cheri bustos of course wants to do more of that. more women in congress, more competing and winning in republican districts. cheri bustos' own district is one that voted for donald trump in 2016. this year congresswoman bustos not only won that same district, she did so by a quite handy landslide. look, she won by 24 points in a trump district. and now cheri bustos will be in charge of guiding democrats through the 2020 campaign, defending the seats they have and trying to broaden their support as the president seeks a second term in office. what will that look like? how do you start preparing now if that is the fight to come? joining us now is congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois, the new chair of the dccc. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> never had you on the show before. i'm very glad you could do the show tonight. >> i'm glad i could be here too. >> let me just ask you, first of all, sitting here listening to me tell that story, i thought i'm going to make her break out in some sort of rash or hives by spending this muc

congresswoman cheri bustos, and ryan kiss tall.political serendipity of this. >> nothing is serendipitous when it comes to d.c. that wasn't a selfie because neither one of them was holding the phone. there was something that went into that obviously. >> who was promoting it? >> they're both promoting it. they're both getting buzz in different -- >> is that a pairing? >> it could be. maybe it was a test out to see how they look on a ticket. the question will be who will be at the top of it? >> what was the reaction to it? >> a lot. we're reacting to it because a lot of people thought months ago that biden could get in a term as president. if he puts a really strong running mate together and he is on top, then people will say, she'll get it the second term without him saying so. >> every time i turn a corner in the hallway, i see somebody else running for president. >> we had tulsi gabbard on from hawaii. she was talking about running very seriously. >> i saw beto earlier. i saw swalwell in the gym. he was talking about it. >> who co

. >> congresswoman cheri bustos, thanks for being on the show.eat to see you. >> thanks, mika. >>> coming up, from 15-year-old towel girl at donald trump's mar-a-la mar-a-lago. it's one of the most notorious sex abuse cases of our time. that's next on "morning joe." ( ♪ ) what do you get the person that loves to tailgate? (click, beeps) ( ♪ ) how about a new tailgate? ring in the holidays with great deals across the buick lineup. use your avenir cash allowance to get over $6,200 below msrp on this 2019 enclave avenir. to get over $6,200 below msrp you'll make my morning, buty the price ruin my day.ou? complicated relationship with milk? pour on the lactaid, 100% real milk, just without that annoying lactose. mmm, that's good. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." it is thursday, december 6th. we've still got a lot to cover this morning. 270 grand can buy you a lot of hotel rooms. can it also buy you a lot of friends at the highest level of government? we'll talk to the reporter who paid for 500 rooms at donald trump's hotel after the 2016 election.