when president biden recently called freshman mike lawler -- >> the kind of republican i used to dealne of these maga republicans -- >> reporter: democrats seeking to unseat lawler were furious. >> people were horrified when biden said what he did. >> reporter: did biden get it wrong? >> it wasn't just wrong, it was factu factually absurd. >> reporter: lawler says he's appealing to moderates. >> i don't look at it as a vulnerability. i've won twice in 2-1 democratic districts. when the president came to westchester and he said on stage i'm the type of republican he could work with. >> reporter: but lawler's opponents are seizing on his votes in the conservative dominated house. like when the new york freshman voted to rescind a pentagon policy reimbursing personnel traveling for abortions. >> so he's totally fine with women in the military fighting for his freedom but he won't even protect their rights. >> reporter: lawler defends his votes. >> using taxpayer funds related to abortion services, we don't do that. >> reporter: lawler could be in a difficult circumstance. >> mike lawler

those are the individuals that mike lawler, people like that were able to convince in the 2022 cyclen that joe biden was taking the country ins was not for the best. it's still going to be the economy stupid. we're going to be talking about those economic indicators for the forgotten people on main street. that's going to be the mess for republicans. those who get lost in these cultural wars, are going to be the ones that find themselves on the wrong end of the pendant. >> we try to view things through the primpl of trump or biden. it's a national election. those voters that they were talking to, it's a great window into a republican primary voter in iowa, which is a very type of voter, are not the voter who is are going to decide in november of 2024. my question is if you're the biden campaign, do you want to run against former president trump right now because he has all this baggage, because he has all these issues? >> another quick thing. there's an iowa voter, but there's a new hampshire voter, which is a very different voter. so it could change the calculous, depending on the o

so when president biden recently called vulnerable freshman mike lawler. >> the kind of republican i'm maga republicans. >> reporter: some democrats from were furious. >> people were horrified when they heard what joe biden had to say. >> reporter: did biden get it wrong? >> he got it wrong i think it was factually an shurd. >> reporter: laul letter with one of 18 republicans in districts that biden carried in 2020. >> i ran to represent this district. >> reporter: lawler says he's appealing to moderates. >> i've won twice in two to one democratic districts. when the president can a i'm to westchester and he said on stage i'm the type of republican he could work with. >> reporter: when the new york freshman voted to rescind a pentagon policy reimbursing personnel traveling for abortions. >> so he's totally fine with women in the military fighting for his freedom, but he won't even protect their rights. >> reporter: lawler defends his votes. >> using taxpayer funds to pay for travel related to abortion services we don't do that? er he could soon be in a difficult spot if the house begin

mike lawler, who has been on, been effective, won by percentage pointings and jones in brand-new district? talk strategy with guy with a lot of power and assembled momentum. here is the president of congressional leadership fund dan constant. good to see you. there are tight races, one major topic hangs over all of it and that is abortion. have republicans been effective understanding how to message abortion? i think there is no question abortion is a motivating factor for base democrats, where it is on the ballot, blue states, where it was settled law, next to no impact and republicans have succeeded where they have been able to talk about why they believe what they believe in humane and caring and compassionate way. we think that it is an issue but there are so many profound issues that the country cared about, particularly with the balance of the house plays out in blue states. >> brian: when you talk to people, where are you looking for candidate? what should they stand for? >> i think you look at the way that speaker mccarthy and the house majority has governed and that is a clear gu

so when joe biden recently called freshman mike lawler -- >> the kind of republican i'm used to dealingare seeking to unseat him were furious. >> people were horrified when they heard what joe biden had to say. >> did biden get it wrong? >> not only got it wrong, but i think it was just factually absurd. >> reporter: lawler is one of 18 republicans that biden carried in 2020. >> i ran to represent this district. >> he says he's appealing to moderates. >> i don't look at it as a vulnerability. i've won twice in 2-1 democratic districts. when the president came to westchester, he said on stage, i'm the type of republican he could work with. >> reporter: but his opponents are seething on his votes in the conservative dominated house. like when he voted to rescind a pentagon policy reimbursing personnel traveling for abortions. >> so he's totally fine with women in the military fighting for his freedom, but he won't protect their rights. >> reporter: lawler defends his vote. >> using taxpayer funds to pay for travel related to abortion services, we don't do that. >> reporter: he could soon

to go along with something like this, but the images you're seeing on your screen of congressman mike lawleressman fitzpatrick of pennsylvania who's the cochair of the moderate bipartisan problem solvers caucus, they have all told my colleagues and myself that they are still questioning whether an impeachment inquiry can go forward because they don't know if there's enough evidence linking president biden to his son hunter's financial dealings. that is not stopping hard right members to push ahead and move forward in these relevant committees to continue to investigate these dealings. just a couple of hours ago this morning, we saw a memo from the house oversight committee which is examining the biden family's financial dealings saying they intend to push ahead with this link between the president and his son even though there's no actual proof that the president had benefitted financially from his son's foreign business dealings. nonetheless, the white house pushing back on this saying this investigation is all political maintaining the president did nothing wrong. when you look at the sche