WEBVTT - ELECTION NIGHT 2022 RECAP! 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:06.360 Senator. It is right now eleven thirty at night. For 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:09.640 everyone that's listening this morning, we have been doing a 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:13.600 live verdict before this. I want to do a recap. 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:15.680 I think it's pretty clear now that if we were 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:18.079 gonna be waiting up for an official result in a 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:20.360 lot of these races, we would not get any sleep 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.640 at all. Let's kind of recap where we are at 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:26.680 this moment. I think you would agree with me. That 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:29.200 is the highlight of the night is we're taken back 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:33.199 the House. The concerning moment of the night is the 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:37.240 Senate is still very much it's even at this point, 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.800 and that concerns all of us. This was a map 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.080 that was a map that was designed in this midterm 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.360 for Democrats. They had the advantage. There's a lot of 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.879 tribalism in this country. We can see now shocking that 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:54.040 Fetterman is still in this one. Shocking what we're seeing 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:56.600 in Arizona right now. But let's focus on the one 0:00:56.640 --> 0:01:00.280 exciting point in the House races. We are going to 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.520 have a substantial red wave in the House. That means 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:07.480 Nancy Pelosi is going to retire and we won't have 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.200 to deal with her anymore. But we're also going to 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:11.120 have subpoena power in the House to get some stuff 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.679 downe that needs to be looked at. Well. I think 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.200 that's right. I think it is a good election tonight, 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:18.760 but I also think it could have been much better. 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.440 So it is a red wave, but it's not as 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.160 big a wave as it should have been. Frankly, given 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:29.319 the disaster from the Democrats, this should have been a 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:33.479 massive red wave and we're going to take the House. 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.720 But at this point it's not clear how big a majority. 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:40.919 I had hoped it would be a forty fifty vote majority. 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.840 I think it will be substantially smaller than that. We 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:47.440 are losing a number of close House races that we're 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:52.360 winnable that we didn't win. The Republicans at this moment 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:55.840 have one hundred and seventy five seats, Democrats are one 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.520 thirty eight in the House. 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Use the promo code Verdict you'll get 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:53.360 free activation and other amazing deals Patriot mobile dot com 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.840 slash verdict or nine seven to Patriot. You look at 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.320 the Senate right now, and this is the part that 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.640 is very concerning. It's forty seven forty seven as we speak. 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:06.360 We're going we're headed for probably a runoff in Georgia. 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:08.680 For people that don't understand this, if you don't get 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:12.920 above fifty percent right now in Pennsylvania, if Fetterman has 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:16.120 a forty thousand vote lead with eighty two percent in, 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:20.000 and that's concerning that, that is very concerning. What does 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.080 that tell you about the mistake that was made with 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.560 And I say mistake because I think Oz was the 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.919 easier candidate to beat him my opinion in the general. Look, 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.680 I went all in for Dave McCormick in the primary. 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.320 I leaned in vigorously. Part of the reason I went 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:36.359 all in as I thought he was the strongest conservative 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:39.320 who could win. I think if McCormick had been the nominee, 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:44.200 he would have won decisively. I hope oswins as we're 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:47.400 sitting here late at night. I supported Oz once he 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.680 was the nominee. I wanted him to win. I think 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:54.480 Fetterman is a spectacularly bad candidate. He's radically, he's extreme, 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:58.080 he's on the bleeding left. He's going to join if 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.400 he if he becomes the Senator, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:06.159 Sanders in the cuckoo caucus of the Democrat Party. That 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:11.000 is not good. That's not I think where a lot 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:15.640 of Pennsylvanians are. But but there were. What does it 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:21.039 takeaway that a guy that has clearly cognitive issues has 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:24.159 had this stroke. I hate that for him sincerely. But 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.880 can't even get through debates, says good night at the 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.279 beginning debate. Cannot understand questions, basic questions. This is a 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:32.000 guy you wouldn't want to be the pilot of your 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.920 plane or your uber driver. You probably wouldn't hire him 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:36.920 for a lot of jobs right now. It's because of 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:40.960 the of the medical issues, and yet he's leading as 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.560 we speak at eleven thirty three at night, in a 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.239 race that is so important that could that could really 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.359 deal with who's in charge of the Senate. Look the 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.839 two million, three hundred and eighty six thousand, five hundred 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:54.480 ninety five people who as of now have voted for Fetterman, 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.560 they only care about one voticass and that's for Chuck Schumer. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.080 That they don't care that he can spell his name, 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.320 they don't care that he knows what's going on. They 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:11.080 want him to vote for Chuck Schumer because we are 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:17.240 so deeply divided and tribalized. That's their team for the 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:21.279 same reason that there were no Philadelphia residents rooting for 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.360 the Houston Astros. Why because their team is the Phillies. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:27.120 Of course, like you know that, it's not complicated. If 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:33.320 you're a Philly guy, you root for the Phillies across 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.560 the country. And this is true on both sides, This 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:41.040 is true red and blue. Were people right now put 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:46.600 on their jersey and they're not focused on If you 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.640 could pull those Democrat voters, I'd love to see a 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.960 room attended those Democrat voters and be like, Okay, do 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.000 you agree with Fetterman voting over and over and over 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:59.359 again to release murderers do you agree with that? Yeah? 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.320 Do you agree with Fetterman saying we should release one 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:06.640 third of the criminals in prison in Pennsylvania? Do you 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:11.560 agree with that? Like, his positions have been radical, and 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:16.080 yet at least in this election, and we've been moving 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:23.000 more and more in that path, radical or not. And 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.760 by the way, I think many, if not most, of 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:27.960 those Democrats have voted for him, don't actually agree with 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:32.720 those views, but they don't really know about them. The 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.560 corporate media doesn't cover them, and their view is just 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:41.080 I'm on team Democrat. Yeah, soote I vote Democrat and 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:47.080 that's where we are. If you're going to win, you've 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.840 got to make the election about issues and not personalities. 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.280 And by the way, this is a broader point. I 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:58.160 think too many of these Republican races became personality battles. 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:08.600 I when you have first time candidates who've never run, 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:17.240 who are celebrities or you know, coming from outside, they 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.240 have no record, they have no voting record, they've not 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.400 been involved in issues, they've not that, they've never taken 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:29.520 a stand on anything. They frequently make major mistakes, and 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:34.960 you know, experience matters, like actually knowing what you're doing matters. 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.120 You were a serious competitive tennis player. You played at 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:42.480 all miss. You know, if I wandered out on the 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:47.760 tennis court for a competitive Division one game, I'd get crushed. 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.800 And it doesn't matter that that on my iPhone, I 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:53.520 have a tennis game that if I flicked my finger, 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.480 I can I have a wicked backhand on my iPhone. 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.960 But it actually experience does matter, and acts does matter, 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.679 and spending. You know, when you were seven years old, 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:05.880 you were going to tennis camp and practicing and you know, 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.560 hitting a backhand over and over and over and over again, 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.679 so that it became routine. If you look at some 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:20.079 of these races with first time candidates, what they became 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:28.160 was personality battles. The single best political advice I've ever 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.040 gotten came from Heidi, and it came years ago, right 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:34.120 when I was getting started, and she said, remember, it's 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:38.600 not about you. It's about them. It's about their lives, 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.800 it's about their kids, it's about their family, it's about 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:47.600 their future. You can tell a bad candidate if they 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.000 stand up there and say over and over again the 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:54.080 word I I I. You know, I remember back in 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.960 in two thousand and eight the Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:02.880 was supposed to have a coronation and this unknown senator 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:07.840 from Illinois stuns the world by beating her. And I'm 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:12.040 watching the TV speeches that night and Hillary Clinton gets 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:16.439 up at her concession speech such as it was every 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:22.320 third word was I I I and over her right shoulder, 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:26.079 Bill Clinton was standing the best natural politician of his generation. 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:30.560 And you could see Bill Clinton physically wins. It was 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.920 like he was being punched. I remember, I remember watching it. 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:35.920 It was the difference between Hillary and Bill Clinton was 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:37.959 just night date. It's like, how did he not coach 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.600 her more? He was in agony. I mean it was 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:44.640 he was in actual pain. Every time she said I, 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.640 you could see the pain in his eyes. You cut 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.280 to Barack Obama and his speech that night, every third 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:56.920 word was we we we watching them. My reaction is 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:01.000 that guy's gonna win. And I will say, in too 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:06.520 many of these races, it became about the personality and 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:11.480 not about the issues that impact the kitchen table, the kids, 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.400 the family, the safety, the security that impact the people. 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.640 That's what we need to make races about. There's some 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.679 good news tonight. One of your dear friends, one of 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.040 your closest friends in the Senate. We were concerned about 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:26.120 this race, talked about it on this show. You went 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.360 out there for Mike Lee. That race has now been 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.040 called for Mike Lee. You've got to be happy about 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:34.920 that personally. Look, I'm very happy. If Mike Lee had 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:38.760 lost tonight, it would have been cataclysmic. I literally would 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.360 have been in tears if Mike Lee had lost. He 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:43.640 is by far my closest friend in the Senate. He 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.880 has a smart, principled conservative. He's also the single most 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.520 frequent guests on Verdict. I think Mike has been three 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.840 times on Verdict. There's no other person that has been 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:59.240 that many times on Verdict. His race was close. Public 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.640 polling had it three points. At one point, it had 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.880 him down. He ended up winning by as of tonight, 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:09.240 twelve points. He ended up winning pretty decisively. And I 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:15.360 think what happened was Republicans came home that even the 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.920 sort of so the reason he was in danger is 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.720 all the d's we're voting for McMullan, and the sort 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:25.520 of wobbly ours who want to be nice and aren't 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:29.480 sure and think Mike is really conservative. They were flirting 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:34.880 with McMullan and and I think the tribalism prevailed, and 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:36.920 they said, Okay, I'm not voting for the guy the 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:42.480 Democrats support. I'm coming home. I'm glad of it there, 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:46.240 I'm not glad of it. In the New York ubernatorial race. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.640 I wish Lee's elded in one. He ran an amazing campaign, 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.960 by the way, with not near the resources that the 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.760 Democrats had. You and I talked about this on the 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:58.120 Live portion earlier and for I think it's important to recap. 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:02.200 If there's any big take way from these midterm elections, 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:04.360 is that Democrats are doing a hell of a lot 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:10.400 better job of fundraising and funding their candidates. Republicans are 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:15.400 holding back great candidates by not raising as much money 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.120 as we need to to be competitive and to win 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.400 some of these races. And that may be one of 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:22.360 the biggest takeaways from these midterms is it is time 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.640 for Republicans to go out there and to get in 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.559 this game and write more checks and to give more 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:31.199 money to candidates because Democrats are doing an amazing job 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.880 of that. Republicans are are letting too many candidates kind 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.560 of hang out to drive for too long before at 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.440 the last minute they go, Okay, let's give a little 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.000 extra cash here. Well, the damage has already done. Democrats 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.080 are far better at fundraising nationwide than we are. We 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.480 should learn from this now getting ready for the president 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.520 in the big election twenty twenty four. Look, we also 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:55.720 need Republicans to step up and answer the call, and 0:13:56.040 --> 0:14:04.720 we need serious candidates with experience. You look at the 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:09.720 best candidates this cycle. Adam Laxalt in Nevada, who I 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:15.760 backed early. Adam was the attorney general in Nevada. He 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:20.640 ran for governor, did not win governor. But he's smart, experienced, talented, 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.600 he has a record, he read a disciplined campaign. Sitting 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.160 here tonight, we don't know if he'll win or lose, 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.520 but he was the best candidate to win in Nevada. 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:29.800 If Adam doesn't win in Nevada, nobody could have won. 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.000 And he was by far the best candidate to win 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.800 in Nevada. Another one of the really good candidates this 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.560 cycle was Eric Schmidt in Missouri. Same thing. He was 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.720 the attorney general in Missouri. Smart, discipline, it had been 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:45.680 on the ballot, had a very conservative record, knew the pitfalls, 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:50.880 knew the questions that knew the ways you can step 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:55.320 on a landmine, and blow up if we end up 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.400 if the Democrats keep control of the Senate, which is 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:00.520 entirely possible as we sit here tonight. I don't think 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:04.680 it'll happen, but it's possible. You know one person who 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.680 could have altered that single handedly, Kris s Unw, the 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:11.160 governor New Hampshire. Yeah, Kris sin Uknew, a very popular governor. 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:12.840 If he had run for Senate, he would have won. 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.080 And he made the decision. I like being governor. It's 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:21.640 a better job, you know my reaction. So what it's 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:23.680 a better job that's good for you. How about for 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:25.640 the country. How about for the three hundred million people 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:30.320 that are getting screwed by these left wing socialists. Look 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.720 Arizona right now. I hope we pull out Arizona. Yeah, 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.120 let's talk about Arizona, because Arizona is one that you 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.200 and I talked about a lot. You've been out there. 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:42.160 This was a race that was obviously personality driven. To 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.720 go back to that theme for a moment, and what 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:46.920 we're seeing in Arizona is not what we wanted to see, 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.240 at least at this point tonight. As we are recording 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:53.920 this at eleven forty three in the evening, and I 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:59.800 will say, if you followed traditional standards for how you 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:05.080 win Arizona, the obvious candidate to run was Doug Doocy, 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:11.360 the incumbent Republican governor, relatively popular in the state. If 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.200 you're talking about who could beat an incumbent Democrat with 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.440 a ton of money, Doocey was the obvious choice. So 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.600 why did Doocy not run? Doucy didn't run because Donald 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:24.400 Trump Patson and if Doocy had run, Trump would have 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.480 carpet bombed him into oblivion. They would have had a 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.160 civil war and we would have lost. So as a 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:33.160 result Doocy didn't win. If we end up losing Arizona, 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:35.200 I think we ought to look back and say, well, 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.360 was there a candidate who could have won, and why 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:44.479 didn't they run? And is that good? You look at Colorado. 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.320 I think Colorado was a winnable state, although given the 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.600 tribalism that played out, it may have been less winnable 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:55.000 than possible. Initially it was perceived. I think Bennett was 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.760 a very weak incumbent. I think it was vulnerable. But 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.880 you look at the Republican Canada at Joe O'Day, he's 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:03.800 a business guy, never run for office, didn't know anything 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.800 about politics. Were nice guy, I met him, I liked him, 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:11.880 I supported him. What killed him? One? He was massively outspent. 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.159 But secondly he went on one of the Sunday shows 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.240 and they asked him, Hey, what do you think about 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.960 Trump running in twenty four And he said, well, I 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.720 would actively oppose that, that's a bad idea, and I 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:27.160 would campaign against him, and he listed several other people 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:32.720 that he would support. Now, in a normal universe where 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:35.600 you had someone trying to run in Colorado, trying to 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:41.760 appeal to moderate or independent or liberals in the Denver suburbs, 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.879 that's not an insane answer for someone to say in 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:51.320 a state like that. But the reaction of Trump should 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:55.760 have been obvious at this point. Trump's reactions are entirely 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:59.200 predictable and consistent, yes, which he is not waver in 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.000 his response. The next day, Trump turned around and punched 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.560 him in the face and told people, don't vote for 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:08.600 the guy, and the race was lost at that point. Now, look, 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:13.439 I wish O'Day when asked that question, that's not a 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:18.439 hard question for O'Day to dodge to simply say, you know, 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:21.560 I'm focused on twenty two and and and the voters 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.159 can worry about that in the future. But it is 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:26.840 an example where the fact that you had a candidate 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:30.959 never run who didn't understand, how are they going to 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.040 try to get me to step on a landmine? The 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:37.080 reason that's a landmine in Colorado is whatever answer he gave, yeah, 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:40.520 pissed off a big chunk of voters He needed. He 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:42.879 needed all the Trump hardcore supporters to be with him 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:46.080 to have a prayer, but he also needed to not 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:49.840 alienate the rest of the voters. And so that combination 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.520 I think was unfortunate. You look at one of the 0:18:54.560 --> 0:19:00.760 other thing, yesteen points as a governor, while at the 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:05.560 same time we lose the Senate race. That's shocking. If 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:08.399 the Democrats keep the Senate by one seat, Chris Sanuna 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.560 single handedly could have changed that, which it's amazing it's 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:13.440 going to come down to that. You look at Georgia. 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:16.040 Now we're seeing a little bit of a lead for Warnock. 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.280 I don't think either person at this point in the night, 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:20.520 it looks pretty clear they're not going to get to 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:22.760 the fifty plus one that you're gonna need to win. 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:25.440 That's going to go back to runoff. This could also 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:27.640 be for the control of the Senate. It could all 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:30.879 come down to Georgia, which which is not a place 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:35.320 we want to necessarily go back to. Look right now, 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:38.360 it looks like we're headed to a runoff in Georgia. 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:40.960 Oh this is good Wisconsin. Right now, it looks like 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:44.280 Ron Johnson has a three point lead with eighty eight 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:48.920 percent in a seventy four thousand vote lead. That's positive. 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.000 I think Ron will hold on. That's another seat we 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:57.920 need him to hold on. I think you will. Fetterman 0:19:58.080 --> 0:20:01.840 is up sixty two thousand votes with eighty three percent in, 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:07.040 and so how we deal with that? All right? Warnock 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.920 Warnock is up right now, Yeah, almost thirty thousand votes 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:15.000 with ninety five percent in. But they're both below fifty 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:16.720 percent right now. So it looks like we're headed to 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:20.639 a runoff. When you look at this, the media is 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:26.439 obviously going to go really, really crazy and analyzing how 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:30.840 much the Donald Trump endorsement helped her hurt? What is 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:33.679 the takeaway from this from from that, because they're going 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:37.119 to spend weeks on this saying was he was he 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:39.800 an asset or did he take away? You look at 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:42.560 he went all in in that ration. Michigan for Tutor Dixon. 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:45.280 She lost there. That was called pretty early in the night. 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:48.200 He didn't he didn't put money behind it. Well that's true. Look, 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:50.119 going all in, when you have one hundred million dollars 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:55.080 in the bank, go spend money. Tutor Dixon had no money. Yeah, 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:58.640 and I mean it was it was a massive differential 0:20:58.640 --> 0:21:03.200 in spending. Look, going all in is not sending out 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:07.639 a tweet. Look did it help or hurt both? It 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:10.560 helped enormously. Jd Vance would not be a senator without 0:21:10.600 --> 0:21:15.440 Donald Trump, period, full stop. Jady Vance was losing that primary. 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:19.040 Trump came in, endorsed him, and it catapult advanced to 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:23.119 the lead. Now it's clear that Trump's endorsement has a 0:21:23.440 --> 0:21:25.960 much bigger impact in a Republican primary than in a 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:31.160 general election. That much is clear. With Vance, it turned out, 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:34.560 and he's one of the exceptions. He'd never run before, 0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:37.840 he was a first time candidate, and yet he proved 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:42.040 more disciplined than some of the other first time candidates. 0:21:42.040 --> 0:21:44.280 And I will say you and I have talked at 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:48.600 length about the nationwide month long seventeen state bus tour 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:50.560 I did. I spent an entire day with Jade Vance 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:53.439 I'd met JD before, but I didn't really know him, 0:21:55.160 --> 0:21:58.639 and he really impressed me. For one thing. When I 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:01.919 came to Ohio, we given to and said use it, 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:05.480 and we told that to other candidates. Yeah, his campaign 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:09.440 did a better job of using my time. So they 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:11.840 had three rallies all over the state in different parts 0:22:11.840 --> 0:22:13.600 of the state. They had a big fundraiser where they 0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:15.240 raised a bunch of money that they had me come 0:22:15.280 --> 0:22:18.800 to on the bus. In between each of the different stops. 0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:21.520 They had me on the phone non stop to talk 0:22:21.600 --> 0:22:24.120 radio host all over the state. So they systematically one 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:27.120 call after the other. Now you're particularly sympathetic to being 0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:31.800 on the phone with talk radio host, absolutely, but it 0:22:30.280 --> 0:22:34.679 was It was impressive. The first rally we did was 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:36.919 at nine or nine thirty in the morning, and they 0:22:36.920 --> 0:22:38.960 had a packed house. They had hundreds of people come 0:22:38.960 --> 0:22:43.160 out early in the morning or relatively early. Yeah, that's unusual. 0:22:43.240 --> 0:22:45.720 There are a lot of campaigns that can't do that. 0:22:46.320 --> 0:22:50.160 And so Trump won the primary for him hands down. 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:55.000 But I will say Vance ran a disciplined, effective campaign 0:22:55.280 --> 0:23:00.119 and won the general. And one of the lessons I 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:05.160 think we need to take is to win to win 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:07.440 in twenty two and to win in twenty four. We've 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:10.760 got to be united. We've got to have There are 0:23:11.080 --> 0:23:16.280 desperate parts of the Republican Party where if we're at war, 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:21.320 the Democrats win. Now, that doesn't mean that within the 0:23:21.320 --> 0:23:24.639 party we shouldn't press the party. Look, I have famously 0:23:24.680 --> 0:23:28.120 battled Republican leadership for years, and I fully expect going 0:23:28.160 --> 0:23:32.040 forward to continue doing so. We should have vigorous fights 0:23:32.160 --> 0:23:35.040 about what we should stand for and what we should do. 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:41.040 And I'm going to press harder than anyone for the 0:23:41.160 --> 0:23:44.760 Republican majorities to act like it and deliver on our promises. 0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:47.080 By the way, we just saw Wisconsin narrow it's now 0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:52.440 thirty thousand vote margin. That's less than ideal than Fetterman's 0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:55.159 up sixty two thousand votes, which is just shocking to 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:57.879 me in Pennsylvania that Fetterman, a guy that had the 0:23:57.960 --> 0:24:02.000 worst debate I think in history modern political times, is 0:24:02.040 --> 0:24:04.960 actually winning by sixty two thousand votes. As we do 0:24:05.000 --> 0:24:07.840