leave the presidency with dignity and respect for the democratic party. >> brendan buck? >> i absolutely agree. this president has developed a following unlike anything i've seen maybe ever in presidential politics. the loyalty to which republican voters give him is remarkable. it has -- it rears its head everywhere throughout our politics and the legislative process and the electoral process, and he'll be the most sought after surrogate in the 2020 midterm for people to come out. he really is the party at this point. the question is what can he do with that? can he use that remarkable power that he has whether it's the power to marshal voters and the he controls what we talk about and we never figured out and maybe joe biden is the only one to figure out how to deal with that. the problem is he's never been able to use it for good and what i mean by that is most of the super powers he has, he uses for his own self-indulgence to get attention for himself as sort of the end goal in itself. and i think what he could potentially do and he had the potential to do all kinds of

. >>> brendan buck joins us right now. he's tlet's begin with the election. what do you think is the state of the republican party after november 3rd? >> it's surprising. it's an election where you had the rare event of an incumbent president getting voted out. down battllot, they did so well. there was a lot of expectation that after this election if the polls were right and it was going to be a blowout for democrats, that there would be a lot of grappling within the party about what it stabnds for and what the future is. i haven't seen that at all. republicans feel like what the outcome particularly down ballot is justification of everything that the president has been doing and that trumpism has worked. you had a situation where democrats were expected to take another 10 to 12, 15 seats and have lost close to 10 in the house. democrats are very demoralized about not getting the senate. everybody that waswas hoping fo conversation among the party about what we stand for, i think that's put on. for the time being, despite the fact that he lost, it's still go

what do you brendan buck make of the claims being made here? >> it's one of the greatest things i have ever seen. i alternate between finding this hilarious and being absolutely furious about it because it's so damaging to democracy as you discussed. as a republican, i'm still a republican, i think it's incredibly damaging to the party, the party that is being told that elections are rigged and that their vote doesn't matter isn't democrats, it's republicans. so the consequences of this are far and wide but they're actually going to be felt mostly by the party that is leading this. so i'm frustrated by it. i think it's, as you said, doomed to fail. it's quite pathetic the folks they're trotting out here, it's really the bottom of the barrel. so i'm not worried, but i'm just really concerned about what it says to voters and when 77% of republicans think the election was rigged, there are real consequences to that. >> what do you think about the role of republican leaders right now? i can understand -- mine, i obviously don't agree. i think that'

so good to see you, jen, and thanks so much to brendan buck.into a thanksgiving weekend, let's hope things continue to move forward. that does it for today on "andrea mitchell reports." followous facebook and twitter @mitchellreports. lester holt's big interview is coming up on "nightly news" and we'll see more of it on msnbc. kasie hunt takes over next with "mtp daily" only on msnbc. honestly, i add a couple of tide pods and just stuff everything in. it works. and of course, everyone thinks their way is right. i stood in line for hours to get this. it has to be washed on delicate. it has to be cold water, it's better for the planet. the secret is, with tide pods it all works. of course it does. told ya! they're going to do it their way, and i get a break from the laundry. no matter how you wash, it's got to be tide. a livcustomizeper iquickbooks for me. okay, you're all set up. thanks! that was my business gi, this one's casual. get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. ofbut never for bladder leaks.r that fits like this.

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wednesday morning, brendan buck, who served under paul ryan and john bader, on the state of the republican party following the 2020 elections. lawrence, former chief of staff to california democratic congresswoman nancy pelosi, talks about house democrats agenda in this week's leadership election. journal," liveon at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. coming up wednesday on c-span, the house is back at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches, legislative business at noon. legislators take up several bills and vote on whether to go to conference for the senate to work out differences on legislation that sets defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. on c-span2, the senate returns -- returns to consider judicial nominations. c-span3, a time on confirmation hearing for three nominees picked to serve as members of the federal election commission. senaten the day, a governmental affairs subcommittee looks at how federal agencies are handling telework during the coronavirus pandemic. that gets underway at

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bush, amanda carpenter, former communications director for senator ted cruise, and brendan buck, aideo -- hi. all of you. scott, i have to commend you because you have also been speaking out against this madness. senator sasse and romney joins you now. but they are two i probably most expect to do so. do you think other republicans who have been more supportive of the president perhaps mitch mcconnell, senator cornyn might join them? >> i think republicans as the process rolls on and states certify their results as the electors meet, and so on and so forth, they'll acknowledge. i think republican haves different motivations for speaking out, not speaking out, and i think you'll see that manifest itself as well. but i cannot imagine that any republican watched that press conference today and thought to themselves, this seems like a really good thing to jump on and ride for the next 60 days. it was an embarrassment. it was terrible for the party. it was actually terrible for the president who honestly, don, has the chance to exit office on a high note on several fronts, but they are rui

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host: i'm good have brendan but respond about -- buck respond about a national agenda.st: i think what she's getting at is that there's not been a lot of things that pull us together for national unity to get something done. i think the covid crisis is going to do that. i think it has been for the past year. that's going to be the dominant story for the next six months in politics. both in responding in the public health situation across the country as cities and states are doing, but certainly in washington, trying to pass a new legislative passage -- package but also a new administration. we have a vaccine coming online, this could be a moment we are happy with because we are able to pull together but we have a long way to go. host: what are the vulnerabilities of kevin mccarthy as a leader? vulnerabilities? his strength has always been his ability to hold together his members, even when he was a relatively jr. member he understood politics better than anybody. now he's not necessarily -- if you want to contrast him maybe with my old boss, he's definitely less of a po

. >>> brendan buck joins us now, former press secretary to john boehner and speaker of the ho

host: i'm good have brendan but respond about -- buck respond about a national agenda. guest: i think what she's getting at is that there's not been a lot of things that pull us together for national unity to get something done. i think the covid crisis is going to do that. i think it has been for the past year. that's going to be the dominant story for the next six months in politics. both in responding in the public health situation across the country as cities and states are doing, but certainly in washington, trying to pass a new legislative passage -- package but also a new administration. we have a vaccine coming online, this could be a moment we are happy with because we are able to pull together but we have a long way to go. host: what are the vulnerabilities of kevin mccarthy as a leader? vulnerabilities? his strength has always beehis ability to hold together his members, even when he s a relatively jr. member he understood politics better than anybody. now he's not necessarily -- if u want to contrast him maybe with my old boss, he's definitely less of a poli

steve, bring in our panel former adviser to paul ryan buck and harold ford jr. brendanrald's stomping ground. you come from georgia. give us an update where do you see things now a month from the election. >> yeah these are two races the republicans should win. i know joe biden won the state of georgia. i don't think anybody should think that the state of georgia is blue at this point. the two democrats that are running jon ossoff and raphael warnock are way far left. they are not mainstream democrats. they are not joe biden democrats. i think if kelly loeffler and david perdue can are up a campaign that is focused on their opponents and talking about not only however left they are and how out of the mainstream they are but what is at stake as kelly loeffler was just saying this isn't about two seats this is whether mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer are running the senate. that's the critical distinction. that's why i think it's important that the two candidates are running against their opponents and stop fighting with each other about the election results from a month