republicans and democrats. in this particular case, they were all voting for vice president harris and tim walz, and all voting for you. in fact, your race has now become -- you got -- i want to see a comfortable lead. >> no lead until i when. >> you are outside the margin of error according to poling. the whole country is looking at certain particular states this year, including this one. >> arizona is in the independent-minded state. we are very western. and i think a lot of people are seeing the stakes of this election, realizing that there's only one way to go, and that's to make sure we get people like kari lake and donald trump not elected. especially with abortion-rights . they had a big scare when they tried to take us back to 1864 abortion ban. people are voting their conscience and for freedom this year. >> the republicans on my panel work pointing that out, that the states history of republicanism and conservatism suggests smaller government, and they don't think these abortion restrictions fit in wi

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republicans would do the same local republicans would write the republican national committee and it was largely private individuals. so in the case of the democrats, samuel tilden, who was incredibly wealthy, one of the wealthiest men in america, financed much of his own campaign. democrats had other children. august, belmont, who had long for a long time been the chair of the democratic national committee for horse racing fans. belmont is well known as the namesake for the belmont stakes. one of the races still today, part of the triple crown. belmont was also very wealthy and helped finance these campaigns. so money was becoming increasingly prominent during these campaigns, largely financed by individual sales. there were, of course, no campaign finance laws like we have today. and so an individual could pour as much money as they wanted into a campaign. and large that money would go to help state and local organizations fund their campaigns during the election. okay. now we're going to get into the hard part. sure. november 6th, 1876, here is the popular vote. samuel tilden rece

still a red state but it has to be a republican, that is traditional republican. limited government, economic freedom, individual responsibility. if you are running for example for the office of mine inspector and you have a r behind your name as a statewide office in arizona, then you probably are going to win. just being a republican is enough. but if you say, will i don't think donald trump really lost the last election, then you probably will lose. and i think that is a credit to the people of arizona, who reject people who reject free and fair elections. so i think it is still a red state, but you can't go off on a tangent like the president has. >> and a number of republican voters i have spoken to in the state, in fact i'm going to air the interviews i have had with them in the last few days, who have said the same thing. they in fact, many cases in the last statewide election, they supported democratic candidates, and believe they are republicans but they don't want to vote for this kind of republican. they would like to reclaim their party. i want to ask

caller: republican, they are both republicans. host: braun, good morning. -- ron, good morning. caller: i will not be voting for my congressman. i went to one of his rallies and asked him why when trump was in there for four years that he didn't secure the border. i asked him how many bills he passed on the border when he was in there. he said zero. i asked him how many bills he's passed since he's been in there. he said zero. i asked him what he's been doing and then i find out that all he does when he's in there is raise money for the republicans. i asked him why he didn't do anything, why he was in there to secure our borders. trump said he was going to secure our borders the day he got in there. while he is -- why he is -- now, i have no idea. host: who is running against the congressman there, now? caller: you know, i really don't care. anybody but vern buchanan and anybody but rick scott. rick scott, our senator, he took and ripped off the government for $750 million when he was in charge of his health care company. he only won by think 1% last time -- by .1% last time and

republicans. learn a little bit more about the two men we're talking about. rutherford hayes and samuel tilden rutherford b hayes, of course, served as president from 1877 to 1881. he was born in 1822 in delaware, ohio, just north of columbus, attended kenyon college, harvard law school. he was wounded in the civil war. he was a colonel and then a general in that war for the union. he was a member of the house of representatives. governor of ohio. what distinguished what distinguished him in your view? a great question. i think one of the really fascinating things about this election is i think the two candidates in some ways, you could describe as polar opposites, as you mentioned, hayes was prior to this point, not very well known nationally. he was very prominent in ohio, his home state, where he had gradually risen up through the political ranks. he had served briefly in congress. and then, as you mentioned, as the governor of ohio, really, it was his military service during the civil war that

the republicans went right back and so republicans consolidated than i would expect. democrats are shakier than they will be in a couple of weeks and independents moved towards biden not by the numbers he needs, but in the right direction. and that's what i'm saying. the fundamentals still are the movement is marginal but the directions of each of those three category is are heading in the right direction, at least at the moment. you about the consolidation. and i do feel that's just we zoom out to the you know 2030 years that is a trend looking at where there just aren't the liberal rockefeller republicans aren't the conservative democrats. you used to see. i mean, when you're looking in this, you explore a lot this trend of the latino vote. to what extent are any gains that republicans are making with simply a product, republicans consolidating. i don't that the movement of latinos to republican party is part of a broader conservative. i believe that the movement of latinos to republicans is part of much bigger populist movement and it is anti-state abolishment. and

joseph bradley by republican several treatment millet republican. william strong republican.athan s clifford, democrat. steven johnson field another democratic appointee. let's go back to david davis. what was his story? >> david davis is fascinating because you said david davis is fromom illinois. he had been very close confidant and friend of abraham lincoln. pinpointed by linking to a corporate davis was as you said widely viewed as an independent. in the mid- 19th century independent genuinely independent free of either political party. moston assumed because of his reputation as an independent the four justices congress appointed who then got to choose the fifth justice the 15th member of the committee they would choose it davis. the popular belief was that davis probably favored children but nobody knew for certain. when it's up happening is at the last minute literally as congress is going to vote on this bill that will create the commission davis' home state the state legislature in illinois decides to select davis as their new senator from illinois. the 19th century

he shifted that race to lean republican. that means if democrats won a viable path to the majority they have to find another target. increasingly texas is becoming the target. you have ted cruz, of course he won by less than three put -- points in 2018. presidential election should be harder in texas but there is a couple of unique things happening. ted cruz is polarizing and he has emphasized his work as a legislator. he has toned down the bombastic personality but he is running against colin allred, who is a more centrist congressmen, flipped a seat in 2018 from red to blue in the midterm elections. then he was drawn into a safe c. he could have stayed in suburban dallas for as long as he wanted, but democrats convincing him to run for senate. he has been able to fund raise. the latest number in texas, he has already spent almost $50 million between him and and all right's campaign versus cruise. his heavy advantage on air has enabled already to raise his name identification, to get his message out there, and there are two

you are a republican in a blue state. his bid to become maryland's first republican senator in nearly 40 years is testing his bipartisan appeal in a deep blue state. - i liked him as a governor. i'm not anti larry hogan. - hogan's race against democrat angela alsobrooks could decide control of the senate. - larry hogan, his bff, mitch mcconnell, and donald trump's rublican party want to flip this seat. - and the key to the senate majority runs through maryland. - i welcome whatever it takes to get us into the majority. i don't care if he's a vegetarian, it doesn't matter to me. he has received, and rejected, trump's endorsement. - i think he has a good chance to win. i would like to see him win. - so there's no chance you'll vote for trump? - i'm not going to. i didn't vote for him in 2016 or 2020, and i think i made that pretty clear. - what does former governor larry hogan say now? - [narrator] "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foun

2020, i have voted republican ticket. i apologize. but donald trump changed that. donald trump ignores the truth and the rule of law. he belittles, he emigrate -- he denigrates americans, including our veterans and war heroes. he divides our country. it's us versus them. trump encouraged a mob to attack the capitol to try to overthrow the results of a tree and their election. he has turned this country that i love to something much darker that serves only him at the expense of us. as we all know and expressed in washington recently, we know a second trump administration would be something dark and dangerous for our country. as a lifelong republican, i'm proud to support kamala harris and tim walz. [cheers and applause] because i know that he will support the constitution and uphold the rule of law. they have a real mission, not concept of a plan, to expand the middle class, cut costs for families, secure the border and reform immigration. one other thing -- my dad was a football coach in campbell, nebraska, in the 1950's.

you say it's a republican state. how does that break down, republican, democrat or otherwise?ell us. guest: in state of georgia, we don't have voters' register by party. we have 7.1 million active voters in the state of georgia. look, you saw governor brian kemp win his re-election, about 53%. then you saw rafael warnock win in a runoff against herschel walker. the challenge was some voters didn't come back and some were uncomfortable with herschel walker. when we look at the state of georgia, we don't have party registration. again, the way i look at it is this is a republican state, but that you can win if you find the right path. host: when you talk about those demographics, when you take a look at the state itself, what portions of the state would you look at saying ok, what is the determining factor of who wins this year? guest: we talk about who will be the swing voters. every voter in the state of georgia is going to matter, whether in rural georgia where you have a lot of republican voters, but the smaller population and you have a large democratic center areas like au

we are a group in the spirit of republicans who want a better direction for the republican party. we want to create an alternative narrative to maga. those of us in the party who want a different direction have been far too quiet, so what we've done is we've laid out five core principles that we think have guided the republican party and should guide it going forward. the constitution, the rule of law, the peaceful transfer of power. we think january 6 was an abomination. we believe in unions. abraham lincoln was our founder. his objective was to keep this great country together, and unfortunately donald trump and his movement want to divided further. -- divide it further. we also believe in peace as strength in foreign policy, rejecting autocrats like vladimir putin and kim jong-un. we are in a very different place than the maga movement. we are also for free markets. we are not talking about the 1850's of the 1920's, that the same time we think across the tariffs would really wreak havoc on the country and our economy and not in keeping with the traditions with where we as repub

republicans have a razor thin majority.ack to your calls, eric in medina, ohio on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. i voted straight republican because i think we need change. kamala is not going to give us change, she will continue with socialist woke policies that have opened borders. not confronting our enemies. i feel like we need a change. i feel like we need to get a congress in there. host: who is your representative in congress right now? caller: my representative is max miller. one of my senators is sherrod brown. he's been a politician all his life and he vote straight democrat and that's one of the reasons we have the open border policy we have. we are sending money over to other countries and not taking care of our people. that's one of the biggest things that people want to see. host: earl in lakewood, washington on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: how are you guys doing this morning? i lived my whole life in the south. but now, i live in washington state and it is wonde

it's hurting republican turnout. meanwhile, democrats, stacey abrams, they were all embracing early voting. and basically democrats were building a giant lead. republicans would kind of frame it as now they've got to come back in the fourth quarter with a 28-0 deficit. that kind of thing. so, we are not sure, exactly, again, we were seeing a lot of big turnout in rural republican leaning counties where there was not big turnout before. so we are not sure if that is just a transfer from election day or if there is significantly new turnout in those areas. >> here is something we do know. because you share a byline on a recent article saying that the two key questions keeping the campaigns of that night are weather enough lachman will turn up for harrah's, and whether swing voters will break for trump. so, what can you, greg, tell us about how the two campaigns are doing as they try to win over these import demographics? >> yeah, this is a huge concern for both candidates. let's start with black men. harris is pulling

because i knew i was republican. i registered republican on my 18th birthday. like i couldn't wait to register. i knew like i was that weird kid, right? i guess. but it made perfect sense to me. but these were the early days of voter data where you could look that stuff up and. so they thought i was was a spy. and so my first, my first. and there are spies in campaigns by. the way that does happen, of course i had no idea. so i walked and wanted to volunteer for my congressman men. and they were like, why would a mexican kid from a democratic family want to work for a congressman who's pretty anti-illegal immigration? like, what's going on. and my first job in politics was to take off stamps from envelopes that had been stamped. they wanted to make sure they wanted to make sure. i, of course, had no idea. thought i was saving the republic right. so i'm like peeling stamps off. and they put me in a storage closet, isolated me from everybody, and i would be there for hours just trying to peel them off perfectly so that congresswoman could use them again. and afte

they are both what we would call maggie republicans -- what we would call maga republicans. that her election day was stolen in some way and has gone to court over it. now she is campaigning for the senate against gallego. gallego is up. harris is down. gallego, the democrat is up by larger margin. that has been a hot topic for the last two months of the election cycle. people are trying to scratch their heads and say, why is that? who are the voters that are going to vote for trump but then gallego or not vote in the senate race at all or vote for someone besides lake? i think that what it boils down to is the difference in the candidates and maybe lake trying to out trump trump without being trump. gallego is a different political candidate than harris. he has a long-established presence in arizona. host: let's talk about some of the others. arizona -- guest: schweiger, who is maybe a familiar name to everybody, he has been in congress for i want to say 14 years. has been there for quite a while. he is known for being a fiscal conservative for having concerns about financi

it's not like you hear bush democrats or obama republicans or republicans for clinton. you imagine? you know what you do here, though, these days? republicans for kamala. it's a result of her message and commitment to unity. something her opponent has no interest in. in a fox townhall in battleground georgia, trump appeared before an audience of all women because, you know, hosting an adjudicated rapist is what fox would green light. trump doubled down on his hitler talking points about the enemy from within. >> it is the enemy from within. and they're very dangerous. they're marxists and communists and fascists and they're saying -- i use a guy like adam schiff. they made up the russia hoax. we have china. we have russia. we have all these countries. if you have a smart president, they can all be handled. the more difficult -- you know, the pelosis, these people, they're so sick. and they're so evil. >> turns out trumps enemies from within aren't undocumented immigrants as his followers want you to think. i see you glenn youngkin. those enemies are democrats elected by

he shifted that race to lean republican. that means if democrats won a viable path to the majority they have to find another target. increasingly texas is becoming the target. you have ted cruz, of course he won by less than three put -- points in 2018. presidential election should be harder in texas but there is a couple of unique things happening. ted cruz is polarizing and he has emphasized his work as a legislator. he has toned down the bombastic personality but he is running against colin allred, who is a more centrist congressmen, flipped a seat in 2018 from red to blue in the midterm elections. then he was drawn into a safe c. he could have stayed in suburban dallas for as long as he wanted, but democrats convincing him to run for senate. he has been able to fund raise. the latest number in texas, he has already spent almost $50 million between him and and all right's campaign versus cruise. his heavy advantage on air has enabled already to raise his name identification, to get his message out there, and there are two

about three in 10 republicans. these are people who are sympathetic or adherent to christian nationalism, it is a full one third of that group who favors armed poll watchers. democrats it is around one in 10. the second is when we saw. three and 10 republicans saying true american patriots may have to resort to violence to save the country. the last

that as republican trend, that is republican economists saying that who is going to take care of thisnomy when donald trump engages in his crazy protectionist policies that are going to run this economy to the ground. again, not something that democrats believe, something that even republican economists believe. so from that perspective, if you believe in a center right government, this guy ain't it? all he is is whatever whims come into his head and you all jump behind him. if he said the skies purple tomorrow, you'd say the skies purple tomorrow. there's no there's nothing left in the republican party anymore that is based in any kind of ideology. you don't even have a party platform anymore. it is based on the whims of one man and you're all falling in line. and i think that's really sad for a party that used to stand for something. i didn't agree with a lot of it stood for, but at least it had a coherent message and a coherent policy. now it is literally a cult in thrall to one man. and if he says something else tomorrow, scott, you'd agree with him and i don't understand for the

the republican party is not as well funded. they don't seem to have the organized structure in place. the current governor is a republican and he has been looking to get that in place. we know that it takes years to put that in place but we think it is a very decisive factor in getting the vote and message across and has been critical this year because of how short a turnaround time we had between the decision of joe biden and harris having to get her campaign going. the machine is on the ground for them and we have seen a lot of harris material in the neighborhoods as a result. host: if you would like to join the conversation, if you're a trump supporter, call us on (202) 748-8001, if you support harris-walz, (202) 748-8000, undecided (202) 748-8002. nevada residents since we are focused (202) 748-8003 since we are focused on it, call us on (202) 748-8003. how effective do you think it has been? guest: when we started the conversation, nevada was only six electoral votes could we should not be see many visits by the candidates

it is time for the republicans, in particular the republicans, to take back their party. one last comment. john mccain was a hero. i don't care what donald trump said, he was a hero. thank you for listening to me. host: and he california, independent line -- andy in california, independent line. caller: very refreshing to see some republicans who get it. this maga drive, and trump who obviously the constructor of it is just the scum of what we have in america. we have a wonderful country, yet we have an individual who through his cons and such made it to the top and therefore has created a platform for this scum to come up. your guest, i commend him for his honesty and bravery. his fellow republicans should take his example and get some courage. these guys like lindsey graham and marjorie greene who represent this radical group, we really need to get them out of this country so we can become a united states again. host: we are in open forum. if you would like to call in, you can do so in the next 15, 18 minutes or so. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democra

so i think that there's a lot of pro-life republicans who don't want this kind of future in the republican party or for the country mikela, there was some talk that the former president might do an event with nikki haley unclear whether that's really actually in his mind or whether he'd be willing to do that. >> but would that be a wise idea for him? >> i think in a race this close every vote matters and the attempt by the harris campaign to try to get to this elusive undecided voter. this close to the election is a really good move. the problem is what we're seeing by the numbers and by the polls walz's at that undecided voter cares about issues. they care about the economy, they care about the border, and they're not comfortable with how unstable things feel that things don't feel certain with crises in the middle east and crises overseas and wars in ukraine and war in israel inflation where it is the border, it is, they don't feel like things are stable and they care about issues. and he's leading on issues where she is not john, it's been a while since you were personal obama's chief s

again, republican, all republicans. i'm talking about all republicans here.eir nominee for president is a liar. as "the charlotte observer" is saying, making matters worse for the people suffering the most in north carolina. the lies continue from donald trump. >>> joining us now from raleigh, north carolina, is fema administrator, deanne criswell. thank very much for joining us this morning. if you could update us on the recovery effort, are state and local officials across the board getting what they need? >> absolutely, mika. we have over 4,500 people on the ground that have been here since before the storm made landfall. working side by side with our state counterparts in the communities with our local officials, and all i hear on the ground is gratefulness and compassion and a level of unity, to make sure we're getting people what they need. it's, frankly, disappointing that we're having to deal with this narrative. and the fact there are a few leaders having a hard time telling the difference between fact and fiction, it's creating an impedence to our a

that are on the republican ticket. you know, wanting to vote republican.ost: why did you decide to vote early this year? caller: early because i have ankle surgery coming up, very small. but i did not want to miss it. my family did not want to either because they will have to wait on me when i am done. host: i hope it goes well. indiana. line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. you are on. caller: yes. i am voting today. we are having a caravan in gary, indiana. we are meeting up at the headquarters in the state of indiana and we are going down to get the vote out this morning. i am very exciting -- excited to be leading the charge. host: do you normally vote early? caller: i do and the reason why is because i am an advocate and this allows me to get others to vote. and not have to worry about longer lines and things like that. host: how many people are you planning on bringing down? caller: well, we registered a little over 40 cars, so i am not sure how many people will be in the cars. i imagine at least two per car if not m

when we talk about age, suburban republican women tend to support broader republican act test compared to their rural counterparts. we know this. we've been operating from that data for about four years now. but the trump campaign has a really -- he is doing the ivf dance now because he realizes this is the play that plays well with suburban women. he is trying to use a strategy that is a throw everything against the wall strategy. at the end of the day, what we need to see

host: lloyd, republican line.aller: this country is in a hell of a mess from what the democrats have done. all that camelot is interested in is being the first woman president of the united states and making a name for herself. that is all she is interested in. she didn't do anything when she was vice president. she's not going to do very little now. if donald trump gets it, i'll be glad. if you don't get it, -- if he don't get it, it might be good for him, many might not get shot at least. i'm tired of hearing about donald trump being a big bad bogeyman that is going to destroy the world. it's not going to upset me too much if you don't get it. all he did his be like before, they tell a bunch of lies on him. they'll try to impeach him, he won't be able to get much done. it's not gonna upset me if you don't get it. i don't know why he wants it. that's about all i got to say. host: bryan, ohio, independent line, good morning. caller: yes, my name is brian and i'm calling in because of the fact that this abortion st

introduce another republican, the daughter, of course, of a republican vice president who has long been despised in many democratic circles for his role in pushing the war in rain rack, a wam who was once a member of republican party leadership, serving as the chair of the republican house conference just three years ago. yeah, she was there along with other republicans as part of a new wide reaching basically moral coalition who stood on the stage with the democratic nominee for president, d kamala harris, and said this. >> i tell you i have never voted for democrat, but this year i am proudlyea casting my vote for ve president kamala harris. thank you. but mostly we're not going back. i ask you to meet this moment. i ask you to stand in truth, to reject the depraved cruelty of donald trump. and i ask you instead to help us elect kamala harris for president. >> there are so many powerful forces that have been the intent on trying to demean and belittle and make people afraid, and there are many who know it is wrong, and then there are those who have the courage to speak out loudly abou

at the republican primary. please. nikki haley got 33, almost 34% of the vote here. so liz cheney, kamala harris, the vice president, know there are some republicans here who did nearly 50,000, who did not want to vote for donald trump, if the vice president can get 11,500 or more of those, she's in business and the first stop, anderson for the campaign, let me come back here and let's come back to 2020 again. was here in pennsylvania where down here southeast pennsylvania, chester county, one of the collar counties around philadelphia, more and more democratic but still look at this. joe biden guts it's 58% there, but go back to those republican primaries. nikki haley got 24% of the vote in this county and pennsylvania, two months after she dropped out of the race. so again, are you going to get all 9,338 of those people? maybe not in a state as close as pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin, what they're doing here is to try to say, we know there are a bunch of republicans out there who do not want to vote fo

liz cheney was born a republican. when she was in elementary school, her father was deputy chief of staff in the republican white house of gerald ford. dick cheney moved to white house chief of staff in the ford white house and then congress in wyoming and then secretary of defense for the first president bush and vice president for the second president bush. liz cheney is more republican than anyone named trump ever could be, because no one in donald trump's family actually believes in anything. >> in 1976, when i was 10 years old and i was stealing envelopes for president ford's reelection campaign, i cast my first vote ever. in 1984, for ronald reagan. i served in the state department, in both bush administrations and i served in the united states house of representatives for three terms, including as the third highest-ranking republican in- house leadership. so, in other words, i was a republican even before donald trump started spray tanning. >> liz cheney went to the small town in wisconsin today where the repub

republicans, trumpers voting -- can't call them republicans really -- voting for donald trump, their freedoms will be taken away. he'll be taking away the freedoms of the american people, something he is threatening to do to political adversaries. that could be anybody he doesn't like. that could be a show he doesn't like. that could be something said at a baseball game that he doesn't like. does that sound crazy? oh, she's crazy. she's overreacting. hold on, hold on, let me bring it back to reality. it is not an overreaction. it is actually what he is saying. you can talk about the talk about what he is saying, or you can look at what he is saying. i am imploring the american public to listen to what he is saying. he's already done this. he's already taken away freedoms. if i sound repetitive, that's okay. i'm hoping it'll break through. he's taken away 50 years of freedoms for women in this country. that's already happened. women's access to life-saving health care is gone under donald trump and his strict abortion bans. women have been bleeding out. they've been sterilized. they'v

because i knew i was republican. i registered republican on my 18th birthday. like i couldn't wait to register. i knew like i was that weird kid, right? i guess. but it made perfect sense to me. but these were the early days of voter data where you could look that stuff up and. so they thought i was was a spy. and so my first, my first. and there are spies in campaigns by. the way that does happen, of course i had no idea. so i walked and wanted to volunteer for my congressman men. and they were like, why would a mexican kid from a democratic family want to work for a congressman who's pretty anti-illegal immigration? like, what's going on. and my first job in politics was to take off stamps from envelopes that had been stamped. they wanted to make sure they wanted to make sure. i, of course, had no idea. thought i was saving the republic right. so i'm like peeling stamps off. and they put me in a storage closet, isolated me from everybody, and i would be there for hours just trying to peel them off perfectly so that congresswoman could use them again. and afte

that are on the republican ticket. you know, wanting to vote republican.ost: why did you decide to vote early this year? caller: early because i have ankle surgery coming up, very small. but i did not want to miss it. my family did not want to either because they will have to wait on me when i am done. host: i hope it goes well. indiana. line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. you are on. caller: yes. i am voting today. we are having a caravan in gary, indiana. we are meeting up at the headquarters in the state of indiana and we are going down to get the vote out this morning. i am very exciting -- excited to be leading the charge. host: do you normally vote early? caller: i do and the reason why is because i am an advocate and this allows me to get others to vote. and not have to worry about longer lines and things like that. host: how many people are you planning on bringing down? caller: well, we registered a little over 40 cars, so i am not sure how many people will be in the cars. i imagine at least two per car if not m

you're seeing it, you talk to republicans in michigan. i talk to republicans in georgia. i talk to republicans in other battleground states.hemorrhagint right now, because as we've noted a couple of times, all of those efforts by the rnc are not going into ground game. they farm that out to elon musk? what the hell does elon musk know about a ground game? how does he know how to organize a poll? but they've got the poll workers and the poll watchers, and that's where -- that's where the intimidation is being set up. that's where the sort of, you know, we're going to own this space. and boards of elections and certainly secretaries of states are all prepared for that, as well. but this is where the resources are going. so y'all keep putting those resources there. please, keep putting them there. >> right. as you know, as you and i both know, part of our responsibility is to say, this is happening, and at the same time, it is intended to have a chilling effect on voters, and you cannot allow it to do that. >> that's it. >> yeah. that's exactly right. >>> up next, congresswo

leader that historically represented republican values and republican positions said bad things about donald trump and scott's, right, they all did. but then he also capitulated bend the knee, kiss the ring, endorsed him because he was thinking about his own political future. now he's a free man. so hopefully there'll be starting to say it's not much political future. i think mitch mcconnell developed a reputation for being one of the most careful, calculated politicians on the hill. now that he's on his way out, she can kind of let loose and that's why that statement doesn't deny the reporting. he's not trying to get into a fight with the reporter and say, i didn't say those things. his responses like yeah, i said it. we all said it on my life she recorded it himself. >> i mean, there are quotes that mcconnell it's recorded diary of basically well, he his because of his leadership position. >> sure. well, a couple of things that are important to remember what you said is true. he won't be the leader after this term, so he doesn't have responsibility for the whole conference number tw

but generally yes, i remember republicans saying yes or republicans came to the table and wanted to work with democrats but it was still a promise with their base. it's -- this move to the missile -- middle has become an issue if trump wins the election democrats will be very upset about what could've been done what should have been done. that is a problem. i think it's stirred up the base rate he has not changed a lot of minds. the republicans -- i'm eating marbles today. the republican electoral pretending they agree with trump who definitely would like to go right back on some kind of reform but for now they are completely quiet. >> two different things from the data. from that number. >> it's a majority. i think it's 53. low 50's and gone up. >> we've seen this in our data would you ask separately you get much higher numbers. with three options which is immigrants living illegally in the country, should we allow them to be permanent legal residents or should we deport them. you ask that way deportation is 25%. when they have other options on the table. that goes to the pragmatism, i

i traditionally vote republican.'t think i'm going to vote for public in this time. >> you don't think musk is going to change your mind. i mean, a meteor could strike me. >> it's possible don says mosques, debunked conspiracy theories are dangerous. >> i think probably elon's problem is he's so down the rabbit hole what he isn't now, that it's really hard to know what's right and wrong because it was a question of like, say the dominion voting machines had one town hall and musk brought up dominion voting machines, a frequent subject of conspiracy theories, rely view should only do paper ballots, hand-counted. that's it here's the funny thing even with dominion, there's still paper towel so you could still hand recount that. >> i've been working for state for many years and i had my father before me i go, we. want to have you my father before me he worked for the state for many years, so i've i grew up as a kid and i know how to say it works. a lot of this back, so yeah, it's kinda sad when people like me who are co

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i have a warning for the republicans. donald trump cannot win this election as long as he cap tells to the republican mind of -- cap kowtows. the people texas over the department of education $120 billion a year. that is around $8 billion in interest, profit alone that gets sucked out of texas and sent to the department of education. it is similar for the other southern states. georgia is the worst. maryland is among the worst. this is not a democrat problem, this is not a republican problem. people have been massively misled by the media. donald trump was saying the right things in 2015. he said, why is the government making such a massive profit on student loans? there are 40 million people in the country underwater on their student loans. it is like 85% of all borrowers. they are going to vote their pocketbooks. host: do you have student loans? caller: i have student loans. i am actually the first student loan activist in the united states. i published the first book to be critical of the lending program. i started the

i want to ask republicans out there. you know, people who are conservative, who didn't vote for me, who didn't agree with me. i had friends who disagreed with me on every issue. when did that become ok? why would we go along with that? i mean if your coworkers acted like that, they wouldn't be your coworkers very long. you were in business and someone you are doing business with just outright lies and manipulates, you stop doing business with them. even if you had a family member who acted like that, you might still love them but you tell them, you've got a problem. and you would not put them in charge of anything. and yet when donald trump lies or cheats, or shows utter disregard for our constitution, when he calls pow's losers, or fellow citizens vermin, people make excuses for it. they think it's ok. they think, well, he's owning the libs. he's really sticking it to 'em. it's ok, as long as our side wins. and by the way, i'm sorry, gentlemen. i noticed this especially with some men who seem to think trump 's behavior

and very republican.ort of middle swath of their, the middle diagonal is the battleground in places like oakland county where in 2022 carried oakland county by 145,000 votes. that is 40,000 votes more than trump lost oakland county by in 2020. so on election night watch oakland county and see what the margins are in oakland county michigan because that tells the story for who carries michigan as a state. >> cheryl in somerville texted us a question. if i'm a registered republican and vote down the ticket for a democratic electors.for the many people need to kno can vote for the other party even though they are not a memb othat party. speaking specifically about michigan there. >> in michigan we do not have party registration so nobody knows in michigan if you consider yourself a republican or democrat. but if a republican, somebody who considers themselves a republican goes in and gets their ballot and vote straight ticket which is an option in michigan they can absolutely vote for the entire democratic s

but you don't have to vote on trump to stay republican. there _ vote on trump to stay republican.have to choose top of the ticket. when _ have to choose top of the ticket. when the — have to choose top of the ticket. when the stakes are so high, you can use it _ when the stakes are so high, you can use it how— when the stakes are so high, you can use it how you choose, it's not a 1—size—fits—all. you can really be thoughtful— 1—size—fits—all. you can really be thoughtful this election. 1-size-fits-all. you can really be thoughtful this election.- thoughtful this election. erik? maura brings _ thoughtful this election. erik? maura brings up _ thoughtful this election. erik? maura brings up a _ thoughtful this election. erik? maura brings up a really - thoughtful this election. e" maura brings up a really good point of the never—trumpers, and they may not vote and may not show up and they mayjust leave not vote and may not show up and they may just leave that not vote and may not show up and they mayjust leave that link. i think that combined with the women demographic will be criti

he was the republican nominee for president and a long time republican senator.he fact that this race is even close -- i have john boehner, former speaker of the house. he's not supporting trump. i have a list of the trump generals. john kelly thinks trump is exceedingly dangerous. there was an article with a taped conversation with john kelly saying trump admires hitler. it is not within the normal democratic -- the normal american discussion about candidates. the other generals that are not supporting. milley is not supporting him. mattis is not supporting him. the generals think trump is dangerous. host: here is wally on facebook who says the endorsement of actors and politicians does not matter in the least. larry on facebook says not really. their opinions mean no more than anyone else's. here's what danica patrick said on fox this week. [video] >> it's been so confusing how when you say maga it is meant to be an insult. i am passionate because it feels like voting for donald trump is like a vote of reason. it is the rational, reasonable choice. i feel like

that republicans can support. so this is a major part of the campaign payne's message. now, trump also has democrats and former democrats supporting him. and so that's a part of his message as well. the rfks and tulsi gabbard of the world but, but, but you know, so much of the point of the harris campaign has been about this message to republicans, former republicans, conservative independents that she is a leader who will represent them, we'll bring the country together, will work in a bipartisan way and an effort to, you know, rebut the accusation from the trump camp that she's a far left liberal or a communist as he's called her. and trying to position herself, you know, more in the center and she needs that, frankly, in order to win, she needs some of that crossover vote. she needs. and this is the erosion that the republican party has experienced since donald trump has been the nominee since 2016, we have seen more and more of, again, these particularly upper-income college educated suburbanites leaving the r