politicians have felt the impact of today's extremist politics more than michigan republican congressman peter meijerowly lost his republican primary battle for reelection back in august after being only one of ten republican congress members who voted to impeach former president trump after the capitol attack. meijer lost to gibbs would be easier for them to beat in november. mathematically impossible that biden won in 2020, accused democrats of participating in satanic ritual, saying america has suffered from women suffrage. democrats spent more than $400,000 promoting gibbs. if he wins in november, is a democratic party partly responsible? >> i think it's impossible to look at that type of cynical action and not see a degree of responsibility for having, frankly, achieve the outcome that they may not have desired. obviously they did that and are hoping that they can flip this seat. as i said before, less electable is not unelectable. in the moment we are in right now, and i saw the segment you were playing earlier, the assumption of the democrats is whether republicans have a personality problem s

congressman peter meijer joins me now. good to see you again.pent more than $400,000 on ads promoting gibbs. if he wins in november, is the democratic party at least partly responsible? >> you know, i think it's impossible to look at that type of cynical action and not see a degree of responsibility for having, frankly, achieved the outcome that they may not have desired. obviously they did that and they are hoping that they can flip this seat. but as i said before, you know, less electable is not unelectable. in the moment we're in right now, i saw the segment you were playing earlier, the assumption on the democrats' behalf is these republicans have a personality problem, so we will surely overperforma. but the democrats have a policy problem and they have tried to avoid any semblance by fixing anything in their house by pointing out the faults and issues on the republican side of the aisle. but frankly, this is going to be a hard time when the economy is in the direction that it is right now and gas prices continue to rise, when inflation is

and peter meijer lost his primary in august to a former trump official, john gibbs. and so this really is an open seat now. we have a democrat running. it looks like it could lean democrat more because of, again, this redistricting, but it probably would have been closer had peter meijer won this seat. but, again, conservative republicans kicked him out, booted him out, and went with this trump-endorsed republican instead. and it looks like this could be a democratic win. lisa: scott, you hear zoe talking about a place that democrats hope to flip in this year. i know you have got one of those two, and you just mentioned it earlier. tell us about congressman david valadao and what you're seeing in california. scott: yeah. so, he lost the seat in 18 and then got it back in 2020. so he actually voted to impeach donald trump, but he's getting protection from that. trump hasn't gone after him, because his district is right next to kevin mccarthy. in fact, it includes part of bakersfield, his hometown. so he's running against rudy salas in a district that is 59% latino. ru

your successor, peter meijer, the same. what is going on in the republican party in michigan?uess it's the same thing that's going on nationally. >> it's the same thing everywhere, but when you look at peter meijer's race, he came close to winning, right? it wasn't like a blow out by the trump backed candidate. so, i think there is a possibility in opening for people to move this back in the right direction in select places in the country, not everywhere, maybe west michigan is very different from a lot of other places and the country. but i don't think it is a wholesale, everywhere, trump backed candidates are going to win. and you saw that in places like georgia as well and other races, where there are some non trump candidates that have succeeded. >> good to see you, justin amash. always good to have you. i'm glad you're spending more time in your family. want to make a change in the world? do you like the people in iran. they are rising up against oppression right now. do not fling food at famous masterpieces. it is an important tale of two tactics. the powerful and pointl