what republicans let mitch mcconnell argue -- like mitch mcconnell argue, that this is an investment with a down payment to make sure that there's no land war throughout europe. because over time that would be much more costly to the united states. and also, another reason why it is important to spend the money now is because, you know, there are some awful chain reactions right now in the energy markets from russia's war in ukraine. obviously we already cut off russian oil, most nations have already done that. and that will open up a of supply chain issues. that is why we saw gas prices so high, and then president biden tried to frame it as putin's price hike, which was partially true but also -- it's an acknowledgment that there are other factors that have led to the higher gas prices for americans, that they have seen over the last year or so. but i think that a lot of it comes down to how people are feeling economically. and that is what will ultimately determine the outcome. martin: final question, if it turns out that donald trump becomes history, do you see any candidate on ei

what mess is mitch mcconnell responsible for today? whether the supreme court or abortion or voting rights were climate change or primary election results. so much to be trace back to the so-called grim reaper. so with your indulgence only focus on the fact through the lens of mitch mcconnell schapiro raises a question, what should we expect for the motivations behind elected officials in our republic? should we expectth them to be driven for unbridled power was cynical tactics as james madison warned us about? are we should expect something more of our leaders that at the very least sometimes rise above petty and selfish tdesires to amass power to put the country before themselves and their tribes. at the very least not incite angry mobs or abandon ethical norms or be an apologist for a conspiracy theorist that is a low bar. perhaps we should expecthe ultimately at their best our leaders can inspire a shared vision based on fundamental principles to which we can all work uplifting not only ourselves but each other and all of us as the

it was like, oh what mess is mitch mcconnell responsible for today. whether it's the supreme court and abortion or campaign finance or voting rights or climate change or holding up critical appropriations or primary election results so much can be traced back to what is the so-called grim reaper? but with your indulgence, let me focus on the fact that through the lens of mitch mcconnell irish apero raises a foundational question. what should we expect of the motivations behind elected officials in our republic? should we simply expect them to be driven by nothing more than the quest for unbridled power employing cynical tactics in the name of amassing control and influence as james madison warned us about in the federalist papers. or maybe just maybe we should expect something more of our leaders that they that they be able to at the very least. sometimes rise above petty and selfish desires to amass power that they serve the greater good put community and country and posterity before themselves and their tribes. at the very least that they not incite

here's what mitch mcconnell says the problem is.>> there's a greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. senate races are just different. they're statewide. candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. >> tucker: so there's head republican in the senate, conceding three months out that republicans probably won't retake the senate. why is that? the answer, of course, was in the final line you just heard, some of the candidates are mediocre. that's mitch mcconnell's excuse. there's truth in that honestly. some are mediocre. compared to what? mediocre in the congress? let's see, dianne feinstein hasn't spoken a coherent sentence in years. hasn't had trouble getting elected. one had sex with a chinese spy and is still there. mediocre people get elected to office. lots and lots and lots of them do. every cycle. see what mcconnell is saying, it's buck passing, don't blame me, i didn't choose these people. all right. they're still the nominees. so if you want to save the country, and move in a different direction, yes, using

he likes or liked to think he was a friend of mitch mcconnell theban.hink the answer is complicated. i think the president has a way that he believes politics should be and he's made every to have it that way. at the same time i think he was under no illusions about mcconnell because he saw him close up in eight years at theth obama presidency. so i think he knew. to make the effort you can bring some other republicans along but i think he was under no illusions by the time he was president. >> my question is beyond mitch mcconnell witches you look back wistfully is that based on on -- as opposed to foundational and i ask that because we have this i don't not afraid to, authoritarian minority rule based on the founders vision in 1787 somehow giving everyone a call in these two senators would work out fine and now you have a situation where wyoming was 690,000 people has two senators in california with 41 million peopleat has two senators see he this great imbalance; is is it about mcconnell or so more foundational and other basic flaw in our system that

i think much of that has to do with mitch mcconnell.pective that you represent that question is that some of the house members think that we want to stop everything. i think that again this goes back to the first question you asked me. mitch mcconnell wants to prevent a republican party that is a constructive party. i do think he wants to blow everything up. yes he doesn't like obama, biden, he does like the democrats and all that, but he wants the moderate public and voter to feel comfortable with him and his leadership. >> bret: i wanted to ask it that way from that perspective come up with when you ask him specifically what to get it done on the bipartisan way if he is the leader in the first 90 days it's tough to pin him down on the legislative priorities. >> sure it is but he's playing 3d chess one a lot of people are planning to us. for example joe biden passes capacity 1.9 trying dollar covert bill. it sets off the worst inflation in 40 years, you want to follow that up with a $3 trillion bill at the back better and he called it

got mitch mcconnell is judges, but they were mitch mcconnell judge, so they've delivered for republicans on as you say, agenda items like abortion, like guns, like regulation of the environment. but when donald trump turn to the court and said, i want you to protect my financial documents from waffle subpoenas, but the congress, the court said nothing doing your on your own. so this is one case where he didn't read the fine print and he got out maneuvered by mitch mcconnell on guns. you put the arguments time and again that people with guns are in fact less safe than those who don't have them. no one's listening that do you foresee a time when people might listen? what do you think it needs to happen? what needs to happen to change people's orientation on this? i think it begins with the kinds of changes and attitude we had with things like drunk driving. the whole world is riveted by these horrifying massacres, especially when it's actually and it's just, it's just heartbreaking. but day and day out. dozens of americans are killed or injured in accidents or negligible, he will be it wil

masters, who pushed back a lot against mitch mcconnell, had to go and kind of apologize to almost and speak kindly because mcconnell controls so much money. where are the donations that are going to president trump? he should be using that money to help be a kingmaker not just in the rallies but in helping to support these candygram so they don't need mcconnell. so trump's got to pony up money in these races. i 100% agree. wewe lost those senate seats in georgia. . t i think that was really bad. i don't think we needed to lose those. i think that money is going to flow. great point. now, chris , speaking of fetterman, i want to play more of this blisteringly longve five minute speech he gave today in front of the props that were his steel m workers. h >> what is wrong with demanding for an easy, safe kind of their income, a path to a safe place for them to win or excuse me, the right to work and make sure that we deliver what we need to to make sure we deliver an advocate for this sacred union way of life is obviously something wrong with fetterman and we can't letet our compassin for

an incumbent before they get entrenched. >> arizona is probably one of the better examples for mitch mcconnellb portman's seat, which should be a complete no brainer, but j.d.vance hasn't lived up to what they expected. it's got to hurt for mcconnell, right, because this is something he's always prided himself on, picking the candidates he liked that he wanted to win. they did it in georgia with herschel walker. that's not panning out the way they thought. honestly, you'll be able to if republicans don't have the senate on november 8th, you can point to these candidates and say that's probably why. >> it is 50/50, which means if you're republicans is first, hold your own and take one away. so they're worried about ohio. they should not be worried about ohio. they're worried about pennsylvania. that's a republican incumbent too. let's go to wis with is and ron johnson, again a, a fox news poll out, senator ron johnson, 46%. that's a very close, very competitive race 80 days out. but if you're mitch mcconnell, you're thinking, ron, you're my incumbent senator. you have to take care of this so we

candidate quality from mitch mcconnell. how do you see this, and especially in relation to what is going on with liz cheney but also the republicans having to look at this with some reality? >> mitch mcconnell talking about some of those candidates. herschel walker. so, this was a kind of worried that republicans had last year when we asked them, donald trump has said he is going to be meddling in the primaries, ing candidates. behind closed doors, never in front of her camera or on the record with they say it would but it did. they were worried he was going to pick people who were just in his image, people who had never run for office and had never held office before, especially as high as it -- open office as the senate. and now you have all of these candidates who are either way behind where republicans should be. i'm talking about 11 points in pennsylvania, for example, with oz. seven points with ron johnson, sitting senator in june -- in wisconsin. mitch mcconnell has said this. other republicans are saying, how do we

and he would do exactly what mitch mcconnell wanted to do. but one of the ways do that is someone who pushed back. and he should be using the money. >> i 100% agree. we lost that in georgia. >> blisteringly long five minute speech. >> an easy and safe with a safe place for them to win. and an advocate for this sacred way of life. >> we cannot let our compassion for him get in the way with what is at stake here in this race. they are playing all the games and that man should not be running for the senate, and he cannot be elected to the senate because he does not represent pennsylvania. and and the odds need to step up. >> we have to deal with the soldiers on the field that we have and that includes the republican sewing shade on the candidates. >> we need not only mcconnell to step up but the president to step up as well. in all of these people deserve an enormous amount of respect for being in the ring. >> i think it would be fantastic. >> funding new irs agents, instead of making a change to the aggressive posture, the joe biden a administr

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and it is really easy to see why mitch mcconnell is frustrated here. look at this past week alone, a super pac aligned with mitch mcconnell has had to come to the rescue of republican jd vance in ohio. that is a state that joe biden lost by eight points in 2020. they're now pouring $28 million into that race. then you look at the senate gop's campaign arm, they had to cut spending and shift around spending in order to preserve resources because a number of their candidates are struggling to raise money and then you have the nonpartisan cook political report which just yesterday moved the open pennsylvania senate race from the tossup column into the lead democrat column. that was seen as one of the democrats' best pickup opportunities and dr. mehmet oz has been struggling. and so democrats have all these reasons to have hope that they actually could hold on to the senate. but we should mention a few caveats here. they are still facing tough political head winds. joe biden's approval ratings are still hovering in the 40s. and republicans really need to f

because mitch mcconnell yesterday flipped. i'm used to the lies. i am used to the hypocrisy. senator pat toomey will not take a meeting with the veterans groups. he sends out his chief of staff. i am used to the cowardice. i have been here a long time. the senate is where accountability goes to die. these people don't care, they are never losing their jobs. they are never losing their health care. scott toomey did not this is job, he is walking away. god knows what kind of pot of gold he is stepping into. to lobby this government to -- on more people. i am used to all of it but i am not used to the cruelty. they passed it, june 16, they passed the pac act. 84-13. you don't even see these scores anymore. everyone one of these individuals that have been fighting for years standing on the shoulders of vietnam veterans who have been fighting for years, standing on the shoulders of persian gulf war veterans, desert storm veterans just get the health care and benefits that they earned from their service and i don't care if they were fighting for our freedom, i don't care if they we

trump who basically chose these primary candidates who all vowed that they would not vote for mitch mcconnellhip, or are they going to blame the national republicans editorial committee for not doing the candidate recruitment. these people were all first-timers. they were untested, unvetted, backed by trump, and mcconnell couldn't say anything, because in fact, if you are hated by mcconnell, that helps you in the gop primary, and they all came out and said we don't care about mitch mcconnell. we are not going to vote for him. we'll see what happens when they actually get the senate and they would have to answer to the constituents. >> and trump lost georgia republicans -- in the senate didn't get the blame for that. he managed to blame everybody else. he tends to be tough on them. >> tara, let me ask you, there's an nbc poll finding that democrats have closing enthusiasm gap heading to the midterms. that's another problem for republicans in these statewide races. did that change when it came to roe v. wade? >> absolutely. it's the dobbs decision that i believe has changed that. i think for my

mitch mcconnell wanted somebody else, but he he eventually went along with herschel walker because he a choice there. i have to tell you, jim, herschel walker has more scandals and mistakes than you'd need to sink a battleship. maybe football stardom can save him, plus the republican drift of the year. wow, it's really aimz when you look at what's happened over the past six months there. >> and the house, do you think the house could potentially stay in democratic hands at this point? >> i never rule anything out, particularly in mid august. i think it's unlikely. the real question, jim, is whether democrats, if they're going to lose the house, can lose the house by a reasonable number like 15 or even 20 so that if, if, if they win the president race in 2024, they might be able to sweep in enough democrats to retake control of the house along with the senate if they lose the senate. that's really the question democrats have to answer as they try to fund these campaigns around the country. >> larry sabato, happy belated birthday. great to see you. >> thanks so much, jim. >>> cnn's doni

the joke in washington mitch mcconnell is owned royalties for you. is not getting a penny. >> not even ten to cents. was one of the extent to shoot grappled with gender. you not only had a presidential campaign you grappled with throughout your life. talk but the presidential campaign there is one section in the book you write about you have i would love to see some day. i too with female political reporters. we were all on this one paragraph with your book over the weekend she sends this paragraph around. we are all commenting on it. so i just wanted to read it to you. hope you could unpack this. it's a moment when you are thinking about getting into the primary. you sure you're going to do it. i think you decided in your heart you're going to do it. your thinking about what it's going to take in what is going to look like. it's a few sentences but you write i would do more. i put my unflinching determination on display. sounding the call for the fight against some of the most powerful people and corporations in our nation. it also put my full heart

and shame on mitch mcconnell.ady to roll over right now, he better move out of the way, because we have the narrative and we should control the vote. >> sean: well said, judge, thank you. tonight because the democrats zero bail laws with prosecutions and a movement to define, dismantle police departments, the liberal city is right now, they have all descended into chaos, take a look at your screen, the looters ransacking ala 7-eleven, looting and theft have now been completely decriminalized especially in places like california by democrats, this is a result. that is the predictable result in new york city meanwhile violent criminals and convicted rapist, remember this guy? he is a violent criminal, a sex offender back on the street after almost killing this guy in a random attack because new york's tough on crime prosecutor does not believe that violent criminal should go to jail. this is insanity. he has since been rearrested for violating his parole and that's why he scenes like this in new york city are gettin

and this is the beaten down mitch mcconnell on that interview, let's be honest. s riding high from about 2014 through 2018. he felt, at the peak of his powers. and being at the peak of his powers meant he could help influence a pick who could come out of republican primaries. and he would choose the candidates that he felt where the strongest and could win. this was not always the case, back in the 2010 cycle, people room might remember the which candidate, christine o'donnell, and sharon angle, and others, who cost the republican seats. mcconnell put a stop to that. but he has lost control of his party. donald trump, -- elected, he's-ing it with cougars at mar-a-lago, he controls the party, you can show the candidates. and a lot of the candidates that he's chosen a pretty weak, let's be honest. and mitch mcconnell knows, that and this is a guy that is frustrated, he is beaten down. and obviously, we mentioned herschel walker and mehmet oz, as to we candidates. people don't talk about much as much, arizona, and new hampshire, -- sununu and doocy, popular center-ri

and this is the beaten down mitch mcconnell in that interview, let's be honest. tch was riding high from about 2014 through 2018. because he felt at the peak of his powers. and being at the peak of his powers meant he could help influence and pick who would come out of republican primaries. and he would choose the candidates that he felt where we're the strongest and could win. this was not always the case, back in the 2010 cycle -- people might remember the witch candidate, christine o'donnell, and sharron angle, and others who cost republicans seat. well, mcconnell put a stop to that. but he has lost control of his party. donald trump, despite the fact that he's not elected anything out with cougars at mar-a-lago, he controls the party, you can controls the candidates. and a lot of the candidates that he's chosen are pretty weak, let's be honest. and mitch mcconnell knows that, and this is a guy that is frustrated, he is beaten down. and he realizes that they are going to lead seats on the board -- we mentioned herschel walker and mehmet oz, to particularly weak

that's mitch mcconnell's excusee . and there's some truth in that.t obviously, some ofo them are mediocre, but compared to what mediocre in the congress. let's see dianne feinstein hasn't spoken a coherent sentence in years, hasn't had trouble getting reelected. expo had with a chinese spy. s he's still there. so mediocre people get elected to office lots and lots and lots of them do every cyclew . so what mcconnell's analysis really is , of course, is buck ,don't blame me. i didn't choose these people. alli but they're still the nominees. soso if you want to save the country and move in a different direction. yes. using hint of what you might do for mitch mcconnell other thancc just accept the inevitable? nowon t the truth is it's entiry possible mitch mcconnell doesn't want to retake the senate because then you'd have to run thingss youou. and there's one thingngt' republican leaders dislike. it's running anything much easier. to complain on fox news. but if you actually wanted to o win, what would you do? well, here

i do want to take an issue with something that mitch mcconnell said. he blames the candidate quality and there's something to that. certainly that dr. oz video was cringy. but -- >> neil: i don't know what crude detite is. now i'm up on it. >> i want to take issue with what he said. there's candidate quality issues. on the other happened, mitch mcconnell has tried to not run on an agenda other than criticize the democrats for inflation. republicans have been reluctant to put forward an agenda. there's a popular agenda. a lot of polls -- >> neil: you raise a very good point. sarah, you can pick up on this. mitch mcconnell would not be the first opposition party chieftain to say we have a big lead, let's ride it out. there's concern there where this goes. but what do you think and do you think now that given the tide potentially turning, democrats could suffer the same fate? >> i do. i couldn't agree with both of your guests more. right now republicans still have the upper hand to win the senate. they're ruining their chances by voting against what the p

it is absolute chaos for the republican party right now and for people like mitch mcconnell, it is all bad news. because he's trying to win elections in the senate. and that is not going to happen as long as this chaos continues. let's bring in right now nyu law prefer and former special council for the department of defense, ryan is a coeditior of the national security online forum just security. would you love to ask you first of all, what do you think about the timing, the belated request for a special master by the trump legal team? >> so i do this it is part of what you said, that it is a level of incompetence. it is two weeks after the search that they finally got around to filing a motion and it was so bad that federal district judge had to ask them to redo it. so that demonstrated incompetence. at the same time, i think it is just an attempt to show that he's fighting back and part of a political and fundraising strategy in part. as of this date, he's not being rl served by these folks giving him this legal advice. >> so there has been underway a risk assess of the documents he

and so i think they think they will still be in the driver's seat, that mitch mcconnell will get power back and he will sort of run the show. and they will get their judges. and no one has thought through, like, what does it actually look like if they really pull it off, right? if the whole american experiment collapses in on itself, what is life like for mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham? i think it doesn't look as good as i think they might understand. >> yeah, i agree. i think what is so refreshing about liz cheney is that her view of donald trump is really not all that different from mitch mcconnell's view of donald trump, right? they both think he is dangerous. >> yes. >> they both think he is buffoonish. they both think he would just disappear. but what liz cheney does is then act on that, as if that is a very serious thing that needs to be acted upon. and that has been -- the refreshing thing about her. and also the refreshing were frustrating thing about us, those who know that our former colleagues and former friends see him in the same way that we see him and are acting on i

that was acknowledged just yesterday by mitch mcconnell.lip of what he had to say -- i'm now told we don't have the clip. i will just cite part of what he said. he said he thinks there is a greater likelihood that the house would flip to republican than the senate. he said candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. that is being read as the trump-endorsed candidates are the ones having difficulty. what does that say to you? ruth: it says that is a potential answer to the question you just asked david, what, if anything, could dissuade trump supporters from continuing their support for him? the only answer i can come up with is to have leaders of the party, if they are willing, to have the fortitude to come forward and say in more straightforward language than mitch mcconnell has been willing to, this guy, the former guy, is going to deny us or has denied us control of the senate. this guy is going to imperil our ability to take back the white house. there are other people who embody the beliefs and personality traits even that you

so as we know, senator mitch mcconnell chooses his words very carefully. the lack of or basically let me be clear, when he says that the gop may not win the senate because of the candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome, what's he saying in plain english? >> he's saying that the republicans are in real trouble, alisyn, in taking back control of the senate. but, look, in essence, it's not these candidates' fault, they've nominated the republican party has, extremist candidates. but these candidates reflect where republican voters are today. this is the base, the base of the party is now fully radicalized and extremist, so you're getting candidates like this who just are not going to play well in a general election. i work with an organization called center street pac, and we're trying to defeat some of these extremists, alisyn. i mean, people like j.d. vance in ohio is an election denier. blake masters in arizona is an election denier, dr. oz in pennsylvania, an election denier. republicans are nominating, they've nominated election deniers all ov

michael, we're talking, though, about mitch mcconnell. >> yup. >> who is, i've been saying on the showtch has to be going crazy. >> oh, he is. >> by the way, he was the guy on january 6th calling out trump. he was the guy calling -- you know. and he has seen donald trump pull herschel walker into georgia, right? >> yeah. >> we all need a decoder to see what herschel walker is saying at any time. you have dr. oz. >> yup. >> you know what that pause is? i'm thinking, they have dave mccormick. >> they had him. >> dave mccormick, like i said, would be measuring drapes. >> they had candidates in other races, as well. >> no, let's go across the hall. he would have won. it would have been over. but trump wanted a tv doctor, just like trump wanted a heisman trophy winner who didn't live in georgia. just like trump wanted a guy who wrote books and loved silicon valley and loved san francisco and loved the tech industry and loved wearing the little vests, little tech vests, going to conferences with all the techies. i think silicon valley is great. >> right. >> until he goes to pennsylvania. i h

mitch mcconnell was in this same spot in 2010, the house went overwhelmingly republican and the senate but lots of dollars and follow the money here. >> yeah. >> dana, you have a really interesting special coming up, it's about anti-semitism and anti-semitic incidents last year reached a high. your documentary airs sunday at 9:00 p.m. i want to play a clip from that. ♪ >> anti-semitism, the oldest hate, ugly, deadly, and on the rise in america. >> in chicago two synagogues vandalized. >> shooters targeting this jersey city kosher supermarket. >> three victims are shot and killed at two different jewish facilities near kansas city. >> jews are the most targeted religious group in america says the fbi. >> all i say is never again, but that's what it is again and again and again. >> the threat level against the jewish community is historic. >> hate once limited to extremists, fanatics. >> junow mainstream. >> this is a plague. >> there is no question that anti-semitism is being normalized. >> on city streets, online. >> we've seen people live stream their actual attacks. >> this is disgus

i've never heard mitch mcconnell say anything like that.to do with that. >> you're talking republicans and democrats of the last days or so. democrats now cautiously optimistic in a way they weren't, and republicans are worried a bit. mitch mcconnell reflecting that, because of the candidates, the trump-backed candidates who have emerged in states like pennsylvania, ohio, arizona. in georgia, you know, they're worried that these are first-time candidates going up against experienced candidates. the rhetoric might work in smaller, sort of house races. but when you try to take trumpism to a state like arizona or georgia, it might be a bit more difficult. so that is the kind of worry that mitch mcconnell is talking about. privately, it is sort of trump fatigue coming home to roost, and mitch mcconnell worried about somewhat that may mean. >> you're from texas, but you made your bones in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, working on the harris race in 1991. >> before some on this panel were born. >> and james carville was there. this is a retiri

now you look at mitch mcconnell just the other day saying he's concerned about the quality. i think that's not a two vailed reference to trump-backed candidates. how do you read that interplay between the president and minority leader? >> look ago the hatred for donald trump and president trump that's personal. with mitch mcconnell, he's upset about and l liz cheney is abouts the republican party left them behind and it's not the republican party of the cheneys or bushes or republican party of mitch mcconnell and there's a real likelihood if republicans take back the senate, that mitch mcconnell is not the majority leader. he would rather be in a minority than to lose that power position in a majority as senate leader, and i think he knows it's probably going to come. come. brian: that's interesting and. you talk about the issues that will drive voters and it's a new party and new priorities and you look at issues that voters say they care about, then there's the x factors because this year's had x factors on social issues and abortion and crime and border. what do you think

also this hour, a political jolt from senator mitch mcconnell.

while mitch mcconnell.usually sounds very confident but when it comes to the prospects of retaking the senate? not so much. what's up? >> well, mitch mcconnell has been burned before in 2010 and 2012. i can count at least four races, maybe five. senate republican should've won. but did not. remember sharon angle, and christine o'donnell. and richard murdoch? they lost races that should not have been lost. and here we are again. and it's an issue of candidate quality. here we are again and we have candidates, or republican candidates, who are underperforming in states like georgia, pennsylvania, arizona. ohio. and so, mcconnell has every right to be concerned. his candidates are not doing well in polling right now. and there have been some issues, and we can talk about herschel walkable if you like. and his problems. and there are some issues that are a challenge for him. maybe more than authenticity challenge. and, republicans need to basically protect five seats. and democrats need to protect five seats. m

. >> david, mitch mcconnell is shifting his strategy.e he is yesterday explaining why he held a fund-raiser for dr. oz, herschel walker and ted bud after making comments about the poor candidate quality. >> i pick up three of our candidates every summer i think have the best shot at winning. i invite them. i picked these three because i thought they were in critical states and had a good chance of winning. >> what level of confidence do you have in dr. oz's ability to win the race? >> very confident. i think oz has a great shot at winning. >> david jolly, why don't you deconstruct that. let's acknowledge that john fedderman has challenges. the stroke which he didn't fully explain for some time. hasn't been able to campaign as effectively as he would want. dr. oz has made so many mistakes. >> yeah, that's right, andrea. mitch mcconnell might say he has great confidence, but he does not. mitch mcconnell knows he has a gop problem, georgia, ohio and pennsylvania. he acknowledged it a few weeks ago. it comes down to candidate recruitment. th

most are not as selfish and cynical as mitch mcconnell.ellation is more popular with people who didn't go to college than people who did, probably because they understand the cost are rising so fast they are prohibitive. this is something people are celebrating. let's not forget, where was this great concern when large corporations and millionaires were getting forgivable ppp loans, on average about $90,000? where were they when the banks were getting bailed out? where were they wh the government was buying billions of dollars of corporate debt? i think you can judge a policy by its enemies. the fact that mitch mcconnell, betsy devos, others are so upset shows you that this will help working-class and low income people. amy: i want to go to your article, "freedom dreams: black women and the student debt crisis," struggling under the weight of hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt. it begins with former ohio state senator nina turner. >> let me give my testimony, if i may, that i am a first-generation college graduate. i tri

well, apparently, senator senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is content to leave them out to dry and fend for themselves. listen to these comments. very encouraging. there's probably a greater likelihood the house votes in the senate. senate races are just different. their statewide candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. candidate quality. you mean like in pennsylvania, the democratic senate candidate, a devout socialist style in the vein of let's see, oh, bernie sanders, who he endorsed over joe biden, a guy that literally can't put two sentences together himself. he's just only been 11 minutes on the campaign trail. a guy that wants to legalize heroin and have areas where people can shoot up in public. and i hope fetterman gets better healthwise. but it's just a simple fact. he's to the left of bernie sanders. and yet you don't hear chuck schumer complaining about candidate quality of pennsylvania. how about you get out there and fight for your team? what's your agenda, mitch, or would you rather just sit by and watch helplessly as democrats lie to your face, pass

i don't think mitch mcconnell is dying to have jd vance in the senate. >> including blake masters. >> here's what i worry. i worry democrats aren't going to press the advantage. democrats have going to point to the body of work and say that's enough. i think democrats right now need to press the advantage, they need to go further. i was having dinner with a young couple and they were talking about how student loans are really crushing them. there's so much more the president can do to press the advantage to demonstrate -- >> let's talk about the issues. i think republicans win on the issues day. >> thanks one and all for being here. great to see all of you. >>> coming up, how proud ukrainians are fighting back against vladimir putin on stage. stay with us. ♪ life... doesn't stop for diabetes. be ready for every moment, with glucerna. it's the number one doctor recommended brand that is scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. live every moment. glucerna. (vo) give your business an advantage right now, with nationwide 5g from t-mobile for

charlie, wow, mitch mcconnell!ds pretty confident, but when it comes to the prospects of retaking the senate, not so much. what's up? >> mitch mcconnell has been burned before in 2010 and 2012. i could probably count at least four races. probably five or the senate republicans should have won but did not. remember sharon angle and christine o'donnell and tom again and richard mourdock. they should not have been lost. here we are again. that was an issue of candidate quality. here we are again where we have candidates, republican candidates who are underperforming and states like georgia, pennsylvania, arizona, ohio. and so, mcconnell has every right to be concerned. his candidates just are not doing well in polling, right now. there have been some issues we could talk about big -- all his problems. as his redundancy -- residency issues. that's a challenge for him. j. d. vance, probably more of an authenticity challenge. he's got a deal with that. that's what we are dealing with. republicans need to basically protec

mitch mcconnell spoke about candidate quality in the past couple days. of set the former president off, sort of accusing him of cutting into the integrity of these candidates that have been trump supported, herschel walker, mehmet oz, blake mcmasters. what are your thoughts between mcconnell and trump? >> well, not particularly helpful. i understand where the minority leader is coming from, which is to say we have to pay attention to these races. i took this as a call to action. i sense there's a lot of enthusiasm to get particular candidates nominated in a primary and once that is done, we walk away. so for example, peter teal who poured tens of millions in the ohio and arizona contest and let it known he would be around for the general election. mcconnell said he better be coming to the table. take, for example, ohio. president trump endorsed j.d. vance. now leader mcconnell has spent $3 million already to try to help j.d. vance in the general election and reserved $25 million more. the president is sitting on a war chest of $100 million. is he going t

mitch mcconnell more than anything else wants to be majority leader again.t he was going to get that last time. he didn't, largely because of donald trump and his insistence on making trouble for candidates, especially in georgia. he is looking at it slipping away from his grasp again. that can be tied to trump-backed candidates. republicans have been able to do this successfully in getting some of the more extreme candidates off the ballot, but they are risking the potential to seize control of the senate now. judy: what does it say that some of these trump-endorsed candidates could cost the republicans a majority? david: i see it slightly differently. mitch mcconnell is right, candidate quality matters in the senate race. dr. oz in pennsylvania, they are way underperforming. i don't think this reflex on donald trump. -- reflects on donald trump. the junior clowns have trouble. the people pretending to be trumpist are less persuasive. i don't think we should think trumpisn is not superpowerful, it is, it is just some of the minor league clowns who are just