our colleague steve scully is currently on administrative leave from c-span. go ahead. caller: thank you. that means he will come back. host: it is possible. i don't have all the answers, but yes. caller: ok. thank you. because i love him so much. for mr. fortier, i wanted to say this. 15 years ago, which i used the same word in 2019, the first word i heard from the russians was americans are good-hearted but stupid. i am a conservative republican. if mr. biden does win more than 150 million votes, i'm going to believe what they say the russians 50 years ago, they say we are stupid for this because it is too much. thank you, thank you. bye-bye. host: any response? guest: well, obviously we don't , know the election results and the early voting is suggestive that democrats have gotten not -- gotten out there in the early period, especially in the male voting -- mail-in voting but we , do not know what is left. we know republicans are voting more in person. i'm not going to say anything about the final results other than i think we will have record high turnout and it wil

what happened to steve scully?you can before the end of the program, if you could let me know what happened, why i do not see him. that was the question for you. host: the address that briefly and you can go on with your comment. our colleague steve scully is on administrative leave from c-span. go on with your question or comment. caller: thank you. that means he will come back. host: it is possible. i don't have all the answers, but yes. caller: thank you. because i love him so much. for mr. fortier, i wanted to say this. 15 years ago, i used the same word in 2019. the first word i heard from the russians was americans are good-hearted but stupid. i am a conservative republican. if mr. biden does win more than 150 million votes, i'm going to believe what they say the russians, 50 years ago, they say we are stupid for this because it is too much. thank you, thank you. host: any response? guest: well, obviously, we don't know the election results and the early voting is suggestive that democrats have gotten out the

reactions of reports in the we bring in minority whip louisian representative steve scully sprayed congressmanod to have you back. >> always good to be with you. >> congresswoman we were told was very heated on the call, very upset at she said we lost races we shouldn't have lost, defund the police almost cost m my race because of an attack ad. don't say socialism ever again. we need to get back to basics. it seems like the messaging wor for you guys, you picked up seats most of us did not expect you to pick up. how do you feel about that? could get a feel good. a great wee one in lot of races that the experts didn't expect, but we did because we knew the content as we head in the message look, this really came down to the fight between freedom and socialism. and whether they are angry today , they weren't angry when they were pushing that radical agenda. that was so out of touch with the country. the green new deal, medicare fo all, private health insurance, defunding police, they voted fo all that stuff and then they were upset when the voters rejected the radical shift to the left. that's w

our colleague steve scalise is currently on administrative is on-- steve scully administrative leave. caller: thank you. that means he will come back. host: it is possible. i don't have all the answers, but yes. caller: thank you. because i love him so much. for mr. fortier, i wanted to say this. 50 years ago, i used the same word. the first word i have is americans are stupid. i am a conservative republican. more thanen does win 150 million votes, i'm going to believe what they say the , they say0 years ago we are stupid for this because it is too much. thank you, thank you. host: any response? know: obviously, we don't the election results and the early voting is suggestive that democrats have gotten not there in the early period. but we do not know what is left. we know republicans are voting more in person. i'm not going to say anything about the final results other than i think we will have record high turnout and it will look different because many more people will have voted before election day than on election day. host: you point out that donald trump, one of five presidents

lastly, i hope we see steve scully back soon. mean, you are doing a great job, but we want to see him back. he belongs there. you. host: this is from the sunday opinion page of washington post by the two attorneys involved in the recount. and the argument before the supreme court of bush beat gore in 2000. -- we clashed in bush v gore, now we agree that biden won. us byrite, it is clear to now and to most americans that form of vice president biden won, included in the six states central to the challenges being mounted by president trump's lawyers. the margins in those states range from 10,000 votes in arizona, to more than 145,000 in michigan. evidence or systemic or widespread fraud or misconduct in those states has not been found. and recounts rarely if ever change the outcome of an election by more than a few votes. they write trump would have to overturn the outcomes in more than one of those states to change what is apparent as the clear result of the election. it is time to accept that biden won the election. time to accep

and i am making this plea to the management of c-span to bring back steve scully because i do offense- ifs it was a falsehood as described, and i do not know the facts -- but when we have someone in our government who has been proven to have told over 20,000 lies, and it appears this message went out publicly, and it was between scaramucci and himself as a i believe in journalism from a-z, agnostic to was --, and his anger agnostic to zenger. the eighth and mimic goes all the way. it does not have to be in the judicial system. mr.k c-span to bring back scully promptly, stat. host: ok, and what do you want to see from congress? caller: we have to get on the same page in language. the number one lie in america is that there is no money. ok. they say there is no money. how many nuclear weapons stopped covid? we have 3800 nuclear weapons. if trump had such a good relationship with the soviet -- with russia, he ought to have gotten those even down like some of his predecessors. so there is money right there. secondly, people don't understand the system. everyone pays what they call fica, w

our colleague steve scalise is currently on administrative is on-- steve scully administrative leave. thank you. that means he will come back. host: it is possible. i don't have all the answers, but yes. caller: thank you. because i love him so much. for mr. fortier, i wanted to say this. 50 years ago, i used the same word. the first word i have is americans are stupid. i am a conservative republican. more thanen does win 150 million votes, i'm going to believe what they say the , they say0 years ago we are stupid for this because it is too much. thank you, thank you. host: any response? know: obviously, we don't the election results and the early voting is suggestive that democrats have gotten not there in the early period. but we do not know what is left. we know republicans are voting more in person. i'm not going to say anything about the final results other than i think we will have record high turnout and it will look different because many more people will have voted before election day than on election day. host: you point out that donald trump, one of five presidents to win t

scully was suspended from his position. we have addressed the issue several times. there is a statement from stevend the network at our website, c-span.org. referendum is the wall street journal editorial. i want to point out the last part of the editorial. the trump referendum has called for results but its chaotic governance may cost him a second term. for write the best argument electing president trump is as a grade on the democratic party that is increasingly radical. a gop senate could also be that grade, though the senate may depend on how well mr. trump does. this election even harder on the handicapped. voters who want a centrist president should slit their ticket. lose, themp does calls -- the cause will not be weak republicans. joe biden and the democrats could not make president trump the fourth president to be fired after a single term. only mr. trump could do that. michael in new york city. trump supporter. tell us why. caller: i called the wrong number. host: your supporting biden? -- you are supporting biden? caller: no, i'm calling from the east. trump is not people. , he has been