] HE WOULD OPEN RALLIES WITH EVERYONE SINGING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.
[01:55:11] EVERYONE WOULD CLAP FOR REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND
[01:55:15] INDEPENDENTS. HE WAS ABLE TO WIN THEM OVER BECAUSE OF HIS MESSAGE.
[01:55:21] CALLERS SAID THEY WERE TIRED OF THE DIVISIVENESS IN THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
[01:55:27] SAND IS A DEMOCRAT BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE.
[01:55:29] HE'S CRITICIZED BOTH PARTIES AND HE DOESN'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
[01:55:33] A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
[01:55:33] HOST: ANGELA, ALABAMA, DEMOCRAT.
[01:55:37] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:55:40] FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNDER DOD.
[01:55:45] I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, HER
[01:55:50] THOUGHTS ABOUT FEDERAL WORKERS TURNING OUT FOR THE ELECTION.
[01:55:55] LIVE IN ALABAMA.
[01:56:02] I KNOW SHOMARI FIGURES DID WIN
[01:56:06] THE GERRYMANDERED DISTRICT.
[01:56:12] WON MORE STATEHOUSES IN ALABAMA.
[01:56:17] IF SHE COULD EXPOUND ON THAT. HOST: THANKS.
[01:56:19] GUEST: STATEHOUSES I'M NOT SURE
[01:56:22] BUT I KNOW DEMOCRATS HAD A
[01:56:26] VICTORIOUS WAVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN FLIPPING STATE LEGISLATIVE SEATS.
[01:56:28] ON FEDERAL WORKERS, WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS YET.
[01:56:33] I DON'T KNOW IF WE COLLECT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS.
[01:56:38] 2025, FEDERAL WORKERS, DOGE
[01:56:43] PLAYED HEAVILY INTO THE VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
[01:56:46] MANY WERE DISGRUNTLED.
[01:56:50] ON SHOMARI FIGURES DISTRICT, THIS IS ONE OF THE STATES
[01:56:54] REPUBLICANS REDREW AND IT BACKFIRED. THEY SPENT MILLIONS.
[01:56:58] THEY REDUCED THE BLACK VOTING
[01:57:03] POPULATION TO AROUND 40% I THINK.
[01:57:05] THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES
[01:57:08] REPUBLICANS TRIED AND FAILED TO DRAW A DEMOCRAT OUT.
[01:57:12] ONE OF THE REASONS DEMOCRATS
[01:57:15] WERE SO SUCCESSFUL IN SOME OF THESE REDRAWN DISTRICTS WERE
[01:57:19] BECAUSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES DIDN'T ALL RETIRE.
[01:57:23] KATHY CASTOR, SOTO, FIGURES.
[01:57:28] IT HELPS TO HAVE THE INCUMBENCY ADVANTAGE.
[01:57:30] HOST: 54 SEATS PICKED UP BY
[01:57:33] DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE, SEVEN PICKUPS OVERALL.
[01:57:37] 228 IN THE HOUSE, 25 PICKUPS.
[01:57:42] WHAT ARE THE STORIES YOU ARE INTERESTED IN REPORTING IN THE DAYS AHEAD?
[01:57:45] GUEST: I LOVE MY STATES.
[01:57:48] I'M A LITTLE BIASED.
[01:57:50] INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE
[01:57:52] SURPRISE GAINS DEMOCRATS MADE AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
[01:57:58] THEY ARE DECLARING VICTORY IN TEXAS, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[01:58:03] I DON'T KNOW IF AP HAS CALLED ALL THE NUMBERS YET.
[01:58:06] THERE'S A STORY TO BE TOLD ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS TRIED TO INVEST AT
[01:58:10] THE STATE LEVEL FOLLOWING REPUBLICANS HAVING SUCH A HEAVY
[01:58:15] HOLD OVER STATE LEGISLATORS AFTER THEIR 2010 INITIATIVE.
[01:58:19] HOST: WHAT WAS THE SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT FOR GOVERNORS RACES?
[01:58:23] GUEST: ABSOLUTELY TEXAS.
[01:58:28] BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WERE WARY OF SAYING ANYTHING.
[01:58:32] DEMOCRATS DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH THIS TO THE FOREFRONT.
[01:58:36] THEY'VE TRIED AND FAILED TO UNSEAT ABBOTT BEFORE. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOO
[01:58:40] HOPEFUL.
[01:58:44] THERE WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST CAMPAIGNS OF A DEMOCRAT I SAW IN THE FIELD THIS CYCLE.
[01:58:49] SHE KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUES. SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT DATA
[01:58:53] CENTERS, CAMERAS AND BIG TECH THAT HAS COME TO TEXAS.
[01:58:58] THE ROLE OF BILLIONAIRES. SHE WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THE
[01:59:03] PSYCHE, THIS GROWING FEAR OF THE ROLE OF BILLIONAIRES AND BIG TECH.
[01:59:07] HOST: THESE ARE ISSUES PEOPLE
[01:59:10] CAN RELATE TO RATHER THAN LARGER POLICY ISSUES.
[01:59:12] GUEST: WHEN I TALKED TO PEOPLE
[01:59:16] WHO WORK ON THE TECH SIDE AND STRATEGISTS, THEY SAY THE
[01:59:20] DATACENTER ISSUE WORKS SO WELL BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
[01:59:24] IT'S A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF
[01:59:25] THE FEARS AMERICA HAS HAD ABOUT
[01:59:29] THE GROWING ROLE OF TACK AND BILLIONAIRES.
[01:59:32] HOST: YOU ARE WATCHING COVERAGE
[01:59:34] OF ELECTION
[01:59:38] >> MONDAY AMERICA'S LEADING TELEVISION CALL-IN PROGRAM,
[01:59:42] C-SPAN'S "WASHINGTON JOURNAL," COMES TO PRIMETIME LIVE.
[01:59:45] >> MOST LEVELHEADED COVERAGE. >> I TRUST YOU GUYS COMPLETELY.
[01:59:48] >> EVERY MORNING FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TAKING AMERICA'S CALLS.
[01:59:52] >> THANKS FOR LETTING PEOPLE AIR THEIR THOUGHTS.
[01:59:54] >> NOW THAT CONVERSATION WILL ALSO COME TO PRIMETIME.
[01:59:57] >> YOU ARE THE MOST UNBIASED STATION OUT THERE.
[02:00:01] >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" PRIMETIME WEEKNIGHTS STARTING
[02:00:03] MONDAY AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN.
[02:00:06] >> NOW MORE OF C-SPAN'S ONGOING
[02:00:09] COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
[02:00:12] VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT TO THE POLLS.
[02:00:15] THE RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND
[02:00:19] SHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
[02:00:22] WE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS, CANDIDATE
[02:00:26] REACTIONS, AND ANALYSIS OF THE
[02:00:27] RACES TO WATCH.
[02:00:31] C-SPAN'S CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YOUR
[02:00:32] FRONT ROW SEAT TO ELECTION
[02:00:36] NIGHT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE BALANCE OF POWER WE KNOW DEMOCRATS WILL
[02:00:39] CONTROL THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.
[02:00:41] TWO RACES STILL ON THE SENATE SIDE THAT WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE
[02:00:45] ON OVER THE NEXT DAYS.
[02:00:46] OUT OF MISSISSIPPI THAT WE HAVE
[02:00:50] SHOWN YOU BEFORE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, SCOTT COLOM
[02:00:54] STILL WITH 48.9% WITH THE VOTES IN.
[02:00:58] A TIE, EXACTLY, WITH THOSE
[02:01:01] NUMBERS WITH SENATOR CINDY HYDE-SMITH.
[02:01:04] 96% OF VOTES COUNTED IN THAT AND
[02:01:06] THAT HAS NOT CHANGED IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS
[02:01:10] OUT. AND ALSO IN ALASKA, WE MAY NOT KNOW THE RESULTS OF THIS FOR
[02:01:13] QUITE A WHILE.
[02:01:15] MARY PELTOLA, 48.2% OF VOTES IN
[02:01:18] FOR HER AGAINST SENATOR DAN
[02:01:20] SULLIVAN, 47.9%.
[02:01:22] IF THAT DOES NOT GO TO 50%, IT
[02:01:26] WILL BE DETERMINED BY THEIR RANKED CHOICE VOTING SYSTEM, SO
[02:01:29] THAT COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE THAT IS SETTLED IF THOSE NUMBERS
[02:01:33] AREN'T SETTLED ON THEMSELVES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU.
[02:01:36] WE CAN ALWAYS SHOW YOU AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE AS YOU WATCH YOUR
[02:01:38] SCREEN WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THE
[02:01:40] BALANCE OF POWER SHAKES OUT
[02:01:43] CURRENTLY AND WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO IT ALL YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
[02:01:46] BACK TO OUR DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD TO GIVE YOU THE LATEST
[02:01:50] INFORMATION. >> BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY,
[02:01:52] JACOB AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE DEMOCRACY HUB FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS.
[02:01:56] WE HAVE WATCHED THIS WHOLE THING DEVELOP.
[02:01:59] JACOB, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LIST MAYBE YOUR TOP
[02:02:02] THREE TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS ELECTION CYCLE. JACOB: THANK YOU, JOHN.
[02:02:07] HERE ARE MY THREE BIG TAKEAWAYS
[02:02:09] AS WE ARE COMING UP ON THE
[02:02:14] 12-HOUR MARK HERE. NUMBER ONE, TO RIDE THE WAVE,
[02:02:16] YOU GOT TO HAVE BOATS IN THE WATER.
[02:02:19] JOHN: EXPLAIN. JACOB: DEMOCRATS HAD A GREAT ENVIRONMENT.
[02:02:22] THEY HAD A LOT GOING FOR THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T WIN RACES WITHOUT
[02:02:26] CANDIDATES. WHAT DEMOCRATS DID THIS CYCLE IS
[02:02:29] DIDN'T LET RACES GO UNOPPOSED. WE TALKED ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
[02:02:32] DEMOCRATS HAD CANDIDATES IN ALL THOSE RACES. OFTENTIMES DEMOCRATS DON'T FIELD
[02:02:36] CANDIDATES IN ALL OF THE RACES IN NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE THEY
[02:02:40] DON'T THINK THEY CAN WIN. THEY DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH THE TIME TO GO THERE BUT THEY
[02:02:44] FIELDED CANDIDATES IN ALL THESE RACES. THEY'RE GOING TO FLIP AT LEAST
[02:02:47] FIVE DISTRICTS, POTENTIALLY SIX, MAYBE SEVEN.
[02:02:51] A WIPEOUT FOR REPUBLICANS HERE AND IT'S BECAUSE DEMOCRATS PUT BOATS IN THE WATER.
[02:02:54] WE TALKED ABOUT TENNESSEE OVER
[02:02:57] HERE.
[02:02:59] TENNESSEE'S FOURTH DISTRICT.
[02:03:01] THE 280-VOTE EDGE FOR THE
[02:03:04] DEMOCRAT RIGHT NOW. VICTORIA BRODERICK DECIDED TO
[02:03:07] RUN AFTER SHE SAW THAT SCOTT HAD NO OTHER OPPONENT ANNOUNCED.
[02:03:11] SHE HAD LOST TO HIM BY 43
[02:03:17] POINTS.
[02:03:18] JOHN: NOT 43 VOTES, 43 POINTS.
[02:03:21] JACOB: JUST TWO YEARS AGO. SHE GOT BACK UP AND RAN AGAIN
[02:03:24] AND NOW SHE IS JUST PROBABLY DAYS AWAY FROM BECOMING THE NEXT
[02:03:28] MEMBER OF CONGRESS. JOHN: FROM 40 POINTS DOWN TO AN
[02:03:31] OFFICE ON CAPITOL HILL. JACOB: YEAH. OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
[02:03:35] MISSISSIPPI AND THE SENATE RACE THERE. PUTTING A BOAT IN THE WATER
[02:03:38] THERE, THAT'S A BIG BOAT FOR SCOTT COLOM.
[02:03:41] MAYBE IT'S A YACHT FOR HIM IF HE
[02:03:43] MANAGES TO PULL THIS ONE OFF.
[02:03:46] DEMOCRATS FIELDING A LEGITIMATES CANDIDATE THERE WHO COULD COVER
[02:03:49] ALL OF HIS BASES AND PUT HIMSELF IN A POSITION TO WIN AND MAYBE
[02:03:52] BE THAT 55TH OR 56TH SEAT.
[02:03:57] JOHN: 96% IN. HE IS UP BY JUST 43 VOTES. JACOB: EXACTLY.
[02:04:01] THAT'S TAKEAWAY NUMBER ONE, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WAVE YOU
[02:04:04] HAVE TO HAVE BOATS IN THE WATER. TAKEAWAY TWO, COALITIONS ARE NOT
[02:04:08] PERMANENT. REPUBLICANS MADE THIS MISTAKE AFTER THE 2024 ELECTION.
[02:04:12] THEY THOUGHT TRUMP HAD DONE A REALIGNMENTS ON AMERICAN
[02:04:15] POLITICS. WE SAW THE MASSIVE SWINGS AMONG
[02:04:18] HISPANIC VOTERS IN SOUTH TEXAS, IN FLORIDA.
[02:04:21] BUT ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, HISPANIC PRECINCTS AND COUNTIES
[02:04:25] SWUNG HEAVILY TOWARD REPUBLICANS. WE SAW TRUMP DO BETTER AMONG
[02:04:28] BLACK VOTERS THAN ANY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT HAD DONE SINCE RICHARD
[02:04:32] NIXON. WE SAW TRUMP DO BETTER AMONG
[02:04:35] YOUNG VOTERS THAN ANY REPUBLICAN HAD DONE IN RECENT MEMORY.
[02:04:38] I THINK REPUBLICANS THOUGHT THAT
[02:04:40] THAT WAS HERE TO STAY, AND IT WAS NOT.
[02:04:43] SO THE BIGGEST SWINGS BACK, WE
[02:04:46] CAN GO TO TEXAS HERE, TO JUST
[02:04:48] LOOK IN THOSE SOUTH TEXAS SEATS
[02:04:51] RIGHT -- I MEAN, THIS IS DEEP
[02:04:54] BLUE TERRITORY OVER HERE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
[02:04:57] THESE COUNTIES ARE 90% HISPANIC
[02:05:01] THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS WINNING JUST TWO YEARS AGO. JOHN: LOOK AT THE SAME CIRCLE
[02:05:03] AND HOW MUCH MORE RED THERE WAS
[02:05:05] DOWN THERE TWO YEARS AGO. JACOB: THAT'S THE SENATE.
[02:05:09] EVEN MORE SO, SO COALITIONS ARE NOT PERMANENT.
[02:05:13] THIS WAS A MISTAKE REPUBLICANS
[02:05:15] MADE AFTER THE 24024 RACE. REPUBLICANS TALKED ABOUT TURNING
[02:05:18] OUT TRUMP VOTERS. TRUMP SAID PRETEND I AM ON THE BALLOT. I THINK A LOT OF TRUMP VOTERS
[02:05:22] DID TURN OUT. THEY WEREN'T REPUBLICAN VOTERS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY HAD SOURED
[02:05:26] ON THE PRESIDENT. SO THAT'S TAKEAWAY NUMBER TWO.
[02:05:28] DEMOCRATS WOULD BE GOOD TO HEED IT MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
[02:05:32] JOHN: AS WE WAIT FOR HAKEEM JEFFRIES TO COME OUT, TAKEAWAY NUMBER THREE?
[02:05:36] JACOB: JUST BECAUSE YOU DRAW A DISTRICT TO BE MORE FAVORABLE TO
[02:05:40] YOUR PARTY, IT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S GOING TO FLIP.
[02:05:43] JOHN, IF THE MAP MAKERS COULD DETERMINE WHO WAS GOING TO WIN A
[02:05:47] DISTRICT, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE BEEN UP HERE WITH YOU AS
[02:05:49] MUCH AS I ENJOY IT AT 1:00 A.M.
[02:05:53] YESTERDAY TO COVER THESE RACES. THE VOTERS STILL GET A SAY IN THE MATTER.
[02:05:56] THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT DEMOCRACY IS WE STAND AT THE DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD IN THE
[02:06:00] DEMOCRACY HUB HERE AT C-SPAN. ULTIMATELY THE VOTERS HAVE THE
[02:06:04] FINAL SAY AND EVEN IN THESE REDISTRICTED SEATS, WHAT
[02:06:07] REPUBLICANS HAVE FOUND OUT IS WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT IS TOO
[02:06:11] DIFFICULT, WHEN THERE ARE FACTORS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL
[02:06:15] THAT ARE SPIRALING, EVEN SEATS THAT HAVE BEEN REDRAWN LIKE ALL
[02:06:19] THOSE SEATS WE TALKED ABOUT IN TEXAS, LIKE THOSE IN NORTH CAROLINA, LIKE THOSE SEATS IN
[02:06:23] FLORIDA, IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE A
[02:06:26] VICTORY, AND THAT'S TAKEAWAY NUMBER THREE. JOHN: JACOB, IT HAS BEEN A
[02:06:30] PLEASURE. PEDRO, THAT'S WHY WE LET JACOB COOK WHEN HE IS HERE IN THE
[02:06:33] DEMOCRACY HUB.
[02:06:37] HOST: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AT THE HUB. REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
[02:06:41] THIS IS JUST COMING IN FROM CBS THIS MORNING.
[02:06:45] A STORY THERE SAYING THAT
[02:06:46] PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN ASKING
[02:06:51] WHETHER DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SHOULD STAY ON THE JOB
[02:06:54] FOLLOWING THE REPUBLICANS' CATASTROPHIC LOSS. ACCORDING TO SOURCES,