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The DSA is Here to Stay—The Night Republicans Never Saw Coming · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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  Speaker 1: All right, it is a special election reaction. I am
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  Speaker 1: recording this for you right now after midnight, after 1 a.m.
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  Speaker 2: Eastern.
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  Speaker 1: And this is going to be a short show because
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  Speaker 1: we still don't have everything in.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to understand that.
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  Speaker 1: But I think it would be ridiculous for me to
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  Speaker 1: not come on here and talk about the overall view
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  Speaker 1: of what we've learned. Number one, America's spoken. And for Republicans...
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  Speaker 1: There is simply no way to sugarcoat what happened. We
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  Speaker 1: are witnessing a political earthquake, number one. There is clearly
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  Speaker 1: a blue wave that swept across this country, including states
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  Speaker 1: that Republicans have controlled for longer than I've been alive.
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  Speaker 1: Democrats have secured control of the United States Senate.
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  Speaker 2: That's a fact. They're on track to take back the
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  Speaker 2: House of Representatives. That's a fact.
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  Speaker 1: And what is also making this so extraordinary isn't simply
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats won.
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  Speaker 2: It's where they won. Let's start with Texas.
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  Speaker 1: For decades, Republicans have considered Texas really our political fortress.
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  Speaker 1: That fortress didn't just get cracked. It came crashing down.
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  Speaker 1: You had radical, extreme, California-esque politics. democrats that won james
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  Speaker 1: talarico he defeated the republican ken paxton becoming the first
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  Speaker 1: democrat elected the united states senate from texas in 38
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  Speaker 1: years and it gets worse by the way for republicans
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  Speaker 1: governor greg abbott he's also been defeated by a democrat
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  Speaker 1: And if you just think about that, Texas Republicans lost
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  Speaker 1: the governor's mansion and a United States Senate seat on
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  Speaker 1: the same night. Texas, by the way, was not alone.
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  Speaker 1: South Carolina, you have a Democrat that beat Darlene Graham,
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  Speaker 1: delivering a historic Senate victory there.
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  Speaker 2: That's that seat that was held by Lindsey Graham.
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  Speaker 1: In Kansas, you had another Democrat, Hamilton, that defeated the
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  Speaker 1: Republican Senator Roger Marshall. Democrats hadn't won a Senate seat
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  Speaker 1: in Kansas since 1932. I'm going to say it again.
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  Speaker 1: In Kansas since 1932. In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown made
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  Speaker 1: his political comeback, defeating the Republican senator there, John Husted.
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  Speaker 2: You go from there. Look at North Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: You had the former Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, defeat the
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  Speaker 1: Republican there, Whatley. These are big wins for Democrats. These
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  Speaker 1: are terrible losses for Republicans. And these, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: weren't isolated victories. There was a nationwide political shift that
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  Speaker 1: happened on election day. The governor's races were, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: also devastating around the country for Republicans. We need to
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  Speaker 1: acknowledge that. In Ohio, the Republican, Ramaswamy, lost to the Democrat,
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  Speaker 1: and it was bad. In Georgia, Democrats captured the governor's mansion.
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  Speaker 1: As well, in Texas, Greg Abbott, his defeat there represents,
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  Speaker 1: I would argue, one of the most consequential Republican losses, period.
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  Speaker 1: So the question we're all asking now is what happened?
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  Speaker 1: Why did voters turn against Republicans in such a dramatic way?
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  Speaker 1: The exit poll data is still raw, but we have
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  Speaker 1: enough that we can at least see probably the trend here.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm always going to be honest with you. I'm
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  Speaker 1: never going to be a cheerleader. I'm going to be
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  Speaker 1: honest and tell you the reality of what we're seeing.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: I got more I want to say on this, but
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  Speaker 1: I do have to do the show because that's what
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  Speaker 1: this is. And I want to talk to you for
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  Speaker 1: a moment about the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
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  Speaker 1: What we're seeing in France should send a chill down
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  Speaker 1: the spine of every American. Violence in the streets, a
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  Speaker 1: synagogue ransacked in Paris, Jewish families wondering whether their children
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  Speaker 1: will be safe.
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  Speaker 2: And you'd better understand something.
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  Speaker 1: America is not immune to this hatred. We now know
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  Speaker 1: more about that than ever before. You have anti-Semitic attacks
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  Speaker 1: that are at record levels not only in Europe and
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  Speaker 1: across our nation and our cities. We can't wait until
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  Speaker 1: the danger gets worse to stand with our Jewish neighbors.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I'm asking you to support the International Fellowship
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  Speaker 1: of Christians and Jews. The fellowship is helping French Jewish
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  Speaker 1: families make Aliyah. moved to Israel, providing resettlement assistance and
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  Speaker 1: strengthening security at Jewish institutions. They've helped more than 10,000
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  Speaker 1: French Jews make Aliyah since 2015. Now your generosity can
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  Speaker 1: help families seeking safety and support Jewish communities facing fear
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  Speaker 1: and uncertainty. So don't wait for the crisis to reach
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  Speaker 1: your neighborhood. Stand with the Jewish people today. Donate now
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  Speaker 1: to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Because standing
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  Speaker 1: against anti-Semitism isn't just about France or Israel. It's right
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  Speaker 1: here in the U.S. Visit their website. It's one word, giveifcj.org.
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  Speaker 1: That's giveifcj.org. You had the preliminary exit polls offer some
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  Speaker 1: striking answers to what this was about.
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  Speaker 2: Number one, it's the economy's stupid, right? It's the old saying,
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  Speaker 2: it's the economy's stupid.
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  Speaker 1: And what Americans said in the exit polling was that
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  Speaker 1: they were frustrated with the cost of living. According to
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  Speaker 1: CBS News exit polling, for example, voters were more than
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  Speaker 1: twice as likely to say their personal finances had gotten
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  Speaker 1: worse rather than better. Even though we have medium income
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  Speaker 1: at the highest level in history in this country. What
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  Speaker 1: is it that made people feel that way? Number one,
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  Speaker 1: it was gas prices and that turned into higher grocery prices.
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  Speaker 1: That turned into higher utility bills that turned to higher
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  Speaker 1: housing costs. These were all the issues that families say
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  Speaker 1: they're confronting every single day and why they're angry. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the frustration then translated clearly into votes.
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  Speaker 2: All right. That's number one. Number two, the war with Iran.
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  Speaker 1: This was, again, coming from exit poll data, a significant issue.
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  Speaker 1: The exit polling found that most voters believe the United
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  Speaker 1: States made the wrong decision to take military action against
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  Speaker 1: Iran because it, well, obviously affected their finances. Even approximately
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  Speaker 1: one quarter of Republicans, that's 25%, disagreed with the decision
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  Speaker 1: to go to war with Iran. Voters were worried about
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  Speaker 1: gasoline prices. That was their top issue. And they were
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  Speaker 1: particularly likely to oppose the military action because they saw
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  Speaker 1: the correlation between the two. Now, to be clear, the war,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, wasn't the biggest issue in the election.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: But it did add to an already difficult political environment.
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  Speaker 1: Then you had the other issue, and that was with
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  Speaker 1: President Trump. There was exit poll data that put the
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  Speaker 1: president's approval rating at just 38 percent. Roughly six in
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  Speaker 1: 10 voters said that the president was a factor in
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  Speaker 1: their House vote. And approximately three quarters of voters expressed
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  Speaker 1: what they described as dissatisfaction with the direction of the country.
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  Speaker 2: Again, this all goes back to gas prices. It all
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  Speaker 2: goes back to the economy.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't even care about the national security issues. Government corruption,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, and concerns about democracy were also what
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  Speaker 1: we're being told from these exit poll data is they were, quote,
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  Speaker 1: major factors. But the political reality was this. It was,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, the economy. It was gas prices. It was
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  Speaker 1: not congressional investigations. It wasn't subpoenas. It wasn't legislation. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't even the SAVE Act. What it was was the economy. Now,
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  Speaker 1: what you're going to get, oddly enough, is everything I
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  Speaker 1: just mentioned. You're going to get investigations. Democrats are going
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  Speaker 1: to do that immediately. You're going to get subpoenas. They're
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  Speaker 1: going to do that immediately. You're going to get the
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  Speaker 1: legislative battles immediately. And you're going to get two years
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  Speaker 1: of political gridlock. That is what you're going to get.
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  Speaker 1: There's also another interesting reality here. And Democrats are going
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  Speaker 1: to have to confront this. Winning is one thing. Governing
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  Speaker 1: is another. And let me be clear. This isn't all just,
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  Speaker 1: I think, roses for the Democrats, okay? I think what
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats also learned is that the Democratic Party, the
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  Speaker 1: traditional Democratic Party, is dead. The traditional Democratic Party died.
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  Speaker 1: On election night, the Democratic Party is now run by
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  Speaker 1: the socialists. They are the future of the Democratic Party.
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  Speaker 1: They are empowered. They are emboldened. And they are going
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  Speaker 1: to come out swinging now because they truly, truly, truly
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  Speaker 1: believe that this was a mandate for socialism in this country.
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  Speaker 1: And Democrats, the traditional Democrats, they are going to have
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  Speaker 1: to deal with that. The president, and you ask yourself
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  Speaker 1: the question, what comes next? Well, the good news is
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  Speaker 1: the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 1: he has veto power and voters are going to look
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  Speaker 1: to him, especially those that voted for him, especially those
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  Speaker 1: that voted for him. They are going to look for
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  Speaker 1: him to use that veto power and it's going to
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  Speaker 1: have to be used. They're also going to demand economic relief.
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  Speaker 1: Can Democrats actually give you any of that if they're
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  Speaker 1: actual socialists that are running the House and the Senate?
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  Speaker 1: so my takeaway is this you must deal with reality
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  Speaker 1: i'm not going to be a cheerleader republicans suffered a
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  Speaker 1: historic defeat the question is now what do we learn
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  Speaker 1: from it how do we move quickly on the issues
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  Speaker 1: that the american voters are demanding answers to And then
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  Speaker 1: the other question is this. The Democratic Party died. What
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  Speaker 1: does that mean moving forward? Because the Democratic Party didn't
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  Speaker 1: just die. It has been taken out by the socialists.
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  Speaker 1: Are the socialists now in charge of Washington? Are the
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  Speaker 1: socialists now in charge of the next presidential pick for
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  Speaker 1: the Democratic Party?
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a very good chance that answer is yes. Now, look.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to look into all this data a lot more.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to have a lot more to say about it.
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  Speaker 1: But I wanted to make sure that you had that
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  Speaker 1: quick update. It was not a good night. It was
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  Speaker 1: a terrible night. It's the worst election in my lifetime.
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  Speaker 1: So how do we learn from it quickly and move forward?
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  Speaker 1: That's what we've got to deal with. I promise I'll
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  Speaker 1: be here with you doing it. I'll get you all
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  Speaker 1: the data. I have a lot more to say about
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  Speaker 1: this on the shows tomorrow. I can promise you that.
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  Speaker 1: And I'll say it again. God bless America. Pray for
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  Speaker 1: our country. This was an earthquake. See you back here tomorrow.