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Health care. >> thats absolutely false. in my district, the average is alary is about $30,000 a year. to say thats affluent is hogwash, and you dont know the facts. we are talking about a program that is unstable and going bankrupt, and its crushing our local american taxpayers across the board. we need to do better than that, joy. im all about trying to put the pressure where the pressure needs to be. the powers decide how this operates and they need to bear the pressure and burden of making su...

About 30,000 a year. to say thats affluent you dont know the facts. were talking about a program that relies upon taxpayer dollars that is unsustainable and that is going bankrupt. that is crushing our local taxpayers. across the board. we need to do better than that joy. im all about trying to put the pressure where the pressure needs to be, the powers that decide how this program operates and how its delivered need bear the pressure and burden of making sure they are doing it in an efficient e...

New york is one of the only states that puts it on the taxpayers to foot the bill. from my perspective, this is a great amendment that needs to be supported and reduce the -- $145 million in my low income areas across this district are going to be relieved. thats the right thing to do. >> its not a low income district. were essentially talking about a more affluent district -- >> thats wrong. >> put back up the faso tweet because it talks about the amount of money they would save. this is signif...

Secretary, commerce secretary, forget about poor or middle class, merely affluent rather than just really rich? >> whether or not they say it, this is standard politicians, that presidents use for these cabinet offices all its time rnlt. >> and just dont say it? >> right. >> interesting. >> and i dont know we have a lot of people who believe the poor arent at competent at the rich when it comes -- >> hes saying it differently. they still install them in positions of power but dont mention they t...

Though he spoke like a moderate and played down his criticism of president trump, focused on local issues. theyre going to have to think about candidates espousing a policy agenda that gets back to winning back some of the working class white voters in some of these districts where theyre really stretching themselves from a blue district into a purple or red one in order to take back those voters notion year. i think they have to realize you cant just get national excitement behind these individ...

The chin this midterm elections. look at bill clinton, 1994. his party lost 54 seats. they call that the republican revolution. newt gingrich who comes from this same district in georgia. this is the backdrop for it. democrats want to put win on the board and say that puts us in line for this kind of gain next year. republicans psychologically they want to say not so fast. close but not close enough. >> last november when price ran for that seat. he won by 23 points. its a hugely republican dist...

With here in the atlanta suburbs are frustrated with the stalled legislation on capitol hill and frustrated with the republicans on capitol hill as much as they are with president trump and its important to note that these are not trump style republicans. these are more suburban republicans who come out of the tom price mold, the jonny isaacson mold here in georgia. >> reading roberts piece, it is a kind of traditional base for republican party. its affluent, white, southern, suburban. those are...

>> republican voters ive spoken with here in the atlanta suburbs are frustrated with the stalled legislation on capitol hill and frustrated with the republicans on capitol hill as much as they are with president trump and its important to note that these are not trump style republicans. these are more surn republicans who come out of the m price mold, the jonny isaacson mold here in georgia. >> reading roberts piece, it is a kind of traditional base for republican party. its affluent, white, sou...

Its the affluent, white educate in the suburbs. theres a number of districts like this around the country, sort of suburban districts where democrats believe their ticket to winning the house in 2018 is taking vote who are are traditionally republican but uncomfortable with trump, more uncomfortable based on how his presidency is going. in that sense this district, this race tonight its a test to that for democrats. if they flip this one, theres other districts, not quite as extreme but theres o...

Everyone sees it as an indicator. >> it represents, well sort of see, in a district. this is why its so key. in a district that is exactly the profile of what donald trump has been having trouble with wherever he has trouble with republicans, this is it. its the better educated, more affluent suburban voters that are elusive to him. there are a lot of districts around the country that democrats see as an opportunity for pick ups if they win tomorrow. if they dont win tomorrow, i think democrats ...