that is the national republican senatorial committee, that is the campaign arm of senate republicans charged with keeping and picking up seats in the senate. here is the official statement this morning from the nrsc, which is clearly and strongly backing senator loeffler in this case. it says "the shortsightedness in this decision is stunning. doug collins selfishness will hurd david perdue, the other senator from georgia, kelly loeffler, the president, not to mention the people georgia. all he has done is put two senate seats and georgia's 16 electoral votes into play." that is the nrsc. from their statement that just came out. kelly loeffler is one of those senators that have been putting out videos after their days during the impeachment trial. here is her video from yesterday, a walk and talk down one of the senate hallways. her take on the trial, but also on georgia politics as well. [video clip]>> hi, everyone. it is tuesday night, about 7:30. just wrapped up some great meetings with my team. we had the conclusion of the president's opening arguments today in the impeachment tr

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national republican senatorial committee came out strongly in favor of senator leffler, the nrc, as its known as, is the campaign arm of senate republicans, his jet -- it's job defending republicans -- it defending incumbents and putting democratic seats in play. aug collins saying it is shortsighted decision. it is putting others in georgia in play. responsecollins with a to that statement on twitter yesterday. his response saying don't be ridiculous, calling the statement from the nrc fake news coming from the head of the washington-based group whose bylaws require it to support all incumbents, even the unelected one spirit as we noted yesterday, president expected to be a key player in this special election, both doug collins and kelly leffler pointing to their support, defending the president in the senate. kelly leffler was mentioned by president trump yesterday at the signing ceremony for the u.s. the-- the usmca, u.s.-mexico canada agreement. kelly leffler was quick to point that out on twitter after it happened, saying thanks for the shout out to the president, .esponding host:

that is the national republican senatorial committee, that is the campaign arm of senate republicansed with keeping and picking up seats in the senate. here is the official statement this morning from the nrsc, which is clearly and strongly backing senator loeffler in this case. shortsightedness in this decision is stunning. it will her david perdue,, kelly president, not to mention the people of georgia. all he has done is put two senate seats and georgia's 16 electoral votes into play." that is the nrsc. kelly loeffler is one of those senators that have been putting out videos after their days during the impeachment trial. here is her video from yesterday, a walk and talk down one of the senate hallways. her take on the trial, but also on georgia politics as well. [video clip] >> hi, everyone. it is tuesday night, about 7:30. just wrapped up some great meetings with my team. we had the conclusion of the president's opening arguments today in the impeachment trial, which is great because that means we are moving forward into questions. we will have a couple days of questions. from t

the national republican senatorial committee was forced to cancel a fundraiser this week. if you want to read more on those cancellations "the hill" newspaper is where you can go. one more story on 2020, this focusing on how the impeachment might be impacting the race for the house of representatives. this is out of the washington examiner. had an interview with the chairman of the national republican congressional committee, charged with taking back the house from democratic majority. in his interview, saying that pushedeachment trial has about 1000 republicans to file to run for the house this year. that is the total number they have filing to run. the impeachment intensity has raise the overall political intensity to an election day level. republicans are responding, giving him an incumbent or challenger in 384 out of the 435 house districts. that is nearly 40 above expectations at this stage of the year. brooklyn, new york, democrats line. caller: hello? how are you doing. job.re doing a great you know what? you are one of the few moderators on c-span i really enjoy. y