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00:00:00>> WELL, I MAY YOU KNOW, THE COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT IS A FRIEND
00:00:02OF MINE, EL TIGRE, AND HE WAS A BIG SUPPORTER OF MINE. THAT'S
00:00:06WHY HE WON. I ENDORSED HIM AND HE WON. AND HE CAME FROM 10th
00:00:09PLACE. AND HE WON IN A LANDSLIDE. AND HE'S DOING A
00:00:11GREAT JOB. EL TIGRE, HE'S MY
00:00:16FRIEND.
00:00:34>> WATCH EVERY MOMENT OF THE MIDTERM ELECTION LIVE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, STARTING AT 4 P.M.
00:00:38EASTERN, WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF
00:00:40REAL TIME RESULTS AND POLITICAL
00:00:47ANALYSIS. CAMPAIGN 2026 ONLY ON C-SPAN. >> ON TUESDAY MORNING, THE NEW
00:00:49WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, KATIE ZACHARIA, LEADS HER FIRST
00:00:53BRIEFING. A CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL COMMENTATOR AND ADVISER TO THE COMPANY THAT RUNS
00:00:57TRUTH SOCIAL, MISS ZACHARIA, JOINS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
00:01:00AT A TIME OF HIGH TENSION BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE
00:01:04MEDIA. WATCH THE BRIEFING LIVE AT 9:30 A.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN.
00:01:07C-SPAN NOW OUR FREE MOBILE APP
00:01:10OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN .ORG.
00:01:13>> ALL RIGHT. HERE TO DISCUSS KEY MIDTERM ELECTION RACES TO
00:01:17WATCH IS KIRK BAGHAEI DOE,
00:01:20EDITOR OF NATIONAL JOURNAL'S POLITICAL NEWSLETTER, HOTLINE. KIRK, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING.
00:01:24>> JASMINE, GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, GIVE US THE
00:01:27LOWDOWN. WHAT IS YOUR OVERALL
00:01:30ASSESSMENT OF THE RACE TO THE MIDTERMS? JUST 22 DAYS.
00:01:33>> 22, 22 DAYS AWAY. BUT WHO'S COUNTING? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT?
00:01:36WHAT'S THAT BETWEEN FRIENDS HERE? THE ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW
00:01:39IS NOT ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUSE. IT'S NOT WHETHER OR NOT DEMOCRATS FLIP THE HOUSE, BUT BY
00:01:43HOW MUCH IN THE SENATE IS INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE AS WELL, TO WHERE I WOULD SAY
00:01:47DEMOCRATS ARE PROBABLY THE SLIGHT FAVORITE NOW, GOING IN
00:01:50AFTER LABOR DAY HERE, WHEN THE GENERAL ELECTION SEASON STARTED,
00:01:54REPUBLICANS PLAYED ONE OF THEIR BIG TRUMP CARDS. THEY HAD A GREAT AD ADVANTAGE. THEY HAVE A
00:01:57LOT OF CASH ON HAND HERE. AND THEY LAUNCHED THIS GIANT AD
00:02:00BLITZ ACROSS ALL THESE STATES TO TRY TO SALVAGE SOME OF THESE
00:02:03RACES. AFTER SOME POOR POLLING OVER THE SUMMER. BUT NOW HERE WE
00:02:06ARE, ABOUT 22 DAYS AWAY HERE,
00:02:09ONE MONTH AWAY. AND REPUBLICANS ARE JUST TREADING WATER AT BEST
00:02:13HERE IN SOME OF THESE DEEP RED STATES. THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SO
00:02:16REMARKABLE TO ME, IS THAT THE BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE HAS SHIFTED
00:02:19OUT OF THESE TRADITIONAL SWING STATES INTO DEEPER REPUBLICAN
00:02:23TERRITORY. YOU CAN SEE THAT REPUBLICAN CONCERN, BASED ON WHERE TRUMP IS GOING TO BE
00:02:27TRAVELING OVER THIS NEXT FEW WEEKS, HERE, TO TRY AND SHORE UP HIS CANDIDATES. PLACES LIKE
00:02:31OHIO, ALASKA, MONTANA, AREAS WHERE HE HAS NEVER STRUGGLED.
00:02:35BUT NOW REPUBLICANS FIND THEMSELVES ON THEIR BACK FOOT. >> I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO POINT
00:02:38TO SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST SAID, WHICH IS THAT IN THE SENATE,
00:02:41DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE SLIGHTLY FAVORED. >> I WOULD SAY, AT THIS POINT,
00:02:44LIKE, AS WE SIT HERE, 22 DAYS OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLING
00:02:47RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AD ADVANTAGES, I THINK DEMOCRATS
00:02:51MIGHT BE HAVE MORE THAN A PUNCHER'S CHANCE HERE. I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE REALLY
00:02:54SCRAMBLING. AND THAT REALITY KIND OF CAME INTO FOCUS OVER THE
00:02:57PAST WEEK. YOU SAW THE BIG REPUBLICAN ALIGNED GROUPS, THE
00:03:01OUTSIDE GROUPS IN NORTH CAROLINA, START WAVING THE WHITE FLAG ON MICHAEL WHATLEY. JUST
00:03:05THIS MORNING. S AND P, THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE SUPER PAC,
00:03:08SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO STOP ADVERTISING IN NORTH CAROLINA
00:03:11AND ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES IN
00:03:12PLACES LIKE OHIO AND IN IOWA. IF
00:03:16YOU LOOK AT KANSAS INCREASINGLY ONLINE AS WELL, TO THE POINT WHERE ADAM HAMILTON, THE
00:03:20DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE THERE, IS LEADING MOST OF THE POLLING
00:03:23THERE IN KANSAS, DEEP RED KANSAS. THEY HAVEN'T HAD A
00:03:26DEMOCRATIC SENATOR THERE SINCE
00:03:321932, SINCE THE HOOVER
00:03:32ADMINISTRATION.
00:03:43AND A WISH FOR THE SENATE. AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE FAVORING. I WANT TO GO TO SOMETHING THAT YOU WROTE EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHICH THE HEADLINE
00:03:47HERE IS, WHAT COULD GO WRONG FOR
00:03:51DEMOCRATS? DEMOCRATS ARE FAVORED TO WIN AT LEAST THE HOUSE BACK, PICK UP MUCH NEEDED SEATS IN THE
00:03:55SENATE. WHAT COULD GO WRONG FOR THEM? >> WELL, WHAT I WROTE ABOUT AT THE TIME THERE WAS THAT THEY
00:03:59WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF MASSIVE POLLING MISS HERE. ONE
00:04:02OF TRUMP'S SUPERPOWERS, THE REASON WHY HE'S WON TWO OF THE LAST THREE PRESIDENTIAL
00:04:06ELECTIONS IS HE HAS THIS INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO ACTIVATE
00:04:09LOW PROPENSITY VOTERS. TRUMP HAS KIND OF RESHAPED THE ELECTORATE
00:04:12TO WHERE DEMOCRATS USED TO BE
00:04:13FAVORED IN THESE LOW TURNOUT, IN
00:04:16THESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. REPUBLICANS WERE FAVORED IN THESE LOWER TURNOUT, SPECIAL AND
00:04:20MIDTERM ELECTIONS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF NO LONGER THE CASE.
00:04:23TRUMP HAS THIS UNIQUE ABILITY TO TURN OUT VOTERS WHO AREN'T
00:04:26CAPTURED IN POLLS, WHO AREN'T, WHO DON'T TRUST THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, WHO DON'T NORMALLY
00:04:30PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS. YOU SAW THAT REALLY APPARENT IN THE LAST
00:04:33PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SO MY THEORY OF THE CASE WAS THAT THESE POLLSTERS, ESPECIALLY IN
00:04:37THESE MORE RURAL AREAS, BECAUSE, AS WE WERE SAYING EARLIER, THE
00:04:40BATTLE FOR THE SENATE, BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE HAS SHIFTED INTO
00:04:43MUCH MORE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. IN IOWA AND KANSAS. AND
00:04:47A LOT OF THOSE PRO-TRUMP VOTERS MIGHT BE MORE RELUCTANT TO
00:04:51ANSWER A POLLSTER HERE. BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN POLL AFTER
00:04:54POLL HERE IS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE JUST REALLY FIRED UP RIGHT NOW. AND REPUBLICANS, EVEN WHEN THEY
00:04:58GET TO TALK TO THEM, ARE NOT REALLY MOTIVATED TO GO OUT TO
00:05:01VOTE. AND I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY. THIS IS
00:05:05THE FIRST ELECTION IN THE TRUMP ERA WHERE VOTERS CAN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SHRUG THEIR
00:05:09SHOULDERS AND SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HE'S GOOD ON THE ECONOMY BECAUSE TRUMP
00:05:12HASN'T BEEN GOOD ON THE ECONOMY, AT LEAST IN THE EYES OF THE VOTERS.
00:05:16>> SO LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, LET'S JUST ESTABLISH A PLAYING FIELD, WHICH ARE THE RACES THAT
00:05:20YOU ARE KEEPING A CLOSE, CLOSE EYE ON? >> WELL, IF YOU HAD ASKED ME A
00:05:23FEW MONTHS AGO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THESE MORE TRADITIONAL SWING SEATS. BUT AT LEAST FOR
00:05:27THE SENATE, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PLACES LIKE MICHIGAN. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
00:05:30MAINE. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IOWA. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT KANSAS. AND, OF COURSE, EVERYONE AND THEIR
00:05:34MOTHER IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
00:05:36THE TEXAS RACE AS WELL.
00:05:38>> ARE THERE ANY PLACES IN THAT
00:05:41LIST OF EXPANDED MAP PLACES THAT DEMOCRATS DID NOT THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE PLAYING IN JUST
00:05:45THREE MONTHS AGO, THAT YOU THINK
00:05:48THE REPUBLICANS CAN STILL EKE OUT A WIN? >> I THINK KANSAS IS PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT.
00:05:52THAT'S ONE THAT'S COME ONLINE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OR SO
00:05:55HERE. ADAM HAMILTON IS A PASTOR
00:05:56IN THE JOHNSON COUNTY AREA. THE
00:05:59TRADITIONALLY THE BLUEST PART OF THE STATE IN EASTERN KANSAS,
00:06:01RIGHT OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY. AND ROGER MARSHALL IS SOMEONE
00:06:05WHO'S NEVER REALLY BEEN IN A REAL COMPETITIVE RACE. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THINK OF JERRY MORAN
00:06:08WON THAT RACE BY 22 POINTS FOUR
00:06:11YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS UP FOR
00:06:13REELECTION. BUT NOW IT'S GOTTEN MORE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE ROGER MARSHALL HAS BEEN REALLY CAUGHT
00:06:17SLEEPING HERE. AND THAT'S AN AREA OF THE COUNTRY. THOSE RURAL
00:06:20AREAS LIKE KANSAS, IOWA, WHERE
00:06:23THE TARIFFS ESPECIALLY, HAVE REALLY HIT VOTERS HARD. AND THE
00:06:26WAR IN IRAN, WHICH HAS RAISED FUEL PRICES NOT ONLY FOR
00:06:30TRADITIONAL GASOLINE, BUT ALSO DIESEL AS WELL, HAVE REALLY HIT THE FARMERS THERE. AND THAT'S AN
00:06:33AREA WHERE THE BACKLASH TO REPUBLICANS IS GROWING. BUT IT'S JUST IT'S AGAIN, IT'S
00:06:37HARD FOR ME TO KIND OF WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND KANSAS ELECTING A
00:06:41DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1932. >> WRIGHT SINCE IT IS SUCH A
00:06:44DEEP RED REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD.
00:06:46NOW, I WANT TO INVITE OUR
00:06:49CALLERS TO JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATION AND GET ON THE LINE
00:06:52AND PEPPER KIRK WITH ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. HEADING INTO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, I'LL REPEAT
00:06:56YOUR PHONE LINES. DEMOCRATS. EXCUSE ME. REPUBLICANS, YOUR
00:06:59LINE IS 202 7488001. DEMOCRATS
00:07:05YOUR LINE( 202) 748-8000. INDEPENDENTS YOUR LINE(
00:07:08202) 748-8002. YOU CAN ALSO REACH US BY TEXT MESSAGE OR ON
00:07:11SOCIAL MEDIA. KIRK IS HERE TO
00:07:14ANSWER ALL OF YOUR MIDTERM QUANDARIES. SO START CALLING IN
00:07:17NOW. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO GO. OVER THE LAST
00:07:21WEEK. WE HEARD TODAY HE'LL BE IN
00:07:24OHIO FOR JON HUSTED. TOMORROW. HE'LL BE IN ALASKA FOR ONE OF
00:07:28THE DAN SULLIVAN'S THEN. >> ED SULLIVAN, SENATOR DAN
00:07:31SULLIVAN. YEAH WITH AN APOSTROPHE. >> ON IT. UM, WE'RE EXPECTED TO
00:07:35SEE HIM IN MONTANA. HE'S PERHAPS GOING. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO GO TO
00:07:38MICHIGAN. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO GO TO MAINE. OBVIOUSLY, REPUBLICANS
00:07:41FEEL THAT THE PRESIDENT, IN A LOT OF THESE PLACES IS THEIR
00:07:44BEST WEAPON TO ENERGIZE THE
00:07:47BASE. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT GOING? >> WELL, AGAIN, I THINK IT GOES
00:07:50BACK TO THE WHOLE PLAN FROM THE MIDTERM CONVENTION, THE MIDTERM
00:07:53CONVENTION THAT THEY HELD IN DALLAS IN AUGUST WAS NOT ABOUT
00:07:56PERSUASION. IT WAS ABOUT JUICE AND TURNOUT HERE, BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY, A PARTY IN POWER,
00:08:00THEIR BASE IS NOT MOTIVATED TO GO OUT TO THE POLLS. BUT TRUMP
00:08:03IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST MOTIVATOR FOR DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,
00:08:07NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU'RE ON. BUT DEMOCRATS AND
00:08:10POLL AFTER POLL HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE WILLING TO GO
00:08:13OUT AND VOTE. I MEAN, THERE WAS A PEW RESEARCH SURVEY THIS PAST
00:08:16WEEK THAT SHOWED THAT DEMOCRATIC
00:08:18LEANING VOTERS HAVE A 24% GAP ON
00:08:22ENTHUSIASM OVER REPUBLICANS. THIS IS BIGGER THAN IT WAS IN
00:08:252018. SO IT'S REALLY EVIDENT FROM WHERE TRUMP IS CAMPAIGNING.
00:08:29YOU MENTIONED OHIO, MONTANA. HE WAS AT TENNESSEE THIS WEEKEND. HE'S BEEN TO TEXAS THREE TIMES
00:08:33SINCE THAT MIDTERM CONVENTION. >> LIKELY WILL BE. >> BACK. >> LIKELY WILL BE BACK. THESE
00:08:36ARE ALL DEEP RED AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS
00:08:40CONCERNED THAT HIS VOTERS AREN'T READY TO TURN OUT. AND
00:08:42THAT COULD REALLY CAUSE A REAL CATASTROPHE FOR THE REPUBLICANS
00:08:46IF THEY DON'T TURN OUT. >> ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IS
00:08:49WEIGHING PROBABLY MOST HEAVILY
00:08:51OR TOP HEAVILY ISSUES IS THE IRAN WAR AND THE ECONOMIC
00:08:55CONSEQUENCES THAT HAVE COME FROM THAT. FOR THE PRESIDENT, HE
00:08:59TRUTH SOCIAL EARLIER THIS WEEK, KIND OF TRYING TO TAMP DOWN ON THE SPECULATION. AND HE SAYS
00:09:03THAT WE WILL NOT BE ATTACKING
00:09:05IRAN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
00:09:08MIDTERM ELECTIONS, TO BE HELD IN
00:09:12THE UNITED STATES ON NOVEMBER 3rd. WHAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT HERE? WHY DID THE PRESIDENT FEEL
00:09:15THE NEED TO SAY THAT, AND DOES THAT SAVE THE GOP ON THIS ISSUE?
00:09:18>> WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF REPORTS THAT HE WAS PLANNING SOME SORT OF MAJOR ATTACK ON
00:09:22IRAN BEFORE THE MIDTERMS HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH TRUMP, HE NEVER, NEVER DOES ANYTHING
00:09:26REALLY SUBTLE. YOU KNOW, HIS I'M NOT GOING TO ATTACK IRAN T-SHIRT IS ANSWERING A LOT OF
00:09:30QUESTIONS RAISED BY. I'M NOT ATTACKING IRAN T-SHIRT. I THINK
00:09:33IT'S TO TRY TO ASSUAGE, UH, OIL
00:09:36MARKETS HERE THAT AT LEAST FOR NOW, AS WE SIT HERE, 22 DAYS
00:09:39OUT, THAT THERE WILL AT LEAST BE SOME SORT OF STEADY SUPPLY CHAIN HERE, THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY
00:09:43MORE SURPRISE ATTACKS. BUT THIS IS KIND OF PART AND PARCEL WHERE
00:09:47TRUMP IS JUST THROWING HAIL MARY AFTER HAIL MARY RIGHT NOW. I
00:09:49THINK THIS PAST WEEK, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE REPUBLICAN
00:09:52STRATEGISTS, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO, THE REALITY HAS REALLY SET
00:09:56IN THAT THEY'RE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT THE
00:09:58BEST THING THEY CAN DO IS STOP THE BLEEDING.
00:10:01>> TALKING ABOUT STOPPING THE BLEEDING, UH, THE REPUBLICANS EARLIER THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED THAT
00:10:05THEY WERE PUTTING $5 MILLION INTO SOUTH CAROLINA, A STATE
00:10:09THAT WE BASICALLY NEVER TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE
00:10:12GENERAL ELECTION IN MIDTERMS, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A STRONGHOLD FOR THE REPUBLICANS. THAT DEBATE
00:10:16TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT PRETTY FIERY. WHAT WERE YOUR TAKEAWAYS?
00:10:19>> MY TAKEAWAY RIGHT NOW IS THAT REPUBLICANS REALLY HAVE A
00:10:22CANDIDATE ISSUE THERE, AND YOU
00:10:23SAW IT REALLY APPARENT IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR THAT
00:10:27SPECIAL ELECTION SEAT. DARLINE GRAHAM, THE SISTER OF THE LATE
00:10:29SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT NECESSARILY
00:10:33SOUGHT OUT PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO, I THINK, BE MORE OF A CARETAKER FOR THIS
00:10:37SEAT. TRUMP AND OTHER REPUBLICANS SAID YOU SHOULD BE THE PERMANENT SENATOR HERE. SHE
00:10:41DECIDED TO RUN FOR IT. AND, LOOK, IT'S A BIG ASK TO BE, UH,
00:10:45PUT OUT LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IN A COMPETITIVE SENATE RACE THAT
00:10:49IS GETTING INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE ALL THE TIME. SHE'S
00:10:52SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T, ISN'T NECESSARILY AS POLISHED ON THE
00:10:55DEBATE STAGE, NOT NECESSARILY AS POLISHED IN HER, UH,
00:10:58INTERACTIONS. YOU KNOW, THE RETAIL POLITICS THAT ARE SO
00:11:01IMPORTANT IN A PLACE LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA. AND I THINK THAT
00:11:05CANDIDATE QUALITY ISSUE IS CAUSING REPUBLICANS TO REEVALUATE THEIR SPENDING AGAIN.
00:11:09AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE STORY OF REPUBLICANS IN THE
00:11:11SENATE MAP, AT LEAST THROUGHOUT THE CYCLE. CANDIDATE QUALITY ISSUES, MAKING THEM WRITE A
00:11:15CHECK. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN TEXAS, WHERE KEN PAXTON'S
00:11:19NOMINATION HAS BASICALLY COST THE REPUBLICANS ABOUT $200
00:11:22MILLION TRYING TO BAIL HIM OUT. >> THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU NEXT. BEFORE WE TURN TO
00:11:25SOME PHONE CALLS, FOLKS. SO STAY WITH US. KEN PAXTON IS RUNNING
00:11:29AGAINST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
00:11:33JAMES TALARICO. HE WAS UP SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS LAST WEEK, AND ONE OF THE SURVEYS. WHERE DO
00:11:36THINGS STAND THIS MORNING? >> WELL, I THINK JAMES TALARICO IS STILL THE SLIGHT FAVORITE
00:11:40THERE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF FLASHBACKS FROM WHEN I WAS A
00:11:42HOUSE REPORTER IN 22, COVERING
00:11:45THE DEMOCRATIC PUSH RIGHT AFTER BETO O'ROURKE'S OVERPERFORMANCE IN 2018, DEMOCRATS WERE THINKING
00:11:49THEY WERE GOING TO FLIP FIVE, SIX, SEVEN HOUSE SEATS IN TEXAS,
00:11:53AND THEY WENT OVER THERE. I
00:11:55THINK THIS ONE, THAT'S A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF A FAVORABLE NATIONAL POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
00:11:59WHERE THE WINDS ARE AT THEIR BACK, THE VIEWS OF THE ECONOMY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND, MORE
00:12:03IMPORTANTLY, THE PRESIDENT, ARE
00:12:04REALLY LOW FOR VOTERS, COMBINED
00:12:07WITH A REALLY KIND OF TOXIC CANDIDATE IN KEN PAXTON, WHO HAS
00:12:11LADEN WITH THESE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES HERE. AND
00:12:14PLUS, HE'S NOT A GOOD CAMPAIGNER EITHER. HE DOESN'T RAISE MONEY. HE DOESN'T HIT THE
00:12:18STUMP VERY WELL. HE REFUSES. HE HASN'T DEBATED JAMES TALARICO AT
00:12:22ALL AND DIDN'T DEBATE JOHN CORNYN, EITHER. AND THIS IS A
00:12:26REPUBLICAN MESS, COMPLETELY, OF THE PRESIDENT'S MAKING HERE.
00:12:28THIS IS A $200 MILLION CHECK
00:12:30THAT THEY DID NOT THINK ABOUT
00:12:33HAVING TO WRITE WHEN THE CYCLE FIRST STARTED TWO YEARS AGO.
00:12:36>> RIGHT. AND I HEAR YOU ON KEN PAXTON. I THINK THAT REPUBLICANS
00:12:39WRIT LARGE ARE KIND OF GRIT THEIR TEETH. WHEN THE PRESIDENT
00:12:41MADE THE DECISION TO ENDORSE KEN
00:12:44PAXTON OVER JOHN CORNYN, THE INCUMBENT IN THAT STATE. AND
00:12:46JOHN CORNYN, WE KNOW, HASN'T BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO THE
00:12:51REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AT THIS MOMENT. BUT ALSO, TALARICO IS
00:12:54HAVING HIS OWN SORT OF SCANDAL RIGHT NOW AFTER HIS 12 DAY
00:12:57ABSENCE. I'M LOOKING AT A CNN ARTICLE HERE. IT SAYS TALARICO
00:13:0112 DAY ABSENCE FROM THE TRAIL
00:13:03BECOMES FODDER FOR GOP IN TEXAS
00:13:07SENATE RACE. HE SAID THAT HE HAD THE FLU, BUT HOW DOES HIS
00:13:11ABSENCE IN THE RUMORS THAT HAVE NOW SURROUNDED IT ABOUT WHERE HE
00:13:15WAS? UM, EVEN THOUGH HIS CAMPAIGN HAS SAID THAT HE HAD
00:13:17THE FLU, HOW DOES HIS ABSENCE IMPACT HIS STANDING? HAVE YOU
00:13:21SEEN THAT? >> THERE'S A LOT OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT WHERE HE WAS
00:13:24SPENDING HIS TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE THE MAGA SOCIAL MEDIA
00:13:28ECOSYSTEM RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THIS IS A BIG MAKE OR BREAK WEEK
00:13:30FOR HIM RIGHT NOW. IN ORDER FOR DEMOCRAT TO WIN IN TEXAS, YOU
00:13:34REALLY DO NEED TO PITCH A PERFECT GAME. NOW, EVERYTHING'S BEEN BREAKING HIS WAY SO FAR.
00:13:38HE'S GOT THE FUNDRAISING ADVANTAGE. HE'S GOT THE OPPONENT THAT HE WANTS. HE'S GOT THE
00:13:42NATIONAL FAVORABLE NATIONAL POLITICAL WIND. BUT NOW I THINK HE REALLY NEEDS TO GO OUT AND
00:13:44DO. IF I WERE JAMES TALARICO, I WOULD GO OUT AND DO A
00:13:48BARNSTORMING EFFORT RIGHT NOW, ALL OVER TEXAS, BE AS PUBLIC AS
00:13:51POSSIBLE, BE OUT THERE, DEMAND DEBATES, DO EVERY TV INTERVIEW
00:13:55THAT'S ASKED ME, GO TO EVERY STATE FAIR, TAKE A PICTURE OF
00:13:59RIDING EVERY SINGLE RIDE AT THE TEXAS STATE FAIR OUTSIDE THE
00:14:01COTTON BOWL RIGHT NOW, AND GO BE AS PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE
00:14:04THIS IS A MAKE OR BREAK WEEK FOR HIM. >> I MEAN, I THINK.
00:14:07>> PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE FELT LIKE THE TALARICO
00:14:10CAMPAIGN WASN'T AS TRANSPARENT
00:14:15ON WHERE HE WAS IN HIS SICKNESS AS THEY HAD PERHAPS HOPED THEM
00:14:19TO BE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE MITCH MCCONNELL OF IT ALL, AND THE TOM CURRAN OF IT ALL. HOW
00:14:23MUCH ARE YOU SEEING AGE OR HEALTH OF A CANDIDATE STILL BE AN ISSUE?
00:14:27>> WELL, I THINK IT'S NOW BECOME AN INCREASING CONVERSATION RIGHT
00:14:30NOW. YOU KNOW, WE GO BACK TO MAYBE EVEN LIKE PRESIDENTIAL
00:14:33ELECTIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT PRESIDENTS RELEASING THEIR HEALTH RECORDS OR, YOU KNOW,
00:14:37FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEING MORE OPEN ABOUT SOME OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
00:14:40STRUGGLES. AND FOLKS STRUGGLING
00:14:43TO SQUARE THAT. YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE JOHN FETTERMAN, WHO
00:14:47A FEW YEARS AGO WAS FACING A LOT OF SCRUTINY FOR HOW HE WAS
00:14:50RECOVERING FROM THE STROKE DURING HIS SENATE RACE, TOO. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BAD
00:14:54TASTE IN DEMOCRATS MOUTH OVER A LITTLE BUYER'S REMORSE WITH THAT ELECTION, WITH HOW
00:14:58FETTERMAN HAS BEEN BEHAVING NOW. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS
00:15:02CYCLE IS AN INCREASED SCRUTINY ON CANDIDATES AGE. YOU KNOW, 14
00:15:05MEMBERS OF CONGRESS LOST RENOMINATION THIS CYCLE. I THINK
00:15:08WE CAN POINT TO AT LEAST 3 OR 4 OF THEM, ESPECIALLY ON THE
00:15:11DEMOCRATIC SIDE, WHERE AGE WAS THE ISSUE. THEY THINK ABOUT,
00:15:14LIKE UH, REPRESENTATIVE LARSON UP IN CONNECTICUT, WHO THE
00:15:18DEMOCRAT WHO BEAT HIM THERE WAS RUNNING BASICALLY ON A CHANGE
00:15:21PLATFORM UP THERE. SAME IN DENVER, COLORADO, AS WELL. THE
00:15:24POLICIES ARE THE SAME. IT'S JUST
00:15:25HOW EFFICIENT, HOW EFFECTIVE YOU CAN BE WHEN YOU'RE 70 YEARS
00:15:29OLD, 80 YEARS OLD. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A DEBATE
00:15:31THAT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT IN
00:15:332028 AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. >> ALL RIGHT. LISTEN TO SOME
00:15:37PHONE CALLS. PAUL, FROM MASSACHUSETTS, A REPUBLICAN.
00:15:40GOOD MORNING, PAUL. >> YEAH. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK
00:15:43YOU FOR HAVING ME. UH, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS
00:15:47ELECTION, THEY TALK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS GOING TO IMPROVE THE
00:15:50ECONOMY. ANYBODY THAT THINKS THAT DEMOCRATS WILL IMPROVE THE
00:15:54ECONOMY HAVE ROCKS IN THE HEAD.
00:15:58IT'S THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT SUGGESTS
00:16:00THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMY. AND THAT'S
00:16:03THE GREAT MYTH THAT'S FLOATING
00:16:04OUT THERE IN THE POLITICS RIGHT
00:16:08NOW. >> I THINK PAUL REALLY KIND OF HIT ON THE HEAD THERE IS WHAT
00:16:12HOW CRAZY THIS ELECTION CYCLE HAS BEEN, WHERE REPUBLICANS TRADITIONALLY HAVE PULLED MUCH
00:16:16STRONGER ON THE ECONOMY. WHEN VOTERS ARE ASKED, WHICH PARTY DO
00:16:18YOU TRUST? MORE ON THE ECONOMY. FOR MANY YEARS, IT'S BEEN
00:16:22REPUBLICANS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE POLLS NOW, ESPECIALLY FROM PLACES LIKE THE
00:16:25NEW YORK TIMES, GALLUP, PEW, WHEN VOTERS ARE ASKED WHO THEY
00:16:29TRUST IN THE ECONOMY, DEMOCRATS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SLIGHT
00:16:32EDGE, THEY'RE AT LEAST A MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE THAN THEY WERE
00:16:36IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THE POLL. AND I THINK THAT HAS DIRECTLY TO DO WITH TRUMP'S
00:16:40INTERVENTION IN THE ECONOMY, WHETHER IT'S ON THE TARIFFS,
00:16:42WHETHER IT'S THE WAR IN IRAN, RAISING FUEL PRICES, REPUBLICAN
00:16:46VOTERS ARE LOSING A LOT OF TRUST THAT WAS BUILT IN WITH
00:16:49REPUBLICANS ON THE ECONOMY. NOW, THEY'RE NOT SAYING THEY NECESSARILY THINK THAT DEMOCRATS
00:16:53HAVE A PLAN TO, UH, GET US OUT
00:16:55OF THIS TOUGHER ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RIGHT NOW. BUT THEY KNOW THAT
00:16:59THE REPUBLICANS HAVE WHEN THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN THE KEYS TO
00:17:01THE CAR, THEY'RE SWERVING ALL OVER THE ROAD.
00:17:04>> EARL FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON, A DEMOCRAT.
00:17:08>> THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO
00:17:12>> WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, WITH
00:17:16HATE, WITH ALL OF THE NEGATIVITY
00:17:21THAT'S GOING ON IN THE PUBLIC
00:17:23ARENA TODAY, WITH WHAT HE'S
00:17:26DOING WITH THE HOMELAND
00:17:29SECURITY, WITH THE INDICATORS
00:17:32THAT THE COUNTRY IS GOING OFF
00:17:34THE RAILS DO YOU, HOW DO
00:17:39REPUBLICANS JUSTIFY ANY EFFORT
00:17:42TO, TO HELP THIS GUY?
00:17:45>> I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION REPUBLICANS ARE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. I
00:17:50MEAN, HOW MUCH TO RUN WITH THE PRESIDENT VERSUS HOW MUCH TO PUT
00:17:54DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THEM? RIGHT NOW, THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER JUST HAD THEIR BIG NATIONAL
00:17:58SURVEY OUT THIS WEEK THAT SHOWED TRUMP AT THE LOWEST APPROVAL
00:18:00RATING OF HIS SECOND TERM AT
00:18:0230%. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE START SEEING OTHER POLLSTERS
00:18:06GET THAT 30% MARK AS WELL. THE PRESIDENT IS INCREDIBLY UNPOPULAR, AND VOTERS WANT TO
00:18:10CHANGE. I MEAN, THE MIDTERM ELECTION YEARS, THEIR REFERENDUM
00:18:14ON THE PARTY IN POWER. BUT THIS MIDTERM ELECTION IN PARTICULAR,
00:18:17IS A REFERENDUM ON THE MAN IN POWER. AND VOTERS ARE VERY
00:18:20FRUSTRATED WITH TRUMP. >> FRANK FROM NEW YORK AND
00:18:24INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING, FRANK
00:18:28>> MORNING. UM, SO YOUR YOUR
00:18:30TONE, SIR, IS, UH, THINGS, IF
00:18:33I'M NOT MISTAKEN, TO BE SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE
00:18:36DEMOCRATS ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW, IN THE POLLING, UM,
00:18:40UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I'M NOT
00:18:41SURE IF I, YOU KNOW, EVEN TRUST
00:18:44THE POLLING ANYMORE. UM, YOU
00:18:46KNOW, WE SAW BACK IN 2016,
00:18:49NOBODY THOUGHT TRUMP WOULD WIN.
00:18:51AND HE DID. UM, I AM OLD, I
00:18:54VOTED THE FIRST TIME IN THE
00:18:57PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 1976. SO I'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE,
00:19:00UH, AND, UH, I, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED
00:19:04TIMES WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, IF I
00:19:07MAY, UM, SO YOU'VE HAD, YOU
00:19:09KNOW, THIS, THIS TEN YEARS OF
00:19:13AUTHORITATIVE TRUMP TOUGH GUY, YOU KNOW, STUFF, RIGHT WING
00:19:16STUFF. UH, AND IT'S ALL OVER THE WORLD. REALLY. I JUST READ
00:19:19ARTICLE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN
00:19:22GERMANY THAT ARE LIKE UH, ONE OF
00:19:26THE OTHER COMPONENTS I THINK THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, THAT
00:19:29WAS NEVER THERE, IS AI. THAT'S
00:19:31HUGE. AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE LIKE ELON MUSK AND PETER THIEL,
00:19:34WHO ARE. I HAVE NO FAITH OR
00:19:37TRUST IN THEM WHATSOEVER. WHAT, WHAT THEY COULD DO IS BEYOND
00:19:42IMAGINATION. UM, UH, THEN YOU'VE
00:19:44GOT THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION,
00:19:46WHICH IS VERY STRANGE BECAUSE
00:19:48TRADITIONALLY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN VERY PRO-ISRAEL, AND NOW
00:19:51NOT SO MUCH. SO, IN FACT, I'VE
00:19:54BEEN READING SO MANY REPUBLICAN
00:19:57BASED, UH, FOX NEWS STUFF WHERE THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOW SEEM TO
00:20:01BE SO PRO JEWISH, PRO-ISRAEL,
00:20:03WHICH IS, TO ME, ALMOST LIKE A
00:20:05JOKE, IN A WAY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, THEY WERE
00:20:09NEVER THAT PRO, YOU KNOW?
00:20:11>> ALL RIGHT, FRANK, I'M GONNA HOP. FRANK. I'M GONNA HOP IN
00:20:14HERE AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS FOR KIRK.
00:20:18>> SO. WELL, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE RESEARCH, ALL OF THE RESEARCH
00:20:21THAT THIS GENTLEMAN HAS DONE,
00:20:22AND HE'S SAYING THE POLLS ARE
00:20:27INDICATING DEMOCRAT. BUT BUT I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THE PUBLIC.
00:20:29MY QUESTION IS, I REALLY THINK THE PUBLIC IS SO CONFUSED, AND
00:20:32I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN WE, ANY
00:20:37FAITH IN ANY KIND OF POLLS ANYMORE. I GUESS THAT'S MY, MY QUESTION.
00:20:41>> WELL, I'M GLAD HE THINKS I'M A GENTLEMAN, FIRST OFF, BUT. >> SECOND OFF, FAITH.
00:20:44>> IN THE POLLS. YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN A MAJOR QUESTION EVER
00:20:47SINCE I STARTED COVERING POLITICS OVER TEN YEARS AGO NOW.
00:20:49AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING
00:20:52HERE THIS TIME IS IT'S SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO MODEL A
00:20:56PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TURNOUT WITH TRUMP ON THE BALLOT,
00:20:58BECAUSE HE ACTIVATES THESE LOW PROPENSITY VOTERS THAT ARE NOT
00:21:01IN THE TRADITIONAL POLLING NET HERE. WHAT I LIKE TO SEE WHEN
00:21:04I'M LOOKING AT POLLS IS ONLY CERTAIN ONES THAT KIND OF ARE
00:21:07LIKE THE GOLD STANDARD POLLSTERS. I'M THINKING THE NEW YORK TIMES, SIENA, PEW RESEARCH,
00:21:12THE FOX NEWS POLL, THE
00:21:14BIPARTISAN FOX NEWS POLL, THE
00:21:16AARP POLL, THE NBC POLL, WHEN IT'S THE BIPARTISAN ONE. AND I
00:21:19THINK THOSE HAVE UPDATED THEIR METHODOLOGIES TO CAPTURE THIS
00:21:23ELECTORATE HERE A LOT BETTER. YOU HAVE A LOT OF JUNK POLLS OUT
00:21:26THERE THAT ARE KIND OF A DIME A DOZEN, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY
00:21:29PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO OVER AT HOTLINE. BUT ALL THESE GOLD
00:21:32STAR POLLSTERS ARE ALL POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION RIGHT NOW,
00:21:35AND THAT'S TOWARD DEMOCRATS. AM I SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF POLLING
00:21:39ERROR? I THINK OF COURSE THERE IS. BUT I THINK THE MAGNITUDE OF IT ISN'T GOING TO BE ON THE
00:21:42SAME LEVEL AS A 2016 LEVEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE FOR A
00:21:46NUMBER OF FACTORS. >> I WANT TO POINT BACK, SINCE
00:21:49WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TEXAS, UM,
00:21:52THE GUS NUMBER 23 WRITES FOR A DEMOCRAT TO WIN IN TEXAS. TEXAS
00:21:56HAS TO BECOME NEW JERSEY. NOT
00:21:59HAPPENING ANY TIME SOON. BUT
00:22:01THIS RACE IS CAUSING ANXIETY FOR REPUBLICANS. HOW MUCH.
00:22:05>> ANXIETY? IT ABSOLUTELY IS. I MEAN, THEY'RE INVESTING OVER $200 MILLION IN THIS RACE. IT'S
00:22:09NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE. I MEAN, YOU DON'T PUT ALMOST A
00:22:13QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS INTO A RACE BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU THINK IT'S SAFE AND SOUND. YOU KNOW,
00:22:17IT'S INTERESTING THAT THEY'RE COMPARING THAT TO NEW JERSEY,
00:22:20BECAUSE NEW JERSEY, AT THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL IN 2024, SAW
00:22:23ONE OF THE BIGGEST SWINGS TOWARD TRUMP AT THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL.
00:22:27AND THAT WAS IN PART BECAUSE OF THE LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION IN
00:22:30NEW JERSEY. AND THAT WAS THE SWING VOTERS IN THAT ELECTION.
00:22:33YOU SAW THE SAME TYPE OF DRIFT
00:22:36OVER IN TEXAS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS AND
00:22:39THE LAREDO AREA. AND THE, IN THE, IN THE, THE, THE VALLEY,
00:22:42THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OVER THERE. BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING
00:22:44RIGHT NOW, AND SURVEYS AND
00:22:47REPORTING ON THE GROUND IS THAT THOSE SAME HISPANIC VOTERS WHO
00:22:50CAUSED THAT BIG SWING IN NEW JERSEY CAUSED THAT BIG SWING IN TEXAS. THEY'RE REALLY SOURING
00:22:54ON THE PRESIDENT. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE HIT THE HARDEST BY
00:22:57HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES. THEY ARE EITHER NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR
00:23:00HIM, OR THEY'RE GOING TO CROSS THE AISLE AND VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY WANT SOME SORT OF
00:23:04CHANGE. RIGHT NOW, HISPANIC VOTERS ARE THE SWING VOTERS.
00:23:07>> I MEAN. >> IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING
00:23:10BECAUSE ANDY, 63 ON TWITTER SAYS, I DON'T SEE ANY
00:23:12REPUBLICAN NOT VOTING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. THEY MAY SAY
00:23:15THEY'RE NOT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION DAY, THEY WILL PULL THE LEVER FOR THE PERSON WITH
00:23:19THE R BEHIND THEIR NAME. THEY
00:23:21DON'T CARE ABOUT FLAWS. IT'S
00:23:23ALL ABOUT THE R PERIOD. BUT
00:23:26HISPANIC VOTERS, AT LEAST IN THE
00:23:292024 ELECTION, SHOWED THEMSELVES TO BE SWING VOTERS. >> DIDN'T THEY? THOSE AREN'T.
00:23:32THOSE AREN'T OURS. THEY DID VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS. THEY DID
00:23:36PULL THE REPUBLICAN LEVER. BUT THESE ARE NOT DYED IN THE WOOL.
00:23:39REPUBLICANS WHO ARE YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR BUSH, YOUR ROMNEY,
00:23:43MCCAIN, TRUMP VOTERS. HERE. THEY ARE THE SWING VOTERS RIGHT NOW.
00:23:46THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY TRUMP'S
00:23:50IMMIGRATION POLICIES. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY TRUMP'S ECONOMIC
00:23:54POLICIES. IF YOU GET SOMEWHERE, LIKE IN FLORIDA, FOR EXAMPLE,
00:23:58THERE'S A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN AND AROUND MIAMI FOR MARIA
00:24:01SALAZAR, WHO SHE JUST CUT AN AD A FEW WEEKS AGO, DIRECT TO
00:24:04CAMERA, TALKING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAYING THAT YOUR
00:24:08IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT METHODS ARE TOO HARSH. YOU'RE SWEEPING UP INNOCENT FAMILIES IN THIS
00:24:12DRAGNET OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AND MY CONSTITUENTS
00:24:15ARE CONCERNED. THIS IS A REPUBLICAN IN A SEAT THAT TRUMP
00:24:19CARRIED BY OVER 15 POINTS, GOING DIRECT TO CAMERA, SAYING TRUMP
00:24:21HAS GONE TOO FAR. THAT'S KIND OF
00:24:25THE BATTLEFIELD THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WHERE HIS POLICIES HAVE AFFECTED THESE HISPANIC
00:24:28SWING VOTERS SO MUCH THAT A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN HAS TO
00:24:31PLEAD WITH TRUMP ON CAMERA TO TONE IT DOWN.
00:24:34>> NOW, I WANT TO GET TO ONE OF THESE RACES WHERE I THINK THAT
00:24:37THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE. BUT FIRST, I WANT TO INVITE OUR
00:24:40CALLERS TO JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATION. KIRK BARRETO FROM.
00:24:44EXCUSE ME. >> YOU CAN FINISH WATCHING THIS
00:24:47ONLINE AT C-SPAN .ORG. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT TO TAKE YOU
00:24:49LIVE TO YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE SPEAKING
00:24:53AT A GOP RALLY AHEAD OF NOVEMBER'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:24:57>> TO ME DEFEND HER STILL TODAY,
00:25:04CAUSE
00:25:29>> [MUSIC] >> TO THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE.
00:25:32ACROSS THE PLAINS OF GUERNSEY
00:25:44YORK TO L.A., WHERE THERE'S
00:25:47PRIDE IN EVERY AMERICAN
00:25:55I. THAT I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.