host: let's hear from john in denton, texas, a supporter of the vice president. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my calls. thank you for being objective. host: you are on, sir. go ahead. caller: i have not seen and will never see a halo over donald trump's head. the same goes for any president. god bless america. host: one of the news stories going into the election was the state of the race of the texas senate, featuring ted cruz against his challenger colin allred. ted cruz would ultimately win another term in the senate. after finding out that he went before his supporters to give a speech. here is a portion. [video clip] >> tonight, the people of texas have spoken. their message rings clear as a bell across our great state. texas will remain texas. [crowd chanting "ted"] the media are ready to write off texas. chuck schumer poured in more than $100 million to our state. well, i want to say, thank you, chuck. i hope we win a few more senate seats tonight because you wasted so much money in texas. they deployed every trick, every lie, every hollywood