ralph abraham will be on the ticket hoping to out john bell edwards and he joins me with more.nk you for joining us, we appreciate it. your response to donald trump headed to louisiana, significant for you and your relationship with the president. >> i've got a great relationship with the president. i stood in the trenches with him, side-by-side on important bills that we have actually gotten past in the house of representatives. i couldn't be happier than his coming to louisiana because we all know when donald trump comes the base gets energized. >> tell us about your platforms, some of the elements. >> a democratic governor is destroying the state, we have the worst economy in the nation, one of the highest murder rate in the nation. we are 50th out of 50 in everything that we should be in at least the top-tier, highest insurance rates in the nation and it goes on and on. we are better than this. we are louisiana. we have natural resources that are not being used effectively. >> you are pro-second amendment, pro-life we were just discussing some of that in terms of what plann

congressman ralph abraham is running.aham just ignited a storm of outrage from making a very bold claim. he said there are only two genders. >> i'm ralph abraham. i'm running for governor and here's the truth. life begins at conception and the government is too big. our taxes are too high and our core insurance is too expensive. president trump is doing a great job. facts matter more than feelings and the second amendment is self-explanatory and as a doctor i can assure you there are only two genders. >> tucker: wow. over at msnbc they were outraged and told her viewers that agreeing with your eighth grade biology teacher is quote incendiary. he has a physician. we recently talked to him about all this. here it is. steel and so did you think that in declaring that there are just two genders that you would be causing a controversy? >> what a strange word we live in where something that simple and not statement would set off a firestorm. everyone knows these transgender laws are about lawsuits. i live in louisiana and if yo

ralph abraham and eddie rispoli. ralph abraham and eddie are both pro jobs, pro workers, pro family, pro life, and they're pro louisiana energy, and that's okay. you know, i was here a couple of months ago, and they opened the biggest l&g plant i've ever seen in my life. right, where you there? they've been trying to get this thing approved for years and years and years. and they couldn't.an and then president trump came along, and i got those permits so fast for them. these big energy executives were sitting back, they couldn't get it approved. nothing they could do would get it approved. your governor was lousy, they were all lousy. nobody could help. that thing was so dead. and i came along, and i got it approved and then the consultants probably called up the big energy executives -- sir, we were able to get it approved for you. b b i never even saw these people. but i know it was a good thing. and they probably got billions in consulting fees.y i'd rather give it to you people or i'd rather give it to something

congressman ralph abraham is running in that race.nt will rally there as well for him and another republican candidate on friday right after the rally in minneapolis. abraham just ignited a storm of outrage for making a very bold claim. he said there were only two genders. >> i'm ralph abraham. i'm running for governor and here's the g truth. life begins at conception. government is too big. our taxes are too high and our car insurance is too expensive. president trump is doing a great job. facts matterer more than feelin. the second amendment is self-explanatory and as a doctor, i can assure you there are only two genders. >> tucker: wow. over at msnbc they were outraged and told their viewers that agreeing with your eighth grade biology teacher is "incendiary." congressman abraham, as you just heard him say, is a physician. he recently talked to him about all of this, here it is. >> tucker: so did you think that in declaring that there are just two genders that you would be causing controversy? >> what a strange world we live in, wh

bell edwards, the democrat who has got the job now gets 45% and you are in second place at 22 and ralph abrahamtogether, give it to you at the top two moving on to november at 39. tell us how in a month you will be the incumbent governor? >> what is going to happen is the people of louisiana are starting to focus on this, looking at what the president has done for the country and when they fart -- start to focus on this table defeat john bell edwards. they recognize we can't just stay last. if we are going to be better than last, number one in the south when it comes to jobs and opportunities we have to do something different and that is elect a different kind of person as a governor. that is why i'm in this rate and focus on that. the president is doing a phenomenal job for us across the country and we really appreciate the president coming to louisiana to get people to focus on that. you can be a great state again like he has done for our country and i think when he comes down to help us and we appreciate that he will come back in the runoff and get people in louisiana to recognize we need a

minnesota the president rallying in louisiana hoping to help john bell and words, two republicans, ralph abrahamor that seat. abraham join us earlier telling us it is time to turn things around. >> i couldn't be happier he is coming to louisiana because we know when donald trump comes the base gets energized. we have a democrat governor that destroyed our state, the worst economy in the nation, one of the highest murder rate in the nation. we are 50th out of 50, we should be in the top-tier. rob: it will be a runoff election of the government doesn't get 50%. jillian: 2020 hopeful bernie sanders is backtracking comments about the same pace of his campaign, one day after less frequent events during a heart attack. the presidential candidate saying i misspoke the other day. we are going to get back into the groove of a vigorous campaign. i love doing rallies and town meetings, sanders adding he will push his progressive agenda. at 78 he is the oldest democratic candidate. rob: let's talk some weather. dennis is here. she needs a foot massage. >> here is the moral of the story, don't tell rob anyth

take louisiana congressman ralph abraham.he kurds that are fighting alongside our american troops, they all shed blood with us, and we need to respect that. we need to honor that, and we know who our friends are now. >> he's right. but this president did not honor that, and yet abraham showed him the respect of obedience anyway, as did representative john carter from texas, who said this the summer before the election. >> trump will do the right thing by those who stand up for america and the courage that have stood up for the united states of america. >> well, trump won. he was right about that. but then this president did decidedly the wrong thing to the kurds by his own reckoning. yet representative carter supports him despite the president spitting in the kurds' face. >> i'm not going to get involved in a war between turkey and syria, especially when if you look at the kurds -- and, again, i say this with great respect. they're no angels. >> with great respect, this was a bone-headed decision. and who is an angel among us

congressman ralph abraham 27 to 23%. louisiana. a big night. you will soon have a new and wonderful governor, eddie rispone. your taxes and car insurance payments will go down. the president featured prominent prominently in this primary with both republicans arguing they were the closest to mr. trump. at his victory party, rispone said the president will continue to play a big role in his campaign. >> this guy up in washington, d.c, just called congratulations congratulations. [cheers] president donald trump. he's going to make us great like the rest of the country, and he's going to support us. [crowd chanting: trump, trump] >> governor edwards also campaigned on his cooperation with the president and touted his conservative record in the state. >> i made a promise to you that i would put louisiana first. and for the past four years that is exactly what we have done. we turned a $2 billion deficit, the largest in our state's history, into three consecutive surpluses. we gave our teachers the first pay raise that they'v

have you ralph abraham and. >> abraham. i like him because he is more down folk.. >> yes, i know. when they go into politics, when they start cutting down the other person, and then turn around and say oh well, i didn't really mean that i like abraham. he come out front. rob: you think risponi fights too bertie. >> when he changes tune. when he say he made a mistake. rob: in 2020 you are for trump. >> oh, yes. rob: as far as democrats go, do you think anybody has a chance. >> no. rob: fair enough. keep it simple. >> yeah. they -- there is nobody on the democratic side that is really sitting there and discussing the problems we have. and trying to get them fixed. they are with this darn. rob: just resistance. >> impeachment, impeachment. it's stupid. rob: i gotcha. >> look at all the other problems we have got going on. i mean, our health programs, our social security. rob: i don't have if feed by the way it popped out. don, we thank you, appreciate it. >> just think what he could do if the democrats would work with him. rob: i gotcha. that's what a republicans say